i found my vision and that magazine, reg park, gave me my blueprint for my life, and five years later, after training five hours a day, just like him and doing his exercises, i became, through his help and his inspiration, the youngest mr. universe ever. and this is what made then joe weider the father of bodybuilding, the owner of a giant food supplement empire, "muscle andf fitness," invited me to america. so it was joe weider that brought me to america, to the greatest country in the world, to give me the opportunity to train in gold's gym and to get me a little apartment. i came over here with absolutely nothing. it was his help. i had $20 in the pocket and some sweaty clothes in the gym bag. but let me tell you, i had this one little apartment, and on thanksgiving, the bodybuilders from gold's gym came to my apartment and they brought me , pillows, dishes, silverware, all of these things i didn't have, and even a black and white tv and the transistor radio, which i still have today on the end table next to my bed. the generosity that i saw the , amount of help that i got when i c