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Humble Narcissist

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3075 on: August 24, 2026, 07:01:48 AM »
one of the biggest names in bodybuilding ever a loser sure. and still talked about more than any bodybuilder from the 70's/80's other than Arnold

what have you done to make that claim about him...
He is the biggest loser in athletic or beauty pageant (whichever you consider bodybuilding) history. I know of no one on record as having such a meltdown after a loss, especially for someone in 5th place. The man literally went batshit crazy and had to be institutionalized only to reemerge later and dedicate his whole life to whining about how he was cheated decades earlier. All for what? A plastic trophy and a $1,000 check.

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3076 on: August 24, 2026, 07:18:56 AM »
He is the biggest loser in athletic or beauty pageant (whichever you consider bodybuilding) history. I know of no one on record as having such a meltdown after a loss, especially for someone in 5th place. The man literally went batshit crazy and had to be institutionalized only to reemerge later and dedicate his whole life to whining about how he was cheated decades earlier. All for what? A plastic trophy and a $1,000 check.
yet you have 37000 posts and spent alot of time on this forum discussing this "beauty pagent"

you see the hypocrisy here?
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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3077 on: August 24, 2026, 08:11:17 AM »
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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3078 on: August 24, 2026, 08:58:49 AM »
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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3079 on: August 25, 2026, 03:38:13 PM »
yet you have 37000 posts and spent alot of time on this forum discussing this "beauty pagent"

you see the hypocrisy here?
A) it's a bodybuilding forum and B) just refuting the nonsense spread by Mentzer nuthuggers.

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3080 on: August 26, 2026, 07:45:49 AM »
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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3081 on: August 26, 2026, 07:55:33 AM »
In the bottom photo, who is in between Arnold and Mentzer?


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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3082 on: August 26, 2026, 01:26:33 PM »
In the bottom photo, who is in between Arnold and Mentzer?
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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3083 on: August 26, 2026, 07:26:58 PM »
Roy callendar
Is he the guy who did 21 sets of 21 reps?

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3084 on: August 26, 2026, 11:51:32 PM »

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3085 on: August 27, 2026, 12:07:17 AM »
Arnold stole the watch

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3086 on: August 27, 2026, 11:27:30 AM »
Is he the guy who did 21 sets of 21 reps?

No. That was Johnny Fuller.  32 sets of 32 reps!

Roy is almost 90 years old. Just the other day I saw a video of him squatting on his IG page!

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3087 on: August 27, 2026, 12:56:34 PM »
No. That was Johnny Fuller.  32 sets of 32 reps!

Roy is almost 90 years old. Just the other day I saw a video of him squatting on his IG page!
I got the name and number wrong. OOPS. ;D

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3088 on: August 27, 2026, 02:42:07 PM »
Roy callendar

He is still alive and feels he should have placed ahead of Mentzer!!!



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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3089 on: August 28, 2026, 09:23:51 AM »
He is still alive and feels he should have placed ahead of Mentzer!!!



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He has a point.

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3090 on: September 03, 2026, 08:05:56 AM »
He has a point.






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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3091 on: September 03, 2026, 09:53:19 AM »
Bottom row their abs all look great. Were all the bodybuilders just doing roman chair ab work back then? Everyone had such dense abs that stood out. Much different compared to today.


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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3092 on: September 03, 2026, 10:25:18 AM »
Mentzer has thicker arms than Arnold

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3093 on: September 03, 2026, 10:26:59 AM »
Mentzer has thicker arms than Arnold
And better delts than Arnold.

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3094 on: September 03, 2026, 10:31:19 AM »
And better delts than Arnold.

Look at the skin around Arnold’s bellybutton. Then look at the same area on Mike.

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3095 on: September 03, 2026, 11:18:59 AM »
Look at the skin around Arnold’s bellybutton. Then look at the same area on Mike.
Flabby loose skin around Arnold's belly button. Mike's abs and belly button area are flat and shredded. Not an ounce of fat and looks shrink wrapped.

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3096 on: September 03, 2026, 11:40:54 AM »
Flabby loose skin around Arnold's belly button. Mike's abs and belly button area are flat and shredded. Not an ounce of fat and looks shrink wrapped.

Yep. I think that Chris Dickerson and Mike Mentzer did enough to place in the top 2.  I don’t have a problem with Dickerson placing above Mentzer.

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Re: 1980 Olympia - CBS never released the footage
« Reply #3097 on: Today at 06:40:57 AM »
Flabby loose skin around Arnold's belly button. Mike's abs and belly button area are flat and shredded. Not an ounce of fat and looks shrink wrapped.
Mike's whole body was flat. He came in too depleted.