Author Topic: Rory Leidelmeyer 90's comeback - what happened? (Read 11300 times)

The simple answer was that Rory, like Matt Mendenhall, could never get lean enough or dry enough to be successful in that era. Rory always seemed to hold a film of water that made him look smooth.

His shape and aesthetics were superb, but in those days you needed to be bone dry, striated, and vascular to win....and he was always just a few percent off.

chaos · « **Reply #43 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:33:32 PM »

Quote from: Walter Sobchak on July 20, 2015, 09:20:07 PM

The simple answer was that Rory, like Matt Mendenhall, could never get lean enough or dry enough to be successful in that era. Rory always seemed to hold a film of water that made him look smooth.

His shape and aesthetics were superb, but in those days you needed to be bone dry, striated, and vascular to win....and he was always just a few percent off.

Schmoe post reported!

Hurricane Beef ! · « **Reply #44 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:41:49 PM »

Quote from: Walter Sobchak on July 20, 2015, 09:20:07 PM

The simple answer was that Rory, like Matt Mendenhall, could never get lean enough or dry enough to be successful in that era. Rory always seemed to hold a film of water that made him look smooth.

His shape and aesthetics were superb, but in those days you needed to be bone dry, striated, and vascular to win....and he was always just a few percent off.

Bloated mess . . .

chaos · « **Reply #45 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:43:26 PM »

Quote from: Hurricane Beef ! on July 20, 2015, 09:41:49 PM

Bloated mess . . .

Coach looking good there.

Hurricane Beef ! · « **Reply #46 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:53:05 PM »

Coaches back super wide

tommywishbone · « **Reply #47 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:04:14 PM »

Quote from: Kwon_2 on July 20, 2015, 10:55:27 AM

Define weird.

Joe's gone now. We were friends.

He was extremely knowledgeable about all aspects of bodybuilding and bodybuilding history. I mean crazy knowledgeable- way beyond me or any actual bodybuilder I ever knew. He knew things like-

-what song Jon Brown posed to in the 1983 Nationals
-how much Chris Cormier weighed in the 1990 California
-the top 5 light-weights in the 1992 North American Championships

Just really bizarre things to know about bodybuilding. My friend Jason Mathis (the bodybuilding photographer and writer) lived with Joe for a few months when he first moved to California. He gave me bizarre reports.

I'm going to leave it at that.

tommywishbone · « **Reply #48 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:06:27 PM »

Quote from: Coach is Back! on July 20, 2015, 08:05:53 PM

If memory serves his name is Barry Clothier. Tim Fogerty can probably verify.

It's positively Barry.

Slik · « **Reply #49 on:** July 21, 2015, 04:37:55 AM »

Quote from: tommywishbone on July 20, 2015, 10:06:27 PM

It's positively Barry.

yup. And he shows dogs now. At least last time I saw in I'm a dog show a few years back.