Jun 4, 2019
Jon Aranita, one of the best amateur bodybuilders in the 1980's, is the guest this week on the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Jon talks about when he started competing as a teenager and training with the legend Rory Leidelmeyer. Jon explains the crazy training and diet regimen he followed to compete with the best bodybuilders in the country. He also talks about his experience in the 1984 and 1985 NPC Nationals where he took second place to John Hnatyshack and Lee Labrada, respectively, as well as the 1987 NPC USA Championships where he won the middleweight class looking his best ever. At the end of the interview, host John Hansen reads an excerpt from the classic book Pumping Iron where author Charles Gaines explains how bodybuilding is both a sport and an art.
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