Arnold Schwarzenegger - Real measurements and lifts

[20inch calves]

26" seams really small for legs, rest looks about right.

when musclemag came out with that arnold mag his legs measured 28in before one of the mr. o's

[BILL ANVIL]

when musclemag came out with that arnold mag his legs measured 28in before one of the mr. o's

I heard 28 as well.

[io856]

 

[Viking11]

For what its worth. Frank Zane trained with Arnold sometimes and they got into some "heavy" squatting at one point. According to Frank, they worked up to 405,  he got up to 10 reps and Arnold got up to 8. That would be about a 500 lb max give or take.   Frank had the better thighs, so then numbers make sense.
AS for benching, in the book Pumping Iron, Charles Gaines describes Arnold "Happily pushing 315 lbs 12 times off his supine self"  Again no reason to doubt it. This was like the 5th set of 9, working up to heaviest weight and then back down. So thats maybe a 450 max bench"

[BILL ANVIL]

For what its worth. Frank Zane trained with Arnold sometimes and they got into some "heavy" squatting at one point. According to Frank, they worked up to 405,  he got up to 10 reps and Arnold got up to 8. That would be about a 500 lb max give or take.   Frank had the better thighs, so then numbers make sense.
AS for benching, in the book Pumping Iron, Charles Gaines describes Arnold "Happily pushing 315 lbs 12 times off his supine self"  Again no reason to doubt it. This was like the 5th set of 9, working up to heaviest weight and then back down. So thats maybe a 450 max bench"

He said 500 unassisted, and I know ive seen pics of him handling 455 before.

[Viking11]

Post them, that would be helpful. I can see him getting 5 plates maybe for 1 rep, but I have never seen anything like that taken of him. Saw one of him and Franco at the Pit and he had 445 on the bar with Franco standing by. That was the only pic I have seen of him with more than 400 on the bar.  NOT saying it didnt happen........

[Figo]

arnold was a master at presentation

hiding weaknesses and showing his strenghts

[Jaime]

What's so damn impressive about a 50" chest for crying out loud! It's not that big at all. Many of you are acting like Arnold claimed the impossible. He was a HUGE man, with very large upper measurements and proportions. He was NOT 5'6". He was at least 6'1" and well into his 250's.

Personally, I believe the 22 1/4" PUMPED
and I believe he had a 57"-58" PUMPED

I'm quite sure at his strongest, he was able to press MINIMUM 420 pounds on the bench for REPS and a max of over 500 pounds.

He was the greatest of all time.




You have a sickness, srop living your life through others.

It's already been explained about measurements. He was a bodybuilder who used huge ammounts of drugs to attain his physique, whenever he stopped usage he looked average and he was not an elite strength athlete.

Fucking idiots randomly throwing about numbers.

[Jaime]

See this is EXACTLY where I'm coming from.

My (left, I only use this for reference) arm measures 18 cold. And I don't have fat arms either. My bf isn't low - but it isn't high either.
And compared to a 300 lb OFF SEASON Dorian -- his were 20 WITH pump? WTF.

Two inch circumfrance is a huge difference, your thinking of it as distance.

[Dokey111]

AS for benching, in the book Pumping Iron, Charles Gaines describes Arnold "Happily pushing 315 lbs 12 times off his supine self" 

I thought that was reference to nubret?

[BILL ANVIL]

arnold was a master at presentation

hiding weaknesses and showing his strenghts

and what the fuck does that have to do with him being able to bench press 500lbs? he either can or he cant.

[yates fan]

there are records of a powerlifting meet or two that arnold competed ion when he was young,dont remember exact numbers but higher than what was posted on here,deadlift was the best iam thinkind it was ove 600,i know bench was more than 405.

[yates fan]

i just googled arnold and powerlifting,in 1968 arnold competed in his last powermeet,the german powerlifting championships,he squatted 215 kilos which is close to 500# he benched 200 kilos which comes out to about 440# and he deadlifted 710#this was all done while he was still quite young and would say he got stronger,he just didnt max out for one rep after this.

[Figo]

and what the fuck does that have to do with him being able to bench press 500lbs? he either can or he cant.

talking bout the measurements , not your debate on a 500lb bench

last I checked arnold wasnt doing WSM or PL meets, who cares what he benched

[Cleanest Natural]

who cares ... it's about what he looked like which is AWESOME

[OTHstrong]

i just googled arnold and powerlifting,in 1968 arnold competed in his last powermeet,the german powerlifting championships,he squatted 215 kilos which is close to 500# he benched 200 kilos which comes out to about 440# and he deadlifted 710#this was all done while he was still quite young and would say he got stronger,he just didnt max out for one rep after this.

lol at the clowns that don't believe Arnolds lifts....500 for 1 is what he claims and it sounds right, someone said 450, lol, I know 3-4 guys on tis thread alone that are cracking over 400, 450 is nothing, 600 deads is nothing, 500 squats is also notihng, hgh school numbrs gentlemen.

[Jaime]

lol at the clowns that don't believe Arnolds lifts....500 for 1 is what he claims and it sounds right, someone said 450, lol, I know 3-4 guys on tis thread alone that are cracking over 400, 450 is nothing, 600 deads is nothing, 500 squats is also notihng, hgh school numbrs gentlemen.

450 is nothing but 500 is great? Haha we have another retard on board.

[OTHstrong]

450 is nothing but 500 is great? Haha we have another retard on board.

no you retard 400 is nothing 600 would be great. You should know that every gym has a dozen guys doing 400 and probably only 1 or 2 doing over 450 so ya big differance you idiot....think about it like this.. thousands can run 10.6 100m, but only a few can run 10.0 100m, obviously this wouldn't be logical to you since you haven't experianced these numbers before

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

It's all relative. 400 is astonishing weighing less than 200 pounds. 500 is also astonishing at 220.
500 is less impressive at 350. It is
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[kevcat]

Id say Arnold was a prettys trong guy.Those PL numbers aint too shabby considering we are talkin about a genetically skinny kid to begin with. I remember a picture where hes BB rowing 3 plates a side without straps and his upper body parallel to the floor balancing on a weight bench LOL kind of strange why anyone would want to make it harder when off the floor with straps and a more upright position wouldve been safer.But thats a solid bent over row by any standards IMO

[BILL ANVIL]

lol at the clowns that don't believe Arnolds lifts....500 for 1 is what he claims and it sounds right, someone said 450, lol, I know 3-4 guys on tis thread alone that are cracking over 400, 450 is nothing, 600 deads is nothing, 500 squats is also notihng, hgh school numbrs gentlemen.

No shit, who are these people and why are they on a bodybuilding website? Arnold had a huge upper body with solid density, and he paid his dues lifting heavy for years. 450- 500? no doubts he could.

[Jaime]

no you retard 400 is nothing 600 would be great. You should know that every gym has a dozen guys doing 400 and probably only 1 or 2 doing over 450 so ya big differance you idiot....think about it like this.. thousands can run 10.6 100m, but only a few can run 10.0 100m, obviously this wouldn't be logical to you since you haven't experianced these numbers before

You said between 450 and 500, the former is nothing according to you, you little fucking weasel you said it, your stupid statement.

I would destroy you in any athletic pursuit and i'm natural.

You go back to worshipping the walking pharmacy that was Arnold.

As to everyone speculating what Arnold could lift based on his size i laugh, little Franco had him on every lift, it has jack to do with size.

[OTHstrong]

You said between 450 and 500, the former is nothing according to you, you little fucking weasel you said it, your stupid statement.

I would destroy you in any athletic pursuit and i'm natural.

You go back to worshipping the walking pharmacy that was Arnold.

As to everyone speculating what Arnold could lift based on his size i laugh, little Franco had him on every lift, it has jack to do with size.

Athletic pursuit, I think you logged in to the wrong forum, this is a BODYBUILDING forum.

A couple facts here,....you need anger management.............y ou can't bench more then 225......since you issued a challnge I can deadlift 500 for 10 reps on my worst day

[Jaime]

Athletic pursuit, I think you logged in to the wrong forum, this is a BODYBUILDING forum.

A couple facts here,....you need anger management.............y ou can't bench more then 225......since you issued a challnge I can deadlift 500 for 10 reps on my worst day

Lifting fits in, of course i can also run five yards without collapsing, which would probably be a problem for you.

As i said anything.

[OTHstrong]

Lifting fits in, of course i can also run five yards without collapsing, which would probably be a problem for you.

As i said anything.

funny cause nov 2008 I competed in the heavyweight division at 5'9 and in may 2009 I ran a marathon