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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Master Blaster on September 04, 2010, 10:49:20 AM
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We all remember the old Lou from pumping iron days
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ed/2f/4c4b024128a021eefa2f3010.L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Well after he decide to make a comeback the dude blew up huge under the gh15 style protocol. :o
(http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/assets_c/2010/05/lou-ferrigno-training-thumb-315x392.jpg)
Holy shit!! This guy is going to be unstoppable!! :o
And yet, the mentally challenged man child named Lou couldn't keep it together when it came time to compete.
(http://www.ambal.ru/12782607651.jpg)
BTW we now owe Lou $20 x 3 = $60.00
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by the time lou tried to compete again the era of hard core diuretic abuse/DNP use had just begun...the old schoolers couldn't keep up
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(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/ferrigno/lf555.jpg)
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still.....in his prime.....carrying that amount of muscle at 6'5" tall.
Pretty impressive.
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He had calf implants.
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(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7729_145941337266_544417266_3212233_182119_n.jpg)
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(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs230.snc1/7729_145941337266_544417266_3212233_182119_n.jpg)
Some muscle wasting going on in that picture
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how does a man in his 60's who has been juicing since he was 20 still have a thick head of hair?
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What went wrong? Well, it was same thing as before, there were others who were better...
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how does a man in his 60's who has been juicing since he was 20 still have a thick head of hair?
good genes, or hair implants.
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At that height 300lb means dick and arms and legs will always look shallow. Whereas in the 70s height was a positive, in the 90s the short super-thick ball-of-muscle look had arrived. His look is still better in real life though many would say.
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Nothing went wrong. He looked amazing - for him. He had calf implants and should never have been allowed to compete. The comeback Lou shows what lots of GH can do. He used so much GH he had to have wrist surgery.
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Nothing went wrong. He looked amazing - for him. He had calf implants and should never have been allowed to compete. The comeback Lou shows what lots of GH can do. He used so much GH he had to have wrist surgery.
Surgery on his wrist to do what exactly?
I think Lou look better than ever in his come back except the gut spoiled everything.
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Surgery on his wrist to do what exactly?
Carpal tunnel syndrome. Resulting in hands falling asleep, inability to grip barbells, etc. Not altogether uncommon as a result of heavy GH use. Of course someone could say it was totally unrelated and they could be right, but the fact that several pros have had this procedure done makes me think GH probably had a lot to do with it.
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(http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/assets_c/2010/05/lou-ferrigno-training-thumb-315x392.jpg)
One of the sickest bodybuilding pics ever, IMO.
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lou looks good in that dumbbell pic but the fact is it was taken in the reflection of a gym mirror at an angle.... ie. it's distorted somewhat.
lou's right arm was never that big that is his left arm.
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He had calf implants.
X2 and they looked like shit !
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by the time lou tried to compete again the era of hard core diuretic abuse/DNP use had just begun...the old schoolers couldn't keep up
he could not keep up because he was not that good in the first place
by the 90s he was already in his mid 40s
It wasnt that he had any qualms about employing the updated drug and prep protocols, lou NEVER had a problem taking tons of BB drugs
where would you come up with a such a ridiculous hypothesis.....
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300 i.u.'s per day :D
Sero and Hum R
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;D
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Rn-e5IbZPOs/SoFuARF25NI/AAAAAAAACKo/xlbQo6wftT8/s400/Conferrigno+calves.jpg)
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how does a man in his 60's who has been juicing since he was 20 still have a thick head of hair?
Good Italian genes! :D
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lou looks good in that dumbbell pic but the fact is it was taken in the reflection of a gym mirror at an angle.... ie. it's distorted somewhat.
lou's right arm was never that big that is his left arm.
The pic is not distorted... It is retouched and cleaned up as most mag photos are but not distorted.
One of the sickest bodybuilding pics ever, IMO.
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The pic is not distorted... It is retouched and cleaned up as most mag photos are but not distorted.
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You saying it isn't taken in the reflection of a gym mirror? You can see his left arm in the foreground.
Ever seen a gym mirror that gives a true reflection?
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He had calf implants.
he had massive calf implants. could be 10th in a show, no big deal. if he won everyone would cry implants and it would have gotten ugly.
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He looked awesome in the 70s
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You saying it isn't taken in the reflection of a gym mirror? You can see his left arm in the foreground.
Ever seen a gym mirror that gives a true reflection?
That is not what I said. Reading Comprehension 101. Try it. ;)
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Well then you are saying a pic taken at an angle in a gym mirror will show no distortion.... total horseshit and you know it.
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good example here arnold never did this pose from the left side it is in a reflection.... check out the arm thickness.
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Good Italian genes! :D
Great comment!!!!
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Nothing went wrong. He looked amazing - for him. He had calf implants and should never have been allowed to compete. The comeback Lou shows what lots of GH can do. He used so much GH he had to have wrist surgery.
Yes. It was 36 IU qd.
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synthol in calves ok but implants seriously.. :-\
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Well then you are saying a pic taken at an angle in a gym mirror will show no distortion.... total horseshit and you know it.
LOL yeah you're right. That pic is distorted by a full 1% (rounding up). Jesus christ what the fuck is your point, that Lou didn't really have an unbelievable physique? Because that's simply not true son.
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those pics are reflections in a mirror
and actual reflections at that
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What was Lou's TV contract like to be the Hulk?
also is he allowed to resell the image of the hulk, for example can he sell signed action figures of the hulk?
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He looked awesome in the 70s
What changed the most was his waist.
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One of the sickest bodybuilding pics ever, IMO.
for sure !
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is it confirmed that he had calf implants during hsi comeback in the 90s , or is it a rumor like flex wheeler??
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is it confirmed that he had calf implants during hsi comeback in the 90s , or is it a rumor like flex wheeler
Seems like he had trouble maintaing his weight/muscle comming in shredded.
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is it confirmed that he had calf implants during hsi comeback in the 90s , or is it a rumor like flex wheeler
look at the pics and the vids, obvious implants. flex did not have implants, ray started that shit just to fuck with him.
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What changed the most was his waist.
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look at the pics and the vids, obvious implants. flex did not have implants, ray started that shit just to fuck with him.
thats what i meant .,....i knew flex was just a rumor, so i wasnt sure about lou
one thing you gotta give ole' louie..............NO ONE else possibly in the history of mankind has been able to abuse large doses of steroids for almost 4 decades and keep that great a head of hair.
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i mean, for a tall guy........its not like his calves were all that bad to begin with
(http://www.ifbbpro.com/wp-content/uploads/image/remembering/images/photo1_73.jpg)
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That picture of Lou off his best getting owned by Platz is misleading. Ferrigno had bad-ass quads some years!
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That picture of Lou off his best getting owned by Platz is misleading. Ferrigno had bad-ass quads some years!
Exactly...people tend to forget how good he was at a very young age....this guy could have been Mr. O for many years to come had he not landed the Hulk role...
Could have took over where Arnold left off on the stage... 76/ Franco 77-79/ zane 80/ Arnold 81 FRanco 82/ Dickerson 83 Bannout....looks like 7 Olympias possibly.
Would have beaten Franco EASILY, Just as Arnld did...
Zane only ushers in the "condition era" because there were no more big men worth a damn to contend against him...
Arnold at 80% would have lost to a better big man...
FRanco in 81 was a joke...
Dickerson/ Bannout would have been dwarfed on stage by a near 30 year old Ferrigno
Not Until Haney came along would things have gotten interesting...
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Both Arnie and Lou had tremendous potential. Both still getting better when they retired (until their comebacks).
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That picture of Lou off his best getting owned by Platz is misleading. Ferrigno had bad-ass quads some years!
It is misleading in these sense I believe Lou wasn't competing and Tom was , but at his best it wouldn't matter . Lou's quads don't compare in fact not many would.
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Exactly...people tend to forget how good he was at a very young age....this guy could have been Mr. O for many years to come had he not landed the Hulk role...
Could have took over where Arnold left off on the stage... 76/ Franco 77-79/ zane 80/ Arnold 81 FRanco 82/ Dickerson 83 Bannout....looks like 7 Olympias possibly.
Would have beaten Franco EASILY, Just as Arnld did...
Zane only ushers in the "condition era" because there were no more big men worth a damn to contend against him...
Arnold at 80% would have lost to a better big man...
FRanco in 81 was a joke...
Dickerson/ Bannout would have been dwarfed on stage by a near 30 year old Ferrigno
Not Until Haney came along would things have gotten interesting...
Exactly! After other than Arnold at his best, no one in that generation came close to Lou. If he didn't go into acting he would have easily dominated the competition. Franco, Zane, Dickerson, Samir would have been overwhelmed standing next to Louie. Too bad he is most remembered by his Pumping Iron shape. He was off that year and looked much better in 1974. His father didn't help by being involved in his training.
Still, I think he made the right choice going into acting. I don't think the general public would know who he is if he wasn't in PI which led to some of the other roles he was in.
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i mean, for a tall guy........its not like his calves were all that bad to begin with
(http://www.ifbbpro.com/wp-content/uploads/image/remembering/images/photo1_73.jpg)
Look at that quad seperation. :o
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(http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/assets_c/2010/05/lou-ferrigno-training-thumb-315x392.jpg)
I remember seeing this photo as a child on the cover of Flex magazine in a 7-11
I knew nothing about bodybuilding and didn't get into it until many years later but I never forgot that pic of Big Louie
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good example here arnold never did this pose from the left side it is in a reflection.... check out the arm thickness.
your photo is a reverse
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"I wanna beat em"
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Exactly...people tend to forget how good he was at a very young age....this guy could have been Mr. O for many years to come had he not landed the Hulk role...
Could have took over where Arnold left off on the stage... 76/ Franco 77-79/ zane 80/ Arnold 81 FRanco 82/ Dickerson 83 Bannout....looks like 7 Olympias possibly.
Would have beaten Franco EASILY, Just as Arnld did...
Zane only ushers in the "condition era" because there were no more big men worth a damn to contend against him...
Arnold at 80% would have lost to a better big man...
FRanco in 81 was a joke...
Dickerson/ Bannout would have been dwarfed on stage by a near 30 year old Ferrigno
Not Until Haney came along would things have gotten interesting...
You can make a case for Sergio Oliva, Serge Nubret, and even Bertil Fox for the rest of the 70's. Zane would of not stood a chance.
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your photo is a reverse
just goes to show how good arnold's arms were...
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Exactly...people tend to forget how good he was at a very young age....this guy could have been Mr. O for many years to come had he not landed the Hulk role...
Could have took over where Arnold left off on the stage... 76/ Franco 77-79/ zane 80/ Arnold 81 FRanco 82/ Dickerson 83 Bannout....looks like 7 Olympias possibly.
Would have beaten Franco EASILY, Just as Arnld did...
Zane only ushers in the "condition era" because there were no more big men worth a damn to contend against him...
Arnold at 80% would have lost to a better big man...
FRanco in 81 was a joke...
Dickerson/ Bannout would have been dwarfed on stage by a near 30 year old Ferrigno
Not Until Haney came along would things have gotten interesting...
thats a good point, there were some lean years in between arnold years and lee haney's takeover where louic could have legitimatly dominated
of course its all speculation because he never did it, but on paper it makes sense
you gotta think in the long run a 5 or 6 or even more year legendary olympia reigh would have been more profitable for louie (right around the time bodybuilding blew up in the 80s).........then playing the "monster" on a tv show for a couple of years......but maybe he was offered quick, guaranteed money and could not turn it down, also, he got a lot more fame out of playing the hulk then he could have being mr olympia
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thats a good point, there were some lean years in between arnold years and lee haney's takeover where louic could have legitimatly dominated
of course its all speculation because he never did it, but on paper it makes sense
you gotta think in the long run a 5 or 6 or even more year legendary olympia reigh would have been more profitable for louie (right around the time bodybuilding blew up in the 80s).........then playing the "monster" on a tv show for a couple of years......but maybe he was offered quick, guaranteed money and could not turn it down, also, he got a lot more fame out of playing the hulk then he could have being mr olympia
Not even close (or debatable )...taking the Hulk role made Lou a household name...even until this day. He made a whole career from that series....even winning 7 Olympia's wouldnt have came even close, as he didnt have 1/10th of Arnolds charisma....He's STILL a bigger name worldwide than Haney or Coleman...both with 8 titles to their name
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outstanding ;D
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Robbert keneddy said lou was 280 lb range for his comeback. He had no legs
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(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/ferrigno/lf555.jpg)
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This is the first issue of Flex I ever bought... :)
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Not even close (or debatable )...taking the Hulk role made Lou a household name...even until this day. He made a whole career from that series....even winning 7 Olympia's wouldnt have came even close, as he didnt have 1/10th of Arnolds charisma....He's STILL a bigger name worldwide than Haney or Coleman...both with 8 titles to their name
yeh, that true
he is the second most fameous bodybuilder ever next to arnold, from that one role pretty much
and if he did win the O back then, its not like he would be a great ambassador to bring the sport to the masses.........he isnt the best communicator............ ........or the best listner for that matter :-\ :-\
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i mean, for a tall guy........its not like his calves were all that bad to begin with
(http://www.ifbbpro.com/wp-content/uploads/image/remembering/images/photo1_73.jpg)
Without those mirror's he sure looks tiny. I guess anyone can get use to being called a twink. ::)
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yeh, that true
he is the second most fameous bodybuilder ever next to arnold, from that one role pretty much
and if he did win the O back then, its not like he would be a great ambassador to bring the sport to the masses.........he isnt the best communicator............ ........or the best listner for that matter :-\ :-\
no...but he's got a hell of a collection of $20 bills!
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no...but he's got a hell of a collection of $20 bills!
they say you can shear a sheep forever, but skin him only once
louie is famous for doing those comic-book kinda conventions where sci-fi people and nerds go to get signed autographs by actors from old horror movies and mark hamill and b-list celebrities......
the problem is , since that subculture of people is relatively small..............your only supposed to hit one of those conventions once in a while, grab a quick couple of grand, and move on........because once you have signed an autographed picture for EVERYONE who could possibly want one..........there are no more people to purchase them
so they say he is at like every one of these shindigs, but spends the majority of time alone at his table with people awkwardly trying to avoid contact with him because they are not patronizing his stand.
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(http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/assets_c/2010/05/lou-ferrigno-training-thumb-315x392.jpg)
Repping the 25s!!!!! What a beast!
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Repping the 25s!!!!! What a beast!
Theyre 30's
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Theyre 30's
they're only the 30's if you think they are
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I'd rather be Mr O than be what Lou is today. Known for having "played" Hulk on TV. And fuck the money.
Who here is jealous of Lou's fantastic "acting" career?
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I'd rather be Mr O than be what Lou is today. Known for having "played" Hulk on TV. And fuck the money.
Who here is jealous of Lou's fantastic career?
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getting 4 or so years of a non-speaking retard role on TV.........then spending the rest o fyour life in vein trying out for roles you'll never get, cause you cannot speak
and having to resort to weekly comic-conventions across the country where you have to sit at a table and shill signed autographs to weirdos who still live with their mothers
no, lou's career has been awful as far as i am concerned.......
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You can make a case for Sergio Oliva, Serge Nubret, and even Bertil Fox for the rest of the 70's. Zane would of not stood a chance.
I don't know man, who wouldn't want to look like Zane?
(http://reptilis.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bodybuilder_bodytypes.jpg)
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Robbert keneddy said lou was 280 lb range for his comeback. He had no legs
To clear the weight issue up, he started to train really hard in 1991 and signed onto WBF at 322 pounds... His 1992 offeason bodyweight floated between 315-322, however, he overdieted for the 1992 Mr. O and claimed to have come in at 298 when in reality he was closer to 280. So, he wanted to redeem himself in 1993 and he did. He didn't make the mistake of over dieting. He went up to his high 330's in his preparation for the 1993 and dialed in at 318-320 pounds for the night of. The next day he was weighed in at 325 pounds after a pasta meal. His last competition in 1994 (Masters) he was 298 at just over 6'4" (has since lost height)...
If you want to see Louie at his all-time largest, rent Cage 2. If you want to see him in his all-time best condition, rent Hercules...
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getting 4 or so years of a non-speaking retard role on TV.........then spending the rest o fyour life in vein trying out for roles you'll never get, cause you cannot speak
and having to resort to weekly comic-conventions across the country where you have to sit at a table and shill signed autographs to weirdos who still live with their mothers
no, lou's career has been awful as far as i am concerned.......
And you've done more and better?
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And you've done more and better?
well i wouldnt do that at all, to me (unlike the rest of you insecure fags who think the pinnacle of existence is getting seen on TV)
its not something i would want to "accomplish"...........if you measure success by playing a monster on tv for a couple of years, then having to schlep around to horror/scifi/comic conventions every weekend to pay the bills.......thats your own fuckin stupidity ::) ::) ::)
i call that PATHETIC, not CELEBRITY
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no...but he's got a hell of a collection of $20 bills!
Sheesh...even among the bodybuilding circles Lou ain't gettin' no respect :D
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sleazebag pur sang
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;D ;D ;D
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Don't forget his role on King of Queens. Actually, not bad at all. I met Lou one night. It was oct.93. right after the olympia. He was in great shape. We talked about what ed corney was up to and stuff like that. You guys can say what you want, but you could see that he still LOVES bodybuilding.
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good example here arnold never did this pose from the left side it is in a reflection.... check out the arm thickness.
Shit, up to this Day, no one looks better doing this pose than Arnold. end of story
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Exactly...people tend to forget how good he was at a very young age....this guy could have been Mr. O for many years to come had he not landed the Hulk role...
Could have took over where Arnold left off on the stage... 76/ Franco 77-79/ zane 80/ Arnold 81 FRanco 82/ Dickerson 83 Bannout....looks like 7 Olympias possibly.
Would have beaten Franco EASILY, Just as Arnld did...
Zane only ushers in the "condition era" because there were no more big men worth a damn to contend against him...
Arnold at 80% would have lost to a better big man...
FRanco in 81 was a joke...
Dickerson/ Bannout would have been dwarfed on stage by a near 30 year old Ferrigno
Not Until Haney came along would things have gotten interesting...
I have to disagree a bit. Ferrigno lost to a smaller but better-conditioned Serge Nubret, who barely made the 200-lb weight class in '75.
As for lack of quality big men being the reason for Zane's wins, Robby Robinson and Mike Mentzer weren't exactly chopped liver.
Regarding '76, Ferrigno would have had to deal with Ken Waller who, I believe, would have defeated Ferrigno, due to having better proportions than Ferrigno and being bigger than Nubret (who again defeated Ferrigno in '75).
Even if he'd won the over-200-lb. class, I don't see him easily defeating Columbu.
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It is misleading in these sense I believe Lou wasn't competing and Tom was , but at his best it wouldn't matter . Lou's quads don't compare in fact not many would.
This is true. Platz obviously destroys him in legs alone any year. But it's a particularly unfortunate comparison since Lou did have great quads some years.
(http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/5/8/58e6e-tom_platz_lou_ferrigno.jpg)
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(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/217/492508863_1323d65bfb.jpg)
That is something you will never ever see again. Out of the three men two are taller than average. And the third is about average.
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That is something you will never ever see again. Out of the three men two are taller than average. And the third is about average.
Since when is the average man 6 feet tall (as Nubret was billed)?
Besides, we've already seen this in bodybuilding in the early 90s. Take the WBF, for example. In 1991, four of the five finalists were at least 6 feet tall (the lone exception was Eddie Robinson who placed 5th, at 5'7").
J. Quinn (4th) - 6'1"
Berry DeMey (3rd) - 6'0"
Mike Christian (2nd) - 6'1"
Gary Strydom (1st) - 6'2"
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I thought Nubret was 5'10 or 5'11...
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I thought Nubret was 5'10 or 5'11...
He's cited as being 6 feet tall, 200 lbs at the '75 Olympia in Pumping Iron.
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He's cited as being 6 feet tall, 200 lbs at the '75 Olympia in Pumping Iron.
Than it must be true ::)
He was 6 3 peak. That would make serge being 5-8 5-10. Weights and height for these guys were greatly exaggerated.
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Than it must be true ::)
He was 6 3 peak. That would make serge being 5-8 5-10. Weights and height for these guys were greatly exaggerated.
How is his height exaggerated, standing next to 6'2" Schwarzenegger and 6'5" Ferrigno?
Plus, Ferrigno's weight wasn't "greatly exaggerated". He was billed to be competing at 275. When he weighs himself, after the 200-lb class had been decided, his weight was 268.
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I have to disagree a bit. Ferrigno lost to a smaller but better-conditioned Serge Nubret, who barely made the 200-lb weight class in '75.
As for lack of quality big men being the reason for Zane's wins, Robby Robinson and Mike Mentzer weren't exactly chopped liver.
Regarding '76, Ferrigno would have had to deal with Ken Waller who, I believe, would have defeated Ferrigno, due to having better proportions than Ferrigno and being bigger than Nubret (who again defeated Ferrigno in '75).
Even if he'd won the over-200-lb. class, I don't see him easily defeating Columbu.
Serge never competed in the IFBB after that show , he wouldn't be a threat and Lou beat him in 1974 , Lou was still young and fresh he could have very easily improved and without a doubt he would have beaten everyone you listed especially Franco in 76
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Serge never competed in the IFBB after that show , he wouldn't be a threat and Lou beat him in 1974 , Lou was still young and fresh he could have very easily improved and without a doubt he would have beaten everyone you listed especially Franco in 76
thats an impressive photo............was that from pumping iron year
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thats an impressive photo............was that from pumping iron year
yup
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Serge never competed in the IFBB after that show , he wouldn't be a threat and Lou beat him in 1974 , Lou was still young and fresh he could have very easily improved and without a doubt he would have beaten everyone you listed especially Franco in 76
Lou beat him in '74; Serge beat Lou in '75. They're even. Besides, if Ferrigno can improve, so can Nubret. Again, Lou would still have to get past guys like Ken Waller, who has better proportions than Lou does, anyway. Waller was young and fresh, too (even in his mid-30s, especially considering you had guys like Bill Pearl win the NABBA Universe at his all-time best, while in his 40s).
Throw in guys like Robby Robinson (who ironically beat Lou for the first Masters Olympia) and Mentzer, and you have some pretty good competition in the 200+ lb. class. Not saying Ferrigno couldn't beat them. But, that would hardly be a lock for Lou.
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Great comment!!!!
aand we all know italians have some black in them ;)
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I think he looked GREAT. Very impressive thickness for a man of his height and decent symmetry.
But then again, I like Bodybuilding.
Most on this board seem to HATE IT. :-\
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Carpal tunnel syndrome. Resulting in hands falling asleep, inability to grip barbells, etc. Not altogether uncommon as a result of heavy GH use. Of course someone could say it was totally unrelated and they could be right, but the fact that several pros have had this procedure done makes me think GH probably had a lot to do with it.
There is something to this... even today... if you see Tom Prince in person you will notice how crazy and distorted his wrists look. There is also a few competing amateurs that train in Venice, that have a really bizarre look to their wrists.
Acrogemly is a hell of a condition! :-X
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Stallone also has enormous hands and wrists.