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    My Biggest Article Yet - Memories of the Veterans Memorial Auditorium

    Wow, this is a Big article! This is the last year that the Arnold Classic will be held at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium so I wrote about my memories of attending Bodybuilding Contests at the famous location -
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    reading now. i went to the very first one. still have the poster. it wasn't called the arnold classic back then but rather the mr n ms international. but u prolly mention that. so where is the new site for the contest?

    oh yeah pro world n ms international. great article! Rich Gaspari looked great in the old pump up room pic wow. u looked great too.
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    Originally Posted by slik View Post
    reading now. i went to the very first one. still have the poster. it wasn't called the arnold classic back then but rather the mr n ms international. but u prolly mention that. so where is the new site for the contest?

    oh yeah pro world n ms international. great article! Rich Gaspari looked great in the old pump up room pic wow. u looked great too.
    Yes, you're right. They had the Pro World Championships in '86 and '88 and then it was the Arnold Classic in '89. I think Gaspari looked the best he ever looked when he won the '86 Pro World in Columbus. And he was only 22 years old!
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    Originally Posted by Natural_O View Post
    Yes, you're right. They had the Pro World Championships in '86 and '88 and then it was the Arnold Classic in '89. I think Gaspari looked the best he ever looked when he won the '86 Pro World in Columbus. And he was only 22 years old!
    must say I'm a little shocked at the lack of responses. Sure brought back a lot of memories for me. Thanks!
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    Originally Posted by slik View Post
    must say I'm a little shocked at the lack of responses. Sure brought back a lot of memories for me. Thanks!
    Maybe you and I are the only old timers on this board. Those were some great years. Glad you liked the article!
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    I'll read it when I'll have some time, looks very interesting.
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    Originally Posted by RoroCwalker View Post
    I'll read it when I'll have some time, looks very interesting.
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    Great article!
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    Very good article, a lot of beautiful memories, thankyou.
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    Originally Posted by kayvez View Post
    Great article!
    Going to look forward to reading part 2
    Part 2 will be about some of the early Arnold Classic shows I went to.
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    Originally Posted by sedrik View Post
    Very good article, a lot of beautiful memories, thankyou.
    I agree! Thanks my friend!
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    John, can you explain this: "You can tell Chris lifted heavy weights to develop his physique."

    I thought Chris used VERY light weights with perfect form?
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    Originally Posted by sexnews View Post
    John, can you explain this: "You can tell Chris lifted heavy weights to develop his physique."

    I thought Chris used VERY light weights with perfect form?
    When Chris started training, he had Bill Pearl as a coach and Bill had him doing a lot of compound exercises like power cleans, deadlifts, shrugs, etc. When I saw Chris in 1979, he was really thick and developed. You can see it in that picture next to Frank Zane, especially from the back. His traps, lats and pecs were really thick.
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    But Chris did train lighter after he became a pro. However, when he started training, he was lifting heavy with the compound movements.
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    Gaspari looked awesome back in 1986, especially for only 23 years old.
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    I enjoyed the article and pictures. Thanks John!
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    Originally Posted by weltweitefurcht View Post
    I enjoyed the article and pictures. Thanks John!
    You're welcome! Glad you liked it.
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