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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => History - Stories - and Memories => Topic started by: Jr. Yates on August 17, 2006, 10:51:43 AM
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ok all of a sudden this guy is popping up everywhere. 2 weeks ago I never knew who he was. I've been reading about this sport for years now, old and new mags, books, etc. and I never heard of steve. I have seen Gregg Valentino's documentary "the man whose arms exploded" twice now. the first time there was this older man talking about his roid days and how its plants a seed in your body and all this stuff im sure you guys have seen it. anyways I listened to what he had to say but the guy was really pissing me off, not his opinions just the way he talked and over exageratted. Last night nothing was on TV exept that documentary again so I said what the hell, I'll watch it again. sure enough I saw that the guy was Steve! After learning about him in my other thread, it made so much sense that he was in that documentary and what he had to say made more sense as well.
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Hes a liar and a fool. In that documaentary he claimed to have been Arnolds training partner, and that he had beaten the great man in competion. I'm glad he has suffered so many health complications, with any luck the lying twat will be dead soon.
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Hes a liar and a fool. In that documaentary he claimed to have been Arnolds training partner, and that he had beaten the great man in competion. I'm glad he has suffered so many health complications, with any luck the lying twat will be dead soon.
I thought it was pretty funny
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when he said they put me in a mental institute i thought come 5 o clock surely he'll be bck in there right....
nuts!!!!
ta ta
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When Steve won the 1972 Mr.America at the Brooklyn academy of music in NY Arnold was right there in the front row and did many times publicly acknowlege Steve as a TOP contender. Arnold supported Steve by writing a letter to a court in his law suite against the truck company that hit Steve and caused him to be out of BB. I'm not sure of any details about that but if someone knows Steve they could ask him. Just something alse interesting, George Butler (pumping iron) called the gym ALL the time for Steve around 1991 or so in reference to a book about Steve. The guy was a LEGIT great...GREAT bodybuilder of the day.....And he did beat Lou Ferrigno. Sensational, yes, exagerate or just make a story more interesting, yes, BUT great BB no doubt, very very intelligent no doubt and a INNOVATOR of certain training and dieting methods.That's one thing I don't get with him...why he hasn't written a LEGIT book, dieting, training, real stories realted to BB and just his approach and how it's changed over the years. If Steve Moved out to Cali in the mid 70's EVERYONE would knows his name...
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If Steve Moved out to Cali in the mid 70's EVERYONE would knows his name...
really? where was steve living/training at the time of Arnold and Franco's days?
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N.Y.
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He didn't want to pursue his bbing career? or just didn't want to move?
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I think it had to do with him getting married and family in NY,but I'm not sure. He did go back into commercial art during these days and if you look in Pumping Iron the book you'll see a pix of Steve during this time. He was much smaller but then got back into competing and I think that's when he went on to win the universe.
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I think it had to do with him getting married and family in NY,but I'm not sure. He did go back into commercial art during these days and if you look in Pumping Iron the book you'll see a pix of Steve during this time. He was much smaller but then got back into competing and I think that's when he went on to win the universe.
I see. and during the universe time he went nutty. from the pics i've seen he looked great thats forsure.
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The guy was a LEGIT great...GREAT bodybuilder of the day.....And he did beat Lou Ferrigno. Sensational, yes, exagerate or just make a story more interesting, yes, BUT great BB no doubt, very very intelligent no doubt and a INNOVATOR of certain training and dieting methods.
He was never a great BB of the day, not even close. His physique never stood out-strictly second-tier plus he appeared only in Lurie's rags. As far as being an innovator, how was spending 3-4 times the normal amount of time training for no noticable gain smart? Clearly mentally disturbed.
As far as moving out to Cali, I'm not sure there was any interest plus as a typical provincial long islander he followed typed by being unwilling to move.
How about we get the spelling squared away on this particular thread..Michalik.
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In a Discovery TV show Michalik claimed he was a natural when he won the MR. Universe title. He also claimed to have beaten Arnold. The guy is a compulsive liar.
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He was never a great BB of the day, not even close. His physique never stood out-strictly second-tier plus he appeared only in Lurie's rags. As far as being an innovator, how was spending 3-4 times the normal amount of time training for no noticable gain smart? Clearly mentally disturbed.
As far as moving out to Cali, I'm not sure there was any interest plus as a typical provincial long islander he followed typed by being unwilling to move.
How about we get the spelling squared away on this particular thread..Michalik.
I'm not gonna debate it. I'm not here to defend him or justify what he says today. The fact is the guy had a balance of muscle and symetry that was rare for the time with the exception of a few, Arnold, Sergio, Nubret and some others. If you think it was second-tier than you disagree with the number 1 BB of the day, Arnold who mentioned him in articles and interviews on the subject of his competition. In Pumping Iron the book they high lighted a few guys ONLY...ONLY, one was Steve Michalik. The others were Arnold, Lou, Serge, Franco and Mike Katz (because he was a school teacher and former NY jets player). Ask George Butler if Steve was a potential GREAT BB or second tier in the 70's.
Spending two hours training was COMMON in those days. If you don't think there was interest in Steve from Joe Weider you are simply wrong. Did STEVE say he beat Arnold during that show OR did the reporter say he beat Arnold? I only saw a brief part.
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In a Discovery TV show Michalik claimed he was a natural when he won the MR. Universe title. He also claimed to have beaten Arnold. The guy is a compulsive liar.
Ronnie Colman claims he was natural 10 years ago....EVERYONE claims they were natural.
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In Pumping Iron the book they high lighted a few guys ONLY...ONLY, one was Steve Michalik. The others were Arnold, Lou, Serge, Franco and Mike Katz (because he was a school teacher and former NY jets player). Ask George Butler if Steve was a potential GREAT BB or second tier in the 70's.
I always wondered why Michalik was featured in the book but not the movie? What about Joe Disco?
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He was never a great BB of the day, not even close. His physique never stood out-strictly second-tier plus he appeared only in Lurie's rags. As far as being an innovator, how was spending 3-4 times the normal amount of time training for no noticable gain smart? Clearly mentally disturbed.
As far as moving out to Cali, I'm not sure there was any interest plus as a typical provincial long islander he followed typed by being unwilling to move.
How about we get the spelling squared away on this particular thread..Michalik.
I have 60 articles spread among 11 magazines filed about Michalik. Only 8 appeared in Lurie's mag. There were 17 in Ironman and 13 in Strength & Health.
Whether you liked his physique or his training methods, in his day, he was of note.
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How about we get the spelling squared away on this particular thread..Michalik.
sorry. :(
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Steve was in his time a top notch bodybuilder. He was in the top 10 in the world. The man had a 27 inch waist and was well over 200 lbs. The only thing he was lacking was calves.
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Steve's style of training never caught on because what nut would do 60 sets for chest. Mike Mentzer was a genius by pushing his style of training. Why would someone do 60 sets per bodypart when you could do a Mike Mentzer Heavy Duty workout and do 3-5 sets per bodypart.
I used to do much more volume and got half the results. Unless you're juiced to the gills Steve's training will not work.
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Steve's style of training never caught on because what nut would do 60 sets for chest. Mike Mentzer was a genius by pushing his style of training. Why would someone do 60 sets per bodypart when you could do a Mike Mentzer Heavy Duty workout and do 3-5 sets per bodypart.
I used to do much more volume and got half the results. Unless you're juiced to the gills Steve's training will not work.
wasn't steve "juiced to the gills"?
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wasn't steve "juiced to the gills"?
Of course. All the bodybuilders of that era we're.
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I think one of the reasons that Steve M. didn't want to come to California was that he was a big fish in a small pond in NY. In Caifornia it probably would have been vice versa. A case of beng just another nut in a large California bowl of BB'ing nuts. Afraid of being lost in the shuffle? I believe he had a brother who was also into BB'ing and not bad himself.
I used to read some old back issues of Iron Man mag (that original, old mag was great) that an old timer lent to me, from time to time. Steve M. was featured in a lot of articles back in the day. He did look impressive. You could really tell he thought a lot about himself even than. More like, "My way or the highway". Good Luck.
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from all his stories he seemed like a hardcore, bodybuilding freak. but the way he acts in that documentary, he seems to say/believe natural is the way to go.
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I have 60 articles spread among 11 magazines filed about Michalik. Only 8 appeared in Lurie's mag. There were 17 in Ironman and 13 in Strength & Health.
Exactly the gist of what i've said. Lurie's mag and S & H appearances wouldn't have meant much; Iron Man was IMO the best mag on the market but wasn't widely read.
Steve was in his time a top notch bodybuilder. He was in the top 10 in the world.
No; not even top-20. I read the mags then, remember exactly who else was competing and prominent at that time. I don't think it was a coincidence that he was left out of the movie actually.
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I don't think it was a coincidence that he was left out of the movie actually.
Thats interesting. now that you mention it, its suprising that he didnt' even get a little part.
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No; not even top-20. I read the mags then, remember exactly who else was competing and prominent at that time. I don't think it was a coincidence that he was left out of the movie actually.
Please name 20 bodybuilders better than Steve Michalik in 1974-5. Steve was supposed to be in the first Punping Iron movie, but either decided to go back to work as an artist or couldn't compete. Why do you think Butler had a whole chapter about him? If not a very good BB why did Butler choose Steve to be the main guy in #2? Why did Butler call the gym ALL the time talking to Steve about a book? I would say Arnold, Nubret, Olivia were up their with Michalik. Guys like Paul grant, Katz, Waller were good but not like Steve. lou was ok but very incomplete and over rated because of his size. Zane and Mentzer came around later. Anyway, when you get a chance go ahead and name me 20 guys like you said.
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I never saw pumping iron 2. i always thought it was about women? why would Steve be in that one?
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He was Bev's trainer.
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He was Bev's trainer.
ah gotchya. :)
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so the abusing AAS stories are true. because he talks nothing about it in Valentino's documentary. he says something about a seed being planted in his body that "hatched" or something.
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He was never a great BB of the day, not even close. His physique never stood out-strictly second-tier plus he appeared only in Lurie's rags. As far as being an innovator, how was spending 3-4 times the normal amount of time training for no noticable gain smart? Clearly mentally disturbed.
As far as moving out to Cali, I'm not sure there was any interest plus as a typical provincial long islander he followed typed by being unwilling to move.
How about we get the spelling squared away on this particular thread..Michalik.
Shut the fuck up you little weasel. Michalik won the AAU Mr. America, the most prestigious title in all of bodybuilding. He looked ten times better than you and accomplished far more than you ever will.
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Shut the fuck up you little weasel. Michalik won the AAU Mr. America, the most prestigious title in all of bodybuilding. He looked ten times better than you and accomplished far more than you ever will.
Woah dont hold back big guy :o :D