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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #25 on: October 21, 2015, 03:46:32 PM »
Here`s another boring story about the first time I met Lenny Archambault.


Me and my training partner took a bus to Boston to compete in the 1974 Boston Open Power Meet.


At midnight after all the lifting was over,the bodybuilding portion of the show started.............abou t 15 guys and 2 of them were Len and his then training partner Manny Perry.


Just like you always hear...............light hooked onto a basketball hoop in the gym with a shitty sign............those lights created great shadows though and made the guys look unreal if they had a good build.


Len won and I also met Barry Blemis at Mt. Park who was a huge guy and was famous for doing a yogurt commercial at the time.


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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #26 on: October 21, 2015, 07:06:20 PM »
Dammit!  Lost another great one.  :-[
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #27 on: October 21, 2015, 08:40:28 PM »
Found this one. He looks good in the lineup.

 Kent Kuehn, Mike Mentzer, Roger Callard, Robby Robinson, Len Archambault
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #28 on: October 21, 2015, 10:07:26 PM »
Great pic Vince.......never saw it before.


Right click save for sure.

Thanks!!  :)
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #29 on: October 21, 2015, 10:09:45 PM »
Quote from: wes on October 21, 2015, 10:07:26 PM
Great pic Vince.......never saw it before.


Right click save for sure.

Thanks!!  :)

Found it on Google images, then made it larger and edited it to look better.
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #30 on: October 21, 2015, 10:13:15 PM »
Thanks again.....he holds his own quite well amongst all those bb legends.
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #31 on: October 22, 2015, 01:55:44 AM »
RIP to Len... Wife and I were watching Football a few weeks back at Dave Mastorakis's place w/ Dave and his wife Tracy, looking thru Dave's scrapbooks.
Lots of great pics of Len (and Mentzers). Dave took those pics of Mentzer and Zane seen  backstage (like the one in this thread). And that great Zane pic that shows up on occasion.
RIP Lenny...

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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #32 on: October 22, 2015, 04:48:56 AM »
Great stuff Wes!  RIP Len.
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #33 on: October 22, 2015, 04:54:19 AM »
Quote from: The Scott on October 21, 2015, 07:06:20 PM
Dammit!  Lost another great one.  :-[
x2 RIP
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #34 on: October 22, 2015, 10:17:44 AM »
Quote from: wes on October 21, 2015, 10:13:15 PM
Thanks again.....he holds his own quite well amongst all those bb legends.
^^
WES, here he is at :30 into the video...sadly the only one I could find on YouTube 
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #35 on: October 22, 2015, 10:42:55 AM »
Quote from: Powerlift66 on October 22, 2015, 01:55:44 AM
RIP to Len... Wife and I were watching Football a few weeks back at Dave Mastorakis's place w/ Dave and his wife Tracy, looking thru Dave's scrapbooks.
Lots of great pics of Len (and Mentzers). Dave took those pics of Mentzer and Zane seen  backstage (like the one in this thread). And that great Zane pic that shows up on occasion.
RIP Lenny...



That's a great pic. I'm quite partial to early Zane (with the Elvis hair).
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #36 on: October 22, 2015, 02:07:18 PM »
Quote from: funk51 on October 21, 2015, 07:14:10 AM
:'( :'( :'( :'(

sad.   first time I saw pics of him were In the George Snyder's 'best in the world' contest.   I thought his name was Zanesque Len Archambault because that is what it said under his pic.   (give me a break, I was 14!!!)  lol
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #37 on: October 22, 2015, 03:17:12 PM »
Quote from: Thespritz0 on October 22, 2015, 10:17:44 AM
^^
WES, here he is at :30 into the video...sadly the only one I could find on YouTube 

Thanks brother.   :)
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Re: len archambault rip
« Reply #38 on: October 22, 2015, 08:08:51 PM »
How many chin-ups did you do?

Quote from: wes on October 21, 2015, 10:30:43 AM
Yes it is....I saw Arnold there,as well as Katz,Colombu,Leon Brown,the Mentzer brothers,joe Ugolik,Warren Fredericks, my friend Dave Mastorakis,and a host of other great bodybuilders........all free,no admission,no entry fees,free trophies,if you placed of course.


I entered the Deadlift,chinup,and bench press contests held there before the bodybuilding event.

Also got myself in the movie Pumping Iron in 2 crowd scenes.......my claim to fame!!   :D
Yes,if you bought Eds equipment in the 70`s,chances are it is still holding up well........great stuff built to last.


Saw his muscle control act on many occasions............... ....totally unreal what this guy could do with his body.


He died in the gym training,doing what he loved best.


Great person who gave a shit about the sport over just making a buck.
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Re: Len Archambault - RIP
« Reply #39 on: October 23, 2015, 05:31:09 AM »
Quote from: Bix on October 22, 2015, 08:08:51 PM
How many chin-ups did you do?

Hey Bixter,I did 20 full range chinups with a wide grip,with no training for the event.

Everyone elses chins were not to a dead hang and some used an underhand grip.


The great deadlifter Norm Hebert won with over 30 but used an underhand grip,not to full extension,very fast with a herky jerky motion.............I did mine bodybuilding style as I was taught.


Jubinville used to just call me up from the audience to compete in these odd lift contests,so I never truly trained for them.


I tied Stanley Blinder a Mr. Universe competitor in the deadlift for reps with double bodyweight,so that was cool,at least I thought I was cool but we both placed out of the money.
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Re: Len Archambault - RIP
« Reply #40 on: October 23, 2015, 07:10:32 AM »
this is the mag gilchrist was written up in at this point he lived in the usa for 2 years , he was born in grenada...
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