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Title: Arnold is 5.9" right now
Post by: falco on October 25, 2025, 04:42:11 AM
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Title: Re: Arnold is 5.9" right now
Post by: Rambone on October 25, 2025, 04:51:25 AM
Including his fluffy orangutan hair and shoe lifts?
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Post by: TheShape. on October 25, 2025, 05:04:05 AM
Does long term steroid use adversely affect height? It seems to be a common trend amount bodybuilders and wrestlers to shrink a lot, I know your spine compresses as you age but we’re talking like a 4-5” loss here.
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on October 25, 2025, 05:09:40 AM
 :)
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Post by: Donny on October 25, 2025, 05:28:55 AM
 :-X
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Post by: Kwon on October 25, 2025, 05:51:27 AM
Wasn´t Arnold 7´3" at one point? Or was it 6´5"?
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Post by: Brenda Steunbeer on October 25, 2025, 08:01:16 AM
Years of extremely heavy 700 lbs (317 kilos) calf raises and squats can't be good for your spine.
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Post by: Dave D on October 25, 2025, 08:07:12 AM
Years of extremely heavy 700 lbs (317 kilos) calf raises and squats can't be good for your spine.

There’s no decompression that’s being done?
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Post by: Irongrip400 on October 25, 2025, 08:27:00 AM
Does long term steroid use adversely affect height? It seems to be a common trend amount bodybuilders and wrestlers to shrink a lot, I know your spine compresses as you age but we’re talking like a 4-5” loss here.

I think it’s just heating up the discs. My L5-S1 is at 3mm and it’s supposed to be 14mm or something. If imagine you compress a lot of discs and it starts to add up.
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Post by: chaos on October 25, 2025, 08:34:45 AM
:)

(https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=701486.0;attach=1575737;image)
Still wider than Heath
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Post by: Rambone on October 25, 2025, 08:52:00 AM
Still wider than Heath

Brutal yet true!
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Post by: MuscleBuff on October 25, 2025, 08:58:38 AM
Whats with the socks?  ???
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Post by: affeman on October 25, 2025, 09:01:48 AM
Still wider than Heath

 :-\
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Post by: Kwon on October 25, 2025, 09:04:01 AM
He is still in great shape especially for his age, even if he was 7´6" or 6´4" earlier
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Post by: jude2 on October 25, 2025, 11:56:17 AM
Including his fluffy orangutan hair and shoe lifts?
Phils shoes are the ones with the big lift
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Post by: Rambone on October 25, 2025, 12:21:41 PM
Phils shoes are the ones with the big lift

Well, he’s a basketball player. What’s Arnold’s excuse other than insecurity?
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Post by: affeman on October 25, 2025, 12:28:52 PM
Including his fluffy orangutan hair and shoe lifts?

Arnold was one of the first who had one of those old bad technique hair transplants in the 80s where the hair plugs look like from a Mattel doll

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Post by: Pet shop boys on October 25, 2025, 01:26:43 PM
Whats with the socks?  ???

Closing in to 80 years old will do that to you

WoooSSHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Post by: Pet shop boys on October 25, 2025, 01:31:48 PM
Well, he’s a basketball player. What’s Arnold’s excuse other than insecurity?

Arnolds shoe's tin soles are basically being barefooted there

WooSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I've noticed Jay,Philsulin and Palumbo use those lift elevators shoes though

WooSSHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Post by: MuscleBuff on October 25, 2025, 02:44:36 PM
Closing in to 80 years old will do that to you

WoooSSHHHHHHHHHHHH

I dont understand
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Post by: Raymondo on October 25, 2025, 03:02:58 PM
Does long term steroid use adversely affect height? It seems to be a common trend amount bodybuilders and wrestlers to shrink a lot, I know your spine compresses as you age but we’re talking like a 4-5” loss here.

 ::)

People shrink with age, steroids no steroids, weight lifting no weight lifting.
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Post by: tacobender on October 25, 2025, 03:28:41 PM
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Why isn’t he acting his own age and wearing these
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Post by: Moontrane on October 25, 2025, 03:42:43 PM
Whats with the socks?  ???

Compression sox.  Possible history of DVT, clots, or venous insufficiency.  I've had all three and use 20-30 mmHg.  Ronnie Coleman uses them too.
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Post by: oldschoolfan on October 25, 2025, 04:29:52 PM
Arnolds shoe's tin soles are basically being barefooted there

WooSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I've noticed Jay,Philsulin and Palumbo use those lift elevators shoes though

WooSSHHHHHHHHHHHH

Pet shop do you think heath and palumbo sell there ass for fast easy cash
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Post by: NaturalWonder83 on October 25, 2025, 04:55:39 PM
:)
Oh what a shock. Phil Heath wearing his favorite stupid Ali t-shirt AGAIN.
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Post by: Vince B on October 25, 2025, 04:56:23 PM
I measured Arnold's height in Honolulu at Mit's Gym one evening in January 1969. 6 feet 1 1/2 inches. He must still be over 6 feet tall now, probably 6=1.
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Post by: hench on October 25, 2025, 06:06:54 PM
I measured Arnold's height in Honolulu at Mit's Gym one evening in January 1969. 6 feet 1 1/2 inches. He must still be over 6 feet tall now, probably 6=1.
Vince I've always believed what you've said, musclemag measured him at 6'1.75".
You've no reason to lie and it's obvious he was over 6ft. If he wasn't then every conpetitor he was taller than are going down a few inches.
6ft 2 was easier to print musclemag wrote way back. Arnold said himself he was down to 6ft proper stretching up as  tall as possible a good few years ago.
It's funny there's a whole website based around celebrity heights and Arnold is a favourite to discuss with most people that have never met him saying he was never nearly 6'2",  6ft max. Your story has been put forward there and they still won't have it because he only looks this tall next to that person or this tall next that other person in this or that photo  ::)
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Post by: jude2 on October 25, 2025, 08:00:19 PM
My mom is 75 yrs old and she has lost 4 inches from arthritis.
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Post by: Skeletor on October 25, 2025, 08:22:38 PM
I measured Arnold's height in Honolulu at Mit's Gym one evening in January 1969. 6 feet 1 1/2 inches. He must still be over 6 feet tall now, probably 6=1.

You just happened to run around measuring other lads?
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Post by: AbrahamG on October 25, 2025, 08:59:22 PM
You just happened to run around measuring other lads?

Vince Basile measured Arnold's cock with his eyes from the comfort of his breezeway.
Title: Re: Arnold is 5.9" right now
Post by: falco on October 26, 2025, 01:44:37 AM
Still wider than Heath

Lol!!
Title: Re: Arnold is 5.9" right now
Post by: Griffith on October 26, 2025, 02:45:36 AM
I measured Arnold's height in Honolulu at Mit's Gym one evening in January 1969. 6 feet 1 1/2 inches. He must still be over 6 feet tall now, probably 6=1.

You met Sergio Oliva as well.

How did he look in person compared to Arnold?
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Post by: Taffin on October 26, 2025, 04:27:46 AM
I don't get the Arnold thing - stood pretty close to him back in the '90s and he didn't look 6ft to me - Bruce Willis towered over him - but unlike Vince I didn't get the tape out so what do I know

The good news is that it appears yoga can reverse this!
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Post by: Kwon on October 26, 2025, 04:51:29 AM
I don't get the Arnold thing - stood pretty close to him back in the '90s and he didn't look 6ft to me - Bruce Willis towered over him - but unlike Vince I didn't get the tape out so what do I know

The good news is that it appears yoga can reverse this!

Maybe his sprine waa too compressed during lifting days and Yoga helped his back



On another note, ive lost 1 inch due to Getbig (started here in 2003)
Title: Re: Arnold is 5.9" right now
Post by: Vince B on October 26, 2025, 04:52:28 AM
Vince I've always believed what you've said, musclemag measured him at 6'1.75".
You've no reason to lie and it's obvious he was over 6ft. If he wasn't then every conpetitor he was taller than are going down a few inches.
6ft 2 was easier to print musclemag wrote way back. Arnold said himself he was down to 6ft proper stretching up as  tall as possible a good few years ago.
It's funny there's a whole website based around celebrity heights and Arnold is a favourite to discuss with most people that have never met him saying he was never nearly 6'2",  6ft max. Your story has been put forward there and they still won't have it because he only looks this tall next to that person or this tall next that other person in this or that photo  ::)

Mits had a scale with a height gauge that we used to measure height. Two other guys there were also shorter than they claimed. It is likely that Arnold was 6-2 in the morning but lost half an inch during the day. I remember that he was trying to be as tall as possible when I measured him. I measured Arnold while others are guessing when they see him standing with others. Camera angle can make a big difference. The guy in front or closer to the camera will look taller.
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Post by: Donny on October 26, 2025, 05:02:41 AM
Mits had a scale with a height gauge that we used to measure height. Two other guys there were also shorter than they claimed. It is likely that Arnold was 6-2 in the morning but lost half an inch during the day. I remember that he was trying to be as tall as possible when I measured him. I measured Arnold while others are guessing when they see him standing with others. Camera angle can make a big difference. The guy in front or closer to the camera will look taller.

who gives a shit about his height ..  ::)
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Post by: Kwon on October 26, 2025, 05:04:59 AM
who gives a shit about his height ..  ::)

Apparently people in this thread.
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Post by: IroNat on October 26, 2025, 05:24:26 AM
who gives a shit about his height ..  ::)

Is Arnold worth a shit?

He is useless to us.
Title: Re: Arnold is 5.9" right now
Post by: Donny on October 26, 2025, 05:29:29 AM
Is Arnold worth a shit?

He is useless to us.

Arnold loves only Paul Graham Arnold