John Brown Interview - Bodybuilding Legends Podcast

[Natural_O]

2x Mr. Universe John Brown Bodybuilder joins the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast this week to talk about his great career. John talks about the mental and physical strategies he used to win bodybuilding championships, his experience guest posing in Europe and how he helped Shawn Ray, Vince Taylor and Melvin Anthony to become bodybuilding superstars - http://bodybuildinglegendsshow.com/the_podcast_test/season-5-episode-6-john-brown/

[DroppingPlates]

He had a great physique, esp chest & waist, so I wonder why he placed so bad as an IFBB pro... politics?


1975
Mr California – AAU, Teen, 3rd
Mr Southern California – AAU, Teen, 3rd

1976
Gold’s Classic – AAU, Tall, 2nd
Mr Los Angeles – AAU, Teen, 1st

1977
Mr Los Angeles – AAU, Winner
Mr Southern California – AAU, 3rd

1978
Junior Mr America – AAU, Tall, 3rd
Junior Mr USA – AAU, Tall, 3rd
Orange County (CA) Championships – AAU, Overall Winner

1979
Mr America – AAU, Tall, 6th
Mr California – AAU, Tall, 3rd
Junior Mr America – AAU, Tall, 1st
Mr Western America – AAU, Winner

1980
Mr America – AAU, HeavyWeight, 6th
Mr California – AAU, Tall, 2nd
World Championships – WABBA, Tall, 1st

1981
Mr Universe – NABBA, Overall Winner
Mr Universe – NABBA, Tall, 1st
World Championships – WABBA, Tall, 1st
World Championships – WABBA, Overall Winner

1982
Mr Universe – NABBA, Overall Winner
Mr Universe – NABBA, Tall, 1st
World Championships – WABBA, Tall, 1st

1983
Mr Universe – NABBA, Tall, 2nd
World Championships – WABBA, Professional, 3rd

1984
Canada Pro Cup – IFBB, 9th
World Grand Prix – IFBB, 9th

1985
Night of Champions – IFBB, 10th
Olympia – IFBB, 14th


1986
Los Angeles Pro Championships – IFBB, Did not place
Night of Champions – IFBB, 16th
World Pro Championships – IFBB, 14th

1987
Detroit Pro Championships – IFBB, 8th

1989
Grand Prix Melbourne – IFBB, 10th
World Pro Championships – IFBB, 9th

1991
Ironman Pro Invitational – IFBB, 12th
San Jose Pro Invitational – IFBB, 10th

[Nether Animal]

Cool - does he mention his pec tear? I notice in a lot of your interviews they sort of shy away about talking about the end of their careers and how it happened. Mike Quinn never even mentioned that late '90s NOC show he did, acted like '94 NOC was his last.

[Natural_O]

Cool - does he mention his pec tear? I notice in a lot of your interviews they sort of shy away about talking about the end of their careers and how it happened. Mike Quinn never even mentioned that late '90s NOC show he did, acted like '94 NOC was his last.

No, he didn't mention that. We just talked about his career competing in Europe and the NABBA and WABBA organization then competing in the IFBB in the '80's. He also talked about helping Shawn Ray and Vince Taylor and his mental aspect to training. That was really interesting. He applied the same principles to his sons, all of whom have a good chance of being inducted into the NFL.

[Nether Animal]

Shawn really looked up to him.

[Natural_O]

It's crazy how big bodybuilding was in Europe in the early 1980's.

[BIG AL MCKECHNIE]

I remember being impressed with this pic back in the day.

[funk51]

brown and his 3  football playing sons are profiled on hbo's real sports this month... pic'd is john's only american cover ?

[Parker]

No, he didn't mention that. We just talked about his career competing in Europe and the NABBA and WABBA organization then competing in the IFBB in the '80's. He also talked about helping Shawn Ray and Vince Taylor and his mental aspect to training. That was really interesting. He applied the same principles to his sons, all of whom have a good chance of being inducted into the NFL.

His sons are Egyptian Gods. The NFL is beneath them.

[funk51]

His sons are Egyptian Gods. The NFL is beneath them.

             on the hbo special he talked about how his sons were groomed from before birth to be world class wide receivers [no not that kind.no homo] he picked the woman he thought would bear him the best genetic makeup to give him star athlete sons.

[Natural_O]

One of the most interesting parts of the interview I did with him was his mental approach to training and competition. He talked about a girl he worked with who was competing in the Ms. Galaxy competition where she had to do an obstacle course. She called him up crying that she was going to lose the contest because her time running the course wasn't good enough. He asked her what time she needed to get to win the obstacle course contest and she told him so he said, "Go to a place where you can be by yourself and repeat that time to yourself over and over again for 15 min". She did it and ran the course and got that exact time.

[seCrawler]

            on the hbo special he talked about how his sons were groomed from before birth to be world class wide receivers [no not that kind.no homo] he picked the woman he thought would bear him the best genetic makeup to give him star athlete sons.

completely cringe worthy when people make this statement.  ball and brown just followed the williams (serena and venus) and woods' (tiger) blue print.  all i can see is, he married a woman round 6'0 to his 6'2 to increase the odds they'd all be over 6'2+ which is optimal for WRs.  maybe you could add she had long limbs   . other than that, it's like Ray saying he married Kristy b.c it would insure Asia could dance, just cringe worthy!

[be back]

One of the most interesting parts of the interview I did with him was his mental approach to training and competition. He talked about a girl he worked with who was competing in the Ms. Galaxy competition where she had to do an obstacle course. She called him up crying that she was going to lose the contest because her time running the course wasn't good enough. He asked her what time she needed to get to win the obstacle course contest and she told him so he said, "Go to a place where you can be by yourself and repeat that time to yourself over and over again for 15 min". She did it and ran the course and got that exact time.

So if she had gone and repeated over and over that she could fly that would have worked as well?

[Parker]

             on the hbo special he talked about how his sons were groomed from before birth to be world class wide receivers [no not that kind.no homo] he picked the woman he thought would bear him the best genetic makeup to give him star athlete sons.

Basically John Brown picked the woman that he thought was superior to him aka Color Struck. And then came up with that ignorance. And the naming of them after Egyptian Gods and changed their name to St. Brown. He's trying to make them more than what they are, and not allowing them to be their own selves.
Ever notice that a lot of the female tennis players have issues with their fathers, who were the ones that pushed them?

[illuminati]

He had a great physique, esp chest & waist, so I wonder why he placed so bad as an IFBB pro... politics?


1975
Mr California – AAU, Teen, 3rd
Mr Southern California – AAU, Teen, 3rd

1976
Gold’s Classic – AAU, Tall, 2nd
Mr Los Angeles – AAU, Teen, 1st

1977
Mr Los Angeles – AAU, Winner
Mr Southern California – AAU, 3rd

1978
Junior Mr America – AAU, Tall, 3rd
Junior Mr USA – AAU, Tall, 3rd
Orange County (CA) Championships – AAU, Overall Winner

1979
Mr America – AAU, Tall, 6th
Mr California – AAU, Tall, 3rd
Junior Mr America – AAU, Tall, 1st
Mr Western America – AAU, Winner

1980
Mr America – AAU, HeavyWeight, 6th
Mr California – AAU, Tall, 2nd
World Championships – WABBA, Tall, 1st

1981
Mr Universe – NABBA, Overall Winner
Mr Universe – NABBA, Tall, 1st
World Championships – WABBA, Tall, 1st
World Championships – WABBA, Overall Winner

1982
Mr Universe – NABBA, Overall Winner
Mr Universe – NABBA, Tall, 1st
World Championships – WABBA, Tall, 1st

1983
Mr Universe – NABBA, Tall, 2nd
World Championships – WABBA, Professional, 3rd

1984
Canada Pro Cup – IFBB, 9th
World Grand Prix – IFBB, 9th

1985
Night of Champions – IFBB, 10th
Olympia – IFBB, 14th


1986
Los Angeles Pro Championships – IFBB, Did not place
Night of Champions – IFBB, 16th
World Pro Championships – IFBB, 14th

1987
Detroit Pro Championships – IFBB, 8th

1989
Grand Prix Melbourne – IFBB, 10th
World Pro Championships – IFBB, 9th

1991
Ironman Pro Invitational – IFBB, 12th
San Jose Pro Invitational – IFBB, 10th

He couldn’t win the tall class Southern California or Mr America
His placing in the IFBB seem very fair

[Parker]

He couldn’t win the tall class Southern California or Mr America
His placing in the IFBB seem very fair

And he didn't do too well amongst the IFBB pros.

[chuckles]

Shawn really looked up to him.

do you know Shawn ray personally or just trying to sound like you do?

[Dokey111]

completely cringe worthy when people make this statement.  ball and brown just followed the williams (serena and venus) and woods' (tiger) blue print.  all i can see is, he married a woman round 6'0 to his 6'2 to increase the odds they'd all be over 6'2+ which is optimal for WRs.  maybe you could add she had long limbs   . other than that, it's like Ray saying he married Kristy b.c it would insure Asia could dance, just cringe worthy!

ironic

[seCrawler]

do you know Shawn ray personally or just trying to sound like you do?

i see you're new to getbig, so you get a temporary troll pass.  anyway, shawn spoke highly of him for years on this board and in his videos.     

[seCrawler]

Basically John Brown picked the woman that he thought was superior to him aka Color Struck. And then came up with that ignorance. And the naming of them after Egyptian Gods and changed their name to St. Brown. He's trying to make them more than what they are, and not allowing them to be their own selves.
Ever notice that a lot of the female tennis players have issues with their fathers, who were the ones that pushed them?

i'm thinking erin stern if he needed to go there.  

ncaa track star and miss O.

[be back]

He couldn’t win the tall class Southern California or Mr America
His placing in the IFBB seem very fair

hes the only person to win the overall amateur Universe twice...

[Ronnie Rep]

brown and his 3  football playing sons are profiled on hbo's real sports this month... pic'd is john's only american cover ?

Did you see it Funk , it's fascinating.

[The Scott]

Fuck the idiot.  He had a really good physique but that's about it. 

[illuminati]

hes the only person to win the overall amateur Universe twice...

yes that's good going.

Must of been really tough competition at the California & America then as he couldn't win

[Natural_O]

So if she had gone and repeated over and over that she could fly that would have worked as well?

Probably not because humans can't fly but it worked good for running the obstacle course