Somepeople hate Shawn Ray, but Shawn is one of the best bodybuilding in all history, and very inteligent, he always has clear what to think and what to say.
Shawn Ray gives some of the best interviews in the industry. Very articulate, honest, paints a very clear picture of what he went through in the sport. And like him or hate him he had one of the top physiques in the sport at one time.
Mr.Shawn Ray, In my humble opinion, You have always been a class act, both as a bodybuilder and your professional career, Wishing you good health and plenty of successes.
Saw Shawn win the California, competed in the 87 Nationals he won (phenom) and always appreciated the physique and his commitment and impact on the art of bodybuilding.
My favorite bodybuilder of all time - the man always gave a great performance on stage - my favorite version/posing routine of Shawn Ray was at the 1997 Mr. Olympia. His 1999 Mr. Olympia form was out of this world also !
I was at the '90 Mr. O in Chicago. Shawn should have won. Lonnie Teper of Ironman Magazine yelled in the lobby after the show, "Shawn Ray won that contest!" I agree. That's not what Lonnie wrote later in the magazine, however...
Yes indeed....and shout out to you Chris as well. I came across you years ago during your infant stages with Vince. You were definitely one of the early sources of inspiration for me to take weight training seriously. Blessings to you and your family.
I've always liked Shawn for his ability to articulate his views more than just a great physique . Ronnie may have beat him but Shawn looked much better in pictures and poses!
Was shocked and pleased to hear him shed more light on Victor Conte. He isnt as important of a figure in bodybuilding but sports in general he still has his toes dipped with SNAC i believe it is.
Met Shawn in 2000 when I moved from Delaware to Anaheim and got a membership to Milos Sarcevs gym in Fullerton. I was star struck and rudely interrupted his conversation with a female IFBB competitor who I knea from the magazines but mispronounced her name. Mr. Ray kindly corrected me and then asked me if I would be attending the gym and that maybe I would catch him at a later time. He was portrayed as a ignorant personality in the magazine but that day he showed what a mature, respectful man he was.. Embarrassed to tell the story at 54 of my actions but needed to relate it after this vid, enjoyed it.
An excellent conversation as expected with the uncrowned Mr.Olympia. The sports most outspoken legend known for his candour and always standing up of what is right and who walks the talk. Mr.Shawn is whom I would call the new-age genre of bodybuilder with the right balance to create mass and symmetry. That inspired many upcoming youngsters in the pursuit of muscle starting in the 90s and into the new millennium and still do so in India. (If I am not wrong I think that even a ShawnRay classic was held in India in 2018.) Also Shawn along with other new age legends like Rich Gaspari, Kevin Levrone, Lee Labrada, etc were the face of many bodybuilding posters that were sold in huge volumes in India and graced the walls of many gyms in India that saw a fitness boom and in bodybuilding as a sport in mid 90s and into the new millennium. Thanks and appreciation to Mr.Ray, Mr.Matthew & Escape Fitness for this knowledge enriching podcast.
I met John Brown in Paris at one of his contests and asked about training. He told me straight, ' Train and you will grow '. Didn't understand completely at the time but later on I realized why he told me that. I lived in Europe, he couldn't give me constant supervision. He gave me a nugget of information that got me started on a positive path. I became Mr Hercules 1982 in Amsterdam at age 24. That's as far as I got before stopping. To go further I would have needed to use roids, something I wasn't willing to do. But I was in aw of John Brown too.
I was a primary school teacher for a few years. I taught Spanish but one year they also gave me a special reading class of students who had absolutely no interest in the books we had in our library. (3rd and 4th graders) So I brought in my stack of Flex magazines. I had about 20. The students ate them up and after the semester, the reading director told me that the score of my students were the most improved scores of all the classes. The students loved those Flex magazines.
How the hell is Shawn Ray this educated and articulate? He speaks like a full-on Ph.D. professor! I've never heard a bodybuilder speak like this before. Lee Haney and Dorian Yates are moderately articulate, but Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman are hardly intelligible!
Shawn sugar ray calls a spade a spade . One of the best ever physiques ,definitely an uncrowned Mr O . Keep going strong Shawn . Good one Mat . Tq gentlemen .On On !!
Shawn had a amazing physique that every man on the planet could relate to and wanted to have. This is what bodybuilding should look like. Dorian may have been bigger etc, but Shawn looked far better in my opinion, and from a golden era that was so inspiring!! Modern bodybuilding has lost its sparkle.
If the Olympia would have been judged by fans, Shawn would have won it many times over! This would’ve taken bodybuilding in an entirely new direction and it would be better off than it is today. He is definitely the fans’ Mr. Olympia, and that is a true champion!
I miss those magazines i had them all FLEX musclemag international IRONMAN muscle&fitness Dan Luries muscle training illustrated great era to be lifting i remember all those guys Lee Haney Gary Strydom Lee Labrada Mike Christian Berry De May Shane Di Mora Eddie Robinson great time the ads photographers i went broke buying those magazines
I was in a pump up room with Shawn in 1992 in Toronto Canada, He was just after doing the AC and getting busted for anavar or something. I was doing my second ever show, and here I was sitting on a bench oiled up ready to go, and I was watching Shaun only a meter away going through his routine in the mirror. I wonder if he remembers. His body looked like a cartoon.
Shawn always says he retired in 2001. Those of us that were around then know this is not really true. His last show was in 2001. But he planned to compete in 2002. When that year came he said he was too busy with his duties as the athletes’ rep, and that he would be back to compete at the 2003 Olympia. When 2003 came he instead announced he was retiring.
Albert Beccles wtf 56 came second at the Olympia to Lee haney. Well, shorly to do that at 56, you should be appointed the greatest bodybuilder to ever live.
@sugarshawnray you told me Not to run any AI's and you told me to keep an eye on my mid section and keep it tight. So i wont run anything that aromatizes like crazy in the first place. And i wont use any of that hgh nor insulin. Just as you told me.
@@sugarshawnray you are my biggest Inspiration Shawn i look at Videos of you daily ❤️👌🏻 i have a 5 day Split and a healthy diet. Just as you preached in your Videos.
Great interview! This maybe the best Shawn Ray interview I’ve listened to thus far. Shawn has contributed a lot. But he toots his horn a tad bit too much. In addition, many times he has pissed people off not because he speaks the facts but his delivery and most recently his lack of sensitivity. When 2018 Mr Olympia Shawn Rhoden died in 2021, he made disparaging comments. Many of Shawn’s friends let it be known. He later apologized. Still, he sounded like a hater and jealous guy of Rhoden. I still respect Ray accomplishments and physique. He is probably in my top 5 of most favorite or greatest physiques ever.
Shawn was a great bodybuilder. But as a casual bb fan I never understood his delusions that he won all those Olympias against Yates. When you see the footage from those competitions you'll see how friggin' huge and how GRANITE RIPPED Yates was. Pictures don't do his condition justice. Shawn simply couldn't match his size and condition. Sure he was probably more symmetric but Yates was simply much more impressive. Not hating Shawn at all but he should let that crap go already.
"All those Olympias". No, he mainly points out the controversy of him losing in 1994 and 1996, 1994 is really the one he believes he should've won because Yates was off. Dorian even admitted it. But don't say all those Olympias, that's over exaggerating.
You must of not heard me correctly. “I” was never the one saying I should have won, a lot of other people did and believe I should have. So there’s that 😘 Thanks for listening 💪🏽
Hey is it you! You definitely are Mr Olympia in my book..every line up you were the most defined most detailed and of course pleasing to the eyes @sugarshawnray
They also say that Nasser clearly won the 1997 and Dorian looked like sh*t. I just watched footage from the show and man Yates looked good in that too. Let's not just rely on the pictures but watch the actual shows. Sure he had that torn bicep but other than that he was amazing. Of course not as good as 1993 and I agree it was a bit controversial but people exaggerate that Nasser got a clear win. He did not. Watch the footage.
Shawn beat him in literally every aspect except size and density💀they were both conditioned Shawn was arguably more contitioned Dorian jus had oldman muscle which gives the grainy look but if u look at the back poses Shawn literally had striated glutes, neatly separated delts, detailed back and arms and a crazy Christmas tree n standing next to Dorian all of that stands out even more. From the front it’s not even close Shawn ran away with it, he only loses the front n rear lat spreads and from the side I would’ve given those both to Kevin levrone. So Shawn should’ve won 3 mandatories then Dorian n Kevin 2 each then factor in the posing routines and who’s got the least amount of flaws…Shawns the 94MrO n it honestly shouldn’t even be a debate
Shawn is an uncrowned mr olympia, has one of the best physique ever and speaks well....but the uncanny need to keep giving credit to himself and subtly putting his peers down is cringe worthy.
Because i did it by myself without an army of people helping me and still had success! Today, these guys don’t even know what to eat from one meal to the next unless they check with their trainer who never competed! Most don’t even know what their next contest is unless they ask their coach! Hope this helps you see the vast difference between me & them
Shawn Ray takes a little thought and runs with it. Most people hate been told the truth, and he was hated and still is by many in the industry of bodybuilding. But the guy is highly educated in all aspects. I like listen to him, and how he articulate his ideas. And yes, I’m a fan of him! 🦾🦾🦾
Somepeople hate Shawn Ray, but Shawn is one of the best bodybuilding in all history, and very inteligent, he always has clear what to think and what to say.
Shawn Ray gives some of the best interviews in the industry. Very articulate, honest, paints a very clear picture of what he went through in the sport. And like him or hate him he had one of the top physiques in the sport at one time.
Almost Throughout most of his career. He had one of the best physiques. He didn't really try to push the size a little until later In his career
Ppl hate but shawn more interesting to hear than other bb’s
Mr.Shawn Ray,
In my humble opinion,
You have always been a class act, both as a bodybuilder and your professional career,
Wishing you good health and plenty of successes.
Thank you 🙏🏾
Agreed! Shawn Ray is a amazing human being💪🏿🔥👌🏿
Shawn is an important voice for this sport. !!
Bodybuilding is not a sport. It's pageantry.
Saw Shawn win the California, competed in the 87 Nationals he won (phenom) and always appreciated the physique and his commitment and impact on the art of bodybuilding.
It was great to get the chance to speak to one of my early BodyBuilding hero’s face to face in Newport beach, 💪🙏
Pleasure was mine 💪🏽
You both deserve a fluffy cat. Here:
Is right boss to see a proper historian and a fan of the sport
@@sugarshawnray I'm certain it was!
Great interview
Can’t deny what a fantastic bodybuilder he was…Not even those “firing range glasses” can take away his legendary status in the sport. 💪🏾😎
He was, a very tough era to be competing in the Olympia
@exile, You can’t even give the guy a compliment without throwing some shade at him too? Your jealousy and envy are showing, stay positive
I started working out and fell in love with bodybuilding because of Shawn Ray.😄
Now 77 and I am still training hard to become my vision 60 years ago when I also read the same magazines.
My favorite bodybuilder of all time - the man always gave a great performance on stage - my favorite version/posing routine of Shawn Ray was at the 1997 Mr. Olympia. His 1999 Mr. Olympia form was out of this world also !
I was at the '90 Mr. O in Chicago. Shawn should have won. Lonnie Teper of Ironman Magazine yelled in the lobby after the show, "Shawn Ray won that contest!" I agree. That's not what Lonnie wrote later in the magazine, however...
Uncrowned Mr. Olympia in my books and a True spokesman of the sport, smart and articulate, a True Champion!
Shout out to Shawn Ray. A legend in bodybuilding. 💯💪
Yes indeed....and shout out to you Chris as well. I came across you years ago during your infant stages with Vince. You were definitely one of the early sources of inspiration for me to take weight training seriously. Blessings to you and your family.
Shawn was an amazing bodybuilder
Shawn should have had at least 2 Mr Olympias
One of the more interesting bodybuilders he was and still is. Always enjoy to listen to his stories and perspective.
Shawn Ray is one eloquent speaker, I believe if his voice was more embraced bodybuilders would be making millions
I've always liked Shawn for his ability to articulate his views more than just a great physique . Ronnie may have beat him but Shawn looked much better in pictures and poses!
Shawn is the best period
An absolute living legend in Bodybuilding! One of the greatest to ever step in the gym..
Was shocked and pleased to hear him shed more light on Victor Conte. He isnt as important of a figure in bodybuilding but sports in general he still has his toes dipped with SNAC i believe it is.
I remember his morning workout show with Boyer Cole in the 90's , there hasn't been a fitness platform like it since.
Legend
Great interview
Thank you 🙏
Ray was an outstanding bb
Legend shawn ray.uncrownd mr.olympia 1994 fore me you are mr.olympia
Most impressive bodybuilder of all time in my opinion. Greetings from Switzerland.
🙏💪
My man 💪🏽🙏🏾
I can listen to Shawn Ray talk all day!
Shawn is a great ambassador for the sport , love his glasses
🤣😂 He's a weirdo
Shawn ray is spot on😊
Met Shawn in 2000 when I moved from Delaware to Anaheim and got a membership to Milos Sarcevs gym in Fullerton. I was star struck and rudely interrupted his conversation with a female IFBB competitor who I knea from the magazines but mispronounced her name. Mr. Ray kindly corrected me and then asked me if I would be attending the gym and that maybe I would catch him at a later time. He was portrayed as a ignorant personality in the magazine but that day he showed what a mature, respectful man he was.. Embarrassed to tell the story at 54 of my actions but needed to relate it after this vid, enjoyed it.
Love the glasses, at a moments notice he is ready to get into a paintball war
Great interview!
Shawn Ray was one of my favorite body builders of all time and listening to his story and why he left body building was amazing 💪
Shawn is razor sharp
I love it when he says, 'fertographer'.
Love this interview! Please interview Frank Zane or Boyer Coe
One of the most complete bodybuilders. It baffles me that he never got a Sandow.
An excellent conversation as expected with the uncrowned Mr.Olympia. The sports most outspoken legend known for his candour and always standing up of what is right and who walks the talk.
Mr.Shawn is whom I would call the new-age genre of bodybuilder with the right balance to create mass and symmetry. That inspired many upcoming youngsters in the pursuit of muscle starting in the 90s and into the new millennium and still do so in India. (If I am not wrong I think that even a ShawnRay classic was held in India in 2018.)
Also Shawn along with other new age legends like Rich Gaspari, Kevin Levrone, Lee Labrada, etc were the face of many bodybuilding posters that were sold in huge volumes in India and graced the walls of many gyms in India that saw a fitness boom and in bodybuilding as a sport in mid 90s and into the new millennium.
Thanks and appreciation to Mr.Ray, Mr.Matthew & Escape Fitness for this knowledge enriching podcast.
Many thanks for the kind words 🙏
Thank you 🙏🏾
I met John Brown in Paris at one of his contests and asked about training. He told me straight, ' Train and you will grow '. Didn't understand completely at the time but later on I realized why he told me that. I lived in Europe, he couldn't give me constant supervision. He gave me a nugget of information that got me started on a positive path. I became Mr Hercules 1982 in Amsterdam at age 24. That's as far as I got before stopping. To go further I would have needed to use roids, something I wasn't willing to do. But I was in aw of John Brown too.
I remember his first FLEX magazine cover it was in the 80s he was with this blond girl with huge hair probably 84 or 85
When you have a bodybuilder who knows his stuff. It makes an Awsome podcast especially having the likes of Shawn ray listening to his stories. 💪 🇬🇧
I was a primary school teacher for a few years. I taught Spanish but one year they also gave me a special reading class of students who had absolutely no interest in the books we had in our library. (3rd and 4th graders) So I brought in my stack of Flex magazines. I had about 20. The students ate them up and after the semester, the reading director told me that the score of my students were the most improved scores of all the classes. The students loved those Flex magazines.
How the hell is Shawn Ray this educated and articulate? He speaks like a full-on Ph.D. professor! I've never heard a bodybuilder speak like this before. Lee Haney and Dorian Yates are moderately articulate, but Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman are hardly intelligible!
Shawn sugar ray calls a spade a spade . One of the best ever physiques ,definitely an uncrowned Mr O . Keep going strong Shawn . Good one Mat . Tq gentlemen .On On !!
Shawn had a amazing physique that every man on the planet could relate to and wanted to have. This is what bodybuilding should look like. Dorian may have been bigger etc, but Shawn looked far better in my opinion, and from a golden era that was so inspiring!! Modern bodybuilding has lost its sparkle.
Thanks
Shawn Ray is as great lecturer/raconteur to listen to as he was a physique to look at 😎💪 Calos Cagathos !
Always good to hear Shawn Ray.
If the Olympia would have been judged by fans, Shawn would have won it many times over! This would’ve taken bodybuilding in an entirely new direction and it would be better off than it is today. He is definitely the fans’ Mr. Olympia, and that is a true champion!
Flex Wheeler and Shawn Ray having a combined zero Olympia wins is an absolute shame and joke in bodybuilding
Didn’t know Alan shearer loved bodybuilding
Shawn Ray The Snake
Ssssssss🤣
I miss those magazines i had them all FLEX musclemag international IRONMAN muscle&fitness Dan Luries muscle training illustrated great era to be lifting i remember all those guys Lee Haney Gary Strydom Lee Labrada Mike Christian Berry De May Shane Di Mora Eddie Robinson great time the ads photographers i went broke buying those magazines
I was in a pump up room with Shawn in 1992 in Toronto Canada, He was just after doing the AC and getting busted for anavar or something. I was doing my second ever show, and here I was sitting on a bench oiled up ready to go, and I was watching Shaun only a meter away going through his routine in the mirror. I wonder if he remembers. His body looked like a cartoon.
Nobody's more intelligent than shawn ray,
I came here to be reminded that haters will always be haters!
Indeed!
Shawn always says he retired in 2001. Those of us that were around then know this is not really true. His last show was in 2001. But he planned to compete in 2002. When that year came he said he was too busy with his duties as the athletes’ rep, and that he would be back to compete at the 2003 Olympia. When 2003 came he instead announced he was retiring.
Ahhhh, my last contest was 2001 hence Retired 🤡
After the interview, Sean going to replace some drywall with those glasses…
Shawn was in an era that the top 10,12 bodybuilders in the world would easily win the olympia 2024 steeped in quality and size
This dude is LEGIT
One of the greatest bodybuilders ever and great ambassador for the sport. Definitely robbed a few Sandows in Dorian’s run.
Albert Beccles wtf 56 came second at the Olympia to Lee haney. Well, shorly to do that at 56, you should be appointed the greatest bodybuilder to ever live.
Stand up guy!! 👍🏼
I honestly thought Shawn looked better than Dorian. Dorian had too much muscle that looked forced on his frame, Shawn's muscles looked proportional.
Shawn ray told me 10 years ago that he took trestolone acetate solo in high dosages.
wtf are you talking about? Do I know you? Why would I tell you a complete stranger anything?
I’ll wait….. 🥱
@sugarshawnray you told me Not to run any AI's and you told me to keep an eye on my mid section and keep it tight. So i wont run anything that aromatizes like crazy in the first place. And i wont use any of that hgh nor insulin. Just as you told me.
@@sugarshawnray you are my biggest Inspiration Shawn i look at Videos of you daily ❤️👌🏻 i have a 5 day Split and a healthy diet. Just as you preached in your Videos.
Why is the odd dude wearing safety glasses 😂😂
Lol 😂😂😂😂😂
Great interview!
This maybe the best Shawn Ray interview I’ve listened to thus far.
Shawn has contributed a lot. But he toots his horn a tad bit too much. In addition, many times he has pissed people off not because he speaks the facts but his delivery and most recently his lack of sensitivity. When 2018 Mr Olympia Shawn Rhoden died in 2021, he made disparaging comments. Many of Shawn’s friends let it be known. He later apologized. Still, he sounded like a hater and jealous guy of Rhoden.
I still respect Ray accomplishments and physique. He is probably in my top 5 of most favorite or greatest physiques ever.
Why American love wearing factory glasses?
Shawn was a great bodybuilder. But as a casual bb fan I never understood his delusions that he won all those Olympias against Yates. When you see the footage from those competitions you'll see how friggin' huge and how GRANITE RIPPED Yates was. Pictures don't do his condition justice. Shawn simply couldn't match his size and condition. Sure he was probably more symmetric but Yates was simply much more impressive. Not hating Shawn at all but he should let that crap go already.
"All those Olympias". No, he mainly points out the controversy of him losing in 1994 and 1996, 1994 is really the one he believes he should've won because Yates was off. Dorian even admitted it. But don't say all those Olympias, that's over exaggerating.
You must of not heard me correctly. “I” was never the one saying I should have won, a lot of other people did and believe I should have.
So there’s that 😘
Thanks for listening 💪🏽
Hey is it you! You definitely are Mr Olympia in my book..every line up you were the most defined most detailed and of course pleasing to the eyes @sugarshawnray
They also say that Nasser clearly won the 1997 and Dorian looked like sh*t. I just watched footage from the show and man Yates looked good in that too. Let's not just rely on the pictures but watch the actual shows. Sure he had that torn bicep but other than that he was amazing. Of course not as good as 1993 and I agree it was a bit controversial but people exaggerate that Nasser got a clear win. He did not. Watch the footage.
Shawn beat him in literally every aspect except size and density💀they were both conditioned Shawn was arguably more contitioned Dorian jus had oldman muscle which gives the grainy look but if u look at the back poses Shawn literally had striated glutes, neatly separated delts, detailed back and arms and a crazy Christmas tree n standing next to Dorian all of that stands out even more. From the front it’s not even close Shawn ran away with it, he only loses the front n rear lat spreads and from the side I would’ve given those both to Kevin levrone. So Shawn should’ve won 3 mandatories then Dorian n Kevin 2 each then factor in the posing routines and who’s got the least amount of flaws…Shawns the 94MrO n it honestly shouldn’t even be a debate
Pick up my rival, 😅😂
Shawn is an uncrowned mr olympia, has one of the best physique ever and speaks well....but the uncanny need to keep giving credit to himself and subtly putting his peers down is cringe worthy.
Because i did it by myself without an army of people helping me and still had success! Today, these guys don’t even know what to eat from one meal to the next unless they check with their trainer who never competed!
Most don’t even know what their next contest is unless they ask their coach!
Hope this helps you see the vast difference between me & them
I hate the usage of “manifest” in this day & age. Why didn’t he manifest a Mr. O win then?
Its a sport of Subjectivity, Opinions.
Look up the definition of 🤡
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Why does he wear those glasses?
Shawn Ray takes a little thought and runs with it. Most people hate been told the truth, and he was hated and still is by many in the industry of bodybuilding. But the guy is highly educated in all aspects. I like listen to him, and how he articulate his ideas. And yes, I’m a fan of him! 🦾🦾🦾