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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: alexxx on December 25, 2006, 03:38:17 PM
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Incline bench 205 pounds.
Standing shoulder presses 245 x 4.
So much for the claims in weider books of him doing 560 pound bench presses! ::)
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so arnold could appear to be stronger
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i was wondering the same thing.
but another thing was that lou was curling 100's on the incline curls in the same sequence when he is shoulder pressing and yelling arnold's name.
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what heavy lifts does arnold do?
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Because George Butler wouldn't give him $20 before shooting his scenes...
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i was wondering the same thing.
but another thing was that lou was curling 100's on the incline curls in the same sequence when he is shoulder pressing and yelling arnold's name.
90s are hardly impressive! ::)
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90s are hardly impressive! ::)
Lou was huge but he was nowhere near a strong as the claims about him said.
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i always though that part was wierd, when hes inclining what appears to be 135 and seems winded.
but incline curling 100's is pretty damn strong....
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he's also a 6 foot 5 bodybuilder... = very tough to "be strong".... ie... extremely long ROM...
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Who was using heavy weight in PI, pre-contest?
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Who was using heavy weight in PI?
not many people besides Columbu really, if you remeber near the beginning right after Arnold's famous scene at the front desk with the laughing "big Tony" they showed Columbu benching 405 for a tough 3 reps with the old thick 45's.
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he's also a 6 foot 5 bodybuilder... = very tough to "be strong".... ie... extremely long ROM...
I am the same height and lift what he did on the incline with ease naturally.
not many people besides Columbu really, if you remeber near the beginning right after Arnold's famous scene at the front desk with the laughing "big Tony" they showed Columbu benching 405 for a tough 3 reps with the old thick 45's.
That was 335!
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I am the same height and lift what he did on the incline with ease naturally.
That was 335!
i'm not talking about the scene on the beach with Arnold, i'm talking about the scene near the beginning where they show Corney doing cable rows, Waller doing pulldowns, Arnie doing flyes, remember that scene?
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i'm not talking about the scene on the beach with Arnold, i'm talking about the scene near the beginning where they show Corney doing cable rows, Waller doing pulldowns, Arnie doing flyes, remember that scene?
Yeah I just saw it and am sure it was 3 plates and a 10 on each side. Franco had a lot of trouble doing 315 at the beach what makes you think he can bench 4 wheels a side?
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What i remember is that Arnold was the king of grimaces & trained the least intensely, whereas Corney & Ferrigno's training sequences were some of the most inspiring parts of the movie.
Arnold's squat sequence was edited, probably because it couldn't hold a candle to what Corney did. :-*
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What i remember is that Arnold was the king of grimaces & trained the least intensely, whereas Corney & Ferrigno's training sequences were some of the most inspiring parts of the movie.
Arnold's squat sequence was edited, probably because it couldn't hold a candle to what Corney did. :-*
Stop ruining all the threads.
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Stop ruining all the threads.
Shut up; your whole purpose in life other than getting attention, is glorifying Schwarzenegger's nuts with some theory about how bad Ferrigno was when he obviously trained harder than your hero. Why didn't you start a thread about how light and easy Schwarzenegger trained in PI?
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Shut up; your whole purpose in life other than getting attention, is glorifying Schwarzenegger's nuts with some theory about how bad Ferrigno was when he obviously trained harder than your hero. Why didn't you start a thread about how light and easy Schwarzenegger trained in PI?
To be honest I am getting sick of Arnold. He is nothing special. Lou was bigger in pumping iron but he lacked condition. I don't see how Serge could beat Lou. Lou makes him look like a 5 year old.
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To be honest I am getting sick of Arnold. He is nothing special.
OH MY GOD :-[
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OH MY GOD :-[
I'm sorry I am just getting a headache and can't believe that came out of me. The point is that I would make Arnold my little sidekick if I had trained with him. No one trains as hard as me.
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Alexxx is a dipshit. Ferrigno overhead pressed 250 for 10 reps and did around 275 on the incline for 10 reps. He also did seated curls with 100 lb dumbbells. Those are very strong lifts that 99% of gym-goers will never come close to duplicating.
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Alexxx is a dipshit. Ferrigno overhead pressed 250 for 10 reps and did around 275 on the incline for 10 reps. He also did seated curls with 100 lb dumbbells. Those are very strong lifts.
He must be natural, naturally weak.
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He must be natural, naturally weak.
He was twice as strong as you. ::)
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Yeah I just saw it and am sure it was 3 plates and a 10 on each side. Franco had a lot of trouble doing 315 at the beach what makes you think he can bench 4 wheels a side?
dude seriously, are you high? he threw around 315 on Venice Beach like it was 135 for most guys, he literally laid there with the weight on his chest laughing on the 12th rep before he pushed it up.
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dude seriously, are you high? he threw around 315 on Venice Beach like it was 135 for most guys, he literally laid there with the weight on his chest laughing on the 12th rep before he pushed it up.
So big deal I can do that with 225..
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i phrase
"quality of contraction"
nuff said.
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dude seriously, are you high? he threw around 315 on Venice Beach like it was 135 for most guys, he literally laid there with the weight on his chest laughing on the 12th rep before he pushed it up.
Correct but it was for 10 reps,could have easily knocked out 3-5more reps if he wanted to.
The scene at the star I dont think it was 405 but we didnt see him start the exercise so they could have been the final 3 reps.
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Correct but it was for 10 reps,could have easily knocked out 3-5more reps if he wanted to.
The scene at the star I dont think it was 405 but we didnt see him start the exercise so they could have been the final 3 reps.
it was 405, Toxic posted a link to the movie the other day, i'll try to find it, he does two reps and gets the third halfway up before it stalls and comes back down.
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here it is
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=113962.0
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it was 405, Toxic posted a link to the movie the other day, i'll try to find it, he does two reps and gets the third halfway up before it stalls and comes back down.
Fair enough makes you wonder what arnold could have done.
Arnold says in his encyclopedia that he used to bench 400 for 8reps
and 450 for reps.
I wonder is that true because I belive that he could not compete with franco when it came to squat,dead and B.press
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Fair enough makes you wonder what arnold could have done.
Arnold says in his encyclopedia that he used to bench 400 for 8reps
and 450 for reps.
I wonder is that true because I belive that he could not compete with franco when it came to squat,dead and B.press
no, i would believe about a 425 max single for Arnold and a 465-475 max single for Franco which are still awesome lifts considering the time.
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Franco was my favourite in pumping iron.
The scene on the beach with 315,blowing up a hot water bottle,working the heavy bag,lifting the car
He was such an all-round athlete,to me thats bodybuilding being big and strong but also to be athletic
Plus he was a funny son of a bitch
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no, i would believe about a 425 max single for Arnold and a 465-475 max single for Franco which are still awesome lifts considering the time.
I would agree with those numbers.
I bought the encyclopedia years ago (great book with pictures and good motivation for me ) when I saw pictures of him in my mind his physique was incredible.
I never doubted his numbers.If he wrote that it was 500 for 8reps I would have believed him.
Those guys are retired 25-30 years now arnie,franco,waller,nubret,ferrigno and all the rest but they are still the physiques I admire today after all this time
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it's at the 5:55 minute mark in the movie and it's actually either 415 or 425 there's a small plate in addition to the four plates per side.
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I would agree with those numbers.
I bought the encyclopedia years ago (great book with pictures and good motivation for me ) when I saw pictures of him in my mind his physique was incredible.
I never doubted his numbers.If he wrote that it was 500 for 8reps I would have believed him.
Those guys are retired 25-30 years now arnie,franco,waller,nubret,ferrigno and all the rest but they are still the physiques I admire today after all this time
i agree, they all had incredible physiques and if you watch the movie you'll see normal people in the audiences of those shows instead of the freakshow you see at shows nowadays, it looks like the circus is in town these days.
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it's at the 5:55 minute mark in the movie and it's actually either 415 or 425 there's a small plate in addition to the four plates per side.
I cant believe I never noticed that before.
He is benching 4plates aside.
Ive watched that movie at least 15times and I always thought it was 3 aside.
The little plates are probarly around 10pound plates
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I cant believe I never noticed that before.
He is benching 4plates aside.
Ive watched that movie at least 15times and I always thought it was 3 aside.
The little plates are probarly around 10pound plates
i love the way those old fat 45's looked, it made the weight look more impressive.
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i agree, they all had incredible physiques and if you watch the movie you'll see normal people in the audiences of those shows instead of the freakshow you see at shows nowadays, it looks like the circus is in town these days.
Yep its a carnival with these guys
Bloated stomachs,gstrings,gay posing rountine dressing up like a robot or whatever kamali was wearing.
Its no wonder that their a laughing stock to the general community.
Wonder what franco and the rest are thinking today about the "The big Top" formely known as the ifbb.
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Yep its a carnival with these guys
Bloated stomachs,gstrings,gay posing rountine dressing up like a robot or whatever kamali was wearing.
Its no wonder that their a laughing stock to the general community.
Wonder what franco and the rest are thinking today about the "The big Top" formely known as the ifbb.
all you see in the audience at these shows nowadays is other juicefreaks, schmoes, fags, dealers, strippers, it's a joke.
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Yeah I just saw it and am sure it was 3 plates and a 10 on each side. Franco had a lot of trouble doing 315 at the beach what makes you think he can bench 4 wheels a side?
It was 425 you moron, you obviously dont see too well if you just saw it.
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all you see in the audience at these shows nowadays is other juicefreaks, schmoes, fags, dealers, strippers, it's a joke.
HAHAHA that must be a global trend!
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did anyone else notice how much Waller looked like a badass in that movie, he didn't look like a guy you'd want to fucck with.
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did anyone else notice how much Waller looked like a badass in that movie, he didn't look like a guy you'd want to fucck with.
No only you! He took a guy's shirt and now he is a badass!!?
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alexxx, you're a funny guy most of the time but your constant claims to be able to lift or out-lift some very strong pros is really getting tiresome.
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i phrase
"quality of contraction"
nuff said.
Correction: "Move heavy weight with a fast contraction of the muscles"
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Because George Butler wouldn't give him $20 before shooting his scenes...
hahah LOL
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I read once that Lou said he was on a diet consisting of only 3 cans of tuna a day during the filiming of pumping iron.
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Alexxx is a dipshit. Ferrigno overhead pressed 250 for 10 reps and did around 275 on the incline for 10 reps. He also did seated curls with 100 lb dumbbells. Those are very strong lifts that 99% of gym-goers will never come close to duplicating.
Yeah i thought those lifts were more inline with what lou did in the movie also... hes was strong... dont forget asn BrianX said, he got these weights for reps too..he was def a pretty strong guy... espe seated curling 100lb dumbells!! :o
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did anyone else notice how much Waller looked like a badass in that movie, he didn't look like a guy you'd want to fucck with.
The directors took some liberties with the characters, for cinematic purposes. The T-shirt scene for example, happened after the fact and was edited in for dramatic effect.
Waller was supposed to be a tough guy, a fighter unlike Schwarzenegger. Played in the CFL for a minute before BB. Now lives in St. Louis BTW.
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Shut up; your whole purpose in life other than getting attention, is glorifying Schwarzenegger's nuts with some theory about how bad Ferrigno was when he obviously trained harder than your hero. Why didn't you start a thread about how light and easy Schwarzenegger trained in PI?
you work out on a fucking bowflex.
where there any training sequecnes in pumping iron about a bowflex?
keep your mouth shut fag.
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you work out on a fucking bowflex.
where there any training sequecnes in pumping iron about a bowflex?
keep your mouth shut fag.
hahhahha MELTDOWN with nothing to say, following me around like a dog. LOL
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franco wasnt benching 405 in the beginning he had a couple of small plates on either side also.
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franco wasnt benching 405 in the beginning he had a couple of small plates on either side also.
I remember him benching 315 fairly effortlessly, at the outdoor pit. 400 would've clearly been viable.
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thats another scene later in the movie. also it wasnt for 12 reps it was for 8..maybe 9 as the camera zoomed on arnold in the beginning of the set (franco benching 315 that is)
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it was 405, Toxic posted a link to the movie the other day, i'll try to find it, he does two reps and gets the third halfway up before it stalls and comes back down.
I knew that was 405! Well actually 415 I think? 4 45s and two 5's.. I posted about this a few weeks back, and I was told it was 335. Not by Alexxx. Forget who said it. People forget Franco weighed 185 lbs. That is very impressive.
A 185 lb guy pressing 405+ multiple times, pre contest is strong as shit.
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I knew that was 405! I posted about this a few weeks back, and I was told it was 335. Not by Alexxx. Forget who said it. People forget Franco weighed 185 lbs. That is very impressive.
A 185 lb guy pressing 405+ multiple times, pre contest is strong as shit.
it wasnt 405..he had 5 or 10 on also as i remember it clearly..(if your talking about franco scene in the beginning)
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it wasnt 405..he had 5 or 10 on also as i remember it clearly..(if your talking about franco scene in the beginning)
415 correct?
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yes id say 415..i thought 425 but they are too small to be 10s if my mental image is correct. but you have to look very carefully or it does look like 405..its easy to miss the 5s.
so yes 415 id say.
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yes id say 415..i thought 425 but they are too small to be 10s if my mental image is correct. but you have to look very carefully or it does look like 405..its easy to miss the 5s.
so yes 415 id say.
JUst checked it. You are correct, good eye ;)
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all you see in the audience at these shows nowadays is other juicefreaks, schmoes, fags, dealers, strippers, it's a joke.
Back when I used to go to contests most of the fan base was regular guys like us. I didn't see any weird shit like the crowds of today.
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I read once that Lou said he was on a diet consisting of only 3 cans of tuna a day during the filiming of pumping iron.
Kinda hard to be as strong as when you are eating whatever you want when not cutting up for a contest. Alexxx doesn't take this into account.
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Back when I used to go to contests most of the fan base was regular guys like us. I didn't see any weird shit like the crowds of today.
hahahaha, exactly, fanny packs filled with insulin, Igloo coolers with 8 chicken and rice meals, fags and schmoes with thousands of dollars in their wallets for "posing sessions", spandex shirts, Crazee wear baggies, half naked strippers selling "fat burners", hahahaha, what a circus.
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hahahaha, exactly, fanny packs filled with insulin, Igloo coolers with 8 chicken and rice meals, fags and schmoes with thousands of dollars in their wallets for "posing sessions", spandex shirts, Crazee wear baggies, half naked strippers selling "fat burners", hahahaha, what a circus.
dont forget synthol filled germans who look like they havent washed for years..and brown thumb up pictures. and farting hahaha
(http://www.jonco48.com/blog/Bodybuilding_20gone_20wrong.jpg)
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dont forget synthol filled germans who look like they havent washed for years..and brown thumb up pictures. and farting hahaha
(http://www.jonco48.com/blog/Bodybuilding_20gone_20wrong.jpg)
What is it with synthol and German dudes?
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Part of today's audience. Not sure the audience in "the old daze" was any less scary:
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There's a scene where Lou is eating an orange around noon time, so the next question is...
WHY IS LOU FERRIGNO ONLY EATING AN ORANGE FOR LUNCH IN PUMPING IRON??
then u will hear a bunch of tools responding "i'm 6'5" also and i can eat an orange with no problem"
Wao!! what a bunch of stupid people in this board
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There's a scene where Lou is eating an orange around noon time, so the next question is...
WHY IS LOU FERRIGNO ONLY EATING AN ORANGE FOR LUNCH IN PUMPING IRON??
then u will hear a bunch of tools responding "i'm 6'5" also and i can eat an orange with no problem"
Wao!! what a bunch of stupid people in this board
What is the deal about this 3 cans of tuna a day shit? Ferrigno could not have been that stupid.
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Since when was Loui a strongman?
Since when does it matter what you lift, as long as you mentain the form you need to have to compete in the Mr Olympia?
I hate the fucker as much as the next guy, but seriously we forget what is important for Bodybuilders here fellas, as our all times spokeperson Chick says all the time: Bodybuilding is about illusion...that's all, not how much you can curl and how much you can bench.
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because he was ALL DRUGS.
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because he was ALL DRUGS.
No...it's because Lou is Italian. I read somewhere that Italians aren't very strong...it's a genetic thing.
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No...it's because Lou is Italian. I read somewhere that Italians aren't very strong...it's a genetic thing.
They fear to fight also. Fags.
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No...it's because Lou is Italian. I read somewhere that Italians aren't very strong...it's a genetic thing.
What about columbu and levrone their italian and very strong
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Since when was Loui a strongman?
Since he entered The World Strongest Man Comp. and won few events there!!
Thank you So much.
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Yeah I just saw it and am sure it was 3 plates and a 10 on each side. Franco had a lot of trouble doing 315 at the beach what makes you think he can bench 4 wheels a side?
(http://www.t-nation.com/forum_images/908104.1138760589846.franco_1.jpg)
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There's a scene where Lou is eating an orange around noon time, so the next question is...
WHY IS LOU FERRIGNO ONLY EATING AN ORANGE FOR LUNCH IN PUMPING IRON??
then u will hear a bunch of tools responding "i'm 6'5" also and i can eat an orange with no problem"
Wao!! what a bunch of stupid people in this board
Took the words otta my mouth. "Alexxx" represents to the hilt. ;)
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hahahaha, exactly, fanny packs filled with insulin, Igloo coolers with 8 chicken and rice meals, fags and schmoes with thousands of dollars in their wallets for "posing sessions", spandex shirts, Crazee wear baggies, half naked strippers selling "fat burners", hahahaha, what a circus.
+guys yearning for attention by wearing tight T-shirts or even sleeveless shirts despite low temperature lewels outside, yep it's so damn hot inside I have to take off my jacket and my sweater........
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+guys yearning for attention by wearing tight T-shirts or even sleeveless shirts despite low temperature lewels outside, yep it's so damn hot inside I have to take off my jacket and my sweater........
Bodybuilders are like those sluts you see at concerts when its cold out...
Just a few weeks back I went to see 'Guns n Roses' here in Chicago, well...Axl and someother guys doing GNR cover songs.
Anyway...
It was about...30 degrees out and theparking lot was packed so I had to park about...200 yards from the arena so walking through the parking lot...you seen all kinds of whore all shivering and running to the arena wearing next to NOTHING all in line huddled together like a bunch of pingeons on a phone wire shaking because God forbid they have to wear a jacket inside...hahahahahahahah aha!
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There's a scene where Lou is eating an orange around noon time, so the next question is...
WHY IS LOU FERRIGNO ONLY EATING AN ORANGE FOR LUNCH IN PUMPING IRON??
then u will hear a bunch of tools responding "i'm 6'5" also and i can eat an orange with no problem"
Wao!! what a bunch of stupid people in this board
What makes you think that he ONLY eat an Orange? He could have had something to eat and thought he enjoyed the orange as a desert outside in the sun.
Some of you guys are seriously not to bright, dont take everything you see and hear for granted.
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So big deal I can do that with 225..
you can do that with the same weight....do you also look like ferrigno did?...nope!!!!!!!!!
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some people put way to much importance in raw strenght.I mean even if he's weak who's body would you rather have his or yours. I mean when was the last time you bench someone to get laid or something.
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you can do that with the same weight....do you also look like ferrigno did?...nope!!!!!!!!!
Alexxx crushes Lou with his bare hands. HTH
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No...it's because Lou is Italian. I read somewhere that Italians aren't very strong...it's a genetic thing.
So the Sardinian strongman wasn't strong? Or Ted Arcidi? Or Dino Bravo. Or Luca Brazzi? Lots of strong paisans dude.
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Took the words otta my mouth. "Alexxx" represents to the hilt. ;)
Alexxx sure ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer. :)
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They fear to fight also. Fags.
Ever hear of the Roman Legions?
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What makes you think that he ONLY eat an Orange? He could have had something to eat and thought he enjoyed the orange as a desert outside in the sun.
Some of you guys are seriously not to bright, dont take everything you see and hear for granted.
That's exactly what hipolious is trying to say just being sarcastic..... read it again BOZO!!
Wooooshhhhhhhhhhhhh
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maybe he forgot to take his nano .oh shit i forgot to use caps again.
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Yes he was dieting on 3 cans of tuna a day! They did all kinds of stupid shit like that back then. If he had dieted correctly he would have destroyed Arnold onstage.
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Don't forget that that is a movie/documentary that was very edited. They probably took pics of him pressing heavier weight out. In one seen he's dumbbell curling a pair of hundreds on an incline. In another seen they only showed him working with 225lb on the incline bar. Plus it is a completely different era of bbdg. Diod you see how small some of those guys were in south africa that were warming up in the back. If I recall correctly there was a twig of a guy doing bent over dumbbell rows before they weighed in Mike Katz in one seen.
PB
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cause Lou was a big pussy