It’s interesting to consider the many changes that have taken place in bodybuilding in the last forty years. Actually, its more than interesting – it’s incredible.
History
Vince Gironda’s Hollywood Gym Helped The Studios Whip Their Stars Into Shape For The Movies
Skip Robinson and Vince Gironda
Vince Gironda liked me, and, you know, that can’t be said about everyone as far as Vince was concerned.
Vince’s Gym Sign On Take Two TV Series
A mock-up of Vince Gironda’s Gym on ABC’s Take Two TV Series.
Jerry Brainum on Vince Gironda
I moved to California and trained my first year at Vince Gironda’s gym. I learned a lot from him, as irascible as he was!
If You Can’t Flex It You Can’t Build It
I’ve already mentioned this but I need to finish up with this last thought. It’s this idea that has made all the difference in my training this last 2 years. You’ve got to learn how to send signals to the very muscles you want to grow.
The Vince Gironda One-Arm Chin Photo
There is a famous photo of Vince Gironda supposedly doing a single arm chin with an added dumbell, but the truth is the photo was taken as he released his second arm and just dropped down with one arm.
Mitch David Carter and Vince Gironda
Mitch David Carter was a trainer at Vince’s and actually I trained Joseph Campanella. I’d see Robert Blake and Brian Keith every morning; funny as hell, griping like two old women.
Casting the Iron Guru – The Genius of Vince Gironda
For decades they called him “The Iron Guru.” For a few cherished years in the 1980s, I simply called him “Vince.”
Every Woman Has Her Weigh at Long Beach Gym By Peggy Gironda
A good advertisement for her own system, Peggy Gironda is 5 foot 8 inches, weighs 128 pounds. Her husband, Vince Gironda, was Mr. America of 1950 and he had a prominent part in a number of pictures.
Roman Chair Squats? Lower! Lower!
I was fortunate to workout a handful of times at Vince’s Gym before it closed, Vince was even there most of those times.