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Re: "The Mecca",When It Really Was "The Mecca"
« Reply #226 on: November 17, 2011, 10:40:57 AM »
Betty Weider had some hot curves that for sure.



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Re: "The Mecca",When It Really Was "The Mecca"
« Reply #227 on: November 17, 2011, 10:59:51 AM »
Whatever happened to di mora and victor terra?

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Re: "The Mecca",When It Really Was "The Mecca"
« Reply #228 on: November 17, 2011, 11:06:40 AM »
Whatever happened to di mora and victor terra?
No clue,but they were great......especially Terra.

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« Reply #229 on: November 17, 2011, 11:07:00 AM »
Whatever happened to di mora and victor terra?
dimora was youngest ever pro ,,terra was incredible nabba/aau could'nt get through npc nationals ,,would have like to see him in lineup with his look against shorter guys like him,labrada,comerford,pastel,terra was pinched for drug stuff back in 90's i think.great build

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Re: "The Mecca",When It Really Was "The Mecca"
« Reply #230 on: November 17, 2011, 11:10:44 AM »
dimora was youngest ever pro ,,terra was incredible nabba/aau could'nt get through npc nationals ,,would have like to see him in lineup with his look against shorter guys like him,labrada,comerford,pastel,terra was pinched for drug stuff back in 90's i think.great build
I think you`re right about the drug bust......kinda` remember hearing that.

The only way he would have done well against guys like Labrada and Pastel would be to come in much harder,dryer,and crisper,while retaining his size at the same time.

Those short little fuckers were great!!  ;D

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« Reply #231 on: November 17, 2011, 11:13:40 AM »
I remember he kept saying he was natural. He had the smooth look of a nattie, but those arms...  ???
he trained with this guy, i'm just saying.
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« Reply #232 on: November 17, 2011, 11:16:41 AM »
I think you`re right about the drug bust......kinda` remember hearing that.

The only way he would have done well against guys like Labrada and Pastel would be to come in much harder,dryer,and crisper,while retaining his size at the same time.

Those short little fuckers were great!!  ;D
well in early 90's terra had such good shape and enough conditioning and great size/legs he placed in the pro nabba easily and then won in 91 or 92 i believe,,

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Re: "The Mecca",When It Really Was "The Mecca"
« Reply #233 on: November 17, 2011, 11:18:53 AM »
:)


I was born in the wrong era.
This is what a beautiful woman looks like, IMO.

I've already said how much I prefer the physiques of this era.
Can't beat the cars either, or the price of gas.
I'm sure there are tons of other great things about this time period,
wish I was there to enjoy them.

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« Reply #234 on: November 17, 2011, 11:49:58 AM »
he trained with this guy, i'm just saying.

So if I was Phil's training buddy, my arms would blew like his?   ::)

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« Reply #235 on: November 17, 2011, 02:40:48 PM »
he trained with this guy, i'm just saying.
Great pic funk.........I love those old spherical dumbells!

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« Reply #236 on: November 17, 2011, 02:50:58 PM »
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« Reply #237 on: November 17, 2011, 03:05:00 PM »
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« Reply #238 on: November 17, 2011, 03:07:42 PM »
Ron Teufel owned a gym near the Philly airport, old old school, the gym now is kinda like a LA Fit with a couple of older machines.  It was a very cool place to train = almost like it still had the 70's-80's look-feel....

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« Reply #239 on: November 17, 2011, 03:09:06 PM »
Ron Teufel owned a gym near the Philly airport, old old school, the gym now is kinda like a LA Fit with a couple of older machines.  It was a very cool place to train = almost like it still had the 70's-80's look-feel....
Cool !! :)

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« Reply #240 on: November 17, 2011, 03:24:01 PM »
And Wes, I trained with AAU bodybuilder Joe Bucci in his home-garage-gym and also the Natural Ron Coleman grew up close to me, we also trained at the same gym, he guessed posed once, they carried him out in a coffin...Derrick Whisett trained in Trenton, NJ...Man's World, owner Joe Dodd recently just passed, I trained there, saw Derrick, Phil Hill, Greg Kovach and Mike Morris there a few times...Good old days!

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« Reply #241 on: November 17, 2011, 03:31:02 PM »
And Wes, I trained with AAU bodybuilder Joe Bucci in his home-garage-gym and also the Natural Ron Coleman grew up close to me, we also trained at the same gym, he guessed posed once, they carried him out in a coffin...Derrick Whisett trained in Trenton, NJ...Man's World, owner Joe Dodd recently just passed, I trained there, saw Derrick, Phil Hill, Greg Kovach and Mike Morris there a few times...Good old days!
Awesome bro........must be from New Jersey.

Bucci had some freaky guns!!

Heard about Joe Dodd.............fucking shame...........also a shame about Derrick Whitsetts passing.

I trained in the same gym as Jeff King,Richard Roy,Joe Gomes,Matt Dufresne,Charlie Sinacole,Zak Nathan,Chris Aceto,Pat Hayes,Ray Wilson,Chris Gordon,Arthur Prince,and a ton of other assorted animals.

Look them up on  http://www.musclememory.com

Big Daddys Gym and Central City Gym.............great days!  :(

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Re: "The Mecca",When It Really Was "The Mecca"
« Reply #242 on: November 17, 2011, 04:18:22 PM »
Wes, what are the heaviest gym lifts you have seen?

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Re: "The Mecca",When It Really Was "The Mecca"
« Reply #243 on: November 17, 2011, 04:22:46 PM »
who is this Wes, im usually on my game as far as the 70's and 80's guys go but this guy is physique perfection but i dont know who it is.

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« Reply #244 on: November 17, 2011, 04:24:29 PM »
Wes, what are the heaviest gym lifts you have seen?
I saw Glen Chabot do a triple on the bench with 650 at World Gym in my hometown......he did 710 at the Arnold Classic a few years back.

I saw A guy names Carlton "Carl" Snitkin squat around 800 pounds or so back at the Springfield YMCA eons ago.

As far as deadlifting goes........the guy that owned Big Daddys Gym,(Rick Britt) where I trained,pulled around 750 pounds or so.

We also had 3 World Champion armwrestlers that trained at our gym back in the day when armwrestling was a very popular sport.

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Re: "The Mecca",When It Really Was "The Mecca"
« Reply #245 on: November 17, 2011, 04:27:32 PM »
If I had a supermodel wife,tons of cash,broads on the side,and looked like this,I`d be happy.

So far I`ve got the wife,the cash,and the broads,but not the physique.  :(

Oh well, 3 out of 4 ain`t bad!!  LOL  ;D


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Re: "The Mecca",When It Really Was "The Mecca"
« Reply #246 on: November 17, 2011, 04:28:24 PM »
who is this Wes, im usually on my game as far as the 70's and 80's guys go but this guy is physique perfection but i dont know who it is.
Jon Aranita..............use d to train with Rory Leidelmeyer,Bob Paris, and Coach who posts here on getbig.

Fucking guy was awesome but always came in 2nd. to someone else andnever got his pro-card!  :(

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« Reply #247 on: November 17, 2011, 04:30:53 PM »
Jon Aranita..used to train with Rory Leidelmeyer and Coach who posts here on getbig.
ok, i remember Ron Harris talking about him in a thing he wrote for Musclemag on hamstring training but i didnt expect him to look like that, that physique should be winning the Olympia year in and year out.

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« Reply #248 on: November 17, 2011, 04:33:29 PM »
ok, i remember Ron Harris talking about him in a thing he wrote for Musclemag on hamstring training but i didnt expect him to look like that, that physique should be winning the Olympia year in and year out.
No shit huh...he looks great.

You don`t see too many guys these days looking this damned good.

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« Reply #249 on: November 17, 2011, 04:34:53 PM »
Aranitas contest resume`....I didn`t know he won his class at the USA:

http://musclememory.com/show.php?a=Aranita,+Jon