Bronze and silver age bodybuilders had this health-based, idk, philosophy basically called "pre-bolic". It involves being quite lean and meeting other standards, such as good quality sleep and nutrition. But they would never overtrain and stay as lean as possible year-round.
In Steve's case, you'll notice he never dipped to far below 10% bodyfat, but never went much above it either, ever. Aside from that he was just a healthy lad from Montana, who moved to California and had access to muscle beach and the emerging IST culture out there. You couldn't just take pills and shit for gains then, you had to live it.
>he never dipped to far below 10% bodyfat, but never went much above it either, ever.
Black person you are moronic. Reeves was not sub-10% bodyfat year round. He was closer to 16%
unless he had a one in a billion myostatin deficiency, then no theres just no way that he can be natty. Even modern day roiders dont look him unless you're comparing him to literal ifbb pros
He weighed like 215 at 6'1" with maybe 10% bodyfat. Lots of modern athletes hit those numbers. What makes him look the way he does is his bone structure and muscle insertions.
imagine believeing in an arbitrary number that a calculator spewed out lol. The calculator should use a 'weighed' system. You can't just say "oh im x at 25% bodyfat so i will be y at 10%". No you won't. And the key thing is no you won't as NATURAL. It's possible to bloatmax +300lbs as natural and gain respectable strength and muscle mass but when you are done with your cut you will weigh the same 170-180lbs you would doing literally anything else. You just can't cheat the system.
imagine thinking you can have 35-40lbs of LEAN MUSCLE MASS on kino as natty lol
You're moronic. His genetics aren't even that good. Maybe 1 in 100 or something like that, but he is not some kind of phenom.
It's just that you are like bottom 20% yourself and think you are above average, so the fact that there are guys out there who are actually above average is hard for you to process.
No, that's seven years after. I think someone said 42? I don't really care I'm not coping at all he may well have been natural. I just find it convenient that nobody ever looked like that before T existed. Who do you think was the first roider then in that case?
Thats fair enough. There were lab tests done in various states using T so the first person to hop on gear was just some lab rat but athletes did start using it for sports later on >nobody ever looked like that before T existed
They didnt even use racks or benches. Their techniques and equipment was very limited
I know he would do a specific kind of squat as to not build the ass or thighs too much, pic related. He was obsessed with proportion and stated as much in his interview, plus having big glutes or thighs too big was scene as undesirable in his time.
It really emphasized his genetics and v-taper.
9 months ago
Anonymous
https://i.imgur.com/OeKsaL0.jpg
Gifted. Pic related is Steve at 17, in 1943 before testosterone was widely available in the West.
https://i.imgur.com/X2tvLzO.jpg
Was Steve Reeves a roidtroony or just genetically gifted?
His V taper is crazy.
9 months ago
Anonymous
>not build the ass or thighs too much
Probably the Sissy Squat, a favorite of Vince
9 months ago
Anonymous
Possibly that as well, but he had his own lift that he's literally performing in this pic
https://i.imgur.com/uBmSqMY.jpg
I know he would do a specific kind of squat as to not build the ass or thighs too much, pic related. He was obsessed with proportion and stated as much in his interview, plus having big glutes or thighs too big was scene as undesirable in his time.
It really emphasized his genetics and v-taper.
grabbing the weight by the plate and deadlifting it like that. It is weird but if you want that small ass/small thigh look of a 50's bodybuilder it may be worth a try.
Theres a lot of evidence against him using gear and the only evidence for him using is cope
Do you think every jumped on gear just a few years after it was isolated in a lab?
No, that's seven years after. I think someone said 42? I don't really care I'm not coping at all he may well have been natural. I just find it convenient that nobody ever looked like that before T existed. Who do you think was the first roider then in that case?
i dont remember where i read this, but i read something about the guy who first started experimenting with test, giving it to some baseball guy, and then very fast, like a few years later it was being passed around in bodybuilding/weightlifting gyms, but remained very secret outside of those until a bit later.
There is nothing about his physique that suggests roids. He was just a great bodybuilder. Good genetics. Lots of hard work. No natty copes or junk science about "natty limits."
I haven't read it as it was out of print last time I looked years ago, and the only copies were expensive as frick, no PDFs which is sad because someone is controlling his estate and I'm not sure if it's his children or some greedy boomer that somehow got control.
He wrote a shit ton of articles with amazing advice, as well as open letters to the community. He wrote one to Arnold and basically shamed him for what he and Joe Wieder turned bodybuilding into.
Genetically gifted.
Gifted. Pic related is Steve at 17, in 1943 before testosterone was widely available in the West.
How is this possible
Bronze and silver age bodybuilders had this health-based, idk, philosophy basically called "pre-bolic". It involves being quite lean and meeting other standards, such as good quality sleep and nutrition. But they would never overtrain and stay as lean as possible year-round.
In Steve's case, you'll notice he never dipped to far below 10% bodyfat, but never went much above it either, ever. Aside from that he was just a healthy lad from Montana, who moved to California and had access to muscle beach and the emerging IST culture out there. You couldn't just take pills and shit for gains then, you had to live it.
>he never dipped to far below 10% bodyfat, but never went much above it either, ever.
Black person you are moronic. Reeves was not sub-10% bodyfat year round. He was closer to 16%
No you just don't have any reading comprehension.
Reeves didn't float around 10% body fat. Even on stage he was probably like 12%.
He was closer to 10-11% on stage and rarely above 15%.
He's the only guy in the history of bodybuilding who managed to get a roider physique as a life time natty. What do you think?
Cope
unless he had a one in a billion myostatin deficiency, then no theres just no way that he can be natty. Even modern day roiders dont look him unless you're comparing him to literal ifbb pros
He weighed like 215 at 6'1" with maybe 10% bodyfat. Lots of modern athletes hit those numbers. What makes him look the way he does is his bone structure and muscle insertions.
>Lots of modern athletes hit those numbers.
not natty you guilible homosexual
There's at least a 25% chance of doing it naturally you cynical homosexual.
imagine believeing in an arbitrary number that a calculator spewed out lol. The calculator should use a 'weighed' system. You can't just say "oh im x at 25% bodyfat so i will be y at 10%". No you won't. And the key thing is no you won't as NATURAL. It's possible to bloatmax +300lbs as natural and gain respectable strength and muscle mass but when you are done with your cut you will weigh the same 170-180lbs you would doing literally anything else. You just can't cheat the system.
imagine thinking you can have 35-40lbs of LEAN MUSCLE MASS on kino as natty lol
Reeves is also like 4 inches taller and less lean than that guy with bigger legs.
>arbitrary internet calculator
>unless he had a one in a billion myostatin deficiency
It's not one in a billion, it's quite common among certain populations.
You're moronic. His genetics aren't even that good. Maybe 1 in 100 or something like that, but he is not some kind of phenom.
It's just that you are like bottom 20% yourself and think you are above average, so the fact that there are guys out there who are actually above average is hard for you to process.
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>His genetics aren't even that good.
>wide shoulders and chest
>large calves
>good insertions
>chad jawline
just have a nice day
he was literally cast as superman based on his appearance
someone had to be the first roider. Test was first synthesised in 1935 and the first roid body appears in 1940? Maybe if he existed 20 years earlier
Theres a lot of evidence against him using gear and the only evidence for him using is cope
Do you think every jumped on gear just a few years after it was isolated in a lab?
No, that's seven years after. I think someone said 42? I don't really care I'm not coping at all he may well have been natural. I just find it convenient that nobody ever looked like that before T existed. Who do you think was the first roider then in that case?
Thats fair enough. There were lab tests done in various states using T so the first person to hop on gear was just some lab rat but athletes did start using it for sports later on
>nobody ever looked like that before T existed
They didnt even use racks or benches. Their techniques and equipment was very limited
what sort of exercises were they doing in reeves early era? I know old strongmen didn't train chest but no idea when the bench actually came about
bench press (and hack squat) was invented by george hackschmidt who was a late 19th century very early 20th guy, they knew a whole lot in reeves era.
Reeves was around when they first started using cables, but most work was with barbells and dumbbells.
Shit, meant to reply to this other anon:
I know he would do a specific kind of squat as to not build the ass or thighs too much, pic related. He was obsessed with proportion and stated as much in his interview, plus having big glutes or thighs too big was scene as undesirable in his time.
It really emphasized his genetics and v-taper.
His V taper is crazy.
>not build the ass or thighs too much
Probably the Sissy Squat, a favorite of Vince
Possibly that as well, but he had his own lift that he's literally performing in this pic
grabbing the weight by the plate and deadlifting it like that. It is weird but if you want that small ass/small thigh look of a 50's bodybuilder it may be worth a try.
i dont remember where i read this, but i read something about the guy who first started experimenting with test, giving it to some baseball guy, and then very fast, like a few years later it was being passed around in bodybuilding/weightlifting gyms, but remained very secret outside of those until a bit later.
There is nothing about his physique that suggests roids. He was just a great bodybuilder. Good genetics. Lots of hard work. No natty copes or junk science about "natty limits."
>Roidtroony
You could roid your mind out and you would not lot half as good as him.
He probably used steroids, but not enough to transition
transition to what? you know more natties turn troony then roiders right or are you just coping for being dyel?
Is his book "the natty way" any good?
I haven't read it as it was out of print last time I looked years ago, and the only copies were expensive as frick, no PDFs which is sad because someone is controlling his estate and I'm not sure if it's his children or some greedy boomer that somehow got control.
He wrote a shit ton of articles with amazing advice, as well as open letters to the community. He wrote one to Arnold and basically shamed him for what he and Joe Wieder turned bodybuilding into.