Steve Reeves - Measurements - How Strong Was He?

[Rudee]

Another bullshitter is Leroy Colbert.   First claimed to have 20" arms, then the claim changed over the years to 21" arms.    Were probably closer to 18.5 or 19" tops.

[thebrink]

I have no problem believing 18.5 arms.

Yep, and anything less would have looked ultra small on his frame.

[jude2]

Yep, and anything less would have looked ultra small on his frame.

My short ass has 17 inch arms, I know he could have 18.

[jude2]

You say that as though it indicates a failure 

No I mean it that he has better genetics than me. I am very happy at 47 yrs old with natural 17 inch arms lean.

[thebrink]

Steve Reeves is a twink.

Wouldn't place top 20 in the Olympia.

Wouldn't even earn a pro card today.

You say that as though it indicates a failure  

[TheShape.]

You say that as though it indicates a failure  

He lacks that champion HGH gut.

[thebrink]

He lacks that champion HGH gut.

If thats what it takes to be a champion...

[Megalodon]

Reeves calves were too big. Calves should measure 1/3 of your thigh measurement.

Champions should also suffer backne, facial edema, and tren coughs.

[TEH boob]

I just showed my wife the pics in this thread.

Her words: "now that's a good looking man. Who cares about the muscles, he's got a nice face."

Yep. Face alone.

Physique and proportions are very...I'd say elegant. He looks fucking elegant.

[SquatsRule]

Reeves calves were too big. Calves should measure 1/3 of your thigh measurement.

Champions should also suffer backne, facial edema, and tren coughs.

Hahaha. He did have good calves and arms. I only doubted the chest  and waist measurements.

[JOHN MATRIX]

Regardless of his actual measurements, Reeves was pretty much genetically perfect, perfect proportions for all parts, ideal height, wide clavicles +small waist, low lat inserts, calves, etc..if i could trade bodies with anyone in history it would be him

[The Scott]

Yep. Face alone.

Physique and proportions are very...I'd say elegant. He looks fucking elegant.

Almost every woman I have known that has seen a photograph of Reeves says the same thing.

"Perfect".

[orion]

Found this pic, looks like 140 on the inclines.  Which is pretty good.

[Erik C]

Steve Reeves was definitely strong, but it looks like those are 7.5# plates.

[BB]

Steve Reeves was definitely strong, but it looks like those are 7.5# plates.

Yeah, I can read the outside right plate, they're 7 1/2lbs.

[BIG AL MCKECHNIE]

After the testosterone injections circa 1949 his strength went up considerably. The funny thing was, it was his doctor who prescribed the injections as a cure for homosexuality. 

[Never1AShow]

Yeah, I can read the outside right plate, they're 7 1/2lbs.

I'm having a hard time counting the number of plates, but it looks like about 110 lbs.  No big deal, especially on test.

[The Scott]

I believe he once said, "As strong as I need to be."

To many, myself included, Steve Reeves is the finest example of what bodybuilding means.  Health and strength.

[BIG AL MCKECHNIE]

LOL cure for being a homo 

I found all kinds of funny shit referring to testosterone experimentation during the 1940's.

The 1940s also saw the use of testosterone therapy as an experimental “cure” for homosexuality. The medical view of homosexuality as a type of endocrine deficiency made the use of testosterone propionate to reverse homosexual orientation virtually predictable. As one physician in 1940 put it: “If homosexuality is merely the result of an endocrine disturbance, the prospect for its cure must be excellent today.”


Prescription for women?
Testosterone drugs were also the favored pharmacological technique of the 1940s for treating sexual “frigidity” in women. Testosterone propionate ointment could be applied to the vulva or clitoris to increase genital sensitivity. Testosterone could be injected or pellets implanted under the skin to intensify libido. By 1943 testosterone propionate was reported to be in widespread use to treat women with sexual and other endocrine disorders

Fucks sake, granny used to rub it on her twat.

[Erik C]

I'm having a hard time counting the number of plates, but it looks like about 110 lbs.  No big deal, especially on test.

Except Steve Reeves was never on test. And, neither you, nor anyone else, who was also jealous and envious of Steve Reeves, has presented the slightest proof that he did drugs.

[BigRo]

Except Steve Reeves was never on test. And, neither you, nor anyone else, who was also jealous and envious of Steve Reeves, has presented the slightest proof that he did drugs.

whats your proof that he was natural all the way through? because he said so?

[Erik C]

whats your proof that he was natural all the way through? because he said so?

That, and because proof to the contrary doesn't exist at all!

[The Scott]

whats your proof that he was natural all the way through? because he said so?

What are you, the first in your family to be whelped without a tail?  Without your little helper's you are more LittleRo than anything else.  You cannot mar the name of Reeves with such a canard and yet to salve your pathetic manlet ego you ejaculate the jism of your self hatred of Reeves legacy all over this thread and elsewhere.

Dammit!  Too many words you cannot comprehend.  Let's make this simple, shall we.

Reeves was his own man. His physique his own.  His life, one of honor and hard work.

You take drugs to build your body. Without it (and we have  seen the proof posted by yourself) you are teensie weensie or at best, normal.   Get off the drugs, kid.   Then get off your high horse.

Or not.

Be well.

[SuperTed]

Fortress who posts on here once said that he was told by Bob Kennedy (who knew Reeves personally) that Reeves used steroids. Reeves apparently admitted to Kennedy that he did.
Seems believable. Maybe Fortress can chime in?

[Erik C]

Fortress who posts on here once said that he was told by Bob Kennedy (who knew Reeves personally) that Reeves used steroids. Reeves apparently admitted to Kennedy that he did.
Seems believable. Maybe Fortress can chime in?

Bob Kennedy was a kid when Reeves retired from bodybuilding. If he said that, then I don't believe him, because he must have said it after Reeves died, same as everyone else who claimed Reeves used drugs to build his muscles. If Reeves were alive, then he would have sued for slander and defamation of character.

When Reeves was training, he trained with a lot of old timers. Where is any testimony from any of them, guys who knew him in his prime, who say he used drugs?