“If You Don’t Have Wheels You Don’t Make It”: Recounting a Story Involving Joe Gold, 8X Mr. Olympia Explained the Importance of Leg Training in 2018

Bodybuilding is all about constructing a body frame that shrieks with power, strength, and beauty. The magnificence doesn’t ooze from the beauty of the bodybuilder’s face, but from his body itself, which should be so spectacular that the audience wouldn’t want to check out his other features. In a profession like that, bodybuilding legends have passed down their legacies of training specific parts of the body that would change the course of their careers.

One of the highest numbers of Mr. Olympia winners, besides Ronnie Coleman, Lee Haney deliberately recalls one of his most crucial encounters with the bodybuilding beast Joe Gold.

Joe Gold determined Lee Haney’s genius after looking at his calves

The eight-times Mr. Olympia champ, Haney, shares his first experience with Joe in the video posted by Muscle & Strength. In the video, Lee remembers how Gold had asked him to show his calves. He said, “I never will forget when I first visit world’s gym. And you had Joe Gold there.” When Gold was asked to check out Haney, he said, “pull up your pants”. The 8x Mr. Olympia at this point reflects how he did what he was told to do, and upon inspection of Lee’s legs and calves, Joe had remarked, “you’re going places”.

Calling Joe Gold, the godfather of bodybuilding, Lee Haney further explains Joe’s point of view. He declared, “he didn’t give a crap about what he saw up top because everybody got something up top. If you don’t have wheels, you don’t make it in the sport of bodybuilding.” It is indeed true and thoroughly noticed that most bodybuilders usually pay more heed to their upper body instead, and because of that, lose the balanced figure and ultimately find it costing the contests.

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One of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, Lee Haney speaks of the importance of building one’s legs and calves. He believes it to be one of the deciding factors that sets bodybuilders apart from one another, as not everybody works hard on building their calves muscles.

Lee Haney explores the necessity of growing leg muscles

In the video, Lee pronounces the urgency by saying, “I want to know that a guy actually have calves. I want to know they have legs you know.” He declares how the off-putting thing about the present generation of bodybuilders is the imbalance in their muscle structure, especially their legs. Haney points out the mistakes made by them. He remarks, “they’re now in a system where they would train one body part a week, legs once a week, calves once a week.”

There are various facades of bodybuilding. Adhering to his own believed aspects of success, Lee Haney has always made efforts to teach his successors. As he reflects on the necessity of having a balanced body in order to win, he also leaves explicit tips on how to achieve it. What do you think of Lee Haney’s encounter with Joe Gold of the Gold’s Gym? Do you think his comment had boosted Lee’s intention to strive for success even more? Let us know in the comments.

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