One of my favorite golden era guys. Tremendous shape and muscularity.
Beautiful lines.
Frank Zane won the title in a period where bobdy building was at least flirting with sanity.
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[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
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[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Don’t follow bodybuilding as closely as most of y’all, but Robinson looked awesome. I believe he was also a sprinter in college. Zane looked good, but he was kind of wirey and drawn. There’s guys in most commercial gyms today that look as good if not better. That’s not a knock 'cause the guy was in tremendous shape, it’s just today I don’t think he’d even be considered a “bodybuilder”.[/quote]
Frank looked better in his younger days, and off season. I once met him off-season back in '79 and was shocked at how big he actually was. [/quote]
I’m sure he was a big dude. It just seemed like he had that drawn look during contests. Don’t think I’ve ever seen an off-season pic of him.[/quote]
Yes, I should clarify that Frank looked extremely drawn on stage. One or 2 great poses does not make a champ. lol! Also, Frank looked big to me at the time partly because his joints were so small by contrast.[/quote]
Makes sense to me. He might have been 165 lbs on stage at the Olympia.[/quote]
LOL!
If I recall correctly, I believe he was 195.
Compare that to Franco at the same weight at the time he won his first O.
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How tall was Zane, and how tall was Robinson for comparison?
Not sure which contest this pic is from, but Zane definitely seems to have a more “slight” frame compared, like there’s just more muscle that should be there.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Yes, I should clarify that Frank looked extremely drawn on stage. One or 2 great poses does not make a champ. lol! Also, Frank looked big to me at the time partly because his joints were so small by contrast.[/quote]
I did find these videos, supposedly of the '78 Olympia.
Zane’s posing for the first :45 or so.
Robinson’s posing starts around 1:45 here.
More posing, Zane in the very beginning.
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
One of my favorite golden era guys. Tremendous shape and muscularity.
Beautiful lines. [/quote]
Yep. And he’s still keeping up with it.
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How tall was Zane, and how tall was Robinson for comparison?[/quote]
Most sites say they’re 5’9" and 5’7", respectively.
Robinson was an amazing competitor in his time, teriffic poser too 
Wish he could of placed better but ja, politics!!
Celtics is bigger than both Zane and Robby.
Chris very cool videos thanks for posting.
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Celtics is bigger than both Zane and Robby.[/quote]
You forgot to add that it’s after only a year of training too
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[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
Celtics is bigger than both Zane and Robby.[/quote]
You forgot to add that it’s after only a year of training too[/quote]
So, you’re kingbeef…you do look like you take synthol…kidding. Big arms dude.
I think I orefer Nubret.
That chest is rediculous!
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