sausmann9 Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 13 hours ago, Fred said: Looks like Andre the Giant but I don't really think it is him. yes sir there is a resemblance for sure! good call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sausmann9 Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 11 hours ago, Omaha Vol said: Mr. Wonderful and Superfly!! when these two were in their prime, there weren't many bodybuilders tighter than these two dudes. great athletes and entertainers as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChimpGrip Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 You guys should read about Mills Darden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omaha Vol Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, sausmann9 said: when these two were in their prime, there weren't many bodybuilders tighter than these two dudes. great athletes and entertainers as well. Rick Rude was jacked as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sausmann9 Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 30 minutes ago, ChimpGrip said: You guys should read about Mills Darden OMG!!! Damn, now that is a GIANT of a human!!! His height is very impressive at 7'7" but WTF his weight was estimated at around 1200 pounds, DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChimpGrip Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 minute ago, sausmann9 said: OMG!!! Damn, now that is a GIANT of a human!!! His height is very impressive at 7'7" but WTF his weight was estimated at around 1200 pounds, DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also could work on a farm several hours a day being that big. Some say he was even taller and heavier than that. Often worked on a farm and in a barn late a night, and people who came across him were terrified. Imagine how strong he was being able to carry so much weight and being able to work all day like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 8 hours ago, HawgGoneIt said: Cleve was an old friend. Grew up around him. Went to school with his daughter and watched his granddaughters come up as well. He was never well off and was so big that he had to take the seat out of his ford pinto so he could drive around in it. I think he may have sat on a block in there. Remember him bringing Lee Ann to the football games in that car when we were in our early teens.. He and his brother owned a mobile home moving company and sales lot later in life in Pavo. He was initially slated to be the final opponent in Over the Top but it was deemed too unrealistic for Stallone to be able to beat the 6-7, 400+ pound Cleve in arm wrestling. https://www.strengthfighter.com/2013/03/cleve-dean.html?m=1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, sausmann9 said: OMG!!! Damn, now that is a GIANT of a human!!! His height is very impressive at 7'7" but WTF his weight was estimated at around 1200 pounds, DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😮 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasball Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 One of my favorites was Lou Ferigno. 1. was good football player. 2. was 6'5" tall in body building that can be disadvantage- Yet he won some big championships. 3. He was damn strong - in 1977 he finished 4th in the World Strong Man Competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasball Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 20 hours ago, Ga96 said: Yup but no one mentioned him that I could see. Mr. Light weight Ronnie Coleman was true strong man too. I actually know him and have helped design custom strength products for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasball Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 Do any of you remember Bob Young - dude was from Brownwood TX. Big time football player that had proven world class strength Bob played 16 seasons in the NFL, mostly with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 1978 and 1979 and was a first-team All-Pro selection in 1979. He also finished second in the inaugural World’s Strongest Man contest in 1977. He and his brother Doug Young were two of the strongest. You won 2 or 3 world powerlifting championships. The both played on some really good Brownwood Lion Football teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cossacks Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 9 hours ago, HawgGoneIt said: Cleve was an old friend. Grew up around him. Went to school with his daughter and watched his granddaughters come up as well. He was never well off and was so big that he had to take the seat out of his ford pinto so he could drive around in it. I think he may have sat on a block in there. Remember him bringing Lee Ann to the football games in that car when we were in our early teens.. He and his brother owned a mobile home moving company and sales lot later in life in Pavo. Not an arm wrestling fan by any means, but my friend’s dad was into that shit. They used to hold the World Wristwrestling Championship in out city every year so I remember Cleve Dean very well. Watched him win the title in like 78’ and 79’ when I went? Huge human. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooverOutlaw Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 21 hours ago, sausmann9 said: Paul Ornodorf and Jimmy Snuka Ornodorf was a legit bad ass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChimpGrip Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 32 minutes ago, Cossacks said: Not an arm wrestling fan by any means, but my friend’s dad was into that shit. They used to hold the World Wristwrestling Championship in out city every year so I remember Cleve Dean very well. Watched him win the title in like 78’ and 79’ when I went? Huge human. Would have loved to see Cleve Dean arm wrestle a modern day Devon Larratt or Denis Cyplenkov. Cyplenkov might have the strongest arms of all time. Him or Magnus Samuelsson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
181pl Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 KAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawgGoneIt Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Wooderson said: He was initially slated to be the final opponent in Over the Top but it was deemed too unrealistic for Stallone to be able to beat the 6-7, 400+ pound Cleve in arm wrestling. https://www.strengthfighter.com/2013/03/cleve-dean.html?m=1 I knew about that. They gave him a cameo in there instead. His hand was nearly as big as Stallone's entire head. No way they could have made it look realistic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sausmann9 Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Wooderson said: 😮 Damn, he probably mistaken her for a french frie or tater tot and ate her up w/ a bit ketchup. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted May 19, 2023 Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 Phoenix native Superstar Billy Graham died yesterday at 79. Viewed as the prototype for guys like Hogan in WWE (back in his peak days it was WWWF) but was also a one-time World's Strongest Man competitor and shows up in a bunch of pics in Arnold's Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding. He was a shot and disc guy at Phoenix North High just after Dallas Long set the national prep shot put record there, and I think was a classmate with Wayne Newton of all people. Left a rather complicated legacy in wrestling and was really lucky to make it to 79 (I first learned about him when he was seeking a kidney some 20+ years ago - former ASU/NFL linebacker Ron Pritchard was set to donate but couldn't when it was discovered Pritchard had a cancerous tumor; Graham also had a liver transplant at some point). Dude was jacked and could cut a promo: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM IRONMAN Posted May 19, 2023 Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 @HawgGoneIt hands down! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawgGoneIt Posted May 19, 2023 Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 5/19/2023 at 9:17 AM, I AM IRONMAN said: @HawgGoneIt hands down! Im more becoming a hybrid athlete these days. I've kinda been meeting all my goals so its created the situation where I have to keep making new goals. I don't really want to get a lot bigger at this point. I weigh 194 at 10% body fat. I kind of want to be around 10 lbs heavier, but really I am good where I am. Too much more mass I'll be unable to run distance or do the savage and spartan races that I discovered I like. Thanks though! I've put a ton of work and money into all of this. 🤙 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 8:36 PM, Wooderson said: Phoenix native Superstar Billy Graham died yesterday at 79. Viewed as the prototype for guys like Hogan in WWE (back in his peak days it was WWWF) but was also a one-time World's Strongest Man competitor and shows up in a bunch of pics in Arnold's Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding. He was a shot and disc guy at Phoenix North High just after Dallas Long set the national prep shot put record there, and I think was a classmate with Wayne Newton of all people. Left a rather complicated legacy in wrestling and was really lucky to make it to 79 (I first learned about him when he was seeking a kidney some 20+ years ago - former ASU/NFL linebacker Ron Pritchard was set to donate but couldn't when it was discovered Pritchard had a cancerous tumor; Graham also had a liver transplant at some point). Dude was jacked and could cut a promo: Big player back in the day. I remember Superstar Billy Graham well. As shown, huge biceps. Bodybuilder size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 On 7/26/2020 at 3:40 PM, imaGoodBoyNow said: FTW Agreed, it’s all Arnold based simply on physique and proportion… he’s imo the Babe Ruth of bodybuilding and he was quite strong also. But if the the thread was focused on strength only, Arnold is not a proper choice, even with Dianabol and other performance enhancing roids. An American powerlifting choice could be Ed Coan pound for pound, but as far as the big fellas, “Kaz” and Mark Henry are as good as it gets. Zavickas (not American) in his prime (and he had a long career) is as good as it gets with a big strongman and brute power. Athleticism and brute strength, Polish strongman Pudzianowski had a great run in the world strongman competitions and also had a bodybuilder type frame. He kept Savickas from winning a few more WSM events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norcalnut Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 5:14 AM, HooverOutlaw said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChimpGrip Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 6 hours ago, golfaddict1 said: Agreed, it’s all Arnold based simply on physique and proportion… he’s imo the Babe Ruth of bodybuilding and he was quite strong also. But if the the thread was focused on strength only, Arnold is not a proper choice, even with Dianabol and other performance enhancing roids. An American powerlifting choice could be Ed Coan pound for pound, but as far as the big fellas, “Kaz” and Mark Henry are as good as it gets. Zavickas (not American) in his prime (and he had a long career) is as good as it gets with a big strongman and brute power. Athleticism and brute strength, Polish strongman Pudzianowski had a great run in the world strongman competitions and also had a bodybuilder type frame. He kept Savickas from winning a few more WSM events. Remember all those guys! Kaz was crazy. My favorites are Magnus Samuelsson, Phil Pfister and Brian Shaw (met him twice). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChimpGrip Posted May 21, 2023 Report Share Posted May 21, 2023 6 hours ago, golfaddict1 said: Agreed, it’s all Arnold based simply on physique and proportion… he’s imo the Babe Ruth of bodybuilding and he was quite strong also. But if the the thread was focused on strength only, Arnold is not a proper choice, even with Dianabol and other performance enhancing roids. An American powerlifting choice could be Ed Coan pound for pound, but as far as the big fellas, “Kaz” and Mark Henry are as good as it gets. Zavickas (not American) in his prime (and he had a long career) is as good as it gets with a big strongman and brute power. Athleticism and brute strength, Polish strongman Pudzianowski had a great run in the world strongman competitions and also had a bodybuilder type frame. He kept Savickas from winning a few more WSM events. Savickas overhead press power was unmatched. Pudzianowski was a freak athlete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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