
by Christian Duque
When I stop to think about the Totally Awesome Lee Haney I think about a variety of things that make him earn that title. I want to tell you something, as a bodybuilding writer and as a bodybuilding fan, I make a conscious decision whether or not I’m going to call an athlete by their nickname. Sometimes it’s a nickname they think up on their own, other times it’s a nickname that’s given to them by people. Maybe you use the nickname, maybe you don’t. I’m not going to call someone The Lion of Lebanon unless they were the greatest bodybuilder out of Lebanon of their day. Samir is that guy! The same thing goes for The Totally Awesome Lee Haney. Why is he totally awesome? Was it a product of his physique? Was it a product of his work ethic in the gym? Or was it something else? Was it a collection of things?