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and now

I'm 33 years old.

When Arnold was 33

he'd already won

the Mr. Olympia

seven times.

Stallone had already made

"Rocky I and Rocky II."

And the Hulkster

had already been

the heavyweight champion

four years in a row.

I really thought muscles

were gonna be the answer.

But all they got me was a

job selling gym memberships.

I still train

every day at Gold's,

But the only thing left of Arnold

is a cheap mural on the wall

and a bunch of guys telling

stories about the old days,

like my buddy Paul.

It's changed a lot in

all these years, you know.

How long

have you been here?

Since 1980.

Of course, Arnold was

on the scene and Arnold-

Nobody had ever seen anybody

who looked like Arnold.

Sylvester Stallone had

just done the "Rocky" movies

and he was the type of

guy that I could relate to.

CHRIS:
Paul even got a chance to

work with Sly in "Over the Top. "

I should be able to

blow them away real easy.

PAUL:
I couldn't believe

the dream was coming true.

And did you get a chance

to do it again?

No, but I'm hoping

to get back in shape

to be able to make that

a reality.

You can be

on the street one day

and you can be in the

penthouse the next.

Anything's possible.

This is

my humble abode.

- Your humble abode right here?

- Yeah.

So do you actually

live in the van?

I actually live-

well, I sleep in it,

let's put it

this way, yes.

You sleep in it. And

then you train over here.

I train here, yeah.

You would see

vans like this-

Guys would come from

all over the world,

sleep in their cars,

this and that-

Anything to get a chance

to train at Gold's Gym

because we had

something special here.

What would you say

to people that say,

"the dream's over, man.

You're 50 years old. "

What would you say

to those people?

They're the ones

that are short-sighted.

Now in six months I

could still be in the van,

but if I can

outlift everybody,

I can outsquat them, outbench

them, out-dead-lift them,

Who's the king?

Guys like you and me

Can fulfill our dreams.

We can train.

Game ain't over.

The sun is shining.

And it ain't over.

CHRIS:
Is that gonna

be me in 20 years?

I did everything

my heroes said-

I trained,

I said my prayers,

I had my vitamins.

Where did I go wrong?

- Hey, good morning.

- Good morning.

How are you?

I always make the cookie bars

'cause cookie bars are important.

What teams did you

make these for?

I made them for Arlington

football teams

first time ever

they won a ball game.

They used to call them

"Rosie's cookie bars"

and they really believe that

they help them win all the games.

Wouldn't that be like

performance enhancement?

It's not an enhancement.

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