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px1138

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posted October 31, 2000 12:17 AM

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I just read he was under 200lbs, does anyone know how tall he was?


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NAC1996

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posted October 31, 2000 12:50 AM

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He was 5'5",and his arms were about 17" in his early Oly's.The last one that he won,his guns were likely 18"(dense and thicker than fuck)but his legs were always weak.Great back,and abs...K.O.

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scott825

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posted October 31, 2000 01:04 AM

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He had to weigh over 200 back then..


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the truth

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posted October 31, 2000 02:02 AM

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He weighed about 190. His arms were, if I remember correctly, 16 5/8" cold.

Yeah, he had shitty legs, and he had a bad case of gyno when he won his second O, but his upper body development was quite good for the day.


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Dr.Atlas

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posted October 31, 2000 03:37 PM

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He kicked ass man. He and Arnie were lifting partners, but I heard Franco's max lifts wer higher in every damn lift. Isn't Franco one of the rare people to bench press more than 3 times their body weight? He was f*<kin impressive, even if he did decide to become a chiropractor. LOL! Peace!

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Valdez

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posted October 31, 2000 04:06 PM

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dude his arms HAD to be bigger than that, you watch posedowns with arnold (22.25") guns would have made franco look like a stick figure if he had 17" arms

fuck and my arms are 16.75 and there's NO WAY there as big as franco's!!!!!!!!1


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madbomber31

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posted October 31, 2000 05:05 PM

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YOURS MAY BE AS BIG, MINE ARE BIGGER... BUT THEY ARE SHIT COMPARED TO HIS... HE WAS RIPPED AND SUPER LEAN. SIZE IS OVER RATED, ITS ALL ABOUT LOOKS. MINE LOOK 15" BUT ARE OVER 17 EASY...CLOSER TO 17.5-18


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Checkmatebloated

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posted October 31, 2000 05:08 PM

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He could rep over 700 deadlift!!!!!!!!!!


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madbomber31

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posted October 31, 2000 05:10 PM

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HEY, I JUST RE-READ WHAT I WROTE, AND DONT THINK I WAS BEING A PRICK VALDEZ, NOT SAYING I AM BIGGER THEN ANYONE, LIKE I SAID, I SEE 15" ARMS MAX ON ME... I WAS JUST SAYING THEY WERE BIGGER THEN HIS... AND THAT YOURS MAY BE AS WELL... MAKE SENSE? WHO CARES


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Ubermass

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posted November 01, 2000 12:16 AM

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in the movie pumping iron, it says he weighed 198 at the 75 olympia

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Weapon X

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posted November 01, 2000 12:31 AM

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Does everyone remember his scene in the first "Terminator" movie??!

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Hugh Gellatts

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posted November 01, 2000 03:01 PM

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The pumping Iron stats are exaggerated BS. They also say Franco is 5'7". Columbu is actually between 5'3" and 5'5" (just check his web page, where there is a picture of the 5'6" Burt Reynolds towering over him). Except for the his last Olympia, he was not much over 180 for any contest. I talked with an Old time PLer who officiated a meet that Franco entered in during the off-season in the late 70's. This guy was the one who weighed him in, and said he was 173. As for the arm size thing, keep this in mind: Danny Padilla, another short BBer (5'1" or something) had what appeared to be huge arms, yet they were only 17". Franco had an oddly proportuned build (alot like Ed Coan's)that helped him excel in powerlifting.


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Weapon X

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posted November 01, 2000 03:12 PM

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Well, nobody took me up on my question, so I'll answer it:
Franco played a Terminator in teh first Terminator movie. He played the Terminator that invades the rebel base camp and starts shooting the place up.
Nice of Arnold to squeeze him in!

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Captain_insano

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posted November 01, 2000 03:27 PM

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i thought it was pretty sick when Frank messed up his leg at the world stongest man comp.

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Valdez

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posted November 01, 2000 04:56 PM

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just watched pumping iron again, flipped through "arnolds encyclopedia of bb." those guns were def bigger than 17" flat. no they weren't 20" but def around the 18" range. there is no way he could stand next to arnold and still look as powerful and huge as he did. franco is 5'5" if I remember correctly. btw: his legs look good to me!

of subject: my friend's got a franco build so similar it's scary! and his dad looks JUST like franco. It's trippy! My friends back is freaking opening like a curtain since he's been lifting with me. he's 5'5" 162lbs. Huge back, chest. decent arms. but small legs.
http://www.bodybuilder.org/gallery/indiv.php3?searchterm=60&image=columb05.jpg
http://www.bodybuilder.org/gallery/indiv.php3?searchterm=60&image=columb08.jpg


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