Jun 14, 2022
Stoney Lee Grimes, former training partner of Lee Labrada and one of the best amateur bodybuilders in the 1980's, is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Stony talks about how he started training as a teenager living in Texas, meeting Lee Labrada, working for Bill Phillips at EAS, competing in the top national level competitions in the 1980's and his experience training with Lee Labrada. At the end of the interview, host John Hansen reads the article "Lee Labrada - Mass with Class" written by Steve Holman for the March, 1988 issue of IronMan Magazine.
Time Stamps:
5:00 - Emails from last week's podcast
9:30 - Start of interview with Stoney Lee Grimes
10:11 - When Stoney started weight training
13:17 - Meeting Lee Labrada
20:00 - Dieting in the 1980's
24:00 - Stoney's competitive career
26:10 - Working with Bill Phillips
42:00 - When Lee Labrada started his supplement company
45:50 - Training with Lee Labrada
48:20 - Anna Nicole Smith at the EAS booth
53:00 - Labrada's competition at the pro level
59:00 - Training at Golds Gym and World's Gym
1:03:00 - The difference between people in California and Texas
1:06:53 - Watching Lee Labrada create his posing routines
1:20:50 - John reads the article "Lee Labrada - Mass with Class" written by Steve Holman for the March, 1988 issue of IronMan Magazine.
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