Peter McGough Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Peter McGough Receives the 2016 Ben Weider Lifetime Achievement Award

Peter McGough has been touted as one of the greatest bodybuilding journalist of all time, and for good reason. Having worked with over 7 different magazines, Peter has had a 40-year involvement in the sport of bodybuilding, and has spent over 30 years in bodybuilding journalism. This past weekend at the 2016 PBW Championships/ Tampa Pro, he was honored by the IFBB for his involvement in the industry. Past recipients of the Ben Weider Lifetime Achievement Award include Lee Haney, Lee Taylor, and Lee Labrada, among others.

Mr. McGough had the following to say online to his fans and followers:

Hi everyone, thanks for all the good wishes – they are much appreciated. I’m thankful, honored and humbled by being chosen to receive this award. And the icing on the cake is it is in the name of Ben Weider who was a mentor to me. I want to sincerely thank Tim Gardner, Dan Solomon and Jim Manion who made the decision to present me with the Ben Weider Lifetime Achievement award for 2016. Which way to the rocking chair?

Mr. McGough has interviewed most of the past Mr. Olympias, as he got into the industry in the 1960's, even before Arnold was on the scene. He's had an incredible impact on the industry, and fitness journalism as a whole has been changed forever because of Peter's charismatic style, dry British humour and wit, and overall humility. He's a legend, and deserved to be recognized as such. So congratulations from all of us at Muscle Insider to you, sir.