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For the first time, Haney was
dropping sets and reps during his
workout and went from the tra-
ditional six-day-straight program
used by his predecessors to a
three-day-on, one-off routine.
The changes helped. Within
three weeks, Haney says, he
was healed and ready to defend
his title.
The time off also gave him
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the needed family time with his
9-month-old daughter, Olympia,
and his 4-year-old son, Joshua.
“I was finally able to breathe
and laugh and play,” Haney says.
“And by cutting back on the level
of intensity, I was no longer over-
training my body, which I believe
was the problem.”
Family put things in perspec-
tive, and Haney was reenergized
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for one last Olympia moment,
nine years since his first time on
the O stage, in 1983, when he
finished third behind Samir Ban-
nout and Mohamed Makkawy.
Haney had received a tip
afterward from none other than
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“He said, ‘Lee, you have an J O H A N S E N K R AU S E
incredible physique, but the
one thing that you lack is your