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Mike Francois - 1997 Olympia
« on: September 21, 2016, 05:21:31 PM »
He was already sick here but he didn't know the full extent of it yet. He did the show anyway.

He was on shit like prednisone so his look suffered quite a bit.

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2016, 05:45:05 PM »
didnt mike end up with a colostomy bag

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2016, 05:53:28 PM »
 :)

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2016, 06:23:01 PM »
Other than the washed out abs, he still looked good

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2016, 06:28:06 PM »
:)
Dorian had small ankles. It made his calves look extra large. Compare ankle thickness with Mike there.

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2016, 09:12:52 PM »
Horribly overrated bodybuilder. Favorited only because of the color of his skin.

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2016, 09:37:07 PM »
Horribly overrated bodybuilder. Favorited only because of the color of his skin.

what? Dude was built like a tank with really no weaknesses but his weird looking abs..... 100% healthy mike could have beaten dorian....

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2016, 11:38:40 PM »
:)

His quads were so much better than Dorians. Then again, pretty much everyone's quads were better than Dorians. Same goes for midsection, biceps and pecs.

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2016, 11:50:24 PM »
Mike today


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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2016, 11:51:26 PM »
Mike in healthier times (pre-1996)


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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2016, 11:59:01 PM »
He was already sick here but he didn't know the full extent of it yet. He did the show anyway.

He was on shit like prednisone so his look suffered quite a bit.
Clairemonte owning him there...

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2016, 12:57:42 AM »

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2016, 04:20:51 AM »
His quads were so much better than Dorians. Then again, pretty much everyone's quads were better than Dorians. Same goes for midsection, biceps and pecs.

Poses win contests NOT parts still struggling to learn huh?  ;)

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2016, 04:26:31 AM »
Clairemonte owning him there...

That was the year Clairmonte came in huge, but off.

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2016, 08:19:41 AM »
You mispelled FRANCIÓS.

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2016, 08:35:00 AM »
Francois looking way better than dorian relaxed from the front there, dorian looked like a box with small arms, francois thicker across the chest and arms with smaller waist. Turn them around and dorian takes it

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2016, 12:20:56 PM »
The rich man's Dave Palumbo.

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2016, 06:43:22 PM »
Ssxa. NO! It's called being closer to the camera!!!! By a lot.. ( Clairmont ) And you should know this! Charles may have been taller but did not have Mikes muscle and density. He is closer and more forward to the camera. And yes, mikes abs were always washed out after his NPC days. Weird, and a shame as every other body part is on point!

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2016, 06:52:22 PM »
What...? I didn't agree that Charles owned him, I just said he came in huge that year, and he did:


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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2016, 07:29:29 PM »
NA, my bad, sorry about that. Got the poster name wrong. Fixed. Sorry.

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2016, 09:26:00 PM »
That was the year Clairmonte came in huge, but off.

250 or 260 pounds up from 230-240 I believe?

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2016, 04:50:42 AM »
i remember mike got alot of attention, a few thought he would be the next yates.

unfortunately for him he had his colon problems end of career i think he 3 years but , pretty much fizzeld out after 1995, never again winning a show ,and his placings got lower each time out

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2016, 05:13:01 AM »
mike like porter cotrell won his 1st 3 shows after turning pro,,i think wheeler was similar that was tough bak then,imagine titus,mike,newman and hernon,edgar fletcher all competing usa's

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2016, 06:34:50 AM »
porter was one of the last smaller guys to win a show.

i remember him and levrone going neck and neck there rookie year in 1992.

porter was smart he got out before he destroyed himself  and had a real job,

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Re: mike FRANCOIS @ 1997 olympia
« Reply #24 on: September 23, 2016, 06:56:23 AM »
porter was one of the last smaller guys to win a show.

i remember him and levrone going neck and neck there rookie year in 1992.

porter was smart he got out before he destroyed himself  and had a real job,

Read that he was a Firefighter...
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