HI-PROTEEN

By BOB HOFFMAN

AT THE PAN-AMERICAN GAMES

IN the article about "That Hot Mexi-

can Sun," I wrote that the high officials of the American team might have made a mistake or two in the great project as collecting, equipping, transporting and training such a large group of athletes. One of these mistakes was to leave Hoffman's Hi-Proteen in New York City. We had shipped 144 large boxes of Hi-Proteen tablets, half chocolate and the other half plain, to New York City to be shipped with the other equipment to Mexico City. Just before the team left we got a letter from Mr. Swartz, in charge of supplies, that owing to the fact that there was such a vast amount of equipment to transport that they were not taking the Hi-Proteen, they felt that they had enough "vitamins." This was the biggest mistake which could be made, and cost us some victories which could have been had otherwise. The men who were accustomed to using Hi-Proteen could have benefitted from its use and others. who would have been using it for the first time would have performed better.

As it was, many of our fellows did. not have it while their opponents from other teams who sometimes beat them, did. One of the most commonly-asked questions, every time I went to the training quarters or the dormitories occupied by the American teams was, "Bob, where's the Hi-Proteen." I had to tell them that some fellow who didn't realize the seriousness of his act had

crossed it off the list and that it was still lying in New York. All expressed their disappointment and wanted to know if we had any. We took with us our usual hundred pounds, for our team, half chocolate and half Super Hi-Proteen, both Chocolate and Super in powder form and in tablet form. Chuck Vinci, Yas Kuzuhara, Dave Sheppard, Johnny Terpak and I each carried 16 pounds, a family-size package, on the plane as hand luggage and got away with it owing to the desire of the American airline to cooperate fully with the American "Olympic" team, as they called our contingent. They had special seats reserved for us and our equipment. At Dallas we met Clarence Johnson, national weight lifting chairman and manager of the Pan American team, and Norbert Schemansky. We got our Hi-Proteen through. It was enough for us, but we couldn't spare much of it. We had to tell the fellows that they could purchase it at YorkMexico, Alan Hool's store at 87 Avenida Morales, in Mexico City. It's the old story about the better mousetrap; the world will beat a path to your door. Alan Hool sold 1100 pounds of Hi-Proteen during the games, so it is an ill wind that blows no one good. Leaving the Hi-Proteen in New York helped Alan's business, but many of our athletes did not get Hi-Proteen. You can get some idea of how Hi-Proteen works (Continued on page 54)

Walt Zemansky, a Merchant Mariner who trains at Bill Pearl's Sacramento gym when in port, is a newcomer with fabulously powerful-looking muscular development.. Zemansky is 5'10" tall and weighs 200-230 pounds. His favorite exercises include supine presses (in which he handles 400 unassisted!) and the squat (in which he has used over 500 pounds.)

Starting the rugged climb up the slopes of lofty Mount Popo, near Mexico City, this band of adventurers is equipped with HiProteen in addition to mountaineers' picks, ropes and special shoes. From left are Pedro Calderon, Bob Hoffman, "The Professor," Joe Pitman, Pete George, Clarence Johnson, a guide and Bob Janis. Kneeling is another guide. (Photo by Johnny Terpak, who hauled his camera all the way to the top.)

STRENGTH AND HEALTH. JULY, 1955

Resting near the summit of Mount Popo, Pedro Calderon still carries his cannister of energizing Super Hi-Proteen tablets. Calderon, a motion picture producer in Mexico, arranged the mountain climbing expedition by the Norteamericano muscle men. In addition to the protein food, Hoffman's Sun Tan Lotion was used extensively by the climbers on their faces and hands, necessary precaution in the rarified atmosphere.

STRENGTH AND HEALTH JULY, 1955

Walt Zemansky