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Tag: Vince’s Gym
Did Vince Gironda Really Kick People Out of His Gym?
I trained at Vince’s Gym and never got booted out, but Ron Kosloff told me he personally saw a guy get booted out, and earlier this year I met a guy who claimed that he trained there in the early ’80s and Vince booted him out.
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!
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.
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.
Therese A. Barron On Vince’s Gym
Several years ago, when I knew nothing about working out, I went to Vince’s Gym in Studio City because I was in terrible shape and had heard that it was a hard core gym where I could train with some great trainers and be assured that I was learning how to workout correctly.