May 25, 2022
Two Mr. America and Mr. Universe winners join the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast on this episode. Matt DuFresne, 1989 AAU Mr. America and NABBA Mr. Universe, is interviewed on the podcast along with his friend Jeff King, 1983 AAU Mr. America and NABBA Mr. Universe. In Part One of their interview, Matt and Jeff talk about their early days of training in Massachusetts and competing as teenagers before winning the Mr. America title in their early 20's. At the end of the Podcast, host John Hansen reads the 1983 Mr. America report from the January, 1984 IronMan Magazine.
Time Stamps:
2:00 - The Pro Physique Experience
3:15 - Happy Birthday to my brother Don
6:00 - Ronnie Coleman on the Tonight Show
8:00 - Start of interview with Matt DuFresne and Jeff King
9:20 - Competing in the AAU and the NPC
12:00 - Big Daddy's Gym
18:57 - When Matt started competing
20:30 - Competing against Ken "Flex" Wheeler
21:30 - Jeff's early influences in bodybuilding
27:00 - Meeting famous bodybuilders in person
29:20 - When Matt worked with Bob Gruskin
32:00 - Gruskin's advice to Jeff to compete in the Mr. America
34:55 - The freaks of bodybuilding
37:40 - The love of training vs. winning competitions
39:35 - The night Matt won the Mr. America
41:10 - Bob Gruskin's help at the NABBA Mr. Universe
44:04 - Why Matt quit competing so young
46:20 - What drugs were being used in the 1980's?
48:30 - How Jeff felt winning the Mr. America and the Mr. Universe in the same year
53:00 - Host John Hansen reads the 1983 AAU Mr. America report written by Al Antuk from the January, 1984 issue of IronMan Magazine.
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