Author Topic: RIP Steve Michalik? (Read 37128 times)

The_Iron_Disciple · « **Reply #50 on:** May 26, 2012, 07:07:54 PM »

Quote from: Skylge on May 26, 2012, 04:00:14 AM

Impressive pic !

I've read about Steve SEVERAL times throughout the years. They guy was definitely a nut-job though. Made Mike Mentzer look sane ! Hahaha !

arce1988 · « **Reply #51 on:** May 26, 2012, 07:10:41 PM »

Suicide?

njflex · « **Reply #52 on:** May 26, 2012, 08:10:16 PM »

Quote from: The_Iron_Disciple on May 26, 2012, 07:07:54 PM

Impressive pic !

I've read about Steve SEVERAL times throughout the years. They guy was definitely a nut-job though. Made Mike Mentzer look sane ! Hahaha !

cool pic ,,legs look swole there.

The_Iron_Disciple · « **Reply #53 on:** May 26, 2012, 08:29:23 PM »

Quote from: njflex on May 26, 2012, 08:10:16 PM

cool pic ,,legs look swole there.

They sure do, don't they ? Looks pretty big for a guy competing in THAT time period. Damn impressive.

njflex · « **Reply #54 on:** May 26, 2012, 08:34:47 PM »

Quote from: The_Iron_Disciple on May 26, 2012, 08:29:23 PM

They sure do, don't they ? Looks pretty big for a guy competing in THAT time period. Damn impressive.

dude was out there to say the least,,but he had good frame,shape,size .he took it all and then some,but he backed it up...

Moontrane · « **Reply #55 on:** May 26, 2012, 09:37:32 PM »

Quote from: Skylge on May 26, 2012, 04:00:14 AM

I'm not sure about the legs in that pic.

Natural Man · « **Reply #56 on:** May 26, 2012, 11:23:48 PM »

He was.... a steroid abuser, who bullshited everyone all life long about a "healthy and fit lifestyle" while injecting and poping orals like candies in his closet, just like every single buffoon from his era. Great role model, a "legend" yeah

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It seems he ended his life himself with a gunshot to the head.

lol.

Mr Nobody · « **Reply #57 on:** May 27, 2012, 12:14:24 AM »

Quote from: timfogarty on May 26, 2012, 06:38:59 PM

Yes I've heard the same. (Source Bob Gruskin)

Shades of Ernest Hemingway done the same thing around the same age shotgun to the head. Both crazed mofos.

fredrollon · « **Reply #58 on:** May 27, 2012, 04:14:13 AM »

Quote from: Moontrane on May 26, 2012, 09:37:32 PM

I'm not sure about the legs in that pic.

I think the picture was photographed at an angle compressing his frame and making it look wider.Still impressive in the original though.

'American bodybuilder and 'Mr. America' Steve Michalik flexes his back muscles as comedian Joan Rivers mimics him on the set of the TV series, 'The Mike Douglas Show,' circa 1972.'

Mr Nobody · « **Reply #59 on:** May 27, 2012, 04:16:38 AM »

A crazy mofo back in the day used to fight people on the street outside the gym a huge roid user.

Skylge · « **Reply #60 on:** May 27, 2012, 06:02:38 AM »

Quote from: fredrollon on May 27, 2012, 04:14:13 AM

I think the picture was photographed at an angle compressing his frame and making it look wider.Still impressive in the original though.[/i][/u][/color]

I had my doubts about the Platz level of leg development on that photo, thank you for correcting.
Michalik was about intensity and insanity. Even if half what has been written about him was true .

Still, despite his extreme training and attitude, to me he didn't seem significantly better than other top quality builders from that era.

orion · « **Reply #61 on:** May 27, 2012, 06:26:42 AM »

Quote from: wes on May 25, 2012, 03:56:05 AM

Wowthat sux.................dude used to train his ass off!!

RIP

Wes, didn't Michalik give up bodybuilding quite early to pursue a career on Madison Ave? I think he had a high maintenace wife, very hard to support on a bodybuilders income. I remember reading a bit on him in Pumping Iron. His pics in the book were quite unimpressive, as I recall.

DroppingPlates · « **Reply #62 on:** May 27, 2012, 06:30:25 AM »

Quote from: Mr Nobody on May 27, 2012, 04:16:38 AM

A crazy mofo back in the day used to fight people on the street outside the gym a huge roid user.

He was a great innovator on roid rages, we should thank him for being an inspiration

wes · « **Reply #63 on:** May 27, 2012, 06:30:50 AM »

Quote from: orion on May 27, 2012, 06:26:42 AM

Wes, didn't Michalik give up bodybuilding quite early to pursue a career on Madison Ave? I think he had a high maintenace wife, very hard to support on a bodybuilders income. I remember reading a bit on him in Pumping Iron. His pics in the book were quite unimpressive, as I recall.

I`m not really sure,but he did disappear for a while........could be because of that accident with a garbage truck or something.

His pics in the book PI were terrible................ real small looking.

On a sidenote,I never believed half of the bullshit he wrote about his gear use............just tried to be sensational and stay in the limelight IMO.

Van_Bilderass · « **Reply #64 on:** May 27, 2012, 06:38:09 AM »

Pathological liar and scumbag.

STILL on anabolics to the end! Same with natural liar DeFendis.
These guys NEVER got off, just lied their face off.

Plus Michalik seems to have been a Scientologist.

Wolfsanglerune · « **Reply #65 on:** May 27, 2012, 09:02:07 AM »

in the doc bigger,stronger,faster he makes a complete ass of himself.railing against aas.a couple in the little group hes training are obviously on.

Mawse · « **Reply #66 on:** May 27, 2012, 04:45:58 PM »

No loss, by all accounts he was a huge douchebag and asshole, even in his old age - In 'the man who's arms exploded' he seemed like a pathetic lost old man who was willing to spout outrageous lies about the dangers of AAS in exchange for a few more minutes of camera time and a 3-figure paycheck

The Abdominal Snoman · « **Reply #67 on:** May 27, 2012, 05:02:53 PM »

Quote from: Wolfsanglerune on May 27, 2012, 09:02:07 AM

in the doc bigger,stronger,faster he makes a complete ass of himself.railing against aas.a couple in the little group hes training are obviously on.

I remember seeing him in that Doc and thinking to myself, this guy has to be close to suicide because how can he live with them lies.

LATS · « **Reply #68 on:** May 27, 2012, 09:32:25 PM »

steve would say what ever the producers of any show wanted him to say.. you want sensational? steve was your man.. he could lie with the best of them.. the guy goes and kills himself in a house were kids were playing in the next room..

Desolate · « **Reply #69 on:** May 30, 2012, 10:45:19 PM »

Quote from: Mawse on May 27, 2012, 04:45:58 PM

No loss, by all accounts he was a huge douchebag and asshole, even in his old age - In 'the man who's arms exploded' he seemed like a pathetic lost old man who was willing to spout outrageous lies about the dangers of AAS in exchange for a few more minutes of camera time and a 3-figure paycheck

Valentino is even worse in that doc.

I don't know why, but I find myself wondering what happened to that British kid who wanted to be a pro bodybuilder.

Probably dead or in jail.

Desolate · « **Reply #70 on:** May 30, 2012, 10:47:39 PM »

The Man Whose Arms Exploded

Sam · « **Reply #71 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:52:14 AM »

Sad but the guy was a lunatic

_bruce_ · « **Reply #72 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:59:59 AM »

Quote from: Mawse on May 27, 2012, 04:45:58 PM

No loss, by all accounts he was a huge douchebag and asshole, even in his old age - In 'the man who's arms exploded' he seemed like a pathetic lost old man who was willing to spout outrageous lies about the dangers of AAS in exchange for a few more minutes of camera time and a 3-figure paycheck

orion · « **Reply #73 on:** May 31, 2012, 07:26:34 AM »

'American bodybuilder and 'Mr. America' Steve Michalik flexes his back muscles as comedian Joan Rivers mimics him on the set of the TV series, 'The Mike Douglas Show,' circa 1972.'

Kind of funny that Joan Rivers is the one that's still going strong. By the way would anyone here hit it?

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gracie bjj · « **Reply #74 on:** May 31, 2012, 09:01:23 AM »

that one pic of steves legs looked photoshopped, it looked likes platz,s legs