Aug 5, 2019
Gary Leonard, the winner of the 1980 AAU Mr. America, is the guest this week on the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Gary talks about how he started weight training as a high school athlete and his rapid rise to the top of the national level bodybuilding scene once he started competing. He talks about the top level competitions he competed in including the Mr. California, the Jr. Mr. America and the Mr. America. Gary also relates how his obsessive nature helped him to become such a successful bodybuilder. Gary talks about his big win at the 1980 Mr. America and his disappointing appearance at the 1980 IFBB Mr. Universe. At the end of the podcast, host John Hansen reads an article from MuscleMag International written by Scott Baran where Scott talks about winning a drawing to hang out with Arnold Schwarzenegger in California for a couple days.
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