Young Arnold demonstrating basic lifts
Fully bulked up Arnold, extremely impressive
Arnold wins Mr Germany at 20 years of age
The year before at 19
fuck yeah mr p. nice work. love old pics of bb when they were young. especially arnie.
[quote]RobRaynerBB wrote:
fuck yeah mr p. nice work. love old pics of bb when they were young. especially arnie.[/quote]
I agree. Something about Arnold… I guess it has to do with my early teen years and how much he inspired me back then.
[quote]StompingHorse wrote:
Muritala David Idowu, I THINK, not 100% sure, in 2008.[/quote]
The size of this guy’s legs are incredible. I wish I could train mine more often. I want legs like that.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]StompingHorse wrote:
Muritala David Idowu, I THINK, not 100% sure, in 2008.[/quote]
The size of this guy’s legs are incredible. I wish I could train mine more often. I want legs like that.[/quote]
Why can’t you train 'em more often? Is it a recovery issue, or a pending injury?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]StompingHorse wrote:
Muritala David Idowu, I THINK, not 100% sure, in 2008.[/quote]
The size of this guy’s legs are incredible. I wish I could train mine more often. I want legs like that.[/quote]
According to his official website, here’s his stats :
Name: Muritala David Idowu
Alias: Super Ted
Residence: Houthalen, Belgium
Born: Ajilete, Nigeria
Height: 5’5’ (165.1 cm)
Arms: 21’ (53.1 cm)
Forearms: 15 3/4’ (39.9 cm)
Chest: 51 1/4’ (130.0 cm)
Waist: 33’ (84.1 cm)
Thighs: 28 1/4’ (71.9 cm)
Calves: 17 1/4’ (43.9 cm)
Contest Weight: 210 lbs (95.3 kg)
Off SeasonWeight: 221 lbs (100.2 kg, 12% BF)
Even at 5’5 I would have guess his weight higher when looking at his off-season pictures.
Here’s a contest picture to compare.
OK, he’s 5’5". That makes sense seeing as his legs are only 28". At 5’10", they would be more like 32" to look the same. I think mine are about 30 but they aren’t cut like that.
Dwarf, I am disabled vet status because of my knees. They hurt like hell any time I train legs so I usually have to wait a week or more before training them again. They got even worse after the car wreck and I just trained legs again heavy this week for the first time since October.
Surprisingly, I don’t think they dropped size at all. For my legs to look like his, I would probably need to get them past 33" and then diet back down. That is a lot of mass for 5’5".
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Damn! He looks WAY better off-season.[/quote]
He doesn’t even look like the same person. That’s insane how big he looks off season.[/quote]
Keith Williams put on a lot of size in the last 2-3 years so comparing those two photos is a little off. He has never been that filled out before and that lean…but they keep giving first to someone else. He came in second again this year losing to Burnieka.
Those legs are insane. There are no bodybuilders even from the late 90’s with legs like that.
Bump because this thread is great.
The pic of Ronnie on page 34 makes me lol. Holy damn.
Also where do you guys get these pics? Any pics of any natty pros in the off season floating around?
[quote]The3Commandments wrote:
The pic of Ronnie on page 34 makes me lol. Holy damn.[/quote]
they look massive on stage but when they blow up off stage i think its even more impressive.
[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
Also where do you guys get these pics? Any pics of any natty pros in the off season floating around?[/quote]
It is harder to find pics of these guys when truly not worried about competing in off season now than it was years back. The field is changing with more constant opportunities. Many of these guys will train in full sweats when really packing on the most weight and don’t pose for a lot of pictures during those times. Some of us who have trained in the same gyms as some of them have seen them in all sorts of condition…so this isn’t a shock. The attitude lately seems to be “pics or it didn’t happen”…when most bodybuilders won’t be posing for pics if they are in a condition not show-worthy.
A bulked up Reg Park
