I don't have much to offer but I do have some. Trained at golds in san jose (before they tore it down) and cook used to lift there, Ray Arde as well. Not many others I can think of.
Anyway Chris Cook- the words ALL DRUGS def come to mind. Dude was strong I won't deny that, had huge legs but his utter lack of a chest and horrible back highlight how he got to his size DRUGS. He's the stereotypical bodybuilder- lifts some weights with shitty form, grows a little, juices long before he really understands how to build a huge, balanced physique- EXPLODES because he has great genetics, competes and burns out before he realizes his true potential. He would have done much better had he waited before juicing so much. He would have had to fight to grow for a while and actually LEARNED how to properly train and might have had a balanced physique.
As it was, here is what I remember. He would come in the gym and a typical arm workout would be some half assed alternate db curls, taking a full 5-6 minutes between sets to either chit chat or stare at himself. Then, Hany would come in the the two of them would dissappear into the bathroom for oh I dunno 20 minutes, maybe 30 or so. Come back out, his shoulders and arms would have fucking welts everywhere. He would sit on the bench, do some seated hammer curls with the 100's with 0 intensity, look like he was in major pain and leave. Legs were hilarious- he used to life in this spandex that was fucking pink and black, sometimes yellow and black. Never understood why a guy would wear pink fucking spandex to lift in. His legs were HUGE, easily his b
