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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => History - Stories - and Memories => Topic started by: Slick Vic on December 13, 2006, 05:45:14 AM
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The very first time I met/saw Arnold in-person was in December of '97 at the Orlando premiere of Planet Hollywood. My friend and I had camped out there for 14 hours and got the BEST seats in the house. I was holding a "bodybuilding poster" of Arnold as he and Maria walked by. He smiled and waved, but no hand shake.
Fast forward to 2004. At the Arnold Classic, I was wearing a Arnold shirt that read: "My governor can kick your governor's ass". For those who've been to The Classic, you know that Arnold makes his round around the expo, so when he had walked by me I yelled, "Arnold! Look!" as I pointed to my shirt. He looked over at me and said, "Ahhhh... Look at you! Very nice!" and shook my hand. That ranked right up there with me being able to ask him a question each time I went to his seminar. 8)
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My first time was at the Original World Gym probably around 1979 or so. I used to look out the window and watch him walk across the street and all the cars stopping and staring at him. I didn't see him train that much. Several times but not a daily thing. I went kind of early in the morning and was gone usually before he came in. But I did take several showers with him and Franco and all the guys and girls
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I did take several showers with him and Franco
Now that's a story all on its own. :-\
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Summer of 1982-83(?), at the Clancy Ross Mr. America Club, in Walnut Creek, California. He was there for a seminar. Excellent crowd, good seminar. I lost those pictures years ago :(.
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I lost those pictures years ago :(.
Damn... That sucks! :-\
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I only ever saw him close up once & that was in 94' He was promoting something the same day I was at Disney Land & was able to get pretty close.
I've seen him a few times driving around Santa Monica back in 1999 & 2000 when I used to work out there on Montana Ave. He owns a bunch of buildings/commercial property in that area.
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I forgot a good one. ;D
We were attending the 1988 Olympia at Universal Studios, and were walking into the show on the Red Carpet. There were big crowds on each side watching the festivities and we were walking a few people behind Arnold and his friends. When the crowd spotted Arnold they started yelling and the flash bulbs were going crazy.
We all started hitting front-double-biceps, most-musculars, etc... Arnold turned and saw us and had a mighty laugh ;D.
Man... that was 18 years ago.
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I forgot a good one. ;D
We were attending the 1988 Olympia at Universal Studios, and were walking into the show on the Red Carpet. There were big crowds on each side watching the festivities and we were walking a few people behind Arnold and his friends. When the crowd spotted Arnold they started yelling and the flash bulbs were going crazy.
We all stared hitting front-double-biceps, most-musculars, etc... Arnold turned and saw us and had a mighty laugh ;D.
Man... that was 18 years ago.
haha cool!
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Backstage, at the '76 Universe in Weider's hometown Montreal. He was in the audience watching the competition with Joe and came backstage for a while. The only BB there, amongst the guys from Pumping Iron like Franco, Robby & Ferrigno to have a small group of fans trailing him around. Maybe 10-15; not a lot of people by today's standards but big for those times, prior to any movie publicity. Included a hot number who I learned later in a bio was his local date for the night; she worked for Weider I think.
An aura of self-importance & preoccupation that wasn't necessary; not friendly. This was before Pumping Iron was released. He wasn't widely known, had no motivation to be friendly for the sake of image. Around 210 lb., navy blue sports jacket & jeans.
Franco guest posed, then with no hesitation or embarassment, proceeded to strip down and change into street clothes right there in the warmup room, with gasps from a few women. :-*
http://www.ifbb.com/contestresults/mensworld/1976congress.html
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Awesome stories! Those guys that have been to his seminars could you elaborate on that part please.
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I met that mofo one time. Prett cool cat.
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I met that mofo one time. Prett cool cat.
that says absolutely f*ck all!! :D
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imet him in 1976 he guest posed in a small city named chicoutimi in quebec
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imet him in 1976 he guest posed in a small city named chicoutimi in quebec
I'm guessing that was around the same time as the fall '76 Universe held in nearby Montreal. Would be interesting to know what induced him to go to Chicoutimi of all places, unless one of the Weiders asked him to.
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if iremember it was in june that isaw him mr universe in montreal was held in november in 1976 it was abodybuiding show and he guest posed .he was in montreal too
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My first time was at the Original World Gym probably around 1979 or so. I used to look out the window and watch him walk across the street and all the cars stopping and staring at him. I didn't see him train that much. Several times but not a daily thing. I went kind of early in the morning and was gone usually before he came in. But I did take several showers with him and Franco and all the guys and girls
So you came back for the showers?
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My first day in Venice with Teen America Frankie Vassil, after driving cross country to work for Golds, we had breakfast at the Rose Cafe, and a lot of the old timers were there...Zabo, Joe Gold....Frankie looks over my shoulder and says "Arnold just walked in!!"
Sure enough, he was sitting in a seperate cafe area with maria and a small entourage. We sent a girl we were with out to buy a camera, and waited in the parking lot for him to leave.....eventually Arnold left, alone..we asked him for a photo, and he agreed, even asking frankie (who had crazy legs) not to flex his legs (jokingly). Looking back, he was pretty cordial, as we were just a couple of starstruck 20 year old wannabe's anyway. this was '87.
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My first encounter with Arnold Schwarzenegger was in March 2000 on the set of "The 6th Day".
We were setting up the shot, and there he was right in front of my face, ...it was skeeeeery! :-X
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I've never met him but I can honestly say he's the one person in the world that I would like to meet in person.
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Unfortunately, he is the only legend I have neither met nor worked with. Never even seen him in person!
Mike
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Yeah i work out at the gym that frankie vassil used to work at peffer's gym in scranton.Awesome hardcore gym where 400 pound benches are common place and their is also a guy their benching over 600 pounds raw!!1
Frank peffer said back in the late80's a 450 bench was the lowest their.Also used to be the home of the scranton superman jim williams whoi benched back in 1972 at the scranton ymca in front of the usa weightlifting team 720 raw!!!
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Those are very cool stories about Arnold.I would have agree BigJ he is on legend in this sport that I would like to meet in person which would be very cool.
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i had actually met arnold 3 times. but my first time meeting Arnold was during the filiming of Eraser in Queens, NY. he was shaking hands with the crowed and he shook mine. damm near broke my hand.
2nd time was the democratic convention in NYC. damm near broke my hand again.
3rd time was in CA on a biz trip.
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Me and Arnold hosted the first weightlifting competition in the Special Olympics back in 85 or 86 I think at the LA Games at UCLA
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Me and Arnold hosted the first weightlifting competition in the Special Olympics back in 85 or 86 I think at the LA Games at UCLA
amazing that Keith has spent a lot of time with the most famous and important people in the industry; yet he still has enough modesty to let the little brats on here give him a hard time.
i admire the life you have lived, and most on here would give anything to experience a tenth of what you have.
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amazing that Keith has spent a lot of time with the most famous and important people in the industry; yet he still has enough modesty to let the little brats on here give him a hard time.
i admire the life you have lived, and most on here would give anything to experience a tenth of what you have.
Wait till the story I have to tell you in about a month. You will be blown away. Thanks for all that but compared to others I know I have not done that much. But, I predict it is going to get better very soon.
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Keith,
Please, just remember us - your friends - the "little guys" here.
I'll PM you a reminder in about a month.
;D
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Keith,
Please, just remember us - your friends - the "little guys" here.
I'll PM you a reminder in about a month.
;D
Hey I might not look like much now but i still have my mind. I don't treat anyone especially my friends any different. My Getbig brothers will be able to get special treatment. I should be able to make an announcement within a month. I will know a lot in the next week but give me a month
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I know it.
Hey, you gave me some good “show-biz” advice about a year ago.
As far as I’m concerned, you’ve only done right by me.
Good luck!
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arnold had sloppy shoulders square jaw and fingers unusually long even for a tall man.
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Wait till the story I have to tell you in about a month. You will be blown away. Thanks for all that but compared to others I know I have not done that much. But, I predict it is going to get better very soon.
What's the story, its been over a month.
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What's the story, its been over a month.
Well I was hoping with better news but the deal was we were looking at purchasing World Gym which is up for sale. We got lazy and even though we were talking to them (Planet Fitness) we had to do our due diligence and someone else jumped in there and now they have a 45 day exclusivity. So, it may or may not work out for them so we will see. In regards to EPIC we are still going forward (we were buying the World Gym through EPIC) and have changed the location for the Flagship to a larger building which we are looking into purchasing. Everything is definitely going forward but the economy is certainly slowing things down a bit. Pissing me off but what can I do.
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Well I was hoping with better news but the deal was we were looking at purchasing World Gym which is up for sale. We got lazy and even though we were talking to them (Planet Fitness) we had to do our due diligence and someone else jumped in there and now they have a 45 day exclusivity. So, it may or may not work out for them so we will see. In regards to EPIC we are still going forward (we were buying the World Gym through EPIC) and have changed the location for the Flagship to a larger building which we are looking into purchasing. Everything is definitely going forward but the economy is certainly slowing things down a bit. Pissing me off but what can I do.
Wolrd Gym in Vegas?? They had one in LV, but it closed years ago-unless a new one was opened up.
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No the entire company from Planet Fitness. They have 207 franchised gyms left.
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No the entire company from Planet Fitness. They have 207 franchised gyms left.
Hey onlyme, you still workout mate? seen a couple of pics of you from years past and you looked very soild with big arms, neck etc...have you packed it in? or you still going hard down the gym?
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Hey onlyme, you still workout mate? seen a couple of pics of you from years past and you looked very soild with big arms, neck etc...have you packed it in? or you still going hard down the gym?
I would go everyday if I could. My leg been a little bother to me lately for some reason. Last several days it has been a nightmare. But, I still have the desire but just can't get in there more right now. I am pretty sure I can get back to close to what I was once I get over all the shit happening.
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I would go everyday if I could. My leg been a little bother to me lately for some reason. Last several days it has been a nightmare. But, I still have the desire but just can't get in there more right now. I am pretty sure I can get back to close to what I was once I get over all the shit happening.
yip, injurys they are a pain in the ass alright, i pulled my hamstring running 5 months ago and the leg has only come right as of last week, i found going hard out down the gym in the early-late 1990s never had one drama with injurys, and considering how much weight id throw around back then thats saying somthing, back then i was btween 120-128kg big, strong and all the rest of it...these days im hovering @ 100-103kg a lot fitter, good shape etc...but throwing all those crazy heavy weights around back then seem to be catching up these days with all sorts of niggles witch im sure you will relate too, anyway all the best. :)
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yip, injurys they are a pain in the ass alright, i pulled my hamstring running 5 months ago and the leg has only come right as of last week, i found going hard out down the gym in the early-late 1990s never had one drama with injurys, and considering how much weight id throw around back then thats saying somthing, back then i was btween 120-128kg big, strong and all the rest of it...these days im hovering @ 100-103kg a lot fitter, good shape etc...but throwing all those crazy heavy weights around back then seem to be catching up these days with all sorts of niggles witch im sure you will relate too, anyway all the best. :)
Thanks but I have never had any joint problems and only have them in the leg I got bit on. My lower leg was huge the past few days. It is now going down but the water is around my knee. I mean my knee is HUGE right now. I can not even walk without leaning on the wall. I didn't one piece of food today and only about a couple cups of water. I can't even get up to go downstairs and get something to eat. Which I guess is a good thing right now. I hope tomorrow I can eat though. We'll see. But I know I can get back once everything falls into place.
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I take it a dog bit yr leg? ill also take it that yourv'e had a shot from the local doctor for it?..if you havn,t get yourself there asap mate...nasty nasty infection i got yrs and yrs ago when myself and a couple bystanders pulled a pit-bull off a 10yr old girl,the fu.king thing briefly latched onto my arm and left a couple of bite marks..went home later put a bandage round it thought nothing of it...ended up getting infected ..in the hospitable for 8 days getting anti-biotics pumped into my arm every 6 hrs round the clock, if you havn,t gotten there already mate get going!!!
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I take it a dog bit yr leg? ill also take it that yourv'e had a shot from the local doctor for it?..if you havn,t get yourself there asap mate...nasty nasty infection i got yrs and yrs ago when myself and a couple bystanders pulled a pit-bull off a 10yr old girl,the fu.king thing briefly latched onto my arm and left a couple of bite marks..went home later put a bandage round it thought nothing of it...ended up getting infected ..in the hospitable for 8 days getting anti-biotics pumped into my arm every 6 hrs round the clock, if you havn,t gotten there already mate get going!!!
No it was a brown recluse spider. Still have reactions after 10 years. I am actually in bed rigght now not able to walk cause my right knee is bigtime swollen with water. My leg was swollen bigtime too the past week.
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No it was a brown recluse spider. Still have reactions after 10 years. I am actually in bed rigght now not able to walk cause my right knee is bigtime swollen with water. My leg was swollen bigtime too the past week.
Bloody Hell!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o.. you got bitten 10yrs ago???...what have the doctors said about it? surely you donot have to put up with that influmation every year do you?
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No it was a brown recluse spider. Still have reactions after 10 years. I am actually in bed rigght now not able to walk cause my right knee is bigtime swollen with water. My leg was swollen bigtime too the past week.
Ahhhhh!!!
I hate when you post those pics!
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Hey, how’s NV now that you’ve been out there for a while?
Do you miss the Aloha State?
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Bloody Hell!!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o.. you got bitten 10yrs ago???...what have the doctors said about it? surely you donot have to put up with that influmation every year do you?
It used to act up like that every month for the first few years. I just had one about 6 days ago. The last one before that was christmas 2006 and I spent two weeks in the hospital. This time it got pretty bad but only lat about 3 or 4 days. Now my right knee is so swollen i did not get out of bed or eat one solid bite for 35 hours. I got up today though but still hurts like shit. it has gotten alot better.
Ahhhhh!!!
I hate when you post those pics!
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Hey, how’s NV now that you’ve been out there for a while?
Do you miss the Aloha State?
I love Vegas just wish I went out more. once everything gets settled I will be great. I miss Hawaii alot but I talk to my daughter everyday and my ex calls me alot along with my best friend there. They keep me up to date with stuff. I may go back for Christmas bt not sure.
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Sorry, not to get too personal…
Do you have family and/or close friends in Vegas?
Those kinds of people are usually the best support system, particularly when you have health issues.
I give you credit for making a move like that – especially leaving behind a daughter.
It sounds like you two were and are very close, and it’s great that she’s still an integral part of your life despite the miles that separate you.
I hope that one day I will share that kind of relationship with my own kids - lots of love and lots of geographic distance. ;D
Good luck!
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Sorry, not to get too personal…
Do you have family and/or close friends in Vegas?
Those kinds of people are usually the best support system, particularly when you have health issues.
I give you credit for making a move like that – especially leaving behind a daughter.
It sounds like you two were and are very close, and it’s great that she’s still an integral part of your life despite the miles that separate you.
I hope that one day I will share that kind of relationship with my own kids - lots of love and lots of geographic distance. ;D
Good luck!
I have friends in Vegas. My daughter will be moving out here when I get the gym open. Her husband is a surfer and can't leave there. But I have convinced him on weekends go to California or Mexico and surf. Plus we'll keep the house in Hawaii so any of us can go back when we want for a short stay. I figured on retiring fully and just travel when I am around 55 or so. We talk everyday. When she was young she came and visited me alot in hawaii. I always told her no girl her age ever got to go to hawaii as much as she did. It seemed whenever she did something bad at home her mom would send her to me. She would bring her homework and we would do it at the beach. she has led a great life so far. Very lucky
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