The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
brother, and half-sister were all doctors.
From humble beginnings in Oklahoma, he would mature into one of the most in uential
gures in the exercise science world. He would also become, in the words of more than a few, a
particularly "angry genius."
One of Jones's protégés, Ellington Darden PhD, shares a prototypical Jones anecdote:
In 1970, Arthur invited Arnold [Schwarzenegger] and Franco Colombu to visit him in Lake
Helen, Florida, right after the 1970 Mr. Olympia. Arthur picked them up at the airport in
his Cadillac, with Arnold in the passenger seat and Franco in the back. There are probably
12 stoplights in between the airport and the Interstate, so it was a lot of stop-and-go
driving.
Now, you have to know that Arthur was a man who talked loud and dominated every
conversation. But he couldn't get Arnold to shut up. He was just blabbing in his German or