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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: The True Adonis on March 06, 2007, 01:42:17 PM
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Hackenshmidt1903.jpg)
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George Hackenschmidt.
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George Hackenschmidt.
Indeed.
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Indeed.
incredibly strong as well, great wrestler.
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Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt (July 20, 1878 in Tartu, Estonia, Russian Empire - February 19, 1968 in London, England) was an early 20th-century strongman and professional wrestler. Nicknamed "The Russian Lion", Hackenschmidt was actually an Estonian.
Hackenschmidt became a professional wrestler in September 1896, being trained by fellow countryman, the notable wrestler Georg Lurich. He was the first widely-recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after his 1905 win over Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt held the title and remained undefeated until his 1908 match with Frank Gotch at Chicago's Dexter Park Pavilion, in which he lost after 2 hours and 3 minutes. A rematch on September 4, 1911 at the newly opened Comiskey Park resulted in another win for Gotch.
Georg Hackenschmidt is widely considered the creator of what is now called the bear hug, a professional wrestling hold which looks like it sounds. The attacker wraps their arms around the torso of the opponent and squeezes the air out of them.
Hackenschmidt was also a pioneer in the field of weight lifting. He invented the exercise known as the hack squat, whose name is a reference to his own, and he helped to popularize many other types of lifts common within the modern training regimen, such as the bench press. During his career, he held numerous weight lifting records, all of which have since been broken.
Hackenschmidt retired from professional wrestling in 1911 due to recurring injuries, and went on to write several books, including Fitness and Your Self (1937), Consciousness and Character: True Definitions of Entity, Individuality, Personality, Nonentity (1937), The Way To Live In Health and Physical Fitness (1941), and The Three Memories and Forgetfulness: What They Are and What Their True Significance is in Human Life. He died in London in 1968 at the age of 89 and was cremated at West Norwood Cemetery, where his memorial plaque records him as George Hackenschmidt.
[edit] Profile
Weight: 104 kg (230 lb)
Height: 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
From: Dorpat, Estonia
Born: 20 July 1878
Died: 19 February 1968
Debut: September 1896
Trained by: Georg Lurich
Finishing move: Modified Bearhug
Nicknames: The Russian Lion
[edit] Championships
Hackenschmidt won the European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Championship from Tom Cannon on September 4, 1902 in Liverpool, England. This title gave Hackenschmidt a legitimate claim as the World Champion of professional wrestling, a title that was cemented when Hackenschmidt defeated American Heavyweight Champion Tom Jenkins on May 5, 1905 in New York City, New York, USA to become the first undisputedly recognised World Heavyweight Championship. Hackenschmidt would lose the World Title to Frank Gotch on April 3, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
[edit] External links
http://www.sandowmuseum.com/page28.html
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Hackenschmidt/hack-biog.htm
University of Texas Private Papers of Georg Hackenschmidt
The Legends of Wrestling card game which George Hackenschmidt is a part of
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Brutal 50 inch waist, epic 11 inch arms, monster moobs, and obvious synthol in the arms and site injections...
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those guys back then would work rings around these pros today, hahahahahha can you imagine Cutler doing some of the things that Grimek, Hack, Sandow, Arthur Saxon did?
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he needs the adonis princples
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plus he lived to age 90, how long do you think today's pros will live?
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those guys back then would work rings around these pros today, hahahahahha can you imagine Cutler doing some of the things that Grimek, Hack, Sandow, Arthur Saxon did?
He could do the things they did......... but only doing his usual quarter reps.
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Looks like TA found the link i posted earlier...
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those guys back then would work rings around these pros today, hahahahahha can you imagine Cutler doing some of the things that Grimek, Hack, Sandow, Arthur Saxon did?
can you imagine how these guys would look next to the pros today?
::)
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He could do the things they did......... but only doing his usual quarter reps.
that plus these guys did very very hard physical labor, wrestling, running and some of these guys fought in WW2.
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Great physique George.. 8)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=117543.0;attach=139149;image)
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can you imagine how these guys would look next to the pros today?
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i will GAURANTEE you that if you gave George the same amount of drugs these guys take he would DWARF these guys today.
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Looks like TA found the link i posted earlier...
your mommaaaaaaaa :o
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ANY old time strongman would destroy, break the legs of and rape ANY current pro bodybuilder. Including that moronic, overweight spear chucker Ronnie Coleman
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That is the look that naturals must aspire to..............powerful and healthy.
Not the look of a frail and sickly swimmer. ::)
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BayGBM will be in this thread talking about how this guy was gay and we are all gay for looking at his picture in 5... 4... 3...
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THAT man is Legendary.
8)
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i am bigger and more defined.
My arms strecth the tape to nearly 20 inches with PERFECT proportion, separation and vascularity.
I have one in a million genetics HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH AAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i am bigger and more defined.
My arms strecth the tape to nearly 20 inches with PERFECT proportion, separation and vascularity.
I have one in a million genetics HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH AAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
u coukld lose another 180 pounds.
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u coukld lose another 180 pounds.
I know, I'm at leat 70% bf.
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Hahaha quite the mass monster! Dude looks the typical hard laboring man.
Yeah he would be an absolute freak amongst freaks today ::)
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Hahaha quite the mass monster! Dude looks the typical hard laboring man.
Yeah he would be an absolute freak amongst freaks today ::)
How come you don`t look anything close to him?
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How come you don`t look anything close to him?
You have no idea what I look like.
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You have no idea what I look like.
Its safe to say that you don`t look NEAR as good as George H.
I don`t think many people on this site do.
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Its safe to say that you don`t look NEAR as good as George H.
I don`t think many people on this site do.
His physique is nothing special. Honestly I don't understand the praise.
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His physique is nothing special. Honestly I don't understand the praise.
He looks WAY better than you do.
So you should at least praise him on that fact.
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Hackenshmidt1903.jpg)
Not impressive. I am much bigger!
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Do you sleep on a pile of dirty clothes with a sheet on top?
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At least 30% bf....brutal old man physique ;D...
No but for real ... If it wasnt in the past where no one knew shit about BB , had shit to lift or ate shit that helped...I would normally make fun of this.
But he managed to get some Gnarly ass Quads for a pre depression pic.
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plus he lived to age 90, how long do you think today's pros will live?
I know..wtf. It is a major turn off, knowing that nothing we see is attainable unless your on 500mg test/ 200 mg deca a week just for starters..haha and at that puny dose, you still wont do much unless your a genetic god.
I would never trade in my health to pump myself full of gear, no mater how cool, how awesome it would be to be so big and to look so good. I still admire them, and follow pro bodybuilding though....