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Says he weighs 220,but looks smaller than ever !!

People are put together completely differently,  big bones,  light bone.  Arnold easily had a 57" chest, it was ridiculously thick and is still big now at nearly 80. My chest is about 46, stretch another 10 on a tape measure, he easily have that on me.
You can't rely on bodyweight either everyone is unique

Let's think about this.

1)  Claimed height:  6'2".

2)  Claimed weight 230-240 pounds.

3)  Claimed arm size: 22". 

4)  Claimed chest size:  57" (!!!)

Compare vs. Ronnie Coleman.

1) 5'11"

2) ~280+ pounds

3) 21.5" arm.

4) 57.4" chest.

If Arnold's telling the truth about his chest, arm, and leg measurements, he'd need to be actually heavier than Ronnie -- because Ronnie has approximately the same measurements at a 3" height disadvantage.  Rule of thumb is that 1" of height adds 7-10 pounds.  So Arnold would need to be about 300-310 pounds, minimally. 

The guys you flagged as being "similar to Arnold" in height and weight -- de May and Reg Park -- are nowhere close to those measurements.  Reg Park's arm measurement is usually given as 18.5" to 19"!

So those "measurements" are lies, pure and simple.  Seriously, the notion that his chest ever measured 57" is a howler to anybody who has any idea what average bodybuilder chest circumference measurements look like.  In reality, if he was say around 240 pounds, it's most likely that his chest was 52" max, with a pump, and his arm was ~19.5 - 20".  The latter is indeed what Arthur Jones measured:  http://www.arthurjonesexercise.com/Bulletin2/36.PDF

The difference between a 20" arm and a 22" arm is like night and day. 

And a 52" chest is very good for a high-level modern bodybuilder, whereas 57" is basically Ronnie Coleman tier, which only a small handful of post 1990s mass monsters have ever achieved.  (And always at bodyweights approaching or exceeding 300 pounds.)  Even Dorian Yates never claimed a 57" chest circumference.