The Golden Eagle - Tom Platz - Some Pics and Discussion

[njflex]

Wow 🤯

[TabloidSteroids]

Why was his face so beefy 

[Humble Narcissist]

Why was his face so beefy 

The jaw strain from those heavy squats.

[TabloidSteroids]

The jaw strain from those heavy squats.

I think it was some freak case of roid bloat

[GigantorX]

Guy got a lot out of a very short and unspectacular pro career.

Good for him.

[wes]

I look at a physique and if nothing stands out then thats symmetrical.

I think they used to have some measurement, arms matching calves and neck, a specific difference in waist and chest and quads.

I think it was in the book Pumping Iron, I think Steve Michalick came closest but he didnt look very symmetrical onstage

He looks damn good here IMO.

[LurkerNoMore]

I just saw a short video of Tom and he said that losing the 1981 Mr O was the biggest blessing of his life even though he didn't know it then or for many years.  He said that winning the title is what should give everyone what they want and make them happy.  But in his case, if he would have won it, he probably would have injured himself even more in his training to defend it.  He said he lost the title but he still had decades in the sport that he made a very good living off of and had a lot of fun even without being on stage.  Even up to this day, his seminars still bring in a decent amount for him.

(he did not specify what a "decent amount" was.)

[Humble Narcissist]

I just saw a short video of Tom and he said that losing the 1981 Mr O was the biggest blessing of his life even though he didn't know it then or for many years.  He said that winning the title is what should give everyone what they want and make them happy.  But in his case, if he would have won it, he probably would have injured himself even more in his training to defend it.  He said he lost the title but he still had decades in the sport that he made a very good living off of and had a lot of fun even without being on stage.  Even up to this day, his seminars still bring in a decent amount for him.

(he did not specify what a "decent amount" was.)

He probably made more than any other bodybuilder in the 80's-90's doing seminars.

[LurkerNoMore]

He probably made more than any other bodybuilder in the 80's-90's doing seminars.

True.  But not sure what he considers a decent amount to be for "today" as he put it.  I can only imagine that after his failed association with the WBF where he was the main recruiter for the Weider coup, that he wasn't that welcome around the IFBB parts after the WBF failed.  Of course, now with social media he has a platform to circumvent those limitations (at that time) and reach a bigger audience.

[NarcissisticDeity]