When I came to Golds Gym in October 1968 I was hoping to stay in LA and train for contests.....to follow the bodybuilder's dream. I lasted a month then went back to Vancouver. LA is a scary place to survive in when you don't have a job there. I had a SS card number but I didn't want to get deported like the Mexicans did. There were no personal trainers in those days. Well, not as a common profession.
While training there I got to the biggest I had been as a natural. I was 210 pounds and had 17 1/2" cold arms and calves. Right now my calves are bigger than that and I don't train them. My arms are now bigger as well and that makes me feel good. The last time I competed my arms were 17 1/4" but I could pump them over 18" easily. Getting 18 inch cold arms in contest condition isn't at all easy. Not in those days, and not today....of course naturally. No way I am going the pill and injection route that the followers of gh15 take. That isn't bodybuilding. It is abuse of oneself physically, mentally, socially and even morally. How can anyone be proud of what he built via the chemist? You can't. It is all bullshit and fake.
Coach had a good build. No doubt about that. However, what is his knowledge of hypertrophy theory? I haven't read anything that would compel me to drop what I know and follow the coach. Next thing I would be training with ropes and tyres and wondered what the hell happened to my self-respect!
