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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Al Doggity on May 11, 2015, 12:49:06 PM
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Other than Arnold, are there any well-known bodybuilders who are accomplished outside of the field of bodybuilding? When I say outside of the field of bodybuilding, that includes things like successful gyms and supplement lines. Primarily, I'm curious about business interests, but also hobbies like music for example. I know Kevin Levrone sings in a band, but as far as I can tell, it has never regularly released recordings or toured, so I would not include him.
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Lou Ferrigno schmoe / nerd convention legend
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Steve Reeves at his time was the highest paid actor , Arnold followed his example
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Doesn't Branch own a successful logistics company?
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Steve Reeves at his time was the highest paid actor , Arnold followed his example
Thanks for response, but I don't think Reeves was ever the highest paid actor. Most of his films were low-budget schlock.
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Thanks for response, but I don't think Reeves was ever the highest paid actor. Most of his films were low-budget schlock.
They were cheesy but at the time he was supposedly the highest paid actor
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;D here's a few.
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;D a few more....
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;D some more
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Rich Gaspari seems to be pretty successful.
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Rich Gaspari seems to be pretty successful.
i was gonna put him next.. :D :D :D :D
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;D
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i was gonna put him next.. :D :D :D :D
I think I read somewhere that he is worth 90 million. Seems quite a bit inflated. Then again, his supplement line has been around for quite some time. Maybe he invested his money wisely. Still, 90 million seems like a lot.
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Franco Columbu is a chiropractor, still has a practice on Westwood south of Olympic
(disclaimer: I have never been to a chiropractor, can not see myself ever going to one)
Dan Lurie is the only competition bodybuilder to run a bodybuilding org, run a magazine, run a weightlifting equipment manufacturer, and star in a TV show.
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Rich Gaspari seems to be pretty successful.
Most of Gaspari's reported fortune comes from his supplement line, it seems. In my opening post, I said I was wondering if there were any who were accomplished away from bodybuilding related activities.
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Most of Gaspari's reported fortune comes from his supplement line, it seems. In my opening post, I said I was wondering if there were any who were accomplished away from bodybuilding related activities.
Oh sorry, did not read the whole post. :D
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Lou Ferrigno schmoe / nerd convention legend
(http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/big/2006/2006olympia_ex_b13.jpg)
Ferrigno did better than 90% of all other builders. The general public knows his name. He had his own tv series, and an impressive BB career. And in the seventies he had a quality physique. And was never a bloated pregnant looking dwarf.
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Ferrigno did better than 90% of all other builders. The general public knows his name. He had his own tv series, and an impressive BB career. And in the seventies he had a quality physique. And was never a bloated pregnant looking dwarf.
Not quite accurate :-X
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Lee Priest have forklift driving licence ;)
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They were cheesy but at the time he was supposedly the highest paid actor
Checked out his wikipedia page and apparently he was the highest paid actor in Europe, which is slightly different. The European film industry was known for being really low budget back then.
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Oh sorry, did not read the whole post. :D
Just trying to see if there are any bodybuilders who maintained a great physique while excelling in other things. I'm probably in the best shape I've ever been in now, but it's so incredibly time consuming that it's like a second job. Most of the guys I know who are in impressive shape are extraordinarily one dimensional. I massively downplay how much effort I'm putting into staying in shape because the more I think about it, the more embarrassing it seems.
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Just trying to see if there are any bodybuilders who maintained a great physique while excelling in other things. I'm probably in the best shape I've ever been in now, but it's so incredibly time consuming that it's like a second job. Most of the guys I know who are in impressive shape are extraordinarily one dimensional. I massively downplay how much effort I'm putting into staying in shape because the more I think about it, the more embarrassing it seems.
I'm going to use this as an excuse for not being in the greatest shape of my life. I've got too many other responsibilities, which often get in the way of my workouts no matter how I try and prioritize what I do to allow time for hitting the gym. Plus, I wouldn't want anyone seeing me as being one dimensional. Being in shape never embarrasses me. Any workout over an hour long is too long to be optimally effective.
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Lee labrada, mark dugdale, Stan effereding
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Rich Gaspari seems to be pretty successful.
Not anymore, his ex wife is
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Plus, I wouldn't want anyone seeing me as being one dimensional. Being in shape never embarrasses me. Any workout over an hour long is too long to be optimally effective.
I don't keep track that well, but I think you're one of the members who has a few years on them, correct?
I'm from a later generation and it's not just about limiting your time in the gym. I'm talking about the constant facebook and instagram updates about "gains" and posting workout memes. I don't do that, but I do get kind of obsessive about my macros. I divide up my meals at work so they don't take up too much space in the fridge. I bust my ass in the gym, but at the end of the day it's still just working out. A lot of guys act like they are going to war.
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;D
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All dead, prisoner, wife beater, alcohol addict or dialysis patient..
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a few more for you bunky... ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Not quite accurate :-X
I forgot about his nineties comeback, with calf implants....
Big step back from his seventies prime
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What about Vince? The guy owns several global acting companies.
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Sean Connery
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Checked out his wikipedia page and apparently he was the highest paid actor in Europe, which is slightly different. The European film industry was known for being really low budget back then.
Still he was worldwide recognized as being an actor.
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;D a few more coe bodymasters equipment and highend auto insurance, zinkin bodybuilding equipment universal etc maynard wrestling, movies real estate.
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;D
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Walter Marcyan was another that did well, starting up Marcy Gym equipment. Marvin Eder had a good plumbing company. Bob Gadja did well with gyms and his medical practice. A lot of the older guys did o.k. for themselves from a livelihood stand point, probably because it was more expect of you to make something of yourself in general back then.
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;D joe abbenda was a lawyer..
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;D joe abbenda was a lawyer..
OK this is a decent one.
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Black Mr.U Bertil Fox is "great achiever" too ;D
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DLB flag nor fail chick .
WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Most of Gaspari's reported fortune comes from his supplement line, it seems. In my opening post, I said I was wondering if there were any who were accomplished away from bodybuilding related activities.
Good point. The problem is most guys today only try to make it in the "fitness industry".
Guys from Arnold's era realized that the biggest career advance was going to be made OUTSIDE of bodybuilding.