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Title: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: Army of One on August 05, 2006, 01:17:13 PM
Reading the commando thread made me realise most children of the eighties-early 90's grew up watching Arnold and Sly flicks, I know myself I was watching enter the dragon from the age of 3 onwards due to older brothers and was fed on Arnold and Sly movies and thats why im probably interested in lifting today, any others?
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: alexxx on August 05, 2006, 01:19:34 PM
Arnold from Terminator 2.
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallo
Post by: DK II on August 05, 2006, 01:20:52 PM
Sure, it probably had a huge influence.
the 80s were full of action movies with muscles.
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: danielson on August 05, 2006, 01:23:45 PM
Sly for sure. I idolized him as kid. Even though he only weighed 160, I still think he looked great in rocky 4. I liked Arnold as well, but never saw much use to be that big personally.
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: Jr. Yates on August 05, 2006, 03:09:11 PM
Arnold for me more than Sly, I liked Sly in cliffhanger/demolition man when he was bigger.
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallo
Post by: DK II on August 05, 2006, 03:12:06 PM
Arnold for me more than Sly, I liked Sly in cliffhanger/demolition man when he was bigger.

yes he looked good then, and he was what, 50?

Sly is really the way to go, he still looks great.
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallo
Post by: Bluto on August 05, 2006, 04:23:29 PM
pumpster is here because of sly stallone
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallo
Post by: Bast000 on August 05, 2006, 04:27:36 PM
I saw a clip of the 1999 Arnold Classic on TV, when Nasser won, and I went to Sam's Club with my parents and I bought 40lb dumbbell set.   I was 15.   I only worked arms and chest with the dumbbells and did chins outside. 
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: gmflex on August 05, 2006, 04:31:07 PM
Predator & Conan !!
Arnolds best condition!! :o
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: Jr. Yates on August 05, 2006, 04:34:59 PM
Predator & Conan !!
Arnolds best condition!! :o
Not T1?
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: chris_mason on August 05, 2006, 04:37:25 PM
Arnold definitely had an influence on my early years in the iron game.
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: onlyme on August 05, 2006, 05:58:21 PM
Yep I blame Sly for where I am today.  Without his (wifes) input in my carreer I would probably still be in LA kicking ass.  But now I am in horrible Hawaii wasting my life away.  I love it
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallo
Post by: Army of One on August 05, 2006, 06:31:01 PM
BTW onlyme I was training in a gym in NJ a few weeks ago and some guy there was a previous world arm wrestlling champ and apparently was in over the top, I was told his name but it escapes me now.
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallo
Post by: onlyme on August 06, 2006, 02:44:08 AM
BTW onlyme I was training in a gym in NJ a few weeks ago and some guy there was a previous world arm wrestlling champ and apparently was in over the top, I was told his name but it escapes me now.

Was he big.  What did he look like
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: the shadow on August 06, 2006, 03:07:51 AM
yep i would say arnold cuz in terminator 1 he almost looked like he could compete again for mr olympia..in its first scene when arnie come in nude,his chest looks like as if its going to explode..after watching this scene i wanted to have a chest that would look like that..definetly arnold..
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: MikeThaMachine on August 06, 2006, 03:14:35 AM
Arnold for sure is i would say my main influence to get into BBing scene, i always liked him as an actor. When i got older i eventually stumbled into his BBing career cause i started to lift a little and i bought pumping iron cause it was the only BBing movie i knew of and i watched it over and over, eventually bought mags and came online to find out more about him and the others in the movie. Now it's my #1 hobby/thing in my life. :)
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallone?
Post by: Slick Vic on August 06, 2006, 06:06:34 AM
Arnold, baby!  8)

At age 15 I knew of him as an 'actor' but not so much as a bodybuilder until I wanted to change my body as a New Year resolution. It was then I picked up an issue of Flex magazine and saw in the back pages a black & white photo of Arnold doing a side-chest shot. From that moment, it was on.  ;D
Title: Re: How many pple put the reason they are in here today downto Arnold and Stallo
Post by: SulkingGreekGod on August 06, 2006, 08:45:36 AM
Arnold!

I was 9 years old, forever being told I "couldn't do that." Rented a copy of The Terminator, cue scene where the gun shop owner says "Hey mister, you can't do that."

Arnold: "Wrong--" BOOM! (blows the guy away with a shotgun blast)

Instant idolization.