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September 11, 2022 104 mins

Dave DeYoung, owner of the famous Quads Gym in Chicago, Illinois is joined by his long time friend Larry Bernstein, 1983 AAU Mr. America Short Class winner, to talk about Quads Gym and all the great bodybuilders who trained there over the last four decades. Dave talks about starting up Quads Gym with his partner Tom Milanovich, his memories of the great people he met during his years running the gym and some of the famous bodybuilders who trained at his gym. At the end of the interview, host John Hansen reads the article "Arnold As I Know Him" written by Frank Zane for the May, 1972 issue of IronMan Magazine. (Time Stamps below)

Time Stamps:

4:19 - Dad's 85th Birthday

4:53 - 1980 Mr. Olympia discussion

5:40 - Bodybuilding History book

9:00 - Emails from listeners

14:00 - Start of interview with Dave DeYoung and Larry Bernstein

16:00 - How Quads Gym got started

24:20 - The gym atmosphere at Quads

31:00 - When Dave's partner passed away

36:10 - Tom Milanovich's acting career

45:54 - 1977 Mr. America memories

50:28 - When Larry competed in the 1982 AAU Mr. America

55:00 - When there was no air conditioning or girls in the gym

57:56 - Dave talks about Eddie Coan

1:10:40 - The booing at the 1981 Mr. Olympia

1:17:36 - Sergio Oliva

1:26:00 - Moving story about Larry's Dad

1:36:00 - Host John Hansen reads the article "Arnold As I Know Him" written by Frank Zane from the May, 1972 issue of IronMan Magazine.

Links:

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Bodybuilding Legends website

John's YouTube Channel

Muscle Maturity Podcast

John Hansen Fitness website

 

 

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