With this being a bodybuilding site, and most of the get biggers are very astute in their knowledge of the game. It really surprises me that all these years and with all the talk and threads about Platz, that not one person has recognized the reason for his legs being somewhat special. Remember, he was only about 200 pounds or so at 5'8, and it's not like he had ( No ) upper body mass. The point I'm getting at is that what made Tom's legs look so massive was this : And to this day, I have not seen a bodybuilder with what Tom had. If you really look at his legs, what separated him from everyone else from today and the past was his ( Adductor ) or inner thigh mass !!!!!! When standing still, one leg had to be in front of the other ! Now, Branch, Ronnie, Jay, Mustafa, Ramy, Kai, Etc..... On and on... all have bigger and more sliced ( from the front ) legs than did Platz. Yet NO ONE ! had that inner thigh mass Platz did. It's weird. Was it genetics ? Because if you take your hand and put it right over the inside of his leg ( No homo ), you will see that his legs are not that impressive at all ! Now add that inner thigh mass to all the above bodybuilders I have mentioned. You would see the difference, and all the others would easily surpass Platz. Take Ronnie and Jay for example : Put all that inner thigh mass that Platz had and put that on them. ( maybe someone can Photoshop it ) You would see that is what made Platz legs look so big. I never thought he had great separation from the front. A lot of top guys have better. Not to mention 50 to 70 pounds on him these days. Most of all, I'm one of the biggest Tom Platz fans out there. So it's saying a lot to criticize him. Besides, to me, Paul Demayo had the best legs ever ! And was a lot bigger that Platz. Better shape, size, and cuts.... I also remember him saying that he would only do leg extensions for periods of time so his legs would not get any bigger. Because at the time, the knock on Demayo was his upper body not matching his legs. He brought that up though. Now on the other hand, you had Platz, who went nuts on legs all the time and all out. So you can see what I'm getting at. Tom still insane great legs for his weight.
