Dec 25, 2023
In this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen reads the contest reports of the controversial 1980 and 1981 Mr. Olympia contests from Muscle Mag International and Muscle Digest magazines. The articles included in this episode include "Arnold's 7th Olympia Win Tarnished by Controversy" written by...
Dec 4, 2023
On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen reads a series of articles about the 1980 IFBB Grand Prix circuit as reported in Muscle & Fitness magazine. This was the first year in which the IFBB held a series of professional contests from February to May, 1980 featuring some of the best...
Nov 21, 2023
On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen reads a series of articles about the Mr. Olympia winners from 1977-1983. The articles that are included in this episode include "How the Kid with the Football Exploded Robby's Dream" about Frank Zane's first Mr. Olympia win in 1977, "A...
Nov 16, 2023
Author Paul Becker joins the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast for this episode to talk about his new book Mike Mentzer and Me. Paul explains what it was like to train with Mike Mentzer about a year before he passed away and what he learned about Mike's training philosophy. Paul also talks about how he was able to...
Oct 25, 2023
On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen reads excerpts from the book Arnold Schwarzenegger - A Portrait by George Butler. In his 1990 book, the director of the movie "Pumping Iron" displays his many rare photographs of Arnold Schwarzenegger from their relationship between 1972-1980 as well...