Blast from the Past Part Three

[John A. Casler]

Man I don't know how Arnold did it, but he made me look like a midget in this picture (not that I care). Even Billy looks more "buff"

Will you look at that hair and even a sweat band The irony is wearing the Nautilus Tank when the Gym (WORLD) only had one Single Nautilus machine (the Pullover) which most of us used.

This picture was taken by Billy's Publicist for a couple magazine articles of me training him for his battles with Lorenzo Lamas who was at that time more muscular. My job was to make the fights look more "equal" by giving Billy some more muscle.

Seemed to work.

[bigmikep]

Great Shot John. Man Arnold was big. How big was that outdoor setup?

[John A. Casler]

Jul 3, 2008 12:03:12 GMT -8 bigmikep said:

Great Shot John. Man Arnold was big. How big was that outdoor setup?

Hi Mike,

He looks bigger in the picture that he was for some reason, but he was around 250 something.

That was the WORLD GYM when it was on Main Street in Santa Monica (circa 1980ish)

What a fun place.

The outdoor section was likely about 800 to 1000 sq ft (maybe more)

Nothing like hitting that place around 8:00am and training as you watched the surf roll in and the sun rising up in the sky.

Life was good.