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Title: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: BDsauce on July 24, 2013, 04:44:16 PM
Almost 26 inches  :o

(http://www.bodybuilding-pics.com/113/images/Greg_Kovacs_81.jpg)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on July 24, 2013, 04:46:19 PM
Almost 26 inches  :o

(http://www.bodybuilding-pics.com/113/images/Greg_Kovacs_81.jpg)

What off season? His arms ironically never looked huge
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: BDsauce on July 24, 2013, 04:52:40 PM
Franco only 18  :'(

(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGTMjZfVmIDTG-v064wP7e9nqcDhYcWDC6grjnT2msFX_7Xp_dPIdIe5919w)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Rudee on July 24, 2013, 05:14:16 PM
Don't believe pictures of tape measurements.   You can never verify how much slack is the tape on the other side of the arm.  Oldest trick in the book.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: mesmorph78 on July 24, 2013, 05:35:04 PM
in bbing arms are all about shape
his arms looked small on him....
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: a_ahmed on July 24, 2013, 05:36:53 PM
so?

hes was 6ft+

who had biggest arms relative to own height,if anyhting

It's harder to have thicker arms when your limbs are longer and you're taller. Soo.. technically yes Kovac has the biggest arms in history of BBing.

18" arms on a 5'8 guy vs a 6'3 guy.. The 6'3 guy has to have more mass for his longer limbs to make that size. The shorter guy has shorter limbs which means his muscles are stretched less than the taller guy therefore it's easier for him to appear and be thicker.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: TrueGrit on July 24, 2013, 05:41:09 PM
(http://www.sicktracks.com/images/Greg_Kovacs.jpg)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: viking1 on July 24, 2013, 05:51:16 PM
(http://anabolicminds.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11059&stc=1&d=1126741538)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: axestream on July 24, 2013, 07:12:48 PM
No, but he did have one of the biggest armpit sweat stains.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/deetrakt/MISC/bb-Moyzan-Kovacs.jpg)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: MP on July 24, 2013, 07:22:10 PM
Ugh. Those fanny packs.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: trapz101 on July 24, 2013, 07:53:24 PM
No, but he did have one of the biggest armpit sweat stains.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/deetrakt/MISC/bb-Moyzan-Kovacs.jpg)

no way bigger arms than eddie in that picture
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Rudee on July 24, 2013, 08:26:49 PM
If you really believe those are 26", you need to have your head examined.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Bam-bam on July 24, 2013, 09:55:26 PM
Almost 26 inches  :o

(http://www.bodybuilding-pics.com/113/images/Greg_Kovacs_81.jpg)

in that same video they use bogus editing to make it look like he was using more plates during incline bench press than he was really lifting. So its safe to say this measurement its BULLSHIT too.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: The Onion on July 25, 2013, 04:17:58 AM
Greg Kovacz is known as the smartest person in bodybuilding.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: MORTALCOIL on July 25, 2013, 04:20:42 AM
No, but he did have one of the biggest armpit sweat stains.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/deetrakt/MISC/bb-Moyzan-Kovacs.jpg)

He never had a clean towel nearby to wipe that sweat off.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: funk51 on July 25, 2013, 04:36:54 AM
No, but he did have one of the biggest armpit sweat stains.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/deetrakt/MISC/bb-Moyzan-Kovacs.jpg)
:)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Darren Avey on July 25, 2013, 04:43:23 AM
Greg got those 26 inch guns by stacking cell tech and nitro tech and you can too!
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Karl Kox on July 25, 2013, 04:56:46 AM
(http://anabolicminds.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11059&stc=1&d=1126741538)

When ever theres a Kovacs thread you can always count on this picture being posted.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: The Italian Lifter on July 25, 2013, 05:10:38 AM
did he eventually stop competing or is he ready for the walking dead classic?
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: dj181 on July 25, 2013, 05:17:01 AM
Greg Kovacz is known as the smartest person in bodybuilding.

(http://www.bodybuilding-pics.com/137/images/Mike_%20Mentzer66.jpg)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Mr Anabolic on July 25, 2013, 05:26:35 AM
Almost 26 inches  :o

(http://www.bodybuilding-pics.com/113/images/Greg_Kovacs_81.jpg)

Totally bogus. 

If that side of his arm is 9", the other side is 9".  That arm is no more than 20 or 21".
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Ronnie Rep on July 25, 2013, 06:31:49 AM
Proportionally Eddie Moyzans arms were bigger for sure! Huge arms!
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: DroppingPlates on July 25, 2013, 07:09:56 AM
Doesn't matter, he looked like shit.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: orion on July 25, 2013, 07:14:27 AM
Don't believe pictures of tape measurements.   You can never verify how much slack is the tape on the other side of the arm.  Oldest trick in the book.

I've seen the guy from two feet away, in his prime believe me, he is enormous.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: orion on July 25, 2013, 07:15:50 AM
No, but he did have one of the biggest armpit sweat stains.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/deetrakt/MISC/bb-Moyzan-Kovacs.jpg)

Gary Sinise, looking jacked.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Ropo on July 25, 2013, 11:31:27 AM
Totally bogus. 

If that side of his arm is 9", the other side is 9".  That arm is no more than 20 or 21".

Yes, that is true in the 2D picture, where it is completely flat. On the other side, if diameter is 9 inches, it doesn't mean that circumference will be 18 inches. Everybody besides a few random imbecile's know this.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: mesmorph78 on July 25, 2013, 11:35:52 AM
The guy in the tank top has bigger arms

Better shaped arms
Which creates that illusion
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: OTHstrong on July 25, 2013, 11:38:36 AM
No, but he did have one of the biggest armpit sweat stains.

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/deetrakt/MISC/bb-Moyzan-Kovacs.jpg)
That pic was way way after his prime.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: affeman on July 25, 2013, 11:39:54 AM
This guy had 26,5''
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: OTHstrong on July 25, 2013, 11:40:36 AM
This guy had 26,5''
:o That is big fucken arm,
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: DroppingPlates on July 25, 2013, 11:41:55 AM
This guy had 26,5''

Is he still alive?
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: affeman on July 25, 2013, 11:46:37 AM
Is he still alive?

I've no idea. The guy competed at one small local show in Germany more than a decade ago, and everyone said that's gonna be the next Markus Ruhl. After that he was never seen on stage again. lol
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Hurricane Beef ! on July 25, 2013, 02:17:47 PM
Proportionally Eddie Moyzans arms were bigger for sure! Huge arms!

What did he do his time for?

THE BEEF
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: XFACTOR on July 25, 2013, 02:19:47 PM
Milne has some pretty big arms.  Still to this day.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: funk51 on July 25, 2013, 02:28:15 PM
This guy had 26,5''
;)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: doriancutlerman on July 25, 2013, 02:37:50 PM
I've no idea. The guy competed at one small local show in Germany more than a decade ago, and everyone said that's gonna be the next Markus Ruhl. After that he was never seen on stage again. lol

Greg is alive and doing OK as I understand it.  I wouldn't go so far as to say he's "great" or somesuch thing, but he's definitely healthier and happier than many people predicted he might be circa 2010 or later :)

Greg is also a modest man from everything I've gathered.  He knew he looked terrible at that ASC, yet he never blamed Chad Nichols for bogus advice; Greg knew that he was a good gym bodybuilder in the height of the offseason and an OK champ against a meager field -- but a decent IFBB pro?  He knew that simply wasn't in the cards but sponsors pressured him to compete.  How could he say no to that?  The man's got a family and has to make money, no?

But to reverse gears, I have also heard that everyone who stood next to Greg at his biggest looked just tiny by comparison, then-new Mr. O Ronnie and a young Ruehl included.  Greg was anything but "pretty" but, once upon a time, he was plenty big enough to earn his own zipcode.

My sticking point with the big fella is that training video and his Smith inclines.  It's painfully obvious to even a myopic moron that, after struggling with maybe 4 plates/side, the subsequent sets we saw with more plates were clearly recycled footage.  

IF Greg couldn't actually Smith incline 5 PPS for reps, that IS pathetic given his sheer size and weight.  

And, of course, that was the same video in which he said something corny about "feeling the Acetabolan," or whatever that swill was called, "kicking in."  Oy, fuckin' vey :)


Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: markofan on July 25, 2013, 02:46:51 PM
I've tried to match up head size to get an accurate comparison.  That guy's arm is huge,  but no 26-1/2".  I think Eddie has an edge on him.

That being said,  I think Eddie and Marko Savolainen were the two men with the world's largest, true muscular arms, ever.

You've seen these before,  but here is Marko 6 weeks out from the 97 Finnish Grand Prix and the night of the show.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Fortress on July 25, 2013, 02:57:20 PM
I ate lunch with Greg and his then-friend Paul Gardiner (chief MuscleTech thief) when I was an editor at MuscleMag. At this time, mid-'90s, Kovacs was quite simply GIGANTIC. Hovering (bad choice of word, I guess) just under 400 pounds and reasonably hard (although also with an obscene protruding gut).

Believe me, I have stood in the company of the world's largest muscular men (Dillett, Yates, Kaz, Coleman, Francois, Levrone, etc.) and Greg, in the offseason, was the single largest I had seen and have yet to see. Ungodly.

Him, Sonbaty and myself worked out together once at a gym in Toronto and Nasser was a rock-solid 315 (he posed in the change room ... no homo). Kovacs dwarfed him in sheer bulk and overpowering size. We ate at a restaurant during that visit and the staff had to grab a VERY thick wooden bench from the entrance for the two to sit on during our meals. The regular chairs were neither strong enough nor big enough for each (when Kovacs tried sitting on one, it loudly "groaned" from the stress and was clearly about to break without even his full weight). That's when the bench was found and brought in.

As far as his infamous strength, well, he was nowhere near the strength (always just ludicrous, just like Muscletech's supplement efficacy claims) bantered about in all those idiotic MuscleTech ads, but he was a very powerful man, regardless. His drug use and monstrous bulk assured that.

I like Greg and know for a fact that he deserves a big cheque from Gardiner for one or two million for what he helped that company become. MuscleTech is founded on lies, greed and horseshit. In a strange way, Kovacs was the only "cool" thing about the company's beginnings.

He was a freak beyond freak.



  
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: wild willie on July 25, 2013, 03:13:20 PM
kovacs had no business being on a bodybuilding stage.......would have been better suited as a strong man competitor......imho.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Dokey111 on July 25, 2013, 03:37:46 PM
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Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: First Blood on July 25, 2013, 03:42:38 PM
I ate lunch with Greg and his then-friend Paul Gardiner (chief MuscleTech thief) when I was an editor at MuscleMag. At this time, mid-'90s, Kovacs was quite simply GIGANTIC. Hovering (bad choice of word, I guess) just under 400 pounds and reasonably hard (although also with an obscene protruding gut).

Believe me, I have stood in the company of the world's largest muscular men (Dillett, Yates, Kaz, Coleman, Francois, Levrone, etc.) and Greg, in the offseason, was the single largest I had seen and have yet to see. Ungodly.

Him, Sonbaty and myself worked out together once at a gym in Toronto and Nasser was a rock-solid 315 (he posed in the change room ... no homo). Kovacs dwarfed him in sheer bulk and overpowering size. We ate at a restaurant during that visit and the staff had to grab a VERY thick wooden bench from the entrance for the two to sit on during our meals. The regular chairs were neither strong enough nor big enough for each (when Kovacs tried sitting on one, it loudly "groaned" from the stress and was clearly about to break without even his full weight). That's when the bench was found and brought in.

As far as his infamous strength, well, he was nowhere near the strength (always just ludicrous, just like Muscletech's supplement efficacy claims) bantered about in all those idiotic MuscleTech ads, but he was a very powerful man, regardless. His drug use and monstrous bulk assured that.

I like Greg and know for a fact that he deserves a big cheque from Gardiner for one or two million for what he helped that company become. MuscleTech is founded on lies, greed and horseshit. In a strange way, Kovacs was the only "cool" thing about the company's beginnings.

He was a freak beyond freak.



  

Thanks for sharing. Love reading cool stories like this.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: TrueGrit on July 25, 2013, 03:44:17 PM
Thanks for sharing. Love reading cool stories like this.

Agreed
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Parker on July 25, 2013, 04:18:04 PM
;)
You can't mention him without his successor, Jake Strauss
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: dyslexic on July 25, 2013, 04:25:34 PM
(http://anabolicminds.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11059&stc=1&d=1126741538)


That's not Palumbo...
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Submissionfytr on July 25, 2013, 06:19:08 PM
Jeep Swenson had 26 inch arms... FACT. not bodybuilder ripped obviously, but as lean as Kovacs, lol ;-)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: old-school-lifter on July 25, 2013, 07:17:17 PM
I ate lunch with Greg and his then-friend Paul Gardiner (chief MuscleTech thief) when I was an editor at MuscleMag. At this time, mid-'90s, Kovacs was quite simply GIGANTIC. Hovering (bad choice of word, I guess) just under 400 pounds and reasonably hard (although also with an obscene protruding gut).

Believe me, I have stood in the company of the world's largest muscular men (Dillett, Yates, Kaz, Coleman, Francois, Levrone, etc.) and Greg, in the offseason, was the single largest I had seen and have yet to see. Ungodly.

Him, Sonbaty and myself worked out together once at a gym in Toronto and Nasser was a rock-solid 315 (he posed in the change room ... no homo). Kovacs dwarfed him in sheer bulk and overpowering size. We ate at a restaurant during that visit and the staff had to grab a VERY thick wooden bench from the entrance for the two to sit on during our meals. The regular chairs were neither strong enough nor big enough for each (when Kovacs tried sitting on one, it loudly "groaned" from the stress and was clearly about to break without even his full weight). That's when the bench was found and brought in.

As far as his infamous strength, well, he was nowhere near the strength (always just ludicrous, just like Muscletech's supplement efficacy claims) bantered about in all those idiotic MuscleTech ads, but he was a very powerful man, regardless. His drug use and monstrous bulk assured that.

I like Greg and know for a fact that he deserves a big cheque from Gardiner for one or two million for what he helped that company become. MuscleTech is founded on lies, greed and horseshit. In a strange way, Kovacs was the only "cool" thing about the company's beginnings.

He was a freak beyond freak.

any pics of those times would be great if you can post them
g

  
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Rhino on July 26, 2013, 09:45:21 AM
No way he's still alive
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: OTHstrong on July 26, 2013, 09:52:01 AM
No way he's still alive
Ya, just saw him a couple weeks ago
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: bigkid on July 26, 2013, 09:57:51 AM
Greg is alive and doing OK as I understand it.  I wouldn't go so far as to say he's "great" or somesuch thing, but he's definitely healthier and happier than many people predicted he might be circa 2010 or later :)

Greg is also a modest man from everything I've gathered.  He knew he looked terrible at that ASC, yet he never blamed Chad Nichols for bogus advice; Greg knew that he was a good gym bodybuilder in the height of the offseason and an OK champ against a meager field -- but a decent IFBB pro?  He knew that simply wasn't in the cards but sponsors pressured him to compete.  How could he say no to that?  The man's got a family and has to make money, no?

But to reverse gears, I have also heard that everyone who stood next to Greg at his biggest looked just tiny by comparison, then-new Mr. O Ronnie and a young Ruehl included.  Greg was anything but "pretty" but, once upon a time, he was plenty big enough to earn his own zipcode.

My sticking point with the big fella is that training video and his Smith inclines.  It's painfully obvious to even a myopic moron that, after struggling with maybe 4 plates/side, the subsequent sets we saw with more plates were clearly recycled footage.  

IF Greg couldn't actually Smith incline 5 PPS for reps, that IS pathetic given his sheer size and weight.  

And, of course, that was the same video in which he said something corny about "feeling the Acetabolan," or whatever that swill was called, "kicking in."  Oy, fuckin' vey :)



What could he blame Chad for?  Got Greg in the best condition he had been in, in years.  Remember how bad Kovacs looked at the 2001 NOC.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: B_B_C on July 26, 2013, 10:25:10 AM
Whats the ration of arm to belly gut ?
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Whiskey on July 26, 2013, 10:49:28 AM
How big are these arms? :o

Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Karl Kox on July 27, 2013, 11:54:51 AM
How big are these arms? :o



what a dumb shit
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: OTHstrong on July 27, 2013, 11:56:11 AM
How big are these arms? :o


29 if I remember correctly, what a stupid dumbass
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on July 27, 2013, 12:02:02 PM
How big are these arms? :o



Anyone know if this guy is still alive? Those arms look like they need to be amputated...
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: BDsauce on July 27, 2013, 12:04:42 PM
(http://www.gadailynews.com/files.php?file=assets-2012/article_2202054_14F951D2000005DC_247_634x751_224572900.jpg)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: _aj_ on July 27, 2013, 12:08:00 PM
(http://www.gadailynews.com/files.php?file=assets-2012/article_2202054_14F951D2000005DC_247_634x751_224572900.jpg)

There he is! The Man!
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: viking1 on July 27, 2013, 12:10:15 PM

(http://yokozar.org/blog/content/ahhhhuuuu.gif)(http://www.gadailynews.com/files.php?file=assets-2012/article_2202054_14F951D2000005DC_247_634x751_224572900.jpg)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: avxo on July 27, 2013, 01:26:37 PM
How big are these arms? :o

Arms? I thought those were combined oil storage tanks and integrated flotation devices. Seriously, who the hell does this and for what purpose?!?
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: OTHstrong on July 27, 2013, 01:38:57 PM
Arms? I thought those were combined oil storage tanks and integrated flotation devices. Seriously, who the hell does this and for what purpose?!?
;D
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Henda on July 27, 2013, 02:05:20 PM
(http://www.gadailynews.com/files.php?file=assets-2012/article_2202054_14F951D2000005DC_247_634x751_224572900.jpg)

He is the biggest heap of shit ive ever seen.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: orion on July 27, 2013, 02:57:28 PM
(http://yokozar.org/blog/content/ahhhhuuuu.gif)(http://www.gadailynews.com/files.php?file=assets-2012/article_2202054_14F951D2000005DC_247_634x751_224572900.jpg)

And now...he gets the girls.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: B_B_C on July 27, 2013, 04:11:06 PM
And now...he gets the girls.

is that a drainage or expansion valve on the bottom left of his triceps?
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: Psychopath on July 27, 2013, 04:39:03 PM
Yes, so big he couldn't even wipe his own ass. That's why he stank like shit, and eventually started looking like shit too.
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: DanielPaul on July 27, 2013, 08:49:28 PM
If he stops the synthol, how or will his arms ever be normal again?
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on July 28, 2013, 10:38:47 AM
If he stops the synthol, how or will his arms ever be normal again?

They won't...Jay Cutler found this out the hard way...He has to have hard core message done to his arms to even resemble something of a muscle...
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: BDsauce on July 28, 2013, 10:49:15 AM
If he stops the synthol, how or will his arms ever be normal again?
(http://www.africanmuscle.com/Mag/Mag/flexwheeler_synthol.jpg)
Title: Re: Kovacs had the biggest arms in bb history?
Post by: kevcat on July 28, 2013, 12:39:33 PM
I've tried to match up head size to get an accurate comparison.  That guy's arm is huge,  but no 26-1/2".  I think Eddie has an edge on him.

That being said,  I think Eddie and Marko Savolainen were the two men with the world's largest, true muscular arms, ever.

You've seen these before,  but here is Marko 6 weeks out from the 97 Finnish Grand Prix and the night of the show.

I guess everyones head is the exact same size  ::)