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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #25 on: May 16, 2006, 04:40:00 PM »
Always thought this story was funny: Arnold used to train with Franco Columbu at Gold's Gym in Venice, CA. In the early 70's, Venice had more than its fair share of hippies, flower children and other worldly characters. Most of these people had seen it all, or thought they had. As the story goes, some of these people used to wander into the gym, and seeing Arnold, stood there staring at him in astonishment. When this happened, Arnold would shout to Franco, asking him to hand him another five thousand pound plate.
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #26 on: May 16, 2006, 05:02:37 PM »
Quote from: Rambone on May 16, 2006, 04:40:00 PM
Always thought this story was funny: Arnold used to train with Franco Columbu at Gold's Gym in Venice, CA. In the early 70's, Venice had more than its fair share of hippies, flower children and other worldly characters. Most of these people had seen it all, or thought they had. As the story goes, some of these people used to wander into the gym, and seeing Arnold, stood there staring at him in astonishment. When this happened, Arnold would shout to Franco, asking him to hand him another five thousand pound plate.

lol  ;D
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #27 on: May 16, 2006, 05:12:50 PM »
Quote from: Rambone on May 16, 2006, 04:40:00 PM
Always thought this story was funny: Arnold used to train with Franco Columbu at Gold's Gym in Venice, CA. In the early 70's, Venice had more than its fair share of hippies, flower children and other worldly characters. Most of these people had seen it all, or thought they had. As the story goes, some of these people used to wander into the gym, and seeing Arnold, stood there staring at him in astonishment. When this happened, Arnold would shout to Franco, asking him to hand him another five thousand pound plate.

More like smashing the 5 pound plate into the bar as if it's 5000 pounds.. To make him more "macho"..
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #28 on: May 16, 2006, 05:13:57 PM »




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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #29 on: May 16, 2006, 05:27:27 PM »
Quote from: Gordon_Gekko on May 16, 2006, 01:53:41 PM
Perhaps Arnold gave Franco the wrong advices prior to the photo shoot. Arnold must have told him that wearing posing trunks backwards was the latest fad to come out of American bodybuilding. He probably told Franco that if he wanted to win the Olympia someday he would have to follow the latest trends out of Venice Beach... He probably told Franco that the Weider "Reverse Posing Trunks Principle" was a great way to psyche out his opponent, and would leave the other guy utterly confused and defeated in the above posedown.


Ahhh hhhhaaaaa  ROFL advices!! ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #30 on: May 16, 2006, 06:40:32 PM »
Quote from: karasan on May 16, 2006, 03:11:55 PM
Boy you're so smart for a.... Geeko...

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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #31 on: May 16, 2006, 06:45:20 PM »
Quote from: Gordon_Gekko on May 16, 2006, 01:53:41 PM
Perhaps Arnold gave Franco the wrong advices prior to the photo shoot. Arnold must have told him that wearing posing trunks backwards was the latest fad to come out of American bodybuilding. He probably told Franco that if he wanted to win the Olympia someday he would have to follow the latest trends out of Venice Beach... He probably told Franco that the Weider "Reverse Posing Trunks Principle" was a great way to psyche out his opponent, and would leave the other guy utterly confused and defeated in the above posedown.

That shit was damned funny!  I'm still fu.kin. laughin!  Bahahahahaha!
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #32 on: May 16, 2006, 10:15:20 PM »
Quote from: Gordon_Gekko on May 16, 2006, 02:54:06 PM
No, actually this one is...

How can I recover from such brutal ownage? The wit, the razor-sharp sarcasm, the masterful use of the English language... I'll never be able to hold my head up again after such a verbal and psychological raping at the hands of this Cunning Linguist... ;D

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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #33 on: May 16, 2006, 10:41:50 PM »
Its funny how you guys are making fun of a guy who blows you away in every aspect of BB and powerlifting and success.    You guys are the ones who thinks they can tell Trump how to invest in New York real estate.
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #34 on: May 17, 2006, 01:46:05 AM »
y is every 1 is dissin franco..columbu was one of the strongest bodybuilders and one of the best built at a height of 5.5 feet..that pic looks cool and franco looks thick
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #35 on: May 17, 2006, 04:49:00 AM »
Quote from: onlyme on May 16, 2006, 10:41:50 PM
Its funny how you guys are making fun of a guy who blows you away in every aspect of BB and powerlifting and success.    You guys are the ones who thinks they can tell Trump how to invest in New York real estate.

Jeez...please lighten up a little. Yes, he had a better build than any of us will ever have, and he's accomplished quite a bit in life. But he appears to have put his trunks on backwards that day (probably unintentionally, but maybe not) and it looks kinda funny.

President Bush is arguably the most powerful man in the world, and he takes his share of ribbing from critics and supporters alike for his bumbling antics.  Do Franco's lofty accomplishments put him on such an almighty pedestal that he is beyond anyone poking a little fun at anything he ever did? For all we know, he may have deliberately put the trunks on backwards as some sort of joke. Then again, maybe the trunks are not on backwards - maybe they just look that way.
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #36 on: May 17, 2006, 05:20:07 AM »
Seriously if Franco ran some more clen, insulin, dbol and maybe some myostatin blockers he'd be a human COW, seriously guy.
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #37 on: May 17, 2006, 05:26:57 AM »
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #38 on: May 17, 2006, 06:56:41 AM »
true or false. Franco was always stronger than Arnold
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #39 on: May 17, 2006, 07:28:57 AM »
Quote from: AVBG on May 16, 2006, 10:52:51 PM
Get over it Keith, its a funny photo.... stop taking those grouchy pills.

  Keith must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed ;D
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #40 on: May 18, 2006, 05:43:14 AM »
Quote from: onlyme on May 16, 2006, 10:41:50 PM
Its funny how you guys are making fun of a guy who blows you away in every aspect of BB and powerlifting and success.    You guys are the ones who thinks they can tell Trump how to invest in New York real estate.

I wouldn't tell Trump how to invest in real estate, but I sure as hell will make fun of his hair.

http://www.thamike.com/faux_newz/412_425/trump.html
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #41 on: May 18, 2006, 12:19:38 PM »
That middle shot of Franco outside is the old World Gym.  That was so much fun to train outside like that.  What memories that gym had.  Shit I was probably right there when that phot was taken.  Franco trained without a shirt allot of times not just to take photos. He would do his bent over rows without a shirt on and his lats were simply beyond huge.  And he gave great massages too. (he was working on getting his Chiropractor license back then and gave massages if you wanted one so he could practice.)
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Re: Good photo of Franco
« Reply #42 on: May 18, 2006, 12:24:25 PM »
I believe Alexxx trains without a shirt too.
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