Who here has...............

[sarcasm]

Keith is a bull plain and simple, easily one of the strongest pressers i've ever heard of.

[davidpaul]

Here is my head just a coule months ago.  The other pic I'm not sure when it was taken but it was within the last 5 years since I moved back here.  So I am weighing at least 400+ there. 

you dont look "fat" there at all bro,looking good,

[Stavios]

Keith is a bull plain and simple, easily one of the strongest pressers i've ever heard of.

Yes ! just look at him. He looks like a fucking tank ! 

[arce377]

315 before PE's

[lilwoday09smb]

400 pounds is not a healthy weight at all. im srry but being that big is unhealthy. unless your about 6'9'' it probaly looks horrible as well. 300 ponds is pushing it. i would def sacrafice some strength and size and cut down and gain a healthier life and mobility. but hey im just some 19 year old kid what do i know.

[davidpaul]

400 pounds is not a healthy weight at all. im srry but being that big is unhealthy. unless your about 6'9'' it probaly looks horrible as well. 300 ponds is pushing it. i would def sacrafice some strength and size and cut down and gain a healthier life and mobility. but hey im just some 19 year old kid what do i know.

 

[Stavios]

400 pounds is not a healthy weight at all. im srry but being that big is unhealthy. unless your about 6'9'' it probaly looks horrible as well. 300 ponds is pushing it. i would def sacrafice some strength and size and cut down and gain a healthier life and mobility. but hey im just some 19 year old kid what do i know.

Keith was bitten by a spider and had some sort of infection I think with made him gain weight

He didn't choose to be that heavy

[onlyme]

Keith was bitten by a spider and had some sort of infection I think with made him gain weight

He didn't choose to be that heavy

No I didn't chose to be this way.  I was training for the 2000 Olympics and was heading for a bodyweight of 275.  Moved to LA to train and got bt within 2 months of moving.

400 pounds is not a healthy weight at all. im srry but being that big is unhealthy. unless your about 6'9'' it probaly looks horrible as well. 300 ponds is pushing it. i would def sacrafice some strength and size and cut down and gain a healthier life and mobility. but hey im just some 19 year old kid what do i know.

I agree that 400 is not healthy that is why my goal is at least 300 but ultimately 275.  I have been traiing since the summer of 1973.  I have been living healthy from then to March 1 1998.  The doctors even said that if I wassn't as healthy I was I easily could have died like the 51 others that have died from the brown recluse bite.  I have never smoked a thing in my life.  Never took hard drugs.  Never really drank alcohol.  Even though I have been drunk 3 times in my life.  And I have lifted pretty religiously for all those years with a rare few months off here and there.  My clolesterol has never been over 130.  I still get my blood tested at least every 6 months and sometimes every 3.  My doctor says he still wants me to get down in weight, but considering my size he is ver surprised how healthy I am.  My blood pressure was 130/82 the last time I had it checked (or close to that).  A little high my doctor said but consideringmy size not bad at all. 

The thing I hate the most about me right now is my upper ass and gut.  My upper body I am pretty happy with for now.  I am really pushing on the treadmill.  I do it at 15 degrees at 2.5 mph, and do long strides for 2 minutes.  Then I rest two minutes and do it again.  I do this 10 times.  It kicks my ass big time.  But I can feel it.  So, I really think I can reach my goal.  I may take a couple pics training with David Paul while he is here.  I want him to take a series of me doing the seated front press with 315 for reps. 

I just want to be able to go to the Olympia and feel okay walking around the expo.  My high school reunion is August 19 too so I really want to be okay for that.  I had a reputation in high school and if I show up to fat I will lost that reputation.  So we'll see.  So far so good.  I can see why Mike A.  documented his training and everything for the show on here.  It is very theraputic.  Thanks.

[Al-Gebra]

No I didn't chose to be this way.  I was training for the 2000 Olympics and was heading for a bodyweight of 275.  Moved to LA to train and got bt within 2 months of moving.

I agree that 400 is not healthy that is why my goal is at least 300 but ultimately 275.  I have been traiing since the summer of 1973.  I have been living healthy from then to March 1 1998.  The doctors even said that if I wassn't as healthy I was I easily could have died like the 51 others that have died from the brown recluse bite.  I have never smoked a thing in my life.  Never took hard drugs.  Never really drank alcohol.  Even though I have been drunk 3 times in my life.  And I have lifted pretty religiously for all those years with a rare few months off here and there.  My clolesterol has never been over 130.  I still get my blood tested at least every 6 months and sometimes every 3.  My doctor says he still wants me to get down in weight, but considering my size he is ver surprised how healthy I am.  My blood pressure was 130/82 the last time I had it checked (or close to that).  A little high my doctor said but consideringmy size not bad at all. 

The thing I hate the most about me right now is my upper ass and gut.  My upper body I am pretty happy with for now.  I am really pushing on the treadmill.  I do it at 15 degrees at 2.5 mph, and do long strides for 2 minutes.  Then I rest two minutes and do it again.  I do this 10 times.  It kicks my ass big time.  But I can feel it.  So, I really think I can reach my goal.  I may take a couple pics training with David Paul while he is here.  I want him to take a series of me doing the seated front press with 315 for reps. 

I just want to be able to go to the Olympia and feel okay walking around the expo.  My high school reunion is August 19 too so I really want to be okay for that.  I had a reputation in high school and if I show up to fat I will lost that reputation.  So we'll see.  So far so good.  I can see why Mike A.  documented his training and everything for the show on here.  It is very theraputic.  Thanks.

your attitude is very healthy, and i'm sure you will be able to meet your goals physically.

[lilwoday09smb]

best of luck to you, you def have a great attitude and life style, i wanna see you live a long life so you can continue to share your knowledge and love for bodybuilding

[dr.chimps]

In 1980 or 81' I benched 500 at a bodyweight of 247 with Joe Gold spotting me.  Never took a thing in my life then.  That was in a t-shirt and OP shorts.  In 1986 when I was on only "test" at 298 I bench 585.  After 10 years of taking nothing at a bodyweight of about 305 I inclined 505.  I am back in the gym training 6 hard days a week.  On Monday this week I did 405 for 3.  I can do 315 for 12.  I do 315 incline for 8 pretty easy.  I also pause up to 5 seconds between reps on the bench and incline.  I also do seated front presses with 315 for 6.  And I do a full ROM with a pause at the bottom to when I press.  I also haven't lifted really heavy since 1998.  So I am getting some strength back.  My weight is dropping to and by the Olympia I would have lost about 150 pounds.  SO I am getting strength back and losing weight.  I am doing at least an hour of cardio a day.  I walk at a walking track at the old airport here one mile before I go to the gym.  Then after I train I go one the treadmill for 20 minutes then the elliptical for 20 minutes.  I try to keep my calories below 2500 a day.  My carbs below 200 a day and my protein at least 300 grams a day.  Allot of chicken and fish and now added in steak 2 times a week.  No bad food till the weekends when I go see movies.  Now David Paul has me drinking some concoction to clean out my system.  Water, maple syrup, cayenne pepper and lemon.  1 gallon a day throughout the day.  Feeling great right now.  Sleeping better more energy and finally people are telling me I am looking allot better.  Getting my thickness back in my upper body.  Still got the sides and upper ass to get off but on my way.

Holy smokes Keith. Great work. I remember, last year, reading your posts and one of your goals was to get back and be able to get 315 (if only for pride's sake), and here you've blown past that and are hoisting four plates for reps! Man, you are on your way. Very impressive. Keep up the good work.

[Governor]

I did 365 natural when I was 16, at a BW of 210.

I havent got much above that though   Party becausei think I have gotten close to tapping out of my natural strength, and paryly because of a few devastating sicknesses.

[Lord Humungous]

Here is my head just a coule months ago.  The other pic I'm not sure when it was taken but it was within the last 5 years since I moved back here.  So I am weighing at least 400+ there. 

Sorry Only, all the dieting in the world wont do a damn thing for that mug.  Try a brown paper bag!   

[MCWAY]

I hit 405 on Sept. 1 of last year. But, it took me a while to recover from it. That may have due to the fact that I did 400 even, just a few days prior and didn't give myself enough time to rest.

[chris_mason]

I mentioned who you can verify it with....why would I lie? Besides, just because someone did that in an event does not mean there isn't someone out there who can't do the same if not more!

What is your real name?  I have a good friend who knows Gus very well.  I can verify the information you have provided.  If you are telling the truth and have done over 500 lbs RAW in competition that is very impressive.  I am not stuck on how you look as I know that means squat (pun intended). 

By the way, you do look thick in the last pic.

Chris

[onlyme]

500 is awesome for anyone under 200.  I think my friend Julian Lee did just 600 at 198 in competition.  I know Francis Silva here in competition did a 612 at 202. 

[dorkeroo]

500 is awesome for anyone under 200.  I think my friend Julian Lee did just 600 at 198 in competition.  I know Francis Silva here in competition did a 612 at 202. 

Do you know anyone that has done those kinds of lifts at those kinds of bodyweights without shirts? Also how tall are these guys. I am only curious, not suggesting for a second you are not being truthful, just in my neck of the woods we have nothing like that.

[Mr. Intenseone]

Do you know anyone that has done those kinds of lifts at those kinds of bodyweights without shirts? Also how tall are these guys. I am only curious, not suggesting for a second you are not being truthful, just in my neck of the woods we have nothing like that.

I'm 5'6!

[dorkeroo]

I'm 5'6!

Regardless, if I saw any guy under 220 bench over 500 I think I would shit. Well done man I find stories like yours and Keith's inspiration to try a little harder at the gym on bench day.

[sarcasm]

Regardless, if I saw any guy under 220 bench over 500 I think I would shit. Well done man I find stories like yours and Keith's inspiration to try a little harder at the gym on bench day.

we used to have a guy at my old gym who totalled elite at 242 in the APF, benched 661, squatted 1003 and pulled 800 all at a bodyweight of around 237, he used to literally toy with 500, he could close grip 500 for 4, front squat 600 and one arm snatch a 160lb. dumbell, strongest guy i've ever seen.

[dorkeroo]

we used to have a guy at my old gym who totalled elite at 242 in the APF, benched 661, squatted 1003 and pulled 800 all at a bodyweight of around 237, he used to literally toy with 500, he could close grip 500 for 4, front squat 600 and one arm snatch a 160lb. dumbell, strongest guy i've ever seen.

I think that would make me want to find a new sport lol. Any idea what these guys start at with their lifts? I mean were they freaky strong in them before training?

[sarcasm]

I think that would make me want to find a new sport lol. Any idea what these guys start at with their lifts? I mean were they freaky strong in them before training?

this guy was nothing special at all without TONS AND TONS  of juice i'm talking about crazy shit like literally swallowing 50 dbol's at a time, when he came off everything he was literally 185lbs., just a crazy hyper responder and absolutely fearless when it came to massive dosages of drugs, he was a very athletic guy before he got serious about PL, great sprinter and football player and i've never seen someone who could focus more than this dude, it was like Stallone said in Over the Top when he made the comment about turning the ballcap backward he became a machine, this dude could be joking one minute and then get serious enough to absolutely bury a 650lb. front squat for 3 reps and then become normal again.

[dorkeroo]

this guy was nothing special at all without TONS AND TONS  of juice i'm talking about crazy shit like literally swallowing 50 dbol's at a time, when he came off everything he was literally 185lbs., just a crazy hyper responder and absolutely fearless when it came to massive dosages of drugs, he was a very athletic guy before he got serious about PL, great sprinter and football player and i've never seen someone who could focus more than this dude, it was like Stallone said in Over the Top when he made the comment about turning the ballcap backward he became a machine, this dude could be joking one minute and then get serious enough to absolutely bury a 650lb. front squat for 3 reps and then become normal again.

Well I have to say you have made me feel a little better lol. I am not ready to try juice, but of course, will always be curious as to what might happen if I did. God knows with my luck I wouldn't even respond lol.

[sarcasm]

Well I have to say you have made me feel a little better lol. I am not ready to try juice, but of course, will always be curious as to what might happen if I did. God knows with my luck I wouldn't even respond lol.

yes you would, everyone does, some more than others but it's impossible not to unless you get bogus shit, this guy would go from 185-190 to 245 at the same or less bodyfat inside of two months but like i said he had no fear of ANY dose or drug if he felt taking a whole bottle would help him he would find a way to take it all, the thing that made him different was his freakish strength and he was never afraid to come off of EVERYTHING at any time if he felt he was having to many side effects.

[onlyme]

this guy was nothing special at all without TONS AND TONS  of juice i'm talking about crazy shit like literally swallowing 50 dbol's at a time, when he came off everything he was literally 185lbs., just a crazy hyper responder and absolutely fearless when it came to massive dosages of drugs, he was a very athletic guy before he got serious about PL, great sprinter and football player and i've never seen someone who could focus more than this dude, it was like Stallone said in Over the Top when he made the comment about turning the ballcap backward he became a machine, this dude could be joking one minute and then get serious enough to absolutely bury a 650lb. front squat for 3 reps and then become normal again.

You can ask the old Public relations Director at Cannon Films, Judy Freidman where Stallone got that turning the ball cap around ritual.................. .ME!!!!!!!!!  That was my trademark.  And the guy who impressed me most in the bench is Doug Ortiz at a bodyweight of 132 benching 440 (or something close to that) at my show.  He is the World Record holder still I think.  Just a little guy never looked like he lifted ever.  Just in great shape.  He is awesome.  You guys seriously need to come to Hawaii and hang out at my gym or even better Gold's Honolulu.  If you can't bench at least 405 for reps you might as well just go to 24 Hour Fitness.  Seeing guys rep with 405 is an everyday every hour occurence here.  I'm just really happy at least I am back up there with these guys again.

Here's me with my hat turned around during filming.  Sometimes I did it at the table. More dramatic.