Testosterone would first start to be used in American bodybuilding one year later. Reeves never took any, but Bill Pearl and Grimek would make that transition to using testosterone and their physiques definitely showed a large gain as a result.
The best because he was the best at the very end of the "clean" era. By the late 1950s Ciba Geigy produced Dianobol was available and the steroid abuse had begun.
@@JoaoPedro-tp7bl wrong steriods where being developed and tested on a few lifters in the LATE 50's around 1958/59 but it wasn't til 1962 that the general public had access to them with Dianabol
@@JoaoPedro-tp7bl nope silver era was the last one before steroids. All these physiques can be achieved naturally (wether you believe it or not). Steve Reeves said something like "If you don't have enough male hormones to develop a muscular body you can play ping pong"
Yet r These copycat bodybuilder s of today forget the innovators and foundation of building like John gremick ev Eugene sandow Steve reeves chet yorton Mohammed ish after Larry Scott reg parks chuck sipes arnold Schwarzenegger Frank Zane sandow
This is the bodybuilding contest scene from the film "Athena" from 1954. It was on Turner Classics recently and is well worth a watch. Steve Reeves and Richard (Dick) Dubois (credited as Richard Sabre in the film) are featured with speaking roles. This contest is a great look back in time to the way contests were run in 1940s and 1950s with those Olympic lifts.
Those lifts looked completely incorrectly approached. I mean, that whole "leaning backward" when they were trying to get the weight above their head - is that advisable? Anybody knows if this was the way they did it back then?
@@jondunmore4268Clearly you have not seen how they used to do the push press in the Olympics... The blond guy in this video did a continental style clean and jerk (badly, because the weight was too heavy for him). The leaning back makes it easier by allowing the chest to contribute, basically turning the shoulder press into an incline bench press.
The effects of steroids for muscle development was discovered in the 30s but it wasn't until the 50s that the bodybuilders of the day would have gained access to them. It wouldn't surprise me if some or all of these guys had access.
Sećam se Stiva Rivsa iz filma "Herkules". Ja san tada imao desetak godina.On je tada izgledao kao Džin i bio je fascinantan. Danas da je živ, imao bi 98 godina.
This clip is from "Athena" , a 1954 American romantic musical comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jane Powell, Edmund Purdom, Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, Louis Calhern, Steve Reeves, and Evelyn Varden. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The men look strong and nimble. No steroids and no clown like bodies. No early deaths. Even more impressive was the natural beauty of the women at 3: 30 seconds and 3:50 seconds. Wholesome and smiling. No duck lips and botoxed faces or tatoos. The kind of girl you can trust and marry. The kind of girl to make your heart skip a beat. The product today is grossly inferior.
I'm certain that any man on that stage would achieve a higher score on any physical fitness test used by the U.S., British, or Australian armed forces, than the out of proportion giants who grace the Mr. Olympia stage.
The dudes now are all size and nothing to do with being in shape. They couldn't, jog, jump or skip. I don't see what's so pleasing about being like that, but I guess it's because most people look at image and these guys can come off as that they are big and bad, but most decent fighters could rock them in a Muay Thai fight, I wouldn't say MMA because they are big enough to just take you down to the ground and just sit on top of you, they can't actually fight, they have zero stamina and too big to throw some good punches
@@ThePeacePlant if you took anyone who isn't a Muay Thai Fighter and put them in the gym with a Muay Thai Fighter the Muay Thai Fighter would beat him at Muay Thai this isn't like rocket science that's not like an incredible personal weakness. The Muay Thai Fighter is obviously going to beat them at something that the Muay Thai Fighter trains to beat people at
In fact, Steve Reeves also used steroids. In about five times lower doses than now, but he used it. That doesn't change the fact that his physique is unattainable.
Well, and a naturally gifted physique to build on. His forearms and calves took little training yet were massive. Plus you have to admit he had a very handsome face.
@@kittenluvzu Nothing prior to 1954 was capable of being administered orally or by injection that had a sustainable half-life in the body and therefore could not produce lasting anabolic effects. From 1954-58 the Russians had some success with testosterone injections but with very severe androgenous side effects. It was only in 1958 when Ciba Geigy released Dianobol, that there was an available high quality anabolic steroid with controllable androgenous effects. Those guys in 1954 were still clean; by 1960 the same guys were all juiced.
What a legend! You can clearly see and hear that barbell was really loaded. But also you can tell Steve Reeves was _acting_ like weight is heavy for him by how smooth and gently he puts it down at the end.
It was fake. There are publicity photos of it also being lifted by the movie's technical advisor, Bert Goodrich, who was Mr. America 15 years earlier. He's wearing a suit and Steve is next to him grinning.
@@daveconleyportfolio5192 I never wrote it's REAL (due to no chance to see numbers on plates), tho. I wrote "really loaded". "Fake" could be a styrofoam model that my granny will lift with one pinky or just weight that _man who was Mr. America 15 years earlier_ can lift. But thanks for interesting facts anyway :)
Amazing!! Never guessed that this was going on in the 1950s, wow! All these bodybuilders are great. Steve Reeves is magnificent!! The professional bodybuilders of today should learn from these bodybuilders of the past. Proportion and symmetry make a better and more pleasing physique, than the huge out of proportioned muscles just for the sake of muscles!
I think Steve Reeves had the most balanced and appealing build of all time -- and it paid off. At one point he was the highest paid actor in Europe, at the height of his 'Hercules' movie fame.
I assisted Steve with his website and when he'd appear at autograph sessions. I still have a number of his signed photos I got from him. Such a sweet man.
Not natural, and also who wants to see guys looking like his in todays day? If so go to a natural show lol, they still look like that now. Me, I wanna see the freaks
I have to agree with comments below. Men trying to bodybuild these days think they can’t achieve a great body. Wrong. These guys show us it’s possible and without steroids etc. Lets get back into that mentality
He was an athlete phenomenon, a good actor too and the model athlete for me because was the reason that I started the bodybuilding...before many many years ago....until now....even the years have passed...!!!..
@@alberteisenmann1023 No they didn’t, steroids didn’t get into mainstream until after the 1950s, the Russian weightlifting (Cold War effort) was one of the first to push the science. Even in the 1960s it was still a crude, and dangerous experiment.
@@Pulsonar This is 1954. Sterioids are developed in WW2 over a decade before this film is produced. I'm absolutly sure that most of them were on roids.
Sad that only the Italian movie makers had a good eye to see the greatness in Steve Reeves! Yet the Italian movies were damn good! Clint Eastwood also stared in Italian movies first.
@@DrDisinfect_TheWorld Spagehtti Westerns were done by the amazing Italians. In the 60s Clint Eastwood was in "'A Fistful of Dollars" an awesome movie. He also starred in the movie "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Great movie and even better was the music
Wow!! What a great find. Thanks for posting. I am a competitive Weightlifter and I appreciate the bodybuilding community. Back then, physique athletes were required to also perform the Olympic lifts. And the physique back then were classic and awesome and inspiring compared to modern-day bodybuilders.
Notice how in the era where most Bodybuilders were natural, the Bodyfat % on stage that they had was more like 12-15%, an actually lean and healthy level. Whereas today, even the natural competitions have the expectation of having sub 8% Bodyfat, a level at which your biological functions don't even work for most people. What a shame.
This is from the movie Athena, but bodybuilding and weightlifting have diverged so much since then that on contest day modern bodybuilders couldn't even hope to do a clean and press.
Yeah but it not in the public yet and also it not also effective the first time they use it is in the 60s that were there noticeable size and looks so the silver era is all natural
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Actually Steve Reeves was in a seemingly hopeless tie in a Contest, Judges tried again and again to rescore but could not break the deadlock. Reeves won after Judges chose to examine the finalist’s teeth, finding only Reeves possessed a fillingless 32.
When I was a kid, I had 4 movie idols. Steve Reeves was of course one of them for his roles in the Hercules and Goliath movies. The others were Elvis, Jerry Lewis and Bridgette Bardot.
Absolutely amazing this Gentle Man Steve Reeves!!On the way up was harder the on the way down.He made it look like nothing.Besides being strong he was an amazing poser and showmanship.An american bodybuilding icon that every man at that time,and beyond,tried to emulate.
This is the precursor of "classic phisique" - leading to the golden age of bodybuilding the 70s and 80s - Arnold, Lou, Frank, Lee e.t.c Classic bodybuilding was about symmetry, finesse and charisma and posing style
Nowadays almost anybody with a great doctor can have a great physique - but a great face? You can't train or fake great skin, a beautiful smile and great features. Priceless!
Steve had it all including the best looking face , I remember growing up in Brooklyn and there was a rumor that Steve was the most evenly built guy in the world I was a kid hanging out , now I can confirm I believe that was not just a rumor but the truth.
Eran los tiempos en que dominaba la estética, porque ahora con todo respeto los máximos representantes del físico constructivismo se están acercando a lo simiesco. Steve será el inmortal en este deporte
Watching these bodybuilders from Steve Reeves' era, I can't help but notice the huge difference compared to today's bodybuilders. These athletes had natural, harmonious, and proportionate physiques that expressed true aesthetic beauty and athletic power. They weren't just walking muscles but embodied a combination of strength, agility, and charisma. They moved with grace and confidence, qualities that made them captivating to watch, both for their appearance and their movements. Today, however, bodybuilders look like overinflated balloons, lacking any physical harmony. They are fueled by chemical substances that turn them into caricatures of what a healthy, athletic physique should be. The comparison doesn't hold up: modern physiques, artificially bloated, are clumsy and monstrous, incapable of expressing real functional strength or grace in movement. It's no wonder that many of them suffer from health problems and poor physical performance, because what we see is not a truly athletic body, but a chemical fiction.
I bought his Book that he published and was even fortunate to get his Autograph in the front of it.Its a really good Book and had a lot of Information that he shared in it.
Then came steroids and changed the whole game. Imagine if Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jay Cutler were transported in the 50s these people would absolutely freak out. That old lady would faint.
These gentlemen have great physiques that are not only achievable, but sustainable. A much healthier era for bodybuilding than in later decades.
Testosterone would first start to be used in American bodybuilding one year later. Reeves never took any, but Bill Pearl and Grimek would make that transition to using testosterone and their physiques definitely showed a large gain as a result.
Well achievable is debatable as you need excellent genetics for that but I know what you mean :D
@Neil Moore These MEN were true natural 'beauties. ' much more attractive and attainable than today's juiced up weight lifters
@@inquisitor4635 some sites claim that sergio olivia claimed that reeves was on.
@@xXAlmdudlerXx if this isnt achievable natty why even bother working out to get big
Steve Reeves posing is simply legendary! He’s an absolute icon. One of the best of all-time!
the best
The best because he was the best at the very end of the "clean" era. By the late 1950s Ciba Geigy produced Dianobol was available and the steroid abuse had begun.
My favorite actor as a kid...Hercules
When bodybuilders were symbol of pure healthy physique & lifestyle..
"healthy lifestyle" after all they used roids
Now they just get heart attacks
@@JoaoPedro-tp7bl wrong steriods where being developed and tested on a few lifters in the LATE 50's around 1958/59 but it wasn't til 1962 that the general public had access to them with Dianabol
@@JoaoPedro-tp7bl nope silver era was the last one before steroids. All these physiques can be achieved naturally (wether you believe it or not).
Steve Reeves said something like "If you don't have enough male hormones to develop a muscular body you can play ping pong"
a good chunk of body builders today look like science experiments
The way he set the bar down effortlessly is a testament to his acting.
A testament to the real weight that setup had, perhaps? 😅
lol
It was 40kg lighter on the way down 🤣🤣🤣
Может быть это потому, что это сцена из фильма?
You realize that there was probably only one actual real plate on either side right lol it's a movie
Steve Reeves really was perfection
Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 TO That One!✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨!Sam!
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These copycat bodybuilder s of today forget the innovators and foundation of building like John gremick ev
Eugene sandow Steve reeves chet yorton Mohammed ish after Larry Scott reg parks chuck sipes arnold Schwarzenegger Frank Zane
sandow
Yes he was but he used steroids but low dose of steroids
@@ananddeonarine6913 you forgot Sean Connery
@@actionfigurescollectionssu7854 That's hard to believe since the first anabolic steroid wasn't available until 1956.
This is the bodybuilding contest scene from the film "Athena" from 1954. It was on Turner Classics recently and is well worth a watch. Steve Reeves and Richard (Dick) Dubois (credited as Richard Sabre in the film) are featured with speaking roles. This contest is a great look back in time to the way contests were run in 1940s and 1950s with those Olympic lifts.
Thanks for the info 😊
DuBois had an incredible physique…not Steve, but very impressive.
Those lifts looked completely incorrectly approached. I mean, that whole "leaning backward" when they were trying to get the weight above their head - is that advisable? Anybody knows if this was the way they did it back then?
@@jondunmore4268Clearly you have not seen how they used to do the push press in the Olympics... The blond guy in this video did a continental style clean and jerk (badly, because the weight was too heavy for him). The leaning back makes it easier by allowing the chest to contribute, basically turning the shoulder press into an incline bench press.
@@jondunmore4268 Mitch hooper the current world strongest man, does a lot of hos over head presses with that lean bavk technique
Steve Reeves was a absolute unit. The man looked like a Greek statue that came to life.
Hercules
Amazing 🥹 love this era. No steroids, just hard work!
The guys on roids work hard
Scientists were discovering steroids during that period.
The effects of steroids for muscle development was discovered in the 30s but it wasn't until the 50s that the bodybuilders of the day would have gained access to them. It wouldn't surprise me if some or all of these guys had access.
@@Jac70the use of steroids started in 40s
@@isaacmettle Extremely hard. They are one of a kind
Steve Reeves was my boyhood hero! I watched every Hercules movie he made! A true bodybuilder without the benefit of steroids.
CORRECT NATURAL BUILD NO JUICE IN THAT BODY,POWERHOUSE,and DAVE DRAPER
Sećam se Stiva Rivsa iz filma "Herkules". Ja san tada imao desetak godina.On je tada izgledao kao Džin i bio je fascinantan. Danas da je živ, imao bi 98 godina.
Are you absolutely sure?
Everyone looks like a beautiful piece of art😊
Woman closing eyes must be Lesbian.
The bodybuilders of that era was better than mass monsters
Absolutely! Without The Use Of Steroids!
They had a flatter chest,proportional arms but wider back
Definitely agree
@@kballenger53ify they still had steroids. Steroids were from 50ties
@@kballenger53ify They were on roids at that time. But mutch less than today.
This clip is from "Athena" , a 1954 American romantic musical comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jane Powell, Edmund Purdom, Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, Louis Calhern, Steve Reeves, and Evelyn Varden. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
So beautiful to watch this, perfect body back in the days, watching this guys is a real motivation..
Bodybuilding nowadays just hurts peoples eyes 👀..
2.20 - but can they get it up ... I mean right up ?
The men look strong and nimble. No steroids and no clown like bodies. No early deaths. Even more impressive was the natural beauty of the women at 3: 30 seconds and 3:50 seconds. Wholesome and smiling. No duck lips and botoxed faces or tatoos. The kind of girl you can trust and marry. The kind of girl to make your heart skip a beat. The product today is grossly inferior.
I'm certain that any man on that stage would achieve a higher score on any physical fitness test used by the U.S., British, or Australian armed forces, than the out of proportion giants who grace the Mr. Olympia stage.
I'm sure Cedric McMillon who was in the service until his death routinely failed APFTs.
With ease.
The dudes now are all size and nothing to do with being in shape. They couldn't, jog, jump or skip. I don't see what's so pleasing about being like that, but I guess it's because most people look at image and these guys can come off as that they are big and bad, but most decent fighters could rock them in a Muay Thai fight, I wouldn't say MMA because they are big enough to just take you down to the ground and just sit on top of you, they can't actually fight, they have zero stamina and too big to throw some good punches
@@ThePeacePlant if you took anyone who isn't a Muay Thai Fighter and put them in the gym with a Muay Thai Fighter the Muay Thai Fighter would beat him at Muay Thai this isn't like rocket science that's not like an incredible personal weakness. The Muay Thai Fighter is obviously going to beat them at something that the Muay Thai Fighter trains to beat people at
U said out of proportion and then said Grace the stage?
He was the purest of of Body Building back then...no short cuts...just hard work and Devotion...
In fact, Steve Reeves also used steroids. In about five times lower doses than now, but he used it. That doesn't change the fact that his physique is unattainable.
Well, and a naturally gifted physique to build on. His forearms and calves took little training yet were massive. Plus you have to admit he had a very handsome face.
Hate to burst your bubble, bro, but all these guys in 1954 were on high-quality steroid drugs. Yes, it's a big disappointment.
@@kittenluvzu Nothing prior to 1954 was capable of being administered orally or by injection that had a sustainable half-life in the body and therefore could not produce lasting anabolic effects. From 1954-58 the Russians had some success with testosterone injections but with very severe androgenous side effects. It was only in 1958 when Ciba Geigy released Dianobol, that there was an available high quality anabolic steroid with controllable androgenous effects. Those guys in 1954 were still clean; by 1960 the same guys were all juiced.
@@kittenluvzu cope harder
and these guys were acutally at a healthy bodyfat percentage
What a legend! You can clearly see and hear that barbell was really loaded. But also you can tell Steve Reeves was _acting_ like weight is heavy for him by how smooth and gently he puts it down at the end.
the sound you hear are added effects. the inside plates are genuine plates the rest are props.
@@Jafmanz not gonna argue, seems reasonable)
It was fake. There are publicity photos of it also being lifted by the movie's technical advisor, Bert Goodrich, who was Mr. America 15 years earlier. He's wearing a suit and Steve is next to him grinning.
@@daveconleyportfolio5192 I never wrote it's REAL (due to no chance to see numbers on plates), tho. I wrote "really loaded". "Fake" could be a styrofoam model that my granny will lift with one pinky or just weight that _man who was Mr. America 15 years earlier_ can lift. But thanks for interesting facts anyway :)
And today we have juice monkeys with GH guts. Bring back the good old days.
Nobody would come to watch
@@user-hz2mk8fh7h you are sadly mistaken. Much better seeing aesthetics and proper proportions versus a freak show.
Por algo David laid y Jeff seid eran más conocidos y apreciados que Phil Heat
Steve Reeves, the perfect physique! Timeless.
Amazing!! Never guessed that this was going on in the 1950s, wow! All these bodybuilders are great. Steve Reeves is magnificent!! The professional bodybuilders of today should learn from these bodybuilders of the past. Proportion and symmetry make a better and more pleasing physique, than the huge out of proportioned muscles just for the sake of muscles!
He was my idol and inspiration back then.
I agree with you!🙂💪💪👍
Its been going on since the late 1930s.
@@DrLeroyArch actually since the 1890s when lifting got popularized
Its not the guilt of modern bodybuilders, its all about commercials
My favorite era of bodybuilding 😊
I think Steve Reeves had the most balanced and appealing build of all time -- and it paid off. At one point he was the highest paid actor in Europe, at the height of his 'Hercules' movie fame.
Was fascinated watching Hercules when I was little. Frank Zane and Larry Scott were awesome too.
Don't forget Frank Zayne.
Yes Frank Zain!
Reeves was well ahead of game in the 50s with his looks and charisma and clothes he wore -a true one off much like Bruce Lee
I'm a Larry Scott fan myself
I assisted Steve with his website and when he'd appear at autograph sessions. I still have a number of his signed photos I got from him. Such a sweet man.
I will go back to this every time I feel like missing a workout routine or to stop cutting
This is what a muscular human body looks like without using chemistry, 100% natural, that is health and not what is now.
NOT NATURAL. MANY WERE ON STEROIDS BACK THEN TOO. INCLUDING STEVE REEVES💉💉💉💊💊💉💊💊💣💊💉💊💊💉💉💊💊💊
Steroids been around since the mid 1930s….he wasn’t natural buddy.
@@johnny6610 You're 200 percent CORRECT.
was not natural
Not natural, and also who wants to see guys looking like his in todays day? If so go to a natural show lol, they still look like that now. Me, I wanna see the freaks
This is called natural bodybuilding. ❤️
Yeah but the sad thing is none of those guys are natural they all used steroids just low does of steroids
I this this too. Almost for Steve Reeves
*think
why, theres no need to use steroids to accomplish physiques like this, all these physiques are naturally attainable
@@dindjarin2988 we don't talk about the others, they have natural physique, no doubt about It. I Just speak for the body of Steve Reeves
I have to agree with comments below. Men trying to bodybuild these days think they can’t achieve a great body. Wrong. These guys show us it’s possible and without steroids etc. Lets get back into that mentality
Who wants to look average? THeyse guys look ok but not more.
just about any woman will tell you these men are far more desirable than the bodybuilders of today.
Thats why men dont do it for women.
100% these men look fantastic and healthy
And some men!
These men are so beautiful
He was an athlete phenomenon, a good actor too and the model athlete for me because was the reason that I started the bodybuilding...before many many years ago....until now....even the years have passed...!!!..
Something tells me these guys weren’t dying of heart failure in their late 30’s.
Many of those guys were already in mid 30s
he forgot to still pretend it was heavy when bringing it down
These guys look like Greek statues so much more pleasing to the eye. Steroids ruined bodybuilding.
They had a flatter chest,proportional arms but wider back
They took sterioids at that time.
But those guys were on steroids already they just took low dose of steroids
@@alberteisenmann1023 No they didn’t, steroids didn’t get into mainstream until after the 1950s, the Russian weightlifting (Cold War effort) was one of the first to push the science. Even in the 1960s it was still a crude,
and dangerous experiment.
@@Pulsonar This is 1954. Sterioids are developed in WW2 over a decade before this film is produced. I'm absolutly sure that most of them were on roids.
Those lats and the V is amazing..he really looked like he was drawn and walked off the page
Sad that only the Italian movie makers had a good eye to see the greatness in Steve Reeves! Yet the Italian movies were damn good! Clint Eastwood also stared in Italian movies first.
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Steve reeves was supposed to act as Tarzan
What were those Eastwood movies called? And why were they called that? You can Google it lol
@@DrDisinfect_TheWorld Spagehtti Westerns were done by the amazing Italians. In the 60s Clint Eastwood was in "'A Fistful of Dollars" an awesome movie. He also starred in the movie "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Great movie and even better was the music
@@pepsiq11965 well look at'chu 🤣 But correct. I grew up on "Spaghetti Westerns".
From where I sit all those guys on stage are winners.
Wow!! What a great find. Thanks for posting. I am a competitive Weightlifter and I appreciate the bodybuilding community. Back then, physique athletes were required to also perform the Olympic lifts. And the physique back then were classic and awesome and inspiring compared to modern-day bodybuilders.
Notice how in the era where most Bodybuilders were natural, the Bodyfat % on stage that they had was more like 12-15%, an actually lean and healthy level.
Whereas today, even the natural competitions have the expectation of having sub 8% Bodyfat, a level at which your biological functions don't even work for most people.
What a shame.
Richard Dubois comes in right after Reeves and was a Mr. America of 1954. He later was in Mae West's troupe of musclemen in her touring show.
Even for a muscles contest they had classy music playing
That’s all the music they can do. Back then, music was always classy.
Steve Reeves calves are goals.
This is from the movie Athena, but bodybuilding and weightlifting have diverged so much since then that on contest day modern bodybuilders couldn't even hope to do a clean and press.
The era of healthy real men that lives as he was meant to live.
Steve Reeves was unmatched.....TOTAL LEGEND!
They looked much better then. Now they have muscles on the places that there are not muscles naturally.
WHEN BODY BUILDING WAS GOOD FOR HEALTH AND BODY !
How you know they werent on drugs? You people know so little ab whats achivable clean and not clean. Lol
That was a much , healthier, attractive and respectable Era in bodybuilding! Today, most bodybuilders are on Roids/Peds.
Reeves and his cohorts, understood the essence of body building and why classic physiques are being revisited today, some 68 years later
This is where Sean Connery started before he became an actor
Natural bodybuilding always produces perfect bodies.
they were not natty... there is gear in america since the 40s, germany since the 30s...
@@terminator9099you’re probably a twig if you think these guys are on gear
Yeah but it not in the public yet and also it not also effective the first time they use it is in the 60s that were there noticeable size and looks so the silver era is all natural
Damn, the US's changed a lot. And I can't say it's a good thing.
yeah it's grim
Brutal, inhuman capitalism!!!
When bodybuilders still looked like men and not like amorphous beasts.
Probably the pinnacle of what is naturally achievable.
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He was Hercules in a lot of Italian movies in the sixties.
These guys look like ancient greek statues, this must be what a bodybuilder must look like.
All natural. Amazing. Not a single one with a pulsating neck and veins on their ashole.
they look much better than the one we have these days
Which one?
Actually Steve Reeves was in a seemingly hopeless tie in a Contest, Judges tried again and again to rescore but could not break the deadlock. Reeves won after Judges chose to examine the finalist’s teeth, finding only Reeves possessed a fillingless 32.
No steroids no fancy gym unique body and a real bodybuilding.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was 7 years old during this time. And this guy Steve Reeves was born in 1926 and was 28 here
Prima si esaltava la bellezza e la forza mitico Steve,ora i body builders sono dei buoi spellati
Bodybuilding certainly has changed its a freak show now
matches the general society. it deserves to be destroyed and rebuild with some sanity.
Comic book artists still draw superheroes like these natural bodybuilders instead of modern beer belly monsters. Concept of beauty has not changed.
This is when bodybuilding was a pure sport,no drugs and no hormones.Beautiful bodies.
nope...
When I was a kid, I had 4 movie idols. Steve Reeves was of course one of them for his roles in the Hercules and Goliath movies. The others were Elvis, Jerry Lewis and Bridgette Bardot.
They looked really good for not having any modern training equipment and being 100% natural.
Makes today's BB look like a mockery.
back before bodybuilding became a freak show.
Absolutely amazing this Gentle Man Steve Reeves!!On the way up was harder the on the way down.He made it look like nothing.Besides being strong he was an amazing poser and showmanship.An american bodybuilding icon that every man at that time,and beyond,tried to emulate.
People in TikTok: Hes not shredded, did he even train?
This is the precursor of "classic phisique" - leading to the golden age of bodybuilding the 70s and 80s - Arnold, Lou, Frank, Lee e.t.c
Classic bodybuilding was about symmetry, finesse and charisma and posing style
Это бействительно красиво сложенные тела... Не то что последние 30 лет нам показывают стероидных монстров на т.н. Олимпии Джо Уайдера.
ну Стив Ривз тут тоже на стероидах. дозы просто другие были
На каких стероидах? Первый стероид метандиенон был синтезирован только в 1955@@dimka781
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This is true bodybuilding
Yh. Using steroids.
This guys are perfect models for a T-800 series Terminators...
before the mass era , before the golden era, there was the "NORMAL" era
Girls standing on the side were gorgeous❤
Самые красивые тела - натуральные, без всякой ,,химии,,! Посмотрите! Какая красота! Идеальные мужские фигуры!!! Браво!!!👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
3:34 "Don't just sit there! Hold a good thought.
Somehow the mankind reach perfection at that moment in art culture and fitness.
Действительно философский вопрос. Дело наверное в Божественной эволюции.Непредсказуемой .Запрятанной за семью замками .
All of them are just great
1:23 so that’s where Frank Zane got his routine!
Nowadays almost anybody with a great doctor can have a great physique - but a great face?
You can't train or fake great skin, a beautiful smile and great features. Priceless!
Bodybuilders today are dropping in like flies
They should go back to a more natural physique, like these guys !
Quite like American women with breast implants, buttocks, bottox, and other anti-depressants!!!
This was natural bodybuilding and what a natural physique could achieve. Today..a totally different deal.
Первый раз увидел Стив ривза шестидесятых годах в советском союзе шёл фильм подвиги Геракла мы были просто восхищены
Gorgeous men
Loved the Steve Reeves Hercules movies.He eas in effect a fine actor.
Meh
Steve had it all including the best looking face , I remember growing up in Brooklyn and there was a rumor that Steve was the most evenly built guy in the world I was a kid hanging out , now I can confirm I believe that was not just a rumor but the truth.
Very handsome guy and very muscular
Yup. He was symmetrical.
What about Roy DeMeo, he was a pretty well built kind of guy?
@@chiricahuaapache5132 I’m not aware of Roy but I’m sure if your saying it you are probably correct.
@@saintanthony7718 He was big, very big. Lived in Long Island, but came from Canarsie or Bensonhurst.
Eran los tiempos en que dominaba la estética, porque ahora con todo respeto los máximos representantes del físico constructivismo se están acercando a lo simiesco. Steve será el inmortal en este deporte
Back when proffessional bodybuilders weren't lab rats...
Watching these bodybuilders from Steve Reeves' era, I can't help but notice the huge difference compared to today's bodybuilders. These athletes had natural, harmonious, and proportionate physiques that expressed true aesthetic beauty and athletic power. They weren't just walking muscles but embodied a combination of strength, agility, and charisma. They moved with grace and confidence, qualities that made them captivating to watch, both for their appearance and their movements.
Today, however, bodybuilders look like overinflated balloons, lacking any physical harmony. They are fueled by chemical substances that turn them into caricatures of what a healthy, athletic physique should be. The comparison doesn't hold up: modern physiques, artificially bloated, are clumsy and monstrous, incapable of expressing real functional strength or grace in movement. It's no wonder that many of them suffer from health problems and poor physical performance, because what we see is not a truly athletic body, but a chemical fiction.
I bought his Book that he published and was even fortunate to get his Autograph in the front of it.Its a really good Book and had a lot of Information that he shared in it.
When audiences were reserved and had class and didn't yell and scream.
It's a white thing.
This RIGHT HERE, represents the limits of muscle building possible without steroids.
Then came steroids and changed the whole game. Imagine if Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jay Cutler were transported in the 50s these people would absolutely freak out. That old lady would faint.
Good to see strong healthy bodies unadulterated by steroids.
Gotta love the Hollywood strings and orchestra tango.....
Come erano belli...corpi armoniosi ...eleganti e forti nello stesso tempo... fantastici