Posted by: Sergio
« on: January 23, 2014, 01:30:07 PM »I remember this sawing as a child:
Posted by: Sergio
« on: August 07, 2013, 04:15:16 PM »One of the most famous photograph of Hercules of all times.
Posted by: Sergio
« on: August 06, 2013, 12:57:24 AM »more Hercules:
Posted by: Sergio
« on: January 16, 2013, 07:12:05 PM »Reeves with Hercules look.
Posted by: Sergio
« on: December 15, 2012, 01:12:51 AM »Good Casey! (for the table)
Stevee Reeves was a mighty genetic man. As giften as Reg Park, with the exection that he uses his muscles to make money, the firsts was the movies, so he reduced his great volume. Reg also gain money with his muscles, that is not exactly the same of steve or Arnold. The use of muscles by Reg Park where the same as the use of muscles of John Grimek. They like been strong and healthy, and they never compromised these things for gaining more money. Anyway, Steve was one of the big three and has an aura that even the other two don't have. Maybe his best nickname would be: The mythe, more than Sergio Oliva.
Stevee Reeves was a mighty genetic man. As giften as Reg Park, with the exection that he uses his muscles to make money, the firsts was the movies, so he reduced his great volume. Reg also gain money with his muscles, that is not exactly the same of steve or Arnold. The use of muscles by Reg Park where the same as the use of muscles of John Grimek. They like been strong and healthy, and they never compromised these things for gaining more money. Anyway, Steve was one of the big three and has an aura that even the other two don't have. Maybe his best nickname would be: The mythe, more than Sergio Oliva.
Posted by: Steff
« on: December 14, 2012, 12:20:35 PM »Steve was not a small guy.
He was somthing like half an inch smaller on some measurements
than Reg and that's not being small.
And they weren't small compared with todays natural BB:ers.
Table 2: Measurements of Drug-free Bodybuilders
Chest Biceps Forearms Neck Quads Calves
Bodybuilder actual/pred actual/pred actual/pred actual/pred actual/pred actual/pred
George Eiferman47.5 / 47.7 16.7 / 17.1 13.4 / 13.7 16.5 / 16.7 25.0 / 25.4 16.0 / 17.0
Reg Park NA / 50.5 18.5 / 18.5 NA / 14.8 18.0 / 18.0 26.5 / 26.4 17.5 / 17.7
John Grimek 49.9 / 49.8 18.0 / 18.1 14.5 / 14.5 17.7 / 17.6 25.7 / 26.1 17.3 / 17.5
Jack Delinger 47.5 / 47.9 17.2 / 17.4 13.8 / 13.9 16.8 / 17.0 25.0 / 25.1 16.6 / 16.8
Steve Reeves 49.5 / 49.6 18.0 / 18.0 14.5 / 14.4 17.5 / 17.6 25.5 / 26.1 17.8 / 17.5
Current World Champ. "B" NA / 44.2 16.0 / 16.2 NA / 12.9 15.5 / 15.7 23.0 / 23.2 16.0 / 15.5
Current National 1st Place "A" 47.3 / 49.6 17.5 / 17.7 NA / 14.2 17.8 / 17.3 25.5 / 26.5 16.5 / 17.7
Current National 1st Place "B" NA / 46.3 17.2 / 16.9 NA / 13.6 17.0 / 16.5 24.5 / 24.2 15.5 / 16.2
Borrowed this from Casey Butts site: http://www.weightrainer.net
He was somthing like half an inch smaller on some measurements
than Reg and that's not being small.
And they weren't small compared with todays natural BB:ers.
Table 2: Measurements of Drug-free Bodybuilders
Chest Biceps Forearms Neck Quads Calves
Bodybuilder actual/pred actual/pred actual/pred actual/pred actual/pred actual/pred
George Eiferman47.5 / 47.7 16.7 / 17.1 13.4 / 13.7 16.5 / 16.7 25.0 / 25.4 16.0 / 17.0
Reg Park NA / 50.5 18.5 / 18.5 NA / 14.8 18.0 / 18.0 26.5 / 26.4 17.5 / 17.7
John Grimek 49.9 / 49.8 18.0 / 18.1 14.5 / 14.5 17.7 / 17.6 25.7 / 26.1 17.3 / 17.5
Jack Delinger 47.5 / 47.9 17.2 / 17.4 13.8 / 13.9 16.8 / 17.0 25.0 / 25.1 16.6 / 16.8
Steve Reeves 49.5 / 49.6 18.0 / 18.0 14.5 / 14.4 17.5 / 17.6 25.5 / 26.1 17.8 / 17.5
Current World Champ. "B" NA / 44.2 16.0 / 16.2 NA / 12.9 15.5 / 15.7 23.0 / 23.2 16.0 / 15.5
Current National 1st Place "A" 47.3 / 49.6 17.5 / 17.7 NA / 14.2 17.8 / 17.3 25.5 / 26.5 16.5 / 17.7
Current National 1st Place "B" NA / 46.3 17.2 / 16.9 NA / 13.6 17.0 / 16.5 24.5 / 24.2 15.5 / 16.2
Borrowed this from Casey Butts site: http://www.weightrainer.net
Posted by: Sergio
« on: December 11, 2012, 12:30:39 PM »This is the quality physique that we didn't saw in his films!
Posted by: Sergio
« on: December 06, 2012, 07:22:16 PM »I put that pic because is the first film of Hercules and a bodybuilder actor that I saw in my life. I not remember what film of Hercules it is, but I do remember that it was the first of a collection of films about the Hercules theme. The second was: Reg Park's Hercules conquers Atlantis. I remember my father saying to me, only a child then, "Look, He has more muscles that Steve Reeves" Yes, a lot more. It was an stupid idea not let Steeve to show all his full muscularity in his films. His legend would be greater.
Posted by: Sergio
« on: December 06, 2012, 07:16:43 PM »From wikipedia:
Here is a brief review of his filmography. Many are not Hercules, but sword and sandall films with the same purpouse of entertaintment that show legendary adventures and natural muscles in action.
In 1957, Reeves went to Italy and played the lead character in Pietro Francisci's Hercules, a relatively low-budget epic based loosely on the tales of Jason and the Argonauts, though inserting Hercules into the lead role.[1] The film was a major box-office success, grossing $5m in the United States alone in 1959.[4] Its commercial success led to a 1959 sequel Hercules Unchained.
From 1959 through 1964, Reeves went on to appear in a string of sword and sandal movies shot on relatively small budgets,[1] and although he is best known for his portrayal of Hercules, he played the character only twice: in the 1957 film (released in the USA in 1959) and its 1959 sequel Hercules Unchained (released in the US in 1960). He played a number of other characters on screen, including Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Glaucus of Pompeii; Goliath, the bane of the barbarians (actually called "Emiliano" in the Italian version); Tatar hero Hadji Murad; Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome (opposite Gordon Scott as his twin brother Remus); Pheidippides, the famous war-time messenger of the Battle of Marathon; pirate and self-proclaimed governor of Jamaica, Captain Henry Morgan; and Karim, the fabled Thief of Baghdad. Twice he played Aeneas of Troy and twice he played Emilio Salgari's Malaysian hero, Sandokan.
Why des Reeves abandon the films? It's well know, as you can read:
During the filming of The Last Days of Pompeii, Reeves dislocated his shoulder when his chariot slammed into a tree.[1][2] Swimming in a subsequent underwater escape scene, he re-injured his shoulder. The injury would be aggravated by his stunt work in each successive film, ultimately leading to his retirement from filmmaking and weightlifting.[1]
He die of a lymphoma in the firsts months of the new millenium:
Here is a brief review of his filmography. Many are not Hercules, but sword and sandall films with the same purpouse of entertaintment that show legendary adventures and natural muscles in action.
In 1957, Reeves went to Italy and played the lead character in Pietro Francisci's Hercules, a relatively low-budget epic based loosely on the tales of Jason and the Argonauts, though inserting Hercules into the lead role.[1] The film was a major box-office success, grossing $5m in the United States alone in 1959.[4] Its commercial success led to a 1959 sequel Hercules Unchained.
From 1959 through 1964, Reeves went on to appear in a string of sword and sandal movies shot on relatively small budgets,[1] and although he is best known for his portrayal of Hercules, he played the character only twice: in the 1957 film (released in the USA in 1959) and its 1959 sequel Hercules Unchained (released in the US in 1960). He played a number of other characters on screen, including Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Glaucus of Pompeii; Goliath, the bane of the barbarians (actually called "Emiliano" in the Italian version); Tatar hero Hadji Murad; Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome (opposite Gordon Scott as his twin brother Remus); Pheidippides, the famous war-time messenger of the Battle of Marathon; pirate and self-proclaimed governor of Jamaica, Captain Henry Morgan; and Karim, the fabled Thief of Baghdad. Twice he played Aeneas of Troy and twice he played Emilio Salgari's Malaysian hero, Sandokan.
Why des Reeves abandon the films? It's well know, as you can read:
During the filming of The Last Days of Pompeii, Reeves dislocated his shoulder when his chariot slammed into a tree.[1][2] Swimming in a subsequent underwater escape scene, he re-injured his shoulder. The injury would be aggravated by his stunt work in each successive film, ultimately leading to his retirement from filmmaking and weightlifting.[1]
He die of a lymphoma in the firsts months of the new millenium: