Victor Terra, 1983 AAU Teenage Mr. America and NPC Teenage Mr. USA, NABBA Amateur and Professional Mr. Universe and Short Class winner of the 1985 AAU Mr. America, is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. In Part Two of his interview, Victor talks about competing and winning the 1985 AAU Jr.…
Victor Terra, 1983 Teenage Mr. America and Teenage Mr. USA, NABBA Mr. Universe and Pro Mr. Universe, Short Class winner of the 1985 AAU Mr. America, is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. In Part One of his interview, Victor explains how he started bodybuilding and meeting his mentor Bob Gruskin.…
Bob Cicherillo, 2000 NPC USA Champion and the “Voice of Bodybuilding” is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast to talk about his long career. Bob began competing at only 13 years old in his hometown of Rochester, New York. He won the 1987 NPC Junior Nationals and battled his way to…
Dan Solomon, the President of the Mr. Olympia contest, is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Dan talks about the events that will take place for the 60th Mr. Olympia contest which will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 10-13, 2024. Dan gives the details on the new venue…
Nicolas Chemla, author of the new book Mister America, is the guest on the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast for Part Two of his interview. Mister America is a novel about the life of bodybuilder Mike Mentzer. Originally published in France in 2019, Mister America has now been translated to English and is available in the United…
Nicolas Chemla, author of the book Mister America, is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Mister America is a novel about the life of bodybuilder Mike Mentzer. Originally published in France in 2019, Mister America is now available in the United States and has been translated to English. In Part One…
On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, host John Hansen reads four selected articles from the bodybuilding magazines during the 1970’s and 1980’s era. These articles include a report of the 1977 NABBA Mr. Universe contest written by Robert Kennedy for Muscle Mag Annual 3, “How I won the Big O(ne)” written by Lee…
On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, guest Jerry Brainum joins host John Hansen for Part Three of their interview about the history of the Mr. Olympia contest. On this episode, Jerry and John talk about the Lee Haney Era (1984-1991) in which Lee Haney set the record for the most Mr. Olympia wins.…
On. this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, guest Jerry Brainum joins John Hansen for Part Two of his discussion about the History of the Mr. Olympia contest. On this episode, Jerry and John talk about the Columbus Years (1976-1979) when Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Lorimer promoted the Mr. Olympia in Columbus, Ohio. They also…
On this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast, guest Jerry Brainum joins John Hansen for a discussion about the History of the Mr. Olympia contest. This year will mark the 60th Mr. Olympia so Jerry and John go all the way back to the first Mr. Olympia contest and talk about the different eras of…
