I never trained with Arnold but I did train at the same time in the same gym and in fact took showers with him and Zane and Franco and many others numerous times. We had a coed gang shower at the Original Worlds. I did train with Roy Callendar, Louie, Franco Columbo, Tony Pearson, Ken Waller, Dennis Tinnerino, Ray Mentzer, Hulk Hogan, Bill Kazmaier, Kal Sklzak(?), Bill Pettis (who wasn't pro butwas bigger than most), I did bench after Bertil Fox but not with him, and I am sure others I just can't remember or think of.
I didn nothing but Test Cypionate 200mg for about 6 months and that is it. Nothing ever again. That was in 1986. In 1979 or 80 I did buy a bottle of Dianabol from our resident pharmacist TN at World Gym. I tookand felt nothing so didn't want to waster anymore money. It was actually Ric Zumwalt who suggested I take steroids (the test at least) if I was to beat everyone.
I did tour around Hawaii with the No Hope in Dope organization. I was the spokeperson for the MDA, American Lung Association, American Cancer Society, and SPecial Olympics which I traveled around the US as a celebrity volunteer. It was actually the Special Olympics that broughtme Hawaii the first time in 1989 after seeing me at the International Games in Reno, NV. I always no matter where I appeared for the Special Olympics had the most popular and fun clinic for the kids. I armwrestled every single kid and let them beat me. They would go ballastic.
One of the most memorable times I ever had was when a parent came up t me in Reno and started crying and hugged me and said she loved me. The day before in my clinic I armwrestled her son. I always made it look like I was big and bad and I would sometimes yell at the kids and grab their hand. Well I guess this kid didn't want to because he was scared so finally he got up there. I make it look like I am struglling but then let him beat. He went crazy yelling and screaming he beat the World Champion. That night he made his mom call everyone of his friends so he could tell them he beat me. She said it was absolutely the most fun most excited he had been in years. That actually made my tear up when she said all that. But that happened all the time. I loved being with those kids. I have a million Special Olympic stories.