.....I am a much bigger Robby fan but respect Zane immensely.....if memory serves me correctly Robby had the flu in '78 or'79 and was very watery as a result....fever, chills, sweats etc.....
Well, Robby had big thighs, but the muscles, particularly around the areas of the knees, were underdeveloped...quads could have been better, Hamstrings big, calves moderately weak.
GOOD THREAD,i like all the positive zane talk,he was a great bber and represented his era's mr olympia well.robby was a freak for that time was haney like in seventies .
Yes, Haney and Robby had similar builds........both had great backs, upper bodies.....Haney had a better chest (best in the business in the 80's) and Robby had better arms.... the best arms I have ever seen in person.Love the old days.
I think when robby was winning shows in later 70's 76/80 arnold was not competing,they may have went head to head in mid 70's or trained together in same group?robby could have hung with arnold on some poses.when i flipped through my dads old mags then robby was literally scary looking,physique and looks.
Robby started competing in the IFBB in 1975, the year they filmed Pumping Iron, and of course Robby is in PI. The 1975 O was Arnold's last show-so the missed each other in head to head compeition.The funny thing in PI is Ken Waller said he was more worried about Robby than Katz-and RR blows Ken Waller in the fucking weeds!
Robby was great....but I think his skin tone killed his career.It's not that he was black...but he must be one of the blackest guys that ever competed. I feel it destroyed (or hid) alot of his detail.
Arnold did retire in 1975, but made a one show comeback in 1980 winning the mr. Olympia. Robbi switched over to the nabba federation after the 1979 Mr.Olympia and came back to the IFBB in 82/83
WOW-here is a fucking line up (Dave Johns was the THICKEST BBer I have ever seen in person-chest to back ratio was 2 feet deep)!1981 Pro World Cup - WABBA1 Sergio Oliva 2 Serge Nubret 3 Robby Robinson 4 Ahmet Enünlü 5 Dave Johns 6 Kalman Szkalak 7 Tony Pearson
The Beef is still waiting for you to scan the page in Arnolds book where he said Mike should have beaten Zane.The Beef