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Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« on: May 09, 2018, 05:46:19 AM »
Tim Belknap gets a lot of heat...but the guy looks fucking incredible. People always talking about the early shorter thick Mesomorph monsters like Mentzer and Viator. But Belknap seems to be forgotten about. Yes....he came a half decade later but the guy looked awesome. Especially in the mid-80's with his NABBA wins.


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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2018, 05:58:36 AM »
awsome..

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2018, 06:16:29 AM »
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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2018, 06:19:41 AM »
Yeah,not forgotten. There seems to be a thread about him ,here, every year or so:  ;D











Next to Matt Mendenhall, for a better appreciation of his bulk. A man before his time.






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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2018, 06:22:07 AM »
thick mofo.On occasion his chest was a little thin but otherwise very impressive. Somebody said he's a dentist now I think.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2018, 06:22:11 AM »
Don't know if Tim is in decent health or indeed whether he's still alive. I do remember reading that he'd received a heart transplant(not true,apparently).


For anyone interested,he did an interview with Dave Palumbo,from 28 June 2010 :

http://rxmuscle.com/hmr-radio-show/1617-jefftheproducer-hmr.html

(interview starts at 1:19:20)  :)


Interesting stories. He seemed to have deep into his Christianity at the time of the interview and had joined a seminary ,training to become a minister(?) .
(feel free to add any details,if the circumstances have changed)

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2018, 06:22:36 AM »
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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2018, 06:35:20 AM »
   ;D yes, the one directly above I have admired time and time again.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2018, 07:50:52 AM »

Was vegetarian too - He got into some crazy shape. Some of the most hardcore shots ever are of Belknap

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2018, 08:09:27 AM »
is there some intrinsic link between lifting very heavy weights & eating huge amounts of food and discovering / recovering Religion?

Yes needing something outside yourself in an attempt to satisfy internal needs/voids.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2018, 08:23:35 AM »
that is not exclusive to weightlifting
sorry I should have said uniquely intrinsic

Well, the only unique aspect that comes to mind is the common use of the word “worship” between the two spheres. But it would take Freud to explain or elaborate on that connection. I guess we also “worship” our everyday sports heroes, so again maybe not “uniquely” intrinsic. But the sports heroes make big bucks. Something entirely different is going on with professional bodybuilders who generally “pay in” as opposed to cash out. So maybe the “worship” aspect plays a role with a pro bodybuilder in a way it does not with a standard professional athlete.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2018, 08:31:25 AM »
How tall is he?
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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2018, 08:44:27 AM »
How tall is he?

Short.  5' 4" (163 cm). Couple of inches or so taller than Columbu or Padilla.


Side by side with Mentzer 5`8" (173 cm)





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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2018, 08:46:28 AM »
Tim is/was also a Type 1 diabetic, so he was probably able to use insulin to his advantage.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2018, 08:55:00 AM »
Tim is/was also a Type 1 diabetic, so he was probably able to use insulin to his advantage.

He may not even have understood the connection altogether at that time because it happened more or less accidentaly. “Damn, look at my vascularity. I’m doing something right.”

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2018, 08:57:09 AM »
Short.  5' 4" (163 cm). Couple of inches or so taller than Columbu or Padilla.


Next to Mentzer 5`8" (173 cm)






Mentzer lookin good in clothes.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2018, 09:15:35 AM »
Tim Belknap gets a lot of heat...but the guy looks fucking incredible. People always talking about the early shorter thick Mesomorph monsters like Mentzer and Viator. But Belknap seems to be forgotten about. Yes....he came a half decade later but the guy looked awesome. Especially in the mid-80's with his NABBA wins.


Hi Tim Belknap.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2018, 09:37:48 AM »

Hi Tim Belknap.

Naw.  Tim is a really humble down-to-earth guy nowadays, not the type who likes to go on and on about himself.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2018, 09:38:43 AM »
He was a mass monster. Sometimes he dieted so hard he lost muscle. He had a ton of potential but disappeared after a few short years.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2018, 10:01:39 AM »
He may not even have understood the connection altogether at that time because it happened more or less accidentaly. “Damn, look at my vascularity. I’m doing something right.”
I agree with your statement 1000%. So tired of his diabetic insulin use from the very early 80's being used as a tool for his incredible physique. Nobody knew jackshit about insulin being anabolic back then. Not Duchaine. ..nor Feliciano...nobody.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2018, 10:04:39 AM »
anecdote from Lance Dreher about Belknap

the entire interview is pretty interesting. 
http://bodybuilding-mauritius.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-conversation-with-world-bodybuilding.html

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2018, 10:07:10 AM »
I used to bullshit with Belknap at Golds, Venice in 1993-94. He would pop in to train in the mornings occasionally, but only on a Saturday or Sunday. I remember asking him about his diet for his America win. He told me very very surely...that he only ate 45-90 grams of protein per day for that show. Said he did 45 grams on non-training days and 90 grams on training days. And said that his carbs were 100 grams per day max....straight through the entire diet. And his fats were at zero or whatever trace amounts were intramuscularly in his protein after being trimmed. He said it was 800-900 calories a day.

And add to that....he said that he only ate his 45 gram protein day protein...all in one sitting. The rest of his meals were carbs only. Said he suffered immensely during his prep.

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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2018, 10:08:27 AM »
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Re: Awesome.....Tim Belknap!!!
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2018, 10:09:57 AM »
anecdote from Lance Dreher about Belknap

http://bodybuilding-mauritius.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-conversation-with-world-bodybuilding.html
While I love Lance Dreher and his physique. As well as his gracious attitude toward his fans when approached for photos and autographs back in the day.....Lance is a very very very big fabricator or truth. And somewhat very sour and beefs himself up to a larger status than he was. I call total bullshit on Lances Belknap insulin statement.