I don't remember his name but he was the muscle man guy who played in the movies and the one I can think of is "The Deep" but he played in allot (Longest Yard too, the old one). He was the big white guy.
Robert Tessier he also trained at Vince’s Gym in Studio City. The big black bodybuilder in the deep was Earl Maynard.
How about the first week Gold’s moved to it’s current location in Venice from the 2nd Street location? The move was part of a deal they struck with the studio’s because Tim Kimber and Frank Zane hard parts in Hart-to-Hart which was filmed at the Gym. Many of us got extra work on that episode.
Then there was the day in 1981 that Pete stood in the front of the Gym and told us he was making a comeback and was going to have the top of his head cut off and have a micro-chip installed in his pituitary gland so it would release Growth Hormone unlimitedly. He said he was going to weigh 300 ripped. He was dead serious. Yes as usual he had just smoked a few bowls.
Oh and we can’t forget the time Pete had Rick Wayne in his office. That was the first and only time I ever saw Pete mad and he was beating on his desk ready to kill Rick for writing something derogatory about the gym in Muscle (the predecessor) to Muscle and Fitness). Rick turned three shades of white that day. I never saw Pete that angry before.
And there was the time Pete was with some girl who had also dated Ken Waller. (Her pic is in that group photo in from of the 2nd Street Gym. Pete, the girl, Joe Fustor and I went out for lunch. After lunch we were in Pete’s Rolls Royce and he stops at the park. The girl sees this big dog and starts getting all excited trying to get him to come over and lick her pussy. She starts calling the dog and lifting up her skirt. Pete starts egging her on and doing the famous Peter laugh. The dog wouldn’t come over though so we missed out on the show.
The World of bodybuilding you don’t hear about in the magazines.
