Barney Ross: I've heard another rumor, that you were bitten by a king cobra?
Booker: Yeah, I was. But after five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died.
He wanted to a be a bodybuilder so he became the most successful bodybuilder of all time. Then he wanted to get into acting. Even with his heavy accent and poor acting ability he became one of the most successful actors of his day. He married into American royalty (Kennedy family) then wanted to go into politics and since he's not eligible to be President (born in Austria) he became governor of the U.S.'s biggest state.
During an old AMA, he described what he would do for most of his workouts and this was his response:
"You probably won't like this... When I was gaining strength, I liked to warm up with 10,8,6,4 and then stay at 2 reps for five sets, and then back to 4, then 6, and then use the stripping method and just drop plates and keep doing 4 reps until I couldn't."
Barney Ross: I've heard another rumor, that you were bitten by a king cobra?
Booker: Yeah, I was. But after five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died.