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Title: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Hurricane Beef ! on April 19, 2006, 11:23:03 PM
This cat is unreal . . .

http://www.flexonline.com/news/125
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Sir William Idol on April 19, 2006, 11:27:36 PM
looks good but not 280 more like 240
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: 240 is Back on April 19, 2006, 11:31:02 PM
looks good but not 280 more like 240

You're right.  He DOES look like me :)
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Hurricane Beef ! on April 19, 2006, 11:32:28 PM
You think that's something, check this out!

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=66796.0

Yeah, but Sean . . . I did it with so much more style. :-[

The Beef
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Sir William Idol on April 19, 2006, 11:45:08 PM
You're right.  He DOES look like me :)


no but read the first part, i said "looks good" 

ha!


 ;D
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: 240 is Back on April 19, 2006, 11:52:01 PM

no but read the first part, i said "looks good" 

ha!


 ;D

You very nearly impacted my self esteem, William. 

How would you have slept?
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: gh15 on April 19, 2006, 11:54:42 PM
This cat is unreal . . .

http://www.flexonline.com/news/125

not 280 and closer to 260 (also due to height since if he was 5'10 he'd stand at around 240lb physiqe) but very good condition for 260.
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Sir William Idol on April 20, 2006, 12:01:37 AM
You very nearly impacted my self esteem, William. 

How would you have slept?

probably pretty well, just took 2 ambien.....feels like my house's foundation is made of jello
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: 240 is Back on April 20, 2006, 12:02:22 AM
probably pretty well, just took 2 ambien.....feels like my house's foundation is made of jello

holy crap, two?

my brother is selling the domain name Scambien.com :)
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Sir William Idol on April 20, 2006, 12:06:20 AM
holy crap, two?

my brother is selling the domain name Scambien.com :)

well if one is the recommended dose fit for girls like luciousfox, i figure 2 cant hurt....unless they clog up your kidneys....hope i dont get tom princified
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: ManBearPig... on April 20, 2006, 12:07:21 AM
gary: brutal delusions of grandeur.
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: 240 is Back on April 20, 2006, 12:12:18 AM
hope i dont get tom princified

Dammit, I hate being up this late cause I'm too nice...

But 'Princified' is pretty brilliant, man.
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Sir William Idol on April 20, 2006, 12:22:29 AM
Dammit, I hate being up this late cause I'm too nice...

But 'Princified' is pretty brilliant, man.


wait, but being princified would mean being a healthy, muscular 230 lbs according to FLEX right? 

sign me up for a Princification asap
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: LuciusFox on April 20, 2006, 04:59:05 AM
 Where are his legs?  :-\
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: natural al on April 20, 2006, 05:24:00 AM
man 2 ambien is alot, most I've ever taken is 1 and it knocked me out big time.   My wife's cousin takes 2 and she can't move for like 16 hours...

Hey 240, what's up with scambien?  I don't get it, it does what it's supposed to do....
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: sculpture on April 20, 2006, 05:25:58 AM
Where are his legs?  :-\

According to the chaps over at ironage its just the angle that makes his legs appear small. BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Harry R. M. Pitts on April 20, 2006, 05:59:31 AM
“I’m making a comeback this year because I want to show the world that a bodybuilder of my size can look aesthetic without losing the flowing lines and control of the waistline,” he said. “We have to give the kids something to inspire them to bodybuild, because some of the physiques out there are so ugly it is doing quite the opposite.”

way to go Gary!!
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: anvil on April 20, 2006, 08:18:58 AM
You're right.  He DOES look like me :)

That was a good one ;D

Man, Gary's arms and shoulders are STILL crazy after all these years, I just hope he's brought his back up.  It'll be interesting.
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: bigdumbbell on April 20, 2006, 08:21:22 AM
gary, just do the show bald 
nobody cares
and you look less rediculous too
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Ex Coelis on April 20, 2006, 08:36:40 AM
THIS is what 280 lbs looks like - Gary Strydom is NOT 280 lbs

(http://www.zegatao.muscle.nom.br/antesedepois/markus/2004c_mro04_1%20MARKUS.jpg)

(http://www.zegatao.muscle.nom.br/antesedepois/markus/2004c_mro04_2%20MARKUS.jpg)
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: LuciusFox on April 20, 2006, 10:17:58 AM
According to the chaps over at ironage its just the angle that makes his legs appear small. BWAHAHAHAHAHA

  He better refrain from standing at that angle to the camera again then ::)
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: Scimowser on April 21, 2006, 12:01:17 PM
Strydom at his peak competed under 230lbs, prob 220-225 so he is nowhere near 250, never mind 280
Title: Re: Gary Strydom @ 280 lbs
Post by: natural al on April 21, 2006, 12:19:44 PM
Strydom at his peak competed under 230lbs, prob 220-225 so he is nowhere near 250, never mind 280

you know nothing about bodybuilding in the 80's and early 90's do you?  Gary competed in the 1987 NOC at about 250, he did one Olympia at 225ish but about 2 weeks before that he did the Chicago pro where he lost to Phil Williams, the general opinion was that Gary was huge but was not ripped enough so Gary wend nuts and dropped a ton of weight.  Gary usually competed in the 250-260lbs range after that, When he placed 4th at the Ironman in 90 he weighed in at 250+, he traded Euro tour wins with Mike Christian and he was 250+, when he was in the WBF he was 260ish...to say Gary won all of his pro shows at well over 250lbs.  The only times I ever saw gary compete at under 230 were the nationals when he won and his sole olympia.