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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Danimal77 on March 30, 2017, 01:26:05 PM
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Dude had a world of potential. He stood 6'1" and weighed 265 pounds in the offseason. He had massive 21-22" arms, insane delts and a thick bench press chest. Hard drugs fucked up his career and life. Shame.
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all have been posted many times before. got anything rare? of course not.
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Sick upper body... legs don't look too bad in those shots.
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all have been posted many times before. got anything rare? of course not.
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He still alive? Was he hooked on crack cocaine?
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http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=51364.0
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Striated delts? Whaaaa?
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ND swoops in and saves another thread. Good job!
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I just did an interview with Mike for my Bodybuilding Legends Show. It should be up in April.
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I just did an interview with Mike for my Bodybuilding Legends Show. It should be up in April.
Awesome. Can't wait...
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He still alive? Was he hooked on crack cocaine?
No. Powder.
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Mike still looks pretty good.
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Mike still looks pretty good.
More muscle than Ronnie and Flex.
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One of the few guys with an upper body that didn't get dwarfed by Haney.
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Mike still looks pretty good.
Looks great! Not bad for a 67yo fart
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More muscle than Ronnie and Flex.
And he's in his early 60's!!
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Looks great! Not bad for a 67yo fart
He's 61 years old, not 67.
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1984 Mr. Universe and looking huge and cut beyond belief in 1989 at a GP :o
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He actually hits a "side chest" pose as opposed to the current front/side chest pose which fucking sux.
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These old shots are much better than todays bloated slobs.
Call them swimmers if you like but they looked fucking unreal IMO.
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Great delts and arms.
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He actually hits a "side chest" pose as opposed to the current front/side chest pose which fucking sux.
He actually had a chest to hit the side chest, as opposed to the current crop of bodybuilders who don't like to do bench press like the guys in the past used to.
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His Nostrils were out of this world, when He got pissed off, smoke came out of them, just like a raging bull, I betcha that now that Mike's older his nostrils are better than his pipes!! ;D
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No pre gyno surgery pix? His were huge. Great build on this guy. I remember him posing to new order blue Monday way back in the day.
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Great pics, guys. Forgot how thick Mike was ( seriously ). Especially that back/delt pic that ND posted. Geezus !! :O
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Great pics, guys. Forgot how thick Mike was ( seriously ). Especially that back/delt pic that ND posted. Geezus !! :O
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He actually had a chest to hit the side chest, as opposed to the current crop of bodybuilders who don't like to do bench press like the guys in the past used to.
What does that matter? It's genetics mostly, not bench presses that develop the chest.
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More recent and not bad.
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WBF snagged a few top pros still in there prime ,mike being one of them,he was a top guy rivaling haney'upper'body wide,strydom and mike were on the same level in the non mro shows top 3 and they left for $$$$
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Mike still looks pretty good.
"Train with the legend Mike Christian"?
A little full of himself, no?
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"Train with the legend Mike Christian"?
A little full of himself, no?
He's won more pro shows than Shawn Ray , yet people consider Ray a legend.
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"Train with the legend Mike Christian"?
A little full of himself, no?
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Just marketing himself.
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What does that matter? It's genetics mostly, not bench presses that develop the chest.
Bench presses don't develop chest? Someone has never lifted weights in their life. ::) ::)
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Bench presses don't develop chest? Someone has never lifted weights in their life. ::) ::)
Vince Gironda said flat bench presses were useless for building pecs
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Bench presses don't develop chest? Someone has never lifted weights in their life. ::) ::)
Look at how you flex your chest. Do you flex it straight out in front of your body like you would with a bench press? No. You flex withnyour hands down similar to a hands clasped most muscular. Thus, if you want to hit pec fibers you gotta replicate the movement. I.e. not the flat bench.
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Vince Gironda said flat bench presses were useless for building pecs
I know some powerlifters who have good pecs and thats all the do is flat bench.
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I know some powerlifters who have good pecs and thats all the do is flat bench.
Its called "genetics." They could probably only do flyes and they would still have good pecs.
Genetics determine everything. Exercise really doesn't matter.
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Its called "genetics." They could probably only do flyes and they would still have good pecs.
Genetics determine everything. Exercise really doesn't matter.
Agreed that's why what Vince said isn't exactly true.
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Cocaine cowboy.
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Was Mike robbed at the 1990 mrO ?
The crowd went nuts. They thought Mike had it that year.
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Was Mike robbed at the 1990 mrO ?
They crowd went nuts. They thought Mike had it that year.
poor legs
Benfatto was the best physique onstage that night
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Whole contest was horseshit.
Would they really have busted Haney if he failed?
No.
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It was always said Mike had a Mr. O level upper body and a Mr. State level lower body.
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It was always said Mike had a Mr. O level upper body and a Mr. State level lower body.
With calves being a crapshoot it was very common for the quads among bbers not matching their upper body. Now that problem is non-existent. Seems everyone walks around with Platz-like quads. I wonder what's changed. I think having a far more variety of equipment to train quads has something to do with it. Squats are just not a productive movement for quads for many people. The vast array of squat machine variations and leg press are much more effective. Of course, maybe it's just because more people are getting into bbing and you are just drawing off a larger genetic pool and the ones with weak legs just never make it to the public eye.
I'm not counting drugs as they make everything better but just addressing the past disproportion between quads and upper body.
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With calves being a crapshoot it was very common for the quads among bbers not matching their upper body. Now that problem is non-existent. Seems everyone walks around with Platz-like quads. I wonder what's changed. I think having a far more variety of equipment to train quads has something to do with it. Squats are just not a productive movement for quads for many people. The vast array of squat machine variations and leg press are much more effective. Of course, maybe it's just because more people are getting into bbing and you are just drawing off a larger genetic pool and the ones with weak legs just never make it to the public eye.
I'm not counting drugs as they make everything better but just addressing the past disproportion between quads and upper body.
More people lift weights so there are more genetic freaks that work their way up to the pro ranks.
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was he on hardcore "recreational" drugs since the 80's?
WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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How far would Mike Christian go if he didn't use Cocaine and rec drugs?
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With calves being a crapshoot it was very common for the quads among bbers not matching their upper body. Now that problem is non-existent. Seems everyone walks around with Platz-like quads. I wonder what's changed. I think having a far more variety of equipment to train quads has something to do with it. Squats are just not a productive movement for quads for many people. The vast array of squat machine variations and leg press are much more effective. Of course, maybe it's just because more people are getting into bbing and you are just drawing off a larger genetic pool and the ones with weak legs just never make it to the public eye.
I'm not counting drugs as they make everything better but just addressing the past disproportion between quads and upper body.
This. The leg press became the go to machine for quad development. It's like pecs. Prior to the widespread introduction of the bench, which I have read wasn't until the 40's, chest development wasn't anywhere near what it is now.
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How far would Mike Christian go if he didn't use Cocaine and rec drugs?
He was top-5 Olympia placer. Short of winning a Sandow, he couldn't go much higher.
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