I never met Ameen but I started working out (with actual weights) around 2002 at the Tysons Corner, VA Gold Gym (now it's a Crunch) and both Kamali and Matt Duval worked out there (also Bautista but he came in pretty rarely when he was home). I spent so much time at the gym they gave me my first fitness job there as a sales person lol.
Kamali got along with very few people in the club. He was a major mean mugger. I think part of the reason was Matt though. He did not like Matt Duval at all. And most of the guys in the gym all became friends or gravitated towards Matt since he was such a nice guy. Matt hadn't gotten his procard yet and I remember he started dating Bethany Howlett for a minute (who used to date Kamali for a while). Anyways, those were the good ole days. I knew nothing about steroids yet. Someone got me on some prohormones and I blew up so quickly Matt noticed me one day and said I had potential which made me start working out even more. Anyways, that's my story from the NOVA days...