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Title: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hazbin on May 06, 2012, 12:26:36 PM
there is so much debate about how tall Arnold is/was.  people saying he was 5'10'' tops.  i saw this pic with him standing against a concrete block wall. these blocks are 8 inches tall with mortar. he is slightly above the 9th one, with low soled shoes and not even standing straight upright. the top of the 9th block is 6 feet, and with poor posture and maybe a half inch sole he is still well above the 6 foot mark.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: jude2 on May 06, 2012, 12:37:21 PM
Of course he was a little over 6 foot. Most hard core lifters shrink as we age into the 60's, even non lifters lose disc space and shrink.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 06, 2012, 12:37:50 PM
there is so much debate about how tall Arnold is/was.  people saying he was 5'10'' tops.  i saw this pic with him standing against a concrete block wall. these blocks are 8 inches tall with mortar. he is slightly above the 9th one, with low soled shoes and not even standing straight upright. the top of the 9th block is 6 feet, and with poor posture and maybe a half inch sole he is still well above the 6 foot mark.

In the Guinness book of world records they listed him as 6'1" which sounds about right. 
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Dr Dutch on May 06, 2012, 12:42:23 PM
He was measured 1.88m once, 1.87 another time. I think he was about 6''1.5' or so...Anyway I don't think I ever saw pictures of opponents taller than him, except for Louie of course.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Hurricane Beef ! on May 06, 2012, 12:45:57 PM
there is so much debate about how tall Arnold is/was.  people saying he was 5'10'' tops.  i saw this pic with him standing against a concrete block wall. these blocks are 8 inches tall with mortar. he is slightly above the 9th one, with low soled shoes and not even standing straight upright. the top of the 9th block is 6 feet, and with poor posture and maybe a half inch sole he is still well above the 6 foot mark.

Don't forget the mortar between the blocks.

THE BEEF
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Dr Dutch on May 06, 2012, 12:47:42 PM
In the 60s when he started only short and thin guys started bodybuilding......not kidding.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hazbin on May 06, 2012, 12:53:53 PM
He was measured 1.88m once, 1.87 another time. I think he was about 6''1.5' or so...Anyway I don't think I ever saw pictures of opponents taller than him, except for Louie of course.


the blocks are 7 and 5/8'' and the average mortar thickness is 3/8'',  hence the 8'' per block height
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Borracho on May 06, 2012, 12:55:50 PM
Don't know why people always doubt Arnold's height...I mean 6'1-6'2 is not that tall!
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Dr Dutch on May 06, 2012, 12:56:57 PM
Don't know why people always doubt Arnold's height...I mean 6'1-6'2 is not that tall!
For a 60s/early 70s BB he was HUGE.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: BB on May 06, 2012, 12:57:40 PM
In the Guinness book of world records they listed him as 6'1" which sounds about right. 

That's what I figure, and most guys that were around at that time figure that's correct, including larger strength athletes that would have no reason to lie.

The point about lifters losing height is a good one. Most older lifters that I know that were around for years claim a 1 - 2 inch loss in height.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: 240 is Back on May 06, 2012, 12:58:49 PM
pics of arnold and lou side by side barefoot?
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Borracho on May 06, 2012, 01:00:26 PM
For a 60s/early 70s BB he was HUGE.


fixed.  ;D

average height of bb'ers is what like 5'8 ?
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Dr Dutch on May 06, 2012, 01:00:36 PM
pics of arnold and lou side by side barefoot?
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pS7sKjlzwFg/SpkxwBLEYhI/AAAAAAAADw0/L5_JUE-F5QQ/s400/history_74mro5.jpg)

Louie is 6'4'' I think...
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: oldtimer1 on May 06, 2012, 01:05:51 PM
Not another thread on Arnold's height again.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Dr Dutch on May 06, 2012, 01:09:10 PM
There's a website about this topic...hardcore getbiggers know this.   


http://www.arnoldheight.com/ (http://www.arnoldheight.com/)


Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Bevo on May 06, 2012, 01:12:13 PM
Don't know why people always doubt Arnold's height...I mean 6'1-6'2 is not that tall!

Tell that to branch, lee p, and 95% of bbers :-\
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Dr Dutch on May 06, 2012, 01:13:47 PM
If you shoot the dwarves, the mr O would be much more interesting.... 8)
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hazbin on May 06, 2012, 01:15:54 PM
There's a website about this topic...hardcore getbiggers know this.   


http://www.arnoldheight.com/ (http://www.arnoldheight.com/)




i am aware this has been debated profusely, but this pic is irrefutable proof, something i have never seen.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Bevo on May 06, 2012, 01:19:24 PM
i am aware this has been debated profusely, but this pic is irrefutable proof, something i have never seen.

I have heard people argue that he was no more than 5'11 which is bs ::)
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hazbin on May 06, 2012, 02:39:35 PM
I have heard people argue that he was no more than 5'11 which is bs ::)

somebody today on getbig said he was 5'10.5'' in another thread.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 06, 2012, 02:44:16 PM
 :D
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: JasonH on May 06, 2012, 02:50:40 PM
At his prime he was about 6'1, possibly about 6'2 at a push.

Now that he's going to be 65 this year he may have shrunk a few inches with age so even now he's going to be at least 5'11".
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: MikMaq on May 06, 2012, 02:56:21 PM
somebody today on getbig said he was 5'10.5'' in another thread.
That would be consistent, 5 10.5 now, 6 0.5 in his twenties. There's no way he was any taller, he had a lot to gain back then by being taller. For f sake the only reason louie was in pumping iron was that he was bigger. Again arnold didn't get picked for the hulk because he wasn't tall enough, if you think a manipulative struggling actor isn't gonna exaggerate his height your beyond naive. Especially one that is selling himself based on his body.

If you been paying attention bbing is all about fake number, because the fact is the numbers don't matter.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: LittleJ on May 06, 2012, 02:59:16 PM
there is so much debate about how tall Arnold is/was.  people saying he was 5'10'' tops.  i saw this pic with him standing against a concrete block wall. these blocks are 8 inches tall with mortar. he is slightly above the 9th one, with low soled shoes and not even standing straight upright. the top of the 9th block is 6 feet, and with poor posture and maybe a half inch sole he is still well above the 6 foot mark.

Hi Matt C
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hazbin on May 06, 2012, 03:27:12 PM
Hi Matt C

i don't get it?
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hazbin on May 06, 2012, 03:30:34 PM
That would be consistent, 5 10.5 now, 6 0.5 in his twenties. There's no way he was any taller, he had a lot to gain back then by being taller. For f sake the only reason louie was in pumping iron was that he was bigger. Again arnold didn't get picked for the hulk because he wasn't tall enough, if you think a manipulative struggling actor isn't gonna exaggerate his height your beyond naive. Especially one that is selling himself based on his body.

If you been paying attention bbing is all about fake number, because the fact is the numbers don't matter.

yes, that is why i posted the picture. wrestlers aren't the only ones who exagerate. but this pic, you can't alter the height of those blocks. with mortar, they are eight inches each. that means the line just below the top of his head is six feet.  no way to dispute that. the top of his head is above the six foot mark, his soles are low, half inch tops, and he is not standing up straight.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hematocritter on May 06, 2012, 03:38:03 PM
Some pretty serious analysis of a man's height going on over here, lol.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on May 06, 2012, 03:43:28 PM
There's a website about this topic...hardcore getbiggers know this.    


http://www.arnoldheight.com/ (http://www.arnoldheight.com/)




Some of the photos and descriptions there are hilarious.

(http://www.arnoldheight.com/mshoes/magicpaint.jpg)

"Arnold carries out a visit as Governor, painting in a class of children. Unlike the short children, Arnold naturally has to paint standing up using an easel. Having to bend down at a child's table would prove very uncomfortable."

(http://www.arnoldheight.com/mshoes/arnolddanny.jpg)

"Once again, on set photographs from 'Twins' bring Schwarzenegger's height into question"
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 06, 2012, 04:07:55 PM
i don't get it?

MattC had an odd obsession with height
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hazbin on May 06, 2012, 04:13:50 PM
MattC had an odd obsession with height

i figgered
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: MikMaq on May 06, 2012, 04:14:16 PM
Some pretty serious analysis of a man's height going on over here, lol.

Yeah as if a man height matters insecure bunch of bitches, just wait for it in another minute these queers are gonna be talking about bicep measurements and body fat percentages. What is with this site, strange interest these peoples have. ::)
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hazbin on May 06, 2012, 04:34:04 PM
Yeah as if a man height matters insecure bunch of bitches, just wait for it in another minute these queers are gonna be talking about bicep measurements and body fat percentages. What is with this site, strange interest these peoples have. ::)

i've never debated in any height debate previously, but when i saw that pic that provides proof of A being six feet plus, i thought it would stop the debate. but people keep debating while ignoring the proof.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Immortal_Technique on May 06, 2012, 05:07:54 PM
there is so much debate about how tall Arnold is/was.  people saying he was 5'10'' tops.  i saw this pic with him standing against a concrete block wall. these blocks are 8 inches tall with mortar. he is slightly above the 9th one, with low soled shoes and not even standing straight upright. the top of the 9th block is 6 feet, and with poor posture and maybe a half inch sole he is still well above the 6 foot mark.

This is fucking retarded, 5 '10 is short as fuck. I am 6' 3" and it's really not that tall in the run of things, I think Arnie was 6'1 or 6' 2 which, although vastly tall in BB terms is actually not that unusual in normal society these days. We've all seen him on screen a bazillion times, the dude is over 6 foot. ALthough he may haveshrunk with age now to around 6 foot, but in pumping iron the guy is tall.

Lou is famously 6' 5" you fucking morons, it's all documented, why is everyone like "I think Lou might be 6'4"  ? ::)
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: quadzilla456 on May 06, 2012, 05:28:58 PM
This is fucking retarded, 5 '10 is short as fuck. I am 6' 3" and it's really not that tall in the run of things, I think Arnie was 6'1 or 6' 2 which, although vastly tall in BB terms is actually not that unusual in normal society these days. We've all seen him on screen a bazillion times, the dude is over 6 foot. ALthough he may haveshrunk with age now to around 6 foot, but in pumping iron the guy is tall.

Lou is famously 6' 5" you fucking morons, it's all documented, why is everyone like "I think Lou might be 6'4"  ? ::)


Michael O'Hearn looks taller than Lou here and he is supposedly 6'-2" or 6'-3".

So yeah Lou has shrunk.

I stood next to Arnold and his eyes lined up with the bottom of my nose. I am about 6'-2" so Arnold is now around 6'-0" or so.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: oldtimer1 on May 06, 2012, 05:42:35 PM
Arnold was really tall for this height. Fact.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: 2ND COMING on May 06, 2012, 05:46:09 PM
Don't know why people always doubt Arnold's height...I mean 6'1-6'2 is not that tall!

Ehh, 6'2'' is still taller than like 98% of people in 'merica.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: BILL ANVIL on May 06, 2012, 08:11:35 PM
ive heard people even say hes a short as 5 8 lol silliness. he was clearly well over 6' back then..
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: quadzilla456 on May 06, 2012, 09:00:14 PM
ive heard people even say hes a short as 5 8 lol silliness. he was clearly well over 6' back then..
Definitely taller than that. I can see him at 6'-1" in his prime. But now he is 6'-0" or slightly shorter.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Borracho on May 06, 2012, 09:10:23 PM
Ehh, 6'2'' is still taller than like 98% of people in 'merica.

Yeah but I mean it's not like he's claiming to be 7'5....its not uncommon to see people over 6'2 if you are far away from the asians, hispanics, southern europeans (italian/spaniards), etc. in the u.s/where ever.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Dr Dutch on May 07, 2012, 12:58:15 AM
I stood next to Arnold and his eyes lined up with the bottom of my nose. I am about 6'-2" so Arnold is now around 6'-0" or so.

I want Arnolds eyes on the bottom of my nose too..... 8)
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Wiggs on May 07, 2012, 01:01:09 AM
Hi Matt C

lol
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Rami on May 07, 2012, 01:20:55 AM
the rock is about 5'10 now
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: jwb on May 07, 2012, 01:35:07 AM
I have stood eye to eye talking to Louie back in 1993 in the gym and I am 6'3 and he was taller. My guess is 6'4 and a bit.

From pics onstage of them together my guess is Arnold was 6'1.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: _bruce_ on May 07, 2012, 02:17:39 AM
Hi Matt C

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: chunkramwell on May 07, 2012, 06:52:36 AM
(http://www.arnoldheight.com/mshoes/arnstallone.jpg)

I don't know guys.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: m8 on May 07, 2012, 08:40:02 AM
Quote
Austrian Actor best known for starring in movies like The Terminator, Predator, True Lies and Total Recall. He says of his stature, "I'm 6'2". I've heard rumors that I'm really much shorter in real life - like 5'6" or something like that - which is ridiculous. I can assure you this is not the case. People look up to me, and not just because I do a lot of work in the community. I mean, most people really LOOK UP to me."

Many people have met him and in his early career a lot would say he was 6ft 1-2, although 6ft 3 Kevin Sorbo said "Arnold Schwarzenegger's about 5-11". Jon Meade said Arnie told him in a 1980 interview he was "6ft 1.5" and bodybuilder Vince Basille has said he measured Arnie in 1969 at 6ft 1.5. His email to me. Arnold has also recently said that he was "6ft 1 and 3/4" but now has shrunk to 6ft 1, as measured by his daughter.

(http://i10.tinypic.com/2vabif9.gif)

 :D
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Secret Stack on May 07, 2012, 08:50:18 AM
i've never debated in any height debate previously, but when i saw that pic that provides proof of A being six feet plus, i thought it would stop the debate. but people keep debating while ignoring the proof.

what would you say the length of those mats are around the squat rack?

3 or 4 feet? because thats how far arnie is standing away from that wall.
if he actually walked to the wall and was touching it, he would be UNDER or at very best INLINE maybe with that 9th concrete block line.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on May 07, 2012, 09:07:32 AM
I'm 6'4" tall, I've met Arnold a couple times, the first was in 2000 while he was still acting, it was obvious he was about 6 feet tall, then met him at a republican fundraiser and he seemed a little shorter.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: 225for70 on May 07, 2012, 09:13:27 AM
i think he was around 6.feet 1.5 inches myself..His limbs were to long to be just 6 feet tall..keep in mind that people often shrink when they get older..
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hench on May 07, 2012, 09:39:23 AM
6 feet 1 and 3 quarter inches at peak. There is a vid online somewhere done within the last couple of years in which he states to the interviewer he has shrunk, his daughter measured him and he came up at 6 feet and 1 quarter inches (if i remember rightly). He said he was bolt upright but alas he had shrunk.  
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Jaime on May 07, 2012, 10:35:39 AM
Hi Matt C


lol
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Vince B on May 07, 2012, 04:25:33 PM
After all these years it is incredible that I seem to be the only person in bodybuilding or elsewhere who measured Arnold's height. It was in early February, 1969, at Mit's Gym in Honolulu. Arnold arrived that day with Dave Draper for some show there. Several of us were in the gym and someone claimed to be a certain height so I measured him on Mit's scale that had a height guage. The bloke was 1/2" shorter than he claimed to be. I disliked when people exaggerated muscle size or height. Arnold said he was 6' 2" but was 6' 1 1/2" when I measured him on those scales. I told him he could have shrunk half an inch during the day because it was in the evening. If he claimed 6' 1 3/4" then he probably shrank 1/4 inch during the day. I knew about how many shrink during the day because a guy kept trying to get into the NY police force and always came up short for height. Finally his mates carried him in on an ironing board before he stood up for the day and he passed the height test. It was in the papers.
 
There is no need for Hazbin to estimate Arnold's height via counting blocks in Golds Gym. He is correct in his estimation. There was a Getbigger there who actually measured Arnold's height and that should be the end of this discussion.

Arnold was one of the tallest bodybuilders who was also huge. Even in 1980 he dwarfed Zane and Dickerson who were much shorter than him.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: MikMaq on May 07, 2012, 04:34:11 PM
6 feet 1 and 3 quarter inches at peak. There is a vid online somewhere done within the last couple of years in which he states to the interviewer he has shrunk, his daughter measured him and he came up at 6 feet and 1 quarter inches (if i remember rightly). He said he was bolt upright but alas he had shrunk.  

Your real bright aren't you. The daughter detail is classic deflection. To refute what he says means your also attacking a little girl.

This is why it's hard to believe he was ever 6 2, bodybuilders have everything to gain by exaggerating their height, and nothing to loose. Why would a known manipulator not exaggerate his height, this is arnold were talking about, his whole thing is he'll do whatever it takes to succeed its half the reason we worship him ??? ???
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Palpatine Q on May 07, 2012, 04:48:57 PM
Your real bright aren't you. The daughter detail is classic deflection. To refute what he says means your also attacking a little girl.

This is why it's hard to believe he was ever 6 2, bodybuilders have everything to gain by exaggerating their height, and nothing to loose. Why would a known manipulator not exaggerate his height, this is arnold were talking about, his whole thing is he'll do whatever it takes to succeed its half the reason we worship him ??? ???


Can you prove any of your idiotic theories, or are we just supposed to take your word for it.?

That some fat virgin on getbig has the inside scoop on Arnold Schwarzennegger, and you know what the man thinks  ::)
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: MikMaq on May 07, 2012, 04:57:05 PM

Can you prove any of your idiotic theories, or are we just supposed to take your word for it.?

That some fat virgin on getbig has the inside scoop on Arnold Schwarzennegger, and you know what the man thinks  ::)
Please fuck off, your very much the same as him,minus of course actually having a reason to be so  full of yourself. If your natural status is any measure of his bullshitting he's about 5'3". :D
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Palpatine Q on May 07, 2012, 05:01:01 PM
Please fuck off, your very much the same as him,minus of course actually having a reason to be so  full of yourself. If your natural status is any measure of his bullshitting he's about 5'3". :D

exactly...more "words" from an anonymous twat..nothing of any substance. a fat virgin who is to embarrassed to post a pic

oh and thanks for "making fun" of me because i take steroids and i'm very muscular, do you go onto car enthusiast's forums, and ridicule people for working on their cars too ::)
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: MikMaq on May 07, 2012, 05:08:27 PM
exactly...more "words" from an anonymous twat..nothing of any substance. a fat virgin who is to embarrassed to post a pic

oh and thanks for "making fun" of me because i take steroids and i'm very muscular, do you go onto car enthusiast's forums, and ridicule people for working on their cars too ::)
If they spend five years claiming to be driving a ferrari when it's actually a fucking volkswagon than yeah I will point out the obvious bullshit there too. I could care less that you do steroids, it's your bullshit, about it that is a fucking joke. Your bullshit with steroid usage is well established on this site. We all know it, you have it in print, from your own dam posts.

Anyhow bring on another rebuttal/it's only a game/you don't know me/show us a pic/ blah blah blah blah blah, I'm tired of arguing with a middle aged losers who has to "own" people half his age in order to feel good about himself.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Palpatine Q on May 07, 2012, 05:58:25 PM
If they spend five years claiming to be driving a ferrari when it's actually a fucking volkswagon than yeah I will point out the obvious bullshit there too. I could care less that you do steroids, it's your bullshit, about it that is a fucking joke. Your bullshit with steroid usage is well established on this site. We all know it, you have it in print, from your own dam posts.

Anyhow bring on another rebuttal/it's only a game/you don't know me/show us a pic/ blah blah blah blah blah, I'm tired of arguing with a middle aged losers who has to "own" people half his age in order to feel good about himself.

No...I own you because you are a tool who says dumb shit like " I KNOW Arnold Schwarzenegger lies about his height" when you don't have a shred of proof besides your assholish blowhard opinion.

and will continue to do do, as i hate stupid people
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Mjolnir on May 07, 2012, 06:07:00 PM
Everyone knows that they were fake blocks in the picture with Dave Draper!  The blocks were made a 1/2 inch smaller than usual to make Arnold appear taller than he really is.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: wes on May 07, 2012, 06:09:08 PM
Everyone knows that they were fake blocks in the picture with Dave Draper!  The blocks were made a 1/2 inch smaller than usual to make Arnold appear taller than he really is.
LOL ;D
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Bevo on May 07, 2012, 06:31:54 PM
Big deal!! Seriously Arnold always came  across as a confident/secure ind. I don't see how he would intentionally flat out lie and say 6'2, shit when asked do people actually say 5'10.5 or 5'11.5. His estimate IS 6'2. So he was 6'1.5, that is CLOSE enough! Gee, for fucks sake, I'm laughing at vinces comment "I disliked when people exaggerate height and weight"  ::) I can see if someone says I'm 6 foot but they are actually 5'9 but.......
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hazbin on May 07, 2012, 10:51:28 PM
Everyone knows that they were fake blocks in the picture with Dave Draper!  The blocks were made a 1/2 inch smaller than usual to make Arnold appear taller than he really is.

yup.  Alex Jones, David Icke and Jesse Ventura are looking into it as we speak!!!
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Secret Stack on May 07, 2012, 11:12:56 PM
yep, and the fact that he is standing 4 feet away from the wall  ::)
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: SmoofCat on May 07, 2012, 11:13:37 PM
i don't see how there is a question about arnold's height. he is so obviously over 6 feet it is not even a question. i did not take the time to read this thread, or even one full post in this thread, because i rarely venture out of the steroid section (but all of a sudden the internet has become too serious there and i am taking a vacation from that section), but i have heard this theory that arnold was closer to 5'10'' than 6'2'' for years and it is so absurd.

if you just look at the guys physique he is just tall, period. i would estimate 6'2'' if i had no clue, but i think i have read that he was 6'1 and change, so there you go.  6'1'' and change it is.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Game Time on May 07, 2012, 11:23:47 PM
After all these years it is incredible that I seem to be the only person in bodybuilding or elsewhere who measured Arnold's height. It was in early February, 1969, at Mit's Gym in Honolulu. Arnold arrived that day with Dave Draper for some show there. Several of us were in the gym and someone claimed to be a certain height so I measured him on Mit's scale that had a height guage. The bloke was 1/2" shorter than he claimed to be. I disliked when people exaggerated muscle size or height. Arnold said he was 6' 2" but was 6' 1 1/2" when I measured him on those scales. I told him he could have shrunk half an inch during the day because it was in the evening. If he claimed 6' 1 3/4" then he probably shrank 1/4 inch during the day. I knew about how many shrink during the day because a guy kept trying to get into the NY police force and always came up short for height. Finally his mates carried him in on an ironing board before he stood up for the day and he passed the height test. It was in the papers.
 
There is no need for Hazbin to estimate Arnold's height via counting blocks in Golds Gym. He is correct in his estimation. There was a Getbigger there who actually measured Arnold's height and that should be the end of this discussion.

Arnold was one of the tallest bodybuilders who was also huge. Even in 1980 he dwarfed Zane and Dickerson who were much shorter than him.

Go out fatboy
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Pet shop boys on May 08, 2012, 08:10:30 AM
Don't know why people always doubt Arnold's height...I mean 6'1-6'2 is not that tall!

You're missing the point....

Sly claims he's 5'11" (not that tall either)

But People doubt is accurate, that's all.



WOOOSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: MikMaq on May 08, 2012, 10:21:46 AM
No...I own you because you are a tool who says dumb shit like " I KNOW Arnold Schwarzenegger lies about his height" when you don't have a shred of proof besides your assholish blowhard opinion.

and will continue to do do, as i hate stupid people
You don't like my opinion because their dead on about you.

Anyhow alright I'll agree he was 6 2, only dropped 25 pounds from bulking to contest, could bench 500 pounds, only used steroids for cutting until 1990, and was always faithful in his marriage. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: hench on May 08, 2012, 01:58:16 PM
musclemag measured him back in the bodybuilding days, he came up at 6 foot 1 and 3 quarter inches, could have been the morning so he was a bit taller like vince said. For the sake of magazine articles they rounded up the figure. Its obvious arnold was over 6ft, he dwarfed most of the competitors in that era..
Your real bright aren't you. The daughter detail is classic deflection. To refute what he says means your also attacking a little girl.

This is why it's hard to believe he was ever 6 2, bodybuilders have everything to gain by exaggerating their height, and nothing to loose. Why would a known manipulator not exaggerate his height, this is arnold were talking about, his whole thing is he'll do whatever it takes to succeed its half the reason we worship him ??? ???
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Palpatine Q on May 08, 2012, 02:11:25 PM
You don't like my opinion because their dead on about you.

Anyhow alright I'll agree he was 6 2, only dropped 25 pounds from bulking to contest, could bench 500 pounds, only used steroids for cutting until 1990, and was always faithful in his marriage. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

you ever notice how NOBODY ever gets your back around here?

that's because to a man...everyone here thinks you are whiny little shithead, who has to "comment" on everything, while still being a fat virgin  :D

You've never posted a pic,,,,have you?
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Borracho on May 08, 2012, 02:16:51 PM
You're missing the point....

Sly claims he's 5'11" (not that tall either)

But People doubt is accurate, that's all.



WOOOSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

yeah but Arnold's claims are believable.

(http://www.soundonsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dolph-lundgren-sylvester-stallone-rocky-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: MikMaq on May 08, 2012, 02:17:16 PM
you ever notice how NOBODY ever gets your back around here?

that's because to a man...everyone here thinks you are whiny little shithead, who has to "comment" on everything, while still being a fat virgin  :D

You've never posted a pic,,,,have you?
Most people I'm pretty sure could care less about me one way or another. It's a internet message board I don't come here to make friends. Anyhow, post a pic, along with it's just a game, etc etc, are one of your stock comebacks try evolving a little.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: BILL ANVIL on May 09, 2012, 12:08:32 PM
Definitely taller than that. I can see him at 6'-1" in his prime. But now he is 6'-0" or slightly shorter.

Yep. the ankle biting feminist supporting midgets that hate on him need to get off on something else. guy was 6 2 all day no matter how much they despise him
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: BILL ANVIL on May 09, 2012, 12:10:53 PM
Arnold, in his prime ('69-'75), looked a legitimate 6'. The length of his arms and legs appear every bit consistent with that of a barefoot 6-foot guy. 6'1"-6'2", no way. However, it should be pointed out that he sacrificed a lot of height in 1980 due to crazy catch-up drug protocols and intense training. I imagine this added to the controversy of his famed Sidney comeback.

Again, cinder blocks are 7 1/4" without mortar, 8" with it. Look at the picture.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: closeline on May 11, 2012, 08:19:11 AM
my father measured arnold in 1970 at 186cm without shoes

my father was 184cm back then , now at age 64 he s 182cm

people get shorter when they get older
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: deceiver on May 11, 2012, 11:18:32 AM
Why do you guys give a fuck?
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: tommywishbone on May 11, 2012, 12:48:03 PM
Here he is measuring himself.
Title: Re: Arnold's height 6 feet plus
Post by: Jaime on May 11, 2012, 02:04:59 PM
Again, cinder blocks are 7 1/4" without mortar, 8" with it. Look at the picture.


He is standing about 4 foot away from the wall.