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[The Grim Lifter]

Hardly!!! Remember that, at the Olympia, only the winner got paid. Arnold got $1000 for his efforts.

The public didn't care for Arnold's physique, then. And they wouldn't care for it now. Case in point, a few years ago, I bought an issue of IronMan off the rack. It was the birthday issue they always do for Arnold in August. The cashier took one look at the cover and gave her unsoliticed opinion, "That's nasty!!" This was Arnold, looking about how he looked in 1975. This wasn't Jay Cutler or Ronnie Coleman. It was Arnold (in color, no less).

In person she would have wet herself.

It's easy to be like that when you are insecure enough to know the guy wouldn't go for you.

[Playboy]

I agree.  If '70s bodybuilding was so popular with the public, why weren't all the guys as popular as Arnold?

You can't train charisma. You either have it or you don't. Arnold had it.

[Pet shop boys]

I think Arnold's popularity was because he was Arnold.  In other words, if Cutler had a more streamlined physique, it wouldn't make a difference.

Wrong,

If Jay was a Movie star in say Comando,Eraser,Conan,Terminator,Predator,True lies etc.....

Maybe more people would have been training because of Jay being in HUGE MOTION PICTURES showing across the nation in about 3,000 teathers in one weekend, regardless if He won Mr.O or If he ever competed.

A lad allready said it Bodybuilding = Niche (side show,schmoe,G4G etc)


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[hipolito mejia]

I agree.  If '70s bodybuilding was so popular with the public, why weren't all the guys as popular as Arnold?

Ask Mr.Joe (master blaster)he has the Absolute answer to your question.





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[MB]

You can't train charisma. You either have it or you don't. Arnold had it.

Arnold was once in a lifetime, but despite his big personality, his popularity came from movies and not the bodybuilding stage.  Everything Arnold touched turned to gold, except bodybuilding.  There's a fixed percentage of people with an interest in bodybuilding and that percentage never changes.

[Mr Nobody]

Best all time still.

[kreator]

in my neck of the woods anytime there's a BB and fitness contest, a lot of the women that acompany their men to see the show are above average

[indie-lad]

Best bodybuilding physique ever no doubt.

[MCWAY]

spot on there, I know women who look at Zane pictures and  say "that is too much"

And, Zane's the smallest of the Olympia winners. As stated earlier, he's the only Mr. Olympia who (to my knowledge) endorsed any of those fitness gadgets (the Torso Track) and even then, he's about 30 lbs lighter than his Olympia prime.

[MCWAY]

In person she would have wet herself.

It's easy to be like that when you are insecure enough to know the guy wouldn't go for you.

I doubt insecurity had anything to do with her response. Ironically, female bodybuilders use that same excuse, when people point out how awful-looking most men find them. You don't have to be insecure to find something unattractive.

Are you insecure if you find Iris Kyle or Debi Lasweski unattractive?

[Lundgren]

I doubt insecurity had anything to do with her response. Ironically, female bodybuilders use that same excuse, when people point out how awful-looking most men find them. You don't have to be insecure to find something unattractive.

Are you insecure if you find Iris Kyle or Debi Lasweski unattractive?

Dude your insecure, just face it we can all see through your bullshit.

[Tito24]

the branch warren of his era

[tommywishbone]

This guy looks pretty good.  How come I've never heard of him?

Ditto

[bodybuildbro]

Hammer, they could always just be freaks that love pussies too.

[Palpatine Q]

This physique to me is still the best ever.  If bodybuilding still looked like this today, there would be so much more interest from the public. 

Nope.  Arnold was one of a kind.

And the fact that he was in the right place at the right time cannot be understated.  Timing=everything


The planets aligned perfectly for the arnold phenomena to happen...you can't just manufacture that....

Hollywood, and the BBing industry.... have been trying for decades to make another "Arnold" and failing miserably

[Nails]

While Arnold was weight training ... every other person in the world just learned about a thing called JOGGING ... 99.9% of the world at that time didnt know what push-ups or sit-ups were

[dj181]

Zane isn't 30 pounds lighter than he was at his prime, he's about 15 pounds lighter. And the thing with Zane, he looked MUCH BETTER at 187 than he did at 205. Now he is bout 170.

[Palpatine Q]

While Arnold was weight training ... every other person in the world just learned about a thing called JOGGING ... 99.9% of the world at that time didnt know what push-ups or sit-ups were

Arnold was a cool Mofo....punching people in the face at will, calling black people ni99ers right to their face, humiliating a big -stomached Mentzer backstage and then beating him onstage.....causing his brain to melt and ultimately kill himself.....banging ALL the chicks and winning O's with ease.

People also hate on Arnold and say everything was handed to him, when the truth is the guy was a fucking BEAST in the gym, his focus and drive were otherwordly...and he lifted old school, heavy deads, bench and squats.

 And the guy NEVER came into a show out of shape, he was always conditioned and his presentation was perfect. Contrast that with a mouth-breathing neanderthal like Sergio oliva. Posing like a spastic retard with blotches of oil crudely smeared on him like he poured a can of crisco on himself before he went onstage.......AAAAAAH yes.....Arnold is indeed NUMERO UNO

[Nails]

Arnold was a cool Mofo....punching people in the face at will, calling black people ni99ers right to their face, humiliating a big -stomached Mentzer backstage and then beating him onstage.....causing his brain to melt and ultimately kill himself.....banging ALL the chicks and winning O's with ease.

People also hate on Arnold and say everything was handed to him, when the truth is the guy was a fucking BEAST in the gym, his focus and drive were otherwordly...and he lifted old school, heavy deads, bench and squats.

 And the guy NEVER came into a show out of shape, he was always conditioned and his presentation was perfect. Contrast that with a mouth-breathing neanderthal like Sergio oliva. Posing like a spastic retard with blotches of oil crudely smeared on him like he poured a can of crisco on himself before he went onstage.......AAAAAAH yes.....Arnold is indeed NUMERO UNO

NICE!