Someone please explain what makes Robert Kennedy an authority?

[Roast Beef Pecs]

I previously learned some interesting things about Robert Kennedy on his Wikipedia page:

"In 1974 he started his first magazine, MuscleMag International, with an initial print run of 110,000. He had no previous experience with magazine publishing and MuscleMag would not turn a profit for 15 years - forcing Kennedy to dodge creditors and even sell his home and his car to finance it."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kennedy_(publisher)#Career

Wow. 

Also, this:

"Kennedy had two children, a son, Braden, and a daughter, Chelsea, with his first wife. In 1998, Kennedy and Braden who was then 11, were in a car crash. Kennedy was thrown from the car but Braden suffered severe brain damage and would require round-the-clock care (until his death in March 2011). After the accident Kennedy's wife committed suicide."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kennedy_(publisher)#Personal_life

That's sad. 

It just goes to show you can have all the money in the world, but may potentially still have to deal with issues like that.  I don't know if Kennedy was in any way at fault for the accident, but I suspect it would be hard to live with that no matter what.  This hits close to home for me because my son is turning 10 next month...and I can't imagine if I had to accept his life as I know it would be over in just over a year, and change in an irreversible way.  Sad stuff.

Very similar to Neil Peart's situation. Even up to the drawing of the last cancerous breath.

[funk51]

   lurie the true trainer of champions, it says so right on his sweat shirt, also the inventor of the participation trophy.

[MP]

He brought us Trish Stratus. That in itself is a life well lived. 

[karasan]

He was a great publisher, I loved his mag back in the nineties, he seemed a bit light in his shoes, who knows!
He said, what he most commonly witnessed with champions training is, they were not going to failure, stopping short of failure and doing multiple sets.
This is a very good observation, Weider mags always preached going to failure and doing volume training, Kennedy's books always discussed recuperation and advised against copying champs' "magazine" routines.
He seemed like a great chap...

[funk51]

rk on cover of his mag

[funk51]

 

[Humble Narcissist]

Love that comic clip.  Forgot about Peary Rader.

[Rambone]

I previously learned some interesting things about Robert Kennedy on his Wikipedia page:

"In 1974 he started his first magazine, MuscleMag International, with an initial print run of 110,000. He had no previous experience with magazine publishing and MuscleMag would not turn a profit for 15 years - forcing Kennedy to dodge creditors and even sell his home and his car to finance it."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kennedy_(publisher)#Career

Wow. 

Also, this:

"Kennedy had two children, a son, Braden, and a daughter, Chelsea, with his first wife. In 1998, Kennedy and Braden who was then 11, were in a car crash. Kennedy was thrown from the car but Braden suffered severe brain damage and would require round-the-clock care (until his death in March 2011). After the accident Kennedy's wife committed suicide."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kennedy_(publisher)#Personal_life

That's sad. 

It just goes to show you can have all the money in the world, but may potentially still have to deal with issues like that.  I don't know if Kennedy was in any way at fault for the accident, but I suspect it would be hard to live with that no matter what.  This hits close to home for me because my son is turning 10 next month...and I can't imagine if I had to accept his life as I know it would be over in just over a year, and change in an irreversible way.  Sad stuff.

That’s when you know you’re a true schmoe

[Schnauzer]

He was a business man first who saw an opportunity to make money. I've seen photos of him where he was in shape and lifted weights. He is more a Weider type. Not a huge bodybuilder but a business man. Anyway he died in 2012 as I am sure everyone knows - bing / google is your friend!

His second wife is a certified cougar. Raw no pulling out - would hit!

I heard rumours back in the day Kennedy was a homo and was schmoing Bruce Patterson. Didn't know he was married.

[Kwon]

  lurie the true trainer of champions, it says so right on his sweat shirt, also the inventor of the participation trophy.

Is that Frank Stallone on the right?

[Fortress]

Is that Frank Stallone on the right?

Absolutely.

[Van_Bilderass]

I loved his mag as a little kid, basically learned english through it and Flex mag. Before these mags I was hopeless at english at school.

I remember buying the issue with Bob Paris and his boyfriend on the cover. I had no idea it was 2 homos, didn't see anything gay about it 

[pellius]

He was a great publisher, I loved his mag back in the nineties, he seemed a bit light in his shoes, who knows!
He said, what he most commonly witnessed with champions training is, they were not going to failure, stopping short of failure and doing multiple sets.
This is a very good observation, Weider mags always preached going to failure and doing volume training, Kennedy's books always discussed recuperation and advised against copying champs' "magazine" routines.
He seemed like a great chap...

Actually, the term "going to failure" was never used in the Weider mags before Mentzer. It was all about multiple sets and getting the pump. When they would use the terming "bombing" to bring up a weak body part it was always more sets and more frequency.

[Humble Narcissist]

He was a business man first who saw an opportunity to make money. I've seen photos of him where he was in shape and lifted weights. He is more a Weider type. Not a huge bodybuilder but a business man. Anyway he died in 2012 as I am sure everyone knows - bing / google is your friend!

His second wife is a certified cougar. Raw no pulling out - would hit!

She looks like Cory Everson.

[Kwon]

Absolutely.

He must've been much taller back then , he seems taller than Serge Nubret, Dan Lurie and almost as tall as Superstar Graham!

[funk51]

He must've been much taller back then , he seems taller than Serge Nubret, Dan Lurie and almost as tall as Superstar Graham!

                                     sylvester probably has his elevator shoes on again. sometimes he's as tall as arnold sometimes he's not.