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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1625 on: April 13, 2012, 06:50:39 AM »
thanks also nd, them pics bring me back to my better days, no injuries, no joint pain, hard partying
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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1626 on: April 13, 2012, 08:28:35 AM »
Great pics as always ND...........thanks!!


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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1628 on: April 16, 2012, 08:07:54 AM »

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1629 on: April 21, 2012, 02:35:00 AM »
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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1630 on: April 21, 2012, 03:08:58 AM »
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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1631 on: April 21, 2012, 07:33:20 AM »
great pic of haney and gaspari,,,'haney's thinking this boy is ripped but hell no is he beating me with what i got going on underneath .structure and arm wise rich was not beating haney.

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1632 on: April 22, 2012, 04:11:36 AM »
great pic of haney and gaspari,,,'haney's thinking this boy is ripped but hell no is he beating me with what i got going on underneath .structure and arm wise rich was not beating haney.
in his early days haney really had a very "casual " look in the gym, old torn up clothing, barefoot, hair was long... Seen a few pics from time he was a new pro of the same ;D

In the late 80s he started wearing spandex and tank tops like everyone else, and later, the animal kingdom stuff

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1633 on: April 22, 2012, 04:20:10 AM »
can we rename Glod's the Ass Mecca? It would be a better fit both then and now.

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1634 on: April 22, 2012, 04:50:58 AM »
can we rename Glod's the Ass Mecca? It would be a better fit both then and now.

Cmon Sev, we all know you're a fan of the ass mecca in the old days as well

Doesn't mean you have to wear paperbag shoes, or daisy dukes to be a fan

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1635 on: April 22, 2012, 10:34:26 PM »
Arnold and Draper at the 1970 Nabba Mr. Universe

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1636 on: April 22, 2012, 10:35:37 PM »
Platz squatting back in the day

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1637 on: April 23, 2012, 11:39:52 PM »
Platz squatting back in the day

I think that in retrospect, squatting heavy like this is dangerous and a waste of time..not worth the potential for injury

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1638 on: April 24, 2012, 12:43:31 AM »
I think that in retrospect, squatting heavy like this is dangerous and a waste of time..not worth the potential for injury

But it makes for a really cool pic

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1639 on: April 24, 2012, 02:29:32 AM »
Franco and Platz at the 1981 Olympia

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1640 on: April 24, 2012, 04:03:23 AM »
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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1641 on: April 24, 2012, 06:35:36 AM »
man the golden eagle got robbed at the 81 olympia, franco was a great bodybuilder and i mean no disrespect towards him but platz smoked him in that show. franco legs where down and franco had mad bitch tits also. the franco of 75 was a different story cause he was on the money back then and a force
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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1642 on: April 24, 2012, 08:39:22 AM »
man the golden eagle got robbed at the 81 olympia, franco was a great bodybuilder and i mean no disrespect towards him but platz smoked him in that show. franco legs where down and franco had mad bitch tits also. the franco of 75 was a different story cause he was on the money back then and a force

Its a pity a friend of platz's didn't promote the show

Or that platz didn't have a friend with pull in high places (like judging panels)

Platz was clearly superior

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1643 on: April 24, 2012, 10:00:00 AM »
Padilla and Jusup Wilcosz at the same show

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1644 on: April 24, 2012, 11:14:00 AM »
i always liked padilla, he had great shape and balance
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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1645 on: April 24, 2012, 11:55:08 AM »
Its a pity a friend of platz's didn't promote the show

Or that platz didn't have a friend with pull in high places (like judging panels)

Platz was clearly superior

if platz woulda been freinds with ( the oak ) he woulda won, i said it for ya figo, lol. this is a great thread figo for us old timers  ;D
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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1646 on: April 24, 2012, 12:49:47 PM »
if platz woulda been freinds with ( the oak ) he woulda won, i said it for ya figo, lol. this is a great thread figo for us old timers  ;D

I'm still in my 30s!!!!! (Late)

But a fan of the 70s and 80s
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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1647 on: April 24, 2012, 09:24:03 PM »
Sergio and Arnold at the 1972 Olympia

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1648 on: April 26, 2012, 05:55:43 PM »
What has Platz been up to since he retired from bodybuilding?

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Re: Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"
« Reply #1649 on: April 26, 2012, 06:41:39 PM »
What has Platz been up to since he retired from bodybuilding?

Selling used cars.