Black & White

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Frank McGrath (Canada)


Ernie Taylor (UK)


Mark Alvisi (USA)


Michio Grubbs (USA)


Aaron Maddron (USA)


Frank Yeigh (USA)


Paco Bautista (Spain)


Arnaud Duchenne (France)

[toughluck]

There's a LOT to appreciate about black and white. You can really focus on mass, texture, tone...all of which is beautiful with these bodies here...

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Johnnie Jackson (USA)


"Ramon"/Roberto Silvertre (Spain)


Franco Santoriello (USA)


Tommi Thorvildsen (Norway)


Zack Khan (Kashmir/UK)


Markus Ruhl (Germany)


Grant Henderson (Zimbabwe/USA)


Erik Fankhouser (USA)

[muscleboy82000]

A few from my collection. Hope everyone enjoys them

Ernie Taylor & Dexter Jackson




Bob Cicherillo


Brett Becker

[deetrakt]

Originally Posted by muscleboy82000

A few from my collection. Hope everyone enjoys them

Nice ones, mb8--keep 'em coming!

[muscleboy82000]

deetrakt,

Your wish is my command.

[CelticMuscle]

Originally Posted by muscleboy82000

A few from my collection. Hope everyone enjoys them
Bob Cicherillo

I am very intrigued about this one and am wondering if he took this for a political reason. You see that to me says "War is he!!" and yet to a supporter of wars it could easy say "War makes a man out of you". Has Mr. Cicherillo ever made his views on the Iraq war public at all?

[Gymini29]

your over analysizing. it's just a statement of masuclinity

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Originally Posted by Gymini29

your over analysizing. it's just a statement of masuclinity

Exactly--and also a very popular genre of BB pic: Eddie Robinson, Joey Decaminada, Sergey Zicuncov, etc., etc.

BTW, the first three guys in mb82000's most recent post are Istvan Nemeth, Jon Perrier and Erkan Demir. And the last one is Eddie Robinson, although I would never have known without the tiny ID in the lower right of the photo.

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Ali Matteau (USA)


Achim Albrecht (Germany)


Jay Cutler (USA)


Kevin Blake (USA)


Erkan Demir (Turkey)


Frank McGrath (Canada)


Quincy Taylor (USA)


Marko Savolainen (Finland)

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Mika Nyyssola (Finland)


Derek Anthony (USA)


Andrew Giordonello (USA)


Manuel Bauer (Germany)


"Onstage Lineup"


Gustavo Badell (Puerto Rico)


Guy Grundy (Australia)


Edgar Fletcher (USA)

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From the great galleries at the muscle/fitness site www.pakkotoisto.com:

Kimmo Salo


Jari Mentula


Tommi Heinonen


Jerry Ossi


Mika Nyyssola


Jukka Huoponen


Marko Savolainen


Markus Heinanen

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Mike Dragna (USA)


Berry De Mey (Netherlands)


Lee Priest (Australia)


Eddie Robinson (USA)


Ernie Taylor (UK)


Manuel Bauer (Germany)


Charles Ray Arde (USA)


Elek Joba (Hungary)

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Chris Cook (USA)


Eddie Abbew (Ghana/UK)


Erik Fromm (USA)


Charles Duca (Malta/Australia)


Rey Ronquillo (USA)


Serkan Cetin (Germany)


Erik Fankhouser (USA)


Mika Nyyssola (Finland)

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Some bodybuilders of the recent and more distant past:

Frank Hillebrand


Darryl Stafford


Steve Reeves


Mike Mentzer


Eddie Robinson


Joe Bucci


Bob Paris


Lee Haney

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Markus Ruhl (Germany)


Victor Martinez (USA)


Marko Savolainen (Finland)


Dexter Jackson (USA)


Thomas Stellander (Norway)


Jay Cutler (USA)


Paul Dillett (Canada)


Erik Fankhouser (USA)

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"Scott Sloan" (USA)


Lee Labrada (USA)


Maurizio Galeazzo (Italy)


Kevin Blake aka "Troy Steel" (USA)


Jim Romagna (USA)


Arnaud Duchenne (France)


Jay Cutler (USA)


Michael Metzger (Germany)

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Hope you enjoy this group!

Ron Schweyer (USA)


Andreas Cahling (Sweden/USA)


Gary Leonard (USA)


Kal Szkalak (USA)


Serge Nubret (Guadeloupe/France)


Matt Mendenhall (USA)


Achim Albrecht (Germany/USA)


Steve Reeves (USA)

[Aikuchi]

how can one NOT enjoy these!!!

and that steve reeves butt patch is so CUTE!

[Texzilla]

Wow, thanks for posting that last picture of Steve Reeves!!! It's one I've never seen, and I didn't think that was possible. With the shoulder strap overalls and the patch on the rear it looks like it could have been a costume test for Lil' Abner. I had always heard he was considered for the role, just like he had been considered for James Bond, Doc Savage and the Man Wtih No Name, but never thought it went so far as seeing how he looked as the character.

[deetrakt]

Originally Posted by Texzilla

Wow, thanks for posting that last picture of Steve Reeves!!! It's one I've never seen, and I didn't think that was possible. With the shoulder strap overalls and the patch on the rear it looks like it could have been a costume test for Lil' Abner. I had always heard he was considered for the role, just like he had been considered for James Bond, Doc Savage and the Man Wtih No Name, but never thought it went so far as seeing how he looked as the character.

No prob. Don't know any of the details, but these two seem to be from the same series:

[Yachirobi]

So. Fucking. HOT.

They just don't make men like they used to. And was Steve that bad an actor? He was so gorgeous that I would have cast him on the spot for damn near anything. If it wasn't working out then I'd just have him rip his shirt off. That'll please the critics.

[deetrakt]

OOPS...two more! (and these are even decent quality)




These last two come from one of those amazing "home made, labor of love" sites on vintage bodybuilding: www.v-m-p.org

(There are also a couple of others whose URLs I've mislaid: "Retro Muscle" and "Classic Bodybuilders". Try Google.)

[Texzilla]

Holy Moley!!! Did they have NO idea how tight that costume was going to be on him? Then again, maybe they did and that was the point. It's like they were going for Lil' Abner as a superhero. Thanks again for posting these. Really made my day.

[glammaman2000]

..the answer: "STEVE REEVES"! He not only tested for Li'l Abner, but Al Capp always said he was the original inspiration for the strip (as Marilyn Monroe was for Daisy Mae)

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Originally Posted by glammaman2000

..the answer: "STEVE REEVES"! He not only tested for Li'l Abner, but Al Capp always said he was the original inspiration for the strip (as Marilyn Monroe was for Daisy Mae)

Yeah, I read that too. Apparently, they even nicknamed him "Lil Abner" because of it.

However, to those who wonder why he wasn't cast in the movie, it's one thing to be wooden in a campy muscle costume drama--and another in a comedy in which he would be expected to act in character as a hillbilly. Scary thought.

(By the way, glamma, I included the Kal Szkalak pic just for you. Great name to try to spell btw--even when it's right, it looks wrong. Too bad you can't use it in Scrabble.)

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Stuart Core (UK)


Milos Sarcev (Yugoslavia/USA)


Adam Adamski (Poland)


Ko Chandetka (Laos/USA)


Ernie Taylor (UK)


Lee Priest (Australia)


Dennis Newman (USA)


Alex Stampoulidis (Greece/Germany)

[Chi-town]

I love the Ernie Taylor photo!

He's like Mary Poppins, here to make all your muscle dreams come true. <sigh> if only...

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Jari Mentula (Finland)


Branch Warren (USA)


James "Flex" Lewis (Wales, UK)


Jay Cutler (USA)


Elek Joba (Hungary)


Tom Prince (USA)


Jean-Pierre Fux (Switzerland)


Troy Brown (UK)

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Kevin Levrone (USA)


Lee Priest (Australia)


Bob Paris (USA)


Lou Joseph (Canada)


Jay Cutler (USA)


Markus Ruhl (Germany)


Frank Yeigh (USA)


Quincy Taylor (USA)

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Mike Dragna (USA)


Lee Priest (Australia)


Luke Mueller (USA)


Jamo Nezzar (Algeria/UK)


Aaron Maddron (USA)


Victor Strong aka Victor Chokmosov (Russia)


A younger, smaller Dennis James (USA)


Nasser el Sonbaty (Germany/USA)

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A very young Rusty Jeffers


Matt Mendenhall


Robby Robinson


Jeff King


Wilbur "Bud" Counts


Mike Mentzer


Jim Haislop


Roger Callard

[chris_abs]

James Flex Lewis, is amazing for a 22 / 23 year old.

Have been following him for a while.

[dallasmsl]

Originally Posted by chris_abs

James Flex Lewis, is amazing for a 22 / 23 year old.

Have been following him for a while.

I was surprised to hear that he's the same height as me (5'5"). I must be doing something wrong.

[chris_abs]

Yeah :-( he's an inch shorter than me!

I'm doing something very wrong I think ;-/

Back to eating!!

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Jake McLennen (Canada)




COLT model "Scott Sloan" (USA)




Binais Begovic (Montenegro/Sweden)




George Farah (USA)




Jiri Borkovec (Czech Republic)




Kevin Levrone (USA)




Dorian Yates (UK)




Frank Cuppens (Belgium)

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Jay Cutler (USA)


Daniel Varga (Hungary)


Chris Cook (USA)


Aleksei Bekker (Russia)


Roberto Silvertre aka "Ramon" (Spain)


Zeb Atlas (USA)


Andreas Frey (Romania/Germany)


Bill Davey (USA)

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Mike Ergas (USA), looking a little like Franco Columbu


Frank McGrath (Canada)


Jason Arntz (USA)


Ed van Amsterdam (Netherlands)


John Sherman (USA)


Lee Priest (Australia)


Joe DeAngelis (USA)


Branch Warren (USA)

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Shawn Ray (USA)


Ed van Amsterdam (Netherlands)


Rey Ronquillo (USA)


Daniel Hill (Germany)


Francis Benfatto (France)


Rafal Borysiuk (Poland)


Pavol Jablonicky (Czech Republic)


Dennis Newman (USA)

[dallasmsl]

I think the photo of Dennis Newman is just classic. Thanks!