On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen reads some old bodybuilding articles from both Muscle & Fitness and Muscle Mag International Annual 77 magazines. Included in this episode are the 1986 Pro World Championships and Mr. Olympia contest reports, an article about the "Pumping Iron" premiere from January, 1977, "How Arnold Handles Stupid Questions about Bodybuilding", "The Real Story of Tom Platz at the 1981 Mr. Olympia" and the Mental Muscle of Rich Gaspari. (Time Stamps below)

Time Stamps:

1:50 - Chicago trip for Mother's Day

4:00 - Seeing Rich Gaspari 

8:30 - Emails from listeners

12:30 - John reads the article "Gaspari Sweeps Pro World" written by Bill Reynolds from the July, 1986 issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine.

21:00 -John reads the article "Mental Muscle" written by Bill Dobbins for the September, 1986 issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine.

33:00 - John reads the article "New York Gets Pumped - The Premiere of "Pumping Iron" written by Bob Kennedy, Gino Edwards and Denie for the Muscle Mag Annual 77.

50:00 - John reads the article "How Arnold Handles Stupid Questions about Bodybuilding" written by James Crawford for the Muscle Mag Annual 77. 

57:54 - John reads the article "Truly a Champion: The Real Story of Tom Platz at the 1981 Mr. Olympia" by Joel Brimley from the November, 1986 issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine.

1:09:35 - John reads the "1986 Mr. Olympia Report - 3 in a Row for Haney" written by Jeff Everson for the February, 1987 issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine. 

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On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen reads some old articles from Muscle Builder Magazine from the 1970's and '80's era. Included in this episode are the articles "How I Use My Head to Build Muscle" and "I Envisioned the World's Greatest Back", both written by Arnold Schwarzenegger, "The 1976 IFBB World Bodybuilding Championships report" and "Dickerson Knocks 'Em Dead - The 1979 Canada Cup contest report" both written by Jack Neary and "Who Says Dreams Don't Come True" written by Armand Tanny with Tom Platz. 

Time Stamps:

2:10 - Status of Muscle Maturity podcast

3:45 - Happy Birthday Mom!

4:22 - John Citrone's Birthday

5:40 - John reads the article "How I Use My Head to Build Muscle" by Arnold Schwarzenegger from the July, 1978 issue of Muscle Builder magazine.

14:40 - John reads the "1976 IFBB World Bodybuilding Championships report" written by Jack Neary from the February, 1977 issue of Muscle Builder magazine.

40:00 - John reads the article "I Envisioned the World's Greatest Back" written by Arnold Schwarzenegger for the December, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder magazine.

49:00 - John reads the article "Dickerson Knocks 'Em Dead" written by Jack Neary for the May, 1980 issue of Muscle Builder magazine.

1:01:10 - John reads the article "Who Says Dreams Don't Come True" by Armand Tanny with Tom Platz from the July, 1980 issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine.

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David Kinder is an 86 year old bodybuilder who trained at the original Muscle Beach and was one of the early members of Vic Tanny's Gym, the original Gold's Gym and the legendary Dungeon Gym in California. David joins the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast on this episode to share his stories of watching Steve Reeves compete in 1947 and training alongside bodybuilding legends like Dave Draper, Chet Yorton, Don Howorth and Larry Scott. At the end of the Podcast, host John Hansen reads a controversial interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger from Oui Magazine in 1977. 

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Introduction

5:00 - Interview with David Kinder

57:00 - Host John Hansen reads the controversial interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger from Oui Magazine in 1977. 

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On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen reads some old articles from some classic bodybuilding magazines from the 1970's and '80's. Included in this episode are John Hansen's article about Tony Pearson winning the controversial 1978 Mr. America contest, Robert Nailon's article "Arnold Came to Dinner" from the Muscle Mag Annual 77, Armand Tanny's article "Zane: Reframing the Nightmare" from the April, 1981 issue of Muscle&Fitness Magazine and "The Bodybuilding Strategy of Mike Mentzer" by Rick Wayne from the March, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine.

Time Stamps:

3:02 - Danny Padilla's Birthday

4:00 - John's Training and Diet Update

7:30 - Emails from last week's podcast

18:40 - John reads his article about Tony Pearson winning the 1978 Mr. America

38:10 - John reads the article "Arnold Came to Dinner" by Robert Nailon from the Muscle Mag Annual 77

1:02:55 - John reads the article "Zane: Reframing the Nightmare" by Armand Tanny from the April, 1981 issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine.

1:18:13 - John reads the article "The Bodybuilding Strategy of Mike Mentzer" written by Rick Wayne for the March, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine

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1978 AAU Mr. America and 1980 NABBA Pro Mr. Universe Tony Pearson is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Tony is joined by Andrew Menjivar, the director of the new documentary "Driven: The Tony Pearson Story". The film was recently screened at a film festival in California and won the prize for Best Documentary Film. In the interview, Tony and Andrew talk about the making of the documentary which is based on Tony's autobiography "Driven". At the end of the podcast, host John Hansen reads the article "Mr. T Talks Back" written by Rick Wayne from the October, 1985 issue of Flex Magazine. (Time Stamps and LInks below).

Time Stamps:

3:00 - Best Wishes to Dave Palumbo

5:09 - Emails from last week's show

9:40 - Start of interview with Tony Pearson and Andrew Menjivar

12:00 - Andrew talks about the reaction of the movie with the audience

16:05 - Tony's emotions after seeing the movie

19:50 - How the idea for the movie got started

27:30 - The focus of the movie

32:00 - Andrew learning about the sport of bodybuilding

41:00 - The 1978 Mr. America controversy

48:47 - Winning the Grand Prize for the Best Feature Documentary

1:16:34 - John Hansen reads the article "Mr. T. Talks Back" written by Rick Wayne for the October, 1985 issue of Flex Magazine.

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1974 IFBB Mr. World Bill Grant is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Bill talks about the workouts he is following now to look so good at 76 years old. Bill also talks about his role in the recent documentary "Dream Big", meeting Joe Weider for the first time and his memories of training at the original Gold's Gym in Venice, California. At the end of the Podcast, host John Hansen reads the article "How Bill Grant Gained 82 Pounds of Solid Muscle" written by Joe Weider for the July, 1975 issue of Muscle Builder/Power. (Time Stamps and Links below).

Time Stamps:

3:00 - Back from vacation

4:25 - Bodybuilding Magazines for sale

5:15 - Emails from last week's show

7:30 - Interview with Bill Grant

53:40 - John Hansen reads the article "How Bill Grant Gained 82 Pounds of Solid Muscle" written by Joe Weider for the July, 1975 issue of Muscle Builder/Power Magazine.

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On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen reads some old bodybuilding magazine articles from the 1970's and '80's. Included in this episode is the article "Behind the Stars" written by Bill Reynolds from the Muscle Mag Annual 3, "The First Battle of the Season" written by Bill Dobbins from the August, 1983 issue of Flex Magazine, "Training Strategies of Frank Zane" written by Rick Wayne from the February, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine and "So Long Arnold", interview by Gordan Coleman from Muscle Mag Annual 77. (Time Stamps and Links below)

4:20 - Arnold Classic Review

11:20 - Emails from last week

17:30 - "Behind the Stars" article written by Bill Reynolds from Muscle Mag Annual 3

31:55 - "The First Battle of the Season" written by Bill Dobbins from the August, 1983 Flex Magazine

50:30 - "The Training Strategies of Frank Zane" by Rick Wayne from the February, 1979 Muscle Builder Magazine

1:09:10 - "So Long Arnold" interview by Gordan Coleman from Muscle Mag 77

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To celebrate the upcoming 35th annual Arnold Classic on March 3rd-5th, 2023, the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast looks back at previous interviews done with former Arnold Classic winners including Rich Gaspari (1989), Mike Ashley (1990), Shawn Ray (1991), Vince Taylor (1992) and Mike Francois (1995). All these legendary bodybuilders talk about winning their Arnold Classic titles, the competitors they faced and what the title meant to their careers. At the end of the Podcast, host John Hansen reads an article he wrote for the RXMuscle website called "The First Arnold Classic". (Time Stamps below)

Time Stamps:

5:28 - New Workout Program

9:40 - Emails 

15:15 - Rich Gaspari talks about winning the first Arnold Classic

25:50 - Shawn Ray talks about winning the Arnold Classic and the drug test

33:24 - Mike Ashley talks about his Arnold Classic win

40:38 - Vince Taylor talks about winning the Arnold Classic in 1992

57:30 - Mike Francois talks about his Arnold Classic win in 1995

1:11:11 - John Hansen reads his article "The First Arnold Classic"

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Writer Jerry Brainum is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast to review the year 1992. On Part Three of his interview, Jerry joins host John Hansen to talk about the 1992 Mr. Olympia contest won by Dorian Yates in Helsinki, Finland. Jerry and John discuss the top competitors from this historic event as well as the return of Lou Ferrigno to the bodybuilding stage. At the end of the podcast, John Hansen reads the article "Finale in Finland" written by Julian Schmidt for the February, 1993 issue of Flex Magazine. (Time Stamps below).

Time Stamps:

3:34 - Old Bodybuilding Magazines for sale

4:13 - "Dream Big" on Amazon Prime

5:16 - Patreon Sponsors upgrade

7:05 - Raquel Welch passes away

7:54 - 1992 Mr. Olympia Review with Jerry Brainum

9:19 - Dorian Yates wins the Mr. Olympia

11:11 - Lou Ferrigno takes a fall

12:15 - Reviewing Dorian's physique

24:12 - Assessing the top six of the 1992 Mr. Olympia

29:40 - Lee Labrada at the 1992 Olympia

32:40 - Hunter Labrada

41:40 - Memorable posing routines

43:20 - Mohamed Benaziza

45:00 - Vince Taylor and his eye patch

49:48 - The rest of the Top 10 in the 1992 Mr. Olympia

50:34 - The return of Lou Ferrigno

1:04:36 - Ronnie Coleman's first Mr. Olympia contest

1:05:54 - The Grand Prix tour after the Olympia

1:08:53 - Genetic freaks

1:19:20 - Host John Hansen reads the article "Finale in Finland" written by Julian Schmidt for the February, 1993 issue of Flex Magazine.

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The Bodybuilding Legends Podcast welcomes guest Jerry Brainum to review the year 1992 in Bodybuilding. In Part Two of his interview, Jerry and host John Hansen talk about some of the biggest professional competitions from 1992 including the 1992 Arnold Classic won by Vince Taylor and the 1992 Night of the Champions won by Kevin Levrone. At the end of the podcast, John Hansen reads the article "Haney on the Hot Seat...Will He or Won't He?" written by John Little, Peter McGough and Bob Wolff from the March, 1993 issue of Flex Magazine. (Time Stamps below). 

Time Stamps:

4:15 - Kurt Marnul passes away

6:30 - New Bodybuilding Videos up on YouTube

8:30 - The Year 1975 in Bodybuilding

12:00 - Changing my workout program

12:47 - Listener emails

20:00 - Start of interview with Jerry Brainum - 1992 in Review, Part Two

20:40 - 1992 Arnold Classic

37:00 - Recent deaths in bodybuilding

37:25 - Shawn Rhoden's physique

42:00 - The art of bodybuilding

50:00 - Arnold and Rachel McLish

51:53 - Surprising placings at the 1992 Arnold Classic

54:22 - The 1992 Night of the Champions

55:54 - Wayne DeMelia Promoter

57:00 - Former Mr. Olympia winners at the Olympia

1:02:54 - Kevin Levrone and Porter Cottrell

1:05:00 - Nasser's prediction

1:08:00 - Bodybuilders competing past their prime

1:14:20 - John Hansen reads the article "Haney on the Hot Seat..Will He or Won't He?" written by John Little, Peter McGough and Bob Wolff from the March, 1993 issue of Flex Magazine.

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