Or maybe Lee is one of those dads who berates his kid for not going hard enough.
Lee was jacked on insulin and gh for his last shows, quite big for him. Prior to 1990 there was very little gh on the market and insulin wasn't really used so he was "small." Flea Labrada Haney called him.
LOL...I remember reading that Lee used to call him that. I don't recall seeing him ever say that in a video, but I read that before.
Is it true that prior to around 1988, they used to get GH from rhesus macaque monkeys, and it could cause some rare brain disease in humans that could take up to twenty years to emerge?
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Or was it that GH used to be extracted from human cadavers or something? Could be a myth, but Todd Ganci said that in 2004, in n anti-steroid propaganda video that he did.
Also, how do you pronounce macaque?
I could see Lee being that way. You have to think with his net worth being so high from his company still going strong, that there is no financial reason why Hunter would need to risk his health. He probably looks at Hunter as having inherited his bodybuilding genetics from him, and possibly competes vicariously through Hunter.
I know that Sergio Oliva Sr. wanted Junior to have NOTHING to do with bodybuilding, and Junior said he had to literally flee Illinois to pursue bodybuilding. It must be pretty cool to have elite genetics like that, and find herself jacked just from doing pushups, and knowing what your dad achieved...it makes sense that there would be these examples of sons of bodybuilders pursuing bodybuilding too.
I think Arnold's son with the maid really wants to take after Arnold. I think you can tell how much he admires his dad.
Arnold gets a lot of flak on here [rightfully so], but he is honestly the best maid-fucking bodybuilder, bar none.
Although I think Biden could beat him with the right cycle of dementia meds, and some Tren.
In this video, you can see how disappointed Mike Christian was losing to Lee. Go to the 1:40 mark, and you can see his disappointment was palpable:
This may be blasphemy to say in some bodybuilding circles...but I think Mike should have placed 3rd there.
Honestly, I did previously think Lee was deserving of 3rd due to his conditioning...but Christian was 245-lb there at around 6'1.5", and was absolutely ripped to shreds. I don't think conditioning would have been the reason to give 3rd to Lee. It must have been aesthetics or completeness of the physique. I don't think anyone would deny that Lee bested Mike Christian on aesthetics.
But if aesthetics matter so much, why give Gaspari 2nd place?
Mike's facial expression makes me think that in his mind, he thought of that contest as a fight for 2nd place with Gaspari. I don't think he would have thought he could beat Lee, and he possibly thought he edged out Gaspari for 2nd. So placing 4th was a tough pill to swallow if I'm right about that, and you can see it on his face.
I didn't know Lee was so huge later in his competitive career. I seem to vaguely recall that he retired from competing in 1996, still placing well. I'd have to check out the pics.