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Title: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on May 23, 2016, 07:54:28 PM
My favourite physique ever... always wondered what "could have been" if not for the cancer scare, and if he was able to pull off his '90s comeback ala Matt Mendenhall in '91, because those later pics with the long hair he looked ludicrous!
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on May 23, 2016, 07:55:51 PM
Not a midget either.
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Post by: Hulkotron on May 23, 2016, 08:42:00 PM
Jason Blaha has as much muscle mass as Serge, mathematically.
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Post by: WalterWhite on May 23, 2016, 11:14:44 PM
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Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: oldschoolfan on May 24, 2016, 12:09:29 AM
what was the story with rory ?

could have swore people on here said he never could come in cut enough come show time.

looks awesome in those pics
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Bevo on May 24, 2016, 12:14:39 AM
Not a midget either.

Serge was no slouch either at 6 ft and he's making him look short
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: SuperTed on May 24, 2016, 02:13:42 AM
Tall, jacked, handsome with a full head of hair. I also heard he was strong as fuck too.

Definitely, one of those guys that look more God than human.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Ronnie Rep on May 24, 2016, 12:26:07 PM
Tall, jacked, handsome with a full head of hair. I also heard he was strong as fuck too.

Definitely, one of those guys that look more God than human.
Would have made a great Hercules.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Powerlift66 on May 24, 2016, 12:26:31 PM
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Rory Superfly Leidelmeyer...
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Taffin on May 24, 2016, 01:20:12 PM
I wonder if he's managed to keep that handsome head of hair?  Because every other f*#cker I used to look up to in the 80s/90s is now BALD!!! (Or so it seems, am I wrong?)
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: judochoke on May 24, 2016, 03:06:56 PM
the year was 1977. orange country classic bodybuilding contest held at Anaheim high school,in a big assembly room. i was 19, just started to lift weights, starting to really get into lifting.
went to the contest to check it out. got there kind of late, took a seat. back then, there were not that many competitors that there are now. watched for a while, trying to figure it out.
then mike glass, who was the MC, said and now for out guest poser, RORY LEIDELMEYER. he walked by me on the way to the stage, and at 300 pounds, i almost shit myself.

first of all, i didn't know that someone could get that big. he was huge. i was freaked out on how big he was. he went up on stage and did his thing. i was hooked.

a few years later, i heard he was at a gym in Whittier working out. don't know why i didn't go down there to lift with him,(and probably would have got hooked up with some good drugs) but i never went.

still remember that night in Anaheim. still lifting at a get 59
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: oldschoolfan on May 24, 2016, 08:41:43 PM
here is rory  comp history  came close once to turning pro



   
Rory Leidelmeyer

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Born March 18, 1958

1979

Mr Los Angeles - AAU, 2nd

1980

Mr California - AAU, Tall, 1st
Mr California - AAU, Overall Winner

1981

Mr America - AAU, Light-HeavyWeight, 2nd

1983

Nationals - NPC, HeavyWeight, 2nd

1984

Nationals - NPC, HeavyWeight, 5th

1986

Nationals - NPC, HeavyWeight, 6th

1987

USA Championships - NPC, HeavyWeight, 9th

1988

Mr America - AAU, Tall, 1st

1994

Nationals - NPC, HeavyWeight, 14th


Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Never1AShow on May 25, 2016, 06:31:39 AM
the year was 1977. orange country classic bodybuilding contest held at Anaheim high school,in a big assembly room. i was 19, just started to lift weights, starting to really get into lifting.
went to the contest to check it out. got there kind of late, took a seat. back then, there were not that many competitors that there are now. watched for a while, trying to figure it out.
then mike glass, who was the MC, said and now for out guest poser, RORY LEIDELMEYER. he walked by me on the way to the stage, and at 300 pounds, i almost shit myself.

first of all, i didn't know that someone could get that big. he was huge. i was freaked out on how big he was. he went up on stage and did his thing. i was hooked.

a few years later, i heard he was at a gym in Whittier working out. don't know why i didn't go down there to lift with him,(and probably would have got hooked up with some good drugs) but i never went.

still remember that night in Anaheim. still lifting at a get 59

I used to train in the same gym for about 9 months or so in the early 90s, Block's Gym in Plasencia.  Rory and Serge Nubret trained together.  Seeing them used to be a routine/normal thing.  Never spoke to either one due to being too scared to approach.  I kick myself now.
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Post by: Deadpool on May 25, 2016, 11:04:33 AM
 :)
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Post by: njflex on May 25, 2016, 11:07:36 AM
:)
john oates upped the dose...
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Ronnie Rep on May 25, 2016, 12:40:16 PM
john oates upped the dose...
Fa fa fo lei.hit the HGH..
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: funk51 on May 25, 2016, 12:57:48 PM
 ;D rory 2016
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: njflex on May 25, 2016, 01:03:37 PM
Fa fa fo lei.hit the HGH..
I  was writing gary della'batte and then john oates clicked same time lol...
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on May 25, 2016, 01:06:43 PM
Bolasterone of peace
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Ronnie Rep on May 25, 2016, 02:17:55 PM
I  was writing gary della'batte and then john oates clicked same time lol...
:D ;)
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Parker on May 25, 2016, 04:53:32 PM
Serge was no slouch either at 6 ft and he's making him look short
It's da shoes!
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Danimal77 on May 25, 2016, 06:14:27 PM
Serge was no slouch either at 6 ft and he's making him look short

Serge has stated he was 5'11". Serge was also barefoot and Rory in heeled boots under those pant legs.

I have a Muscle and Fitness magazine from the early 80's where they say Rory was 5'11". I also have read he was as tall as 6'2", so not sure.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Danimal77 on May 25, 2016, 06:19:52 PM
235 pounds in the red trunks photo shoot (from 1983/1984)...

Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Bevo on May 25, 2016, 06:24:12 PM
Rory is prob around the 6 ft 6'1 range possibly
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Danimal77 on May 25, 2016, 06:26:59 PM
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Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Danimal77 on May 25, 2016, 06:28:14 PM
Pic from the 80's and a recent one.

Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Danimal77 on May 25, 2016, 06:29:36 PM
Rory is prob around the 6 ft 6'1 range possibly

Looks the same height as 6'0" Bob Paris (Bob he was listed as 6'0" in the early 80's).
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Schnauzer on May 25, 2016, 08:58:32 PM
Jay Cutler is the one on the right.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on May 25, 2016, 09:07:03 PM
Damnnnn
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Master Blaster on May 25, 2016, 10:51:17 PM
Genetics of peace.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on August 10, 2016, 11:47:54 AM
Rory at 60 weighs 250lbs
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Wiggs on August 10, 2016, 11:52:35 AM
Roy owns the pompidore hairstyle.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on August 10, 2016, 11:55:29 AM
Would be interesting to see him step on stage once more and win a masters 60+ class and go pro :P
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Danimal77 on August 10, 2016, 08:07:54 PM
Rory at 60 weighs 250lbs

Where did he state his current weight? He looked bigger in the 1984 gym training pics I provided where he was 235 pounds. I'm not doubting that he's 250 pounds, but where did you read that?
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Danimal77 on August 10, 2016, 08:11:47 PM
Damnnnn

The top pic of him is from a 1984 photo shoot where he weighed 235 pounds and they stated in Muscle and Fitness that his arms were 20". He should have been pro.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: WalterWhite on August 10, 2016, 10:26:44 PM
Rory at 60 weighs 250lbs

He's 58
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: LittleJ on August 10, 2016, 11:01:05 PM
Is that arce?
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on February 23, 2017, 03:32:34 PM
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Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: wes on February 23, 2017, 03:36:15 PM
Great physique!!
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on February 23, 2017, 03:37:15 PM
Yup!
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Europe on February 23, 2017, 03:37:48 PM
long hair makes him look like a 10/10 pussy slayer!!
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Jamaal on February 23, 2017, 03:39:29 PM
Better than Levrone. Because, Rory is 60.

(Getbig logic)
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Ronnie Rep on February 23, 2017, 03:52:35 PM
Said once said it a thousand times. Criminal that he never was given a pro card.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Jamaal on February 23, 2017, 03:53:28 PM
This was back in the days where a bodybuilding pro card was a feat, and not just handed out to everyone.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on February 23, 2017, 04:05:41 PM
Said once said it a thousand times. Criminal that he never was given a pro card.

If not for bob paris hed have one. Wonder how things wouldve played out differently if he beat bob.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Danimal77 on February 23, 2017, 04:35:42 PM
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He's in my top 5 bodybuilders of all time (Rory, Kevin Levrone, Bertil Fox, Lou Ferrigno and Tom Platz).
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Post by: stuntmovie on February 23, 2017, 04:44:45 PM
I first met Rory while he was still a teenager ... training at a long forgotten gym on the eastern edge of the Los Angeles basin a bit SE of Bill Pearl's Pasadena Gym.

He used to cut hair in the backyard of that gym and if I recall correctly I think we talked about Holland for some reason.

Even back them everyone felt that he was going to be bodybuilding's next big name.

Then years later I was present in San Jose, California at the contest in which he placed second to Bob Paris and had the opportunity to speak with him and his wife.

If I recall that conversation correctly, they had just had their first child.

And another "if I recall correctly" .... I sort of and kind of recall that Bob's best friend at that time was a celebrated Opera singer.

Those were the good old days when bodybuilding events were much smaller (as were the contenders themselves), and we all seemed to be kinder and less 'gossipy' than the way we find ourselves today.

But eventually the internet appeared and  we all changed drastically.

Almost without even realizing it.





Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Jamaal on February 23, 2017, 04:45:55 PM
Great post Stuntmovie!
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on February 23, 2017, 04:52:25 PM
He's in my top 5 bodybuilders of all time (Rory, Kevin Levrone, Bertil Fox, Lou Ferrigno and Tom Platz).

One of my favourite physiques too, as mentioned in the first post.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Taffin on February 23, 2017, 04:59:57 PM
Excellent choice of thread bump  8)  Firstly, because that recent pic of Mr L. appears to answer the question I put out there last year when this thread first saw the light of day...

I wonder if he's managed to keep that handsome head of hair?  Because every other f*#cker I used to look up to in the 80s/90s is now BALD!!! (Or so it seems, am I wrong?)

Secondly, because the first time I visited this thread I completely failed to notice that in one particular shot, Rory would push even Kevin 'Methusaleh' Lev-ro-nee close when it came to the sheer heft and mass of a very erm.... prominent bodypart..... (can't edit pics on this tablet or I'd post a direct comparison shot  :()
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: JimmyJam1974 on February 23, 2017, 06:33:56 PM
Fa fa fo lei.hit the HGH..
Ta ta toothy
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: AbrahamG on February 23, 2017, 07:46:50 PM
Excellent choice of thread bump  8)  Firstly, because that recent pic of Mr L. appears to answer the question I put out there last year when this thread first saw the light of day...

Secondly, because the first time I visited this thread I completely failed to notice that in one particular shot, Rory would push even Kevin 'Methusaleh' Lev-ro-nee close when it came to the sheer heft and mass of a very erm.... prominent bodypart..... (can't edit pics on this tablet or I'd post a direct comparison shot  :()

Once again, the elephant in the room is?  Huge cawk as well.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Nether Animal on April 04, 2017, 02:31:03 AM
Bolasterone of peace.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Desolate on April 05, 2017, 04:59:41 PM
I remember when he used to hang out with that loser Tony Mandarich.

(http://i65.tinypic.com/izryf7.jpg)

I still have these two Sports Illustrated issues. There is a picture of Rory in the first one.

This was the contest. Ii's the 1983 Nationals. Rory had actually been training Bob in Anaheim. But Rory thought he was the better man that night. The judges didn't agree.

(http://i66.tinypic.com/2m82wzc.jpg)

Rory was pissed. Said crowd was behind him. Told it to Muscle & Fitness.

Wrote an article years later about judging saying that judges knew nothing and most weren't really qualified to do the job.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: Simple Simon on April 07, 2017, 03:13:55 AM
I remember when he used to hang out with that loser Tony Mandarich.

(http://i65.tinypic.com/izryf7.jpg)

I still have these two Sports Illustrated issues. There is a picture of Rory in the first one.

This was the contest. Ii's the 1983 Nationals. Rory had actually been training Bob in Anaheim. But Rory thought he was the better man that night. The judges didn't agree.

(http://i66.tinypic.com/2m82wzc.jpg)

Rory was pissed. Said crowd was behind him. Told it to Muscle & Fitness.

Wrote an article years later about judging saying that judges knew nothing and most weren't really qualified to do the job.
I recall reading an article by Rory back in the day where he said the judges came up onstage at one show and were pinching the low backs of the competitors to see who was the leanest.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: falco on April 07, 2017, 07:36:12 AM
I recall reading an article by Rory back in the day where he said the judges came up onstage at one show and were pinching the low backs of the competitors to see who was the leanest.

Nice of you to picture it like that. The truth is that the judges were feelling their glutes for striations.
Title: Re: The best of Rory LEIDELMEYER
Post by: falco on April 07, 2017, 07:40:43 AM
Bolasterone of peace.

Yeah, you said it before.