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Nobody ever talks about this guy. The only Mohamed I ever hear about is Mohammed Benaziza. Anyway, paying my respects to this little man!
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great build...sick forearms for his size..
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There's a specific look that only a schmoe can make. Joe had it down perfectly.
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There's a specific look that only a schmoe can make. Joe had it down perfectly.
Joe looked kind of badass back then. He sort of sported the 70's porn star photographer look.
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Nobody ever talks about this guy. The only Mohamed I ever hear about is Mohammed Benaziza. Anyway, paying my respects to this little man!
What about Mohammed Ali and Mohammed the pedo-profete ?
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Great Physique, Classic poser!
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I think this it the best he has ever looked. It was taken when he first broke on the scene.
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great build for a guy who was 4'2" tall and weighed 135
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I think this it the best he has ever looked. It was taken when he first broke on the scene.
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Sick wheels on Padilla there
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great build for a guy who was 4'2" tall and weighed 135
His true stats were 5'2"-5'4" and between 160-180 pounds.
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His true stats were 5'2"-5'4" and between 160-180 pounds.
160lbs
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He had sick forearms
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I think this it the best he has ever looked. It was taken when he first broke on the scene.
what about adolf zeigner as well no one ever talks about him. he is the one who introduced arnold s to vodka before going onstage to calm the nerves. mm worked with vince gironda when he went on one final run for the top titles but could neber make up for his lack of height.
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:o
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yah MM was really great. flawless
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tit of the tinies
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great build for a guy who was 4'2" tall and weighed 135
closer to 5 ft 2 and 160 pounds......a world class build and placed 2nd at the Olympia twice!!
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:)
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Back when bodybuilders actually posed properly:
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Incredible physique, and one of the best posers ever!!
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He had sick forearms
big forearms are gross.
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great arab genetics
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I had never heard of him until this thread.
What an incredibly beautiful physique.
How did this sport become what it is? It was so glorious. It's astounding what can be done with the human physique.
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Is Joe's fly open? What a schmoe. You can practically see the drool running down his mouth.
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=514478.0;attach=550919;image)
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Is Joe's fly open? What a schmoe. You can practically see the drool running down his mouth.
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=514478.0;attach=550919;image)
Hahaha holy shit. It is actually open. Surprised his little pecker wasn't poking out while standing right next to this beefcake. It should also be noted that the bad guy from No Country for Old Men is in the background.
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Looks like a midget.
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closer to 5 ft 2 and 160 pounds......a world class build and placed 2nd at the Olympia twice!!
Claimed to be 5'4". He was taller than 5'2"-5'3" Danny Padilla, who was the same height as Franco Columbo who claimed to be 5'5"!!! haha
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I had never heard of him until this thread.
What an incredibly beautiful physique.
How did this sport become what it is? It was so glorious. It's astounding what can be done with the human physique.
If you've never heard of him you're not really a bodybuilding fan. Hell, you're not really a female either so we shouldn't be suprised.
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He personally sold me the first protein powder I ever bought from his little store on Steeles Ave. in Toronto almost 25 years ago. I think the stuff was called "Huge." haha
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what about adolf zeigner as well no one ever talks about him. he is the one who introduced arnold s to vodka before going onstage to calm the nerves. mm worked with vince gironda when he went on one final run for the top titles but could neber make up for his lack of height.
yup. That's wen vg demanded mm stop all squatting. He also only allowed mm to do wider grip flat benches to the base of the neck and I think no direct hamstring work. Mm said he would sneak squats anyway.
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Is Joe's fly open? What a schmoe. You can practically see the drool running down his mouth.
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=514478.0;attach=550919;image)
If you look at his left front pocket you can see a condom joe was planning on using after the posing practice
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Hahaha holy shit. It is actually open. Surprised his little pecker wasn't poking out while standing right next to this beefcake. It should also be noted that the bad guy from No Country for Old Men is in the background.
That looks more like Ken "Dakota" Sprague, owner of Gold's Gym and homosexual porn star. Gross.
As for Makkawy, he is one of the all time greats and looks wider than Phil.
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Makkawy was a prick, but a good Gironda product. I was a meter from him in the mid 90's. Surprisingly short, maybe 5 ft 3. Still on gear and ripped but size wise not that impressive in a shirt.
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He knows how to strike a pose.
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lol @ the responses to the Joe pic
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Makkaway also had very good forearms for a man of his stature.
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Vince Gironda claimed in his book the wild physique that Makkawy would do 8sets of 8 reps on each exercise. Great build.
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Vince Gironda claimed in his book the wild physique that Makkawy would do 8sets of 8 reps on each exercise. Great build.
Yes, 8X8 = the secret
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HUGE back in the day for his height though, guys!!! Much respect...
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Vince Gironda claimed in his book the wild physique that Makkawy would do 8sets of 8 reps on each exercise. Great build.
yes i have the Book too....i do not believe much i read from some of the "Gurus" I know that when i bench, squat,Deadlift ...row i get stronger :D
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Shorter than Heath,but wider than heath!!
No Synthol,no GH,no Insulin,no gut.
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Great bodybuilder.
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Shorter than Heath,but wider than heath!!
No Synthol,no GH,no Insulin,no gut.
Old school BB WINS ;D
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I dont give a piss about him.
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I dont give a piss about him.
the man was truly one of the best ever to grace a stage!!
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Makkawy was a prick, but a good Gironda product. I was a meter from him in the mid 90's. Surprisingly short, maybe 5 ft 3. Still on gear and ripped but size wise not that impressive in a shirt.
Yeah, the mid 90's, which was far past his prime. If you had met an early 80's Makkawy, it would have been a different story.
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the man was truly one of the best ever to grace a stage!!
Imagine what could happen when Mr Nobody was pissing on that same stage.. ;D
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it's all about 8*8 training protocol and 36 raw eggs and tons of liver pills per day
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"calling them out in their country" -how come it was your country? you re only a bunch of worldwide hobos who killed indigens and proclaimed that the land was yours u filthy scum, it s no difference between the midget terrorist or the hobo terrorsists or founding fathers how u like to call the first criminals
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Whether it was the 90s or 80s the guy was an asshole. I met him as a university student with a few of my gym buddies. He had a muscle shop in a plaza in Toronto, Canada, 4 kilometers from my house. I had just purchased the Wild Physique from Bob Kennedy's shop in Toronto and figured why not see Makkawy. The guy placed runner up at the Olympia. Back then I was totally into bodybuilding. I worked as a bouncer on weekends, had 16 inch arms and thought I was diesel.
5 of us walk in. 1 black guy, 1 Asian guy, 2 whites, and an Indian guy. I told my gym buddies about this world famous bodybuilding legend. We get in and the place looks like crap. Half the shelves were empty, and it is obvious Makkawy is going out of business. The place has no design or interesting posters, nothing. Makkawy is behind the counter in a short sleeve shirt. The biceps shot out, and the forearms were big, and ripped. He looked very good and obviously juiced. Very short though, 5 ft 2 or 3. We all towered over him. His wife is in traditional Middle Eastern clothing, and not hot at all. As we enter I hear the word neegal come out of his mouth. He is talking to his wife in their language using North American slurs. The black guy didn't hear it. Toronto is multi cultural so such scenes were very rare and unexpected. While the others check the place out, I head right out to Makkawy and compliment his current condition. A few of his old bodybuilding trophies are under the glass counter. Uncleaned for over a decade they look like crap. His wife gets all excited that a fan recognizes him. He promptly shuts her up, and shouts at her in their own language. I hear the term chink, paki, neegal, and cracker. He then turns to me and smiles, like we didn't understand what he said.
I quickly understood why his business failed. No people skills, poor english, racism, and shitty prices. Oddly, he thanks me for the compliment about his physique. I pretty much told him he looked unchanged from 1982. I ask him about Vince Gironda who he describes as nice old man. His english was not very good. At this point my gym buddies are pissed. While I saw Makkawy as an Olympia 'hero' at the time, all they saw was a terrorist looking, short foreigner calling them out in their country. We all planned on getting 5 lbs of protein each, but just put it back and pretty much made every middle eastern terrorist joke at him. Makkawy couldn't say anything. He was much smaller then any of us, and was begging to be told off.
I got everyone out without further incident, and apologized for bringing them there. I never expected that response from an international bodybuilding champion. The following summer he entered some of European Grand Prix contests and placed dead last. Small, and smooth. Over the years I got reminded of the time I took the guys out to meet the midget terrorist, lol. After that I never admitted to being a fan of bodybuilding. The way some of these drug addicts act, it is just embarrassing. He did have one hell of a physique when he was working with Vince though. I'll give him that much.
I don't believe a word of this story.
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Imagine what could happen when Mr Nobody was pissing on that same stage.. ;D
;D
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God forbid the hero you have been masturbating to for 30 years is a jerk.
So he spoke in a foreign language ecxept for certain racial slurs which he uttered in English, describing each of you one by one. I will forward a copy of your story to his email and see where it goes from there.
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Whether it was the 90s or 80s the guy was an asshole. I met him as a university student with a few of my gym buddies. He had a muscle shop in a plaza in Toronto, Canada, 4 kilometers from my house. I had just purchased the Wild Physique from Bob Kennedy's shop in Toronto and figured why not see Makkawy. The guy placed runner up at the Olympia. Back then I was totally into bodybuilding. I worked as a bouncer on weekends, had 16 inch arms and thought I was diesel.
5 of us walk in. 1 black guy, 1 Asian guy, 2 whites, and an Indian guy. I told my gym buddies about this world famous bodybuilding legend. We get in and the place looks like crap. Half the shelves were empty, and it is obvious Makkawy is going out of business. The place has no design or interesting posters, nothing. Makkawy is behind the counter in a short sleeve shirt. The biceps shot out, and the forearms were big, and ripped. He looked very good and obviously juiced. Very short though, 5 ft 2 or 3. We all towered over him. His wife is in traditional Middle Eastern clothing, and not hot at all. As we enter I hear the word neegal come out of his mouth. He is talking to his wife in their language using North American slurs. The black guy didn't hear it. Toronto is multi cultural so such scenes were very rare and unexpected. While the others check the place out, I head right out to Makkawy and compliment his current condition. A few of his old bodybuilding trophies are under the glass counter. Uncleaned for over a decade they look like crap. His wife gets all excited that a fan recognizes him. He promptly shuts her up, and shouts at her in their own language. I hear the term chink, paki, neegal, and cracker. He then turns to me and smiles, like we didn't understand what he said.
I quickly understood why his business failed. No people skills, poor english, racism, and shitty prices. Oddly, he thanks me for the compliment about his physique. I pretty much told him he looked unchanged from 1982. I ask him about Vince Gironda who he describes as nice old man. His english was not very good. At this point my gym buddies are pissed. While I saw Makkawy as an Olympia 'hero' at the time, all they saw was a terrorist looking, short foreigner calling them out in their country. We all planned on getting 5 lbs of protein each, but just put it back and pretty much made every middle eastern terrorist joke at him. Makkawy couldn't say anything. He was much smaller then any of us, and was begging to be told off.
I got everyone out without further incident, and apologized for bringing them there. I never expected that response from an international bodybuilding champion. The following summer he entered some of European Grand Prix contests and placed dead last. Small, and smooth. Over the years I got reminded of the time I took the guys out to meet the midget terrorist, lol. After that I never admitted to being a fan of bodybuilding. The way some of these drug addicts act, it is just embarrassing. He did have one hell of a physique when he was working with Vince though. I'll give him that much.
you should have just kicked that midget in his muslim face
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I don't believe a word of this story.
I'm with you. Mohamed speaks pretty good English also.
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Above story crock of shit. Makkawy is university educated and worked as an interpreter for the Egyptian Olympic Comittee back in the day.... he is fluent in Arabic, English, German and French.
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Above story crock of shit. Makkawy is university educated and worked as an interpreter for the Egyptian Olympic Comittee back in the day.... he is fluent in Arabic, English, German and French.
I've contacted Mohamed regarding this and I will encourage him to seek legal remedy.
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I've contacted Mohamed regarding this and I will encourage him to seek legal remedy.
Fuck off gimmick
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Fuck off gimmick
It's already in the works.
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It's already in the works.
Why don't you tell him to come on here and defend himself, like Rich Piano did once? That would be interesting.
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I'm with you. Mohamed speaks pretty good English also.
Based on how long ago?
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I've contacted Mohamed regarding this and I will encourage him to seek legal remedy.
I would love for him to come on here and deny this. If he is still in Toronto I'd meet him again. Got nothing to hide. It's been 20 years. Since I am here telling the story I will remove the other people from it and leave my portion of it. It appears like he is in Toronto and I would stand by it in a court of law. If he reads this I will 100 percent back it up that he called me a racial slur in his muscle shop without provocation while speaking to his wife. I will take a polygraph at ANY time. I currently live about 20 minutes from down town Toronto.
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So he spoke in a foreign language ecxept for certain racial slurs which he uttered in English, describing each of you one by one. I will forward a copy of your story to his email and see where it goes from there.
He spoke to his wife in a foreign language and muttered the slur to her. He spoke to me in English.
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Whether it was the 90s or 80s the guy was an asshole. I met him as a university student with a few of my gym buddies. He had a muscle shop in a plaza in Toronto, Canada, 4 kilometers from my house (near Yonge and Steeles). I had just purchased the Wild Physique from Bob Kennedy's shop in Toronto and figured why not see Makkawy. The guy placed runner up at the Olympia. Back then I was totally into bodybuilding. I worked as a bouncer on weekends, had 16 inch arms and thought I was diesel.
I walk in. The place looks like crap. Half the shelves were empty, and it is obvious Makkawy is going out of business. The place has no design or interesting posters, nothing. Makkawy is behind the counter in a short sleeve shirt. The biceps shot out, and the forearms were big, and ripped. He looked very good. Very short though, 5 ft 2 or 3. I towered over him. His wife is in traditional Middle Eastern clothing, and not hot at all.
I head right out to Makkawy and compliment his current condition. A few of his old bodybuilding trophies are under the glass counter. Uncleaned for over a decade they look like crap. His wife gets all excited that a fan recognizes him. He promptly shuts her up, and shouts at her in their own language. I hear the term chink. He then turns to me and smiles, like I didn't understand what he said.
I quickly understood why his business failed. No people skills, poor english, racism, and shitty prices. Oddly, he thanks me for the compliment about his physique. I pretty much told him he looked unchanged from 1982. I ask him about Vince Gironda who he describes as nice old man. His english was not very good. I planned on getting 5 lbs of protein each, but just put it back and left without asking for my Wild Physique book to be signed. I got everyone out without further incident. I never expected that response from an international bodybuilding champion. The following summer he entered some of European Grand Prix contests and placed dead last. Small, and smooth. After that I never admitted to being a fan of bodybuilding. The way some of these drug addicts act, it is just embarrassing. He did have one hell of a physique when he was working with Vince though. I'll give him that much.
welcome to the real world this guy wants to meet you. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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welcome to the real world this guy wants to meet you. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Exactly.
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Whether it was the 90s or 80s the guy was an asshole. I met him as a student. He had a muscle shop in a plaza in Toronto, Canada, 4 kilometers from my house (near Yonge and Steeles). I had just purchased the Wild Physique from Bob Kennedy's shop in Toronto and figured why not see Makkawy. The guy placed runner up at the Olympia. Back then I was totally into bodybuilding. I worked as a bouncer on weekends, had 16 inch arms and thought I was diesel.
I walk in. The place looks like crap. Half the shelves were empty, and it is obvious Makkawy is going out of business. The place has no design or interesting posters, nothing. Makkawy is behind the counter in a short sleeve shirt. The biceps shot out, and the forearms were big, and ripped. He looked very good. Very short though, 5 ft 2 or 3. I towered over him. His wife is in traditional Middle Eastern clothing, and not hot at all.
I head right out to Makkawy and compliment his current condition. A few of his old bodybuilding trophies are under the glass counter. Uncleaned for over a decade they look like crap. His wife gets all excited that a fan recognizes him. He promptly shuts her up, and shouts at her in their own language. I hear the term chink. He then turns to me and smiles, like I didn't understand what he said.
I quickly understood why his business failed. No people skills, poor english, racism, and shitty prices. Oddly, he thanks me for the compliment about his physique. I pretty much told him he looked unchanged from 1982. I ask him about Vince Gironda who he describes as nice old man. His english was not very good. I planned on getting 5 lbs of protein each, but just put it back and left without asking for my Wild Physique book to be signed. I got everyone out without further incident. I never expected that response from an international bodybuilding champion. The following summer he entered some of European Grand Prix contests and placed dead last. Small, and smooth. After that I never admitted to being a fan of bodybuilding. The way some of these drug addicts act, it is just embarrassing. He did have one hell of a physique when he was working with Vince though. I'll give him that much.
100% I will take a polygraph on this. I would love to take one. Mohamed if you are reading this send me a PM. I will meet you anytime. I back this story up 100%.
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you should have just kicked that midget in his muslim face
If it happened at a bar or some where else I would have definitely considered it. Since I was in his shop he could have spun it off like I was assaulting him to rob the place or some other bs. No way I was taking that risk.
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Based on how long ago?
I've seen taped interviews from back in the 80's. Spoke English perfect.
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Mohamed Makkawy was 5'3 and 160# and looks better than a lot of today's pros. He did speak good English to me.
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Mohamed Makkawy was 5'3 and 160# and looks better than a lot of today's pros. He did speak good English to me.
He has an accent. He isn't thick but wide. Maybe I caught him at a bad time? It has been 20 years. I could care less these days. I was more interested in Vince Gironda stories, knowing Mo had trained down in Vince's Gym. In Toronto back then you had Bob Kennedy, and Makawy running shops. Of course Bob ran Musclemag, and had his own supplement line back then. Gardiner did him one better with Muscletech.
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I dont give a piss about any of them.
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I dont give a piss about any of them.
How about Napoleon Bonaparte, Daffy Duck or Mahatma Gandhi?
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MOHAMED MAKKAWY LOOKED LIKE A BODYBUILDER SHOULD AND POSED LIKE A BODYBUILDER SHOULD!
PLAIN AND SIMPLE!
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The Toetanchamon of bodybuilding, the Egyptian rattlesnake, the striated cameltoe, the...
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The Toetanchamon of bodybuilding, the Egyptian rattlesnake, the striated cameltoe, the...
please don't quit your day job....
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please don't quit your day job....
Not sure about the US, but it's weekend here in Europe ;)
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Whether it was the 90s or 80s the guy was an asshole. I met him as a student. He had a muscle shop in a plaza in Toronto, Canada, 4 kilometers from my house (near Yonge and Steeles). I had just purchased the Wild Physique from Bob Kennedy's shop in Toronto and figured why not see Makkawy. The guy placed runner up at the Olympia. Back then I was totally into bodybuilding. I worked as a bouncer on weekends, had 16 inch arms and thought I was diesel.
I walk in. The place looks like crap. Half the shelves were empty, and it is obvious Makkawy is going out of business. The place has no design or interesting posters, nothing. Makkawy is behind the counter in a short sleeve shirt. The biceps shot out, and the forearms were big, and ripped. He looked very good. Very short though, 5 ft 2 or 3. I towered over him. His wife is in traditional Middle Eastern clothing, and not hot at all.
I head right out to Makkawy and compliment his current condition. A few of his old bodybuilding trophies are under the glass counter. Uncleaned for over a decade they look like crap. His wife gets all excited that a fan recognizes him. He promptly shuts her up, and shouts at her in their own language. I hear the term chink. He then turns to me and smiles, like I didn't understand what he said.
I quickly understood why his business failed. No people skills, poor english, racism, and shitty prices. Oddly, he thanks me for the compliment about his physique. I pretty much told him he looked unchanged from 1982. I ask him about Vince Gironda who he describes as nice old man. His english was not very good. I planned on getting 5 lbs of protein each, but just put it back and left without asking for my Wild Physique book to be signed. I got everyone out without further incident. I never expected that response from an international bodybuilding champion. The following summer he entered some of European Grand Prix contests and placed dead last. Small, and smooth. After that I never admitted to being a fan of bodybuilding. The way some of these drug addicts act, it is just embarrassing. He did have one hell of a physique when he was working with Vince though. I'll give him that much.
Whether you like him on a personal level or not wasn't the issue. I merely pointed out that the physical condition you saw him in was not his prime condition. As for him being an asshole, etc, well honestly, who cares. Don't let your emotions taint your opinion of the man's legacy in the sport. You're a guy after all, right? ;)
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How about Napoleon Bonaparte, Daffy Duck or Mahatma Gandhi?
I like Daffy the other two I dont give a piss about.
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Whether you like him on a personal level or not wasn't the issue. I merely pointed out that the physical condition you saw him in was not his prime condition. As for him being an asshole, etc, well honestly, who cares. Don't let your emotions taint your opinion of the man's legacy in the sport. You're a guy after all, right? ;)
This "keanu" guy is a liar. Why would Mohamed speak in a foreign language except for English racial slurs cataloguing each person as they walked in the store? It's pure BS and it is being dealt with.
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This "keanu" guy is a liar. Why would Mohamed speak in a foreign language except for English racial slurs cataloguing each person as they walked in the store? It's pure BS and it is being dealt with.
Please do not pretend to tell us that you have never heard, let's say, a commercial in Mexican where they come to a word or words that have no translation into their native language?
German, Italian, Spanish (i.e., Castilian) French, etc. I listen to jazz over a variety of internet stations in foreign countries and this happens all the time. Other than Keanu telling us (and we have no reason not to believe him other than perhaps personal bias against him) I have no proof that Makkawy did this. But it is likely he could have because I hear it frequently on the radio and in the world around me.
People can be jerks. Even people of "color". Its just that more often than not, they get a free pass from society.
It's entirely possible that Makkawy is a great bodybuilder but an average person.
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Please do not pretend to tell us that you have never heard, let's say, a commercial in Mexican where they come to a word or words that have no translation into their native language?
German, Italian, Spanish (i.e., Castilian) French, etc. I listen to jazz over a variety of internet stations in foreign countries and this happens all the time. Other than Keanu telling us (and we have no reason not to believe him other than perhaps personal bias against him) I have no proof that Makkawy did this. But it is likely he could have because I hear it frequently on the radio and in the world around me.
People can be jerks. Even people of "color". Its just that more often than not, they get a free pass from society.
It's entirely possible that Makkawy is a great bodybuilder but an average person.
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Easily the most ridiculous post of 2014 thus far. I have no idea what you're talking about. Jazz or something? I have been exchanging emails with Mohamed regarding this situation and we are moving towards a remedy that will involve Ron.
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Easily the most ridiculous post of 2014 thus far. I have no idea what you're talking about. Jazz or something? I have been exchanging emails with Mohamed regarding this situation and we are moving towards a remedy that will involve Ron.
Sorry its beyond you. It shouldn't be and in all honesty I think you're just faking a shortcoming at comprehension because in this instance you don't care for the truth of my words. Fine. ;D