Apr 2, 2018
Bodybuilding Videographer and Historian Wayne Gallasch joins John at his Tampa, Florida podcast studio to talk about the history of the NABBA Mr. Universe contest from 1976-1981. Wayne and John talk about the surprising wins by the Japanese bodybuilders Shigeru Shigita and Kozo Sudo in 1976 (14:32), Tony Emmott's shocking win over the great Serge Nubret in 1977 (26:21), the exciting comeback of Casey Viator in 1978 (29:53), just how amazing Bertil Fox was during his NABBA Mr. Universe victories (39:29), the period when the IFBB began to dominate NABBA in the 1980's (49:53), Tony Pearson's new and improved physique in 1980 (55:20), John Brown's unique posing style that changed the sport of Bodybuilding (58:38) and Robby Robinson's surprising switch from the IFBB to NABBA in 1981 (1:02:09). Sponsored by Redcon 1, Old School Labs and Florida Alternative Medicine.