Author Topic: Early Steve Michalik shot...underated (Read 8474 times)

BEEFYHEAVYWEIGHT · « **on:** July 08, 2017, 11:48:13 AM »

Always amazed by early Michalik pics. Had a great structure. No face bloat. Long limbs...wide shoulders...classic bodybuilding shape. Seems his body went through a ton of fucked up looks in later years...kinda like Gaspari. Looking at these early pics...he looks like he couldve become one of the best. But he never did.

Tennisballz · « **Reply #1 on:** July 08, 2017, 11:56:06 AM »

Those are pretty much perfect proportions. Nothing that really can be improved. I think what I really like about the earlier looks are that they just look healthy. The physique guys today look like veiny dehydrated corpses with a ton of muscle....a shitty super ripped unhealthy look.

dj181 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 08, 2017, 12:02:14 PM »

Quote from: Tennisballz on July 08, 2017, 11:56:06 AM

Those are pretty much perfect proportions. Nothing that really can be improved. I think what I really like about the earlier looks are that they just look healthy. The physique guys today look like veiny dehydrated corpses with a ton of muscle....a shitty super ripped unhealthy look.

very good point

what would you say is his bodyfat there?

that's a nice look actually, lean and shapely but not too ripped and dry

ratherbebig · « **Reply #3 on:** July 08, 2017, 12:03:59 PM »

chest too small.

up the dosage!!

local hero · « **Reply #4 on:** July 08, 2017, 12:08:55 PM »

He didn't gain much after that shot, and he took more drugs than anyone at that time...

Nether Animal · « **Reply #5 on:** July 08, 2017, 01:14:15 PM »

That's not Howard

funk51 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 08, 2017, 01:36:42 PM »

funk51 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 08, 2017, 01:37:54 PM »

Simple Simon · « **Reply #8 on:** July 08, 2017, 01:57:21 PM »

Dint he say he wanted to die onstage right after winning the NOC?

Also he had a car smash and tore his sciatic nerve, fuck me that must have been agony...

dr.chimps · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2017, 02:06:40 PM »

Nope. Over-rated, if anything. Did the psycho thingy nicely, tho.

FREAKgeek · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2017, 02:30:26 PM »

That guy was a nut case.

stuntmovie · « **Reply #11 on:** July 08, 2017, 04:23:48 PM »

BETHERE, Yea, I sorta recall when that accident occurred. I believe that it was shortly after he beat Peter Grymkowski in one of the major contests which we all hoped Pete would win.

jwb · « **Reply #12 on:** July 08, 2017, 04:26:40 PM »

Quote from: Be There on July 08, 2017, 01:57:21 PM

Dint he say he wanted to die onstage right after winning the NOC?

Also he had a car smash and tore his sciatic nerve, fuck me that must have been agony...

he never won the night of champions

Simple Simon · « **Reply #13 on:** July 08, 2017, 04:31:24 PM »

Quote from: jwb on July 08, 2017, 04:26:40 PM

he never won the night of champions

I didnt say he did.
I said that was his fantasy, winning the show then dying.

He also almost drowned John Defendis

John asked him to train him, he took John down to the beach and waded out waist height and then held John under the water, when he finally let him up he said "Come back and see me when you want to train as hard as you wanted that one last breath of air."

jwb · « **Reply #14 on:** July 08, 2017, 04:46:46 PM »

Quote from: Be There on July 08, 2017, 04:31:24 PM

I didnt say he did.
I said that was his fantasy, winning the show then dying.

He also almost drowned John Defendis

John asked him to train him, he took John down to the beach and waded out waist height and then held John under the water, when he finally let him up he said "Come back and see me when you want to train as hard as you wanted that one last breath of air."

he should have picked a better show

Disgusted · « **Reply #15 on:** July 08, 2017, 05:28:39 PM »

He got run over by a garbage truck, well his car did and he happen to be in it. So maybe his lack of improvement in later years had something to do with it. For as much drugs as he claimed to take he either had a lot of fake shit or his genetics sucked.

tommywishbone · « **Reply #16 on:** July 08, 2017, 05:34:13 PM »

Very similar legs to that Arnold guy.

beakdoctor · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2017, 06:01:15 PM »

Quote from: Disgusted on July 08, 2017, 05:28:39 PM

He got run over by a garbage truck, well his car did and he happen to be in it. So maybe his lack of improvement in later years had something to do with it. For as much drugs as he claimed to take he either had a lot of fake shit or his genetics sucked.

Maybe his training system was shit. I've heard on many occasions that he was a first class asshole. I remember some kid on Ironage used to train with him. The routines he talked about were completely Insane. Kid kept posting pics to show his development but he looked more and more like shit. Finally the kid looked like total garbage then Minchalik scammed him out of money in a business deal. The kid completely idolized Minchalik and He just took advantage of it and ruined the kid physically and financially.

Dokey111 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2017, 06:02:56 PM »

Yeah he probably could have been at least "somebody" if you know who hadn't come along...

stuntmovie · « **Reply #19 on:** July 08, 2017, 06:06:25 PM »

BETHERE, Interesting drowning story!

I've never heard that one but I have heard even stranger bodybuilding stories while sitting around with some pros and a pound and a half of marijuana going up in smoke.

I'd do my best to tell them someday, but I'd only wake up and find myself dead the following morning!

And, "YES! I have been told that!!"

"WARNED" may be more appropriate.

wes · « **Reply #20 on:** July 08, 2017, 06:38:44 PM »

Supposedly had a 27 inch waist in 1972 at the America.

beakdoctor · « **Reply #21 on:** July 08, 2017, 06:47:16 PM »

Quote from: Dokey111 on July 08, 2017, 06:02:56 PM

Yeah he probably could have been at least "somebody" if you know who hadn't come along...

That's not really the point.

BEEFYHEAVYWEIGHT · « **Reply #22 on:** July 08, 2017, 08:05:15 PM »

Looking pretty fucking impressive here. Nobody looks like this on a beach these days. Puts all current pros to shame for sheer impressive bodybuilder physique.

BEEFYHEAVYWEIGHT · « **Reply #23 on:** July 08, 2017, 08:25:33 PM »

This training shot of Steve always brings me back to the 80's...training at John Kempers Diamond Gym in Jersey, Bob Bonhams Strong and Shapely and Tom Minichellos Mid City gym in NYC. The days when the gyms had a sokid bunch of guys and gals who trained fucking hard as shit. Trained long...hit bodyparts twice a week. Trained in thermals and froze in the gym in the winter. Basic cycles and hard bland dieting. No excuses. This pic says it all.

karasan · « **Reply #24 on:** July 08, 2017, 11:27:50 PM »

He seems like a Ecto-Meso, very wide, nice shape but a bit lanky.
To be honest I always wondered what was all fuss about the guy.
Long arms and legs are hard to fill and it's very evident in his pics.
I'm sure he was very impressive in person with his ultra wide shoulders, miniscule waist and long muscular yet a bit slender looking limbs.

Author Topic: Early Steve Michalik shot...underated (Read 8474 times)

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