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Re: Greg Kovacs had almost 26" arms at his peak
« Reply #125 on: November 16, 2021, 11:31:14 AM »
On December 3rd of 2000, Greg came to my city of Thunder Bay, Canada [which is in the province of Ontario, where Greg was born and raised, and I lived in until his death], and my friend told me that Greg had allegedly suffered, as you quoted, 2-3 heart attacks.

I have no idea if that was true.  When he came to Thunder Bay, he was tipping the scales just north of 400-lb.  He may have been around 410, something like that.

On Canada's "MUSCLE INSIDER" magazine's website, Greg stated that he was 365-lb in 2012, just under two years before he died.  On a radio/podcast interview with Dave Palumbo, Greg also stated that if he had it is way, he would just train for fun, and weigh around 400-lb.
 So clearly, he enjoyed being 400-lb at 25% body fat, or whatever percentage he was at, despite the pain that came with it.

Given that Greg died in 2013 and was 365-lb in 2012, I think that it is safe to say that he was likely around 365-lb when he passed away.  Here is the MUSCLE INSIDER article where he stated that his max weight was 412-lb:

https://muscleinsider.com/columns/average-bodybuilding-diet

In this MUSCLE INSIDER article/interview, Greg states that his max weight was 416-lb:

https://muscleinsider.com/features/lost-interview-one-one-greg-kovacs

In other articles - also on MUSCLE INSIDER - Greg stated that he weighed between 410-420, and that fans would be disappointed if he showed up to an appearance weighing 395-lb, rather than 400-lb.  That must have played on his Bigorexia a lot.  :-\

Tony Doherty - long time promoter of the Australia Pro Show - stated that Greg was quite insecure.  The stories were sad.

I think we can most likely state with confidence that Greg weighed over 400-lb between 1995-2005, and that even going back as far as Greg's 19th birthday in December of 1987, he was almost surely around 290-lb and ripped.

Greg was likely over 300-lb from 1986-2013 [aside from early contests that Greg competed in between 1989-1994, where he cut down to as light as 270-lb, literally at the very lightest, and that would have only been in 1989-1990].

Think about that:

Greg spent 27 of his [just under] 45 years of life weighing over 300-lb.

Greg spent around 10 of those 27 years weighing over 400-lb.


The latter fact is probably the most significant one to think about when considering the toll on his cardiovascular system - between 1995-2005, aside from the four contests he competed in [turning pro in 1996, then the 1997 NOC, and both the 1998/2001 Ironman contests, the last of which he dropped out of], Greg was consistently 400-lb or more at 6'2.

For some appearances, he may have weighed a little less, but even at those times, he would have been taxing his body by using cutting agents to lose weight.

All this considered, Greg led a unique, but in my opinion, ultimately sad life.  :-\

Here is a video I did showing some rare photos of Greg, posted by his sister on her Facebook page, tagged with Greg's name:



is it because you have a short person complex you have to downregulate other peoples heights?

He was 6'4, fyi.