Marc Martinez is the director of Dream Big, a documentary about Gold's Gym and the golden age of bodybuilding in Venice and Santa Monica in the 1970s.

Steve and Marc discuss:

(01:34) - Marc's background in bodybuilding
(05:36) - Reflections on bodybuilding in Southern California
(26:03) - Setting the record straight on steroid use
(33:52) - Frank Zane
(38:33) - Robby Robinson
(40:32) - Butler, Gaines, and Arnold
(42:46) - "Dream Big"
(48:18) - Pumping Iron
(59:44) - Hypersexuality in bodybuilding
(01:10:56) - What's next for Marc

References:

Watch Dream Big on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Big-Ken-Sprague/dp/B0B8ST5LNL/
Dream Big documentary: https://dreambigdoc.com/
Dream Big trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X22ISDn083A
Pumping Iron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lCCk6rgn84

Music used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.

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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (Superfocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU. Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on Twitter @hsu_steve.

Marc Martinez: "Dream Big" and the Golden Age of Bodybuilding — #32

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