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Title: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: natural al on May 15, 2007, 01:27:13 PM
Anyone know who this guy is?  I think he was canadian and was supposed to hve a huge career but fell out of sight, found this pic the other day, looks impressive:
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Figo on May 15, 2007, 11:37:42 PM
Norwegian, turned pro early 80's, good arms, lots of coverage due to marketable looks, never really did much as a pro. But always finished up there, top 6-10.
Otherwise, dont know much, maybe one of the experts/old-timers can assist...
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: karasan on May 19, 2007, 06:51:14 AM
Norwegian, turned pro early 80's, good arms, lots of coverage due to marketable looks, never really did much as a pro. But always finished up there, top 6-10.
Otherwise, dont know much, maybe one of the experts/old-timers can assist...
Slowdown bozo, he never turned pro, he was 81 and 82 IFBB Amateur World Championships second place finisher.
He could turn pro in 1982 but his rival was Lee Haney :D
It's like hitting a brick wall!
I recently made an interview with 1979 NABBA Mr. Universe and 1982  IFBB Light-Heavyweight Amateur World Champion Ahmet Enunlu, he said, Rosbo had such fantastic forearms that you would stare them for hours without ever getting bored...
But great back is more important than great set of arms for a good bodybuilding career :D
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Figo on May 19, 2007, 01:39:18 PM
Slowdown bozo, he never turned pro, he was 81 and 82 IFBB Amateur World Championships second place finisher.
He could turn pro in 1982 but his rival was Lee Haney :D
It's like hitting a brick wall!
I recently made an interview with 1979 NABBA Mr. Universe and 1982  IFBB Light-Heavyweight Amateur World Champion Ahmet Enunlu, he said, Rosbo had such fantastic forearms that you would stare them for hours without ever getting bored...
But great back is more important than great set of arms for a good bodybuilding career :D


Relax, my insult-throwing-friend... >:(

I didnt call you a fucking mother-fucking piece of shit, did I? So, why the angst? ;D

Yes, he won the the heavyweight Euro champs, and was next big thing, but didnt deliver on promise, although got lots of coverage.

My bad :-[
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Al-Gebra on May 19, 2007, 01:45:01 PM
Ahmet Enunlu, he said, Rosbo had such fantastic forearms that you would stare them for hours without ever getting bored...


i'm sure enunlu was as straight a gentleman as one could hope to meet.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: karasan on May 20, 2007, 01:25:56 AM
i'm sure enunlu was as straight a gentleman as one could hope to meet.
Absolutely, and he is in great shape too.
He is 5' 7 and weights around 190 pounds with killer set of arms, magnificent calves, totally complete package.
He is 59 years young, has magnificent shape, he is one of the few bodybuilders ever competed in 5 DECADES...
From 1969 to 2000.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: A.A on May 24, 2007, 06:15:43 AM
Here`s a few more pics :)

Gunnar was a true genetic freak! I`ve heard many stories about this giant... He was more or less an alcoholic, smoked like a maniac and mostly lived on fast food :o In many of his competitions he was so drunk he barely could stand ;D


(http://www.fitnesspont.hu/mass-shop/picture_gallery/Gunnar_Rosbo/Gunnar_Rosbo_010.jpg)
(http://www.fitnesspont.hu/mass-shop/picture_gallery/Gunnar_Rosbo/Gunnar_Rosbo_004.jpg)
(http://www.fitnesspont.hu/mass-shop/picture_gallery/Gunnar_Rosbo/Gunnar_Rosbo_008.jpg)
(http://www.fitnesspont.hu/mass-shop/picture_gallery/Gunnar_Rosbo/Gunnar_Rosbo_009.jpg)
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: slaveboy1980 on May 24, 2007, 07:30:02 AM
rosbo was a freak...he had 42cm forearms before he started working out  :o

at his biggest his forearms measured 50-51cm...
he was very strong and for example used to do very heavy skullcrushers....some say even up to 140kg....i dont know if that is true tho lol... he was also an alcoholic who would take a zip of vodka before and after his workouts  ;D.... and take breaks in his workouts every 5min to go outside and smoke.....

but of course as always...stories are exagerated as they are told from one person to another
there can be no doubt tho...rosbo was a freak.

Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Figo on May 24, 2007, 08:07:41 AM
The drinking and smoking sure, and doesn't necessarily mean he was alcoholic, just in his zone.

But 16in forearms before starting to train?

20in forearms later?

Dont think so.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: slaveboy1980 on May 24, 2007, 02:45:27 PM
The drinking and smoking sure, and doesn't necessarily mean he was alcoholic, just in his zone.

But 16in forearms before starting to train?

20in forearms later?

Dont think so.

doesnt matter if you think so or not.

he was an alcoholic who had mental problems (not retardation), and yes his forearms where bigger (42cm...same as his dad) before he started working out than your arms are  ;D

and yes, drinking does not mean you are an alcoholic. but rosbo was an alcoholic.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Figo on May 25, 2007, 05:22:45 AM
doesnt matter if you think so or not.

he was an alcoholic who had mental problems (not retardation), and yes his forearms where bigger (42cm...same as his dad) before he started working out than your arms are  ;D

and yes, drinking does not mean you are an alcoholic. but rosbo was an alcoholic.

Seems to matter to you :-*.

So, what did his upper arms measure, or where they same size, or smaller than forearms?

If these stats are for real (not doubting you slaveboy, just understand my skepticism...),  its freaky shit.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Figo on May 25, 2007, 05:25:24 AM
doesnt matter if you think so or not.

he was an alcoholic who had mental problems (not retardation), and yes his forearms where bigger (42cm...same as his dad) before he started working out than your arms are  ;D
and yes, drinking does not mean you are an alcoholic. but rosbo was an alcoholic.

Hey...!

My arms are bigger than that, 42.009cm measured today. COLD. ;D
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: americanbulldog on July 12, 2007, 03:59:17 PM
Didn't have the torso density to compete with Haney.  INCREDIBLE ARMS. 
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Dr Pangloss on July 27, 2007, 05:26:02 PM
The last contests he was in, he had a HUGE difference between right and left side.  I think due to injury.  One of the biggest r-l asymmetries i've ever seen.  He disappeared after that...

I remember he smoked too, but the main thing was his r-l symmetry was incredibly off.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: slaveboy1980 on July 28, 2007, 11:09:48 AM
The last contests he was in, he had a HUGE difference between right and left side.  I think due to injury.  One of the biggest r-l asymmetries i've ever seen.  He disappeared after that...

I remember he smoked too, but the main thing was his r-l symmetry was incredibly off.

pinched nerv caused his left side to be alot smaller than his right side. But before that happened, even haney considered him a threat.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: NotMrAverage on April 20, 2008, 02:59:11 AM
This topic is old but i´ve got some info on Gunnar that i think some would find a good read.

Gunnar did indeed have 20 inch forearms, and he placed 2:nd behind Lee Haney at 1982 World Amateur Championships - IFBB where many think he was robbed. He used to say that his upper arms looked "so small" beacuse of his forearm size. His main diet was hot dogs and lots and lots of booze, he even coached others into drinking before contets to get in shape and loose water; 750 ml vodka and 24 beers was his advice to take in the day before the show! Geir Borgan Poelsen 1991 Night of Champions 3:rd place finisher did follow up on exactly this advice in his early career, just to be sick as a dawg on the show (no wonder, eww?). Gunnar never maxed out on his potential and did drink and smoke allthrough his BB career. When he later dropped out of competition he could often be seen in Oslo with the other town drunks, still sporting 20 inch arms, with quite good shape and offcourse his standard cigarette in his right hand and hotdog in his left. He is/was one of the true genetic freaks ever.

(http://www.wpse.com/Galleries/1/450/Gunnar%20Rosbo_61990.jpg)

Galleries:
http://www.builtreport.com/rosbo.html

http://www.wpse.com/WS_Content/ImageGallery//ThumbnailView.asp?iGalleryUnq=450(http://www.wpse.com/Galleries/1/450/Gunnar%20Rosbo_61982.jpg)(http://www.wpse.com/Galleries/1/450/Gunnar%20Rosbo_61981.jpg)
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: 240 is Back on April 22, 2008, 09:54:31 AM
That haircut did him in.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=148800.0;attach=165604;image)
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: JohnnyVegas on April 22, 2008, 04:31:30 PM
The thing I remember about Gunner was an interview title "Arnold Who???"....hahahah.

Another is that my kinesiology instructor in graduate school, J Lindsey Carter, was one of the leading researchers in the world at that time and developed the Heath-Carter Somatotyping chart/graph.

Long story short-Carter was at the Universe/World Championships in 81 (??) and he measured AL the competitors and graphed then on his Somatotype chart, and Gunner Rosbo was the MOST mesomorphic person he had EVER measured....!!!! True shit!
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: NotMrAverage on April 23, 2008, 04:07:27 AM
Hehe, alot of people doing research says that forearm size and calf size shows a persons genetics most. Commie East Germany even went so far so they went out in schools and took those measurements of 7 year old kids too look for athletic potential. If there is any truth in this which there most likely must be, Gunnar is rankning right up there among the best genes ever. Dorian Yates also comes to mind.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: onlyme on April 23, 2008, 07:52:41 AM
I am really sorry because I really don't do this but there is no way his forearms are 20" or even 19" or maybe 18".  Sorry.  Are his forearms bigger than his upper arms.  Have you seen an 18" forearm.  They are bigger than his.  Bill Kaz doesn't have 18" forearms.  I used to inflate my forearm measurement 18" to be bigger and mine at the biggest were 17".  Unless his bicep is somewhere around 23" then I highly doubt he has 20" forearms.  If they were there has to be pics of him measuring his forearms somewhere. 
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: JasonH on April 26, 2008, 10:50:07 AM
Wonder where he is now - any recent pics?  ???
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: hazbin on April 26, 2008, 12:43:12 PM
I am really sorry because I really don't do this but there is no way his forearms are 20" or even 19" or maybe 18".  Sorry.  Are his forearms bigger than his upper arms.  Have you seen an 18" forearm.  They are bigger than his.  Bill Kaz doesn't have 18" forearms.  I used to inflate my forearm measurement 18" to be bigger and mine at the biggest were 17".  Unless his bicep is somewhere around 23" then I highly doubt he has 20" forearms.  If they were there has to be pics of him measuring his forearms somewhere. 

hey Keith, how ya doin?? hope all is well in health and in business!  ya know, i've got a pic of my forearm from this summer measuring 17.5". when i was actually training seriously in the 90's they were over 18.5". that being said, they weren't as big as Gunnar or Casey (comparing with Gunnar above). i could see their forearms being close to 19-20.

rik
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: hazbin on April 26, 2008, 01:06:46 PM
i guess maybe they weren't any bigger than mine, considering this pic of me was when my forearms were 1" smaller than my best.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: JohnnyVegas on April 26, 2008, 10:32:39 PM
Dude, are you a midget, those are some freaky forearms...seriously, how tall are you????
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: hazbin on April 26, 2008, 11:33:51 PM
Dude, are you a midget, those are some freaky forearms...seriously, how tall are you????

funny thing is i am almost 5'10" but my reach is 6'4". my arms are actually too long for my body. here's me this summer weighing about 240lb.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: NotMrAverage on April 27, 2008, 02:43:34 AM
You´re forearms look insane dude. Maybe his armsize was exaggerated but that must be the first time ever i´ve heard of that in bodybuilding. Well gotta be a first-ever for everything i guess.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: JohnnyVegas on April 27, 2008, 09:16:21 AM
funny thing is i am almost 5'10" but my reach is 6'4". my arms are actually too long for my body. here's me this summer weighing about 240lb.

The size and vascularity you have in your forearms is about the best I have seen on anyone, including Casey Viator and these Gunnar pics..........  ::)

Joe Roark measured Lee Priests forearms and wrist and Lee had the largest forearm/wrist ratio he had ever measured, but I cannot recall the measurements. Joe also measured Lee's upper arm, which came in at I think 21 or 21.5, cold. Maybe Joe can update us on that one.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: JohnnyVegas on April 27, 2008, 09:24:16 AM
Found it!!!!

From my forum:

Yesterday (Oct 9, 2004, Saturday) at 9:31am I chatted with Lee Priest at the GNC Show of Strength Expo Hall, and asked if I could measure his wrist, his forearm in two positions, and his flexed upper arm.

He said he weighed about 235 as we spoke and that he was about 5'5" tall.

Keep in mind he was cold, had not worked out that morning.

His wrist measured 7-3/8".

His forearm- with the entire arm straight- including the hand straight from the wrist, but with his fist clenched, but not goosenecked, measured 15-3/4" and is the most incredible forearm I have ever seen in person. So he has the magical ratio of his forearm being twice as large as his wrist PLUS ONE INCH! Manfred Hoerbel did not have the 2:1 ratio!

Then he goosenecked his hand, and put his forearm at a right angle to his upper arm, and in that position his forearm measured 17".

His upper arm was simply unbelieveable, and it is my personal opinion that from wrist to shoulder he has the best all-round development in the history of bodybuilding- I will not argue- that's just my opinion. His upper arm measured an unbelieveable 21-1/4".

He mentioned that when pumped, he can add an inch, which is of course likely. So pumped, his arm would be over 22" which would be triple his wrist size!
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Joe Roark on April 27, 2008, 11:31:24 AM
I received a PM asking for the measurements I took of Lee Priest, so here is the copy and paste text from my forum and elsewhere on this forum.

From my forum:

Yesterday (Oct 9, 2004, Saturday) at 9:31am I chatted with Lee Priest at the GNC Show of Strength Expo Hall, and asked if I could measure his wrist, his forearm in two positions, and his flexed upper arm.

He said he weighed about 235 as we spoke and that he was about 5'5" tall.

Keep in mind he was cold, had not worked out that morning.

His wrist measured 7-3/8".

His forearm- with the entire arm straight- including the hand straight from the wrist, but with his fist clenched, but not goosenecked, measured 15-3/4" and is the most incredible forearm I have ever seen in person. So he has the magical ratio of his forearm being twice as large as his wrist PLUS ONE INCH! Manfred Hoerbel did not have the 2:1 ratio!

Then he goosenecked his hand, and put his forearm at a right angle to his upper arm, and in that position his forearm measured 17".

His upper arm was simply unbelieveable, and it is my personal opinion that from wrist to shoulder he has the best all-round development in the history of bodybuilding- I will not argue- that's just my opinion. His upper arm measured an unbelieveable 21-1/4".

He mentioned that when pumped, he can add an inch, which is of course likely. So pumped, his arm would be over 22" which would be triple his wrist size!

He allows people to believe what they wish in regard to his arm size, and he related this story. He was at a department store counter when the female clerk commented that he had large arms, but that her relative had arms 'about twice as big as yours'. Lee just smiled and said he must be a big guy!

Another time someone said to him, "What do your arms measure, I will guess 23""

"You got it", replied Lee, and smiled and walked away.

Thus misinformation is born. 
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: knny187 on April 28, 2008, 06:36:30 PM
very interesting


hazbin is a freak
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: JohnnyVegas on April 28, 2008, 10:36:27 PM
very interesting


hazbin is a freak

Has some down right scary vascularity in those forearms...........
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: hazbin on April 28, 2008, 11:28:58 PM
how do i get rid of that??
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: GoneAway on April 29, 2008, 05:11:17 AM
how do i get rid of that??

if you ever want to market yourself in the fitness industry, then that vascularity would be THE thing to base your appeal on. the look of the veins on you forearms is sickening (in a good way)
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Lord Humungous on April 29, 2008, 05:27:34 AM
This topic is old but i´ve got some info on Gunnar that i think some would find a good read.

Gunnar did indeed have 20 inch forearms, and he placed 2:nd behind Lee Haney at 1982 World Amateur Championships - IFBB where many think he was robbed. He used to say that his upper arms looked "so small" beacuse of his forearm size. His main diet was hot dogs and lots and lots of booze, he even coached others into drinking before contets to get in shape and loose water; 750 ml vodka and 24 beers was his advice to take in the day before the show! Geir Borgan Poelsen 1991 Night of Champions 3:rd place finisher did follow up on exactly this advice in his early career, just to be sick as a dawg on the show (no wonder, eww?). Gunnar never maxed out on his potential and did drink and smoke allthrough his BB career. When he later dropped out of competition he could often be seen in Oslo with the other town drunks, still sporting 20 inch arms, with quite good shape and offcourse his standard cigarette in his right hand and hotdog in his left. He is/was one of the true genetic freaks ever.

(http://www.wpse.com/Galleries/1/450/Gunnar%20Rosbo_61990.jpg)

Galleries:
http://www.builtreport.com/rosbo.html

http://www.wpse.com/WS_Content/ImageGallery//ThumbnailView.asp?iGalleryUnq=450(http://www.wpse.com/Galleries/1/450/Gunnar%20Rosbo_61982.jpg)(http://www.wpse.com/Galleries/1/450/Gunnar%20Rosbo_61981.jpg)

In the bottom photo Rosbos arms are being pictured with Casey Viator, lets not be fools gang! Did Rosbo have huge forearms- yup 20" nope!
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: knny187 on April 29, 2008, 08:37:05 AM
if you ever want to market yourself in the fitness industry, then that vascularity would be THE thing to base your appeal on. the look of the veins on you forearms is sickening (in a good way)

I am surprised he hasn't
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: NotMrAverage on April 29, 2008, 08:41:05 AM
Hazbin has the freakiset vascularity i´ve seen. Fkn nasty bro. I never thought a forum member would come and own Gunnars forearms but you´ve done it. LOL
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: hazbin on April 29, 2008, 09:07:19 AM
i was getting ready for the nationals in 1991 and i was suntanning in this park (tanning beds sucked back then) and the heat always made my veins even worse. this 13 year old kid comes up to me and asks why mine veins look like that. i go into this spiel about low bodyfat and highrep training. when i finish, he gets this look of disgust and says "how do you get rid of them??"
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: onlyme on April 29, 2008, 04:44:23 PM
I gotta tell you I had a old friend who competed named Ron Gibson.  He had unreal veins in his arms.  Curtis Leffler too was unreal vascular.  But Haz buddy you might have both of them beat.  I used to have the veins in my forearms and one down my bicep and one would come out sometime across my chest but that was about it with veins for me.  I didn't like the sacrifice of food for veins.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: hazbin on April 29, 2008, 05:03:37 PM
I gotta tell you I had a old friend who competed named Ron Gibson.  He had unreal veins in his arms.  Curtis Leffler too was unreal vascular.  But Haz buddy you might have both of them beat.  I used to have the veins in my forearms and one down my bicep and one would come out sometime across my chest but that was about it with veins for me.  I didn't like the sacrifice of food for veins.

leffler was a freak! he was the last amateur to beat Paul Dillett. 252lbs. on stage.  powerhouse to. you probably also met Clint Beryle (sp) a chiropractor who had garden hoses.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Figo on May 01, 2008, 02:39:24 AM
leffler was a freak! he was the last amateur to beat Paul Dillett. 252lbs. on stage.  powerhouse to. you probably also met Clint Beryle (sp) a chiropractor who had garden hoses.

No Sir, you are the freak!!!

18.5 in forearms with insane vascularity at 5'10"? Thats insane :o
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Straw Man on May 01, 2008, 07:50:24 PM
how do i get rid of that??
you're obviously not on steroids so the only thing I could suggest is that you eat less food

or eat a lot more shitty food and stop working out
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Moosejay on May 03, 2008, 07:31:21 PM
Hazbin...oustanding vessels!

Kinda like old Estonia, USSR, champion, Olev Annus
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: flapjack on May 09, 2008, 01:07:29 AM
can't lie to ya, i have done steriods. just kidding around about losing the veins.

Nice to see some honesty...

Now...imagine how you would look if you were actually serious about your training? Get to the gym you lazy bastard!

I thought you told me the secret to your vascularity was all the ice cream?? :P
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: JasonH on May 09, 2008, 05:01:10 AM
I gotta tell you I had a old friend who competed named Ron Gibson.  He had unreal veins in his arms.  Curtis Leffler too was unreal vascular.  But Haz buddy you might have both of them beat.  I used to have the veins in my forearms and one down my bicep and one would come out sometime across my chest but that was about it with veins for me.  I didn't like the sacrifice of food for veins.

Yes I remember Curtis Leffler - he competed in the WSM several years back (but didn't do very well). As I remember he had only just competed in the NPC Nationals a few weeks earlier and so was a bit depleted still which affected his performance. It's a shame he's now dead - he was one of my favourite WSM competitors becuase I liked the freaky, muscular, vascular ones.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: hazbin on May 09, 2008, 08:59:06 AM
Nice to see some honesty...

Now...imagine how you would look if you were actually serious about your training? Get to the gym you lazy bastard!

I thought you told me the secret to your vascularity was all the ice cream?? :P

ice cream is the key, if it was steroids then everyone would be that vascular. lol
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: onlyme on May 09, 2008, 04:24:08 PM
Yes I remember Curtis Leffler - he competed in the WSM several years back (but didn't do very well). As I remember he had only just competed in the NPC Nationals a few weeks earlier and so was a bit depleted still which affected his performance. It's a shame he's now dead - he was one of my favourite WSM competitors becuase I liked the freaky, muscular, vascular ones.

Actually I think it was just the weekend before the WSM he competed.  Plus they had him going first in most of the events and he didn't know how to do some of the events.  He told me if he was able to see how some of the events were done by watching the others first he could have done better.  Curtis was tremendously very strong.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Old-Skool on May 14, 2008, 05:13:03 PM
as a note..other American too kick Rosbo's ass at world's in Cairo was no slouch in the arm department-Lance Dreher
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: hazbin on May 14, 2008, 08:06:02 PM
as a note..other American too kick Rosbo's ass at world's in Cairo was no slouch in the arm department-Lance Dreher

lance had the most amazing lower bicep attachment ever.  i think i remember he idolized Larry Scott.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: slaveboy1980 on May 19, 2008, 03:00:04 PM
lance always had that phsycho look.
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: Cleanest Natural on June 06, 2008, 12:24:16 PM
Yes I remember Curtis Leffler - he competed in the WSM several years back (but didn't do very well). As I remember he had only just competed in the NPC Nationals a few weeks earlier and so was a bit depleted still which affected his performance. It's a shame he's now dead - he was one of my favourite WSM competitors becuase I liked the freaky, muscular, vascular ones.
(http://samson-power.com/ASL/images/Leffler/leffle02.jpg)
(http://samson-power.com/ASL/images/Leffler/leffle01.jpg)

A Tribute to a Great (Strong) Man


Curtis Leffler has passed away this year on September 4th, 1998. Curtis Leffler was 36 year old and was survived by his parents, his brother named Christopher and his son named Curtis Leffler Jr. He was in the midst of preparing for a contest and died of a heart attack.
    Curtis as many of you may remember was a competitor in the WSM in 1995 in the Bahamas. He caught a lot of guff from everyone when it seemed that his grip strength was not up to par in the farmer's walk and had some difficulty with the McGlashen Stones. I just wanted to point out a fact that he shared with me at the 1998 Arnold Classic. Not a big man for excuses, Curtis, nevertheless, told me that he had been invited (more like begged) to compete in 1995 less than 2 days after the NPC Nationals. He was extremely dehydrated and not in the best physical condition having practically starved himself for over a week to get down to "super freaky cut condition." So, here he was fresh off a plane from the New Orleans competition into another competition that he had never even seen before. He quickly found out how dehydration and 100 degree temperature could sap one's strength.

    To place his "nay-sayers" thoughts to rest, a month before the Arnold Classic 1998, he took part in the 1998 Hawaiian Strongman Challenge in which he placed third ahead of Magnus Ver Magnusson (a fact that he was very proud of).

    At the Arnold Classic, he teamed up with Gary Mitchell to compete against Berend Veneberg and Uli Schwartz in an expo. It looked like a lot of fun and Curtis surely did dispel any rumors that he was not on par with the other strongmen.

    After his expo, I had the pleasure of meeting him. It is true that he is a very soft-spoken and kind man. Unlike some of his other colleagues, he didn't have a large sign at the Tribe Quest booth announcing his presence. He met me with a strong and firm hand shake, a big hello and a smile. I didn't introduce myself as American Strength Legends, just as Justin McShane, a fan. He took a good deal of time out to talk to me about his strongman aspirations. He talked about the tough choices he had to make soon because he said that he loved strongman, but was afraid that he could not achieve all he could because of his bodybuilding commitments. He was stuck, he said. I like the most annoying fan on the planet asked him for a picture with him. I started to get out my wallet expecting to pay 10 or 20 dollars that many of his colleagues were charging. He said, "Justin, I don't charge for my friends." I was impressed because autograph signing and picture taking is a major, major source of income for many of his colleagues in the bodybuilding world. I'm glad that I got the picture.

    It is a great tragedy and a great loss to both bodybuilding and strongman. I will remember Curtis Leffler for a long, long time NOT because of his strongman and bodybuilding performances, which are memorable, but because of the 45 minutes he took out of his busy life to talk to a stranger about his life and treat me with respect. It takes a lot to impress me and I must say that Mr. Leffler did impress. I am sure that I share all of our sentiments when I say that our prayers are with his family and friends at this time.

    I had entered into communications with him to be profiled at American Strength Legends and unfortunately we never had the opportunity to do a formal interview.

    His favorite saying was "Life is too short to be small." No one ever accused Curtis of being small.
Title: gunnar rosbo.
Post by: funk51 on September 06, 2014, 11:53:09 AM
competed from 1977 to 1982 , never reached his fill potential came in 2 nd to lance dreher in 1981 and 2 nd to lee haney in 1982 in the worlds.  sustained a nerve injury which shrunk his one side ruining his bbing career.
Title: Re: gunnar rosbo.
Post by: funk51 on September 06, 2014, 12:21:49 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: gunnar rosbo.
Post by: funk51 on September 06, 2014, 12:22:37 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: gunnar rosbo.
Post by: funk51 on September 06, 2014, 12:23:24 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: gunnar rosbo.
Post by: Donny on September 07, 2014, 02:32:39 AM
post some training details Funky if you have them.
Title: Re: gunnar rosbo.
Post by: kimo on September 07, 2014, 09:03:21 AM
amazing arms and forearms lost to lance dreher
Title: Re: gunnar rosbo.
Post by: njflex on September 07, 2014, 08:10:11 PM
sick,stocky thick genetics...
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: funk51 on September 11, 2014, 08:46:00 AM
bumped.
Title: Re: gunnar rosbo.
Post by: funk51 on September 11, 2014, 09:00:56 AM
 :o
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: funk51 on September 11, 2014, 12:56:46 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Gunner Rosbo
Post by: funk51 on September 11, 2014, 12:57:17 PM
 8)