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  2. Jul 19, 2023MR. OLYMPIA 1979: BACKSTORY. There was a "Lightweight Era" in bodybuilding. It went from 1976 to 1983, between the six straight wins of 230-something Arnold Schwarzenegger and the eight straight wins of 240-something Lee Haney, when the only Mr. Olympia winner who weighed more than 200 pounds was a much-lighter-than-usual Arnold in 1980.For the first four of those years, there were two Mr ...
  3. Feb 18, 2023Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty training system was a revolution. For the year between the 1979 and 1980 Mr. Olympias, as high-intensity training (HIT) rode the crest of its foremost adherent, Mike Mentzer, it seemed on the verge of transforming bodybuilding.Mentzer had adopted the HIT philosophy of Arthur Jones and expanded it into his own radical system, which Mentzer named Heavy Duty.
  4. Nov 16, 2023High-intensity training was a bodybuilding revolution. We trace the fascinating history of HIT and explain the principles and workouts. THE BARBELL Bodybuilding, Strength ... he wrote of increasingly more advanced techniques. In 1979 the rookie professional won a pro contest and the heavyweight class of the Mr. Olympia (there were two ...
  5. THE BARBELL Bodybuilding, Strength, and Fitness: News, Advice, and Culture . HOME. ABOUT US; News. CES 2025: Best New Fitness Tech. ... 1979 Mr. Olympia October 6, 1979 / Columbus, Ohio. Also promoted by Schwarzenegger/Lorimer and held with the Mr. International. Third and final Olympia won by Frank Zane.
  6. Oct 14, 2024The Mr. Olympia is the ultimate bodybuilding contest. There have been 60 Mr. Olympias, one per year since 1965, and 19 Mr. Olympia winners. That's the basic math. ... 12 places — Robby Robinson (5th* in 1979 to 17th in 1984) 12 places — Robby Robinson (5th in 1987 to 17th in 1988) 12 places — Dennis Wolf ...
  7. Nov 16, 2024In May of 1979, after encouragement from one of Gold's Gym's new owners, pro bodybuilder Pete Grymkowski (whom they met at a New York bodybuilding contest), the duo moved across the country to the opposite coast to Los Angeles, to follow in the footsteps of rising movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger and TV's Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno.
  8. Oct 2, 2023Born June 26, 1955, Tom Platz discovered bodybuilding as a youth. He finished second in the 1974 Teen Mr. America. ... At first, Platz struggled to make an impact as a pro: eighth in the lightweight class of the 1979 Mr. Olympia and ninth overall in the controversial 1980 contest. His legs were superb (though not as stupendous as they would ...
  9. Aug 15, 2024A 1979 cover for Muscle Builder/Power that portrayed Mike as the reincarnation of Hercules precisely captured his bodybuilding persona. The same magazine served as the ultimate showcase for Mike's unique bodybuilding methods. (In truth, save for Rick Wayne, there has never been a bodybuilder as prolific, or as good, a writer as Mike.)
  10. Sep 9, 2023The first women's bodybuilding contest was only held in late 1977. Then, on July 16, 1979, the first and only Women's World Bodybuilding Championship was staged in Los Angeles. Despite the "world" title, the 12 competitors were all from California. The winner was 26-year-old Lisa Lyon. A woman bodybuilder?! The press loved the story.
  11. Jul 5, 2023With women as weights, Don Reinhoudt wins the squat event and overall 1979 WSM. / YouTube DON REINHOUDT: STRENGTH LEGEND. Outside of his college years, Don Reinhoudt lived his life in western New York. He married and had two children. He worked as an accountant and then as the director of the Chautauqua County Youth Bureau, helping troubled teens.
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