This was a letter to Joe Weider from Leroy Colbert. Leroy stated that he thought Dave was just a fat boy who could not win the Mr. America. Dave at this point had the rep of being too fat. Leroy recently won the Mr. Universe contest and stated that Draper looked great and was cut and deserved to win the Mr. America Crown. Leroy went on to state that within two years Dave Draper would be the greatest bodybuilder ever.
As usual Dick Tyler wrote a great article on Dave Draper winning the 1965 Mr. America Tile. Dave had won Mr. New Jersey when Joe Weider began publicising heavily in the Weider mags. It was contest time and Draper was going to have to face off against some pretty good competition including Chet Yorton.
Dave Draper won the contest and here are the results of the show: For Best Arms-Dave Draper; Best Chest-Tommy Aybar; Best Back-Chet Yorton; Best Abdominals (who else) Zabo Koszewski; and Best Legs went to chet Yorton. Chet Yorton also won the Most Muscular Man in America title. And of course Dave Draper won the title and is still going strong 45 years later. That’s what I call Big Muscles Forever!
The sub headline read, He’s 18 and added 40 pounds of muscle to his body in a few short months-5 and a half inches to his arms…12 inches to his chest-to become one of America’s best built youths.
The article written by Leroy Colbert projected that Roman Austin might be the next Larry Scott, which didn’t happen. The article concentrated on Roman’s training routine. Here is Austin’s routine which seems extensive:
Monday-Wednesday-Friday morning routine for arms, shoulders and back.
Arms: Super Set-Barbell curl for 4X 10 along with the Dumbbell Triceps Press for 4 X 12. This was followed with a curling bench dumbbell curl for 4 X 12.
Shoulders: Barbell Press for 4 X 10 reps.
Back: Close grip chins for 5 X 12 reps along with Bent Over rowing for 5 X 10 reps.
Monday-Wednesday-Friday evening, Austin worked his arms, shoulders and back again.
Arms: (Tri-Set)-Alternate dumbbell curls for 4 X 10, then work lying triceps press for 4 X 10 and then the final part of the tri-set was lying dumbbell curls for 4 X 10.
Shoulders: Shoulders were worked with wide angle dumbbell presses for 4 X 15 reps.
Back: Wide grip bent over rowing for 4 X 12 reps. Follow this with triangle chinning bomber chins for 4 X 15.
Austins Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday morning routines for his chest, thighs, calves and abdomen were as follows:
Chest-Incline bench press for 4 X 10 reps followed by the flat bench dumbbell press for 4 X 10 reps.
Thighs-Full squats for 8 X 10 reps.
Calves: Rise on toes 6 X 30 reps.
Abdomen, hanging leg raise for 6 X 50 reps.
His Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday evening routine for his chest, thighs, calves and abdominals were as follows:
Chest-Incline dumbbell press for 4 X 12 followed by the bench press for 8 X 10 declining to 4 reps as the weight increases.
Thighs-Leg curls for 4 X 10 reps followed by leg extensions for 6 X 15 reps.
Calves-Rise on toes for 8 X 40 reps.
The entire routine comprised 21 exercises. Austin looked good in his photos but never quite followed in the footsteps of Larry Scott.