Which bodybuilder (or non bodybuilder) look do you aim for?

[WORKEROUTER]

My physical goals are aimed towards the looks of Frank Zane, Sylvester Stallone, and Jean Claude.

All are within the height range of mine, and all are reasonable goals (an unreasonable goal would be for me to aim for a Lou Ferigno look).

So which famous actors or bodybuilders do you guys use as a sort of "goal" for working out? Remember, be reasonable.

 

[Chewy Bagel]

Tito Raymond - 5'8" Completes at about 175lbs. The guy is dating the sexiest chicks around.

- This is my personal choice as I am the same height as him.

 

[Metaphor]

I'm going for the Rambo look. Cut as a mother****er. but a good amount of size. In the Rocky movies they announce him all the way up to 210lbs and down to 190lbs, but I think that's BS. He's like...5'6..so I dare say he's never been more then 185.

 

[Reto]

Yeah. Tito rocks...

I agree. I'm don't want to be huge and freaky.

I've always admired some of the old guys. Steve Reeves was one of my favorites. I'm about as "thick"' as he was in his prime. Not huge, but thicker than normal...Still gotta get rid of this body fat though...

Too many people focus on size instead of balance and proportion. Your whole body has got to be balanced.

The guys back in the 80's too. Bob Paris, Lee Labrada. Great symmetry...

 

[Rahul]

Originally posted by WORKEROUTER
My physical goals are aimed towards the looks of Frank Zane, Sylvester Stallone, and Jean Claude.

All are within the height range of mine, and all are reasonable goals (an unreasonable goal would be for me to aim for a Lou Ferigno look).

So which famous actors or bodybuilders do you guys use as a sort of "goal" for working out? Remember, be reasonable.

I'm going for the Jean Claude look too.

 

[little_brown_bear]

why be like someone else?

be the best you can be and everday strive to make yourself a little bit better than the day before.

 

[DIESEL]

Re: why be like someone else?

Originally posted by little_brown_bear
be the best you can be and everday strive to make yourself a little bit better than the day before.

This is exactly the attitude you guys should be shooting for.

Sorry to burst your guys' collective bubbles... but all the above mentioned men (especially Zane, Raymond, and Stallone- van Damme not as much) used/ use (in the case of Raymond) liberal amounts of roids.

and ol' Tito is a fukkin' mack w/all the HB.. he's married to Amy Fadhli.. a serious piece of ass... anyway, I figure being a personal trainer at Gold's Venice Beach you come in contact with some top-shelf pvssy. I wonder what the ratio of male/female clients is for ol' Tito? hmm... 1 to 9 maybe?

 

[DIESEL]

Originally posted by WORKEROUTER

All are within the height range of mine, and all are reasonable goals (an unreasonable goal would be for me to aim for a Lou Ferigno look).

Yeah, Lou was my idol when I was a kid, his old Hercules/Sinbad flicks and Hulk TV show were staples of my youth... he's the reason I started lifting... turns out I have pretty much his same height and structure... the difference I am unwilling to jump on the roids to reach Ferrigno-esque levels of mass !!

 

[Metaphor]

You can tell Stallone did by watching his progression in the Rocky movies. I think a physique similiar to his is certainly attainable unjuiced.

 

[DIESEL]

Originally posted by Metaphor
You can tell Stallone did by watching his progression in the Rocky movies. I think a physique similiar to his is certainly attainable unjuiced.

I think he jumped on the juice when he was prepping for "Rocky III' - in that movie, compared to the physique he had in Rocky I and II, and "Victory" he was jakked! (It's also quite clear he had some plastic surgery work done on his face during that time) I know for a fact he juiced for "The Specialist" (he was training for that film down in Miami, he lived down here at the time, and all the gymrats down here were talking about it) and "Cliffhanger"..... also during the mid 80's when he was doing "Rocky III and IV", Rambo II, III and Cobra.. he was being trained by former Mr. Olympia Franco Columbu, (who was Arnold's old training partner and featured in his b'building documentary, "Pumping Iron")...

 

[-HPNOTIQ-]

Originally posted by Chewy Bagel
Tito Raymond - 5'8" Completes at about 175lbs. The guy is dating the sexiest chicks around.

- This is my personal choice as I am the same height as him.

You got a link to this guy's pic? Personally, I always mirrored my gains to have a physique similar to Jean Claude-Van Dam when he was doing films like Blood-Sport and Kickboxer.

 

[DIESEL]

check it:

http://www.titoraymond.com/images/p12.jpg?OpenScript=18298

 

[NMMWCR]

Sh1t.

I lift because I got tired of looking like Ichabob Crane. I was 5'11" and 124 pounds(and that's AFTER the weight I gained in college!). I'm at 175# now and still able to count 4 ribs when I take a deep breath. But I'm a long way from the guy who looked like a zipper when he turned sideways and stuck his tongue out. I can mow the lawn without getting dizzy. I can rotate my tires without stopping for lunch. I don't crave a continous diet of sugar. I can sit down for more than an hour without having my rear get bruised by my own pelvic bone. And it feels d4mn good even though I'm barely average looking muscle-wise.

Where am I heading?

Beats me. I'll know when I get there.

 

[Chewy Bagel]

Another link to Tito:

http://www.titoraymond.com/picgallery.htm

 

[Metaphor]

So Diesel what would you say Stallone weighed in some of these films where it's clear he juiced? I'm guessing below 185.

 

[DIESEL]

Originally posted by Metaphor
So Diesel what would you say Stallone weighed in some of these films where it's clear he juiced? I'm guessing below 185.

I would guess somewhere in the low 170s... if you take a good look at him, he really isn't huge... he is just SO FUKKIN' RIPPED, HE LOOKS BIGGER THAN HE REALLY IS. It's an optical illusion... I don't think his arms were more than 16".. you can see how small he is when you look at the Rocky III and IV and you watch the scenes where he is standing head to head with Mr. T and Dolph Lundgren...(now that motherfukker was HUGE in that movie! )

 

[Chewy Bagel]

I think many of you will disagree with me, but he looks pretty small - especially when you consider that the camera puts weight on you. At 5'9" this picture makes him look about maybe 160-165. I can't tell b/c it doesn't show his legs/calves. Look how spindley his arms look. They're like 15 inches. Let's not forget that he probably took some kind of diuretic to get rid of excess water and he has very low bodyfat.

I competed in the Mr. Arizona bodybuilding show at a bodyweight of 154 and looked very similar to him here.

http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10087859/Rambo_III.htm?RFID=633434

 

[DIESEL]

Originally posted by Chewy Bagel
I think many of you will disagree with me, but he looks pretty small - especially when you consider that the camera puts weight on you. At 5'9" this picture makes him look about maybe 160-165. I can't tell b/c it doesn't show his legs/calves. Look how spindley his arms look. They're like 15 inches.

http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10087859/Rambo_III.htm?RFID=633434

You see that's the problem! No one knows how tall Stallone really is... I have heard rumors that he and other shorter actors like Cruise and Pacino wear lifts in their shoes when doing films to measure up in scenes when working with taller actors.

But yeah all I know for sure is that he certainly did not weigh 201 lbs. as they always announced him at in the "Rocky" movies !!

Yeah I think somewhere between 160-175 sounds about right.

 

[WORKEROUTER]

Re: Re: why be like someone else?

Originally posted by DIESEL
This is exactly the attitude you guys should be shooting for.

Sorry to burst your guys' collective bubbles... but all the above mentioned men (especially Zane, Raymond, and Stallone- van Damme not as much) used/ use (in the case of Raymond) liberal amounts of roids.

and ol' Tito is a fukkin' mack w/all the HB.. he's married to Amy Fadhli.. a serious piece of ass... anyway, I figure being a personal trainer at Gold's Venice Beach you come in contact with some top-shelf pvssy. I wonder what the ratio of male/female clients is for ol' Tito? hmm... 1 to 9 maybe?

Its true that those guys prolly popped a few roids...but even without roids they are pretty damn big!

for instance, look at a pic of Arnold when he was 20...hadnt started roids yet, and he still has a very good physique.

are you guys sure about sly being that small? he looks pretty damn big to me..just look at his biceps when hes training. Id say hes around 180.

regarding jean claude van damme, are you positive he was on the juice?

 

[DIESEL]

Re: Re: Re: why be like someone else?

Originally posted by WORKEROUTER


for instance, look at a pic of Arnold when he was 20...hadnt started roids yet, and he still has a very good physique.

sorry, bro.. by the time he was 20, he was already on 'em...I figure he jumped on when he started training with his first serious training partner at 17, who just happened to be a 30-something doctor.... hmmm..... read his "Autobiography" and look at the difference in pictures of when he was 16 to when he was 17 - the difference is astonishing.

are you guys sure about sly being that small? he looks pretty damn big to me..just look at his biceps when hes training. Id say hes around 180.

his biceps aren't that big... also, it all depends on how tall he is.. if he's really 5'6 like everyone says he really is - then go look at a picture of Franco Columbu.. that dude is 5'6 and weighed 180... Stallone is not even close. If he's really 5'6 Stallone barely makes 160.

regarding jean claude van damme, are you positive he was on the juice?

yup. he used to do deca and clen to get cut up for flicks...