Motivation for those training back today

[Royalty]

Michael Francois 1993 NPC Nationals

[Cutlet767]

Motivation for those who have good genetic response to a great deal of steroids and can perform lat pull downs and barbell rows.

[Royalty]

Motivation for those who have good genetic response to a great deal of steroids and can perform lat pull downs and barbell rows.

HaHa!

Francois was a deadlifter though

[Julio Ceasar]

That dude got right up to the top in short time, fell pretty hard though! People just dissapear, stop talking, hide away when steroids got out of the system...

[BigRo]

its a good back but he is not blessed with low hanging lats.

[The_Iron_Disciple]

That dude got right up to the top in short time, fell pretty hard though! People just dissapear, stop talking, hide away when steroids got out of the system...

He didn't dissappear. Trains people in Columbus and promotes his own show.

At any rate, Mike was a PHENOMENAL bodybuilder. A little weak from the back though. And his front was flawless. Just a thick, dense dude.

[local hero]

That dude got right up to the top in short time, fell pretty hard though! People just dissapear, stop talking, hide away when steroids got out of the system...

The poor fucker has colitis, probly have to have a colostomy bag the rest of his life...

[Royalty]

The poor fucker has colitis, probly have to have a colostomy bag the rest of his life...

I think that this was one of the very few cases where steroids/GH didn't cause a bodybuilders demise.

Usually steroids damage the heart, liver, kidneys.

In the long run, Colitis sidelined him, and it may have saved Francois from ending up like Nasser, Attwood, Kovacs, Youngblood, ect...

[gracie bjj]

yeah man mike got that density from his powerlifting days imo,bodybuilding added the finishing touches

[local hero]

Yeh he was starting to really push his doses, he leaped about 20lbs in his last year....


Him and newman were 'lucky' so to speak

[Parker]

That dude got right up to the top in short time, fell pretty hard though! People just dissapear, stop talking, hide away when steroids got out of the system...

Bodybuilding's gain was Christianity's loss. He was thinking about becoming a priest. So, narcissism won out, and he lost out in the end.

[gracie bjj]

Yeh he was starting to really push his doses, he leaped about 20lbs in his last year....


Him and newman were 'lucky' so to speak


seems like most of the guys from my time(90's) r dropping off like flies,especially the mass monsters from that era,guys walking around at over 300lbs

[Parker]

He didn't dissappear. Trains people in Columbus and promotes his own show.

At any rate, Mike was a PHENOMENAL bodybuilder. A little weak from the back though. And his front was flawless. Just a thick, dense dude.

He started getting really thick and detailed in the back by 97.

[gracie bjj]

He started getting really thick and detailed in the back by 97.

yea he was a beast,he had that middle back thickness that only years of deads gives a person

[The_Iron_Disciple]

Bodybuilding's gain was Christianity's loss. He was thinking about becoming a priest. So, narcissism won out, and he lost out in the end.

He's married, so he would've left the priesthood eventually.


And compared to the rest of his body, his back was still a weak link.

[Cutlet767]

That dude got right up to the top in short time, fell pretty hard though! People just dissapear, stop talking, hide away when steroids got out of the system...

That's what to expect. I can only imagine the extreme depression they all go through when every morning they look in the mirror they look skinnier and flabbier. I don't blame the poor guy.

[Parker]

He's married, so he would've left the priesthood eventually.


And compared to the rest of his body, his back was still a weak link.

true on both accounts.

That's what to expect. I can only imagine the extreme depression they all go through when every morning they look in the mirror they look skinnier and flabbier. I don't blame the poor guy.

Well, Mike has mentored/encouraged a lot of people in the iron game in his area, and is a judge.
I think he keeps in shape.

[oldtimer1]

The top bodybuilders had a lot of density back in those days. If he would have shown up in his top condition on today's Olympia stage it would be glaringly apparent how soft today's competitors are. I hear guys saying his back was weak. I disagree.

[gracie bjj]

The top bodybuilders had a lot of density back in those days. If he would have shown up in his top condition on today's Olympia stage it would be glaringly apparent how soft today's competitors are. I hear guys saying his back was weak. I disagree.

great shots

[MikMaq]

I just imagine trying to pick your mother off the ground.

[Irongrip400]

I think that this was one of the very few cases where steroids/GH didn't cause a bodybuilders demise.

Usually steroids damage the heart, liver, kidneys.

In the long run, Colitis sidelined him, and it may have saved Francois from ending up like Nasser, Attwood, Kovacs, Youngblood, ect...

Wow, Kovacs died?

[2Thick]

That was when competitive bodybuilding was at its peak IMO. Before the guts, SEO, bloat, etc got out of hand.

He was one of the last competitors who was actually someone I aspired to look somewhat similar to. I've always had a similar training philosophy, but I've never managed to look anywhere near that freaky or impressive. 

[the trainer]

Motivation for those who have good genetic response to a great deal of steroids and can perform lat pull downs and barbell rows.

By your response I can tell that you are a negative loser that claims people who looks better than you must be on roids, that is the thing about twinks and permabulkers they are full of excuses.

[_bruce_]

I just imagine trying to pick your mother off the ground.

Brutal 8000lb deadlift.

[hazbin]