Bodybuilding legends - in their youth and now. Bodybuilders The Strongest: Ten Famous Champions

It's no secret that gaining high-quality muscle mass is a huge job for a bodybuilder, but as it turns out, maintaining and maintaining shape after finishing a sports career is even more difficult. In this post you will learn how famous bodybuilders changed after they stopped training.

Tom Prince

He was one of the most famous bodybuilders of the 90s, but was forced to leave the sport after his kidneys could no longer withstand a huge number of various sports supplements. Today, Tom is engaged in real estate, and not a trace remains of his former muscles.

Ronnie Coleman

Ronnie suffered a huge number of injuries during his sports career. Despite the fact that after several operations doctors forbade him from bodybuilding, the eight-time Mr. Olympia still continues to train his body to avoid further muscle atrophy.

Jean-Pierre Fuchs

This Swiss bodybuilder suffered a serious injury in 2002 when he twisted his leg with a 310-kilogram weight. This led to an open fracture of the knee joint and a complete cessation of exercise in the gym. He had to learn to walk again after undergoing operations.

Paul Dillet

A bodybuilder from Canada was previously able to scare anyone with his appearance. But after many life problems (divorce, car accident, complete bankruptcy), now he has no time for sports at all.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnie announced his retirement from sports back in the 1980s, but to this day he is the idol of many athletes.

Dorian Yates

A British bodybuilder was forced to give up the sport after tearing his biceps and triceps in his left arm. He won the Mr. Olympia competition six years in a row, starting in 1991, but now he looks half his size.

Mustafa Mohamed

A fairly famous bodybuilder left sports after becoming the owner of his own fitness center. According to him, he decided to change his occupation, moving to a new level.

Casey Viator, Ken Waller, . Also in the lead — , .

Famous hunks of the 80s

From this time on, a change in composition began in the sport. The last champion of the golden era is leaving the sport. In competitive bodybuilding appear new names and priorities. Athletes are actively starting to use pharmaceuticals and increase unnatural volumes. Everyone knows: Chris Dickerson, Jusup Wilkosh, Greg Plitt.

Famous athletes of the 90s

During these years, everyone who was interested in training with heavy weights knew by sight - Mike Francos, Shawn Ray. Among the best Russian bodybuilders were named: S. Shelestov, E. Mishin, O. Emelyanov, D, O. Makshantsev, S. Tsikunkov, A, Vishnevky, Gusev. In 2000 the name of the participant was heard Mr. Olympia 2005 A. Fedorov.

Young musclemen of Russia

A. Lesukov;
V. Fateev;
A. Kodzoev.

According to the results of the 2017 Cup, the following were named in the absolute category: O. Melgunov, D. Semenin, A. Martunkin, A. Maslennikov, A. Bryukhov.

Just huge jocks

Of course, they achieved such sizes not only with the help and hard training. This is a list of famous sinthol athletes, looking at whom the associative series produces incorrect comparisons. The greatest athletes in the world:

Lou Ferrigno;
Mikhail Koklyaev;
Greg Valentino.

The strongest: ten famous champions

10th place was shared by David Lawrence;
9th belongs to Lee Haney;
8th to Ronnie Coleman;
7th to Frank Colombo;
6th;
Jay Cutler settled in 5th;
in 4th Steve Reeves;
Sergio Oliva takes an honorable third;
second prize – “Iron Arnie”;
is in the lead.

5 best muscled men iron sport throughout history

Larry Scott.
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Lee Haney.
Dorian Yates.
Phil Heath.

What do jocks look like at 45+

This is the former Mr. Olympia.

"Plush Beard" CT Fletcher 54 years old. Surprised?

To the famous Korean Kim Jun Ho is 46+, but he looks like a young man. Recently in a tournament New York Pro he moved up to level 2.

Meet the former Russian bodybuilder Dmitry Golubochkin, who is well over 40 and even a little over 45.

The oldest is 64 years old Alexander Yashankin. He is an example of what a grandfather who is into sports can look like.

Jock actors that the whole world knows about

It is unlikely that anyone will dispute the fact that a pumped-up athlete looks natural in any role. Guys with powerful shoulders have long become indispensable in Hollywood blockbusters. The main Hercules and the first actor is Steve Reeves. Everyone knows “Iron Arnie” from “The Labors of Hercules” and dozens of other roles. In the top: Stallone, Lou Ferrigno, Dwayne Johnson, Vladimir Turchinsky, . No one is stopping you from having such luxurious shape and competing in competitions.

Bodybuilding legends - in their youth and now.

The end of the 60s and 70s of the last century can be called the Golden Age of bodybuilding. During this period of time body-building developed rapidly and quickly gained popularity in America and around the world. This happened, among other things, thanks to such legends of the world bodybuilding -Arnie, Larry Scott, Sergio Oliva and etc.
It is interesting to see what has happened to the bodybuilding stars now. During their youth, they were in perfect physical shape. What happened to them after 40 years?
Larry Scott- American athlete, went down in history as the first winner of the most prestigious tournament among professional bodybuilders, Mr. Olympia.

He won this title 2 times in 1965 and 1966. Was born Larry Scott in 1938 in America. Larry did not have the best physique to become a bodybuilder - wide hips and narrow shoulders. Today, due to fierce competition, it is practically impossible to achieve any success in professional bodybuilding with such natural data. But in the 60s of the last century, thanks to intensive training and perseverance, Larry managed to climb to the top of Olympus.
In recent years, Larry lived in Utah, USA. He was the owner of a company specializing in the sale of fitness products. If you look at his photo today, you can see that he was in excellent physical shape. In fact, he himself is an advertisement for his company.
But unfortunately, no one lasts forever, and on March 8, 2014, Larry passed away. He died at the age of 75 from Alzheimer's disease.

They say that the secret of his athletic longevity is that he never took steroids, meaning he always had a natural increase in muscle mass.

Cuban Sergio Oliva - Mr. Olympia 1967 - 1969. In 1969, he defeated the then young Arnold Schwarzenegger. In his youth, Sergio was involved in weightlifting and at the age of 21 he already joined the Cuban national team in this sport, then immigrated to the United States and seriously took up bodybuilding. The weightlifter's strength training helped him become the best bodybuilder on the planet in just four years.

But in 1970, Sergio had to move - he was defeated by the great Arnie, after which for 6 years Schwarzenegger did not give up his place on Olympus to anyone. After a number of unsuccessful attempts to regain the title of the best bodybuilder, Oliva stopped participating in competitions and took up coaching. Sergio successfully combined his bodybuilding career with police service, where he worked as an officer for more than 25 years.

Today he is no longer with us; he died on November 12, 2012 at the age of 72 from kidney failure. Of course, it can be assumed that the disease that caused the death of the athlete was a consequence of taking anabolic steroids, which bodybuilders in the 70s took in huge quantities, without thinking about the consequences. In those days, steroids were also prescribed to ordinary people, for example, to recover from illness. However, Sergio Oliva lived a long, interesting life and entered the world bodybuilding hall of fame. And only God knows when and why each specific person, be it a former professional athlete or an ordinary citizen, glues his fins together.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and today is considered the best bodybuilder in history bodybuilding. Arnie achieved success not only in sports but also in business, politics and of course in cinema. Arnold is the embodiment of the proverbial American dream. In the 70s, he was an idol for everyone involved in bodybuilding, and largely thanks to him, the popularity of this sport increased.

Schwarzenegger was becoming Mr. Olympia 7 times, from 1970 to 1975 and in 1980. True, many consider his victory in 1980 undeserved. The fact is that in 1975 Arnold left the big sport and took up business and a career in Hollywood and, as it seemed to him, they began to forget about him as a bodybuilder. In 1980, he unexpectedly decided to compete for the title and prove to everyone who is the king! Evil tongues said that during his absence the level of training of athletes had increased noticeably and Arnie was inferior to them. In addition, Schwarzenegger had a lot of weight in the lucrative bodybuilding industry and could influence the judges' decisions. Whether this is true or not is up to you to decide. Look at the photos from the 1980 competition and draw your own conclusions.

Apparently, years of exhausting training and packs of anabolic steroids have done their job - at the age of 50, Arnold underwent heart surgery and today he looks little like the Terminator, but what to do - the recipe for eternal youth has not yet been invented and is unlikely to ever be invented. Even the most outstanding athlete sooner or later turns into an old man.

In 1976, the Mr. Olympia title was won by Arnold's close friend, an athlete of Italian origin. . Franco was a talented bodybuilder, but he was hampered by a natural disadvantage - his height was only 165 cm. In modern bodybuilding, it is almost impossible to win a prestigious competition with such height. Now the public is eager to see tall, massive athletes on the pedestal, whereas in the 70s, symmetry, proportionality and beauty of the body were primarily valued. It is also possible that Franco’s friendship with Arnie, who played an important role in the bodybuilding industry, played a role.
In 1977, Franco Colombo competed for the title of The Strongest Man in the World and actually won it. An injury prevented him from winning the final victory. He received $1 million as compensation. After the injury, doctors advised the bodybuilder to quit the sport, but the athlete continued to lift and in 1981 Franco again became Mr. Olympia.

In young age Colombo was studying boxing, so you can imagine how strong the blow of a professional boxer was, multiplied by the blow of the strongest man in the world. One day, Franco, his wife and two friends were attacked by a group of thugs with chains. One of the attackers attacked Columbo - the hooligan was apparently misled by his small height, but Franco got ahead of him and delivered a lightning-fast blow to the jaw, causing the entire lower part of the bully’s face to turn into a bloody mess. Naturally, the surviving American gopniks fled in horror.
And today Franco Colombo’s physical form commands respect. We wish the great athlete long life and health.

Frank Zane probably the most “slender” Mr. Olympia in the entire history of this tournament. He was born in 1942 in America. Arnold Schwarzenegger, being a rival of this bodybuilder, contemptuously called him a chicken in an interview. But nevertheless, Frank ascended to Olympus. He was more Apollo than Hercules. With a height of 175 cm, his weight was 85 kg, and his biceps were only 45 cm. For comparison, Arnold Schwarzenegger's competitive weight was about 107 kg, his biceps volume was 56 cm. Apparently, that is why that time is considered the golden age of bodybuilding - then a bodybuilder with ideal proportions could win, muscular definition, with an elegant, symmetrical and almost perfect body, perhaps even to the detriment of enormous muscle mass. Apparently such athletes posed for sculptors in Ancient Greece.

Frank won the Mr. Olympia title from 1977 to 1979. After another victory Frank Zane gave an interview to Arnold Schwarzenegger, who at that moment was considered a luminary, a veteran, the wedding general of bodybuilding, where he had the imprudence to remember the tournament of the end 60s, in which Zane defeated young Arnold. According to Frank Zane, Arnold unexpectedly took part in the Mr. Olympia tournament in 1980 year precisely because of this interview.
For many years, Frank Zane combined bodybuilding with work. teachers. He taught chemistry and mathematics and did scientific work! This fact debunks the myth that all bodybuilders are dumb jocks with two brains.
And today the physique is no longer young Frank will give many young men a head start.