Terry Moore Tar Heel Giant - Jack King (1970)

Terry Moore Tar Heel Giant - Jack King (1973)

Strength & Health April 1970

By Jack King

From six feet tall and 145 lbs. body weight to 227 lbs. doesn’t have to take a long time, but if you include measurements such as chest 52 inches, arms 19 ¼ inches, thighs 27 ½ inches and 17 ½ inch calves; the road is paved with sweat and toil. Terry began training at home on the family farm and at the “Y” in Winston-Salem, N.C. Sam Green, the physical instructor at that time, constantly encouraged Terry to train. He, himself, had a tremendous physique that served him well for three years as halfback at Wake Forest University. Another strong influence, at least by example, was Gary Simpson, who at that time was winning titles all over the South. While in high school Terry was just too diminutive to play football. This often is all the encouragement one needs to train. Terry smiles everytime he remembers those days because it wasn’t long before several grid coaches approached him, but Terry was realistic; he lacked the experience having never played in high school. Terry first entered Lees McRae Junior College to begin his further education. While spending those two years there, he laid a sound physical base for the success he is now enjoying in the sport he loves. He trained with a fanatical drive, spending many hours in the gym. It was during this period that the “Tar Heel Giant” entered his first physique contest. He didn’t exactly make a clean sweep as he now does. In fact, the first five missed him. Everyone could see that he was a comer “if” he would continue to train and most important – get those legs up to the rest of his body. Terry talked training with everyone who would talk, sought criticism from those who would know what they were talking about. He went back to school with his head swimming, but all fired up. The next time I saw Terry the change was so obvious I had to blink to be sure it was really him. His legs were tremendous. Terry found, as many others have, that by training with guys shows all over the body. Recently Terry did a squat with 500 lbs. and several on-lookers commented, “Yeah, but what can he do with those big muscles in his legs?” Terry responded with a vertical jump 36 inches above his reach. The next day he ran a one hundred yard dash in 10.8. Experience they say is the best teacher, and certainly Terry has learned a lot from his own training and definitely is his own trainer. He has certain little variations to about every exercise he does. The best way to describe this method is to say he performs every exercise with intense concentration and in the manner that gives the best muscle ache. After moving to Pembroke Regional University and getting married, Terry began putting some finer finished looking points to his physique. He converted his living room into a gym. Plenty of York equipment made a rather unusual furniture décor. I’m sure Terry’s wife, Linda, got real tired of explaining to visitors. Terry liked training at home because it almost always was alone and he got a lot done. When he was home on weekends back in Winston-Salem he would have to catch a “quickie” at the “Y” and attract a crowd, always with all the standard questions. Then rush home to the farm to work on his definition with such specialized exercises  as loading hay or clearing the north forty, etc. Terry uses large amounts of Hoffman’s Super Hi-Proteen coupled with large does of the Vitamin B group, C & E. Linda, Terry’s lovely wife, is a perfect cook for a bodybuilder. She is very diet conscious and prepares nutritious meals for Terry. Linda graduated with Terry in June 1969 from Pembroke. They are settled in Louisbury, N.C. teaching at the same high school. Terry is a biology teacher and Linda instructs the young Tar Heels in science. They both love fishing and horseback riding. Terry’s family back in Winston-Salem are real proud of his accomplishments in the bodybuilding field. Terry’s father, Oscar, is a supervisor at Western Electric. His mother stays very busy at home and on the farm. His sister, Melonia, is a junior in high school and his brother, Sterling, is an engineering student at N.C. State University. Regular readers of S&H will recall the pictures of the 1969 Junior Mr. America  contest, those featuring Boyer Coe, Chris Dickerson and Terry on the victory stand pointed up what a great future Terry has ahead of him. He compared quite well for someone with so little prior publicity. The next few years will find Terry entering all the top contests. Nature was good to Terry, he has an ideal bone structure, very good basic shape and he is slightly over six feet tall. Combine these advantages with his fierce ambition and more maturing through training and surely the top will be his.

Contests: Mr. North Carolina; Mr. Smoky Mountains; Mr. Capitol District; Mr. Blue Ridge Invitational; Mr. South, Mr. Southern U.S.A.; others: second to Bill St. John in Mr. Cheseapeake Bay, second to Ken Waller in Jr. Mr. U.S.A., third Jr. Mr. America

Monday & Thursday (Chest & Back)

Sit ups and toe raises –

Bench press – 325 lbs. 6 x 6

Incline Bench Press (dumbbells) – 100 lbs. 5 x 10

Supine lateral raises (flys) – 45 lbs. 3 x 6

Pull Overs – 250 lbs. 3 x 6

Dips – no weight 4 x 8

Pushups – no weight 3 x 50

Bent rowing – 150 lbs. 4 x 6

Pull ups – 4 x 15

Tuesday & Friday (legs)

Sit ups and toe raises – 275 lbs. 6 x 6

Squats (front) – 425 lbs. 9 x 6

Regular Squats – 325 lbs. 4 x 6

Hack Squats – 170 lbs. 6 x 15

Quadricep Machine – 315 lbs. 6 x 8

Leg Presses

Wednesday & Saturday (shoulders and arms)

Sit ups and toe raises – 160 lbs. 3 x 6

Hanging cleans – 160 lbs. 3 x 6

Presses – 235 lbs. 5 x 6

Behind Neck Press – 150 lbs. 4 x 6

Later Raises (dumbbell) – 40 lbs. 4 x 6

Dips – 4 x 8

Tricep press down – 140 lbs. 6 x 6

Tricep Extensions – 150 lbs. 5 x 6

Curls – 150 lbs. 6 x 6

Preacher curls – 130 lbs. 5 x 6

Close grip curl – 130 lbs. 3 x 6

Reverse curl – 130 lbs. 5 x 6

Wrist curl – 120 lbs. 5 x 6

Wrist roller – 35 lbs. 3 x 4

Enjoy your lifting!