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ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« on: March 02, 2023, 10:57:42 AM »
Hanky,if nobody else watches any on these please make sure that you do.....you might just learn something.







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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2023, 10:59:37 AM »
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2023, 11:01:54 AM »
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2023, 11:03:33 AM »
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2023, 11:06:41 AM »
Watched that show religiously!!!..
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2023, 11:12:15 AM »
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2023, 11:26:53 AM »
Quote from: michael arvilla on March 02, 2023, 11:06:41 AM
Watched that show religiously!!!..
Same here Mike.
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2023, 11:29:45 AM »
Bodybuilding more mainstream back then. Once the internet pulled back the curtain on the drug use it lost all credibility with mainstream advertisers and audiences.
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2023, 11:31:41 AM »
Quote from: wes on March 02, 2023, 11:12:15 AM


Your bod looked sick there, Wes.
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2023, 11:46:24 AM »
Quote from: NoPEDsNoBB on March 02, 2023, 11:31:41 AM
Your bod looked sick there, Wes.
Thank you....thank you very much!  :D
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2023, 11:47:38 AM »
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2023, 01:03:05 PM »
There was some good BB on TV in those days. Flex Magazine, ESPN, even Vince's corny WBF was OK...
Its all we had (and the Mags)...
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2023, 01:56:40 AM »
I use to get up early on Saturday morning to watch.
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2023, 02:10:52 AM »
Quote from: Gym Rat on March 02, 2023, 01:03:05 PM
There was some good BB on TV in those days. Flex Magazine, ESPN, even Vince's corny WBF was OK...
Its all we had (and the Mags)...
Don`t forget Bodyshaping with Kiana Tomm and the coolest cat ever Rick Valente !!
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2023, 02:12:46 AM »
Quote from: wes on March 03, 2023, 02:10:52 AM
Don`t forget Bodyshaping with Kiana Tomm and the coolest cat ever Rick Valente !!

Watched it daily!  She was hot as f**k for the time.
The show worked, my forearms were in amazing shape!
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2023, 02:18:32 AM »
Quote from: Gym Rat on March 03, 2023, 02:12:46 AM
Watched it daily!  She was hot as f**k for the time.
The show worked, my forearms were in amazing shape!
Mine as well brother!   ;D
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2023, 02:03:44 PM »
Quote from: wes on March 02, 2023, 10:57:42 AM
Hanky,if nobody else watches any on these please make sure that you do.....you might just learn something.







I have the episode with Kevin Levrone on tape, which I recorded during Christmas break in 1991.

I also have the one with Mike Francois from 1994.

Ah, the good ol' days.......having to wait until 0-dark-30 to record American Muscle on ESPN to find out the results of contests that occurred around six months earlier.

Quote from: Gym Rat on March 02, 2023, 01:03:05 PM
There was some good BB on TV in those days. Flex Magazine, ESPN, even Vince's corny WBF was OK...
Its all we had (and the Mags)...

I didn't always catch WBF BodyStars in the morning, unless I programmed the VCR in my mom's room. I didn't have cable in mine. But, fortunately, a local UHF channel that aired pro wrestling also aired "WBF BodyStars America (the one aired in England) in the afternoon.
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2023, 02:07:33 PM »
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I have the episode with Kevin Levrone on tape, which I recorded during Christmas break in 1991.

I also have the one with Mike Francois from 1994.

Ah, the good ol' days.......having to wait until 0-dark-30 to record American Muscle on ESPN to find out the results of contests that occurred around six months earlier

We had a 1-900 number to call to find out who won the Mr. O....otherwise we had to wait for eons !!
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2023, 01:23:42 PM »
Quote from: wes on March 03, 2023, 02:07:33 PM
We had a 1-900 number ro call to find out who won the Mr. O....otherwise we had to wait for eons !!

I believe that was on American Muscle, too: 1-900-PUMP-IRON.

That was the number used in 1991 (same episode as the one with Kevin Levrone) for fans to vote for the MuscleMania Grand Champion, the best of the 5 regional winners. It was Nick Sillette (Atlanta), Mike Francois (Chicago), Sal Princiotta (New York), Ted Lopes (Providence), and Dennis Newman (San Diego).

Francois got the most votes.

The 1992 WBF championship actually had a hotline for fans to vote for the WBF champion (1-900-454-WBF2), the proceeds from which was supposed to go to the Special Olympics.

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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2023, 06:56:37 PM »
I bought all of these on VHS in the early 2000s
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2023, 07:15:56 PM »
Surprised no one here was on this program, at least in some of the contests they covered.
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2023, 07:38:20 PM »
awesome Wes!!   thanks for posting
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2023, 12:49:47 AM »
Loved ESPN and all the shows and contests back then. Cory and Haney's shows were great and couldn't wait till the next episode of American Muscle was on.
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2023, 02:49:04 AM »
Loved that show as a kid. 
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Re: ESPN American Muscle Magazine
« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2023, 09:19:04 AM »
i remember seeing an amazing bodybuilder on there,,,

Harry Dinger!!!

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