This article is based on old bodybuilding magazines. Vince Gironda used to hold seminars through the world. Robert Kennedy (publisher of Muscle Mag Magazine) was a big fan of Vince. He visited and taped the seminar. He put Vince’s speech into the magazine. None of the Muscle Mag articles were ghost written or made up. It was …
Most little boys dream of growing up to be firemen, ambulance drivers or police officers. Not Ron Teufel, even as a child he wanted to become a sports superstar. By the time he was fifteen he had started training with weights at school, earned a fine reputation as a wrestler and begun to dream of …
Tony Emmott is a UK bodybuilding champion and he was a postal deliverer prior to becoming a successful bodybuilder. In the year 1976 Tony Emmott fulfilled a lifelong ambition by winning the prestigious title NABBA Mr. Universe (1977). After winning the Mr. Universe title he competed at the 1978 Mr. Olympia contest. It was the greatest muscles …
Don Z. Ross (October 6, 1946 – June 2, 1995) was a professional bodybuilder, wrestler and weight training coach from California. He performed under the names ‘Ripper Savage’ and ‘The Bronx Barbarian’. He has won numerous bodybuilding titles throughout the United States, including Pro. Mr. America; America’s Most Muscular Man 1975, 76 and 77; IFBB Pro …
Beckles was born in Barbados, 1930. There he started Olympic Weightlifting as a teenager. He had considerable success before he badly injured his back. At the age of 21 he emigrated to London, England to live, and recommenced weight training with the emphasis on bodybuilding to ease his back. After years of training he entered …
Born in Prineville, Oregan, and reared in Yakim Washington, Bill Pearl was Mr. America in 1953, Mr. U.S.A in 1956, and Mr. Universe in 1953, 1956, 1961, 1967, and 1971. Mr. Pearl is 88 years old and thus one of the eldest bodybuilder. Today he is retired but still active coaching, giving advices and helping young bodybuilders. The …
Mr. Routlege won both the Mr. Universe title and Mr. America title in the same year 1961. For my younger followers: those two titles were the most prestigious titles in American Bodybuilding history! Mr. Routledge was very famous, every bodybuilding magazine wanted to print his physique on their covers. Millions of young people saw and …
Mike Mentzer’s REAL Training WisdomsOn my website neckberg.com nothing is ghost written or made up. It’s the pure truth how the oldtimers trained. And here’s Mike’s letter…Yes, he used to send letters/training guides to his fans (Courtesy of Mike Knight). I took some interesting quotes from those letters and put them below. By the way …
Leroy Colbert (born May 9, 1933 NY, USA – died November 20, 2015 age 82) was an American bodybuilder. He is notable as being credited as the first man to develop 21″/53cm circumference arms He used to train in his earlier training years with bodybuilding stars like Marvin Eder, Artie Zeller, Abe Goldberg and …