OT: Rare interview with Mike Mentzer on the IFBB, Arnold and the (controversial) 1980 Mr Olympia...

[GOD the almighty Creator]

I didn't know, until today, that Mike was only 29 when he retired following his 1980 4th place showing.

 

[LionJim]

Look at Frank Zane standing next to Mentzer at the 1:50 mark, unreal.

Thanks for this post. I've been dogging it in the gym lately, full of excuses and self-pity. If this doesn't get me psyched, I'm hopeless.

 

[GOD the almighty Creator]

Look at Frank Zane standing next to Mentzer at the 1:50 mark, unreal.

Thanks for this post. I've been dogging it in the gym lately, full of excuses and self-pity. If this doesn't get me psyched, I'm hopeless.

You don't have to sell me on Frank Zane. Frank "is" the quintessential bodybuilder.

But, there's a lot I don't know about many of the other bodybuilders I grew up admiring. Oddly, I wasn't a fan of Mentzer growing up. But, he was really good.

Both, of course, from Pennsylvania, too.

 

[berklion]

With him winning Mr. America and Evelyn Ay winning Miss America, Ephrata may be the only town to have both.