Blue Collar Fitness

In this episode Connor, Dave, Josh, and Trevor interview Lee Priest who is a retired Australian Professional Bodybuilder known for having "Best Arms in Bodybuilding History", actor, drag racer, father, author of "Believe In Yourself" and is now offering coaching services, training programs, and apparel via his new business Lee Priest Cartel. We talked about a reoccurring theme of honesty and believing in yourself. First we talked to Lee about his favorite superheros from superman to the punisher, then shared his stories in competitive bodybuilding, talking steroids with young lifters, his honest upbringing, being banned from IFBB, drag racing, growing up with a homosexual father, consistency and passion in the gym, Gold's vs World's Gym in the 90's, and advice on bodybuilding prep for Connor. This episode goes down as one of the funniest of all time.

Time Stamps:

• Welcome, all the way from Australia, the Blonde Myth...Lee Priest!
• which superhero would you be?(2:10)
• 97' Olympia. (4:00)
• Paul Dillet choked Wayne DeMelia. (4:35-4:45)
• Lee Priest humor. (6:47)
• Lee versus Flex Lewis. (9:20)
• Would Flex beat Big Ramy?(10:47)
• Would Lee change his past training based on what he knows now? (12:31)
• Drug Talk w/ Kids. (15:00)
• Tom Platz Steroids Interview. (16:30)
• Lee's only missed 180 days of workouts in 35 years of lifting. (20:20)
• Mike 'O Hearn. (Tren)(20:20)
• Trevor touches on instant gratification. Not like that, not in a dirty way.(24:40)
• Connor asks how Lee's upbringing made him Honest.(27:20)
• Funny joke. (29:00)
• Lee's dad was Gay.(30:00)
• Funny joke. (31:00)
• Josh asks about IFBB and Muscle Tech controversy. (31:40)
• Lee cannot be paid to lie. (32:50)
• Mental Hamster. (34:09)
• IFBB Ban Story and PDI. (36:10)
• Gold vs. World's Gym with Arnold. (41:40)
• Cameraderie. (45:15)
• Shawn Ray. (49:38)
• Lee's advice for Connor. (52:38)
• Believe in Yourself. (52:38)
• What's on the horizon for Lee Priest? (1:09:10)
• Funny Moments. (1:11:35)
• Lee tried on some masks! (1:12:40)

Train with Lee:

https://leepriest.co/

Read Believe In Yourself:

https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Yourself-Lee-Priest-Story/dp/0473550369/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?dchild=1&keywords=Believe+in+Yourself+Lee+Priest+9780473549824&qid=1618966634&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmr0

Get a Lee Priest t-Shirt or Poster:

https://linktr.ee/LeePriest

Reach Blue Collar Fitness:

https://bluecollarfitnesspodcast.com/

People Mentioned:

-Mike O'Hearn

-Arnold Schwarzenegger

-Paul Dillet

-Flex Lewis

-Big Ramy

-Ian Valliere

-Wayne DeMilia

-Patrick Tour

"Remember to conduct yourself in life as if at a banquet. As something being passed around comes to you, reach out your hand and take a moderate helping. Does it pass you by? Don't stop it. It hasn't yet come? Don't burn in desire for it, but wait until it arrives in front of you. Act this way with children, a spouse, toward position, with wealth-one day it will make you WORTHY of a banquet with the gods."

-Epictetus, Enchiridion, 15

The Daily Stoic

-by Ryan Holiday

Lessons Learned:

Gratitude

Enjoying the present moment

Avoiding Gluttony

Selflessness

Charity

Erik Jernstrom

BS, CSCS, USAW-1, NSCA-CPT Director of Sports Performance at EForce Sportwww.eforcesports.com/campseries