Same with me in Las Vegas and that was when Cutler was reigning Mr. Olympia.
I haven't watched Jay train on video much, but was it much different from his videos?
When I lived in Los Angeles for a year I often trained in the original golds. I actually saw how a lot of these pros trained when the cameras were off. Utter laziness.
I know. Some expect the "pros" to "go to war," like it's supposed to be something extraordinary to justify them being pros. They train like amateur bodybuilders and sometimes natural noncompetitors train much "harder." I think the distinction between amateur and pro is a bit silly in the first place, one just had a nicer structure, better genes or sometimes is actually a worse bb than the amateur, just showed up somewhere where the comp wasn't that great that day. I have my own perception of "hard," some, even here, think Dorian trained like a pussy. One set per exercise, not even any forced reps? Pathetic. Were they much weaker than yourself? Did you push harder? I assume you're a natural and maybe don't aspire to be a "bb" in the first place, but still?
One example from my life. My training partner was belittling a mutual friend who is an advanced bb and said he "never trained hard." My perception was a bit different, I said, "I know he plays on his phone a lot and talks to everyone, but look at how he bangs out sets of squats with 500lbs, curls 160lbs barbells and so on, much better than we can do, can you really say he never trains hard? Plus he's been in the gym consistently 5-6 days a week for years and years with no breaks. And don't forget the diet, he eats well consistently and we eat wtf we want and miss meals all the time. Plus he does cardio each morning year round which we don't give a shit about."
