Fantastic
Training around monsters like that and top competitors, as a young guy did you feel inspired, or think "fuck , these guys aren't human!" ?
Man,I loved it.............always liked to train hard and the atmosphere just demanded it at all times.
We had:
2 Mr. Americas
1 Mr. World
2 Mr. Universes
about 6-7 Mr. America contestants (not winners)
3 Mr. Universe contestants (not winners)
tons of local,national,and regional contestants
lots of new female bodybuilders
lots of great powerlifters(700 pound squats and deads were almost commonplce)
3 World Champion arm wrestlers
A few other guys that placed in the Jr. Nats as well as a few Masters contest winners/
In `83,Big Daddys Gym was voted the number 1 gym in the country two years in a row,
If you didn`t train hard,you just didn`t rate..........if you looked like dogshit but gave it your all,everyone respected you.