Rich probably got the furthest with the least, genetics-wise, out of any pro. Second at the O twice is a big achievement considering. He was at his peak when I picked up my first bb mag. They pushed him as a really driven guy, he talked about how he would be willing to die for the title, how he trained so much and so hard he couldn't sleep and had constant diarrhea... funny things you remember from back in 1987 lol. Haney said he initially thought Rich was gay because he had no girlfriends, he just trained, was too intense in Haney's opinion. The Olympia was held here in Gothenburg that year, Rich said his father flew over with some chicken for him because he didn't like the way the chicken he bought here smelled, didn't want to risk getting sick
