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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: BayGBM on October 17, 2014, 09:03:20 AM
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Jeff deserves his own thread:
When Jeff left bodybuilding he finished his education in physical therapy and now practices at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield MA and Greenfield MA.
http://www.baystatehealth.org/Baystate/Main+Nav/Clinical+Services/Departments/Rehabilitation+Care/Locations/Greenfield/Our+Team
Yes back in the day.
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Could not agree more and it's key to know when it's time to move on. He also made sure he got a got a good education.
Jeff's move from bodybuilding to a career in Physical Therapy/allied health may well be the most impressive and respectable path I have ever seen one take through and beyond this sport. Going from bodybuilding to movie stardom is like winning the lottery: it's not gonna happen for most wannabes, but using your interest in, and passion for, physique culture and training to transition into something like physical therapy, occupational therapy, or professional athletic training is a model for most of these guys to follow. When you stop to consider how most muscle boys end up (kidney, colon, dead), Jeff is an example for everyone to follow. Bay likey! 8)
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Jeff's NECK deserves its own thread.
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Jeff's NECK deserves its own thread.
Steals focus from everything, maybe more so than Wolf's calves.
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(http://www.baystatehealth.org/StaticFiles/Baystate/Images/King,%20Jeff%2002.JPG)
BAY STILL LIKEY????
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Just the Finishing Touch
(http://healthcarenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jeffrey_jan08.jpg)
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That's not Jeff McFarland PT
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Great thread! Jeff King deserves his own chapter in bodybuilding.
Also he was smart enough to know when to quit. One of my all time favorites
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The Return of the King
(http://s8.postimg.org/atr6qei2d/AAs0_Z.jpg)
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He was incredible in 83
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The Return of the King
(http://s8.postimg.org/atr6qei2d/AAs0_Z.jpg)
WTF in the blue hell is that?? New Frog-Tech model?
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(http://www.baystatehealth.org/StaticFiles/Baystate/Images/King,%20Jeff%2002.JPG) (http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/film/img/irene.jpg)
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(http://www.baystatehealth.org/StaticFiles/Baystate/Images/King,%20Jeff%2002.JPG) (http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/film/img/irene.jpg)
ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOO
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;) king was one of my favs in early 80,s also,dude was a beast
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BAY STILL LIKEY????
He lost all his neck muscle his neck now looks like a twig even natural bodybuilders have biggers necks.
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The Return of the King
(http://s8.postimg.org/atr6qei2d/AAs0_Z.jpg)
good balanced build right there,hard n tight
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The Return of the King
(http://s8.postimg.org/atr6qei2d/AAs0_Z.jpg)
Would look fine if his head was bigger than an orange.
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(http://s8.postimg.org/atr6qei2d/AAs0_Z.jpg) (http://www.frogforum.net/members/buck-rogers-albums-south-african-frogs-picture6050-bull-frog.jpg)
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That's not Jeff McFarland PT
what ever happened to him?
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Would look fine if his head was bigger than an orange.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The bigger the head, the smaller your physique looks and the smaller your head the larger your physique looks.
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(http://www.baystatehealth.org/StaticFiles/Baystate/Images/King,%20Jeff%2002.JPG) (http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/film/img/irene.jpg)
:D ;D
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This guy here could take repeated shots to the noggin by Falcon and his head wouldn't even move...Mike Tyson would get knocked out by Falcon. But not this bra...
(http://s8.postimg.org/atr6qei2d/AAs0_Z.jpg)
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Thanks for making this thread, Bay. Jeff is, without a doubt, my favorite bodybuilder of all-time. :)
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All these years in the BB scene, and I am still amazed at the mass these guys lose.
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Dude had a very long neck. I think that's part of the reason why he decided to make it thicker, so as to take focus away from how long it was.
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All these years in the BB scene, and I am still amazed at the mass these guys lose.
x2,,jeff was a beast,,,hold some of it,,or maybe just said fukit big or nothing,,,
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I am thinking this was his best pose. Looked very thick for his era. Bay likey!
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I am thinking this was his best pose. Looked very thick for his era. Bay likey!
yes i agree, and the most musculer also works great for him
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I still think he could've beat Haney. And I don't think that's too far fetched either.
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I still think he could've beat Haney. And I don't think that's too far fetched either.
aau/nabba guys I think while incredible bbers,,would have fallen into politics end of it,,vince taylor did well tho...
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aau/nabba guys I think while incredible bbers,,would have fallen into politics end of it,,vince taylor did well tho...
Agreed. Hell, isn't that why Jeff quit competing ?
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I'm sure Jeff is a smart, good guy. And one can earn a nice living as a physical therapist, especially as director of therapy for a skilled nursing facility or hospital. However, it is a sorry state when one can be looked at as a hero or role model in a community because he... GOT A JOB! Working full time and culminating a fulfilling career is noble and right, but it's not amazing and it's sick that grown men who happen to lift weights don't realize that they will have to work at some point or be relegated to whoring oneself out (i don't count tasteful nude photography in this), being a mooch, or facing destitution and sickness if they remain a lazy, bottom feeding bodybuilder.
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Just the Finishing Touch
(http://healthcarenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jeffrey_jan08.jpg)
He's still a big dude, which is obvious from how he looks in clothes.
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I'm sure Jeff is a smart, good guy. And one can earn a nice living as a physical therapist, especially as director of therapy for a skilled nursing facility or hospital. However, it is a sorry state when one can be looked at as a hero or role model in a community because he... GOT A JOB! Working full time and culminating a fulfilling career is noble and right, but it's not amazing and it's sick that grown men who happen to lift weights don't realize that they will have to work at some point or be relegated to whoring oneself out (i don't count tasteful nude photography in this), being a mooch, or facing destitution and sickness if they remain a lazy, bottom feeding bodybuilder.
It is hardly a newsflash to observe that pro bodybuilding is in a "sorry state." Jail, kidney, colon, or dead is not far from the norm in this particular world. So, yes, Jeff is indeed a role model. Teens and twentysomethings please take note. ::)
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I'm thinking that Jeff's past and present should be profiled in one of the magazines. That is the sort of article that would bring me back to a BB magazine. Who inspired him into BB? Who did he train with? In his view, what were his best and worst showings? Best and worst body parts? When did he decided to retire from competition and why? At what point did he decide to become a PT? Was it a natural transition for him (and potentially others)? Why? How long did it take? What kind of training does he do now? What does he make of the current crop of pros? Why was he able to transition to a professional life when so many BBs crash and burn?
So much of this sport (all sports really) is built on a flavor-of-the month dynamic. Guys get lots of attention and publicity when the are new on the scene and are discarded just as quickly and forgotten after peaking. It would be useful for the magazines to demonstrably show that there are productive paths through this sport. Particularly since (unlike other sports) the paychecks are so puny. Someone needs to tell Jeff's story. MD are you listening?
Oh, and while the standards were different back then... Jeff was tier 2. ;D
$3000- $4000 club (tier 2)
Atwood, D. Ball, K. Green, M. Kjellstrom, Z. Khan, Kovacs, J. Long, V. Martinez, Ruhl, Scholz,
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The mags wouldn't dare profile someone like Jeff because he's proven that the lifestyle is only worth it for a short period in someone's life.
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The mags wouldn't dare profile someone like Jeff because he's proven that the lifestyle is only worth it for a short period in someone's life.
Um, everybody already knows that (it's true for most sports). The arc of his career is exactly why he should be profiled. I suspect he still trains. He has just found a balance to his life; one more young men need to model. The mags already profile the jailed, sick, dying, or dead guys. Jeff offers a better path for muscleheadz to follow. Didn't Franco Columbo go on to become a chiropractor or something?
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I agree that they should profile Jeff. I just don't believe they'll do it.
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Just saw this old topic and thought I'd respond. People were wondering why Jeff King was never profiled in the bodybuilding mags. All I know is, the very first interview I ever sold--way back in the fall of 1985--was with Jeff King for MuscleMag International. In 1989, we did another interview, a two-parter this time, for the late/lamented Muscle Trailing Illustrated. Then, in 2012, I did still another interview with Jeff that covered his past and his present for Iron Man magazine. That was my last "Legends of Bodybuilding" interview, a series I'd begun for Iron Man back in 1998.
One year after that, I interviewed Jeff for MuscleMag's stand-alone publication, "Legends of Bodybuilding 3." So, Jeff has actually been profiled twice since the new millennium. He's a great guy, very friendly, and was always very open with me. It helped that he was a New England boy and so am I.
Here's a link to the unedited version of my King Iron Man interview. Hope you enjoy it!
https://www.gmv.com.au/default.asp?pageid=HOME&template=content&sid=1832
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Just saw this old topic and thought I'd respond. People were wondering why Jeff King was never profiled in the bodybuilding mags. All I know is, the very first interview I ever sold--way back in the fall of 1985--was with Jeff King for MuscleMag International. In 1989, we did another interview, a two-parter this time, for the late/lamented Muscle Trailing Illustrated. Then, in 2012, I did still another interview with Jeff that covered his past and his present for Iron Man magazine. That was my last "Legends of Bodybuilding" interview, a series I'd begun for Iron Man back in 1998.
One year after that, I interviewed Jeff for MuscleMag's stand-alone publication, "Legends of Bodybuilding 3." So, Jeff has actually been profiled twice since the new millennium. He's a great guy, very friendly, and was always very open with me. It helped that he was a New England boy and so am I.
Here's a link to the unedited version of my King Iron Man interview. Hope you enjoy it!
https://www.gmv.com.au/default.asp?pageid=HOME&template=content&sid=1832
when I last competed in 1996 winning the NW area show I had photos done and an interview for a magazine, during the interview he kept asking me about training and diet, Because I told him I ate normally and just trained he said he couldnt write that, he asked what specific exercises I did for calves, i told him I did a few sets of calf raises twice a month.
Maybe Jeff did the same thing , they seem to want to write the same old shit about chicken and rice an 50 set workouts
My article never made the magazine.
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when I last competed in 1996 winning the NW area show I had photos done and an interview for a magazine, during the interview he kept asking me about training and diet, Because I told him I ate normally and just trained he said he couldnt write that, he asked what specific exercises I did for calves, i told him I did a few sets of calf raises twice a month.
Maybe Jeff did the same thing , they seem to want to write the same old shit about chicken and rice an 50 set workouts
My article never made the magazine.
Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors. See, you were honest, that doesnt fly.
Too bad, people like you are the one's that should be profiled. They just want liars/posers/fluffers...
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Damn! Who tricked this guy into training neck?? Never seen anything like it. That earned him the nickname THE HUMAN PENIS
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Oh, and while the standards were different back then... Jeff was tier 2. ;D
$3000- $4000 club (tier 2)
Atwood, D. Ball, K. Green, M. Kjellstrom, Z. Khan, Kovacs, J. Long, V. Martinez, Ruhl, Scholz,
So face and height don't matter? Jeff was a good looking man, and was 5'11, although may have been 6'0, as I saw him self-report that for one of his teen contests, in an article in a magazine of an early cover of his.
Just saw this old topic and thought I'd respond. People were wondering why Jeff King was never profiled in the bodybuilding mags. All I know is, the very first interview I ever sold--way back in the fall of 1985--was with Jeff King for MuscleMag International. In 1989, we did another interview, a two-parter this time, for the late/lamented Muscle Trailing Illustrated. Then, in 2012, I did still another interview with Jeff that covered his past and his present for Iron Man magazine. That was my last "Legends of Bodybuilding" interview, a series I'd begun for Iron Man back in 1998.
One year after that, I interviewed Jeff for MuscleMag's stand-alone publication, "Legends of Bodybuilding 3." So, Jeff has actually been profiled twice since the new millennium. He's a great guy, very friendly, and was always very open with me. It helped that he was a New England boy and so am I.
Here's a link to the unedited version of my King Iron Man interview. Hope you enjoy it!
https://www.gmv.com.au/default.asp?pageid=HOME&template=content&sid=1832
In the summer of 2015, I went on an EBAY buying spree of Jeff King magazines, and I thought I got them all - although I am uncertain if I grabbed the magazine with that 1989 interview, most likely because Jeff didn't have a cover for it [I'm guessing]. Basically, I bought all of the Jeff King covers.
Now I am interested in buying the magazines with the new interviews, and I will definitely check out the link that you sent.
when I last competed in 1996 winning the NW area show I had photos done and an interview for a magazine, during the interview he kept asking me about training and diet, Because I told him I ate normally and just trained he said he couldnt write that, he asked what specific exercises I did for calves, i told him I did a few sets of calf raises twice a month.
Maybe Jeff did the same thing , they seem to want to write the same old shit about chicken and rice an 50 set workouts
My article never made the magazine.
That's funny you said that - when I got in what was [for me at least] the best shape of my life, I just went from eating one meal a day to two. That's it, that's all. Being a bit more conscientious at the time, I probably almost unknowingly shifted my protein and carb ratio around, but that's about it. The point is, I didn't do anything special at all, but the results were good for me, and some of my "normal" friends were super impressed. Meanwhile, all I did was ate an extra normal sized meal. I probably threw in, max, 30 grams more in protein per day.
So I find your own experience believable [in that gains are possible just training/eating instinctually, with the level of gains dependent on the individual's genetics], yet comical in that the magazines want to promote it to be totally different than that.
I suspect a lot of people turn pro and find that the only major changes come down to cycle length/size, and contest diet, maybe. But that the training is exactly the same. Sergio Oliva Jr. said in his post-New York Pro win interview with Dave Palumbo that the gym part was actually the easiest part. I doubt the magazines will ever say that though.
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Didn't read any of the comments. All I have to say is the guy had some "Wheels" From calves all the way up to waist! Complete!
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The Pysique Bay posted 2 pics above looks exactly like (Paul Demayo) same structure.. *Paul had bigger arms. Otherwise the same. That's saying a lot for Jeff, as he was years earlier!!!! (Longish torso) Same Legs! Awesome. :o
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The Pysique Bay posted 2 pics above looks exactly like (Paul Demayo) same structure.. *Paul had bigger arms. Otherwise the same. That's saying a lot for Jeff, as he was years earlier!!!! (Longish torso) Same Legs! Awesome. :o
So how would Jeff King's 1983 Mr. Universe winning physique have fared in the 1983 Mr. Olympia contest?
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Jeff looks amazing in this short clip. :o
https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/gmvbodybuilding.com/Sample-Videos/20160907135123/GMV-014_H264_PREVIEW.mp4
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Both the same height 5'11"
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I've wrote a lot about Jeff on here through the years and trained with him a few times.
Here is his linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-king-3491644a/
He is a Dr of physical therapy and a part time police officer.
Attached bio link. He is very lean/thin now and had some residual spine issues from bodybuilding.
http://point-foundation.org/uploads/2014King.pdf
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Why were the Paul Demayo pics I saw here a little while ago deleted?
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I put them up...I don't see them now?? Anyway, do a google search on (DeMayo) and you shall see the similarities. Paul is of course bigger, but otherwise they have the same physique!
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Jeff deserves his own thread:
Jeff's move from bodybuilding to a career in Physical Therapy/allied health may well be the most impressive and respectable path I have ever seen one take through and beyond this sport. Going from bodybuilding to movie stardom is like winning the lottery: it's not gonna happen for most wannabes, but using your interest in, and passion for, physique culture and training to transition into something like physical therapy, occupational therapy, or professional athletic training is a model for most of these guys to follow. When you stop to consider how most muscle boys end up (kidney, colon, dead), Jeff is an example for everyone to follow. Bay likey! 8)
that pic of him in the blue trunks and trophy is the exact same pic that was in the book on steroids i read for the first time in the school library when in was in the 2nd grade. probably read that book a few dozen times from 2nd grade to the 5th grade. i'd show that pic to my gf and other girls and they'd do the typical "ugh that's gross" blah blah lol. i thought it was cool as fuck. haha.... i had no clue who the dude was till about a year or two ago when i recognized the pic online.
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that pic of him in the blue trunks and trophy is the exact same pic that was in the book on steroids i read for the first time in the school library when in was in the 2nd grade. probably read that book a few dozen times from 2nd grade to the 5th grade. i'd show that pic to my gf and other girls and they'd do the typical "ugh that's gross" blah blah lol. i thought it was cool as fuck. haha.... i had no clue who the dude was till about a year or two ago when i recognized the pic online.
Great book. You read it in 1989? I read it in 1999. I bought it at the Salvation Army up my street for $0.50! Great book. I plan to order another copy again soon:
http://www.gmv.com.au/default.asp?pageid=products&template=PRODUCTCAT&catid=11&prodid=2960&site=1
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Great book. You read it in 1989? I read it in 1999. I bought it at the Salvation Army up my street for $0.50! Great book. I plan to order another copy again soon:
http://www.gmv.com.au/default.asp?pageid=products&template=PRODUCTCAT&catid=11&prodid=2960&site=1
that's not the same book, that's Joe Meeko...
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Great book. You read it in 1989? I read it in 1999. I bought it at the Salvation Army up my street for $0.50! Great book. I plan to order another copy again soon:
http://www.gmv.com.au/default.asp?pageid=products&template=PRODUCTCAT&catid=11&prodid=2960&site=1
No no.. Mine was part of some 4 or 5 book series on various drugs.. Steroids.. Cocaine, heroin, inhalants or something.
Fuck..you had my hopes up. Thought you found the book. Lol
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Staff office in a typical American primary school
"Ok headmaster we need to order some stock books for the library"
"Great, what do we need, remember we have to watch our budget this year, only the essentials"
"I would like the works of Shakespeare, some books on popular mechanics and engineering and a steroid manual"
"A steroid manual, why would we need that?"
"Why headmaster its essential reading for 2nd graders to improve their understanding of steroids and their usage"
We cant afford all those, tell you what, cancel the Shakespeare volumes and get some additional books on substance abuse to go with the steroids, we should really start churning out some well adjusted individuals"
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The Return of the King
(http://s8.postimg.org/atr6qei2d/AAs0_Z.jpg)
thats not roosh v
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I've wrote a lot about Jeff on here through the years and trained with him a few times.
Here is his linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-king-3491644a/
He is a Dr of physical therapy and a part time police officer.
Attached bio link. He is very lean/thin now and had some residual spine issues from bodybuilding.
http://point-foundation.org/uploads/2014King.pdf
Dr. of physical therapy, then a police officer? I figure a Dr of physical therapy would make bank, why would you want a shit job like being a cop?