That pic in the OT ... Man, I flipped past it
SO many times collecting photos for articles, etc. back when I was an editor at MuscleMag. We had this room with cabinets filled to the tits with file folders of all the bodybuilders, past and present. Each one jammed with shots, etc. for use in the magazine.
Good memory of a time when MMI had much of its original "dream team" employees and things were on an upswing. Johnny Fitness being utterly hilarious ... Bob being the master smartass that he was ... Paul Gardiner managing the store downstairs and plotting his future riches with the sham company MuscleTech ... Kovacs popping in and almost collapsing from climbing the two measly flights of stairs to the offices ... all the fitness "stars" wiggling their bums up and down the hallways (Stacey "Big Boob" Boetto/Lynn, Vickie Pratt, etc.), me getting into physical altercations with members of the art team ...
Now MuscleMag is MuscleMag in name only.
Oh, yeah ... Cormier ... Great bodybuilder. Pleasant enough on the phone. His FLEX pictorial featuring him squatting 675 was a bogus deal, for sure. Half reps and obviously limited skillset with the movement. I do remember him calling me and basically begging us not to gab in the gossip section about his fray with that Ahmo chick. Halfways crying.
