Oh, and while the standards were different back then... Jeff was tier 2. 
$3000- $4000 club (tier 2)
Atwood, D. Ball, K. Green, M. Kjellstrom, Z. Khan, Kovacs, J. Long, V. Martinez, Ruhl, Scholz,
So face and height don't matter? Jeff was a good looking man, and was 5'11, although may have been 6'0, as I saw him self-report that for one of his teen contests, in an article in a magazine of an early cover of his.
Just saw this old topic and thought I'd respond. People were wondering why Jeff King was never profiled in the bodybuilding mags. All I know is, the very first interview I ever sold--way back in the fall of 1985--was with Jeff King for MuscleMag International. In 1989, we did another interview, a two-parter this time, for the late/lamented Muscle Trailing Illustrated. Then, in 2012, I did still another interview with Jeff that covered his past and his present for Iron Man magazine. That was my last "Legends of Bodybuilding" interview, a series I'd begun for Iron Man back in 1998.
One year after that, I interviewed Jeff for MuscleMag's stand-alone publication, "Legends of Bodybuilding 3." So, Jeff has actually been profiled twice since the new millennium. He's a great guy, very friendly, and was always very open with me. It helped that he was a New England boy and so am I.
Here's a link to the unedited version of my King Iron Man interview. Hope you enjoy it!
https://www.gmv.com.au/default.asp?pageid=HOME&template=content&sid=1832
In the summer of 2015, I went on an EBAY buying spree of Jeff King magazines, and I thought I got them all - although I am uncertain if I grabbed the magazine with that 1989 interview, most likely because Jeff didn't have a cover for it [I'm guessing]. Basically, I bought all of the Jeff King covers.
Now I am interested in buying the magazines with the new interviews, and I will definitely check out the link that you sent.
when I last competed in 1996 winning the NW area show I had photos done and an interview for a magazine, during the interview he kept asking me about training and diet, Because I told him I ate normally and just trained he said he couldnt write that, he asked what specific exercises I did for calves, i told him I did a few sets of calf raises twice a month.
Maybe Jeff did the same thing , they seem to want to write the same old shit about chicken and rice an 50 set workouts
My article never made the magazine.
That's funny you said that - when I got in what was [for me at least] the best shape of my life, I just went from eating one meal a day to two. That's it, that's all. Being a bit more conscientious at the time, I probably almost unknowingly shifted my protein and carb ratio around, but that's about it. The point is, I didn't do anything special at all, but the results were good for me, and some of my "normal" friends were super impressed. Meanwhile, all I did was ate an extra normal sized meal. I probably threw in, max, 30 grams more in protein per day.
So I find your own experience believable [in that gains are possible just training/eating instinctually, with the level of gains dependent on the individual's genetics], yet comical in that the magazines want to promote it to be totally different than that.
I suspect a lot of people turn pro and find that the only major changes come down to cycle length/size, and contest diet, maybe. But that the training is exactly the same. Sergio Oliva Jr. said in his post-New York Pro win interview with Dave Palumbo that the gym part was actually the easiest part. I doubt the magazines will ever say that though.
