Mike Katz was a big ole bottom

[Dave D]

Best nails in bodybuilding -

Joseph Ugolik used to make corrugated containers and other items as a factory worker. Now he has a new career.

“I took it because I just needed a big change,” said Ugolik, 38, who has become a manicurist.

Ugolik said he got the idea from some women friends who suggested he start cutting hair or doing nails after hearing how tired he was of factory work.

“At first I didn’t want to. It wasn’t anything I’d thought of before, and it wasn’t anything I thought a guy would do,” he said.

But soon he was thinking differently. And in doing so, he joined a trend: nail salons are cropping up everywhere.

Known as nail technicians, people such as Ugolik are doing more than buffing and polishing, and they’re doing it in some unexpected places.

“They’re going into gyms, they’re going into convalescent homes, they’re going into tanning salons,” said Lorraine Cewe, owner of the Connecticut School of Nails in Wallingford. The school runs a 40-hour program and graduates 55 to 65 people a year, Cewe said.

Ugolik gives manicures at the World Gym, a Wallingfordhealth club that his brother Nick Ugolik owns. Nick Ugolik said he knows club owners who are bringing in not only nail technicians, but hairdressers, tanning salons and the like.

“I guess people are just interested in going to one place to get all their needs met,” he said. “And I guess it’s still considered health and beauty, so they’re more or less getting it all done instead of going to the gym for an hour, running across town for a hair appointment and someplace else for a tanning appointment.”

To Ugolik, becoming a manicurist was a necessity.

“It wasn’t a dream of mine to do nails. I try to do anything to boost my income; I don’t care what it is,” he said. “I’ve been a welder, sheet- metal worker, box maker. I’ve done housecleaning – I was even an aerobics instructor. In fact, I’ll tie your shoes for $5. And I’m thinking of becoming a comedian.”

In becoming a manicurist, Ugolik has joined an industry that is growing nationwide, according to the “Nails 1993 Fact Book,” published by “Nails Magazine,” a monthly publication. Last year, nail services were a $4 billion-plus industry, the magazine said.

There were 750 nail salons in Connecticut in 1993; in 1992 there were 600, the magazine said. And 2,504 beauty salons included manicures in their list of services offered in 1993, up from 2,404 in 1992.

The magazine compiled the statistics from 2,200 nail technicians across the country who responded to a survey. According to the survey, the number of employed nail technicians in Connecticut has increased 10.2 percent, from 3,378 in 1992 to 3,723 in 1993.

Though business is picking up, the growth isn’t all for the good, said Jacqueline Verrone, who owns Jacqueline’s Nail Boutique in Wallingford.

“There’s not enough nail technicians who know what they’re doing,” she said as she filed and polished Griffin’s nails. “Anybody can do nails. You don’t have to be licensed.”

A lot can be done with nails. Besides teaching the theory of nail disorders and diseases, the Wallingford school teaches basic manicuring, hot-oil manicuring, tipping, acrylic nails, gel nails, sculptured nails, silk and fiberglass wraps, maintenance and designing, Cewe said.

It hasn’t been easy for Ugolik.

“I caught a lot of ribbing from some guys I knew for going into nails,” Ugolik said. But, he added, “If I can get paid for sitting there and holding a girl’s hand all day, I’d rather go for that.”

https://www.courant.com/1994/04/07/factory-worker-nails-down-new-career-in-a-growing-field/ .

Joesph Ugolik, a former sheet metal worker,  is a professional esthetician and bodybuilder. Joesph’s dad, Matty, reveals that his son became a lip reader because they never had his hearing checked as a child.

[mphgrove]

Joseph McKenna tribute, bored with Katz and buddy

https://www.tiktok.com/@bodybuilderbeef/video/7351381265909681440

https://www.tiktok.com/@bodybuilderbeef/video/7421898152703200545

[beakdoctor]

Joesph Ugolik, a former sheet metal worker,  is a professional esthetician and bodybuilder. Joesph’s dad, Matty, reveals that his son became a lip reader because they never had his hearing checked as a child.

Im guessing things didn’t turn out really well for Joey. Sounds pretty desperate in the article. Bouncing around from one job to the next. He basically says he's willing to do anything to make a buck. Article  is 30 years old. Wonder what Joey is doing these days?

I doubt Arnold remembers Joey anymore.

[Rambone]

I like this pic. It looks like an older mid-level manager  (I can't decide automotive or food service) showing off the new boy he's training up that's doing really well. Little does he know, he'll lose his job to the guy as the young upstart works his way up the corporate ladder.

Shelley Levene Vibes for sure

[falco]

I knew Ed Connors quite well. Ed was not a gossip queen. Now....Eddie Giuliani loved gossip and was a veey funny guy. Giuliani loved to tell stories about guys from the past. I mean...he loved to gossip. Same thing with Ric Drasin. Drasin had a bunch of bad shit in his closet so he was a hypocrite talking shit about other guys when it came to homo activity. Giuliani said that Waller dispiced all homo activity in any shape and form. And that Waller definitely had personal issues with Katz among others due to his homosexual actions and while still being a married man. Giuliani was very clear with absolute certainty that Katz and his training partner Joey were lovers. Katz would spend most of the summer in Venice...without his wife and children..Most fathers-husbands would not do such a thing for such a lomg stretch unless other issues were involved. Giuliani also mentioned that Katz would live rent free at an apartment complex in Pacific Palisades that was owned by the biggest, legendary Queen Schmoe by the name of Dudley Cowan. He paid for Mike's entire summers, food, drugs. Giuliani stated that Katz was a huge loner and was shunned by most of the other guys. And that while he trained with Arnold...that Franco hated Katz and that Franco would call Katz gay slurs in Italian and refer to him as "the finocchio".

Finocchio is italian slang for queer/fag.

[wes]

Best nails in bodybuilding -

Joseph Ugolik used to make corrugated containers and other items as a factory worker. Now he has a new career.

“I took it because I just needed a big change,” said Ugolik, 38, who has become a manicurist.

Ugolik said he got the idea from some women friends who suggested he start cutting hair or doing nails after hearing how tired he was of factory work.

“At first I didn’t want to. It wasn’t anything I’d thought of before, and it wasn’t anything I thought a guy would do,” he said.

But soon he was thinking differently. And in doing so, he joined a trend: nail salons are cropping up everywhere.

Known as nail technicians, people such as Ugolik are doing more than buffing and polishing, and they’re doing it in some unexpected places.

“They’re going into gyms, they’re going into convalescent homes, they’re going into tanning salons,” said Lorraine Cewe, owner of the Connecticut School of Nails in Wallingford. The school runs a 40-hour program and graduates 55 to 65 people a year, Cewe said.

Ugolik gives manicures at the World Gym, a Wallingfordhealth club that his brother Nick Ugolik owns. Nick Ugolik said he knows club owners who are bringing in not only nail technicians, but hairdressers, tanning salons and the like.

“I guess people are just interested in going to one place to get all their needs met,” he said. “And I guess it’s still considered health and beauty, so they’re more or less getting it all done instead of going to the gym for an hour, running across town for a hair appointment and someplace else for a tanning appointment.”

To Ugolik, becoming a manicurist was a necessity.

“It wasn’t a dream of mine to do nails. I try to do anything to boost my income; I don’t care what it is,” he said. “I’ve been a welder, sheet- metal worker, box maker. I’ve done housecleaning – I was even an aerobics instructor. In fact, I’ll tie your shoes for $5. And I’m thinking of becoming a comedian.”

In becoming a manicurist, Ugolik has joined an industry that is growing nationwide, according to the “Nails 1993 Fact Book,” published by “Nails Magazine,” a monthly publication. Last year, nail services were a $4 billion-plus industry, the magazine said.

There were 750 nail salons in Connecticut in 1993; in 1992 there were 600, the magazine said. And 2,504 beauty salons included manicures in their list of services offered in 1993, up from 2,404 in 1992.

The magazine compiled the statistics from 2,200 nail technicians across the country who responded to a survey. According to the survey, the number of employed nail technicians in Connecticut has increased 10.2 percent, from 3,378 in 1992 to 3,723 in 1993.

Though business is picking up, the growth isn’t all for the good, said Jacqueline Verrone, who owns Jacqueline’s Nail Boutique in Wallingford.

“There’s not enough nail technicians who know what they’re doing,” she said as she filed and polished Griffin’s nails. “Anybody can do nails. You don’t have to be licensed.”

A lot can be done with nails. Besides teaching the theory of nail disorders and diseases, the Wallingford school teaches basic manicuring, hot-oil manicuring, tipping, acrylic nails, gel nails, sculptured nails, silk and fiberglass wraps, maintenance and designing, Cewe said.

It hasn’t been easy for Ugolik.

“I caught a lot of ribbing from some guys I knew for going into nails,” Ugolik said. But, he added, “If I can get paid for sitting there and holding a girl’s hand all day, I’d rather go for that.”

https://www.courant.com/1994/04/07/factory-worker-nails-down-new-career-in-a-growing-field/ .

Thanks BB............weird profession of peace !

I also heard Joe was into golf.

I remember seeing him beat Mentzer at Mt, Park in Holyoke Ma. in the 70`s.......he also had 2 brothers that competed.....Nick and Stan.

[beakdoctor]

Finocchio is italian slang for queer/fag.

Years ago I read Franco's book "Coming on Strong" it was a cheap knock off of Arnold's "An Education of a Bodybuilder"- pretty much like everything else Franco did in his career.

There were some decent chapters about his time boxing and pictures from the 76 Olympia,  if I remember correctly.

But I also recall a couple of chapters about his friendship with Katz. He spent alot of time talking about training with Mike and hanging out with him. He described Katz as a good friend but belabored the point that Mike was very sensitive,  lacked confidence and often depressed/sad.

It's been a long time since I read that book, probably 35 years or more. But the chapters on Katz always stood out to me. They didn't really flow with the rest of the book.

[mphgrove]

Years ago I read Franco's book "Coming on Strong" it was a cheap knock off of Arnold's "An Education of a Bodybuilder"- pretty much like everything else Franco did in his career.

There were some decent chapters about his time boxing and pictures from the 76 Olympia,  if I remember correctly.

But I also recall a couple of chapters about his friendship with Katz. He spent alot of time talking about training with Mike and hanging out with him. He described Katz as a good friend but belabored the point that Mike was very sensitive,  lacked confidence and often depressed/sad.

It's been a long time since I read that book, probably 35 years or more. But the chapters on Katz always stood out to me. They didn't really flow with the rest of the book.

Interesting on human nature. Often people are friends with people but may have mixed feelings and say things about them to others (like Franco to Waller or others for example) that would not be said to the person directly. Does not fully detract from being friends but would hurt just the same. Obviously whatever the reality, Katz had a lot going on at the time as can be seen through all the lines. Not the first one.

[Rambone]

Years ago I read Franco's book "Coming on Strong" it was a cheap knock off of Arnold's "An Education of a Bodybuilder"- pretty much like everything else Franco did in his career.

There were some decent chapters about his time boxing and pictures from the 76 Olympia,  if I remember correctly.

But I also recall a couple of chapters about his friendship with Katz. He spent alot of time talking about training with Mike and hanging out with him. He described Katz as a good friend but belabored the point that Mike was very sensitive,  lacked confidence and often depressed/sad.

It's been a long time since I read that book, probably 35 years or more. But the chapters on Katz always stood out to me. They didn't really flow with the rest of the book.

You’d feel that way too if your favorite blue t-shirt (and crusher) were taken from you