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"Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« on: July 13, 2025, 01:08:45 PM »

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2025, 07:11:03 AM »
Zane doesn't have anything interesting to say about Mentzer?

I mean, when he won his Olympias Mentzer was his main competition

And to this day (in heaven) Mentzer feels he was better than Zane in his last Olympia face off (1980)



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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2025, 07:15:46 AM »
Arnold was on Dianabol from an early age, he refined his physique later with other drugs ..
"He did nothing spectacular" ..Vince Gironda

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2025, 07:17:55 AM »
Arnold was on Dianabol from an early age, he refined his physique later with other drugs ..
"He did nothing spectacular" ..Vince Gironda
Gironda showing some jealousy there. Nothing spectacular. ::) Yeah, just 7 Olympias, 5 Universes and 3 Worlds.

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2025, 07:22:26 AM »
Gironda showing some jealousy there. Nothing spectacular. ::) Yeah, just 7 Olympias, 5 Universes and 3 Worlds.

One was against no one  :D he was awarded the Mr O ..
Gironda called Arnold a fat f#ck ..which he was.. bloated with Dianabol. 

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2025, 07:24:29 AM »
One was against no one  :D he was awarded the Mr O ..
Gironda called Arnold a fat f#ck ..which he was.. bloated with Dianabol.
He was just butthurt because Arnold didn't take to his training regimen when he got to the U.S. He got no credit for Arnold's success.

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2025, 07:26:18 AM »
He was just butthurt because Arnold didn't take to his training regimen when he got to the U.S. He got no credit for Arnold's success.

Water Retention and Bloating
Dianabol users often experience a noticeable increase in subcutaneous water retention, which can:

Blur muscle definition

Elevate blood pressure

Create a soft or “puffy” appearance despite gaining muscle

This fluid retention is a direct result of estrogen conversion and increased sodium retention, especially in users who are not following a clean diet or monitoring electrolyte balance. Bloating may become uncomfortable and can mask progress during a cycle.

To combat this, users often turn to aromatase inhibitors (AIs) such as Aromasin or Arimidex, which block the enzyme responsible for converting testosterone to estrogen.


Gironda was correct..he was a fat f-u-c-k  :D

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2025, 07:32:39 AM »
Gironda showing some jealousy there. Nothing spectacular. ::) Yeah, just 7 Olympias, 5 Universes and 3 Worlds.

Gironda was old and skinny, never saw someone with Arnolds dimensions and young as he was to enter the scene,


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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2025, 07:43:11 AM »
Gironda was old and skinny, never saw someone with Arnolds dimensions and young as he was to enter the scene,


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Plus when Arnold first came to America he was 260lbs and the biggest ever. He was bulked up (fat). Arnold spent the rest of his career carving that big hunk of rock into carved granite. Vince, Mentzer and Royalty have never recovered. ;D

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2025, 07:50:46 AM »
Zane’s words 😂

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2025, 07:52:20 AM »
Look, I flushed out Royalty! ;D

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2025, 08:08:31 AM »
Arnold was on Dianabol from an early age, he refined his physique later with other drugs ..
"He did nothing spectacular" ..Vince Gironda

He basically used dbol, deca and primo not all at the same time

Back then that was basically all they had cept for test which they didn't use and var and winny

Anadrol made an appearance in the 80's

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2025, 08:12:14 AM »
He basically used dbol, deca and primo not all at the same time

Back then that was basically all they had cept for test which they didn't use and var and winny

Anadrol made an appearance in the 80's

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2025, 10:39:12 AM »
One was against no one  :D he was awarded the Mr O ..
Gironda called Arnold a fat f#ck ..which he was.. bloated with Dianabol.

You and royalty should get together and talk about Arnold and see who melts the fastest haha

Everyone hated Arnold cause he was successful, if it wasn’t for pumping iron, no one outside of schmoes would even know any of those bbers aside from Arnold


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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2025, 10:41:25 AM »
Look, I flushed out Royalty! ;D

Anytime there’s an Arnold thread you can almost guarantee royalty and Donny will be posting and venting their anger at him hahaha

Who would have thought Arnold’s impact since the 70’s would last this long in causing grown schmoes to melt

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2025, 10:48:30 AM »
You and royalty should get together and talk about Arnold and see who melts the fastest haha

Everyone hated Arnold cause he was successful, if it wasn’t for pumping iron, no one outside of schmoes would even know any of those bbers aside from Arnold
I don't hate Arnold..calm down Nancy
I just don't idolise the man like you do.

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2025, 10:49:22 AM »
This and stuff like gironda claiming arnold was fat, there's a big difference and he changed being bulky and unrefined to being like a thoroughbred horse ( quote lou ferrigno)
Not only did he refine himself he was way more developed in peak years.

You and royalty should get together and talk about Arnold and see who melts the fastest haha

Everyone hated Arnold cause he was successful, if it wasn’t for pumping iron, no one outside of schmoes would even know any of those bbers aside from Arnold

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2025, 12:59:15 PM »
Anytime there’s an Arnold thread you can almost guarantee royalty and Donny will be posting and venting their anger at him hahaha

Who would have thought Arnold’s impact since the 70’s would last this long in causing grown schmoes to melt






From Lacey Rich (Old time connected gay) -

"At the premiere of Pumping Iron, Tom Minchello had a friend named Margie, who wanted to make it with Arnold. Tom told Margie Arnie's room number. She went to the suite and knocked on the door. The door opened to a darkened room. Margie could see that a light was on in the bedroom and she could hear moans. She crept to the other door . What does she see; Nothing, but Charles Gaines (author of Pumping Iron & Stay Hungry) and the great Austrian oak with his heels spread to Jesus. She quickly backed up and hurriedly left. By the time she reach the lobby she was in hysterics telling everyone that Arnold was upstairs being fucked by a man. I guess that taught Arnie to lock the door."

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Things got out of hand at the Pumping Iron premier

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2025, 01:32:57 PM »
Arnold Is Numero Uno  !

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2025, 01:46:10 PM »
arnold only took 25mg of dbol per day...hahaha

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2025, 01:49:52 PM »
arnold only took 25mg of dbol per day...hahaha

That was Mentzer with 400 mgs deca every 10-14 days

Zane.... 15 mgs dbol daily with 100 primo weekly

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2025, 01:52:56 PM »
That was Mentzer with 400 mgs deca every 10-14 days

Zane.... 15 mgs dbol daily with 100 primo weekly

saw an interview somewhere, this guy trained w mentzer and the did 900mg of norandrolone per week plus meth lol... he said mentzer blew up in no time

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2025, 01:53:19 PM »
Fuck that,Mike Ashley was clean for a lifetime as well as O`Hearn!  :D

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2025, 01:56:39 PM »
Fuck that,Mike Ashley was clean for a lifetime as well as O`Hearn!  :D

 big louie too!

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Re: "Arnold as I know him" by Frank Zane
« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2025, 01:57:46 PM »