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For me it would have to be Bill Kazmaier. I remember Sunday mornings me and my dad would watch worlds strongest man together. Bill stood out not only for his strength that blew the competition away but also his physique. I remember him clean and pressing a 350lb log in one motion like it was nothing while everyone else struggled with lighter logs. Dude was a freak.
I was introduced to lifting through football but Kaz remained my inspiration.
Next would be big Ron. I bought his DVD the cost of redemption as soon as it was released. Big Ron introduced me to front squats and walking lunges which are a mainstay in my leg workouts till this day.
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As a kid "Masters Of The Universe" and later Ronnie "The Unbelievable".
Even people who had never lifted any weights previously were keen on pumping up after seeing Colman in his prime... it was crazy.
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As a kid "Masters Of The Universe" and later Ronnie "The Unbelievable".
Even people who had never lifted any weights previously were keen on pumping up after seeing Colman in his prime... it was crazy.
You know I now hear lots of random people say "yeah buddy". People that don't even lift. I wonder if Big Ron started that?
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Poontang.
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Triple H. Back around 2000 when he changed his persona, got bigger and more ripped. I wanted to look like that.
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Triple H. Back around 2000 when he changed his persona, got bigger and more ripped. I wanted to look like that.
I still remember him as that small bum hunter germs helmsley. Lol that dude didn't even look like he lifted then he blew up.
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exactly the same as me.... was the strong man that got me into lifting, i was more for jon pol and then gary taylor.. that was the kind of physique i admired back then, big thick n powerfull
starting off i couldnt give a fuck about abbs etc, just wanted big arms, legs etc
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Jon Pall was a badass. Strong, intense and had a great physique.
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Dad took me to the 69 olympia. Still remember everyone cheering for sergio and then suddenly something happened and the crowd started chanting arnold's name. ;D
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A teenage Thin Lizzy saw Mentzer on a magazine cover and said, "I wanna look like that guy!"
Never quite got there but when you set the bar high, even if you fail you end up doing pretty good.
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Rich Gaspari. Back when I was about 14 I was watching a show called "Wide World of Sports" and they played Rich Gaspari's posing routine from the Olympia. I am pretty sure the youtube clip I posted is the very one that started me lifting. At that stage in my life I had never heard of bodybuilding, let alone seen one.
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A teenage Thin Lizzy saw Mentzer on a magazine cover and said, "I wanna look like that guy!"
Never quite got there but when you set the bar high, even if you fail you end up doing pretty good.
(http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/jpeg/f352414d7dffcba5930ec25ab67deeb667b14d.jpg)
Not to mention large cock leaning to the left.
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For most Getbiggers Richard Simmons started it all!
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For most Getbiggers Richard Simmons started it all!
No bs I used to do those Richard Simmons tapes with my mom. Lol we only had 1 tv in the house so I had to find entertainment in whatever was on.
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first time I saw an Arnold movie when I was a little kid
thought he looked like a real life super hero
ive been failing to look like that ever since
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Rich Gaspari. Back when I was about 14 I was watching a show called "Wide World of Sports" and they played Rich Gaspari's posing routine from the Olympia. I am pretty sure the youtube clip I posted is the very one that started me lifting. At that stage in my life I had never heard of bodybuilding, let alone seen one.
I remember when Rich Gaspari was in his prime a guy I worked with a guy who trained with him sometimes. One day I came out of work and I saw my friend Mike in the parking lot with Rich Gaspari. Rich was wearing shorts and his thighs looked liked skinned dinosaur legs. Mike was really into steroids but as far as I knew only competed a few times. He was into steroids just to have muscles and he used recreational drugs to get high. He got fired from the job for some reason and we lost contact. The last time I heard anything about him was in a newspaper. He was was found dead in an alley of unknown causes at around 37 years of age. He lived fast and he lived large. He just didn't live long.
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Rich Gaspari. Back when I was about 14 I was watching a show called "Wide World of Sports" and they played Rich Gaspari's posing routine from the Olympia. I am pretty sure the youtube clip I posted is the very one that started me lifting. At that stage in my life I had never heard of bodybuilding, let alone seen one.
Haha - love it.
"It's my life, it's my destiny"... the lost art of 80ies inspired motivation. Uplifting.
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Rollins, duh. There's another answer to this question?
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/2518747/Henry+Rollins+henryrollinscolour02.jpg)
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For me it would have to be Bill Kazmaier. I remember Sunday mornings me and my dad would watch worlds strongest man together. Bill stood out not only for his strength that blew the competition away but also his physique. I remember him clean and pressing a 350lb log in one motion like it was nothing while everyone else struggled with lighter logs. Dude was a freak.
I was introduced to lifting through football but Kaz remained my inspiration.
Next would be big Ron. I bought his DVD the cost of redemption as soon as it was released. Big Ron introduced me to front squats and walking lunges which are a mainstay in my leg workouts till this day.
So you have a fetish for bear types?
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20 years ago, That picture of Tom platz doing leg extensions.
Thanks for fucking up my life platz! >:(
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TOM PLATZ & ARNOLD
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Without a doubt, I was influenced by the action heros of my youth, Arnold and Big Lou. He-man and superman comics were also highly influential.
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Saw Pumping Iron in Philly when it came out! Was already working out a few days a week! Pumping Iron motivated the hell out of me!
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Haha - love it.
"It's my life, it's my destiny"... the lost art of 80ies inspired motivation. Uplifting.
one of the densest ,hard,ripped,builds for a guy 21/22 and peaked 25 ,that 5 yrs he was awesome with not the great genetic base as haney and others but he worked hard/drugged and made it happen.
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even though hogan isnt impressive by todays standards seeing him as a kid i remember thinking this guy has it figured out
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There weren't many role models for large Asian (or half Asian) kids in the 70's. Bruce was awesome but he was little and I knew I was never going to be anything like him.
I wanted to be Bolo.
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Actually playing football in high school.not one individual.
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Rollins, duh. There's another answer to this question?
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/2518747/Henry+Rollins+henryrollinscolour02.jpg)
Solid answer.
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I was walking through the bushes when i heard a huge roar and there was a big female gorilla staring at me, i felt a shiver rushed through my spine and the gorilla lift me up and took me back to the cave, but there was a male gorilla in the cave and he jumped at me and i ran out the cave screaming, since that day i was inspired to get big and strong and i am lifting hard to one day go back to that cave and claim what is mine.
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Arnie and Sly. I wanted to be a boxer like Rocky and have a body like John Matrix
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Steve Reeves
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Arnie and Sly. I wanted to be a boxer like Rocky and have a body like John Matrix
GOOD COMBO.HE WAS IN GREAT SHAPE FOR COMMANDO AND CLOSE IN PREDATOR ,GOOD LOOK IN THOSE 2..HE WAS SHREDDED IN THE OPENING SCENE RED HEAT.
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one of the densest ,hard,ripped,builds for a guy 21/22 and peaked 25 ,that 5 yrs he was awesome with not the great genetic base as haney and others but he worked hard/drugged and made it happen.
;D
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Between Wide World of Sports and the WSM events they covered and Arnold in just about anything in the early 80's, that was enough. I knew I was never gonna get shredded like the 80's BB's but I figured I could strong.
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peter andre inspired me.
the video "beautiful girl" was the initial spark.,the rest,as they say,is history
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Matt Kroc
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Arnold, pro wrasslin and big boobies
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;D
rich being a jersey guy was def cool.he was talked about in the gyms in late 80's in my neck woods..
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rich being a jersey guy was def cool.he was talked about in the gyms in late 80's in my neck woods..
Yeah, same here. Gaspari was my favorite.
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rich being a jersey guy was def cool.he was talked about in the gyms in late 80's in my neck woods..
A bbing hotbed right there!
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A bbing hotbed right there!
DUDE I can reminince for a bit with a long summary 89/92 of some good stuff.maybe i'll add some stuff,grace jujitsu bber who posts here trained at one of the greatest bbing gym's kempers diamond gym they had the best of the best there.
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DUDE I can reminince for a bit with a long summary 89/92 of some good stuff.maybe i'll add some stuff,grace jujitsu bber who posts here trained at one of the greatest bbing gym's kempers diamond gym they had the best of the best there.
Didn't joe piscopo aka bob chick's twin have gyms out there around your area?? ...dude was big into bbing no?
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one day when i was 16 bigger brother left a dumbell at home. Did biceps curls in his room for the first time when he wasnt there. I was extremely anxious at the time and it somehwat allowed me to release stress and feel better, never stopped since then. And voila.
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Didn't joe piscopo aka bob chick's twin have gyms out there around your area?? ...dude was big into bbing no?
HE MIGHT HAVE NOT SURE ,I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED I THINK,HE WAS RIPPED FOR A WHILE.
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HE MIGHT HAVE NOT SURE ,I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED I THINK,HE WAS RIPPED FOR A WHILE.
of all people only I would bring in joe friggin piscopo into the conversation ;D
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Didn't want to get flamed on getbig
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Between Wide World of Sports and the WSM events they covered and Arnold in just about anything in the early 80's, that was enough. I knew I was never gonna get shredded like the 80's BB's but I figured I could strong.
I watched this with my dad when I was very young and it definitely contributed to me wanting to train later on. I did it for sports but also found it made me feel good overall.
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I inspired myself. I'm that badass.
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The ORIGINAL priniting of "Education of a Bodybuilder" read it when I was 12. Still have it somewhere.
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I remember one day, a local bodybuilding competinioner eating at a restaurant looking reaaaly huge in my eyes.
I was there with my mom and dad, and they point him to me as an example of eating healthy (he had a large green salad and a chicken breast), because i didn't like vegetables.
That was the first imag that impress me. An then of course a big picture of Arnold that i found in my cousin's staff and toke it to my room.
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Didn't joe piscopo aka bob chick's twin have gyms out there around your area?? ...dude was big into bbing no?
He lent his name to a charity gym for a number of years, "Jersey Joe's". His brother owns a martial arts center, but I'm not sure if Joe has a piece of it.
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VanDamme
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He lent his name to a charity gym for a number of years, "Jersey Joe's". His brother owns a martial arts center, but I'm not sure if Joe has a piece of it.
I see.
They even had the guy pimping supplements...
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I need to get me some of this "phase 1"...sounds incredible!!
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Is he dead yet?
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btw it's the third time this year this thread pops up.
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two watches? all he is left with now is the synthol, all the steroid an training induced muscle has disapeared, and obviously he keeps pumping more synthol the more the muscle mass melts. Dont tell me the docs that treat, follow him still havent found out what he puts in his bodY?
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two watches? all he is left with now is the synthol, all the steroid an training induced muscle has disapeared, and obviously he keeps pumping more synthol the more the muscle mass melts. Dont tell me the docs that treat, follow him still havent found out what he puts in his bodY?
TERRIBLE
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the Rocky II training montage inspired me way back when.
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what and why continue abusing your body and to look a mess .
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two watches?
One for the time....one for the time he has left.
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Arnold...and it all reality, chicks.
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is that not one of those watch phones on his wrist?
his recent photos remind me of the orange pedophile rapist off sin city
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this
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In order: Bruce Lee, Stallone, WWF wrestling watching all those as a child.
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I don't understand how his face got so small?
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Don't know exactly what inspired me to get into lifting but it was one of several things:
1. When I was maybe about 10 or 11 I saw an old Guinness Book of Records from 1982 or thereabouts and it had a picture of Arnold in it describing him as "the most perfectly developed man in the history of the world". I thought that was a pretty cool title to have.
2. Seeing an article in a crappy UK tabloid roughly around 1990 advertising the then brand new WBF and seeing Gary Strydom's picture.
3. Buying my first bodybuilding magazine (Muscle & Fitness) in late 1991.
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All the hot girls that I wanted to fuck.
That, and the movie Pumping Iron.
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for some reason it was these 2 ...
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It all started as a young kid watching He-man, Hercules, and Superman cartoons. I wanted to be strong. I was a huge wrestling fan during the era where most of the guys were big and ripped. Jimmy Superfly Snuka, Ricky Steamboat, The Road Warriors, Ivan Putski, Tony Atlas, Randy Savage, guys like that. I wanted to be big.
In junior high school, my older brother's good friend Alberto would chill at our house. He had about 15.75 arms that were peaked and looked huge to me at the time. He only weighed about 175 lbs in grade 11. He always brought some cute girl along with him. I wanted big arms.
A friend had a Flex magazine with Dorian Yates doing 150 lbs dumbell presses stating '150 lbs dumbell presses, will Yates dominate the 90s?' I was 18 at the time, had done conditioning and body weight exercises for sports, and thought with a bit of protein powder, and some dedicated training I would also hit 250 with 20 inch arms. No Getbig back then. Bought a weight set for 400 bucks, and trained like an animal. Very lucky not to sustain any serious injuries because I was doing some unsafe shit. I gained 2 inches on my arms and I was hooked!
Today I continue training over 22 years later. No person or image inspires me to train. I just like the feeling of being bigger and stronger then most. I'm addicted to it, and will train until the day I die. I want to be healthy, and full of energy.
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I wanted "wings" like Bruce.
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One for the time....one for the time he has left.
Oh man that was pretty good. Sad but good.
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two watches? all he is left with now is the synthol, all the steroid an training induced muscle has disapeared, and obviously he keeps pumping more synthol the more the muscle mass melts. Dont tell me the docs that treat, follow him still havent found out what he puts in his bodY?
I believe that's why he fails bloodwork when a kidney donor appears and is still on dialisis.
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I wanted "wings" like Bruce.
Me too. I recall looking in the mirror whem i was arlu d 6 or 7 at what I now know to be my ribs thinking I was developing the last/obliques he had. Those 2 days a week of tae kwon do were playing off. ;D
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Vagina
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The first exposure to bodybuilding I had was when I saw part of the 1979 Mr. Olympia on TV at my grandparents' house (the most boring place on earth) when visiting with my mom and sisters. I remember my dickish grandfather (R.I.P.) saying, "Look at all those smart guys." When Zane won he also made some comment about how he was surprised that the biggest guy didn't win. I remember being most impressed by Robby Robinson and his ridiculous v-taper.
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Later I saw and bought the Weider mag Muscle Power (I think it was called then) that had pics from the contest. It was the one that had Frank Zane's face on the cover. Because of my earlier interest, my mom bought me a barbell set with plastic, sand-filled weights and a crappy bench when I turned 13. I joined my first gym (a hole in the wall Nautilus gym) when I was about 14.
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Herakles
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