Bodybuilder Frank Zane (1 Viewer)

[sanman]

Frank Zane was a math teacher who became a bodybuilder -- both very impressive feats -- and the fact that he could do both was even more impressive.

Zane even bested Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Mr Olympia competition.



I think Hollywood definitely missed out by not tapping this guy to make him their star.

 

[Mr Person]

Bodybuilding has always seemed weird to me. It's not about what a person can do. It's a beauty pageant; how they look. I suspect that even if I did enjoy looking at oiled men in speedos (hey, it's cool if it's your thing), I probably would want them to look like a human being and not a Marvel superhero.

I've always been impressed by tremendous acts of willpower. And a feat of great strength is such a thing. So if I'm going to pay attention to anything strength-related, it's (1) sources of information on how to keep myself looking like an athlete half my age and putting in the work/diet required, (2) occasionally glancing at WSM stuff ("World's Strongest Man" competitions), and (3) armwrestling (particularly Devon Larratt).

So when the subject is strength or apparent strength, something like this is infinitely more impressive to me than "look at what roids, dieting, and 30 rep sets makes me look like":



No bodybuilder has ever gotten anywhere near that ('cause Ronnie Coleman doing two reps at 800 is nothing compared to one rep at 1102. The difference between 200 and 500 is nothing compared to the difference between 300 and 600, and that gap keeps growing the higher the respective weight gets).