Greg Kovacs - Mass Monster - Over 400lbs

[robcguns]

Yes. I miss all the old muscle mags.

Same, I remember getting excited to go pick up the mags monthly.

[Dorian Cutler]

Steve was a nice fella.

One day he was browsing the magazine rack in a store, started into a brutal heart attack, began to pound his chest, loudly saying, No! No! No!, then fell over, dead.

And that was that.

brutal if true pip

[Humble Narcissist]

Same, I remember getting excited to go pick up the mags monthly.

Especially for the contest results from contests that ended months earlier.

[Marvin Martian]

Especially for the contest results from contests that ended months earlier.

I remember that too. It would be January before the Olympia results came out in mags. I know it’s probably hard as fckn hell for younger dudes or guys newer to BB, but we REALLY wouldn’t know who won for months!

The speed at which information is distributed is insane compared to just 25 - 30 years ago. Kids nowadays literally have all of the world’s knowledge at their fingertips and can access it in seconds.

I remember doing research for reports and taking days, weeks, and even longer if the library had to order books for me. Today those same 2–3 week research papers could be done in one evening.

[Humble Narcissist]

I remember that too. It would be January before the Olympia results came out in mags. I know it’s probably hard as fckn hell for younger dudes or guys newer to BB, but we REALLY wouldn’t know who won for months!

The speed at which information is distributed is insane compared to just 25 - 30 years ago. Kids nowadays literally have all of the world’s knowledge at their fingertips and can access it in seconds.

I remember doing research for reports and taking days, weeks, and even longer if the library had to order books for me. Today those same 2–3 week research papers could be done in one evening.

We also had to go to an adult bookstore or the red light district to get porn.

[Titus Pullo]

I watched some of Greg's training video on YouTube.

I have no doubt he was a very strong guy, but the way that video was edited was laughably deceitful.  It showed him Smith incline pressing a decent weight (maybe four plates/side?), but nothing extraordinary, and certainly not for a purported "giant."

Then, they shot from an oblique angle when more plates were added over the course of a couple of sets.  Five plates, then maybe six?

At that point, the camera zoomed in to a tight shot of Greg pressing again.  You couldn't see the additional plates from that perspective, and it was obvious that the editor just recycled the footage of him from the previous sets -- sometimes even looping reps from the same fucking set!

I wonder if our good Fortress had the opportunity to train with Kovacs.  I know Robert said he was gigantic, dwarfing even an off-season Nasser.

Tangentially, the honourable Mr. Fortress did train with Nasser once and, as I recall, Rob was shocked at how weak El Sonbaty was for his size..."struggling with 315 inclines," I believe.

[Humble Narcissist]

I watched some of Greg's training video on YouTube.

I have no doubt he was a very strong guy, but the way that video was edited was laughably deceitful.  It showed him Smith incline pressing a decent weight (maybe four plates/side?), but nothing extraordinary, and certainly not for a purported "giant."

Then, they shot from an oblique angle when more plates were added over the course of a couple of sets.  Five plates, then maybe six?

At that point, the camera zoomed in to a tight shot of Greg pressing again.  You couldn't see the additional plates from that perspective, and it was obvious that the editor just recycled the footage of him from the previous sets -- sometimes even looping reps from the same fucking set!

I wonder if our good Fortress had the opportunity to train with Kovacs.  I know Robert said he was gigantic, dwarfing even an off-season Nasser.

Tangentially, the honourable Mr. Fortress did train with Nasser once and, as I recall, Rob was shocked at how weak El Sonbaty was for his size..."struggling with 315 inclines," I believe.

Bodybuilders never lie about the weights they use.

[Beefjake]

Knew Greg. He was an acquaintance.

Ate meals with him and such.

Lots of misinformation in this thread.

Did you see him in gym or at least talk about training?
Any truth to strenght claims and if yes was Strongman ever talked about.

Come to think of it Strongman was in a quite a low point around the same time though…

[Titus Pullo]

Bodybuilders never lie about the weights they use.

Of course not!

Forgive my scurrilous insinuation to the contrary, my good man.

[Humble Narcissist]

Of course not!

Forgive my scurrilous insinuation to the contrary, my good man.

Forgiven.