Arnold's comments about todays pros in new Flex!

[sarcasm]

in his monthly column in the back he says that todays bb'ers are lazy and spoiled and that when he came here Weider gave him a little money to get an apartment and a car and that was it, he put himself through school and went to work as a bricklayer with Franco, he says todays pros want everything handed to them, whaddya think?

[alexxx]

in his monthly column in the back he says that todays bb'ers are lazy and spoiled and that when he came here Weider gave him a little money to get an apartment and a car and that was it, he put himself through school and went to work as a bricklayer with Franco, he says todays pros want everything handed to them, whaddya think?

I think he is 100% right.

[davidpaul]

good post, too many spoilt brats like tamali.

[sarcasm]

i thought about this after Toney Freeman posted something like, "i need 8 meals a day, 2 workouts, 2 cardios and 10-12 hrs. sleep, help a brutha out", Toney's a good guy but gimme a fuckin' break.

[pumpster]

Classic Schwarzenegger trying to pretend he was different. Maybe it's true that they're lazy, I don't know but Arnold himself landed in a great situation - busily training & tanning in Venice in the heyday of the 60s, with an apartment & car ready and waiting; hardly a struggle. Completely the opposite of the rhetoric he repeats every so often about arriving in the US as an immigrant with nothing, which is entirely untrue.

The bricklaying thing, his company "Pumping Bricks": he never did any of the work himself, but again it makes great copy-for him.

The reality is that he never had a 9-5 job in his life until becoming governor.

[alexxx]

i thought about this after Toney Freeman posted something like, "i need 8 meals a day, 2 workouts, 2 cardios and 10-12 hrs. sleep, help a brutha out", Toney's a good guy but gimme a fuckin' break.

He probably got that from Flex Wheeler lol he would sleep 16 freacking hours a day!

Eat, sleep and train -- that's all I do. I'm up at 5 and get with the program right away - eat, sleep, train... and maybe listen to the radio. It's a lot of fun. That's the sacrifice I make, but I have to do it in order to achieve what I want. I've done well. I've done things no professional has ever done in this sport. My kids can read about what I've done. That's something to be proud of.

[pushinweightwi]

Well considering that the pros of today have to put their bodies through a lot more dangerious situations(i.e. chems) a little more compensation dosnt hurt.  If Arnold feels this way why did he (not sure if he is still involved or not) award them some of the best contest prize money?

[sarcasm]

Well considering that the pros of today have to put their bodies through a lot more dangerious situations(i.e. chems) a little more compensation dosnt hurt.  If Arnold feels this way why did he (not sure if he is still involved or not) award them some of the best contest prize money?

maybe these "men" should get real jobs instead.

[HERACLES]

Pro bodybuilding is the cruelest, lowest paying of all professions unless you market yourself and do other things besides try to live on contest winnings, unless your a constant top 5 MrO or Arnold Classic winner......

COmpared to pros of other sports, its just a shame.

I admire pro bodybuilders, they look amazing, and so on...its just stupid though how much work they put into how they look with not tha tmuch in return, unless your Ronnie, Jay, or another high profile pro.

[sarcasm]

Pro bodybuilding is the cruelest, lowest paying of all professions unless you market yourself and do other things besides try to live on contest winnings, unless your a constant top 5 MrO or Arnold Classic winner......

COmpared to pros of other sports, its just a shame.

I admire pro bodybuilders, they look amazing, and so on...its just stupid though how much work they put into how they look with not tha tmuch in return, unless your Ronnie, Jay, or another high profile pro.

i agree but the thing i don't want to hear is these big pussies crying and getting mad that the sport doesn't give them money, quit complaining and being bitter and do something, i think that's the reason that some of these guys come off like such assholes because they're always broke and wondering how they're going to pay the bills.

[Sir William Idol]

the current mr. olympia was a full time cop when he won his first sandow, so arnold doesnt know what the fuck he's talking about

[alexxx]

the current mr. olympia was a full time cop when he won his first sandow, so arnold doesnt know what the f**k he's talking about

Are you saying the entire Olympia lineup and all the amateur bodybuilders where all cops at one point to advance throughout the ifbb ranks so fast.

[sgt. d]

Fuck arnold

[doison]

He has the exact same article printed every 5 years or so. 

[phyxsius]

"It's not about what bodybuilding can do for you but what you can do for bodybuilding"

[Ex Coelis]

how can anyone in favour of the athletes scoff at them earning a living through the sport? If pros can afford to do nothing but eat, sleep and train, then things are going well! Weider forced his top guy to work as a bricklayer to supplement his meager bodybuilding contract? What a ripe prick! Joe made millions of dollars and still does, and he barely gave the athletes enough to survive!

Arnold is full of shit.

[gibberj2]

Bodybuilding is a lot more competitive now than it was then. It's a lot harder to be a bodybuilder and have a full time job today than back then.

[Jr. Yates]

Bodybuilding is a lot more competitive now than it was then. It's a lot harder to be a bodybuilder and have a full time job today than back then.

I have to agree. times were different then and there was alot LESS compeition then there is now. If Ronnie kept his full time job he may not be the current Mr. O, because Jay, who doesn't work would have been dieting,sleeping and training harder. that could be all it takes.

[jmt1]

i agree but the thing i don't want to hear is these big pussies crying and getting mad that the sport doesn't give them money, quit complaining and being bitter and do something, i think that's the reason that some of these guys come off like such assholes because they're always broke and wondering how they're going to pay the bills.

they should complain...when the ifbbb (weider) makes millions a year...and only a handfull of pros are making good money.

it is really a joke how the athletes are treated...i mean they actually have to pay to get their ifbb card...lol

at the very least all pro bodybuilders should have healthcare and some type of benefits package through the ifbb.

the mr o is supposed to be a battle of the best in the world...if a guy qualifies and competes in that show their should be a decent pay day for each of them...i mean what do they get know like a 1000 each?  ....and that only started a few years ago.

my point is for what they go through, they do have a right to complain.

[Vince B]

I did the trip to LA in October 1968 with the intention of trying to stay there. Not easy for Canadians because they are not allowed to work there. The Mexicans don't worry about such laws. Anyway, I had 200 dollars and a VW plus a Shell credit card. I lasted a month there. I slept in my car for over a week then Chip Wilson from Chicago and his flatmate let me sleep on their sofa in Santa Monica. Arnold arrived in LA in the same week as me and I met him at the original Golds and even took a couple of shots of him that were published in Muscle Training Illustrated. He was easygoing then and even let me measure his arms one day. I saw him hanging around Muscle Beach and Venice Beach with the boys. He didn't seem to have a job.

I heard later that Joe gave him a 'job' in the warehouse shifting boxes around but Arnold wasn't interested. I found out he shared a house with some Aussies and Kiwis in LA. Some of those guys were involved in shipping stolen cars back to Australia and one was arrested and spent time in Jail in America. I have no idea if Arnold was involved. A Kiwi escaped to Vancouver with a new Shelby GT500 and I put the picture together when I was in Hawaii and found out the Aussie was arrested in January 1969 by the FBI. I was on my way back from Australia with my wife to be.

Mits Kowashima brought Arnold and Dave Draper to Hawaii in Jan 69 to do a show. So Arnold had some income from doing shows, etc. Any guy who can't speak English properly and ends up a movie star and governor in California has what it takes to survive in LA.

I lasted a month and when the money ran out I headed back to Vancouver and eventually settled in Sydney in January 1971. Arnold went on to bigger things but people forget he bought a house worth over $1,000,000 back in 1980. So Arnold listened to Joe Gold and invested his earnings in real estate instead of opening a gym.

[gibberj2]

how much were arnold's arms when you measured them?

[sandstone]

good post, too many spoilt brats like tamali.

You just know that letter was in response to Priest going over to PDI. As much as i love the OAK its obvious that hes living in the 70's. Times change Arnold, i dont know anyone who thinks Ben and Joe are doing anyhting to even remotley help bodybuilders today. Than again im a pathetic loser and dont know anyone but myself.

[gatrainer]

He was easygoing then and even let me measure his arms one day.

Just imagine if getbig was around during that time.  Arnold would come on with a thread stating how some little skinny guy came up to him and asked if he could measure him.

[IFBBwannaB]

Arnold did plenty of gay for pay.
And he was as spoiled if not more then most of today pro's.

No doubt he that he is a talented man,but he was also VERY lucky to be in the right place in the right time.

[cornebb]

i rekon it would be hard having a job and be a pro at the same time