Famous Bodybuilders Then and Now 

A guy who I worked alongside knew Tom Platz personally Tom in the day lived in Otley or Ilkley, wished I could have met the man.

We see how FAKE these STEROID users REALLY are when they finally can't take their STEROIDS because they got ARRESTED/in PRISON or the doctors tell them to come off because of health PROBLEMS...there goes those FAKE STEROID muscles they been HIDING behind! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

I met him around the same time period at my first bodybuilding competition. He was a great guy! It would be cool to meet him again.

i met and have a photo with him and he signed my schiek belt that i have for sale..

It seems he loves working with people and helping them , what a good bloke !

Exactly. I always admired Frank Zane the most. A truly natural physique that, as we saw, can last a lifetime.

Still the only ectomorph body type to win the Olympia title if l'm not mistaken.

@@straywolf77 natural?

@@joshuadoidge237 One of the few of his era that definitely did not take steroids, period. His physique, writings and stance against drugs back then is history. If he had done steroids he would have been far, far bigger. You don't know what you're talking about.

100%agree if a guy rocked up at the beach like that today it would still seriously turn heads

*Tom Platz! Only one that looks the same plus he's still alive unlike many!*

Lou is one of the nicest people I have ever met.

You can always tell bodybuilders who compete virtually clean as the look the same at 50 and 70 as the did in their heyday! Like Zane, Reg Park and Surge Nubret who actually looked better at 70, than at his so called peak!!

Zane looks identical At 50 at 70, and so did Chris Dickerson. Ed Corney, and Dennis Tinnererino, Bill Grant, and recently Kevin Levrone at 55!!

Boxers cut weight the same to make weight but keep strength at w/e weight they’re cutting from, but rehydrate right after weigh in for the fight

Bruh

Haha lol

Aging is definitely a bitch

Once you abuse anabolic steroids your testicles lose their natural function and cannot produce androgen anymore.

That's great but I feel like it discouraged alot of kids at the same time myself included, I feel bad for any Natural lifters that look to these Clowns for Health of Fitness advice.

It's a shit ton of work regardless of outside help. The hormones just accelerate the progress...or make more progress possible. But they should've been honest about the chemicals from the get.

​@@user-zn1bm7ll1xsounds like ur prolly pretty small and mad huh?

Even with the help of steroids 99.9% of ppl don’t have the genetics work ethic and discipline to even get close to the physiques these guys achieved. Putting on that much muscle while achieving that low body fat % is impossible without the aid of gear.

He probably had to give up steroid use then or he would die. I think he used low dose all the time. Smarter than the rest.

The perfect mix between force and agility..he could be a runner, a boxer or a model...with the same elegance! Icon of proportions!

@Swiss Samson Look at Hershey Walker the former football player. I saw some photos of him working out when he was in the gym trying to learn mix martial arts. He wanted to try and compete when he was in his early 50s. He was still ripped.

Remember that all those steroids over the years would have shut down his natural production, so he's in a substantial testosterone deficit at this point compared to what he would be if he was always natural. They also would have done a lot to his heart and organs that may be weaker now and it's hard to get an anabolic reaction. So I think that even at 80 a man can still be strong, active, mobile and even a little aesthetic and then in the next few years reach their final resting place with full dignity. Noone lives forever I'm afraid.

Frank Zane FAKE STEROID muscles just like the rest of them! Stay natural buddy!

I have RFA (Ring Fit Adventure) and i always do yoga.

Actually a good comment ...yoga is cool

True. But I bet they wouldn’t take any of it back for anything the world.

I have a most pre school sports event wins

#mychoice buddy ✌️

For real 🤣🤣

Me too, it was weird lol

lol

perfect has no meaning as it's subjective

Lol

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Little princess spotted

We’re not meant to look like twigs either.

We aren't meant to look like a toothpick or like a cow

The more the beef the more the better

In all my years nothing has proven to be more correct than that quote from Ronnie

aint nothing to it...but to do it....lightweight... nothin' but a peanut

Yeah, was a teen just starting out in this in the 80s. Does everything ache with you now? lol.

Be sure to follow Ronnie's advice if you want to end-up with expensive injuries. The advice of doctors is far better.

We see how FAKE these STEROID users REALLY are when they finally can't take their STEROIDS because they got ARRESTED/in PRISON or the doctors tell them to come off because of health PROBLEMS...there goes those FAKE STEROID muscles they been HIDING behind! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

@nooberto13 we almost look the same

@@pica2352 :0 lololol 2 yellow dudes with a non-emotion face

They mostly are right! Dam, I have no excuses

Mind if I join the gang ?

wtf two nooberto or pica idk

Time under tension, slow & control

This is pure gold. Young guys in the gym want to incline 300 for sets. Not the way to go for longevity.

And pretty much all bodybuilders still do to this day. This video makes it sound like bodybuilders are all natural like?? No

@@TheBenjaman - As natty as a Kardashian.

You do Too ❤️❤️❤️

@@jimmysapien9961 Somebody’s thirsty😛

@@cooper482011 🤣🤣

So true

Small.

@@dr.ohhimark174 aesthetic.

@@noel478 Small.

Way too small.

Heheh

I just hope you haven’t given up on exercise

None of these men and woman did I ever even know but I just know that my inspiration to exercise was to achieve my life goals 😊

I'm willing to bet that you still look better than most.

Frank Zane had the help of anabolic remember that when comparing your physique to those guys .

Did you ever hang off of his biceps like a swing? If so did he say "daddy got a big muscle?"

Cool story except Mike Katz never competed versus Arnold

I Agree

The ROIDER'S plan book: 1. HIDE the STEROID use. Don't ever bring up STEROIDS. LIE & DENY their use when asked. If that doesn't work, go to plan 2. 2. DOWNPLAY STEROIDS. Tell people STEROIDS doesn't do anything. If that doesn't work, go to plan 3. 3. COMPARE STEROIDS to other UNHEALTHY things ie. ALCOHOL, CIGARETTES, ETC... "Try" and JUSTIFY using them. If that doesn't work, go to plan 4. 4. Call them names & CURSE at them. Even if you admit to using STEROIDS, you still have FAKE muscles and FAKE strength! Stay natural buddy!

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We see how FAKE these STEROID users REALLY are when they finally can't take their STEROIDS because they got ARRESTED/in PRISON or the doctors tell them to come off because of health PROBLEMS...there goes those FAKE STEROID muscles they been HIDING behind! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

To roids

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Steroid users are like little kids wearing a costume and wanting you to believe it's really them! If you don't go along with it, they throw a tantrum! Stay natural buddy!

Lou inspired me too. I had a near life-size Hulk poster of him on my bedroom wall as a kid. It was a shame he was at the top at the same time as Arnie because obviously that was the only reason he won so few tournaments.

Clint Walker, looked far better than any of these without steroids

"Doctor" Frank Zane? What planet do you live on? Zane's no doctor, not even in the academic sense. A master's degree does no bestow the title of Doctor on anyone.

@@spec24 Strictly speaking you don't need a degree to be considered a doctor. I figure in terms of body building, Dr Zane qualifies

@@roarbertbearatheon8565 Strictly speaking, you do need a Ph.D in order to be legally called a doctor. Are you just joking around?

@@kat3871 This is a matter of English not law. You are mistaken

Those two plus Lee Labrada were the best aesthetically Imo

Steroid users are like little kids wearing a costume and wanting you to believe it's really them! If you don't go along with it, they throw a tantrum! Stay natural buddy!

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Hes got the old school stoicness thats been lost.

We are RUINING the ROIDER'S & STEROID DEFENDER'S FANTASY! Let's continue to EXPOSE them! They want to walk around with their FAKE STEROID muscles acting like they "worked harder" than everyone else! I don't get all excited over these STEROID FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

Big time Holocaust denier tho.

Take away the STEROIDS and watch as the FAKE STEROID muscles WITHER away! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

Pharmacy’s, if a worker is lazy or your friend he can sell you those steroids without a doctors note, almost all peds are just an overdose of a medicine

In the 80s it was legal. So you could get them from a doctor. But most came from Europe at that time. Now we have underground labs making it. Which is basically people buying raw powders from Chinese wholesalers and cooking+mixing +filtering + bottling yourself in Ur house.

@@HumanGorillaHormone They were legal in the '80s but it was difficult to get a script from your doc. You had to have a medical reason.

Arnold was always listed at 6 ft 2... He is NOT... Arnold is just under 6 ft tall.

@@charlesvella9597 Now he is...but we shrink in height as we age and get older. Back in his competition days, he was 6'2

@@ToolNin49ersGuy Young Arnold was 6 foot 2 he's around 6'0 to 6'1 now

You know it! MY favorite Mrs olympia of all time! WOULD have been neat had she retired with Haney and 8 Mrs olympia!

Zane was the ideal of what the Olympia was created for. Absolute perfect symmetry. And lord, he could pull the most insane vacuum ever.

The ROIDER'S plan book: 1. HIDE the STEROID use. Don't ever bring up STEROIDS. LIE & DENY their use when asked. If that doesn't work, go to plan 2. 2. DOWNPLAY STEROIDS. Tell people STEROIDS doesn't do anything. If that doesn't work, go to plan 3. 3. COMPARE STEROIDS to other UNHEALTHY things ie. ALCOHOL, CIGARETTES, ETC... "Try" and JUSTIFY using them. If that doesn't work, go to plan 4. 4. Call them names & CURSE at them. Even if you admit to using STEROIDS, you still have FAKE muscles and FAKE strength! Stay natural buddy!

Don't forget Steve Davis...and Steve reeves...and Vince gironda

Good call on Benfatto, his name doesn't come up often anymore but he's up there with the best along with Paris and Darrem Charles

@@kiplindsay1250..you are right on..like the famous statute of Michelangelos David!

No chance

lmao crushed arm go brrrrrrrrr

1 second later: What arm wrestling contest?

No. Way. Jose 😎

Arm Wrestling has nothing to do with size. All Technique and tendon/ligament strength

at 10 it doesnt give you anything to work out, let your muscles grow in puberty first

Schwarzenegger turned out to be a lowlife, POS, anti America rights, who cut a murders prison sentence in half on his last in office as Governor. I no longer have ANY respect for this TRAITOR of character, Schwarzenegger.

@@factmanamerican882 thats your opinion tho. we can all have opinions

@@uwu4695 It's not MY OPINION, it's a FACT. Look up the Santos Nunez murder case and it's all there.

@@factmanamerican882 oh shut up. Dont bring politics into this. :/

@@Snowboi1963 It's not about poultices, it's about doing what's right. All you did was embarrass yourself and expose your own poor character.

Zane also used a lot of steroids. There are many videos of him talking about PEDs

@@richardklausoj3561 At least he was more careful with his body, maintaining nice proportions. The others just want to look like swollen toads, all deformed and unnatural, like if the sheer bulk was the goal, no matter how disproportionately unpleasant they look.

Same here. I used to lift super heavy , I'm paying for it now. Just being fit is good enough these days.

Yeah, hitting the 50's is an eye-opener lol High reps now and slow movements. I'm content with bench pressing 225 lbs for 15 reps

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Hey Marx

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@@ajaysuresh1240 I am woring on a masters olympia video at the moment

RIP Franco. Incredible physique. He was the strongest man who has ever lived. Passed away at the ripe old age of 78.

Agreed.

There's nothing healthy about bodybuilding. There never was. No sport at the extreme top level will be good for you.

Yes, many people may have forgotten about Bob Paris--like frank Zane had a classic physique...

Paris looked fantastic - probably the most aesthetic physique - but there was a *lot* of prejudice against gay folk.

I was a fan of Bob Paris back in the 80s and loved his physique. It seemed to me the best combination of size and symmetry. Rory Leidelmeyer was also impressive (and still is in his 60s).

@Ran Man - he didn't just quit like that. It was more of the issue with the Weider bros/corporation. There was plenty of info back then about him. At that time I did like him too, a good bodybuilder with a very good physique (great in fact). But I also remember articles from back then (1990s+) - that were talking about Weider(s) not liking him - just because he was a gay. Hence after tha time, he sort of disapeared after that. But personally I don't think that was just his decission. More of like was was being silently "forced" out: not being able to signing some new contracts with Weider(s), less appearance in various magazines (mareketing), less opportunities...

Hi Tomm looking at young er mags still with you ,inspirataitaion deadlift 80 kg simple ex love it guy dude

Which is why they suffer later on in life. All that unnatural muscle puts a strain on the body and its organs and accelerates the aging process.

I want Frank Zane physique, however I want a little wider chest than he had. I feel like if he had a wider chest. His physique would have been perfect.

@@Guitar4516 yeah I feel you. I'm 5'11" and 200 rn. I feel like 210-215 solid would be my ideal weight. Not small but not too massive. But cock diesel strong haha

Steroid users are like little kids wearing a costume and wanting you to believe it's really them! If you don't go along with it, they throw a tantrum! Stay natural buddy!

He probably won't be on this list but what about the wcw wrestler Scott steiner

Those few I know who still lift in their old age don't have health issues because of it.

Yes, he allways says that he and all others uses steroids, but that 60/early 70s stuff was like vitaminpills to that chemistry the stupid Hulks use today...

@@drhkleinert8241 Oh, I understand that. The synthetic hormones they use today create inhumane creatures, not "body builders." It affects their mental faculties, they become viciously addicted and lose a lot of their judgement. I see pictures some of these guys and it's repulsive and scary what they do to themselves and think it's in anyway positive. They become so inflated, they can't hardly move around and can't reach to wipe themselves, they're so distorted. You couldn't pay me enough to do that to myself. Sad. The stuff in the 70s (I new a guy who used to play for the Jets, he was strangely muscled and lost his hair early, wore a bad toupé, behavior so erratic and self-centered they tossed him off the team) was bad enough, if you didn't take regular breaks from it. Did strange stuff to you.

@@MtnBadger The sport itself has a lot of issues with it, the 'freaks' win, you want to compete, you basically have to do dangerous shit and it's getting more and more out of hand.

@@esmee6308 Oh, I agree. When I was in my day, years gone by, I stood 6' 4.5"/240lbs and was in top shape. Today, I'd look like a toothpick next to those idiots... And that's a problem. There are no more "heros" for which young men to aspire, just mutated bullies. The cover of muscle magazine used to show what you could do with dedication and training, now it's an homage to modern "chemistry" (to use the word loosely) and mad scientists. If I saw my kid getting interested in that, I'd rip it out of his hands and take him to the first rugby test (match) I could find. They're the "real athletes" with heart and determination and the best overall athletes you can find (think football, soccer and wrestling, all in the same game). I played national league for 5 years and they're the best, well centered bunch of loonatics your ever gonna meet and they don't all die of rot by the time they're 55. Anyway ,I guess they're going to have to take a stand in the sport and ban chemical use in pro and armature levels with strict penalties, like baseball and other sports and have a full reset. There'll be a lot of pissed off people and the sport will suffer for a bit but, that's better than the slow, painful death it's enduring right now. It used to be about getting fit and being the best you could be, once upon a time. *R.I.P.* ..." MR. America."

​@@MtnBadger It seeps through in any media, recently a friend sent me a picture of the instagram dreambod (lean, very muscular, perfect lighting) and went on with how a bit of work (30-1h playing with a dumbbell at home, few times week) he could get that physique and should just stop being lazy. I'm not one the shatter dreams since he might fall in love with the positives of bodybuilding but, had I bet my life the guy wasn't natural, if he was, excellent genetics and worth-ethic for many years. But how do I convince someone when the average holywood transformation and Olympia stage look like it's possible and 'not that impressive'. For me weightlifting is about all my disabled body can handle in terms of sports and it has positive effects on me (I'm out, active, around people, eat well, sleep well, avoid bad habits.) But if my body wasn't already a wreck, who knows how enticing something would be, it's hard to think consequences if you never had to deal with them and if you're just that few % away from being the best in your region... Again a thing I'd never have to worry about, I'm lucky I can walk. :'')

Great reply and 100% correct. You could give unlimited funds for training, diet and everything and make it the average Joe's full time job and they might make it decent... But they won't ever win a top title or probably be a top pro. It's genetics and dedication and discipline. It goes beyond all the generic responses the lazy use. Great post 💪

Genetic elite = steroids.

@@irissoya4427 really... Name a random dude and feed him an infinite amount of roids and he'll never look like this. #Ignorance

@@irissoya4427 but... Keep commenting with your two year account and two subs. You're doing amazing with your very valuable feedback... Wrong or not...

Agree with you my father has big forearm and I have them to and I have never been to the gym. I had a friend that had a great chests that was genetics from his father. We would joke that if we had half of each other’s genes we would both have the perfect upper body.