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Title: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Danimal77 on August 27, 2017, 09:57:50 PM
Imo, Robby Robinson or Mike Mentzer (he won the over 200 pounds category) should have won the overall that year. Even Boyer Coe and Dennis Tinerino looked better than Zane in 1979. Zane was tiny and just didn't look that great. Also, look how long the 199 pound Arnold's hair was in 1979!  :o



Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Nether Animal on August 27, 2017, 10:03:51 PM
Or 82....
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Danimal77 on August 27, 2017, 10:06:20 PM
Or 82....

I think he looked better in 1983 where he competed at 180 pounds, than he did at the 1982 where he weighed just over 200 pounds. That said, he looked better in 1982 than he did both in 1979 and 1980 imo.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Dan-O on August 27, 2017, 10:09:10 PM
Coe didn't have abs and Tinerino looked okay from the front and side but was weak from the back.  An argument could be made for Mentzer winning the overall, but you can't deny that Zane looked amazing at the 1979 O.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Never1AShow on August 27, 2017, 10:29:34 PM
Coe didn't have abs and Tinerino looked okay from the front and side but was weak from the back.  An argument could be made for Mentzer winning the overall, but you can't deny that Zane looked amazing at the 1979 O.

Post the comparison shots w Mentzer or Robby or get out of here
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: beakdoctor on August 27, 2017, 10:33:25 PM
79 was the best Zane ever looked.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Griffith on August 28, 2017, 07:31:07 AM
Excellent conditioning, he looks like a statue in some of those shots.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: ratherbebig on August 28, 2017, 09:41:44 AM
today he would be beaten by board short guys
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Natural_O on August 28, 2017, 12:55:52 PM
I was at the show and Zane was an easy winner in 1979, the best he ever looked.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: V Man on August 28, 2017, 01:39:59 PM
Funny to see Arnold with the long hair. I always thought the long hair he had for Conan was a wig.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Dan-O on August 28, 2017, 05:58:29 PM
Post the comparison shots w Mentzer or Robby or get out of here

Good luck finding any quality pics from the '79 O online.  In fact I couldn't find one decent pic of Robby from that show, which is kind of weird.

But compare Frank's condition here to 4th-place (under 200 lbs.) Chris Dickerson.  Zane was "ripped to the tits" and even had that printed on some t-shirts.  He really took conditioning to the next level.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: ChopperRider on August 28, 2017, 07:27:36 PM
People criticize Zane for being a swimmer and for not playing the size game.

And he is a 3X Mr. O who is still alive and healthy.

As modern day middle of the road gym rats die from bodybuilding and recreational drug use

Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Marty Champions on August 28, 2017, 08:17:55 PM
shades of matt c another legend
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Desolate on August 28, 2017, 08:44:26 PM
People criticize Zane for being a swimmer and for not playing the size game.

And he is a 3X Mr. O who is still alive and healthy.

As modern day middle of the road gym rats die from bodybuilding and recreational drug use

Truth.

I don't think I've seen a successful pro whom people are more jealous of than Frank Zane.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: ronnyg801 on August 28, 2017, 08:46:57 PM
Ha ha, how do you figure he was not in that good of shape? Did you think abdomen was full vacuum all the time?
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Never1AShow on August 28, 2017, 09:02:46 PM
Good luck finding any quality pics from the '79 O online.  In fact I couldn't find one decent pic of Robby from that show, which is kind of weird.

But compare Frank's condition here to 4th-place (under 200 lbs.) Chris Dickerson.  Zane was "ripped to the tits" and even had that printed on some t-shirts.  He really took conditioning to the next level.

Did Zane get ahold of some of that Palm Springs life extension GH?
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Straw Man on August 28, 2017, 09:16:28 PM
Zane was awesome

he was the smart but not crazy (also not bi polar drug addict?) contemporary to Mentzer

Second video was in 1983

same year that Bob Paris and Jeff King were the top "amateur" guys

and Samir won the Olympia
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Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Natural_O on August 28, 2017, 09:27:47 PM
Funny to see Arnold with the long hair. I always thought the long hair he had for Conan was a wig.

In '79, they were going to start filming Conan with Raquel Welch and Sean Connery in the movie. Arnold grew his hair long that year in preparation for the movie
but then it was delayed until 1981.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: JAGO on August 28, 2017, 10:21:45 PM
Good luck finding any quality pics from the '79 O online.  In fact I couldn't find one decent pic of Robby from that show, which is kind of weird.

But compare Frank's condition here to 4th-place (under 200 lbs.) Chris Dickerson.  Zane was "ripped to the tits" and even had that printed on some t-shirts.  He really took conditioning to the next level.

Plenty of Robby in this . . . Starts at 2:55

J

Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Never1AShow on August 29, 2017, 05:32:09 AM
Excellent conditioning, he looks like a statue in some of those shots.

No doubt, and he may have been the best man on that day, but in some of those shots his back appears shallow and weak
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Natural_O on August 29, 2017, 03:40:59 PM
Robby was way off in '79. He lost weight and competed in the Under 200 pound class and didn't have his usual mass and thickness.
Title: Re: Frank Zane didn't look that great in 1979
Post by: Parker on August 29, 2017, 03:53:35 PM
Imo, Robby Robinson or Mike Mentzer (he won the over 200 pounds category) should have won the overall that year. Even Boyer Coe and Dennis Tinerino looked better than Zane in 1979. Zane was tiny and just didn't look that great. Also, look how long the 199 pound Arnold's hair was in 1979!  :o




They were giving Robby the shaft back then, for looking like Shaft. They told him to shut his mouth. Even when he was the main inspiration for Weider's bust.