Mr O Franco Columbu, M.D. DESTROYING Tommy Platz

[bigbychoices]

franco become a chirpopracter way before arnold became gov. franco got his degree in the 1970s. The problem with alot of people nowdays they only think that the biggest freakiet bodybuilder should win. back in the day that is not what it was about. so when they see people like platz losing they think how wrong it was.  he was massive and a great bodybuilder but was not in proportion or symmetrical.  franco was better. period. however he was not the best that day. padilla should have won but franco was deserving too. now days they dont have symmetry proportion and cant pose etc. they all look the same. like 10 lbs of smashed assholes forced into a 5 lb container

[Humble Narcissist]

Franco was great in 76 but absolute dog shit in 81.  No way was he the best that day.

[Taffin]

Just because Columbu had horrific gyno, bow legs, and the contest was fixed doesn't mean that he shouldn't have placed any higher than last, had his citizenship revoked, been deported, and put on an FBI watch list.

 

[joswift]

They're more even than anything in that pic, but Columbu's gyno is showing, so Platz wins.

That was the year this photo was taken -

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my legs are better than that at 56 and not trained for 3 months

[Humble Narcissist]

my legs are better than that at 56 and not trained for 3 months

Yeah, but you don't carry refrigerators on your back, do you?

[sync pulse]

Yeah, but you don't carry refrigerators on your back, do you?

That was such a stupid show...There is no better measure of how strong some one is than the classic Olympic three...clean, snatch and military press.


I said "snatch"

[Grape Ape]

That was such a stupid show...There is no better measure of how strong some one is than the classic Olympic three...clean, snatch and military press.


I said "snatch"

Not necessarily disagreeing, but technique matters just as much in those lifts.

Hoisting a jay cutler does not, and is more about raw strength

[BB]

That was such a stupid show...There is no better measure of how strong some one is than the classic Olympic three...clean, snatch and military press.


I said "snatch"

Not necessarily disagreeing, but technique matters just as much in those lifts.

Hoisting a jay cutler does not, and is more about raw strength

Unless you're in the sport, Ol and Powerlifting are boring, hours to watch some guy do two or three lifts. And the average person doesn't really understand weights, especially back then (#400lb? My uncle Cletus who works down at the Piggly Wiggly, did that in High School before he threw his back out).

Some guy running with a full sized fridge on his back wows the eye, and is instantly understood as heavy.

Also fuck Columbu. He's the reason they didn't hold the WSM in the States for a number of years, and part of the reason why big TV left covering strength sports.

He sued everyone and got rich off of that fall, Somewhere between $1-1.5 million in early 80's bucks he made off of it.

[Griffith]

my legs are better than that at 56 and not trained for 3 months

His one leg was basically snapped in half though from the accident at the strongman event.

[BB]

He really did wreck it something awful -

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[joswift]

His one leg was basically snapped in half though from the accident at the strongman event.

And he won the best bodybuilder in the world contest??

[oldtimer1]

Governors can give out medical degrees?

Before Arnold was the governor Franco was a chiropractor. When Arnold became Governor he made Franco the head of the State Chiropractor licensing board.

[Jizmonkey]

He really did wreck it something awful -

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Apparently it was only dislocated.

[BlackMetallic]

Decades ago they used to publish the scores of each judge. Nowadays they don't disclose such delicate things. Instead you have the head judge call out the first comparison and he is telling the judges who to put first, second, and third.

In the judging system they have a rule that if a judge deviates too much from the others he won't be invited back to judge. Ah, how perfect to control the sheep who enter those pageants.

I’ll start competing again when the judges start getting drug tested

-Mike Mentzer

[Humble Narcissist]

I’ll start competing again when the judges start getting drug tested

-Mike Mentzer

Funny coming from a meth head who was juiced to the gills.

[Griffith]

Apparently it was only dislocated.

Like 90 degrees backwards and 60 degrees sideways.

[oldgolds]

Danny was the best. He had the best physique in 1980 as well. Too bad they ignore short guys.

Dannies torso is too long and legs to short....Not symetrical.

[Hypertrophy]

Dannies torso is too long and legs to short....Not symetrical.

Time for an eye exam, lol

[Flexacon]

Dannies torso is too long and legs to short....Not symetrical.

Danny was a near perfectly symmetrical/proportional midget. He would however have benefited from smaller skull ala Shawn Clarida.

[pamith]

Platz looks like a wellness competitor and now looks like a dyke lesbian grandma.

Columbu wins even with salt water filled lungs.

Bro...

[pamith]

Platz is raping him in this pose.  Arnold should have sucked the milk out of Franco's right titty.

No, Franco wins because of his smaller waist (sorry Tom)

[Bevo]

Danny was a near perfectly symmetrical/proportional midget. He would however have benefited from smaller skull ala Shawn Clarida.

I don’t even know how that pint size Clarida even won the 212’s, saw him training recently, don’t understand the appeal of his physique

[Humble Narcissist]

No, Franco wins because of his smaller waist (sorry Tom)

Ha, ha, yeah, because a small waist is everything in bodybuilding.

[Taffin]

Danny was a near perfectly symmetrical/proportional midget. He would however have benefited from smaller skull ala Shawn Clarida.

Agreed.  It's called 'Labrada' syndrome



Benfatto also had a touch

[hipolito mejia]

Platz looks better in that pose

Am i seeing something wrong?

You’re only looking at the legs. 

It’s an ABS shot and it was 1981.