Frank Zane, anyone know what steroids he used?

[Tux]

Yeah, I can see T3 abuse in Zane... always freakishly lean but never really big, the exact body you'd get with gear and too much T3. And yeah Zane overworked legs, I remember in a video I have of him, he said he used to do 5 sets of leg extensions every day no matter what he trained.

 

[csobel]

I've actually talked to frank about this one.
He never really took dbol... said it made him bloat too much.
Primo tabs they brought back from europe and testosterone were his main two. Later on he used HGH but that was after he competed.

 

[TheRide]

I've actually talked to frank about this one.
He never really took dbol... said it made him bloat too much.
Primo tabs they brought back from europe and testosterone were his main two. Later on he used HGH but that was after he competed.

I didn't think HGH was on the scene in those days?

 

[csobel]

That's why I said "after he competed" aka throughout the 90's. Check out the cover of "fabulously fit forever" and you'll get the gist.

 

[black sheep]

I didn't think HGH was on the scene in those days?

They made hGH from cadavers back then. A Bunch of BB't took it, and then the medical community realized that it could transmit genetic diseases. It freaked a bunch of people out.

 

[daveyboy2345]

Frank did more isolation exercises so he could control exactly where he increased his body parts. Vince Gironda is credited as guiding Frank with his symmetrical physique.

www.vincegironda.com

 

[toxicsambo]

Frank did more isolation exercises so he could control exactly where he increased his body parts. Vince Gironda is credited as guiding Frank with his symmetrical physique.

www.vincegironda.com

Zane has that physique from gentetics first of all, and he never chose to lift heavy and get massive. He's all about asthetics. I think that's just a plug Gironda paid Zane for. Every bodybuilder uses some technique from other ppl and creates thier own workout. Scott, Gironda, Mentzer...etc.

But I will say the Olympia likes to change the "looks" of champions to shake up the competition and show ppl that they have an objective view on physiques.
Zane came around after Arnold won 6 straight. Two totally different builds.
Now it's the era of "how big can they get". And it will end with Coleman, and when he retires you'll see someone with great asthetics and balance come up .Bye, bye Cutler, and Ruhl, and Hello to guys like Dexter, and Badell. Gustavo has a gut, but it's not that bad. Oh well

 

[nipples]

I personally don't believe the olympia will ever go to dexter, cause now the name of the game is mass and if you don't have mass you ain't gonna win, but don't get me wrong dexter has mass but not like Ruhl, Cutler, Badell, and coleman have.

 

[csobel]

Yes this is very true. He never benched more than 315 for a few reps, but he could squat more than arnie according to workeout journals (405 for ten reps, vs. arnies 405 for 8). Also he could apparently deadlift over 500 for a few reps circa the 1981 mr. olympia when he was up to 205lbs and kind of unrecognizable.

 

[toxicsambo]

I personally don't believe the olympia will ever go to dexter, cause now the name of the game is mass and if you don't have mass you ain't gonna win, but don't get me wrong dexter has mass but not like Ruhl, Cutler, Badell, and coleman have.

Exactly my point bro. No one will ever be as big or bigger than Coleman. I think when he leaves, the "freak" craze is going to go away. Most ppl don't even like the freakish build. It's all fkn distorted and unbalanced. You still need mass, but it's getting out of hand. When will it stop? After Coleman imho. Like I mentioned before, The Olympia likes to change things around after such a drastic presence has been champ for consecutive years. Cutler may be champ after Coleman leaves by way of politics and playing second fiddle to Ronnie. But if someone comes out of nowhere one season with an amazing physique, Cutler is in trouble again.