Golds Gym - "The Mecca", when it really was "The Mecca"

[che]

Bodybuilding used to be awesome (no homo)

[funk51]

pat neve still in great shape, bigtime auto dealer. uncrowned mr a

[funk51]

dale ruplinger when he overbulked.

[dj181]

my father

[funk51]

my father

briam eastman is your father?

[dj181]

briam eastman is your father?

no man, but i was trained by bob lorimer if that counts for anything

eastman was the spokemodel for the universal bodybuilding courses that used to appear in the marvel comic book mags back in the 70s and 80s

[crownshep]

robby and Mike

[arce1988]

  Great pics...

[Natural_O]

Arnold - 1974

[Thespritz0]

robby and Mike

^^
That's Robby, JOE WEIDER, and Lou Ferrigno- not Mike.  I met Mike in 1994.

[crownshep]

^^
That's Robby, JOE WEIDER, and Lou Ferrigno- not Mike.  I met Mike in 1994.

I know,its Robby and Mike in the first pic.

[willie mosconi]

At Gold's they have installed a large video screen in the first room. Currently, they are only playing 2 videos on it- Pumping Iron and the 2011 Mr. Olympia.

It is startling the contrast of the '70s physiques to the present physiques. Things have definitely taken a dramatic turn for the worse. Guts everywhere, even on supposedly retro guys like Dexter. It is a total shame. The general public at the gym notices this too- "why does he have a belly?", etc.

The worst in terms of guts at the '11 Olympia was Dennis James- he actually looks pregnant at the show. The "powers that be" in bodybuilding can't do anything about this?

[fathead]

Dennis James didnt do the 2011 Olympia

[hazbin]

At Gold's they have installed a large video screen in the first room. Currently, they are only playing 2 videos on it- Pumping Iron and the 2011 Mr. Olympia.

It is startling the contrast of the '70s physiques to the present physiques. Things have definitely taken a dramatic turn for the worse. Guts everywhere, even on supposedly retro guys like Dexter. It is a total shame. The general public at the gym notices this too- "why does he have a belly?", etc.

The worst in terms of guts at the '11 Olympia was Dennis James- he actually looks pregnant at the show. The "powers that be" in bodybuilding can't do anything about this?

i've stated this before on here. if they stop rewarding physiques with big bellies, the guys will stop using the drugs that cause the distention. no need for drug testing, just start placing guys lower for having big guts.

[dantelis]

i've stated this before on here. if they stop rewarding physiques with big bellies, the guys will stop using the drugs that cause the distention. no need for drug testing, just start placing guys lower for having big guts.

I second that statement.  Add a mandatory pose where the competitors have to do a vacuum and pull in their abs like Haney or Zane are doing in these shots.  If they can't do this mandatory pose, they would be quickly marked down and be out of the money.

[Figo]

I second that statement.  Add a mandatory pose where the competitors have to do a vacuum and pull in their abs like Haney or Zane are doing in these shots.  If they can't do this mandatory pose, they would be quickly marked down and be out of the money.

I fully agree with you and hazbin, but that would eliminate 95%of the guys now

Its like in formula 1, it would be great to go back to slicks, no gadgets and actual driving. But people would call that regressing

 

[njflex]

bbing has regressed where magazines have no bearing,need,due to internet and lack of interest due to way bbing has turned off the public view of it as a sport/hobby.at one time ben weider wanted the ioc to recognize it for olympic event ,never came to fruition.they do have the world games and international fed's ,but ioc would have been there dream.

[dantelis]

I fully agree with you and hazbin, but that would eliminate 95%of the guys now

Its like in formula 1, it would be great to go back to slicks, no gadgets and actual driving. But people would call that regressing

 

That would eliminate the guys who don't adapt.  If they end up with 1 or 2 years of shows with only a few competitors, that is the price to pay to right the system.  Though you'd lose the hardcore fans who want big, bloated bodybuilders who have way too much muscle for their frame (250-60 lbs on a person 5'8" tall is ridiculous), you would actually gain more fans who see aesthetic, obtainable physiques that are the ideal, rather than freaky, mass-monsters who are a joke.

[wes]

Awesome fucking shot of Zane!!

[njflex]

Awesome fucking shot of Zane!!

STELLAR,,,,,

[funk51]

i've stated this before on here. if they stop rewarding physiques with big bellies, the guys will stop using the drugs that cause the distention. no need for drug testing, just start placing guys lower for having big guts.

TRUE.....

[willie mosconi]

Dennis James didnt do the 2011 Olympia

well, whatever Olympia they were showing, Dennis James looked awful

[Natural_O]

bbing has regressed where magazines have no bearing,need,due to internet and lack of interest due to way bbing has turned off the public view of it as a sport/hobby.at one time ben weider wanted the ioc to recognize it for olympic event ,never came to fruition.they do have the world games and international fed's ,but ioc would have been there dream.

This is a great point and one that is never mentioned about what is wrong with the sport today. The magazines suck and, because of the internet, are basically irrelevant today. When I was a kid, the magazines were what really got me interested in the stars of bodybuilding and in the upcoming contests. The pictures, the articles about the different personalities, the training articles, etc. Today, the magazines are filled with blown up freaks training with chains and their veins exploding from their bodies. It's a total freak show. They try to hype up the Olympia each year but it gets worse year after year. There are no personalities, no class, no real rivalries. It's all drugs, drugs, drugs and it's a freak show.

[hazbin]

1990

[Schmoff]

1990

were you natural there?