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Got this off the IronAge site.
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Great shot.
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He looks to be about a C cup in that shot.
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He looks to be about a C cup in that shot.
Before anyone says it...no, it wasn't photoshopped
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Amazing chest! In my opinion it is the best chest that a human being can develop...
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no leggs.
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Yeah, but my educated guess is that it was taken close up with a wide angle lens camera which makes a huge difference.
Yeah stretched like MD covers. Not morphed as such just a bit wider than real life.
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here's Arnie at the Hospital after the hip injury. still got those guns
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here's Arnie at the Hospital after the hip injury. still got those guns
Monster Forearms.
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Yeah stretched like MD covers. Not morphed as such just a bit wider than real life.
wasn't stretched either...obviously the camera angle of the original image is important to the look of his overall size, but the image was printed exactly as is from the original Busek photo, except for the background being colorized.
That is Arnold as he was
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Awesome cover shot. Gotta love Arnold. But how is it that Flex always seems to come out of the blue with these "NEVER BEFORE SEEN WORKOUTS" from the Arnold archives? If Flex is around 50 years after I die I swear they will still come out with these never before seen Arnold workouts/secrets. Too bad Alexxx isnt around to debate.
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chest is too big. girls would be jealous. bad move.
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This is the response from Shawn Perine from IronAge who wrote the article on Arnold in that issue. I think it's a compliment to Arnold that in some photos he looks so unbelievable that people, well... don't believe it.
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I saw the original kids- it's as real as my 12" guns! And I'm glad you fellas enjoyed the article. It was a ton of fun to write. Basically, it was my chance to put my obsessive reading about Arnold over the past quarter century to use. So now what do I do with it?
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Awesome cover shot. Gotta love Arnold. But how is it that Flex always seems to come out of the blue with these "NEVER BEFORE SEEN WORKOUTS" from the Arnold archives? If Flex is around 50 years after I die I swear they will still come out with these never before seen Arnold workouts/secrets. Too bad Alexxx isnt around to debate.
Arnold photos are the Tupac music of the BB industry...
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It blows me away that the magazines rarely use pics of bodybuilders of today. I mean where is Jay Cutler and the others. I don't understand why the IFBB pros don't have someone to push for more exposure for the pros. This would bring on more sponsors and give the pros more sponsorship money from the additional exposure they recieve. FLEX and M&F constantly use Arnold and other old timers on their covers. Where is the support for the bodybuilders of today. I don't understand it. The IFBB really needs to find someone to help get the pros more exposure and money.
On a sidenote; the professional surfers have just formed their own organization so now they are together and have more power to get more prize money and sponsorship dollars. It has already worked for them, prize money has increased. To bad the IFBB doesn't have someone to do this.
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It blows me away that the magazines rarely use pics of bodybuilders of today. I mean where is Jay Cutler and the others.
Gutler was on the cover of Flex 2 issues ago scaring the very few fans away from the "sport" with his refrigirator look holding the Sandow.
Woooooooossssssssssshhhhhhhhhh
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It blows me away that the magazines rarely use pics of bodybuilders of today. I mean where is Jay Cutler and the others. I don't understand why the IFBB pros don't have someone to push for more exposure for the pros. This would bring on more sponsors and give the pros more sponsorship money from the additional exposure they recieve. FLEX and M&F constantly use Arnold and other old timers on their covers. Where is the support for the bodybuilders of today. I don't understand it. The IFBB really needs to find someone to help get the pros more exposure and money.
On a sidenote; the professional surfers have just formed their own organization so now they are together and have more power to get more prize money and sponsorship dollars. It has already worked for them, prize money has increased. To bad the IFBB doesn't have someone to do this.
Actually they do use todays pros on the covers. cutler been on flex cover 10 times. muscle fitness 6 times. muscle mag 5 times. ronnie coleman been on flex cover 16 times. muscular development 5 times.
lee priest has 26 various covers all in all. etc etc.
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Actually they do use todays pros on the covers. cutler been on flex cover 10 times. muscle fitness 6 times. muscle mag 5 times. ronnie coleman been on flex cover 16 times. muscular development 5 times.
lee priest has 26 various covers all in all. etc etc.
That is 3 or 4 pros out of how many. 2 to 4 covers a year has an old timer on it like Arnold or Lou. And generally their biggest issues have Arnold.
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That is 3 or 4 pros out of how many. 2 to 4 covers a year has an old timer on it like Arnold or Lou. And generally their biggest issues have Arnold.
thats because they've crossed over to the celebrity and movie status and thus brings more people to pick up an issue who otherwise wouldnt because their recognition is bigger.
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That is 3 or 4 pros out of how many. 2 to 4 covers a year has an old timer on it like Arnold or Lou. And generally their biggest issues have Arnold.
You don't read mags let alone actually look at the covers do you? It has been nothing but new guys, in the past year or so off the top of my head (flex covers) there has been 2 with Phill Heath, 1 Dennis Wolf, Johnnie Jackson, Branch Warren, Troy Alves, 2 Gunter, 2 Jay Cutler, Dave Henry, Darrem Charles. Oh and I think Arnold has only been on 1-2 in the past 2 years. Look at other mags and you will see basically the same trend.
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Gutler was on the cover of Flex 2 issues ago scaring the very few fans away from the "sport" with his refrigirator look holding the Sandow.
Woooooooossssssssssshhhhhhhhhh
LOL! Now THAT'S funny!
Wooooosssshhhhh indeed.
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I disagree. Something is wrong with that picture. Arnold's pecs were never that thick and bottom heavy. Yes they were thick, and when pumped his lower pecs did overpower his upper pecs, but not to the extent shown in that cover shot.
The picture is not legit. Sorry.
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It blows me away that the magazines rarely use pics of bodybuilders of today. I mean where is Jay Cutler and the others. I don't understand why the IFBB pros don't have someone to push for more exposure for the pros. This would bring on more sponsors and give the pros more sponsorship money from the additional exposure they recieve. FLEX and M&F constantly use Arnold and other old timers on their covers. Where is the support for the bodybuilders of today. I don't understand it. The IFBB really needs to find someone to help get the pros more exposure and money.
On a sidenote; the professional surfers have just formed their own organization so now they are together and have more power to get more prize money and sponsorship dollars. It has already worked for them, prize money has increased. To bad the IFBB doesn't have someone to do this.
Sad but true. AMI/Weider/IFBB knows that with the black eye that steriods are putting on sports it is easier to relate to teens/adults with known classic "good guys" like Arnold or Ferrigno. Hard to expose todays bodybuilder when the majority of the American public is looking at them and automatically screaming ROIDS. Best way to sell the mag to the non bodybuilding fan is through known celebrities. Cena, Arnold, Triple H, Ferrigno, and so on.
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I disagree. Something is wrong with that picture. Arnold's pecs were never that thick and bottom heavy. Yes they were thick, and when pumped his lower pecs did overpower his upper pecs, but not to the extent shown in that cover shot.
The picture is not legit. Sorry.
I'm sorry but it is...exactly as supplied from the photographer.
and Albert Busek isn't about to distort a classic Arnold image that he shot back in the Arnold's bigger days
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I disagree. Something is wrong with that picture. Arnold's pecs were never that thick and bottom heavy. Yes they were thick, and when pumped his lower pecs did overpower his upper pecs, but not to the extent shown in that cover shot.
The picture is not legit. Sorry.
Looks legit to me.
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This pic has been around for as long as i can remember...
(http://ironage.us/yabbse/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=14955.0;id=23527;image)
100 % Legit!!!
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Got this off the IronAge site.
He is huge in the original photo, but not that huge. It's definitely photoshopped, someone find the original photo and post it to compare.
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He is huge in the original photo, but not that huge. It's definitely photoshopped, someone find the original photo and post it to compare.
go ahead
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OK... I could be wrong (I think something is stinky about the cover pic). The very old B&W pic that Lovethesport posted, is sort of close to the cover pic, but I'd still like to see just one other pic that shows Arnold looking like the cover shot.
I'm not sure it's "shopped", but something just don't seem on the up-and-up. :)
Tom
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The picture is real, but...
- wide angle lens camera
- black and white
- taken after 50 sets and a great pump
- close up
Makes a huge difference. :-X
That is true...there are tricks you can use when actually shooting images, lenses, lighting etc...but we definitely didn't photoshop the image.
Like I mentioned before, why would we alter the image of someone as well known as Arnold, in a photo that can easily be compared to other photos from the same time period...we ran the image because it was impressive...we didn't alter it so that it would be.
Chest to waist ratio is pretty insane...who do you guys think is comparable now? if anyone?
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Arnold photos are the Tupac music of the BB industry...
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Good analogy! Yeah that figures because the other day I heard that Arnold actually has a clone living on a remote Caribbean island and that he lives off care packages sent by Eric Weider containing nothing but liver tabs and dianabol so that Flex can travel there occasionally and get a few new shots of him.
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Mofo looks jacked on that Flex cover.
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That cover looked worked to me but I don't see the need to he had a spectacular chest anyway
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Yeah, but my educated guess is that it was taken close up with a wide angle lens camera which makes a huge difference.
That picture was taken with a telephoto lens, the opposite of wide angle. If a wide angle lens was used his face, arms and shoulders would be distorted looking too, not only his chest, which was obviously photoshopped to make it look like he got a boob job.
If you want to see how a extreme wide angle lens distorts a person's face and body, watch any gonzo porno these days.
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Good analogy! Yeah that figures because the other day I heard that Arnold actually has a clone living on a remote Caribbean island and that he lives off care packages sent by Eric Weider containing nothing but liver tabs and dianabol so that Flex can travel there occasionally and get a few new shots of him.
our secret is out...damn
now the other mags will try and use our Arnold clone
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now the other mags will try and use our Arnold clone
Quick! Hide that mofo!