Well, it's been a while since we've had a Kovacs thread so here we go. As a change of pace though from the usual hate-fest, let's compare him to the sports other 400 lbs mass monster, Trevor Smith (RIP).
10 years ago, Musclemag International featured an article on the seemingly impossible notion that one day we would see a 300 lbs ripped Mr. Olympia. Now that that day has already come, we can look forward to a future when someday we'll see a 400 lbs Mr. Olympia. With gene doping around the corner, this fantasy will too become reality. This is the evolution of our fine sport. Unfortunately for Shawn Ray, he'll still have to keep waiting on his turn for a Sandow.
It's only a matter of time before more bodybuilders are as big as these two - we can only hope they look a lot better . . .
Greg KovacsConsidered by many to be the first bb over 400 lbs, Kovacs gained exposure through his 50 page MuscleTech ads. At 6'3, he reportedly had 26 inch arms, a 70 inch chest and 35 inch quads. Thanks to Cell Tech he not only acheived immense size, but his strength was through the roof. For a flex photo shoot he used specially made 225lbs dumbels for incline presses.
Dorian Yates claimed to see him bench 6 plates for 10 reps and this video shows him doing about 675 lbs for smith rack incline
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Yet for all his size and impressive stats, come contest time he looked by shyte. Barely chugging throught he pre-judging of several contests over the years, he showed up at the 2004 ASC looking his all-time worse.
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Likely due to excessive steroid use (reportedly up to 10 000 mg of test a week!!!!!! -source: deadpool), gh and cell tech his innards grew out of control. Synthol use was also eventually alleged when his delts seemed to have tumours at the NOC.
The last time he competed was at last years Toronto where he was reportedly sweating profusely and struggling to breathe. Defying all expectations, Greg Kovacs is still alive and even "competing". The same can not be said of our other 400 lbs behemoth.
Trevor Smith (RIP)
At an amazing reported 415 lbs at 6'1, Trevor Smith seemed the new evolution of Kovacs. Claiming to be less than 10% body fat, he allegedly gained his enormous bulk from lifting like a fiend and eating like a family of 6.
" One day I was really hungry and ate like 50 pieces of sushi at my favorite sushi place and after that night and the 2 gallons of Gatorade I consumed (no bullshit, just ask my wife... my appetite for solid food is very small most of the time, but in terms of liquids I am like a camel), between the hours of 10:00pm and 4:00am my weight the next morning was around 420 lbs. from all the water retention that I got from eating gobs and gobs of sushi and the Gatorade"
Though there are no pictures of him with out a shirt, his strength is somewhat documented. The following is a picture of him inclining 675 in the smith rack like Greg.
Unfortunately, Trevor Smith passed away last year. Though his cause of death was unrealeased, many wiull assume it was due to his massive size. Since not much else is known about Trevor's strength or what he looked like on a stage, he remains a mystery.
BOTTOM LINE: Though Trevor Smith was heavier than Kovacs, he was largely unproven. Though Kovacs looks like shit these days, he used to be impressive. It seems that the only perc of winning this comparison is that he's at least still alive.
The moral is that if you want to get HUGE you need to take Cell Tech and lots of it
Careful Johnnie, not too much . . .
