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Vince Gironda Calf Raise Machine

Reminded of the calf machine in Vince’s Gym from a post by John Kunkel.

Leg Extensions at Vince’s Gym

Leg Extensions at Vince Gironda’s Gym.

Bodybuilding is 80% Nutrition. Notes from Larry Scott’s Seminar

“What I am about to tell you is very controversial and misunderstood. When I say bodybuilding is 80% nutrition, that doesn’t mean that you don’t have to workout, just take supplements, eat and you’ll gain. What it is means is this.”

How Larry Scott Trained To Win The Mr. Universe And Mr. Olympia Titles

Scott reflected on the creation of the Mr. Olympia. It was a Sunday afternoon, September, 1964. Larry had just won the coveted IFBB Mr. Universe title and was about to have a celebratory dinner with Joe Weider.

Reflecting On Winning The 1965 Mr. Olympia By Larry Scott

In the last instalment, we discussed how Larry and Joe Weider conceived the idea of the Mr. Olympia competition way back in September 1964. Larry had just won Mr. Universe and felt like Alexander The Great with no new worlds to conquer.

Reflecting On Winning The 1966 Mr. Olympia By Larry Scott

“So one Mr. Olympia was over.” Scott told us. “I was thrilled to have won this competition and getting a win over Poole and Maynard, two of the very best bodybuilders in the world. Some very weird things happened afterwards.”

Meat, Egg and Water Diet

During the forty years I’ve been a bodybuilder seeking greater muscle size and delineation, I have experimented with every imaginable diet combination. While training to win the “Worlds Most Muscular Man” title. I devised a diet that gave me maximum muscle size with almost zero body fat. It was what I call the “steak-and-eggs diet.”