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Title: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: dantelis on September 25, 2008, 03:48:36 PM
Steve Reeves claimed to take a concoction of lemon juice, honey and water during and after his workouts.  Sounds like a good precursor to gatorade and other drinks designed to replenish your electrolytes.

(http://www.bravecat.com/fitness/photos/images/steve_reeves.jpg)
(http://forum.bodybuilding.com/photo/data/2/rr.jpg)
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: johnny1 on September 25, 2008, 05:25:42 PM
Yeah Steve Had a increadible Physquie, and came along 20-30yrs too early, with his Physquie, looks, well spoken etc...he would of done well i feel in the 1970s-1980s with Film roles that would of actually paid him alot of Money with a whole lot more exsposure etc than Steve ever got from acting in those films he was in in the 1950s etc...
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: johnny1 on September 25, 2008, 05:28:30 PM
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Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on January 10, 2009, 06:38:08 AM
8) 8) 8)

I believe Steve is 36 in that pic

hard to believe the guy retired at the age of just 24 due the fact he reached the top of the sport  , needless to say I doubt we seen the best physique Reeves could have displayed
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: johnny1 on January 10, 2009, 08:58:34 PM
This is true ND Steve retiring @ 24 was far from his Physical prime, i still rate Steve's overall structure, balance and skeletal structure right up there to this day and felt he was 20-30 yrs early in terms of film megabucks, BB "supplements," mainstream appeal etc,
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Viking11 on January 12, 2009, 12:32:18 AM
Imagine what he could have looked like if he had trained hard year round til age 28 like Arnold did. I like Reeves approach to training, a lot of intensity ala Mentzer at tines.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: MuscleMcMannus on February 25, 2009, 11:46:00 AM
Reeves is about as fine as a specimen geneticall you can get.  He trained great, ate great etc.  But in the end it was his mom and dad that made his physique.  Genetics really is the most important thing.  Not the only thing but the  most important.  Most guys will never admit that as if it means their worth less or work less hard etc. 
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: johnny1 on December 24, 2011, 07:00:42 PM
One of the if thee Greatest FDB of his Era the one and only Reeves
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: johnny1 on December 24, 2011, 07:04:28 PM
The absolute Bench mark in Aesthetics in the 1940s-Mid 1950s
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: funk51 on December 26, 2011, 12:45:54 PM
 :o
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Montague on December 26, 2011, 07:04:29 PM
Steve Reeves claimed to take a concoction of lemon juice, honey and water during and after his workouts.  Sounds like a good precursor to gatorade and other drinks designed to replenish your electrolytes.


I remember reading this years ago in one of his MMI columns.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Montague on December 26, 2011, 07:07:31 PM
I don't have a source for this, but...
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: jpm101 on December 29, 2011, 08:46:42 AM
Honey was a big thing years ago. Even track athletes used it, back in the day. Some BB'ers like to chew the honey comb. Eating dates, sometimes mixed with honey, was also popular before, and even during, workouts. The combo of peanut butter, banana & honey (on whole wheat bread) could be in their diets. Good luck.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Straw Man on February 20, 2012, 07:31:13 PM
Way ahead of his time and timeless

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Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Danjo on February 21, 2012, 09:50:37 AM
I have his book,"Building the classic physique,the natural way",and that drink recipe is in it....good stuff
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Donny on February 22, 2012, 03:29:37 AM
I have his book,"Building the classic physique,the natural way",and that drink recipe is in it....good stuff
Yeah..I got it too. A great read and Steve reeves along with Reg Park were always my inspiration and really still are.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Danjo on February 22, 2012, 09:57:38 AM
Somewhere i still have an issue of Ironman from the 90's that has a big article where Grimek,Reeves,and Oliva all talk training nutrition etc,and at the end Bill Pearl and George Turner give their observations about those legends. Interesting for sure...
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Donny on February 22, 2012, 10:01:38 AM
Somewhere i still have an issue of Ironman from the 90's that has a big article where Grimek,Reeves,and Oliva all talk training nutrition etc,and at the end Bill Pearl and George Turner give their observations about those legends. Interesting for sure...
GET IT ON HERE!!
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Danjo on February 22, 2012, 01:28:50 PM
Man I would love too...I will have to scan the articles(don't have a a scanner myself)....
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Montague on February 22, 2012, 03:08:48 PM
Man I would love too...I will have to scan the articles(don't have a a scanner myself)....


Then I suggest you stretch those flexor tendons and start typing!!
 ;D

Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Danjo on February 22, 2012, 08:23:50 PM
I will have to get off my lazy ass and find it... ;D
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Donny on August 09, 2012, 08:29:40 AM
when you look at Steeve reeves shape and lat width tapering down to a tiny waist then you know he was a genetic superior. I think too his legs were not bad for the time he trained.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: dantelis on August 10, 2012, 03:37:39 PM
I'd love to see a current pro BB do perfection in the clouds to see how they'd compare.  Can you imagine Branch Warren doing that pose?  It'd be like a bloated gnome in the clouds.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Donny on August 10, 2012, 03:41:32 PM
I'd love to see a current pro BB do perfection in the clouds to see how they'd compare.  Can you imagine Branch Warren doing that pose?  It'd be like a bloated gnome in the clouds.
steve was the king  of that pose...NO ONE WILL BE LIKE STEVE OR JACK LA LANE
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: funk51 on August 11, 2012, 12:02:45 PM
I'd love to see a current pro BB do perfection in the clouds to see how they'd compare.  Can you imagine Branch Warren doing that pose?  It'd be like a bloated gnome in the clouds.
;D
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: funk51 on August 11, 2012, 12:05:23 PM
 :( reeves wasn't really noted for his strength but when you think of a large bodybuilder like gunther s. not useing more than 75 lb dbs for incline presses??????
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: dantelis on August 11, 2012, 01:40:00 PM
:( reeves wasn't really noted for his strength but when you think of a large bodybuilder like gunther s. not useing more than 75 lb dbs for incline presses??????

I think the top pic is of someone other than Reeves. 

I wonder how many of the classic BB's of the era before steroids ever got injured working out?  Seems like the top BB's of today have all sustained an injury, because they tried to go too heavy on a lift.  I don't remember hearing of Reeves and the like having muscle tears and snapped tendons.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Montague on August 11, 2012, 03:56:54 PM
Yeah Steve Had a increadible Physquie, and came along 20-30yrs too early, with his Physquie, looks, well spoken etc...he would of done well i feel in the 1970s-1980s with Film roles that would of actually paid him alot of Money with a whole lot more exsposure etc than Steve ever got from acting in those films he was in in the 1950s etc...


It would have been interesting to see how he would have fared in the company of stiffer competition like Arnold, Stallone, etc.

Steve Reeves as Rambo?
Maybe we would have been spared Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot. :)
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: funk51 on August 12, 2012, 12:40:24 PM
I think the top pic is of someone other than Reeves. 

I wonder how many of the classic BB's of the era before steroids ever got injured working out?  Seems like the top BB's of today have all sustained an injury, because they tried to go too heavy on a lift.  I don't remember hearing of Reeves and the like having muscle tears and snapped tendons.
it is, it's steve reno , i  already posted the reeves pic page one. just put another for comparison.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: funk51 on August 12, 2012, 12:41:41 PM

It would have been interesting to see how he would have fared in the company of stiffer competition like Arnold, Stallone, etc.

Steve Reeves as Rambo?
Maybe we would have been spared Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot. :)
;D  one could only hope. also rhinestone was a major snoozefest.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: Donny on August 14, 2012, 06:38:34 AM
steve reeves motivated so maney young men to train.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: alxcr84 on November 26, 2012, 06:50:23 PM
I'd love to see a current pro BB do perfection in the clouds to see how they'd compare.  Can you imagine Branch Warren doing that pose?  It'd be like a bloated gnome in the clouds.

Bodybuilding may be the only pro sport  (other than midget tossing) in which short men can excel at.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: funk51 on November 27, 2012, 09:20:55 AM
:( reeves wasn't really noted for his strength but when you think of a large bodybuilder like gunther s. not useing more than 75 lb dbs for incline presses??????
should have read roland kickinger the ah-nuld look-alike, he is quoted as saying never seeing the need to use over 75 lb dbs for these.
Title: Re: Was Reeves ahead of his time?
Post by: alxcr84 on November 27, 2012, 11:25:21 PM
should have read roland kickinger the ah-nuld look-alike, he is quoted as saying never seeing the need to use over 75 lb dbs for these.

Especially if u do them after flat bench, do alot of volume, are on the sauce, and have an unusually well responding pecs like roland and arnie