SCOTT, Yes I did and will respond with more details soon.
MARC sent me the entire film (Dream Big) a while back before it was completed and I give it an A even though Mark's doc starts within the early 70's while my Gold's Gym memories start in the early 1960's .... and possibly even earlier in the 50's when I discovered a huge, ground floor room full of gym gear which would appear to have been made by Joe himself
I believe that room was in the tall building on the original Muscle Beach which is now an apartment building called The Sand Castle if I recall correctly.
I totally believe that that discovery was the real origination of Gold's Gym but needless to say , "Anyone who can recall those good old, long lost days have past away and are now training elsewhere where it never rains or simply gets too damn hot!"
BUT .... A lot of those old day, pre-1970's 'stuffs' are briefly mentioned during a good number of interesting interviews whom most GetBigger may recall .... or have even possibly lifted heavy things with.
DREAM BIG .... Highly recommended when it becomes available.
I'd give this doc an A++ if Marc had solved the Joe Gold type gym equipment mystery I discovered in the 1950's.
