Oh, no doubt he could get in condition. He had much better conditioning in '74 and looked better than in '75. I just meant that if he could consistently hit it come show time. But, yes, you are quite right. He was just a kid in his early twenties during his PI days. I don't think a man's physique peaks until he gets into his late twenties up to mid thirties. If he trained consistently and like a pro bodybuilder he would have destroyed Arnold in 1980. He would have easily dominate the years 1976-82. Franco, Zane, Dickerson and Bannout wouldn't have stood a chance. I think that because of being over shadowed by the sheer greatness of Arnold's prime years physique and not having the charisma and personality of Arnold, Lou has never been given the credit he deserved as to the true genetic freak he was at that time. People forget how hard it is to look good in a BBing trunks when you start to get over six feet. How many over six footers looked good on stage? It's the long legs that kill you. Arnold and Rolf had that problem. Gunter was able to pull it off and contrary to popular belief, Wolf is not over six feet. I don't think he's even quite hits the six feet mark. But Lou didn't have that look of being long and stringy. He didn't have those long naturally slender legs that tall people have. He's the legend that never was. But that's OK. Despite how people like to rag on him here he did better in life as an actor and celebrity than if he were to have pursue his bodybuilding career.
There are a bit more bodybuilders with great legs that are 6 feet or more that I remember back in the day:
Three were in the WBF: Jim Quinn, Berry DeMey and WBF Champ Gary Strydom.
Other guys were Paul Dillett, Charles Clairmonte, Quincy Taylor, Jean-Pierre Fux
