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To celebrate the 4th Anniversary of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen shares excerpts from some of his favorite interviews over the last four years.
Included in Part One of the 4th Anniversary Special are interviews with 1982 Mr. Olympia Chris Dickerson talking about competing in his first NABBA Mr. Universe in 1970 (17:07), 3x Mr. Olympia Frank Zane talks about competing against Bill Pearl in 1971 (30:32), 1978 Mr. America Tony Pearson talks about when he first moved to California  (37:34), 1990 Arnold Classic Champion Shawn Ray talks about being mentored by John Brown (43:10), 1969 Mr. America and Mr. Universe Boyer Coe talks about when he first met Sergio Oliva and Bill Pearl (50:54), 1985 NPC Nationals champ Phil Williams talks about winning the NPC Nationals, the last time he saw George Turner and getting ready to compete in his first pro show (1:01:57), 8x Mr. Olympia Lee Haney and 1989 Arnold Classic Champ Rich Gaspari talk about training together back in 1984 (1:15:22) and Tom Platz talks about his mental prep to compete in the 1981 Mr. Olympia in the best shape of his life (1:34:12). At the end of the podcast, host John Hansen reads the article "Frank Zane: Portrait of Persistence" by Armand Tanny from the February, 1978 issue of Muscle Builder magazine (1:43:10).
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Continuing the celebration of the 4th Year Anniversary of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen shares clips from some of his favorite interviews over the last four years.
Included in Part Two of the 4th Year Anniversary Show are 6x Ms. Olympia Cory Everson talking about the dangerous blood clot she got at the beginning of her career and her reason for retiring from competition (11:25), Tony Pearson and Phil Williams share some crazy stories about George Turner, the famous bodybuilding coach and gym owner from St. Louis (22:00), film editor Dave McVeigh talks about editing the documentary "Raw Iron" about the making of "Pumping Iron" (38:00), Charlotte Parker, Arnold Schwarzenegger's publicist during the height of his fame, talks about the vision she had for Arnold's movie career (54:18), Jack Neary, former writer for Muscle Builder Magazine, talks about some fun times he had hanging around with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the late 1970's (58:25), Barbara Outland, Arnold's girlfriend from 1969-1975, talks about her relationship with him including his relationship with his father and his overwhelming self confidence (1:15:00), Ed Connors talks about buying Gold's Gym and his strategy for making it one of the biggest gyms in the world (1:27:28), author John Little talks about Bruce Lee's relationship to bodybuilding and how good he really was as a martial artist (1:38:45). At the end of the podcast, John Hansen reads the article "Another Gold Crusted Olympia Under His Belt, Mr. Serendipity Goes His Alchemic Way Forward" by Rick Wayne from the February, 1978 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine (1:53:24).
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For the final installment of the 4th Year Anniversary Show for the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen picks some of his favorite excerpts from interviews over the last four years.
Included in Part Three of the 4th Year Anniversary are Peter McGough talking about how much he admired Larry Scott (10:15) and when he started his publication Pumping Press and his memories of the early NABBA Mr. Universe contests (15:30), the Bob Gruskin Tribute with Tom Terwilliger, John DeFendis and Jerry Scalesse (23:50), Jerry Brainum talks about Franco Columbu when Franco first arrived in America (32:36) and a funny story when Arnold got into a fight at Gold's Gym (39:44), Ellington Darden talks about meeting a 17 year old Boyer Coe at a powerlifting/bodybuilding meet in Texas (44:15), Marc Martinez talks about going to the famous Gold's Gym for the first time in 1977 (52:45), Boyer Coe talks about competing in the 1970 NABBA Mr. Universe and then traveling to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the AAU Mr. World (1:00:15) and his crazy experience competing in the 1969 NABBA Mr. Universe in London (1:09:54), Tom Terwilliger and Joey Fulco talk about bodybuilding in the 1970's and how it is so different from the sport today (1:17:37) and Jerry Brainum talks about meeting Bill Pearl when he was a teenager (1:26:24) and his thoughts on seeing Sergio Oliva for the first time at the 1966 IFBB Mr. World contest (1:33:40). At the end of the Podcast, host John Hansen reads the article "I Am Grateful to Joe Weider" about Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1978 written by Rick Wayne for the February, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine.
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Marc Martinez, director of the upcoming documentary "Dream Big", joins the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast to talk about his new movie. In Part One of his interview, Marc explains what got him interested in bodybuilding when he was a teenager and some of his memories of Gold's Gym in the 1970's and his inspiration for making a documentary about the Golden Age of Bodybuilding. At the end of the podcast, host John Hansen reads the contest report of the 1978 Mr. Olympia contest from the February, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine. 
Time Stamps:
04:15 - Happy Birthday to Arnold
06:20 - Tampa Pro Show this weekend
09:05 - Emails from last week's show
14:30 - Marc Martinez Interview, Part One
59:00 - John reads the 1978 Mr. Olympia contest report written by Rick Wayne from the February, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine
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In Part Two of his interview with the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, Marc Martinez talks about the interviews he conducted in putting together his documentary about the Golden Age of Bodybuilding. Marc also talks about the challenges of making a movie and when the movie will be released. At the end of the podcast, host John Hansen reads an article from the May, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine titled "I'll Win Mr. Olympia a Third Time - Here's Why" by Frank Zane.
Time Stamps:
03:22 - John Meadows RIP
06:45 - Review of the 2021 Tampa Pro
09:11 - Emails from last week's show
13:52 - Marc Martinez Interview, Part Two
18:21 - Marc's original idea for making the movie
28:30 - Franco's passing in 2019
34:00 - Trying to get Arnold in the movie
40:37 - The rough neighborhood of Venice, California
42:00 - Wrapping up the movie for release
58:15 - John Hansen reads the article "I'll Win Mr. Olympia a Third Time, Here's Why" by Frank Zane for the May, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine.
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The Bodybuilding Legends Podcast features three great champions from the 1980's on this episode. Tony Pearson, 1978 AAU Mr. America, Tom Terwilliger, 1986 NPC Nationals Light Heavyweight Champion and Phil Williams, 1985 NPC Nationals Overall Winner, join host John Hansen to talk about their bodybuilding careers in the 1980's. At the end of the podcast, John reads the article "The Unhappiest Mr. America" about Tony Pearson winning the 1978 Mr. America contest written by Rick Wayne for the February, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder magazine.
Time Stamps:
5:24 - Recent deaths in bodybuilding
6:43 - RIP Phil Herndon, 1995 NPC USA Champion
7:34 - Arnold says "Screw Your Freedom"
12:00 - Emails from listeners to the podcast
20:48 - Start of interview with Tony Pearson, Tom Terwilliger and Phil Williams, Part One
21:40 - Tony talks about the upcoming documentary about his autobiography Driven
47:41 - Tom relates the story of watching Ed Corney pose at the "Pumping Iron" movie premiere in New York
52:00 - Phil talks about who inspired him when he started bodybuilding
57:00 - How Phil, Tom and Tony had so much hunger to get started in bodybuilding with little support
1:01:50 - What did it feel like when they finally turned pro?
1:17:50 - John reads the article "The Unhappiest Mr. America" written by Rick Wayne for the February, 1979 issue of Muscle Builder Magazine.
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