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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: NarcissisticDeity on December 19, 2005, 06:17:26 PM
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Cool pic
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Paul seems to have ticker quads but Platz as 100000 times more details
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What year was this? I thought Tom stopped competing in the late eighties? Why on earth would his thighs still be that big?
It proved that nobody ever will come close to Tom & his thigh development.
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Platz came off as a deep/spiritual individual in Total Rebuild which he was featured in. Seemed like a really cool cat. One thing I noticed was that his cheeks were really big, it looked like he had a pair of pool balls in his mouth. lol
This is the best leg pic I've ever seen.
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June 17th 1995 was the date the Golden Eagle & Quadzilla went head to head.
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What year was this? I thought Tom stopped competing in the late eighties? Why on earth would his thighs still be that big?
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Luckily they wear underwear
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I was at this show. Sometime around 97? It was the Mr. Pittsburgh show that Manion puts on. Definatley a classic moment.
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Luckily they wear underwear
Hahaha.....
Platz stopped competing after he tore his bicep apart and never was able to comeback fromthat.....but Platz did get into terrific condition in the mid 90's....obviously the time frame of these pics-I mean look at Tom's abs.....There are pics from this time period of Platz posing on the beach in a yellow swim suit/posing trunks, maybe someone can find some of these pics.
I cant remember why Platz got into shape in 95-
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I judge: Platz winns!
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This years mufasa vs branch quad showdown is eerily reminiscent of those scenes above
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paul was a awesome bodybuilder,rip bro
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WOW ! That a cool pic.
Reminds me of Branch and Mustafa
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Platz had more detail, thighs were slightly bigger w/ more pronounced sweep. DeMayo had better calves and bigger teardrops.
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paul was a awesome bodybuilder,rip bro
ditto
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That is good stuff, thanks for posting it!
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The amazing thing is that the pic was taken about 14 years or so after Platz's peak.
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What year was this? I thought Tom stopped competing in the late eighties? Why on earth would his thighs still be that big?
Guess he just likes to train with weights a lot.
MOS
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Platz is like Vince Taylor, they are always looking in shape on or offseason and even after retiring :)
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Awesome platz's. I wander if he still trains as hard, he sounded like one heck of a scary trainer. Like he had no respect for his own body lol.
Paul looks awesome, one of the best i think.
davie
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i was at this show and my friend jimmy giordano was the one who actually made that posedown happen. it was june of 1995. it was the de. state championships/golds classic. held at the university of de.
jimmy had to spend about an hour convincing paul to actually do the quad-off because he had caught a glimpse of platz's thighs and didnt want to go through with it. paul felt that he had more to lose doing this than platz did as platz was retired and paul was still competing.
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That was either '95 or '96. Also note that Platz is nowhere near the size he was in his prime. That makes it even that much more impressive.
Word! Platz created an entirely new standard.
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Impressive considering it was only 10 years ago.
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I would say a tie between the two on legs but overall Demayo, don't fuckk wit Quadzilla mofo
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Well, of course, if they took off their shirts it would be curtains for Tom.
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Is it true,platz loved his high rep sets for squats (almost heavy breathing style squatting), and would just squat for minutes at a time?!
davie
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Platz came off as a deep/spiritual individual in Total Rebuild which he was featured in. Seemed like a really cool cat. One thing I noticed was that his cheeks were really big, it looked like he had a pair of pool balls in his mouth. lol
This is the best leg pic I've ever seen.
Platz always had the cheek thing going, kinda like Brando in the Godfather.
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It's referred to as the Squirrel Syndrome. The cheeks are used for roid storage.
Platz had slightly better legs but DeMayo definitely had the edge in overall balance, with a good upper body that wasn't far off from the legs.
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Cool pic
is this a photo shop
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It's referred to as the Squirrel Syndrome. The cheeks are used for roid storage.
Wow - Brando was on 'roids too? Holy shit!... :o
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is this a photo shop
No photoshop , its all real scanned from Flex magazine.
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Luckily they wear underwear
Paul wears a thong
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Paul wears a thong
have fun finding briefs or boxers you can get those trees into
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Paul wears a thong
what is it w/ these guys that will drop trow at the toss of a hat??
>:(
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have fun finding briefs or boxers you can get those trees into
a towel would do.
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No photoshop , its all real scanned from Flex magazine.
then thats fucking awesome
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Tom
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Didnt Platz get into shape for the power factor training thing wih Leo Costa?
This was just after WBF called it quits.
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De Mayo had huge quads, but Platz had immense inner quad development.
(http://www.kulturistika.com/gallery/1114724749_1620.jpg)
(http://mujweb.cz/sport/galerie/DeMayo3.jpg)
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De Mayo had huge quads, but Platz had immense inner quad development.
(http://www.kulturistika.com/gallery/1114724749_1620.jpg)
(http://mujweb.cz/sport/galerie/DeMayo3.jpg)
It's called hamstring.
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Platz apparently had real trouble finding pants that fit over the quads.
Here he is at a formal gathering:
(http://www.doberman.terramail.pl/tom.jpg)
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It's called hamstring.
I'm refering to the adductors, inner thigh, not the hamstrings.
Here's the hamstrings:
(http://www.saanabolicreview.co.za/gallery/platz3.jpg)
And if you look a Tom's left leg (your right), you'll see his inner thigh:
(http://www.robertuniverse.com/davidgentle/images/tomplatzframed.jpg)
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Platz of course. Platz was size wise at his peak in 86 and would BLOW Demayo away.
Platz was the quad king. He squatted 635 for 15 reps in 1986, weeks before the olympia. According to him his best set ever.
And of course...his 30 rep sets with 500, 100 reps with 225, 23 reps with 585, 20 with 600, 50 with 350, and 38 with 405.
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I'm a huge platz fan...I hope I can answer any questions about him and his training.
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(http://xs216.xs.to/xs216/07246/6546465.jpg)
(http://xs216.xs.to/xs216/07242/TPlatz0040.jpg)
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The last pic shows the sheer mass :o
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I was at this show. Sometime around 97? It was the Mr. Pittsburgh show that Manion puts on. Definatley a classic moment.
uuuum, not even close, disgusted. it was the de. state championships in 1995. i was there and my buddy jim giordano who helped promote the show, was the one who got them to do that posedown.
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holy FUCK..... :o
(http://xs216.xs.to/xs216/07246/6546465.jpg)
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(http://xs216.xs.to/xs216/07242/TPlatz0040.jpg)
Notice the swelling in his right ankle. Apparently this is an early sign of kidney failure. :(
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This is the best leg pic I've ever seen.
agreed.
unfreakinbelievable. that pic and the one showing his hammies/calves never fails to impress
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this gentleman was nice enough to write me a leg workout in private on the MD forum
he competed in the 80's
AWESOME FUCKING LEGS !!!!!!!!!!!
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tom platz owns the leg industry
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(http://xs216.xs.to/xs216/07242/TPlatz0040.jpg)
Notice the swelling in his right ankle. Apparently this is an early sign of kidney failure. :(
epic jumping to assanine conclusions!! maybe he ate a few slim jims that day!
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When it comes to legs, Platz is king.
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no one owns platz in leg department.
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Platz quote:
"While it’s on my mind, let me explain that sometimes I would not do leg extensions first or I would do hack squats first. In fact, I’d usually mix it up according to my instinct. In some workouts I’d go on the hack squat machine first, and I would start with some warmup sets. I can remember doing reps and sets and partials and isometrics and half-reps, with my partner there helping me, to the point where I’d actually go somewhere. My mind would leave the gym.
It was a strange experience. But the reps were always quite high and the weights were very heavy. At that point I was able to put five 45 pound plates on each side and do 30 or 40 reps."
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Platz quote:
"While it’s on my mind, let me explain that sometimes I would not do leg extensions first or I would do hack squats first. In fact, I’d usually mix it up according to my instinct. In some workouts I’d go on the hack squat machine first, and I would start with some warmup sets. I can remember doing reps and sets and partials and isometrics and half-reps, with my partner there helping me, to the point where I’d actually go somewhere. My mind would leave the gym.
It was a strange experience. But the reps were always quite high and the weights were very heavy. At that point I was able to put five 45 pound plates on each side and do 30 or 40 reps."
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Its that mental control that we must all strive for. Once u have such abilities, then and only then can u trully train intense!! I think mentzer had similar control for his 1 all out set.
PLatz was the dugs baws.
davie
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Not relative to his weight, size and frame and drugs.
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epic jumping to assanine conclusions!! maybe he ate a few slim jims that day!
Here's another picture: (http://www.ironage.us/gallery/bodybuilders/platz.jpg)
I remember there was a thread about this on a different board a few years back. I don't think he had permanent damage, but it was probably a warning sign.
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He probably just had really bad circulation.. is thighs touch each other.. im sure that cut off blood supply very often to the rest of his leg.
Or the photo was taken a few days after a show, when he had pigged out, and was rebounding with water retention.
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so the secret to big legs is big inner thighs its all so simple now :D
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yeah cause everyone cares about that ::)
Well.. I do :D
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and mustafa mohammed and branch warren.. ;)
branch is doing just alright.
Mustafa shouldn't deserved to be mentioned. Big meat on quads but no detail or separation. Syntholed
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I got PLatz and Paul DE-mayo on video posing together (VHS)
iT's at one of the FIBO shows in germany (when Paul was still dating Denise Paglia)
if anyone is interested ill look at what year it is etc.............
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except for ronnie
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that fat fvck don't OWN a vocabulary which allows him to complete a full sentence,let alone OWN the greatest legs in the world which platz had.
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swollen ankles are a sign of heart failure/circulation problems and not kidney failure
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Notice the swelling in his right ankle. Apparently this is an early sign of kidney failure. :(
He probably just had really bad circulation.. is thighs touch each other.. im sure that cut off blood supply very often to the rest of his leg.
In the Platz/Leo Costa workout tapes, Tom explains that he injured his calf doing seated calf raises a few days before the show/photo session. He said (I'm paraphrasing but these words were used) "Of course, everyone thought it was the drugs, but it was that I injured my calf doing seated calf raises and you can see it in the photos that were taken."
Tom used to love forced negatives on leg curls, calf raises and a lot of the movements that allowed such practice. I like doing this too; and you'll get such an intense feeling when doing it, if feels like you're tearing a muscle. Tom being the trainer he is/was, probably just took it too far and injured himself.
Had nothing to do with the drugs or the amount of them.
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=47249.0;attach=49886;image)
and some nuthuggers on this board think coleman has better legs than this.
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How the hell could Coleman win legs with NO calves?
Ronnie's legs as a whole are no where near Platz.
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On stage Colemans legs would win.
are you blind?
explain how ronnie's legs would look better.
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On stage Colemans legs would win.
hahaha you and Stevie see it the same way
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hahaha you and Stevie see it the same way
I think even Stevie can acknowledge that Platz's quads are superior
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Is it true,platz loved his high rep sets for squats (almost heavy breathing style squatting), and would just squat for minutes at a time?!
davie
I remember watching him do legs and he would always go to failure. Not even sure he counted reps he just went on and on. He had two guys help him to the bench and sit down after every set. It was unreal how he punished his legs.
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(http://www.ironage.us/gallery/bodybuilders/platz.jpg)
This picture is absolutely ridiculous. Look at how thick those legs are. WTF.
You Ronnie fan-boys are a funny breed. Ronnie's legs are fantastic but Platz was on another planet. No one is/was even close.
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In the Platz/Leo Costa workout tapes, Tom explains that he injured his calf doing seated calf raises a few days before the show/photo session. He said (I'm paraphrasing but these words were used) "Of course, everyone thought it was the drugs, but it was that I injured my calf doing seated calf raises and you can see it in the photos that were taken."
Tom used to love forced negatives on leg curls, calf raises and a lot of the movements that allowed such practice. I like doing this too; and you'll get such an intense feeling when doing it, if feels like you're tearing a muscle. Tom being the trainer he is/was, probably just took it too far and injured himself.
Had nothing to do with the drugs or the amount of them.
That would explain why he only has swelling on one ankle. :)
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ronnie lovers are mostly just front runners,they blindly spout off at the mouth.platz=best legs ever.
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Hahaha.....
Platz stopped competing after he tore his bicep apart and never was able to comeback fromthat.....but Platz did get into terrific condition in the mid 90's....obviously the time frame of these pics-I mean look at Tom's abs.....There are pics from this time period of Platz posing on the beach in a yellow swim suit/posing trunks, maybe someone can find some of these pics.
I cant remember why Platz got into shape in 95-
Didn't he get a part in a movie around that time? Wasn't his part that of a bodybuilder? I vaguely remember, but I know he got a part in a movie around then. That would explain why he got in shape in that time frame.
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with no calves
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Cool pic
tom got quadzilla beat..even in his late 40s
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plats legs are from another dimension
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Flex never placed poorly and niether did lou... and none of those guys lost because of their calves. Lous was conditioning, Flex was out massed.
& my point was they placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc...(maybe thats considered poorly to you) ::)
Flex Couldn't beat Dorian. Some of it was lack of calves ::)
not lack of glute development
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calves are such a small body part.. glutes are more important than calves on stage- and i do consider glutes part of leg development.
ronnies has bigger calves than platz anyways.
Kind of like the forearms are a small body part too. So luckily since they are so small they don't need to be trained or made bigger. Thanks for the info ::)
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could it be any more obvious that whenever ronnie's name is mentioned and someone or something thing is better, it always takes a black person to chime in and defend him.
typical.
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=47249.0;attach=49886;image)
ronnie coleman?
is that a fucking joke?
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hahaha you and Stevie see it the same way
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=47249.0;attach=177309;image)
Wouldn't it be better to post a pic of Stevie and not Ray Charles?
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=47249.0;attach=177309;image)
Wouldn't it be better to post a pic of Stevie and not Ray Charles?
opps
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Granted....Ronnie has awesome quad development
When it comes to overall detail, shape, & how well developed the muscles are...nobody beats platz. Paul was very close....Ronnie is behind both of them.
They both even had calves....although they are a useless muscle & not as important as having glutes! ::)
;D
Hell, Arnold even had to step up his calves when coming to america. If he didn't...do you think he would have had 7 O's?
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Granted....Ronnie has awesome quad development
When it comes to overall detail, shape, & how well developed the muscles are...nobody beats platz. Paul was very close....Ronnie is behind both of them.
They both even had calves....although they are a useless muscle & not as important as having glutes! ::)
;D
Hell, Arnold even had to step up his calves when coming to america. If he didn't...do you think he would have had 7 O's?
De Mayo was a great bber.
Pity about the probs. He would have been sucessful, 2/3rd tier competitor(politics), but hugely popular with fans.
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so the secret to big legs is big inner thighs its all so simple now :D
well off to train the pussy muscles with the hot chicks then
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De Mayo was a great bber.
Pity about the probs. He would have been sucessful, 2/3rd tier competitor(politics), but hugely popular with fans.
easily....
He just needed to get size & conditioning down
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easily....
He just needed to get size & conditioning down
Well, he did beat Levrone in 91 at the Junior Nats, and then lost to him a few weeks later at the Nationals.
91 HW line-up was the famous Levrone, Wheeler, De Mayo, Ronnie Coleman, Mendenhall, Bob Chick, Cormier, Edgar Fletcher, and whoever else I'm forgetting...
(http://www.panama-muscle.com/forum/uploads/SirScorpion/2005-06-04_121749_demayo27.jpg)
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HIs pec shoulder tie in was imense.
davie
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Huge delts and arms.
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Quadzilla was way underrated.
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What are Platz's legs like now though? Probably like a Frigging sparrow's.
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What are Platz's legs like now though? Probably like a Frigging sparrow's.
yeah, i've heard he's lost all his muscle...
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Anybody has that pic of Demay at 18 years old? It was in Flex magazine, when they did "The Big Picture" interview. His qauds were amazing, especially compared to his small waist.
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could it be any more obvious that whenever ronnie's name is mentioned and someone or something thing is better, it always takes a black person to chime in and defend him.
typical.
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=47249.0;attach=49886;image)
ronnie coleman?
is that a fucking joke?
Did you actually write this? lol, what a 'tard. P.S. I'm not black.
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Cool pic
Nothing like it when Tom Platz spontaneously "drops trou". Would love to encounter him in the men's room of a Denny's.
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There is a video on youtube.com
of platz squatting 5 plates for 23 reps
at a bodyweight of 220......I am sure most of you have viewed this already
but if you haven't.....it is a must see!!!