Very cool site!!!

Write In: Steve Reeves
 

H. Hayfield

Add:
 
Dave draper
 

"If you think you need a spot, just go harder"

Shane - my maori friend + ex-training partner

dont forget franco either lol

 

deadlifts: 550 lbs
bench press:370 lbs
militery press : 265 lbs
squat : 425
bw: 209

Damn ... where's Frank Zane?

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"Push your limits — define aggressive goals"
_________.P R O G R E S S___P I C S

Lou ferrigno, as a perosn as much as a bodybuilder, is to this day a very humble person, who has triumphed over adversity. He was also a giant when he competed, 6,5 270.

woodmeister

age: 24 as of 02/07

weight: 170

bench max: 8 @ 270

leg press: 8 @ 450

Squat: 5 @ 315

no one will ever come close to the physiques of those guys....the physiques then and now are so different and its so obvious how unnatural the guys like ronnie and jay are its so stupid. and one day you guys will see me standing up there with the best without having to take pro hormones and/or steroids.
still got 6-8 years till my peak i cant wait! :)

YOU GOTTA EAT BIG, TO BE BIG!!

NASM certified trainer
NFPT certified trainer

Winter Bulk goal:245-250 by dec 31
Current weight: 235

It's Arnie. He revolutionised BB.

Ronnie Coleman is a joke.

Arnold was the savior of bodybuilding

Dennis Wolf mr.O 2008

17 years old
180 pounds

dirty bulk= fail
X-repper forever

On the race to 190 and 17 inch arms

ORIGINAL: Beefcake

Dennis Wolf mr.O 2008

quoted for truth

That back is insane...but I love Frank Zane, that pose in his picture (above) is amazing.

Every Saint has a Past. Every Sinner has a Future.

It seems so odd to me how honesty is honestly the rarest thing upon us. Honestly, it's astonishing.

Frank Zane

Current Supplements: Multi, Whey, Caffeine, BCAA, Vitamin C, Calcium
Current Cycle: Strength

"Do not go where the path may lead, instead go where there is no path, and leave a trail."

Frank Zane was good but Serge Nubret had WAY better aesthetics and proportions IMO

17 years old
180 pounds

dirty bulk= fail
X-repper forever

On the race to 190 and 17 inch arms

how does dennis wolf back look in proportion???? I don't get it fellas?

Arnold savier of bodybuilding? LOL!

those guys (70's) look natural? LOL!

Franco was a a$$, what kind of guy enters a strongman contest and foolishly runs with a frig on his back, breaks his leg and sues? shorty after that that sport was forced overseas where the americans disappeared for over a decade.

If that staue of "hercules" from 1700's was accurate than that would be the true definition of the greatest bodybuilder IMO.

I don't get it? whats with beauty pagent thing? pretty abs, under 5% bodyfat makes these guys look like "pencil necks" with muscles.

bodybuilding= strong,powerful, mountain moving.
leaness yet still powerful looking, a wider waist (heavily muslced) yet not a "gut", large neck, ect. thats what the "real" herc. had!!!

I must say though at least ronnie and yates big bellies are sorta in proportion with the arms and pecs.

I never saw any great leg devoplment in "pumping iron" (even what could be "natural" leg development)

those guys kinda remind me of the porno girls with oversized fake boobs.

Myself, because I work hard and have been for years and I am natural and always will be.  No one is ever going to compete in Mr. Olympia unless the juice more likely than not.  My goal is to get as huge as possible without steroids, but I have never seen any natural bodybuilders get that large.  You guys can fawn over these guys all you want, but you have to take their physiques with a grain of salt knowing they are juiced.

I admire natural bodybuilders far more for their efforts, despite the lesser size than the juiced guys.  And most importantly, I admire myself more than anyone else in the world, and I won't share the throne with anyone else.

Arnold Schwarzenegger because he is my Governor and will terminate me if i dont vote for him.

July 2008:

Status: Cutting
Age:17
Height: 6'3
Weight: 226 lbs

Supplements:
ON 100% Whey
Fish Oil
Multi Vitamins

This list isn't a very good one, your missing quite a few people...

I am still having a hard time believing Coleman is in second with 18 votes, if you folks really think he is the greatest of all time I fear for this sport in the future...

6'3"  @213

Squat 1x20x275

press:200, Deadlift:475, Bench:300, P.clean:235, Squat:385

"The only failure that is final is to stop trying to improve"

Why isnt Frank Zane on the list?

ORIGINAL: MassCrusader

Myself, because I work hard and have been for years and I am natural and always will be.  No one is ever going to compete in Mr. Olympia unless the juice more likely than not.  My goal is to get as huge as possible without steroids, but I have never seen any natural bodybuilders get that large.  You guys can fawn over these guys all you want, but you have to take their physiques with a grain of salt knowing they are juiced.

I admire natural bodybuilders far more for their efforts, despite the lesser size than the juiced guys.  And most importantly, I admire myself more than anyone else in the world, and I won't share the throne with anyone else.

Steroids for pro body builders is like protein power and creatine for us (us excluding me as i dont use them)... Ya ya we can say that steroids are bad, we can say its cheating or we can say it's not but who cares? Steroids isn't everything, sure they look bigger than any of us because they did take steroids, but it's not like they put the needle in and watch themselves grow, they still have to put the effort out and the food in, its not like they didn't have to lift horrendous(sp) amount of weight and just eat chips all day long, i respect em steroids or not!

This is why sometimes on the threads they tell new comers ( don't do that that's what a pro bber would do) i can bet anything that none of us on these forums could take they're lifting program and just get away with it, they work probly harder than us.

My 5x5s as of November 2nd 2008.
Squat 155lbs
Bench 155lbs
Deadlift 155lbs

Connelly's 5x5s as November 2nd 2008
Bench 115
Squat 145
Deadlift 165

Andy11's 5x5 as November 2nd 2008
Bench 150
Squat 150
Deadlift 175

ORIGINAL: BodyBuildingNovice

ORIGINAL: MassCrusader

Myself, because I work hard and have been for years and I am natural and always will be.  No one is ever going to compete in Mr. Olympia unless the juice more likely than not.  My goal is to get as huge as possible without steroids, but I have never seen any natural bodybuilders get that large.  You guys can fawn over these guys all you want, but you have to take their physiques with a grain of salt knowing they are juiced.

I admire natural bodybuilders far more for their efforts, despite the lesser size than the juiced guys.  And most importantly, I admire myself more than anyone else in the world, and I won't share the throne with anyone else.

Steroids for pro body builders is like protein power and creatine for us (us excluding me as i dont use them)... Ya ya we can say that steroids are bad, we can say its cheating or we can say it's not but who cares? Steroids isn't everything, sure they look bigger than any of us because they did take steroids, but it's not like they put the needle in and watch themselves grow, they still have to put the effort out and the food in, its not like they didn't have to lift horrendous(sp) amount of weight and just eat chips all day long, i respect em steroids or not!

This is why sometimes on the threads they tell new comers ( don't do that that's what a pro bber would do) i can bet anything that none of us on these forums could take they're lifting program and just get away with it, they work probly harder than us.

Actually, I used to work out with similar routines to those guys and I was and still am skinny.  It's cheating and cheap, I'm not judging those guys but it isn't the best thing to do and I won't do it, even if that means being skinnier.  You don't really know your own strength I believe when you do steriods, so IMO, it isn't worth it.  I believe I know how to bulk up now that I understand protein intake better, but having lifted so long for strength only, I don't think it is necessary to take steroids and I don't idolize people that do.  They work hard, but the results are a byproduct of something artificial in their systems and that isn't wholesome.

it's sad that everyone picked arnold or ronnie coleman just because those are the only ones they know

lee haney wins, hands down. look him up on google.  the pictures of the guys yall have posted have little legs......take a look at lee haney

Frank Zane for me as well.

Steve Reeves isn't a total mass monster, but he's looking good (no homo)

Steve Reeves

If it wasn't painfully difficult then you didn't do it right

age:18
5' 81/2"
173 lbs
goal : 195


supplements: Multi, fish oil

Eugen Sandow

I think it's funny that people are saying guys like Ronnie Coleman and Arnold got as big as they did because of steroids.

You try taking steroids and see if you get that big.  You won't.

President of the Emancipation Detoxification. DBB's oldest forum group, punching baby seals since 2/12/08

Yet


I think it's funny that people are saying guys like Ronnie Coleman and Arnold got as big as they did because of steroids.

You try taking steroids and see if you get that big.  You won't.

How about you try getting that big without taking steroids.

Solomon Grundy

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I think it's funny that people are saying guys like Ronnie Coleman and Arnold got as big as they did because of steroids.

You try taking steroids and see if you get that big.  You won't.

How about you try getting that big without taking steroids.

I think you misunderstood what he was trying to say, or are just oblivious to how steroids actually work.

You can't get big just by taking them. Ronnie and Arnie were hectic with their training and even more so with their diet to accommodate that, and even then they were smart with their usage of the needle.
Without heavy training and the several healthy meals of the day, with or without steroids, you will not grow.
You have to be anal about these things.

You can't just take steroids, train and expect to get massive. It's a lot harder and a lot more complicated than that. And above all else, not worth it - but them being able to achieve what they did is a real feat in the bodybuilding world.

I hope I don't get banned or something for this post.