http://www.bigmusclesforever.com The Golden Age of Bodybuilding revisited. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:25:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en       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 ... http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2010/06/07/dave-draper-the-man-of-the-future-by-leroy-colbert-from-the-march-1966-issue-of-mr-america-magazine/       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 ... http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2010/06/07/the-blond-bomber-emerges-victorious-in-a-hotly-contested-event-from-the-march-1966-issue-of-mr-america-magazine/     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 ... http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2010/06/07/meet-roman-austin-from-the-march-1966-issue-of-mr-america-magazine/     This issue of Mr. America starts out with some jabs at the AAU and an article on Crash Weight gain imposters. Anyway, there was also a good article, Will Bodybuilding's Top 10 be seen in the 1966 Mr. Olympia. Here are some Mr. Universe Standings from that previous contest. 1). Larry ... http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2009/11/15/top-ten-bodybuilders-as-of-the-march-1966-issue-of-mr-america/   This month, due to a computer glitch, I will be going farther back in time than I thought. But what a great issue to do it with. On the cover in 1966 was the then 44 Mr. "Abs" Zabo Koszewski. Stay tuned to the first and maybe only pre-Arnold muscle ... http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2009/11/15/mr-america-magazine-march-1966-volume-8-number-2/     That's all folks for this issue. Buy this one on ebay if you can find it. See you next issue. :) http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2009/10/13/january-1975-muscle-builderpower/     This department starts out with a photo of Frank Zane and Dave Draper spotting for Arnold with a 295 pound behind the neck press. Arnold was asked what his favorite bicep exercise was? He responded that without a doubt it was the one arm concentration curl. Arnold said it isolated ... http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2009/10/13/ask-the-champ-by-arnold-schwarzenegger-from-the-january-1975-issue-of-muscle-builderpower/         The usual political schtick from Ben Weider. An interesting note was that the 1974 IFBB Mr. Universe Contest and World Championships would be aired on ABC's Wide World of Sports in January. http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2009/10/12/presidents-report-ben-weiders-address-to-the-1974-ifbb-congress-october-4-1974-verona-italy-from-the-january-1975-issue-of-muscle-builderpower/     If you are a weightlifting historian you will like the pictorial report. Some famous weightlifting names include David Rigert, Valentin Christov, Vasili Alexeev, Gerd Bonk and Serge Reding. A formidable lineup indeed! http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2009/10/12/1974-european-weightlifting-championships-by-bob-berry-from-the-january-1975-issue-of-muscle-builderpower/     This was a short column where Larry Scott gave some advice on deltoid development and how to get more definition. http://www.bigmusclesforever.com/2009/10/12/letters-to-larry-from-the-january-1975-issue-of-muscle-builderpower/