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Rusty Trombone

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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #25 on: November 27, 2015, 10:27:01 PM »
 So how old is he really?
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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #26 on: November 28, 2015, 06:43:04 AM »
Quote from: Nether Animal on October 02, 2015, 11:58:12 AM
Still looks decent, and recovered from brutal back surgery quite well. Ric says he still flat benches 100lb dumbbells.



Has the old man sleestak look.  No way he benches 100 lb dumbells still.
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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #27 on: November 28, 2015, 07:09:13 AM »
Quote from: Never1AShow on November 28, 2015, 06:43:04 AM
Has the old man sleestak look.  No way he benches 100 lb dumbells still.

The lies about poundages never stop. ;)

Regarding his age, in my late teens and early 20s, I read "Da Muscle Books" regularly and Beckles was referred to as  "The Ageless Wonder." I'm 50, now, so, he's definitely old as shit.
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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #28 on: November 28, 2015, 07:10:07 AM »
Quote from: Joe Roark on October 02, 2015, 01:33:39 PM
Iron Man magazine, March 1982:

"Q: How old are you now?"
"A: Right now I'm 42"         

All the dates leading to this, his age computes at a birth year of 1938. His date of birth was no secret back then, and was given when he won contests.
Then circa 1984, while we all aged 1 more year, he aged several...

Hey Joe, is the ironage board still around? If so, who's running it now?
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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #29 on: November 28, 2015, 11:44:41 AM »
So, 48 here.Not 55.  ;D




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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #30 on: November 28, 2015, 01:15:17 PM »
Quote from: HTexan on November 27, 2015, 09:05:31 PM
Wtf? Is that real?
of course it's not real. Big beckles fan. Someone shopped an extra muscle on that tricep.
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #31 on: November 28, 2015, 02:16:19 PM »
Not to take away from his amazing physique accomplishments for any age.  What happened to Johnny Fuller though?
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #32 on: November 28, 2015, 02:23:09 PM »
Quote from: Never1AShow on November 28, 2015, 02:16:19 PM
Not to take away from his amazing physique accomplishments for any age.  What happened to Johnny Fuller though?
As he aged he became less "full"? Johnny Fuller used to have that odd stereotypical thick "steroidal bloat" midsection. I remember pics from the 80s Mage of him with that thick waist, that pushed out from the sides. Which contrasts with pics when he was younger.
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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #33 on: November 28, 2015, 04:05:23 PM »
Quote from: pellius on November 28, 2015, 07:10:07 AM
Hey Joe, is the ironage board still around? If so, who's running it now?

pellius, I understand efforts are being made to retrieve the data (text) and have been somewhat successful, but no photos yet, and I not not sure if it will go back online. I got a PM about this this afternoon.
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #34 on: November 28, 2015, 04:13:03 PM »
Happy Holidays Joe.....I hope all is well with you and yours.   ;)
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #35 on: November 28, 2015, 06:32:51 PM »
Quote from: Never1AShow on November 28, 2015, 02:16:19 PM
Not to take away from his amazing physique accomplishments for any age.  What happened to Johnny Fuller though?

Loved that guy. Solid as a rock. No real weak points or glaring structural flaws. Never seemed to win, though.




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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #36 on: November 28, 2015, 06:51:00 PM »
Quote from: Never1AShow on November 28, 2015, 02:16:19 PM
Not to take away from his amazing physique accomplishments for any age.  What happened to Johnny Fuller though?

According to the interwebs he died of cancer in 2006.
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #37 on: November 28, 2015, 07:10:56 PM »
Quote from: pellius on November 28, 2015, 06:32:51 PM
Loved that guy. Solid as a rock. No real weak points or glaring structural flaws. Never seemed to win, though.





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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #38 on: November 28, 2015, 07:19:31 PM »
Quote from: fredrollon on November 28, 2015, 11:44:41 AM
So, 48 here.Not 55.  ;D






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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #39 on: November 28, 2015, 07:46:23 PM »
Quote from: pellius on November 28, 2015, 06:32:51 PM
Loved that guy. Solid as a rock. No real weak points or glaring structural flaws. Never seemed to win, though.





Had that thick waist, as wide as shoulders look. A major flaw.
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #40 on: November 28, 2015, 07:55:50 PM »
Fuller = 32 sets per bodypart of 32 reps per set........wrapped himself in trash bags during workouts to sweat more.


Forget how he ate but it was unconvential also from what I do recall.


Competed later in life also,but looked like a mere shadow of his former self................some obscure federation.....could`ve been a natty org.,not certain.
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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #41 on: November 28, 2015, 08:05:33 PM »
Quote from: Joe Roark on November 28, 2015, 04:05:23 PM
pellius, I understand efforts are being made to retrieve the data (text) and have been somewhat successful, but no photos yet, and I not not sure if it will go back online. I got a PM about this this afternoon.

Really? What happened to the site. I use to post as MTwain on the site (did the calf thread).
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #42 on: November 28, 2015, 08:22:34 PM »
Quote from: wes on November 28, 2015, 07:55:50 PM
Fuller = 32 sets per bodypart of 32 reps per set........wrapped himself in trash bags during workouts to sweat more.


Forget how he ate but it was unconvential also from what I do recall.


Competed later in life also,but looked like a mere shadow of his former self................some obscure federation.....could`ve been a natty org.,not certain.
^^
32 reps!!, I wonder what weight he'd be using to get that insane amount of reps????
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #43 on: November 28, 2015, 09:49:53 PM »
Quote from: wes on November 28, 2015, 07:55:50 PM
Fuller = 32 sets per bodypart of 32 reps per set........wrapped himself in trash bags during workouts to sweat more.


Forget how he ate but it was unconvential also from what I do recall.


Competed later in life also,but looked like a mere shadow of his former self................some obscure federation.....could`ve been a natty org.,not certain.
He has some good calves for a brother.
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #44 on: November 28, 2015, 10:10:58 PM »
He looks like a turtle in that shot with Ric Draisin.
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #45 on: November 28, 2015, 10:52:19 PM »
Albert had the craziest peaks in the rear-double biceps...
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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #46 on: November 28, 2015, 11:34:07 PM »


Quote from: HTexan on November 27, 2015, 09:05:31 PM
Wtf? Is that real?

Fake  >:(

His real arms :







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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #47 on: November 29, 2015, 12:07:39 AM »
Face looks like the burn victim from Key & Peele.
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Re: Al Beckles recently
« Reply #48 on: November 29, 2015, 08:39:28 AM »
Quote from: oldtimer1 on October 02, 2015, 03:51:59 PM
Al and Chris Dickerson. The bodybuilders were just better then.  190lbs hard or 250lbs of bloat.
Absolutely. Dickerson is one of the nicest people in or out of bodybuilding I have ever met.
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Re: Al BECKLES recently
« Reply #49 on: November 29, 2015, 08:48:34 AM »
Quote from: Thespritz0 on November 28, 2015, 08:22:34 PM
^^
32 reps!!, I wonder what weight he'd be using to get that insane amount of reps????
No clue,but it couldn`t have been very heavy.


I read all this in several bb mags back in the day,but who truly knows how accurate it really could be?
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