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gman

03-10-2009, 09:11 PM

Who did you like best? Who influenced you as a child or young person to be fit and lift weights?

I love Dave Palumbo, I vaguely remember him being on a couple of TV shows when I was 8 or so. Plus he is a great writer and a good all around guy.

I remember Arnold a lot more of course, and I actually worked out a few times at a Nautilus fitness center (remember those?) with my buddy when Pumping Iron came out. I like Franco more though because he was more my size!

Bryan Hildebrand

03-10-2009, 10:30 PM

sergio olivia. bar none. the greatest.

esplendido

03-11-2009, 01:00 AM

Palumbo was a preteen in 1975.

Arnold was the most influencial for me.

The Thinker

03-11-2009, 01:08 AM

Wow that's a tough question. I think Arnold had the most impact on me but I also loved Robbie Robinson and Franco. Tom Platz was unreal. I dreamed of having those legs.

kraken

03-11-2009, 01:12 AM

sergio olivia. bar none. the greatest.
With Bill Pearl running in second place.

Bryan Hildebrand

03-11-2009, 08:20 AM

With Bill Pearl running in second place.

these two are as diverse as they come.

GirlyMuscle

03-11-2009, 08:35 AM

Dave Draper.

http://www.ifbb.com/halloffame/2000/DaveDraper2.jpg

gman

03-11-2009, 11:00 AM

http://www.davedraper.com/site%20images/biceps-4.jpg

FloridaMuscle

03-15-2009, 12:41 PM

For me it was Danny Padilla, Mohamed Makkawy, Franco Columbu and Arnold.

FloridaMuscle

03-15-2009, 04:03 PM

ooops those guys weren't pre 1975....oh well.

GREENMACHINE23

03-15-2009, 06:38 PM

Arnold.

47ronin

03-15-2009, 07:18 PM

sergio olivia. bar none. the greatest.

I totally agree. Fourty years ago and look at him next to Dexter. I also think Casey Viator was a great bodybuilder that gets overlooked.
http://www.ironage.us/virtual/sergio-dexter.jpg

Wheels

03-15-2009, 08:43 PM

I totally agree. Fourty years ago and look at him next to Dexter. I also think Casey Viator was a great bodybuilder that gets overlooked.
http://www.ironage.us/virtual/sergio-dexter.jpg

Sergio had, arguably, the best genetics of any bodybuilder, ever. Be crazy to think how big he could have gotten with the drug protocols today, while keeping his lines of course ;).

The Celt

03-15-2009, 10:59 PM

sergio olivia. bar none. the greatest.

x2..He got robbed out of many O's by the Weider/Arnold machine IMHO....

HeavyDutyGuy

03-18-2009, 06:15 PM

Pre 75? Arnold in73 to 74 was the best. Sergio in 71-72 was the freakiest and biggest arms. Viator in71 dominated the amateurs. Scott 65-66 was magic. Reeves in 50- his most massive. Reg Park anytime. Bill Pearl after 1964. Lou Ferrigno in 73-74 was awesome.

thepump

03-19-2009, 05:11 PM

Palumbo was a preteen in 1975.

Arnold was the most influencial for me.
took the words from me lol

Curt James

03-19-2009, 05:19 PM

Arnold, of course.

And tons of AAU Mr. America competitors of that era. :bowdown:

(Hey, cool, more "Smilies"!)

Doug Beaver, Dave Johns, Anibal Lopez, Joe Means, Danny Padilla, Dale Adrian, Clint Beyerle, Pat Neve, Mike Dayton, Robby Robinson, Rod Koontz, Scott Wilson, C.F. Smith, and more.

Foreman_Rules

03-19-2009, 05:23 PM

1974 Arnold
1973 Arnold
1972 Sergio
1971 Arnold
1970 Arnold
1969 Sergio
1968 Sergio
1967 Sergio
1966 Sergio
1965 and back Bill Pearl or reg park depending on the year

thepump

03-19-2009, 05:25 PM

i like the old school way back steve and recent fallen bodybuilder arnolds idol reg RIP.

Ernie

03-26-2009, 01:28 PM

Arnold, Franco. Serge Nubret

Ernie

03-26-2009, 10:52 PM

Geez... after my last post I found out that Serge Nubret is in a coma.
I'm a little late finding out... out of the loop I guess. Get well Serge.

sassy69

03-26-2009, 11:26 PM

Palumbo was a preteen in 1975.

Arnold was the most influencial for me.

LOL I was gonna say.. Dave in diapers pumping the 5 lb weights?

graybass

03-27-2009, 02:30 PM

Arnold.

gman

03-27-2009, 08:51 PM

buckimscl

04-03-2009, 08:25 PM

Ed Corney. Damn, that guy could pose!!

Mr. Shoulders

04-03-2009, 09:04 PM

Arnold of course...Reg Park and John Grimek

Curt James

04-03-2009, 10:45 PM

does anyone remember or has anyone met this guy from the 1970's, I believe his name is Pat Neve. He is a small ripped guy. I have fantasies of getting in this kind of condition! He was 5'6" 185lbs

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/namtrag/patneve2-1.jpg

Definitely remember Neve.

http://musclememory.com/show.php?s=pat+neve&g=M

I remember him mostly from Lurie's magazines, but see that he was also an AAU and NPC competitor.

HeavyDutyGuy

04-08-2009, 02:49 AM

Definitely remember Neve.

http://musclememory.com/show.php?s=pat+neve&g=M

I remember him mostly from Lurie's magazines, but see that he was also an AAU and NPC competitor.

Me too. Great upper body!

DBowden

04-15-2009, 08:45 PM

Arnold

gman

05-29-2009, 11:28 AM

Found this guy on a classic bodybuilder website, my new apsiration. 5'9" 185 lbs, this is what I want to look like (I can always dream!). Guess his name if you can. He won the middleweight NPC in 1980:

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/namtrag/Richar2.gif

Curt James

05-29-2009, 11:33 AM

Foreman_Rules

05-29-2009, 11:37 AM

Richard Baldwin.x2

An interesting thing with all the lies on the net and muscle mags is Richard Baldwin had his arms measured publicly in contest shape and cold back in the day....they were 17 3/4. Kind of shows you how much people lie about measurements.

gman

05-29-2009, 11:47 AM

HeavyDutyGuy

05-29-2009, 12:09 PM

Here he is at 60 in 2007.

His arms are incredible even now! You are right about the arm measurement thing. I think people with 19" may have a bodyfat issue in many cases, to put it politely.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w294/namtrag/rbHammerCurl2.jpg

Great pic! Richard is an inspiration to how I want to look when I'm 60. He posts over at Iron Age frequently. As to the 19", if were talking cold, not pumped measurements, only Sergio, Ronnie and maybe Jay, had over 20" cold. 18 is big, 19 is huge, and 20 almost defies belief.

cook

06-03-2009, 12:06 PM

I was a senior in highschool in 1977 and needed something constructive to do in life.While thumbing through some books in a bookstore I looked up and there was Ed Corney on the front of Pumping Iron.I`ve been lifting ever since.

esplendido

06-03-2009, 01:50 PM

Great pic! Richard is an inspiration to how I want to look when I'm 60. He posts over at Iron Age frequently. As to the 19", if were talking cold, not pumped measurements, only Sergio, Ronnie and maybe Jay, had over 20" cold. 18 is big, 19 is huge, and 20 almost defies belief.

I'll do a YouTube video at the end of June when I begin my diet, with someone measuring my arms cold, first thing in the morning. They're over 20" and I hope will be a little bigger when I do the vid. Of course, I'm 6'-4", so I should have bigger arms than men between 5'-8" and 6'-0".

Then I'll do the same about 2 weeks out from the show, to see how much size they've retained. Last year, they were 19 1/2" at showtime.

joedemarco

06-03-2009, 03:29 PM

When I was a kid, my first weight lifting book that I followed had pictures of Clarence Ross. I don't know when he competed or what he ever won. But, he was my first inspiration.

Curt James

06-03-2009, 04:04 PM

When I was a kid, my first weight lifting book that I followed had pictures of Clarence Ross. I don't know when he competed or what he ever won. But, he was my first inspiration.

Ross was 1945's AAU Mr. America and 1948's Mr. USA.

http://www.musclememory.com/

Search for Clarence Ross.

HeavyDutyGuy

06-03-2009, 04:27 PM

I'll do a YouTube video at the end of June when I begin my diet, with someone measuring my arms cold, first thing in the morning. They're over 20" and I hope will be a little bigger when I do the vid. Of course, I'm 6'-4", so I should have bigger arms than men between 5'-8" and 6'-0".

Then I'll do the same about 2 weeks out from the show, to see how much size they've retained. Last year, they were 19 1/2" at showtime. You're so right about height being a factor, so is bone structure, the size of surrounding body parts, and even the size of your head. Sergio's right arm at 20 3/8 cold was actually taller than his head back in 71 when Jones measured it. (He used a newspaper thin tape, right angle to the bone, snug-not tight- and on first flex in the morning upon arising. Very strict conditions!) . Ray Mentzer and Eddie Robinson both matched that measurement years later, but because they didn't have Sergio's small head, etc, their arms didn't exceed or even match the height of their head. Neither did Arnold's whose arm was taped by Jones at 19 7/8" with a slight pump (Arnold found out what Jones did and cheated before Jones caught him, lol). Lou Ferrigno's arm probably measured well over 20" cold, but didn't look as big as Sergios or Arnolds due his 6'5" height, bigger overall size and proportions.

gman

06-03-2009, 06:31 PM

I could stack every steroid/HGH combo know to man, and my arms would never be as big as my friggin cave man head. 7 3/4-7 5/8 hat size on a 5'8" guy is pretty troll-like! lol
It is also a given that if I ever get to show condition, my head is going to look like I have a pumpkin on my body, because I am 50-60lbs away from a show right now, and my head still looks too big!