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  2. Jul 19, 2023MR. OLYMPIA 1979: BACKSTORY. There was a "Lightweight Era" in bodybuilding. It went from 1976 to 1983, between the six straight wins of 230-something Arnold Schwarzenegger and the eight straight wins of 240-something Lee Haney, when the only Mr. Olympia winner who weighed more than 200 pounds was a much-lighter-than-usual Arnold in 1980.For the first four of those years, there were two Mr ...
  3. THE BARBELL Bodybuilding, Strength, and Fitness: News, Advice, and Culture . HOME. ABOUT US; News. Flex Wheeler Talks about Leg Amputation (Updated) ... 1979 Mr. Olympia October 6, 1979 / Columbus, Ohio. Also promoted by Schwarzenegger/Lorimer and held with the Mr. International. Third and final Olympia won by Frank Zane.
  4. Feb 18, 2023Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty training system was a revolution. For the year between the 1979 and 1980 Mr. Olympias, as high-intensity training (HIT) rode the crest of its foremost adherent, Mike Mentzer, it seemed on the verge of transforming bodybuilding.Mentzer had adopted the HIT philosophy of Arthur Jones and expanded it into his own radical system, which Mentzer named Heavy Duty.
  5. Oct 14, 2024The Mr. Olympia is the ultimate bodybuilding contest. There have been 60 Mr. Olympias, one per year since 1965, and 19 Mr. Olympia winners. That's the basic math. ... 12 places — Robby Robinson (5th* in 1979 to 17th in 1984) 12 places — Robby Robinson (5th in 1987 to 17th in 1988) 12 places — Dennis Wolf ...
  6. Nov 16, 2023High-intensity training was a bodybuilding revolution. We trace the fascinating history of HIT and explain the principles and workouts. THE BARBELL Bodybuilding, Strength ... he wrote of increasingly more advanced techniques. In 1979 the rookie professional won a pro contest and the heavyweight class of the Mr. Olympia (there were two ...
  7. Nov 16, 2024In May of 1979, after encouragement from one of Gold's Gym's new owners, pro bodybuilder Pete Grymkowski (whom they met at a New York bodybuilding contest), the duo moved across the country to the opposite coast to Los Angeles, to follow in the footsteps of rising movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger and TV's Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno.
  8. Sep 9, 2023The first women's bodybuilding contest was only held in late 1977. Then, on July 16, 1979, the first and only Women's World Bodybuilding Championship was staged in Los Angeles. Despite the "world" title, the 12 competitors were all from California. The winner was 26-year-old Lisa Lyon. A woman bodybuilder?! The press loved the story.
  9. Sep 16, 2024She met John McLish at college, and they married in 1979. They divorced not long after, but Rachel McLish kept the name, and thus this Hispanic icon has long had an Irish name. RACHEL MCLISH: BODYBUILDING PIONEER. In the late 1970s, female bodybuilding was largely an underground activity, with few competitions and minimal visibility.
  10. Jan 2, 2024PRO BODYBUILDERS VS. ALL AMERICAN MEN. In 2019, this was the first article at The Barbell.We originally focused on the men's open competitors in the Mr. Olympia and Arnold Classic and had a database of 269 pro bodybuilders. In 2021, we added competitors from the Arnold precursor, the World Pro (mostly 1979-89), as well as the Night of Champions (1978-2004), and its successor, the New York ...
  11. Sep 2, 2024LARRY ALLEN 6'3", 325 / guard / 1994-07. It's appropriate Larry Allen is #1 alphabetically, because, with the possible exception of Terry Long, he is the strongest NFL player ever. Allen was benching 500+ by the time he left college in 1994. And by 1998, dominating his offensive line position for the Dallas Cowboys, he could bench press more than 600 and squat 800.
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