leading from
a) From dance classes in London West End to Hyam's Gym in Hackney
Previously Jenette Goldstein had been going to four dance classes in London, in the West End and
she lived in the East End.
There was old fashioned boxing gymnasium called Hyam's gym with a
boxing ring that she passed every day on the edge of Hackney in East
London.
Mr Britain used to train there.
She started lifting weights as a child, and she was near enough a tomboy and so she got into lifting weights there
She found that it was good discipline to have
when she was unemployed and she believed that it saved her sanity.
If she put in time and effort, she would get results which was more than
she would get from acting, which was frustrating.
- Out of work at the time, Goldstein stumbled into bodybuilding almost by accident. "I
was going to four dance classes in London. They were on the West End,
and I lived on the East End. There was a man's gym with a boxing ring
that I passed everyday.
"It was a good discipline to have. When you're unemployed, you need some sort of a discipline. I needed something that I could do that—if I put in the time and effort—I would get results, which you're not guaranteed as far as acting. That's frustrating.
(Copied from https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine #115) - Jenette Goldstein: Yuh, I was, I was erm, I was how many years out of, I was about two years out of drama school
Interviewer: Mmhmm
Jenette Goldstein: I went to drama school in London, and I was er, unemployed, a resting as they say in England, it's so nice, I'm just resting
Interviewer Resting. Or redundant when you're fired
Jenette Goldstein: Exactly
Interviewer A most amazing euphamism
Jenette Goldstein: That's fantastic yes, so I was resting and I was sort of yes, fitfully and I was really, I was really really frustrated obviously and I was like running and erm, there was a gymn. I lived in East London and there was like an old fashioned boxing gymn and Mr Britain trained there. So I went there and I started lifting weights which I used to do as a kid, I, you know, I was kind of a tomboy and I just got really really into it, that whole subculture of you know, body building and I, it was just fun
Interviewer: Wow
Jenette Goldstein: Yuh
("I was there too" podcast, 17th March 2015)
b) Women lifting weights
There was a handful
of women lifting weights there at
the time.
With her were the owner's daughter was there, and a couple of
other women who were hanging out there to keep an eye on their
boyfriends and
started getting really buff.
That was how the world was starting to
change for her
- Jenette Goldstein: I discovered this fascinating subculture of bodybuilding at Hyam's
Gym in East London. It saved my sanity, because in bodybuilding, effort
equals results. There was a handful of women lifting weights there at
the time. The owner's daughter was there, and myself, and a couple of
girls who were hanging out there to keep an eye on their boyfriends and
started getting really buff. That's how the world changes!
(http://www.aol.com/article/2010/06/22/jenette-goldstein/19522454/) - Jenette Goldstein: Yuh, I was, I was erm, I was how many years out of, I was about two years out of drama school
Interviewer: Mmhmm
Jenette Goldstein: I went to drama school in London, and I was er, unemployed, a resting as they say in England, it's so nice, I'm just resting
Interviewer Resting. Or redundant when you're fired
Jenette Goldstein: Exactly
Interviewer A most amazing euphamism
Jenette Goldstein: That's fantastic yes, so I was resting and I was sort of yes, fitfully and I was really, I was really really frustrated obviously and I was like running and erm, there was a gymn. I lived in East London and there was like an old fashioned boxing gymn and Mr Britain trained there. So I went there and I started lifting weights which I used to do as a kid, I, you know, I was kind of a tomboy and I just got really really into it, that whole subculture of you know, body building and I, it was just fun
Interviewer: Wow
Jenette Goldstein: Yuh
("I was there too" podcast, 17th March 2015)
c) Thoughts about working as an American bodybuilder
She continued to enjoy lifting weights, to the point that she became hooked on it.
Making it a tool to get work was the last thing on her mind although
friends used to joke about the idea that maybe she would get a job as
perhaps an American
bodybuilder, and it would pay off.
She had been going to the gym for
a few years training and so she was in the physical shape as she would
come to be seen in the film.
- "I
enjoyed lifting weights, and I got hooked on it. It was something to
keep me busy. I didn't see it as a tool to get work, though my friends
used to joke that maybe they'll do a film about an American bodybuilder,
or something like that, that it'll pay off. It's funny that it did."
(Copied from https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine #115)
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