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Title: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on January 01, 2006, 10:36:39 AM
His physique may look like garbage but he was a strong dude.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: sculpture on January 01, 2006, 10:48:12 AM
Isn't  a ton 2200 lbs. Shame it doesn't show his ROM, for all we know he could be moving 2 inches
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Borracho on January 01, 2006, 10:50:51 AM

Ronnie did 2300 for 8 after squating like 800 lbs. Aint nuttin but a peanut.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: crome on January 01, 2006, 11:31:36 AM
haven`t you seen his movie, Greg Kovags - Strongest bodybuilder alive, he does 6 plates pr. side on the incline bench in a smith machine though but..  :o
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Birdman on January 01, 2006, 11:55:23 AM
Isn't  a ton 2200 lbs. Shame it doesn't show his ROM, for all we know he could be moving 2 inches

only 2000
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Loomis on January 01, 2006, 01:01:16 PM
2200lb=metric ton
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: gammahydroxy on January 01, 2006, 01:06:58 PM
amazing, greg has twig like legs... :D
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Danny on January 01, 2006, 01:39:12 PM
only 2000

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: BayGBM on January 01, 2006, 01:44:28 PM
His physique may look like garbage but he was a strong dude.

Too bad he's not in weighlifting where someone might care. :-\
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Hurricane Beef ! on January 01, 2006, 02:18:10 PM
I always wondered why he never went into wrestling ???
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on January 01, 2006, 02:51:17 PM
Greg when he looked decent , I remember Musclemag fluffing him up to no end all hype .
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Bear on January 01, 2006, 04:23:07 PM
2200lb=metric ton

Metric? Are you being funny? 1000kilos
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: fearANDloathing on January 01, 2006, 05:28:28 PM
His physique may look like garbage but he was a strong dude.
A picture of a machine loaded up with plates don't mean shit, he could be takin a nap for all we know.



                          First dumb post of the New Year  ;D
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 01, 2006, 07:00:48 PM
A picture of a machine loaded up with plates don't mean shit, he could be takin a nap for all we know.


ROFL.. How do you know it's him anyway?
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: sarcasm on January 01, 2006, 07:01:59 PM
nice leg warmers. ::)
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 01, 2006, 07:05:26 PM
Ronnie did 2300 for 8 after squating like 800 lbs. Aint nuttin but a peanut.

Who's that hot chick in your avatar?
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 01, 2006, 07:48:16 PM
His physique may look like garbage but he was a strong dude.

  Kovacs makes Ronnie look like a peanut. I've seen a picture of Kovacs at 440 lbs, with average bodyfat. :o :o :o

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: chafed_nut_sack420 on January 01, 2006, 07:50:54 PM
That's what I forgot to ask for this Christmas!!

Cut off jean shorts. :(
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Howard on January 01, 2006, 10:26:15 PM
A picture of a machine loaded up with plates don't mean shit, he could be takin a nap for all we know.



                          First dumb post of the New Year  ;D

Ok but if he was napping but had a medical condition known as "restless leg syndrome" he might be doing some kind of reps  ;)
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 02, 2006, 01:02:59 AM
Ok but if he was napping but had a medical condition known as "restless leg syndrome" he might be doing some kind of reps  ;)

  Dude, Kovacs could break the records in the bench, dead and squat, if he wanted to. He's got terrible genetics for bodybuilding, but he is built like a gorilla. He warms up with the weights Ronnie uses for his heavy sets. No shit.

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 02, 2006, 01:26:38 AM
  Dude, Kovacs could break the records in the bench dead and squat, if he wanted to. He's got terrible genetics for bodybuilding, but he is built like a gorilla. He warms up with the weights Ronnie uses for his heavy sets. No shit.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

he should join the strongman competition instead of bodybuilding where what he gets is backfire and embarrassment
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 02, 2006, 01:30:11 AM
he should join the strongman competition instead of bodybuilding where what he gets is backfire and embarrassment

  Definitely! Unfortunately, Kovacs doesen't have your intelligence, so he'll never make this decision. He has many years of embarassment ahead of him. ;D :-\

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Gord on January 02, 2006, 01:56:05 AM
There was a time Kovacs looked half decent as a bodybuilder.

Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 02, 2006, 02:02:35 AM
There was a time Kovacs looked half decent as a bodybuilder.



  Yeah, but not pro material...

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Howard on January 02, 2006, 09:14:17 AM
  Dude, Kovacs could break the records in the bench dead and squat, if he wanted to. He's got terrible genetics for bodybuilding, but he is built like a gorilla. He warms up with the weights Ronnie uses for his heavy sets. No shit.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

I agree he could be one hell of a powwerlifter or strongman and should do that, but maybe he just loves bodybuilding more. I think he is "proof" that size without form is worse than a smaller a guy with great cuts and overall shape, etc.
If being a massive freak is wha the sport is all about he would be a top guy and of course he isn't.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: 240 is Back on January 02, 2006, 10:26:07 AM
Whats Kovacs like in person? Fairly intelligent, or just grunts and nods?

For being 4th tier, he is quite recognizable and should be more high profile.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on January 02, 2006, 11:45:14 AM
Another pic of Greg in his " prime "
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Bluto on January 02, 2006, 12:03:28 PM
I'm downloading his video right now!
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on January 02, 2006, 12:13:54 PM
Look at him dwarfing Mustafa and Bob.   :o

Even if they have more actual muscle built on their frames, Greg is still considerably larger.  Bear in mind, Bob is 6'0 and 250 in this picture:

That pic seems odd because Greg is 6'1 1/2 but in that pic he looks like he is 6'6"  I guess its the angle  ???
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Howard on January 02, 2006, 12:16:30 PM
Look at him dwarfing Mustafa and Bob.   :o

Even if they have more actual muscle built on their frames, Greg is still considerably larger.  Bear in mind, Bob is 6'0 and 250 in this picture:

Granted , Kovacs looks decent in this shot and is bigger, but who has a better PHYSIQUE in that line up ???
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Scimowser on January 02, 2006, 01:27:26 PM
kovacs has freakish genetics, mass wise he is up there with anyone you will ever see. Strength wise he is/was so far ahead of the pack its silly. If he had only used his head in making a career decision he could have made a killing from using his strength and broken alot of records
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: LeePriestLover on January 02, 2006, 01:37:06 PM
His physique may look like garbage but he was a strong dude.

Guess you didn't see Cost of Redemtpion with Ronnie Coleman where he does more than 2300. 
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Scimowser on January 02, 2006, 01:43:51 PM
im not discrediting ronnie, and i know alot will say it was because his legs are so big etc etc, but ronnies ROM wasnt exactly stellar was it? Credit to the man for doing it though
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Howard on January 02, 2006, 02:05:08 PM
No doubt Kovacs is a BIG strong guy but after Ed Coad shut him up with his power challenge I am going to cast his lift claims in the hall of urban bodybuilding legends.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Double XL on January 02, 2006, 02:23:07 PM
I'm downloading his video right now!
WHERE?
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 02, 2006, 02:31:57 PM
kovacs has freakish genetics, mass wise he is up there with anyone you will ever see. Strength wise he is/was so far ahead of the pack its silly. If he had only used his head in making a career decision he could have made a killing from using his strength and broken alot of records

  I agree, bro. Kovacs strengh is just ridiculously obscene. I once saw this pic, of him, doing incline dumbbell presses with 300 lbs dumbbells. Not 200, but 300 lbs dumbbells. He did nine full reps, with that weight. Coleman, conversely, does this same exercide, for these same number of reps, with 200 lbs dumbbells. He has done eight reps, on the incline smith machine, with seven plates a side! How about military presses, with five plates a side, for ten reps?

  I have seen Kovacs at 440 lbs, having a bodyfat of no more than about 12%. I've seen him, IN PERSON! do any of you guys remember when Kovacs did the Night of Champions, at 360 lbs? He was holding water, but his bodyfat was definitely in the single-digit area. Compared to Kovacs, Ronnie ain't nothing but a peanut ;D. I still remember the reaction of the crowd, when Kovacs stepped onstage, at the Night of Champions:


SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Bluto on January 02, 2006, 02:32:59 PM
WHERE?

THE INTERNET!
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Scimowser on January 02, 2006, 03:00:16 PM
i had to read that 3 times just to make sure - 300lb dumbbells! Even Greg cant be that strong. Ive seen pics of him benching 765 (real?) and if i recall correctly he was inclining 725 (probably just my imagination - im confused!) as well as using 120lb dumbbells for the preacher curl. But 300lb dumbbells surpasses anything i have ever seen.

Which brings to mind kamalis claim about deadlifting 765 and using 300lb dumbbells for rows. His proof? A pic of him holding a 300lb dumbbell not far from the floor! Gimme a break you fukkin retard! Ronnie C can use a 300 for 6-8 reps ive heard though. And Milos Sarcev said is a Flex article (genuine?) the only person he has ever seen better Ronnie for power on the rows is Brock Lesnar
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 02, 2006, 03:11:07 PM
  Yeah, but not pro material...

SUCKMYMUSCLE

He could be this guy for all we know..
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: sarcasm on January 02, 2006, 03:12:46 PM
i had to read that 3 times just to make sure - 300lb dumbbells! Even Greg cant be that strong. Ive seen pics of him benching 765 (real?) and if i recall correctly he was inclining 725 (probably just my imagination - im confused!) as well as using 120lb dumbbells for the preacher curl. But 300lb dumbbells surpasses anything i have ever seen.

Which brings to mind kamalis claim about deadlifting 765 and using 300lb dumbbells for rows. His proof? A pic of him holding a 300lb dumbbell not far from the floor! Gimme a break you fukkin retard! Ronnie C can use a 300 for 6-8 reps ive heard though. And Milos Sarcev said is a Flex article (genuine?) the only person he has ever seen better Ronnie for power on the rows is Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar, hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! his arms look all of 17 inches and his legs look 22.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: haider on January 02, 2006, 03:13:23 PM
  I agree, bro. Kovacs strengh is just ridiculously obscene. I once saw this pic, of him, doing incline dumbbell presses with 300 lbs dumbbells. Not 200, but 300 lbs dumbbells. He did nine full reps, with that weight. Coleman, conversely, does this same exercide, for these same number of reps, with 200 lbs dumbbells. He has done eight reps, on the incline smith machine, with seven plates a side! How about military presses, with five plates a side, for ten reps? :o 

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Please tell me you dont really believe that pic was real !
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 02, 2006, 04:45:45 PM
And Milos Sarcev said is a Flex article (genuine?) the only person he has ever seen better Ronnie for power on the rows is Brock Lesnar

hahah. Yeah right.. Brock doing F5 on Ronnie
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Farcry on January 02, 2006, 05:06:00 PM
i wanna see a video of kovacs deadlifting or squatting 800 pounds  Until then i say ronnie is stronger and 1000x bodybuilder he can ever be
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: flexfan on January 02, 2006, 05:40:18 PM
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=50284.0;id=51476;image)

I hate leg presses that are structured like that. I want a straight foot platform, not two levels. I never understood why people would design a leg press like that.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 02, 2006, 07:04:05 PM
Please tell me you dont really believe that pic was real !

  That pic was real. Peter McGough confirmed it.

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 02, 2006, 07:07:59 PM
i had to read that 3 times just to make sure - 300lb dumbbells! Even Greg cant be that strong. Ive seen pics of him benching 765 (real?) and if i recall correctly he was inclining 725 (probably just my imagination - im confused!) as well as using 120lb dumbbells for the preacher curl. But 300lb dumbbells surpasses anything i have ever seen.

Which brings to mind kamalis claim about deadlifting 765 and using 300lb dumbbells for rows. His proof? A pic of him holding a 300lb dumbbell not far from the floor! Gimme a break you fukkin retard! Ronnie C can use a 300 for 6-8 reps ive heard though. And Milos Sarcev said is a Flex article (genuine?) the only person he has ever seen better Ronnie for power on the rows is Brock Lesnar

  Listen, dumb bitch, before you call me a retard, understand the subject you're talking about. Both Jim Schmaltz and Peter McGough confirmed that Greg inclined press those dumbbells. Does this mean Greg is a better bodybuilder than Ronnie, or even a good bodybuilder? No, he is a terrible bodybuilder. Yet, when it comes to sheere strengh, he's an invincible titan. Kovacs can take Ronnie on any exercise, except on the dead-lift, at which Ronnie and Kovacs are comparable.

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 02, 2006, 07:09:29 PM
Kovacs can take Ronnie on any exercise, except on the dead-lift, at which Ronnie and Kovacs are comparable.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

in terms of workout strength but in physique wise, Kovac is Ronnie's little bitch
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: gordiano on January 02, 2006, 07:13:15 PM
 :-X
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 02, 2006, 07:44:32 PM
in terms of workout strength but in physique wise, Kovac is Ronnie's little bitch

  Not arguing with that. As a bodybuilder, Ronnie rapes Kovacs in the pooper. ;)

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: haider on January 02, 2006, 08:18:22 PM
  Listen, dumb bitch, before you call me a retard, understand the subject you're talking about. Both Jim Schmaltz and Peter McGough confirmed that Greg inclined press those dumbbells. Does this mean Greg is a better bodybuilder than Ronnie, or even a good bodybuilder? No, he is a terrible bodybuilder. Yet, when it comes to sheere strengh, he's an invincible titan. Kovacs can take Ronnie on any exercise, except on the dead-lift, at which Ronnie and Kovacs are comparable.

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Thats too hard to beleive, come on ! Inclining the 300's?? Has anyone ever even inclined 600 on the BB Bench?
I gotta call some serious bullshit on that, nothing personal though. I think u oughtta put in context the enormous hype created around Grg kovacs back in the day(or so I have read, I havent been following bb'ing for too long)
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 02, 2006, 08:56:21 PM
Thats too hard to beleive, come on ! Inclining the 300's?? Has anyone ever even inclined 600 on the BB Bench?
I gotta call some serious bullshit on that, nothing personal though. I think u oughtta put in context the enormous hype created around Grg kovacs back in the day(or so I have read, I havent been following bb'ing for too long)

  Dude, I've seen Kovacs in person. His size...unfuckingbelievab le. :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Bluto on January 03, 2006, 04:05:00 AM
In his video he's not near 20 reps, he's doing 8 or 9 on the legpress. And I count to 10  plates per side +  6 per side over the front.

Now the video is pretty low quality, but there's no 20 reps, and there's no ton of weight there that's for sure.

After that he do machine hacksquats, 6 plates per side for 14 or 15 reps.

Also his training partner got a really annoying voice  >:(
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 03, 2006, 04:07:08 AM
  Not arguing with that. As a bodybuilder, Ronnie rapes Kovacs in the pooper. ;)

SUCKMYMUSCLE

not only in the pooper, Ronnie poops on Kovac after the rape
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 03, 2006, 04:07:57 AM
Result of 2000 pounds of leg press.

Awesome quad development I must say
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Oliver Klaushof on January 03, 2006, 04:11:28 AM
He looks like Frankenstein. Photoshop anyone?
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Bluto on January 03, 2006, 04:12:45 AM
I'm not going near this thread again if you don't stop posting those pictures!  >:(
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: IceCold on January 03, 2006, 05:32:54 AM
where have jim manion or peter mcgough ever stated that they saw kovacs use 300 lbs. for presses???


we all know how big kovacs is but everyone who seems him talks just as much about his gut than his size.


there are so many claims about kovacs, mostly due from muscletech about his strength, but yet they are never proven.


acutally a few years back, 2000 or 2001, ed coan challenged kovacs, despite being 100 lbs. less than him.  kovacs backed out.  people got tired of the claims and him not proving it.  eventually, he just bc a laughing stock.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Bronx on January 03, 2006, 06:18:58 AM
Apparently there are a TON of bodybuilding newbies on this board now....nobody in the history of bodybuilding ever said Greg was a good bodybuilder....he has however ALWAYS been pound for pound one of the strongest guys ever. You can all go on and on about camera tricks and Ronnies lifts....but until you saw him in the gym in person lifting the most insane weight in your life...you can't say much. And he didn't do little half reps or only do 4 reps per exercise...we're talking 5 plate inclines for like 15 to 20 reps sometimes. Hate on him all you want for how he looks now....but he would crush every single guy on this board and pretty much 90% of every pro bodybuilder there has ever been. Greg is a great guy, but unfortunetaly easily influenced by others and by trying to live up to the hype that was created...to a fault.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Zugzwang on January 03, 2006, 06:25:29 AM
Quote from: Someone
Isn't  a ton 2200 lbs. Shame it doesn't show his ROM, for all we know he could be moving 2 inches

Ronnie did 2300 for 8 after squating like 800 lbs. Aint nuttin but a peanut.

Ronnie's ROM in that press is about half of what Yates does in Blood and Guts. What's Ronnie doing, about 7-8 inches? Ronnie lifts some enormous weights but his reps are nearly always partials - chest, squats, or whatever. If you don't believe me, take another look at The Cost of Redemption. If clearly works for him, but while he goes to parallel in the squat during that 800 lbs (or all the other sets), he doesn't stand up much at all. Same for the bench - he never pushes out completely, only about 50-60 per cent of the way. Evidently that keeps the pressure on the muscle in the key part of the move, but it's hardly textbook. Lou Ferrigno did the same exact thing.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Scimowser on January 03, 2006, 08:30:05 AM
  Listen, dumb bitch, before you call me a retard, understand the subject you're talking about. Both Jim Schmaltz and Peter McGough confirmed that Greg inclined press those dumbbells. Does this mean Greg is a better bodybuilder than Ronnie, or even a good bodybuilder? No, he is a terrible bodybuilder. Yet, when it comes to sheere strengh, he's an invincible titan. Kovacs can take Ronnie on any exercise, except on the dead-lift, at which Ronnie and Kovacs are comparable.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

hold on you complete fucking idiot, i was saying it in a sense of awe, not questioning the validity of the story. Shut your fucking mouth next time you want to show as much intelligence as a blister on a monkeys arsehole.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 03, 2006, 12:27:33 PM
hold on you complete fucking idiot, i was saying it in a sense of awe, not questioning the validity of the story. Shut your fucking mouth next time you want to show as much intelligence as a blister on a monkeys arsehole.

  Yeah, monkey's asshole...you're confusing me with your relatives. ;D

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: GigantorX on January 03, 2006, 12:52:37 PM
Kovacs always had an awkward structure, he just seemed to be wide and huge all over. I remember looking at photos of hime from some of my old Flex magazines Muscletech adds. He was a friggin' monster, but the only time he really ever competed seriously was when he got his pro card in canada and the NOC, one time at the Arnold etc. He always looked his best not in "contest" shape, he was just gigantic. That picture of him was in some of those adds BTW and those costum made 225 lb dumbells were featured in Flex as well. Even though he looks like utter hell now, he was one of the stongest, if not the strongest pro-BB out there, no question about it.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: sarcasm on January 03, 2006, 03:50:32 PM
i remember a pic of him in a Muscletech ad from like 6 or 7 years ago where he's sitting with his back to the camera wearing a ballcap backward and his back looked inhuman in both thickness and width.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: GMCtrk on January 03, 2006, 04:48:50 PM
Ronnie's ROM in that press is about half of what Yates does in Blood and Guts. What's Ronnie doing, about 7-8 inches? Ronnie lifts some enormous weights but his reps are nearly always partials - chest, squats, or whatever. If you don't believe me, take another look at The Cost of Redemption. If clearly works for him, but while he goes to parallel in the squat during that 800 lbs (or all the other sets), he doesn't stand up much at all. Same for the bench - he never pushes out completely, only about 50-60 per cent of the way. Evidently that keeps the pressure on the muscle in the key part of the move, but it's hardly textbook. Lou Ferrigno did the same exact thing.

When you are pressing a 200lbs DB you can take it down any freaking lower than Ronnie does do due the sheer size of the DB. Also, Ronnie's style of training where he never locksout is also much harder than a "normal" lift, you try it, you wear out much much faster
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: haider on January 03, 2006, 04:50:05 PM
  Dude, I've seen Kovacs in person. His size...unfuckingbelievab le. :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

SUCKMYMUSCLE
ok..but make sure to be a little skeptical next time you read a muscletech ad  :P
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 03, 2006, 05:35:02 PM
ok..but make sure to be a little skeptical next time you read a muscletech ad  :P

  Thanks for the warning, dad. ::)

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: haider on January 03, 2006, 06:03:22 PM
..joke, you need to take a chill pill bro.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: HRDCOR on January 03, 2006, 06:15:00 PM
Don't give a toss how strong he was or is I remember seeing him coming down the stairs backstage at the NOC years ago and every one just stopping and steering at the huge abscess he had on his shoulder, it was so prominant he looked if he had a delt that looked like a triangle, I thought to myself then , dude you may be a big fucker but you look like shit,so all that strength meant nothing really---- especially if i could have bet him !!!!
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 03, 2006, 06:24:53 PM
..joke, you need to take a chill pill bro.

  I knew you were joking. ;)

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 03, 2006, 07:32:24 PM
  I knew you were joking. ;)

SUCKMYMUSCLE

careful, he's a Pakis
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 03, 2006, 09:07:19 PM
careful, he's a Pakis

   :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o ;D

SUCKMYMUSCLE




Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: haider on January 03, 2006, 09:15:38 PM
Yup, Paki Terrorist  8)
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 03, 2006, 10:02:35 PM
  Back to the subject of Kovacs:Strongest being ever, or just the strongest HUMAN being? ;D

SUCKMYMUSCLE

Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: phyxsius on January 04, 2006, 04:06:50 AM
  Back to the subject of Kovacs:Strongest being ever, or just the strongest HUMAN being? ;D

SUCKMYMUSCLE



Neither, he's just a strong bloke who made a fool of himself on the bodybuilding stage
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: benchthis on June 27, 2007, 11:20:15 PM
bump to bring this thread to life for no reason
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: WillRiker on June 28, 2007, 03:22:36 AM
When you are pressing a 200lbs DB you can take it down any freaking lower than Ronnie does do due the sheer size of the DB. Also, Ronnie's style of training where he never locksout is also much harder than a "normal" lift, you try it, you wear out much much faster

Not locking out is not harder than locking out, I can do more reps on the incline press 'Ronnie' Style than 'Dorian' Style (full range of motion)

Ronnie still trains like an animal in the gym!
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: local hero on June 28, 2007, 04:14:48 AM
you all like to knock dorian, but his training was spot on, every rep perfect
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: bmacsys on June 28, 2007, 04:32:59 AM
  Kovacs makes Ronnie look like a peanut. I've seen a picture of Kovacs at 440 lbs, with average bodyfat. :o :o :o

SUCKMYMUSCLE


440 at 6'2" with average bodyfat? For being so smart you must really believe anything you read. Just think about it for a second. He was 440 like he flat benched 715 for a triple. ::)
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Playboy on June 28, 2007, 04:41:34 AM
There was a time Kovacs looked half decent as a bodybuilder.


Yup.....1996 to be exact...here we are now 11 years later....Show pics of him now....as for his 2200 leg press, every single pro bbdr pretty much does that. Hell, Ronnie does 2300 for 8 clean reps. JP Fux was a bull in his day too. Same with Dorian. Lots of guys threw that kind of weight around, not just Kovacs.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Playboy on June 28, 2007, 04:44:29 AM
  Dude, Kovacs could break the records in the bench, dead and squat, if he wanted to. He's got terrible genetics for bodybuilding, but he is built like a gorilla. He warms up with the weights Ronnie uses for his heavy sets. No shit.

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Don't believe everything you read especially in Muscle Mag and everything you hear.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: rccs on June 28, 2007, 04:50:06 AM
Kovacs strength is nothing but a pure muscletech invention... Is lifts were never proven!!!
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Rudee on June 28, 2007, 10:52:06 AM
  I agree, bro. Kovacs strengh is just ridiculously obscene. I once saw this pic, of him, doing incline dumbbell presses with 300 lbs dumbbells. Not 200, but 300 lbs dumbbells. He did nine full reps, with that weight.

SUCKMYMUSCLE


300lb dumbell presses for nine full reps?   Interesting how you can count reps by looking at a picture.   ::)
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: body88 on June 28, 2007, 11:04:44 AM
Don't give a toss how strong he was or is I remember seeing him coming down the stairs backstage at the NOC years ago and every one just stopping and steering at the huge abscess he had on his shoulder, it was so prominant he looked if he had a delt that looked like a triangle, I thought to myself then , dude you may be a big fucker but you look like shit,so all that strength meant nothing really---- especially if i could have bet him !!!!

It has been said about 500 times in this thread that Kovacs is a disgusting piece of turtle shat. The whole point is he is a disgusting piece of turtle shat that is strong as all hell.

Kovacs sported a triangle delt for you bitches!
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: BEAST 8692 on June 28, 2007, 11:12:34 AM
what about that ancient guy (70 + years) repping over 1000 like it was no problem. probably because it wasn't.

leg press poundages really are redundant. the rom varies so much and there are so many variables (how you place the feet, lever off the machine, etc) it's not even worth mentioning.

if you get good results from it, great, but forget about poundages, they don't mean shit on this thing, seriously.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: willie mosconi on June 28, 2007, 11:49:00 AM
what about that ancient guy (70 + years) repping over 1000 like it was no problem. probably because it wasn't.

leg press poundages really are redundant. the rom varies so much and there are so many variables (how you place the feet, lever off the machine, etc) it's not even worth mentioning.

if you get good results from it, great, but forget about poundages, they don't mean shit on this thing, seriously.

I agree completely

it is a great exercise if you find a good machine, but the weight is pretty much irrelevant
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Master Blaster on June 28, 2007, 11:51:49 AM

300lb dumbell presses for nine full reps?   Interesting how you can count reps by looking at a picture.   ::)

Dude, that picture was in a MuscleTech ad! Those guys in white lab coats standing next to him were doing the counting.  ;D
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Playboy on June 28, 2007, 11:55:59 AM
Kovacs' workout = all cables & machines and ZERO free weights.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: HalloweenMan on June 28, 2007, 12:08:16 PM
someone post the pic of him holding the 2 200lb dbs    i always thought that was a cool pic.  doesnt prove anything but it is a cool pic. 
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: benchthis on June 28, 2007, 11:59:20 PM
if he trained for it do you believe Greg could of competed in wsm or in powerlifting and been successful
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: benchthis on June 29, 2007, 12:00:14 AM
successful as in as popular as a mariuz or kaz
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: mesmorph78 on June 29, 2007, 12:26:07 AM
Look at him dwarfing Mustafa and Bob.   :o

Even if they have more actual muscle built on their frames, Greg is still considerably larger.  Bear in mind, Bob is 6'0 and 250 in this picture:
kovacks isnt dwarving anyone in this pice he is just taller..
he outweighs them by 20 or 30 lbs..
and their arms and legs are like nearly twice the size of his...
the ony thing bigger on his phsique is his midsection..
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: BEAST 8692 on June 29, 2007, 01:07:01 AM
kovacks isnt dwarving anyone in this pice he is just taller..
he outweighs them by 20 or 30 lbs..
and their arms and legs are like nearly twice the size of his...
the ony thing bigger on his phsique is his midsection..


from the waist down (well, actually, make that the lower pec line. i'm trying to ignore that whole mess)you are right, but kovacs appears much thicker and more dense through the upper torso, delts and arms in that pic.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: donthate1 on June 29, 2007, 07:10:25 AM
:-X

That poor bastard looks like SHIT!!!  GIVE IT UP!  ??? ???
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Bronx on June 29, 2007, 07:28:07 AM
Kovacs strength is nothing but a pure muscletech invention... Is lifts were never proven!!!

Ha...apparently nobody from here ever hung in golds and watched him train...MuscleTech cant fake a regular workout on a regular day when there are no cameras and he is training alone. The saddest part about this thread is how everyone is tearing the poor guy apart, but he is just a quiet guy that took the wrong advice and listened to the wrong people. Oh well, hopefully lesson learned.


Probably not.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: BEAST 8692 on June 29, 2007, 10:19:52 AM
Ha...apparently nobody from here ever hung in golds and watched him train...MuscleTech cant fake a regular workout on a regular day when there are no cameras and he is training alone. The saddest part about this thread is how everyone is tearing the poor guy apart, but he is just a quiet guy that took the wrong advice and listened to the wrong people. Oh well, hopefully lesson learned.


Probably not.

he's got no one to blame but himself any way you cut it.

i'm so sick of the 'bad advice' bullshit excuse.

the guy told lies and embellished everything about his size, weight and training weights.

yes he was very strong but he's a lying sack of shit that has NEVER backed up a single claim. he's almost as bad as adonis.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: dearth on June 29, 2007, 10:38:19 AM
Apparently there are a TON of bodybuilding newbies on this board now....nobody in the history of bodybuilding ever said Greg was a good bodybuilder....he has however ALWAYS been pound for pound one of the strongest guys ever. You can all go on and on about camera tricks and Ronnies lifts....but until you saw him in the gym in person lifting the most insane weight in your life...you can't say much. And he didn't do little half reps or only do 4 reps per exercise...we're talking 5 plate inclines for like 15 to 20 reps sometimes. Hate on him all you want for how he looks now....but he would crush every single guy on this board and pretty much 90% of every pro bodybuilder there has ever been. Greg is a great guy, but unfortunetaly easily influenced by others and by trying to live up to the hype that was created...to a fault.

Apparently you beleived the muscletech ads featuring him as the "worlds strongest bodybuilder".

btw - he never used cell tech which supposedly made him 1600% stronger
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: michael arvilla on June 29, 2007, 10:54:55 AM
I remember years ago while attending the MR OLYMPIA Greg walked by
nobody and i mean nobody was bigger/huge than this guy!
people had there mouths wide open in awe
whatever he looked like onstage...............in a tank-top he was friggen huge!

(at the time he has his head shaved bald which only made he look bigger/more menacing)

he was a big SOB
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: CQ on June 29, 2007, 11:45:30 AM
Last show I saw Greg in was the ASC, and he really was a sight to behold and not in a good way. It was actually painful to watch him, and I am not just trying to be cruel when I say many in the audience cringed when he was onstage.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: rick brophy on June 29, 2007, 04:59:28 PM
so what the hell happened to him exactly? anyone got current pics or anything semi-recent?
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: davidpaul on June 29, 2007, 05:04:16 PM
so what the hell happened to him exactly? anyone got current pics or anything semi-recent?

He was signed by K1 fighting in Japan (MMA), he has a boxing background and was trained by the same guy who trained Tommy Morrison. He has a fight lined up with non other than Bob Sapp soon, details to be finalised. Expect Kovacs to be around 360-375 pounds.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: Kegdrainer on June 29, 2007, 06:36:07 PM
He was signed by K1 fighting in Japan (MMA), he has a boxing background and was trained by the same guy who trained Tommy Morrison. He has a fight lined up with non other than Bob Sapp soon, details to be finalised. Expect Kovacs to be around 360-375 pounds.

sapp is going to murder him.
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: 3Dkiller on June 29, 2007, 06:44:30 PM
now he's garbage
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: rick brophy on June 29, 2007, 10:56:43 PM
i want a legitimate answer of why he quit bodybuilding ( seemingly ).
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: D_1000 on June 30, 2007, 12:29:52 AM
i want a legitimate answer of why he quit bodybuilding ( seemingly ).

Let me take a guess:

- How long can you afford to be an also-ran?
- How long will your sponsors support you?
- If you continue it any longer, how likely is it to find something else to pay the bills?
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: D_1000 on June 30, 2007, 12:31:36 AM
Competition history:

1996 - NPC Canadian National Championships, 1st
1997 - IFBB Night of Champions, 16th
1998 - IFBB Ironman Pro Invitational, 16th
2001 - IFBB Night of Champions, Did not place
2003 - Arnold Classic, 13th
2004 - Arnold Classic, 13th
2005 - Toronto Pro Invitational, Did not place
Title: Re: Greg Kovacs Leg Pressing over a Ton for 20 reps
Post by: rick brophy on June 30, 2007, 12:47:32 AM
Let me take a guess:

- How long can you afford to be an also-ran?
- How long will your sponsors support you?
- If you continue it any longer, how likely is it to find something else to pay the bills?

i assumed all of that, i'd just like to know if anyone knows exactly what he is doing and how he bowed out from the scene.