Training Methodologies of the 1960's by Dr. Ken E. Leistner

Dave moved to California after working in the Weider ware house in Union City, New Jersey, and, of course, became the Dave Draper we all know and love. For those who are won dering, yes, he was quiet and shy. He was just as nice, polite and considerate back in 1962 as he was when spoken to last week. When my training partner Jack and I first traveled to California, it was once again to see what was going on, to see where the information was. We went to get the information, and then we’d apply the information. As an aside, we were there to visit Bill Pearl, with whom Jack had a long-distance mail correspondence relationship. Bill had invited Jack out, so we just picked up and went. Within a 24-hour period, we discussed it and we threw what we owned in the car. In 54 hours, we were in Los Angeles, which in retrospect is rather amazing in an old clunker, espe cially having been arrested on the way out, which took about three hours. But we banged it out and settled in at Pearl’s gym, where we were told to go get other information. One of the places we went was Weider’s Store in Santa Moni ca. Dave Draper was the one who was sitting behind the desk in the store that fronted the warehouse.

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