United Kingdom Bodybuilder Tribute thread

[funk51]

john citrone

[SilverSpoon]

Crownshep, that dude Billy Payne was no joke.
Why did he stop competing?
It is interesting to note that some of the very best rarely step foot on stage.  I can think of:  Jeff King (could have given Haney a run for his money had he been NPC), Ray Mentzer (I know someone who saw him at 290 in the days that nobody was 290) and this guy.
How did he train?

[French]

selwyn cottrell

[crownshep]

Crownshep, that dude Billy Payne was no joke.
Why did he stop competing?
It is interesting to note that some of the very best rarely step foot on stage.  I can think of:  Jeff King (could have given Haney a run for his money had he been NPC), Ray Mentzer (I know someone who saw him at 290 in the days that nobody was 290) and this guy.
How did he train?

Those pics are from 1990 and he had just qualified for the British Champs by beating Mick Theo,then a couple of weeks before the brits he pulled out of the show,i did read he broke his wrist,don`t know how true that was.Billys problem was getting shredded,he got in good shape,but not quite the condition that was needed back then.Mick theo won the heavyweights that year at the brits.Billy used to come to the nightclub i worked at,and at one point he was 270lbs in decent shape at 5"8`and all of a sudden dissappeared off the scene.He is back training and talking about a comeback next year,but he`s now in his late 40s so i don`t know if he intends on competing in a over 40s class or the heavies. Heres his facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000961989290#!/profile.php?id=1105173377

[crownshep]

Billy Payne.

[Schmoe Buster]

Those pics are from 1990 and he had just qualified for the British Champs by beating Mick Theo,then a couple of weeks before the brits he pulled out of the show,i did read he broke his wrist,don`t know how true that was.Billys problem was getting shredded,he got in good shape,but not quite the condition that was needed back then.Mick theo won the heavyweights that year at the brits.Billy used to come to the nightclub i worked at,and at one point he was 270lbs in decent shape at 5"8`and all of a sudden dissappeared off the scene.He is back training and talking about a comeback next year,but he`s now in his late 40s so i don`t know if he intends on competing in a over 40s class or the heavies. Heres his facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000961989290#!/profile.php?id=1105173377

Crownshep any stories about Clairmonte or Johnny Fuller?

[Meso_z]

Parker,heres a video of Billy Payne.

wow, that was intense!

[wes]

Never heard of Billy Payne Shep,but godamned awesome build.

[Royalty]

Im pretty sure Yates and Payne were training partners back in 1991

[SilverSpoon]

He either should have pushed the necessary evelope back then, or just stayed "retired" from competition.
Why put yourself through those kind of rigors and supplement usage in your late 40's???
Dude was awesome, but I think doing what is required to get to that level at 45+ is foolish.

[~UN_$ung~]

But he did:

so shawn connery was competitive bodybuilder??

[chris-a]

i have trouble taking james llewelyn seriously since his claims on a board over here that i frequent had him claiming he's never gone above 500mg of test e a week 

[crownshep]

Im pretty sure Yates and Payne were training partners back in 1991

Thats right,Dorian has said he is the strongest guy he ever trained with and both Doz and Peter McGough have said he had the best potential of anyone.Heres a few recent pics of him training from his facebook page.

[Schmoe Buster]

i have trouble taking james llewelyn seriously since his claims on a board over here that i frequent had him claiming he's never gone above 500mg of test e a week 

The truth is he probably meant 500mg per day typical bodybuilder always low dosing their gear doses

[Team Diver]

end of thread:

[Omega]

i have trouble taking james llewelyn seriously since his claims on a board over here that i frequent had him claiming he's never gone above 500mg of test e a week 

Is that UK-M?
That board is far too biased.

[crownshep]

Peter Reid,who had a massive side chest pose.

[crownshep]

Rob Wall

[Schmoe Buster]

Charles Clairmonte at his best

[crownshep]

Charles looks like he`s carved out of stone there,i`d take how he looks from 20 year ago compared to the olympia contestants of today.

[Schmoe Buster]

Charles looks like he`s carved out of stone there,i`d take how he looks from 20 year ago compared to the olympia contestants of today.

X2, Charles looked far better in NABBA than in the IFBB, the lighting at the 1990 NABBA Universe was very good

[Schmoe Buster]

Basil Francis

[Schmoe Buster]

Johnny Fuller

[loco]

so shawn connery was competitive bodybuilder??

Yup, you saw the pics.     

[Nirvana]

I do believe we've gone a bridge too far.