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Bucky
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Does anyone know where this guy is these days? He was the 1988 NPC California State BB Champ.
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DeepArchive
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I was at the 1988 Cal and took photos. Rick had outstanding leg development. Here is Rick (left) with Francois Muse (center) and Jerry Rodgers (right). I do not know what happened to him.
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Mike
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I worked out with Rick back in 1977-78 at Ramstein AB in Germany. He trained hard and had a great physique back then. We knew that he would make it in bodybuilding someday. But I remember his "goal" was to be a professional soccer player. He didn't have to diet that hard to stay lean, his workout burned a lot of calories.
I heard that he was part owner of the Gold's gym in San Diego. I don't know if he's still there though.
Mike
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Joe
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May 1989 Coverman Muscular Development
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Peter McGough
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In the early '90s Rick was part owner of Gold's Gym, San Diego. He then bought World's Gym, Pacific Beach, San Diego and as of 2007 was still there. I'm sure he still is.
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Mike
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Rick trained with about 2 or 3 other guys at Ramstein Air Force Base.
I lived and trained about 10 miles away in Vogelweh (Kapaun Air Station), but I'd go up there a couple nights a week to train in their gym, because they had more weight and equipment. I started hanging out with those guys from '77-'78, for about a year and a half, then Rick went back to the states. I was also an amateur boxer at that time, having won the USAF European Championships in '78, so I was also training for fights in betweeen bodybuilding training. Here's an arm routine I did with Rick, we rested very little (maybe 15-30 seconds, between most sets):
(These were not supersets, just 4 quick sets of biceps
followed by 4 quick sets of triceps and then back
to biceps again and so on.)
ARMS
Standing EZ bar Barbell curls - 4x10
Lying EZ bar Barbell Tricep extensions - 4x10
Preacher Barbell Curls - 4x10
Tricep Pressdowns - 4x10
Seated Dumbell Curls - 4x10
One Arm Overhead DB Tricep Extensions - 4x10
FOREARMS
Seated Reverse Curls (Olympic Bar) - 4x10 (95)
We brought the bar down to right before it touched our
knees and curled it back up, these are tough.
Supersetted with:
Seated Wrist Curls (Olympic Bar)- 4x10 (95)
Most of the time I think they trained each bodypart
3 times per week. I also think I remember them training
shoulders AFTER arms, which I didn't agree with.
I remember them doing giant sets of back...
like chinups followed by bentover barbell rows (fairly light, very strict, might have even been working rear delts to an extent), followed by pullups using a rope (narrow grip style).
Rick normally weighed about 180-185 lbs. during that time, at about 5'7" or 5'8", with a very small waist, not bigger than 30" probably. He entered a bench press contest (before bench shirts) and benched in the mid 300's, I can't remember exactly how much, from 325-365, I wasn't there at the meet, but got the results afterward. I also heard the rules were strict, so the weight was paused at the chest.
The guy stayed SHREDDED, and that was his genetics, as that was before he ever touched any enhancing "supplements". He trained hard and fast and long. He ate brownies and burned the calories off in the gym.
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Yogalete
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That's cool. I was stationed at Hahn AB from Sep 77 - Sep 79, and saw Rick in our gym a handful of times.
Was surprised when I saw him a few years later in the magazines. "Hey that is the dude from Germany".
He sure stood out in that weightroom, I'll tell you that.
Al
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Mike
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Yeah, that's the thing, I WASN'T surprised to see him in that magazine  . Everybody that trained around him knew that he could make it big in bodybuilding if he wanted to. There are a few people I've trained with in my life (51 years old now) that I believe had great genetics for bodybuilding or just great genetics in general. Rick Stephenson, John Ritchling, Nito Gomez, George Olotoa were the guys that I think had great genetics that were bodybuilders. Lamont Kirkland was a boxer, who also had unbelievable genetics, and won the National Golden Gloves as a middleweight in 1980.
Rick was lean and had a tiny waist, with more muscle mass then most bigger bulkier guys, that's what I remember most about him. He looked better (to me) back then, then he does in that magazine cover photo in this thread. He looks smoother and bulkier in the magazine picture.
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Here is another photo of Rick comparing triceps with Francois at the 1988 Cal in Oakland, May of 1988.
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finnegan
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Rick trained with about 2 or 3 other guys at Ramstein Air Force Base.
I lived and trained about 10 miles away in Vogelweh (Kapaun Air Station), but I'd go up there a couple nights a week to train in their gym, because they had more weight and equipment. I started hanging out with those guys from '77-'78, for about a year and a half, then Rick went back to the states. I was also an amateur boxer at that time, having won the USAF European Championships in '78, so I was also training for fights in betweeen bodybuilding training. Here's an arm routine I did with Rick, we rested very little (maybe 15-30 seconds, between most sets):
(These were not supersets, just 4 quick sets of biceps
followed by 4 quick sets of triceps and then back
to biceps again and so on.)
ARMS
Standing EZ bar Barbell curls - 4x10
Lying EZ bar Barbell Tricep extensions - 4x10
Preacher Barbell Curls - 4x10
Tricep Pressdowns - 4x10
Seated Dumbell Curls - 4x10
One Arm Overhead DB Tricep Extensions - 4x10
FOREARMS
Seated Reverse Curls (Olympic Bar) - 4x10 (95)
We brought the bar down to right before it touched our
knees and curled it back up, these are tough.
Supersetted with:
Seated Wrist Curls (Olympic Bar)- 4x10 (95)
Most of the time I think they trained each bodypart
3 times per week. I also think I remember them training
shoulders AFTER arms, which I didn't agree with.
I remember them doing giant sets of back...
like chinups followed by bentover barbell rows (fairly light, very strict, might have even been working rear delts to an extent), followed by pullups using a rope (narrow grip style).
Rick normally weighed about 180-185 lbs. during that time, at about 5'7" or 5'8", with a very small waist, not bigger than 30" probably. He entered a bench press contest (before bench shirts) and benched in the mid 300's, I can't remember exactly how much, from 325-365, I wasn't there at the meet, but got the results afterward. I also heard the rules were strict, so the weight was paused at the chest.
The guy stayed SHREDDED, and that was his genetics, as that was before he ever touched any enhancing "supplements". He trained hard and fast and long. He ate brownies and burned the calories off in the gym.
Thx Mike.
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