Author Topic: The best Pro that never was (Read 20544 times)

Deadpool · « **on:** March 07, 2007, 02:31:10 PM »

For the men, Vic Richards, Matt Mendanhall, or even Jumbo Pallumbo come to mind

the ladies, Teagan Clive...(you know I'm gonna say Sally McNeil, so I won't say it)

any more names?

BigSexy50 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 08, 2007, 04:06:48 PM »

Quote from: Medford on March 07, 2007, 02:31:10 PM

For the men, Vic Richards, Matt Mendanhall, or even Jumbo Pallumbo come to mind

the ladies, Teagan Clive...(you know I'm gonna say Sally McNeil, so I won't say it)

any more names?

Jeff King

CDM · « **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2007, 06:32:47 PM »

Jeff King is the man!

He couls train like a demon!

americanbulldog · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2007, 05:10:28 PM »

Matt Mendenhall, by far.

donrhummy · « **Reply #4 on:** March 12, 2007, 03:57:32 PM »

Rory Leidelmeyer, Edgar Fletcher

njflex · « **Reply #5 on:** March 14, 2007, 07:11:43 PM »

aau crossover's to npc who were great vic terra,joe deangelis,rory was good,their are so many even lighter wght npc guy's.vinny galanti but he has shot at master's

Tokyo Joe · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2007, 04:55:18 AM »

Aaron Baker had the structure to be mr. Olympia.. always came in too heavy and smooth

Deadpool · « **Reply #7 on:** March 21, 2007, 02:44:14 PM »

Rory Ledemyer, forgot about him, yeah, he was good

Figo · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2007, 09:09:08 AM »

Quote from: njflex on March 14, 2007, 07:11:43 PM

aau crossover's to npc who were great vic terra,joe deangelis,rory was good,their are so many even lighter wght npc guy's.vinny galanti but he has shot at master's

Victor Terra, very underrated.

njflex · « **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2007, 08:23:54 PM »

Quote from: Figo on March 22, 2007, 09:09:08 AM

Victor Terra, very underrated.

yes to say the least,check out his aau and nabba pic's,was lee labarada height and bigger,leg's were crazy thick,had great shape overall ,tough time placing in the national's he did .

donrhummy · « **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2007, 09:33:14 AM »

Quote from: njflex on March 22, 2007, 08:23:54 PM

yes to say the least,check out his aau and nabba pic's,was lee labarada height and bigger,leg's were crazy thick,had great shape overall ,tough time placing in the national's he did .

Yes, anyone have pics of terra? I haven't really been able to find any on the web.

This is all I've found:

Anyone know why he didn't try the IFBB?

Figo · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2007, 12:01:09 PM »

Crazy genes! But as we all know, height counted against him. Only short guys that did really well were Columbo, Dickerson, Labrada and Benaziza.
Terra would have been 6-10th place guy even ripped to shreds 210lbs at 5'4".

njflex · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2007, 12:46:58 PM »

Quote from: Figo on March 24, 2007, 12:01:09 PM

Crazy genes! But as we all know, height counted against him. Only short guys that did really well were Columbo, Dickerson, Labrada and Benaziza.
Terra would have been 6-10th place guy even ripped to shreds 210lbs at 5'4".

i like dugdale's build a lot and henry but terra was wider and thicker not quite as polished as them and same height give an 1" or so.he was stacked...

BEAST 8692 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 25, 2007, 12:09:11 AM »

i have no idea why jeff and matt never made it. $:-\$

maybe someone could shed light on this mystery. i heard matt had some issues with booz, but the guy still showed up with a hell of a physique.

jeff had platz like legs (well, maybe not quite) but with an upper body to match.

Figo · « **Reply #14 on:** March 25, 2007, 04:12:21 AM »

King was a neck above the rest...

BEAST 8692 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 29, 2007, 03:02:28 PM »

does anyone know if king trained his neck directly?

Figo · « **Reply #16 on:** March 30, 2007, 11:43:27 AM »

That thing

, if you wanna call it a neck, was HUGE, thick.

Probably genetic, not directly trained?

wes · « **Reply #17 on:** March 31, 2007, 08:08:54 AM »

King trained his neck 3 x a week on the Nautilus 4-Way Neck Machine.

we trained in the same gym for many years.

BEAST 8692 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 31, 2007, 08:17:16 AM »

Quote from: wes on March 31, 2007, 08:08:54 AM

King trained his nech 3 x a week on the Nautilus 4-Way Neck Machine.

we trained in the same gym for many years.

what training philosophy did he have (for want of a better term)?

high intensity, volume, heavy, pump, etc?

i'm thinking that huge neck must have hurt come contest time. how else can you explain his passing over?

wes · « **Reply #19 on:** March 31, 2007, 09:21:34 AM »

Passing over??

If you mean dead,Jeff is still alive,training hard,and weighs a lean 200 pounds.

He trained heavy,high volume.

The pic above taken in the gym is one of my own personal pics taken back in the day at Central City Gym in Springfield Mass.,I posted it on ironage.us but before that it was obviously never seen on the web.

I saw King at 301 pounds,and he was huge,but not excessively fat and his quads were gigantic at that weight.......at any weight actually.

Figo · « **Reply #20 on:** March 31, 2007, 09:54:31 AM »

Wes, what was his training style, and his comp weight?

wes · « **Reply #21 on:** March 31, 2007, 03:01:22 PM »

He trained heavy,with short rest periods depending on the bodypart and poundages used of course,and was a stickler for impeccable form.

Not sure about his weight on stage,but I would guess 240-250 possibly.

He actually did compete in the professional NABBA Mr. Universe,but was not an IFBB Pro.

The story goes that Weider talked to Jeff about signing him up to a contract but then told him that first he would have to win the NPC Nationals as well as the IFBB Mr. Universe.

Jeff explained to him that he had won the AAU and NABBA versions of those titles which by the way were very prestigous back then,but Weider insisted and Jeff told him to get lost.........otherwise King would more than likely be a household name today.

wes · « **Reply #22 on:** March 31, 2007, 03:03:21 PM »

Heres a thread on my board that you might enjoy about King and others in the gym years ago in my hometown:

http://timwescott.proboards18.com/index.cgi?board=oldies&action=display&thread=1101403778

The Squadfather · « **Reply #23 on:** March 31, 2007, 06:11:23 PM »

Jeff used to train here in St. Louis under George Turner, Clif Koons has a million stories about him.

wes · « **Reply #24 on:** March 31, 2007, 08:28:29 PM »

Yup,he moved there for a while after he left Springfield.

Cliff Koons was another great bodybuilder.......is he still training.

Happy Birthday dude!!