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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Danimal77 on July 09, 2020, 12:34:54 AM
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The first bodybuilder in the early 1980's to ever take insulin not realizing the effect it had on him.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=203082210896682 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=203082210896682)
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He has no gut so it looks like it had zero effect ;D
But in all seriousness he does seem to have a rounder muscle look you expect to see more on modern day pros.
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He bred high end boa constrictors for a while after he retired from bodybuilding. Interesting how many bodybuilder get into reptiles.
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Nice physique, still has detail also... Unlike most guys today.
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He was a diabetic for real.
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Yes he was a diabetic and I believe he was instrumental in the introduction of insulin to some of the non diabetic bodybuilders. Great guy that helped me a lot back in the day. He did a seminar one day where he trained shoulders and arms the answered questions at my gym. It was great.
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he was like platz with a better upper body.
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Ah, good. The biennial Tim Belknap appreciation thread. ;D
Some more here:
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=645214.0 (http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=645214.0)
Tim had great arms and legs.
If we are being critical, didn't have the biggest chest and back was missing thickness or -something Platz notably had- serious detail , which might've compensated for the lack of thickness.
Still, for all that, thought Tim ,at his best, presented his body very well.
1985 (the video in OP's Facebook link)
Looked incredible in the side and front twisting shots, which didn't emphasise his narrow clavicles, his one glaring weakness.
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He bred high end boa constrictors for a while after he retired from bodybuilding. Interesting how many bodybuilder get into reptiles.
Heh. Never heard of this before.
Googled and ,yes, apparently there was a Tim Belknap who bred boa constrictors ,but surely this can't be "our" Tim Belknap? :D
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He wasn't underrated.
He won the Mr. A. in '81
He won the NABBA Mr. U in '85 and the short class in '84.
Pretty impressive. Was he going to win the Olympia? No.
He had weaknesses that prevented him from winning against other top pros.
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We all remember Tim. When he did the insulin his body looked bigger and more vascular but not better. Plus the gyno didn't look good.
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Heh. Never heard of this before.
Googled and ,yes, apparently there was a Tim Belknap who bred boa constrictors ,but surely this can't be "our" Tim Belknap? :D
Yeah, I heard it years ago, and thought it was a mistake, but people in the trade swore it was him. And then a while back Palumbo talked about trying to get Tim on to discuss snakes, bodybuilding, etc....
Here's an old post (scroll to #3), where another breeder mentions that it was indeed him - http://reptilescanada.com/threads/amarali-or-not-amarali.20120/ .
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Here's an old post (scroll to #3), where another breeder mentions that it was indeed him - http://reptilescanada.com/threads/amarali-or-not-amarali.20120/ .
What an interesting guy. ;D
(http://img.xooimage.com/files48/3/8/b/bcamaralibolivie8kh-20ea48a.jpg)
"In the mid 80's about 20 -30 Amarali arrived within a few shipments and pretty much since then no Amarali have been imported.
Breeders like Lemke, Joe Terry, Kerry King and Tim Belknap (he was a body builder who graced the cover of Muscle and Fitness many times) were the first to breed these animals and what we have today are the offspring of those few imports that arrived some 20 plus years ago."
The former World's Strongest Man from the 1980's, Geoff Capes, is champion budgerigar breeder in the UK, which I find more incongruous.
So ,boa constrictors? Why not?
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any pics of fred belknap ? Fred Belknap
1982
Mr Midwest - AAU, Teen Short, 2nd
1983
Teen Nationals - NPC, MiddleWeight, 1st
© MuscleMemory
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shredded mass monster in his day
freak who had a unique look
ive been to the belknap mall in Maine (pronounced "Bell"-"Nap").
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5’4” tall at best
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He bred high end boa constrictors for a while after he retired from bodybuilding. Interesting how many bodybuilder get into reptiles.
Maybe he thought it was living peptides.
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We all remember Tim. When he did the insulin his body looked bigger and more vascular but not better. Plus the gyno didn't look good.
He did the insulin all the time because he was type 1 diabetic. They can't stop taking it.
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uh, where is he now...
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uh, where is he now...
As of January he was alive and well.
https://www.neckberg.com/en/tim-belknap-bodybuilding-diabetes
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I thought I read somewhere he had became a Pastor?
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I thought I read somewhere he had became a Pastor?
Yes, someone asked about him on a reptile board in the early 2000's -
"Tim is no longer producing boas...he parted with his collection to finish seminary & become a minister/missionary full time. He's now busy with his ministry, wife & child.
Hope this helps!!!
Kara - NERD"
Also the Kerry King mentioned in the Boa post is the guitarist for the band Slayer. Belknap and his friend Lloyd Lemke were friendly with him. King was a snake breeder off and on for a number of years.
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Yes, someone asked about him on a reptile board in the early 2000's -
"Tim is no longer producing boas...he parted with his collection to finish seminary & become a minister/missionary full time. He's now busy with his ministry, wife & child.
Hope this helps!!!
Kara - NERD"
Also the Kerry King mentioned in the Boa post is the guitarist for the band Slayer. Belknap and his friend Lloyd Lemke were friendly with him. King was a snake breeder off and on for a number of years.
Thanks for that...
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Nice physique, still has detail also... Unlike most guys today.
If you're referring to the linked video Belnap does not look 62 years old, which is his current age.
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he was like platz with a better upper body.
Looks like a shitty, gyno-laden version of Polish Power Ivan Putski
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Looks like a shitty, gyno-laden version of Polish Power Ivan Putski
Ivan Putski was awesome!
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Ivan Putski was awesome!
I agree. Putski shits all over Belknap.
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Looks like a shitty, gyno-laden version of Polish Power Ivan Putski
This.
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He wasn't underrated.
He won the Mr. A. in '81
He won the NABBA Mr. U in '85 and the short class in '84.
Pretty impressive. Was he going to win the Olympia? No.
He had weaknesses that prevented him from winning against other top pros.
x2
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Great bodybuilder but hardly underated he did quite well.
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The first bodybuilder in the early 1980's to ever take insulin not realizing the effect it had on him.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=203082210896682 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=203082210896682)
Great physique. Danny Padilla was also great for his size.
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=358183.0;attach=393378;image)
Tim spotting brother Fred !!
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he was like platz with a better upper body.
As Platz matured he had a great upperbody............... ..I doubt if Tim would have beaten him if they were both in top shape.
Just my opinion my bro !!
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Danny..
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Danny..
Were you even alive when Padilla competed? LOL :)
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Were you even alive when Padilla competed? LOL :)
now..now wes i feel sorry for you because of your possible cancer, self inflicted due to smoking like a steam train. Just because Ron & onemorerep are online stop trying to play the poor victim.
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now..now wes i feel sorry for you because of your possible cancer, self inflicted due to smoking like a steam train. Just because Ron & onemorerep are online stop trying to play the poor victim.
Give it a rest, cum chugger.
If you want to attention whore, fuck off back to your Tranny Baristas board.
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Very solid, massive physique, big and ripped and with a big fat face
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Were you even alive when Padilla competed? LOL :)
It's funny but i always thought Padilla was Mexican, i'm not sure why, it's like I assumed he was Mexican, but recently i found out he is actually Italian, go figure. Could have fooled me
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It's funny but i always thought Padilla was Mexican, i'm not sure why, it's like I assumed he was Mexican, but recently i found out he is actually Italian, go figure. Could have fooled me
I thought Puerto Rican ,Padilla is not a usual Italian surname
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now..now wes i feel sorry for you because of your possible cancer, self inflicted due to smoking like a steam train. Just because Ron & onemorerep are online stop trying to play the poor victim.
No clue where you`re coming from but eat a dick sammich just the same.................nev er feel sorry for me fuckface i dont know you.
Remember rookie you started shit with me, and you`re not too good at this stuff.......so quit while you`re ahead before I embarrass you.
Been in wars with far better posters than you could ever hope to equal.
EDIT:.......I NEVER bring up my Cancer,other people do,so you can fuck yourself with that BS alao.
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No clue where you`re coming from but eat a dick sammich just the same.................nev er feel sorry for me fuckface i dont know you.
Remember rookie you started shit with me, and you`re not too good at this stuff.......so quit while you`re ahead before I embarrass you.
Been in wars with far better posters than you could ever hope to equal.
EDIT:.......I NEVER bring up my Cancer,other people do,so you can fuck yourself with that BS alao.
The word and his handle, escrima (stick fighting), sounds a lot like a derivative of excrement. ;)
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he really did have a great physique.
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The NABBA was pretty good back then.
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The NABBA was pretty good back then.
yeah..this is another short bodybuilder i liked.
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Makkawy was awesome and in most of the bodybuilding books at the time especially Kennedy's books.
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Makkawy was awesome and in most of the bodybuilding books at the time especially Kennedy's books.
yes he trained at Vince´s Gym. Great physique for his stature.
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When he won the Universe short beating Danny Padilla he looked amazing.
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not sure what he´s trying to do here..an upright row, shrug?...still looks great in this video from a few years ago
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this is good...
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I saw Tim win the 1980 AAU Mr. Illinois and 1981 AAU Mr. Midwest in person and he was super freaky for that time. 5'4" and about 212 pounds ripped. No one had ever seen someone so freaky big and vascular back then.
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He was brutally strong as well.
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Timotay Bellknepps had great Pecs!
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https://www.greatestphysiques.com/male-physiques/tim-belknap/
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He looks like Danny DeVito with hair. :-\
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He looks like Danny DeVito with hair. :-\
Danny was the Man took no shit. speaks the truth.
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Danny was the Man took no shit. speaks the truth.
DeVito or Padilla?
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DeVito or Padilla?
Both good guys ;D Danny was a great bodybuilder.
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Sometimes I wonder if Danny Devito could've been a good bodybuilder
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(https://www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTIwNjA4NjM0MDQxNjMyMjY4/danny-devito-9542289-1-402.jpg)
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Sometimes I wonder if Danny Devito could've been a good bodybuilder
I can just see Frank Reynolds jacked.