Favorite Draper training partner
Who was your favorite workout partner back in the late ’60s, early ’70s and why would you choose him?
I had some no-fame beauties during the dungeon days — Dick Sweet, Rick Joesephson, Fritz Sills — but by the late ’60s and early ’70s I was done with my training partner phase… and found training alone the only way to go.
Meeting a time schedule and compromising urges and needs no longer suited my mentality or lifestyle. I hooked up with Frank in the early mornings during the summer of 1970 before a series of contests later that year. We were compatible for the hour and the short connections served us well.
The Golden Era mob (Arnold, Franco, FZ, etc) often trained together over those grand years, side by side, sharing and kibitzing, but not necessarily in partnership. Unspoken encouragement goes a long way — back and forth.
Dick Tyler wrote of that in this excerpt, Golden Impressions, from his book West Coast Bodybuilding Scene.
Push that iron, savor the good times, endure the tough and be thankful always.
Go… Godspeed… Dave
Dave Draper - Dave Draper Posted on April 16th, 2008 in Iron History by Dave Draper