Gerard Dente, top amateur bodybuilder and owner of MHP Supplements, talks about his time competing during the very competitive years of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Gerard talks about how he started competing in bodybuilding competitions after playing football in high school, eventually winning the NPC Teenage Nationals and Collegiate Nationals. Gerard also talks…
To celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, we look back at the 1980 Mr. Olympia contest, one of the most controversial competitions of all time. Host John Hansen interviews several of the competitors who competed in the 1980 Mr. Olympia contest, including Boyer Coe, Chris Dickerson, Frank Zane, Roy Callender, Samir Bannout,…
Author and former Flex Magazine writer John Little talks about Mike Mentzer and Bruce Lee on Part Two of his interview with the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. John talks about why Mike Mentzer decided to walk away from his bodybuilding career after the 1980 Mr. Olympia and what Bodybuilding meant to him. John also discusses what…
Author and former Flex Magazine writer John Little is the guest on the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. In Part One of his interview, John talks about the life and bodybuilding career of Mike Mentzer. Mike passed away 19 years ago on June 10, 2001 and his influence on the world of bodybuilding is still talked about…
Former Editor-in-Chief of Flex Magazine Peter McGough is the guest on the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Peter talks about the legacy of the Mr. Olympia and who was the best Mr. Olympia winner. Peter also shares his memories of the early 1990’s when he was the editor of Flex Magazine, a period in the sport when…
Walter van den Branden from the Netherlands was a judge with the IFBB from 1977 to 2009. In his interview with the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, Walter talks about meeting some of the great legends in Bodybuilding including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Pearl, Frank Zane, Reg Park, Steve Reeves and Boyer Coe. Walter also talks about some…
8x Mr. Olympia Lee Haney is joined by his former training partner and 1989 Arnold Classic champion Rich Gaspari to talk about the year 1984 when they trained together. Lee was training to win his first Mr. Olympia contest and Rich was trying to win his class at the NPC Nationals and Amateur World Championships…
Tom Terwilliger and Shawn Ray are the guests on the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast to talk about the art of Posing in Bodybuilding. Shawn talks about his most memorable posing routines and how he developed them and Tom talks about his experience of getting standing ovations at professional bodybuilding competitions from his performances. Shawn and Tom…
Former IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Tom Terwilliger talks about the art of posing on the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Tom relates the story of how he was inspired to be a great bodybuilder by the posing of Ed Corney in 1977 and then explains about some of the great posing routines from the best bodybuilders of the…
Historic Bodybuilding Photographer Robert Nailon is the guest on the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Robert met and took pictures of some of the most famous bodybuilders from the Golden Age including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, Frank Zane, Dave Draper, Larry Scott, Bill Pearl, Serge Nubret, Sergio Oliva and Danny Padilla. Robert talks about some of the…
