John Hansen, ‘The Day I Met Arnold, Lou and Franco’, Iron Age (c. 2004)

I have a great story to share about the day I met the three best bodybuilders in the world on the same day. I was 14 at the time and had just started to get interested in bodybuilding. It was wierd because I had been interested in muscles and bodybuilding for a long time, from... Continue Reading →

Hulks, Drugs and Fat: The End of the WBF

Part one and two of this series detailed the creation of the World Bodybuilding Federation and the first ever WBF show in June 1991. Today’s third and final installment looks at how drug accusations, no-show Hulks and poor conditioning brought down the radical bodybuilding experiment. A Short Success Vince's Swagger was soon cut short Just... Continue Reading →

Hulks, Drugs and Fat: The End of the WBF

Part one and two of this series detailed the creation of the World Bodybuilding Federation and the first ever WBF show in June 1991. Today’s third and final installment looks at how drug accusations, no-show Hulks and poor conditioning brought down the radical bodybuilding experiment. A Short Success Vince's Swagger was soon cut short Just... Continue Reading →

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