Underrated "Mass Monster":World Bodybuilding Federation Champion, Gary Strydom

[Never1AShow]

WBF had a great lineup

Amazing lineup, someone post the 1991 or 1992 Mr. Olympia for comparison.

Absolute bad luck, wrong place, wrong time for the WBF.  The beginning of the 30 year slide of America due to the leftists

[NarcissisticDeity]

Amazing lineup, someone post the 1991 or 1992 Mr. Olympia for comparison.

Absolute bad luck, wrong place, wrong time for the WBF.  The beginning of the 30 year slide of America due to the leftists

91 and 92 line-ups were better

[NarcissisticDeity]

 

[Methyl m1ke]

Strydom was a lousy pro, had genetics that wete apparently too good as they robbed him from having any discernable work ethic (gains come too easy syndrome.)

[oldschoolfan]

here is a pic of gary from his 06 comeback i thought he looked great here at the age of 46 and had not competed in 10 years

[Van_Bilderass]

Amazing lineup, someone post the 1991 or 1992 Mr. Olympia for comparison.

Absolute bad luck, wrong place, wrong time for the WBF.  The beginning of the 30 year slide of America due to the leftists

The new anabolic steroid legislation in '91 killed the WBF. It was just that.

Vince "shit on woman's head" McMahon "had to" start testing the dudes.

[oldschoolfan]

The new anabolic steroid legislation in '91 killed the WBF. It was just that.

Vince "shit on woman's head" McMahon "had to" start testing the dudes.

van you are right i also remember reading that dr mario pisquali  was having all the competitors do keto as well.  i am not sure if this was after vince was indicted on the roids charges or right before.  Lou ferrigno was supposed to be in that show, in fact vince signed him to a 500 grand per year contract , when lou found out he was going to be drug tested he left.  which makes me wonder how much did the weiders off lou. 500k was alot of money back then even for goofy lou

[oldschoolfan]

here is another thing,  when vince first formed the wbf  the wwe was hot, then there business dropped big time. vince at that time did not have big tv contracts the wwe revenue was mainly from house shows and ppv's  around this time they all dropped a ton.  if the wwe had stayed hot then the wbf may have continued on. also the goofy gimmicks he gave the bodybuilders just did not work. but he was paying them way more than those cheap bastards the weiders it was definately better for the body builders, unfortunately the bodybuilders where puninshed buy the weiders when they returned to the wbf getting shitty placings . aaron davis was really fucked over that guy looked great.

[NarcissisticDeity]

here is a pic of gary from his 06 comeback i thought he looked great here at the age of 46 and had not competed in 10 years

From the front he still never improved his back

[Van_Bilderass]

van you are right i also remember reading that dr mario pisquali  was having all the competitors do keto as well.  i am not sure if this was after vince was indicted on the roids charges or right before.  Lou ferrigno was supposed to be in that show, in fact vince signed him to a 500 grand per year contract , when lou found out he was going to be drug tested he left.  which makes me wonder how much did the weiders off lou. 500k was alot of money back then even for goofy lou

The Anabolic Diet. Five days of high fat, zero carbs. Then 2 days carb load. After some times for the "metabolism to change" it was zero carbs except around training, you would eat like 2K calories from carbs, just before, during and just after. It had some legitimate aspects. Lyle McDonald later perfected it.

[oldschoolfan]

The Anabolic Diet. Five days of high fat, zero carbs. Then 2 days carb load. After some times for the "metabolism to change" it was zero carbs except around training, you would eat like 2K calories from carbs, just before, during and just after. It had some legitimate aspects. Lyle McDonald later perfected it.

thanks for the clear up i am going to look him up i knew who pisquali was but not mcdonald   i think pisquali was an olympic lifter at one poing in his life

[Van_Bilderass]

thanks for the clear up i am going to look him up i knew who pisquali was but not mcdonald   i think pisquali was an olympic lifter at one poing in his life

Lyle's The Ultimate Diet 2.0, you can find the PDF online I'm sure. Duchaine had something similar but then said Lyle's was better.

DiPasquale was an elite powerlifter. He was a PED expert in his time, a legit MD.

[Chidoman]

Lyle's The Ultimate Diet 2.0, you can find the PDF online I'm sure. Duchaine had something similar but then said Lyle's was better.

DiPasquale was an elite powerlifter. He was a PED expert in his time, a legit MD.

You're probably talking about This masterpiece, which was very well ahead of its time back in '92 when it came out I believe. The man was a genius RIP.



While staying in topic, didn't Gary move to Thailand a while back to be near his Ladyboys?
Last i read somewhere anyways.
Someone might have the scoop on this. Also someone posted a pic of him from a shitbook post being all shriveled up and useless to Us.
Please confirm.

[MCWAY]

91 and 92 line-ups were better

The 1991 guys had two top-10 Olympia placers from 1990: Christian (4th) and Robinson (10th). Mike Quinn just missed with 11th but he did make the top ten at the O in 1988 (6th) and 1989 (7th).

Two guys qualified for the 1990 O but didn't compete in it: Padilla and Dearth; two competed but got popped on the drug test (DeMey, Comeford).

So, most of those guys were Olympia-caliber. Three were rookies: Baker, J. Quinn, and Zuccolotto.

Of course, the 1992 Olympia lineup was better. They were in a open show and could use whatever anabolics they pleased. The 1992 WBF guys got tested for everything but the kitchen sink.

[Never1AShow]

The Anabolic Diet. Five days of high fat, zero carbs. Then 2 days carb load. After some times for the "metabolism to change" it was zero carbs except around training, you would eat like 2K calories from carbs, just before, during and just after. It had some legitimate aspects. Lyle McDonald later perfected it.

Pure BroScience horseshit.  Anabolic diet = Gimmick like WBF.  It's all about "just the finishing touch."

Also, I think the legislation didn't matter as much as the culture and some hucksters trying to figure out a way to cash in to a larger mass market and pretending there was a way to do it without the huge amount of drugs required.  Hucksters on all sides, some pretending steroids were certain death within months, some pretending "natural" pro shows would work, some pretending whatever they needed to in order to hype and make money.

[Brenda Steunbeer]

The 1991 guys had two top-10 Olympia placers from 1990: Christian (4th) and Robinson (10th). Mike Quinn just missed with 11th but he did make the top ten at the O in 1988 (6th) and 1989 (7th).

Two guys qualified for the 1990 O but didn't compete in it: Padilla and Dearth; two competed but got popped on the drug test (DeMey, Comeford).

So, most of those guys were Olympia-caliber. Three were rookies: Baker, J. Quinn, and Zuccolotto.

Of course, the 1992 Olympia lineup was better. They were in a open show and could use whatever anabolics they pleased. The 1992 WBF guys got tested for everything but the kitchen sink.

In 1992 all WBF should have taken their normal PED stack. If all were tested positive, what was McMahon going tot do? He would be left with zero athletes if he cancelled them all

[Humble Narcissist]

You're probably talking about This masterpiece, which was very well ahead of its time back in '92 when it came out I believe. The man was a genius RIP.



While staying in topic, didn't Gary move to Thailand a while back to be near his Ladyboys?
Last i read somewhere anyways.
Someone might have the scoop on this. Also someone posted a pic of him from a shitbook post being all shriveled up and useless to Us.
Please confirm.

Great book!

[MCWAY]

In 1992 all WBF should have taken their normal PED stack. If all were tested positive, what was McMahon going tot do? He would be left with zero athletes if he cancelled them all

With the feds breathing down his neck, no way was McMahon letting that happen....especially with the wrestlers (who were also getting tested frequently) complaining about the WBF guys and their exorbitant salaries. NO WAY were the WWF guys getting put through the ring while the WBF guys went unscathed.

Some did test positive and got fined a month's salary. Mike Christian got popped and it cost him $25,000.

Mike Quinn, I believe, got nailed too; he kissed about 12 or 13 grand goodbye.

"Major Guns" Eddie Robinson stayed with Titan Sports (now World Wrestling Entertainment) an extra two years as an ICOPRO poster boy, which extended his contract an extra two years. But, he got tested as well and, if he popped positive, he was gone. As he mentioned in a MuscleMag interview, McMahon made it worth his while to remain drug-free.

[Humble Narcissist]

With the feds breathing down his neck, no way was McMahon letting that happen....especially with the wrestlers (who were also getting tested frequently) complaining about the WBF guys and their exorbitant salaries. NO WAY were the WWF guys getting put through the ring while the WBF guys went unscathed.

Some did test positive and got fined a month's salary. Mike Christian got popped and it cost him $25,000.

Mike Quinn, I believe, got nailed too; he kissed about 12 or 13 grand goodbye.

"Major Guns" Eddie Robinson stayed with Titan Sports (now World Wrestling Entertainment) an extra two years as an ICOPRO poster boy, which extended his contract an extra two years. But, he got tested as well and, if he popped positive, he was gone. As he mentioned in a MuscleMag interview, McMahon made it worth his while to remain drug-free.

Eddie Robinson had the genetics to look good even off gear.

[Donny]

Did anyone on here ever train with Gary?

[njflex]

You can see even walking from behind how crappy his back was,and what he thinking in 88 he was so small for him why go for that death look.

[oldschoolfan]

Did anyone on here ever train with Gary?

i would have liked to , i dont think he trained super heavy either. dude had a great look to him.  and compared to these turds today he looked way better

[oldschoolfan]

You can see even walking from behind how crappy his back was,and what he thinking in 88 he was so small for him why go for that death look.

nj do you think if had trained his back yates style it would have came up?  other than his shitty back the dude was perfect from the front. he should have trained with mentzer for a few months just to see how he responded . 

[Never1AShow]

nj do you think if had trained his back yates style it would have came up?  other than his shitty back the dude was perfect from the front. he should have trained with mentzer for a few months just to see how he responded .

I think he suffered from Big Arms/Shitty back syndrome where the arms do too much of the back work

[honest]

From all reports he trained his back hard just didn't have the genetics there.