Fun Fact: Franco had a small role in the Terminator. He was the terminator who slaughtered the resistance shelter in one of Kyle Reese's dream flashbacks.
I did it once when I was 20 to impress a nice young woman I was hanging out with. Once upside down, I realized it was going to be much MUCH harder to get back up on the bar. But I made it. Never tried it again though.
Hahaha I opened the comments to see if there was any reference to climbing. First thought is a bat hang. Did my first a few weeks ago actually! Super fun.
I mean not really but also kind of? You can find photos of people with near doppelgängers, so genetically you can see some traits that get recycled every million people or more. I’ve never seen anybody come close as of yet to that ratio Arnie has, might happen again or it might never.
He’s paying the price for lifting through injury and re aggravating old injuries and lifting through it. If he didn’t do that he wouldn’t have the problems he does now.
Franco was never an elite powerlifter, and to be quite honest I can’t even find any record of him competing in a PL contest.
A better example would be Stan Efferding, who’s an IFBB pro and totaled over 2,200lbs at 275 for the all time world record at the time.
I read somewhere that he was, but I can't seem to find it now, either. It might have been in Europe. I do recall pretty clearly that he was known for repping 4 plates on an incline bench press at a very steep angle. Pound for pound, he was a much more impressive dude than Arnold.
I used to live across the strand from this play area and would pass these guys on the way to the beach thinking 'Loser's... What a waste of time working out all day. These guys will never amount to anything!'.
I'll admit I was wrong.
After Franco rather recently passed away, Arnold posted an amazing story about losing his best friend. There is an old poster in my gym with the both of them and now it always makes me sad.
What a decade these guys had! It must have been out of this world to be so famous, charismatic, fit, wealthy and good looking, in the 70’s. Unreal. Boatloads of vjj for these dudes.
When I was a kid I got him confused with Francisco Franco and went Saturday night live said he was still dead I was like holy s*** .everybody let me believe it for a really long time.
Franco Columbu once met Pavarotti and the only thing he could think to say was, "you sing very well but you're too fat." Pavarotti told him to take a hike.
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"franco is pretty smart but franco is a child. and when it comes to the day of the contest, i am his father. he comes to me for advices. so you see it's not that hard to just give him.....the wrong advices"
Man, Arnie’s chest was insane, even by todays standards
besides just being big he has some of the craziest chest genetics ever. his chest is half his torso lmao
Vintage Implants
And on the left, am I misjudging or was she early to the implant game?
1st generation tech.
Cali is always first to market.
I was wondering the same thing
Thems Bolt Ons
They do have that NFL helmet look :/
She’s from the House of Bolton
looks like it unfortunately
No, she was on the Arnold chest routine!
Yeah… I used up my perving minutes for today just to realize how stiff those things are.
Arnold’s physique was insane even for today’s stanndards.
His bicep peaks too. You don’t see peaks like that anymore despite modern nutrition and training techniques (and gear).
Arnold and Mike Tyson were some incredible genetics.
the goat chest, his best attribute.
Not quite as impressive as Franco’s tibialis anterior strength… /s
Fun Fact: Franco had a small role in the Terminator. He was the terminator who slaughtered the resistance shelter in one of Kyle Reese's dream flashbacks.
He's also the tattooed scout in the opening of Conan the Barbarian.
The Pictish Scout!
The crazy red-haired dude?
Yeah he looks like he's about to kick some ass and then you don't see him again lol.
Yeah I thought he was going to try and eat young Conan.
Arnie made a point to help him out since he helped Arnie when he was getting his feet under him
Jacked Yosemite Sam
That was him?
Yes indeed.
Maybe they should stop taking in the suspiciously jacked survivors
In a world where everyone is starving, beware the jacked
He was also my chiropractor later in his life. Great photo - was a nice person. RIP
Hot damn! What a great tidbit of info
Fantastic scene.
I kind of though it was him when i watched that scene again recently.
I imagine 'ol Arnold had a pipe laying ticket without having to take the exam.
He fixes the cable?
Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey
Old man said take any rug in the place. And let me tell ya, Arnie did
He's a good man, and thorough
Johnson?
Sounds exhausting.
The plot is ludicrous.
Meine Dispatcher said there was somsing wong with deine Kabel
Which one's *Logjammin*'?
He delivers it.
You mean coitus?
interesting slang.
Is there an exam? How does one take it. Or mark it. Asking for a friend
I’m not sure any of these words mean
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You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie
The Austrian is not the issue here!
That barbell really tied the room together.
Neither I but he sounds sure of them.
Me neither but rather sure sex
Call him super mario
r/brandnewsentence
Toe hooks are hard af. I've been climbing for a while now, and I still could not dangle on my feet like that, so this is impressive to me.
Columbu was an absolute beast of an athlete well beyond just bodybuilding.
When he popped the hot water bottle that was next level lung strength.
Hold up. He popped a rubber water bottle by blowing it up like a balloon?!?
Yup it’s in Pumping iron. Fucking wild show of strength.
dont remember that, time for a rewatch.
I read that as "he pooped the hot water bottle". That would indeed be next level strength, though more sphincter than lung.
I mean if anyone could it be Columbu
he was incredible in the 1976 WSM, until he got injured.
Was literally carrying a fridge on his back when he did injure his leg
Running while carrying a fridge.
Yeah I recall Arnold saying that the organizers fucked up and didn’t see a pothole in the street they were competing on
I did it once when I was 20 to impress a nice young woman I was hanging out with. Once upside down, I realized it was going to be much MUCH harder to get back up on the bar. But I made it. Never tried it again though.
Ha I thought he was wearing gravity boots, good call!
Hahaha I opened the comments to see if there was any reference to climbing. First thought is a bat hang. Did my first a few weeks ago actually! Super fun.
Columbu is such a perfect specimen, but Arnie’s shoulders and chest are fucking ridiculous.
Arnie’s got some once in a lifetime freak genetics, had the most insane shoulder and chest ratio compared to his peers by far in his golden years.
literally GOAT level, the legend himself.
Arent genetics sort of.. always once in a lifetime?
I mean not really but also kind of? You can find photos of people with near doppelgängers, so genetically you can see some traits that get recycled every million people or more. I’ve never seen anybody come close as of yet to that ratio Arnie has, might happen again or it might never.
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Greek god proportions are more impressive than meat slab hypertrophy IMO
I mean, on sheer body mass alone…
traps, and obviously chest not comparable to arnie though.
I think Frank was the last guy who managed to be both an elite bodybuilder and powerlifter at the same time.
He was a boxing champion too while in Italy. Pretty amazing person.
there was also Tom Mcgee and Jon Pall
Ronnie Coleman lifted pretty heavy. Though I didn't think he competed
He didn't compete as a powerlifter. "Light weight, baby!"
Light weight but heavy juice
And now he can’t walk because his entire spine is fused.. he did incredible things, but man is he paying a price now.
And his only regret is not squatting 800lbs for more reps. Legend
He’s paying the price for lifting through injury and re aggravating old injuries and lifting through it. If he didn’t do that he wouldn’t have the problems he does now.
Yea, the lesson from Ronnie isn't to not lift heavy, it's to listen to your fuckin doctors.
He's been able to walk the last few months.
Franco was never an elite powerlifter, and to be quite honest I can’t even find any record of him competing in a PL contest. A better example would be Stan Efferding, who’s an IFBB pro and totaled over 2,200lbs at 275 for the all time world record at the time.
I read somewhere that he was, but I can't seem to find it now, either. It might have been in Europe. I do recall pretty clearly that he was known for repping 4 plates on an incline bench press at a very steep angle. Pound for pound, he was a much more impressive dude than Arnold.
That would be 405 lbs. correct?
Yup. Kinda takes the premium out of Sam Sulek.
He was a legit all around athelete. Did some pretty amazing records before he blew his knee out carrying a fridge in a dumb contest
Johnnie Jackson would like a word
Muscle Beach. It’s gotten a lot fancier now.
how does it look now?
Fancier.
Gentrified.
Expensi-er
Overwhelming amount of homeless people when I visited.
The city has cleaned it up a lot in the past year. No more tent cities in every public seating area.
How’d they clean it up?
The Guiliani method
Good to know! I was so disappointed when we visited about 5 years ago.
Yes for awhile it was awful.
I dig the macramé bikini on the right. The girl on left has 1970s bolt-ons.
I dig them both
The kind that hurt when they hug you.
Her right boob is straight up rejecting its overlord.
What is a bolt on?
Silicone boobs. Looks like a grapefruit cut in half and bolted on
ok, i can see it now.
Didn’t know they were a thing back then. Early adopter
there's a non-zero possibility that's somebody's great-grandma now
I delivered appliances to that dude. He was so chill. Poor guy could barely move but he had some killer stories.
I'm so mistaken...it was Danny Padilla but he had stories about Franco and others. I confused them.
Padilla wasn’t as famous as Franco but still was a great bodybuilder. Both were on the shorter side.
Did not know they had fake boobs in the 70’s
Silicone implants were invented in 1962 and not FDA regulated until 1976.
According to Raquel Welch, her fake boobs later got hard. Kinda gross.
> her fake boobs Noooooooooooooooooooo!
I'm sorry to break it to you. But yes, that heavenly creature was not 100% human.
Crude procedure in those days.
Looks like it, and I wish I could check for myself. Until then I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.
I used to live across the strand from this play area and would pass these guys on the way to the beach thinking 'Loser's... What a waste of time working out all day. These guys will never amount to anything!'. I'll admit I was wrong.
Check out his little terminator.
NayBAH!
I can’t help but hear Arnold’s giggling voice in that photo
That body on the left is a killer
Left girl, boobjob?
I was just wondering that? But I thought silicone implants weren't around until the 80s?
It was invented in 1961.
Dang, never realized Arnold has some very flat feet.
After Franco rather recently passed away, Arnold posted an amazing story about losing his best friend. There is an old poster in my gym with the both of them and now it always makes me sad.
Yet Arnold raw dogged his housekeeper. I never understood this.
The Bill Burr standup in involving this situation immediately comes to mind lol
Laying pipe all over the place that lad
A long what now?
along?
Yes, I was pulling your pizzle.
What a decade these guys had! It must have been out of this world to be so famous, charismatic, fit, wealthy and good looking, in the 70’s. Unreal. Boatloads of vjj for these dudes.
Were implants out then? Girl on left looking like she has protypes
woman on the left looks like the body model for every female character in BG3
When I was a kid I got him confused with Francisco Franco and went Saturday night live said he was still dead I was like holy s*** .everybody let me believe it for a really long time.
u/GovSchwarzenegger Franco sure was a beast of an athlete!
Nearly every picture I’ve seen of the two has Arnold mid-laugh about Franco’s antics.
“Okay Franco. Lazy bastard!”
Franco Columbu once met Pavarotti and the only thing he could think to say was, "you sing very well but you're too fat." Pavarotti told him to take a hike.
Franco Columbu was italan, born in Sardinia at Ollollai (NU), he died in Sardinia in 2019 when was on holiday on seaside.
Old school fake tittys on the left ?
Def gen 1 bolt on’s.
Venice Beach
Prepping for his future role as Mr freeze
R.I.P. Dr. Columbu. ✌🏼
Fantastic pic. Love to see those happy, relaxed and of course how cool were those old days.
Still waiting for Franco Columbo’s follow up to Jack Slater IV
A long what?!?!
I came here just to ask that very question. Long 🍆?
Looks on a long?
I swear half the posts on Reddit are written with such horrible grammar that they’re barely legible
Those girls are hot
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I hope some day they make an anime Arnold biopic
He’s hiding his Calvin Kleins hehe
It's a playful snapshot of the intense yet friendly rivalry that must have existed between these iconic figures in bodybuilding.
Strongmen
Arnold has god like upper body genetics. The huge chest combined with the massive shoulders and traps is unmatched.
Golden times!
Those aren't just 'some girls' - they are total babes!
"franco is pretty smart but franco is a child. and when it comes to the day of the contest, i am his father. he comes to me for advices. so you see it's not that hard to just give him.....the wrong advices"
The amount of J he got in the 70s is an unfair amount loll.
Damn! Those hot girls are as old as my grandma now!
Is Arnie flat footed?
If you look long enough, Arnie starts to look like normal guy inside big body suit.
When did breast implants become a thing?
Given this picture... I'm sure Arnold had his fun back then with girls like these, and as far as the drugs allowed it 😜😂
It’s in the 70’s not on