Old school bodybuilding and strong men physique /thread/

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youtube.com/watch?v=wJp_a53ma70

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This is the natty limit

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Reminds me of this austrian guy...
youtu.be/LrfwaiMsF9Q?t=1m16s
>skip to 1:16

he's a roided freak and his intro is way too fucking loud, why is he so incompetent

i am fine with it

>Scott Herman
>roided freak

Based Roger Estep

What went wrong?

Nothing, bodybuilding just progressed.

Bodybuilding isn't about what you think looks good

Yates stole our humanity from us.

Don't take anything other than confidence advice from victor

Our boy roger estep

>bodybuilding just progressed

They look like shit nowadays

>tfw I have to put a 5lb pl8 on my heel when i squat
>tfw no ankle flexibility

Is this bad?

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Just stretch your angles after the workout, g

Spend just 30 seconds in an ankle stretch position a day, and you'll be flexible enough in time

what ankle stretches do you recommend

Just hang over the edge of a step with your toes and let your heel dip below the level of your toes with a straight leg until you feel a stretch in your calf

so, calf raises?

This one

That's Rippletits

I do this and also another ankle dorsiflexion exercise. Not seeing results after a few months

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back when they used to do real exercises

You should try reading both halves of a post before you reply to it

>used to
>he doesn't do barbell flys on chest day

Yates era was when HGH became widespread, a few years later insulin followed and we got the mass monster era.

so barbell flies are actally legit

the guy who inspired Arnold to lift did barbell flies
rly makes you think

i can live with that

hello satan

i fucking love this pose

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The chest and delts lead me to believe he's not entirely natty, but even working on the assumption that he's as clean as Jeff Cavaliere, I'd be happy with this. Dude looks juicy, defined, and (apart from the balloon pecs), evenly muscular.

bend your knee
if you keep it extended you're flexing your calves more than your ankles

His delts are super natty lmao. Sandow has comparable delts. The only reason his chest is way smaller is because the bench press hadn't been invented.

Newfag OUT OUT OUT

>only four years in and I look like this but with pecs

Am I fucked, lads?

The same thing that went wrong with pedigree dog breeding

You're not far from natty limit. In the next couple years you may eek out 3-4 pounds more muscle, but it wont make a huge difference to you whole "shape".
Welcome to natty lifting.

They took too many steroids and started Gh and Igf-1. When did dog breeders start this??

>This is the natty limit
with a pump and good lighting yeah

Realistically this is the goal body for 99% of people though.

>bullywhippet.jpg

But for real I just mean the tendency towards gradual exaggeration, until what was normal and functional when shit began has morphed into a grotesque monstrosity 50 years later.

What is he squating on?

When did they invent bench press? Seems like the first thing someone would come uo with.

Probably, but keep in mind his routine was shitty.

Just out of curiosity, how tall are you?

This dude trained:
deadlifts
elephant hugging
Overhead midget press
Child curl

>as clean as Jeff Cavaliere
Jeff is on roids, tho

Someone post the Oliver Sachs one where he squats 600lbs or more and breaks some record.

Kys if you think herman is roiding

Meme for anyone not on anabolics.

There's no shame in juicing if that's what you want but you have to be sensible about recovery. 6 days of heavy lifting is impossible for natties, anyone who tells you otherwise has yet to reach so much as a 2pl8 squat.

HGH

The bench press cant be invented but it can be discovered

Mike Mentzer.

Arnold won because one of the judgeds did not like Mentzer personally.

seriously what the fuck am i watching

His "Heavy Duty" training method (which won't do shit for natties) and affiliation w/ Nautilus aside, Mike was amazing.

Why? It's a much less natural movement than most with no real-world analogue. Lifting something over your head? Makes sense. Pulling something from the floor? Makes sense. Pushing something using only your chest and arms while lying on a thin bench so that your elbows can track below what would otherwise be the floor? Not very obvious.

>(which won't do shit for natties)
That's wrong, though.

>Nautilus
He isn't with the company, he's with the machine.

I'd place me bet that he does dabble in gear.

Obviously not high end dosages but enough to maintain his physique, earn him subscribers and ultimately $$$.

He definitely uses test, mast maybe anavar. Possibly cutting agents.

Look at his hairline. Looks like mine. lol. I roid.

catalystathletics.com/photo/1926/Squatting-ankle-stretch/

this is what you are looking for.

woah that actually looks good. So you squat down, and lean over and press on one thigh?

Yes, they're incredible for building the strength to keep them stable

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