Tom Platz still in great shape

[illuminati]

I posted his routine from his leg training manual. Brutal.

Fortress says he exaggerated his squat weights a lot. Told Fortress his best was 51 reps with 315 iirc whereas he claimed 2 sets of 50 with 405 other times.

Best I ever managed was 21 with 195kg 430lbs Damn near killed me.
I can't put it down to being young & stupid I was in my 40's.

[Fortress]

I posted his routine from his leg training manual. Brutal.

Fortress says he exaggerated his squat weights a lot. Told Fortress his best was 51 reps with 315 iirc whereas he claimed 2 sets of 50 with 405 other times.

I have spent considerable time with Tom. Worked out with him, too.

I am feeling conflicted saying anything here at all, because Platz is one of my original muscle heroes, but with the passing years, it has become painfully obvious a great deal of his “ways” are … not so terrific.

In a number of ways I recognize his claims are not entirely accurate, either.

[38 returns]

Best I ever managed was 21 with 195kg 430lbs Damn near killed me.
I can't put it down to being young & stupid I was in my 40's.

that's fucking mental mate!

[MajorDomo]

Tom's nickname is "the science"

[joswift]

[MAXX]

Rumor has it this is the only time Tom ever squatted

that is legit and crazy feat.

he did use a squat suit but it doesnt seem tight or restrictive much so I don't think it does help anything near todays suits.

[illuminati]

that's fucking mental mate!

Ha - Thanks, Hmmm can't get close to that now.

Mind I did 107 reps with 100kgs about 3months back
No Not all in 1 one set think it was 5sets
was doing 1set max reps rest next set max reps & so on.

[Hulkotron]

that is legit and crazy feat.

he did use a squat suit but it doesnt seem tight or restrictive much so I don't think it does help anything near todays suits.

It didn't even look that difficult for him.

[Bevo]

I have spent considerable time with Tom. Worked out with him, too.

I am feeling conflicted saying anything here at all, because Platz is one of my original muscle heroes, but with the passing years, it has become painfully obvious a great deal of his “ways” are … not so terrific.

In a number of ways I recognize his claims are not entirely accurate, either.

Did you and Mr Platz share an apartment together? I heard Arnold did with Mr Graham in the 70’s

[illuminati]

that is legit and crazy feat.

he did use a squat suit but it doesnt seem tight or restrictive much so I don't think it does help anything near todays suits.

And proper deep squats - awesome.

[Van_Bilderass]

I know Platz gets endless questions about how to squat "properly" when he just did what came naturally to his structure.

[beakdoctor]

Rumor has it this is the only time Tom ever squatted

I thought Platz was awesome back in the early 80's.  Of course all I had to form this opinion was pictures and articles. Later on in life, with the advent  of the internet, I was exposed to more of his training, interviews, seminars, etc...

The guy was a nut job and really comes across as kind of dumb, I mean not illiterate or inarticulate, but Just a touch stupid. Different shit he's said over the years, citing Jonathan Livingston Seagull, his training style is simply idiotic, total gym idiot. Even this video he looks like a fool at the end when he forgets about the barbell right behind his head. There's no denying squatting 525 for 20 + reps is impressive,  yet he still manages to look like an idiot.

[Humble Narcissist]

I know Platz gets endless questions about how to squat "properly" when he just did what came naturally to his structure.

Yeah, people think they'll grow thighs like Platz if they change their stance to be like his.

[MarvinEderFan]

I posted his routine from his leg training manual. Brutal.

Fortress says he exaggerated his squat weights a lot. Told Fortress his best was 51 reps with 315 iirc whereas he claimed 2 sets of 50 with 405 other times.

I am 90% certain someone on ironage.us recall platz' best was 38 with 405.

Or, Platz wrote that somewhere.

I am really 90-95% certain: 37 or 38 reps with 405.

NOT 50, and NOT two sets.

[MarvinEderFan]

He also claimed to have bought 180 lbs DBs to the gym for incline pressing. In his book he says he can do it for a handful of reps.

In a DVD from about 2008 he says he did it for 10 reps.

No photos or witness accounts of doing such heavy DBs...

I don't buy it.

[illuminati]

I thought Platz was awesome back in the early 80's.  Of course all I had to form this opinion was pictures and articles. Later on in life, with the advent  of the internet, I was exposed to more of his training, interviews, seminars, etc...

The guy was a nut job and really comes across as kind of dumb, I mean not illiterate or inarticulate, but Just a touch stupid. Different shit he's said over the years, citing Jonathan Livingston Seagull, his training style is simply idiotic, total gym idiot. Even this video he looks like a fool at the end when he forgets about the barbell right behind his head. There's no denying squatting 525 for 20 + reps is impressive,  yet he still manages to look like an idiot.

Have you sqauted 525lbs for 20+ reps ATG full reps ?
You might just forget where you are with that amount of oxygen debt. 

It's very easy to throw stones & criticize if you haven't / can't do
similar 

[Van_Bilderass]

I am 90% certain someone on ironage.us recall platz' best was 38 with 405.

Or, Platz wrote that somewhere.

I am really 90-95% certain: 37 or 38 reps with 405.

NOT 50, and NOT two sets.

I don't really care that he's exaggerated his lifts a bit. No doubt his squatting was very impressive nonetheless. A shame we don't have footage of him training when he was at his peak.

I liked the stories of him ritualising his lifting, you know small things like having certain items on him when lifting and so on. Maybe they were just stories, but I'd like to believe them 

I don't know if he was a bit dumb as beakdoctor suspects, I don't think he said much too objectionable stuff. A lot of "deep" thinkers aren't really that deep or smart. Kai Greene is the prime example. Never says much tangible but meanders endlessly

It is interesting how he was always given a pass wrt his training style. I get why but it was just so outrageous. Someone else emulating his lifting would be thrown out of most gyms, maybe beaten. I do like the desperation aspect of the mentality, like you are really trying to overcome yourself mentally 

[Donny]

Yeah, people think they'll grow thighs like Platz if they change their stance to be like his.

pseudoscience 

[MAXX]

I thought Platz was awesome back in the early 80's.  Of course all I had to form this opinion was pictures and articles. Later on in life, with the advent  of the internet, I was exposed to more of his training, interviews, seminars, etc...

The guy was a nut job and really comes across as kind of dumb, I mean not illiterate or inarticulate, but Just a touch stupid. Different shit he's said over the years, citing Jonathan Livingston Seagull, his training style is simply idiotic, total gym idiot. Even this video he looks like a fool at the end when he forgets about the barbell right behind his head. There's no denying squatting 525 for 20 + reps is impressive,  yet he still manages to look like an idiot.

you're just bagging the guy for no good reason. You just come off as bitter for some reason.

we all heard him reference the Seagull book in Total Rebuild you don't know anything special so don't try... He was just referencing the philosophy in the book about the bird wanting to be unique and do something special. I can see thatc correlation. Why are you talking shit?

[MajorDomo]

Bodybuilding is all about the illusion of size. Platz seems no different than the guys next to him in this pic:

[IroNat]

Jonathan Livingston Seagull was a very popular and well-known book in the 70s.

A girl I was mad about at the time quoted from the book.

[Humble Narcissist]

Bodybuilding is all about the illusion of size. Platz seems no different than the guys next to him in this pic:

Who was PNG?

[Donny]

Fuck Tom platz..check out this Baby Doll   

[IroNat]

Women develop some amazing legs.^

[Donny]

Women develop some amazing legs.^

yes..she´s sweet & some women train legs & Buns hard