So, I’ve ended up on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s email list. Don’t you judge me. Or Arnie. I feel that he’s atoning for earlier bad behaviour. His emails are good. They have nice training tips, as you’d imagine, but you also get the wisdom of Old Conan - stuff like these thoughts on friendship.
Just this week, I was training at the gym and saw a familiar face -- my old training partner Mike Sapp. When I was training for Conan in 1980, and then, secretly for my Mr. Olympia comeback, Mike was with me in the gym almost every day. He was a fantastic training partner because he was hungry and wouldn’t say no to anything, so we could really push each other.
Now, he’s a successful trainer in Hawaii, so we obviously don’t train together often. But as soon as we reconnected, it was like the old days. We went to breakfast after lifting just like back then, and Mike reminded me of some hilarious stories about how he had no idea I was going to compete, even when we pushed through our last squat workout before I jumped on the plane to Australia for the Olympia. I was supposed to do TV commentary for the contest, so nobody had any reason to think I’d be jumping on stage.
I found out from Mike that even though he didn’t know, I didn’t keep my secret from everyone. The front desk guy at Gold’s told people in the gym to watch me, and if I started doing lying side delt raises, I was coming out of retirement. Thankfully, they didn’t listen.
It was just fantastic to catch up, tell old stories, and hear about his success.
We focus here on creating routines that will make you healthier, mentally and physically. You might not think of schmoozing with a friend over a breakfast burrito as something you need to do for your health. But trust me, it is.
His newsletters are great! some really good advice, backed with research, no junk science.
Anyone sees me start doing lying side delt raises, call a paramedic.
Thank you, kind to think of us, but ...no.