@Nuby Your bias since your most likely a weight lifter and watch juiced up men all day. Your standards are yours, and you think the world has your same outlook. Even in today’s standards, 99% of the population will see this as in very good shape. The small percentage of men in the gym that think this is small are the ones who want the overly huge physique and look up to those guys. And to the guys, yes this would be small. But most of us arnt concerned with trying to impress that small segment of men. Not hating man.
I cannot get enough of the Bronze Age strongmen! Not only were they all nattys. But they were all round amazing athletes with strong backgrounds in acrobatics and gymnastics and often incorporating elements of bodyweight training & Dinosaur training into their routines.
Forearms are bloody ridiculous. The only thing he is lacking is pec development, but I imagine that's because strongmen generally focused more on overhead work back then.
@@GoldenEraBookworm Still has a physique 10x better than over 90% of trainees you come across in the majority of modern gyms. Very impressive considering this was at a time before the advent of steroids & the kind of training info & supplements people are privy to today.
Bronze Era physical development is truly where its at. I feel it develops the body to its best naturally. Thanks for all the work you do bro. We appreciate you.
Really appreciate this type of content. The people in them I feel are more relatable to those who train for health as well as the usual. While PED’s have their place I think it’s fast becoming far more impressive to encounter genuine nature strong functional physiques. It’s rarer than finding enhanced ones. I feel it’s got too far away from the healthier origins.
great video because we can be sure there were no PEDs involved and I'm quite sure most of the audience of this channel are not taking PEDs, and really today, who can you trust? you got Instagram models dying in surgery because they were secretly on clenbuterol, you got guys who were honest like the late great John Meadows, but one thing we know FOR SURE is that Ernest Cadine was not on the juice. great video
Ran across this character in the past. Didn't get a chance to dive too deep in his profile. Excellent info. Stellar physique and incredible strength ,even for that era !
Do you mean that even though you've been training for 40 years no one has said anything to you about it or have you never delved into the history of bodybuilding in 40 years of training.....what point are you trying to make with your response.. make us wiser!
@@trailerparkboys3390 Well I doubt I could make you any wiser, just saying I've never heard of him, I'm guessing I know of many bodybuilders and strong men that you've never heard of, but this fella has somehow passed me by. There does that make you happier Or do you need a more in depth explanation?
Anything pre golden era is the BEST! 👍 they had less steroids and were more focused on nutrition and different workouts you dont see anymore. Silver and bronze 💪
@@Steger13 They did, testosterone was first synthesized in 1935 as the narrator of this video also mentions, so most of the people during the silver era had access to steroids and definitely used it too. Only the beginning of the bronze era is truly safe. Don't put too much faith in people like Steve Reeves, steroids already existed and was available during their times and they might as well have used it, some people from that era like John Grimek even admitted to using them.
This guy could out-man any of the bubble-gut disgusting physiques of today. Modern Bodybuilding has truly lost it's foundation. Love the pre-steroid stuff.
This is an interesting video of a strongman from the Bronze Era. This man had a powerful and muscular physique. An all around athlete going by the facts you share. And he won a gold medal in the Olympics. He even served in the war. He did a lot of strongman lifts and stunts. This man was super strong. I would like to see more videos on the Bronze Era. We can learn from those old time strongmen. Good job on your biography and facts about this early bodybuilder.
These men were ahead of their time. Also, back then, they had higher testosterone levels because of the lack of synthetic estrogens that are so prevalent in today's processed foods. They ate highly nutritious food like eggs, organic meat, raw milk, greens and so-forth. Combined with heavy compound movements and you have a natural athlete/strongman/bodybuilder with steroid like gains.
Milk and eggs don't really have shit nutrition lol. Plug them into chronometer and look at the micros. Also dairy and chicken are the number one source of exogenous estrogen in humans.
As I have become older I have fallen out of love with the bench press, etc. and work the shoulders/lats more. Attempting to achieve more of the early 1900's shoulder to lat flow with the less pronounced pectorals.
That's because Olympics dropped the press after 60s. A lot of times, competitors cheated by hinging back and pressing up,thus making it somewhat an incline chest press rather than pure military press. So it was dropped in favor of bench press. Also, pecs are one of the difficult muscles to grow (apart from calves).. i am 40 and i completely stopped isolation. I only do compounds now.
One arm snatches and clean and jerks were part of Olympic contests, along with snatch, clean and jerk and press, press was actually added in 1924. In 1928 one handed lifts were done away with.
More content on the Bronze athletes is very welcome. Physical culture over pharmaceutical culture any day. These men's gain did not come from a bottle. Truly tough guys who earned their strength and physique.
@@GoldenEraBookworm bronze era is the best era imo, I’ve scheduled my next split surrounding the bronze era. Just because i know for sure these man did earn it not just juice up and use “science based training” that is heavily fucked over by substances we don’t know
Thank you for introducing us to this amazing man. Besides being so incredibly strong and having such a perfect body (and look at those forearms), he also had movie star looks and perfect hair.
Fantastic to know more about these awesome strongmen! Such a breath of fresh air when compared to the dopeheads opps ( alleged dopeheads/influencers ) nowadays
I never really understood the puffy chests of current and recent bodybuilding, and always associated Ernests type of physique with real strength and mobility. Please share if you get more info on how these guys developed that way and avoided unecessary chest bulk. Thanks for the cool videos!
Like many sports, people's bodies figure out what they are better at. The bodies aren't developed by the sport. For example sprinters don't look big and tall and strong due to just sprinting their aspired to it, like little light guy realise hey I'm great at marathons
It's entirely subjective but I think these classic physiques that focused on pressing more than bench pressing are much more aesthetic than the chest-obsession everyone has had for the last 50 years. Big pecs are a dime a dozen and create an odd appearance to me whereas I always admire boulder shoulders.
Olympics dropped the press because many would arch their back and use their upper pecs for the movement. Anyway having large pecs doesn't always mean higher strength
@@mverick5444 i think scientifically larger chests have a direct correlation to strength of chest pressing specifically bench pressing so i presume it carries over to all direct chest pressing exercises to some degree. According to some study
@@Smilejustsmilebby what I meant was the chest bulge that most modern day builders aim to highlight. If you look at pre steroid era builders, their pecs were either flat or slightly bulged out with a slim look rather than those monstrous man boob type pecs we have today.
Love your videos mate! I’m finding them inspirational as someone who will probably never take a steroid in his life but still would like to attain a respectable physique. Great job.
think we can all agree this physique is way more beautiful than nowadays stereoid bodybuilders. Plus more motivational casue u just know its achiavable and maintainable
They were definitely more versatile & greater endurance than today with exception CrossFit. In the 1960s I came across lumberjacks from wooded New Brunswick Canada that had same heavy shoulder development but their large biceps had knots in them from use of axe&manual saws.USSR 1970 Olympic lifter Ivanchenko said he did in earlier times lots of one arms lifts and he stated his muscles became somewhat knotted handicapping his OL lifts but gave no explanation.
If he improved his chest a little I'd say that's exactly the physique I'm on the journey to attaining(naturally). Them Biceps are incredible, there's lads on gear in my gym that won't ever have arms like that.
Genetics. Yes hard work and dedication, but its 50/50. Steroids might make the pile of shit bigger but it wont turn a pile of shit into a pile of gold.
@@crimsonnite9291 true. but the guy in the video looks first of all fit AF and this should be the focus of bodybuilding. arnold was the last bodybuilder who was running often. i do not want to see guys in thongs, i want them to run, lift stuff, pull ups etc, impress me with that not just flex
@@richardlawson6787 You are right of course. If he trained with today's equipment and supplements, His muscles would be huge from head to toe. I can only imagine the size and vascularity.
Hadn't heard of him - glad for this video. Just goes to show that hard, consistent work and smart nutrition and rest trump any pharmaceutical shortcuts or gimmicks.
dont forget that being 5'6 helps make your physique look more impressive in pictures. if this guy was 5'10+ he wouldnt look anywhere near as impressive as he did
Saw the vid in recommended, great history stuff, thank you!) There is a big community of old school lifters on russian utube, there is a guy Viktor Blud who practices this style of old training with pretty big weights and has similar physique, probably got this in recommendations because being subscribed on him, so decided to info, may be interesting)
A wonderful physique, and it appears to me, one of the strongest men ever to compete, and achieve in the entire 20th century. Yes, not very long ago there was the standing Press in Olympic Lifting, but was removed from Weight Lifting competition mainly because it was difficult to judge by the judging panel; from what I've heard, anyway. A thumbs up.
Its good to see this being mentioned! They didn't have the abundant EDC's of today either, many factors we can talk about, high nutrient dense diet, zinc+selenium+copper+magnesium, much more active lifestyle, today's men have to fight more, metaphorically speaking, to keep their testosterone , back then they were in an environment which never hindered their testosterone and overall endocrine health anywhere near as much as it does for one today, if at all.
@@KirksCountDownsM They just didn't care as it wasn't as important to overall functional strength. Very few natural movements use the chest, unlike today where there's a heavy focus on the chest, which is mainly just for show and aesthetics.
@@GoldenEraBookworm Ivan Poddubny was an Undisputed wrestler from the Russian Empire. Pyotr Kryloff was a circus Strongman and was known as King of Kettlebells. Both men had 20" arms over a century ago before steroids, protein shakes and easy living. I'm sure it will interest you and the viewers.
I wish to God I was alive in that time I would have liked to meet and train with him. These guys are what bodybuilding Health and Fitness are all about No Drugs No Steroids A Natural Healthy Physique Being in shape The Best
For me and many others the time you refer to as the Bronze era is actually the Golden era of strength training but i like your clips even though i disagree with the era nomenclature
You can tell a genetically gifted physique when a person has muscular forearms, calves and shoulders. This guy was awesome like Grimek. I'd love to know what his diet was. I incorporate odd object lifting in my programs for my clients which is similar to odd lifting.
I am natural and genetically gifted. 105kg, 185cm and 15-20% body fat. If I cut I can look huge. all natural. But keep in mind that knowledge of what to eat and the availability of food is much better nowadays.
People like this make me stay away from steroids. In a world full of frauds this give me something to look forward to. Love this content. I love the people who say "genetic advantage" weak mindset, your never going to make it.
Pecs are overrated anyways. I'd rather have actual functional muscles and ladies don't care much for it; used to work on it during highschool but they weren't practical when I got into hard labor jobs
I wonder if he had some one in a million genetic anomaly like missing one of his myostatin gene sequences or having an extra Y chromosome or something else that caused him to produce more testosterone because his face is also jacked. His face looks as built as he is and he also has a thick neck compared to other lifters of that era. That picture of him next to the other French weightlifters really shows how much he stands out
You NEED to research BOTH NATURAL BODYBUILDERS, named SKIP LA COUR and JEFF WILLET. Both did the MAX OT METHOD, for size and strength. They are both on RUclips!!!💪😊
That's what I'm talking about. Muscular,athletic and strong natural. No roids or sarm bs. Those guys are inspiration
Back then Testosterone was higher so they didn't really need PEDs anyway
I would rather have this natural physique over the bubble guts of today
100% agree
@Nuby
Your bias since your most likely a weight lifter and watch juiced up men all day.
Your standards are yours, and you think the world has your same outlook.
Even in today’s standards, 99% of the population will see this as in very good shape.
The small percentage of men in the gym that think this is small are the ones who want the overly huge physique and look up to those guys.
And to the guys, yes this would be small.
But most of us arnt concerned with trying to impress that small segment of men.
Not hating man.
@Nuby says the Nuby
@Nuby
Ok you may be right, I don’t watch mens physiques all day.
You can look way better than this.
I cannot get enough of the Bronze Age strongmen! Not only were they all nattys. But they were all round amazing athletes with strong backgrounds in acrobatics and gymnastics and often incorporating elements of bodyweight training & Dinosaur training into their routines.
Forearms are bloody ridiculous.
The only thing he is lacking is pec development, but I imagine that's because strongmen generally focused more on overhead work back then.
Correct, bench press became prominent in the 1950s
@@GoldenEraBookworm Still has a physique 10x better than over 90% of trainees you come across in the majority of modern gyms.
Very impressive considering this was at a time before the advent of steroids & the kind of training info & supplements people are privy to today.
yah - forearms as they are hard to build are incredible signs of strength. Check out modern-day arm wrestlers for tips on how to grow and develop.
Yes more naturals similar to this guy
Men wanting their own titties didn't start until mid 1900's, around same time being masculine started being frowned upon.
You're an all era Bookworm when it comes to bodybuilding. I love the old footage and pictures.
Thanks
5'6' and 181 lbs with that low bodyweight? Dude was a TANK
What a Chad, apart from the incredible physique, look at that facial bone structure development, the jawline and all... Fantastic specimen.
Bronze Era physical development is truly where its at. I feel it develops the body to its best naturally. Thanks for all the work you do bro. We appreciate you.
Really appreciate this type of content. The people in them I feel are more relatable to those who train for health as well as the usual. While PED’s have their place I think it’s fast becoming far more impressive to encounter genuine nature strong functional physiques. It’s rarer than finding enhanced ones. I feel it’s got too far away from the healthier origins.
Agreed, that's why I like highlighting these men
@@GoldenEraBookworm cool love your content & way of presenting it
@@dlloydy5356 thanks
great video because we can be sure there were no PEDs involved and I'm quite sure most of the audience of this channel are not taking PEDs, and really today, who can you trust? you got Instagram models dying in surgery because they were secretly on clenbuterol, you got guys who were honest like the late great John Meadows, but one thing we know FOR SURE is that Ernest Cadine was not on the juice. great video
@@joshuaizzo8893 truth
Ran across this character in the past. Didn't get a chance to dive too deep in his profile.
Excellent info.
Stellar physique and incredible strength ,even for that era !
Bloody brilliant....I kept running into images of him, then finally decided to look into him... super impressive
Great content, Carlos. Loving the bronze era/natural training videos. They’re really useful as a natural lifter!
Thank you, enjoy
Totally love the pre-steroid content you provide. Great stuff.
Thanks
This content has helped me to change my life for the better. Thank you for your work
You're welcome
I've trained 40 years and I've never heard of this fella.
Incredible strength.
Do you mean that even though you've been training for 40 years no one has said anything to you about it or have you never delved into the history of bodybuilding in 40 years of training.....what point are you trying to make with your response.. make us wiser!
@@trailerparkboys3390
Well I doubt I could make you any wiser, just saying I've never heard of him, I'm guessing I know of many bodybuilders and strong men that you've never heard of, but this fella has somehow passed me by.
There does that make you happier
Or do you need a more in depth explanation?
@@trailerparkboys3390 smartass
Anything pre golden era is the BEST! 👍 they had less steroids and were more focused on nutrition and different workouts you dont see anymore. Silver and bronze 💪
Ok, I hear ya
They didn't have any steroid in those era
Did they have any steroids?
@@Steger13 They did, testosterone was first synthesized in 1935 as the narrator of this video also mentions, so most of the people during the silver era had access to steroids and definitely used it too. Only the beginning of the bronze era is truly safe. Don't put too much faith in people like Steve Reeves, steroids already existed and was available during their times and they might as well have used it, some people from that era like John Grimek even admitted to using them.
Thank you for this fine post on the Great Cadine. First time seeing many of his photos
You're welcome
This guy could out-man any of the bubble-gut disgusting physiques of today. Modern Bodybuilding has truly lost it's foundation. Love the pre-steroid stuff.
Back when men were naturally strong and didn't put all that unnatural, unhealthy shit in their bodies.
This is the best look for a man, natural is simply superior in every single way.
Very natural looking physique. Interesting to know how they kept their body in good health.
I also find these guys and their methods interesting
By not using chemicals like today's wimps
@@richardlawson6787 Fucking right mate.
@@richardlawson6787 hear hear
This is an interesting video of a strongman from the Bronze Era. This man had a powerful and muscular physique. An all around athlete going by the facts you share. And he won a gold medal in the Olympics. He even served in the war. He did a lot of strongman lifts and stunts. This man was super strong. I would like to see more videos on the Bronze Era. We can learn from those old time strongmen. Good job on your biography and facts about this early bodybuilder.
These men were ahead of their time. Also, back then, they had higher testosterone levels because of the lack of synthetic estrogens that are so prevalent in today's processed foods. They ate highly nutritious food like eggs, organic meat, raw milk, greens and so-forth. Combined with heavy compound movements and you have a natural athlete/strongman/bodybuilder with steroid like gains.
Absolutely!
Milk and eggs don't really have shit nutrition lol. Plug them into chronometer and look at the micros. Also dairy and chicken are the number one source of exogenous estrogen in humans.
They also weren’t consuming pornography and beating off twice a day.
“Men did great things when it was harder to see boobs.” John Doyle
and didnt stay sit all day to work
As I have become older I have fallen out of love with the bench press, etc. and work the shoulders/lats more. Attempting to achieve more of the early 1900's shoulder to lat flow with the less pronounced pectorals.
That's because Olympics dropped the press after 60s. A lot of times, competitors cheated by hinging back and pressing up,thus making it somewhat an incline chest press rather than pure military press. So it was dropped in favor of bench press. Also, pecs are one of the difficult muscles to grow (apart from calves).. i am 40 and i completely stopped isolation. I only do compounds now.
Yeah I think a flatter square chest is a better look
3:51 look at how much bigger his bicep, tricep, and forearm are on his right arm. That is a man that worked very, very hard.
One arm snatches and clean and jerks were part of Olympic contests, along with snatch, clean and jerk and press, press was actually added in 1924. In 1928 one handed lifts were done away with.
Interesting the plates were introduced in 1924 games although his snatch look like a bent press
More content on the Bronze athletes is very welcome. Physical culture over pharmaceutical culture any day. These men's gain did not come from a bottle. Truly tough guys who earned their strength and physique.
You said it, they earnt it
@@GoldenEraBookworm bronze era is the best era imo, I’ve scheduled my next split surrounding the bronze era. Just because i know for sure these man did earn it not just juice up and use “science based training” that is heavily fucked over by substances we don’t know
@@vestige7378 truth....you said it
Tbh genetics was a massive part of the bronze era though. Many people even with steroids won't achieve his physique just due to genetics
@@spinelspinel9361 you might be right
Thank you for introducing us to this amazing man. Besides being so incredibly strong and having such a perfect body (and look at those forearms), he also had movie star looks and perfect hair.
It was a to toupee
Fantastic to know more about these awesome strongmen! Such a breath of fresh air when compared to the dopeheads opps ( alleged dopeheads/influencers ) nowadays
His physique still looks good in this day and age!!! Also I've subscribed to your Channel. :)
looks awesome, not just good
I know diets and knowledge has changed overtime. But, I still feel this is a good representation of Natural limits.
He was naturally very strong which helped massively. Not everyone will get any where near this no matter how hard they try. Hence some jump into PED's
that one handed DL feat is amazing. Is it known if it was pure overhand grip?
Good question, no idea, Bill Pearl could answer that
Good video , great to show what’s possible without synthetic enhancer..
I never really understood the puffy chests of current and recent bodybuilding, and always associated Ernests type of physique with real strength and mobility. Please share if you get more info on how these guys developed that way and avoided unecessary chest bulk. Thanks for the cool videos!
As I said, Olympic weightlifting odd lifting, gymnastics wrestling
big shoulders over big pecs any day
Like many sports, people's bodies figure out what they are better at. The bodies aren't developed by the sport. For example sprinters don't look big and tall and strong due to just sprinting their aspired to it, like little light guy realise hey I'm great at marathons
@@dotdashdotdash then just dont train your chest and only train your shoulders. Easy.
@@dotdashdotdash Don't forget the back.
It's entirely subjective but I think these classic physiques that focused on pressing more than bench pressing are much more aesthetic than the chest-obsession everyone has had for the last 50 years. Big pecs are a dime a dozen and create an odd appearance to me whereas I always admire boulder shoulders.
Olympics dropped the press because many would arch their back and use their upper pecs for the movement. Anyway having large pecs doesn't always mean higher strength
@@mverick5444 i think scientifically larger chests have a direct correlation to strength of chest pressing specifically bench pressing so i presume it carries over to all direct chest pressing exercises to some degree. According to some study
@@Smilejustsmilebby what I meant was the chest bulge that most modern day builders aim to highlight.
If you look at pre steroid era builders, their pecs were either flat or slightly bulged out with a slim look rather than those monstrous man boob type pecs we have today.
Love your videos mate! I’m finding them inspirational as someone who will probably never take a steroid in his life but still would like to attain a respectable physique. Great job.
think we can all agree this physique is way more beautiful than nowadays stereoid bodybuilders. Plus more motivational casue u just know its achiavable and maintainable
They were definitely more versatile & greater endurance than today with exception CrossFit.
In the 1960s I came across lumberjacks from wooded New Brunswick Canada that had same heavy shoulder development but their large biceps had knots in them from use of axe&manual saws.USSR 1970 Olympic lifter Ivanchenko said he did in earlier times lots of one arms lifts and he stated his muscles became somewhat knotted handicapping his OL lifts but gave no explanation.
amazing numbers for his size and the era he achieved them...wow...natural strength..genetics
If he improved his chest a little I'd say that's exactly the physique I'm on the journey to attaining(naturally). Them Biceps are incredible, there's lads on gear in my gym that won't ever have arms like that.
Genetics. Yes hard work and dedication, but its 50/50. Steroids might make the pile of shit bigger but it wont turn a pile of shit into a pile of gold.
@@crimsonnite9291 true. but the guy in the video looks first of all fit AF and this should be the focus of bodybuilding. arnold was the last bodybuilder who was running often. i do not want to see guys in thongs, i want them to run, lift stuff, pull ups etc, impress me with that not just flex
Really enjoy this content. Ernest was a beast for his day. His biceps and forearms had incredible size and strength.
200% agree
For his time?!.he'd draw looks today...imagine if he trained with today's equipment and supplements
@@richardlawson6787 You are right of course. If he trained with today's equipment and supplements, His muscles would be huge from head to toe. I can only imagine the size and vascularity.
@@richardlawson6787 EXACTLY..PRIME GENETICS TOO
Keep these bronze era videos coming,and speak about their training methods more in depth
Never heard of him, he’s jacked!
Damn straight
most people who hit the gym today don't even get into that shape! Hard times make strong men! Great channel thanxx man
I enjoyed this, first time I have subbed to a channel because of a recommended video. Thanks.
Welcome aboard! And thanks for your support
I love your videos. I would love to see a video on Hermann Goerner, and also The Great Gama!
Bro I really love your content. Can you define the time frame of all these era.
Golden Era
Silver Era
Bronze Era
Yeah, it's time I do that video
this more relatable even tho i don't see my self as strong as him but i can aspire to be like him instead of aiming for some bullshit
damn I'm French and didn't know him. It's nice to see we have great people in this field (along with serge nubret)
Hadn't heard of him - glad for this video. Just goes to show that hard, consistent work and smart nutrition and rest trump any pharmaceutical shortcuts or gimmicks.
You said it...at least I hope to shed light on what is naturally achievable
dont forget that being 5'6 helps make your physique look more impressive in pictures. if this guy was 5'10+ he wouldnt look anywhere near as impressive as he did
@@Ravage017 Yeah ...why not just pull up any current Olympic men's gymnasts....
@@enntense lol @ thinking Olympic athletes are natty
@@Ravage017 No..but they're small..and very jacked
Great video. Bringing forgotten heroes to life.
You mention GW Rolandow here, he had amazing physique as well.
REAL BODYBUILDERS ........REAL STRONG MEN.........REAL LEGENDS
As always, big thank in you for great content young man 🤘💪
Thanks, I wish I was young though
@@GoldenEraBookworm 😂😂👍
Golden Era Bookworm, we appreciate you!
Great work. Another bronze era stand out. Keep up the quality!
Saw the vid in recommended, great history stuff, thank you!)
There is a big community of old school lifters on russian utube, there is a guy Viktor Blud who practices this style of old training with pretty big weights and has similar physique, probably got this in recommendations because being subscribed on him, so decided to info, may be interesting)
Yes, these bronze era ones are the best to my mind. Nice one.
Another fantastic video keep them coming. I just love your enthusiasm that you put into this
Bring more about this kind of thema,very interesting
A wonderful physique, and it appears to me, one of the strongest men ever to compete, and achieve in the entire 20th century. Yes, not very long ago there was the standing Press in Olympic Lifting, but was removed from Weight Lifting competition mainly because it was difficult to judge by the judging panel; from what I've heard, anyway. A thumbs up.
Reminds me of George Hackenschmidt, the inventor of the bench press. He lived around this time and looked similar.
great to delve back into the different eras great channel
I like the bronze era and silver 👍
Ok, got it
His arm work is stunning
Hi, it is fantastic to see these fellows from before the time of all the cheating. It gives a real flavour of what you can achieve naturally.
awesome content. i've learned a lot in just a few videos
Thank you
Definitely want to see more bronze era content!
They also didn't have testosterone killers like porn, social media and overprocessed foods.
Its good to see this being mentioned! They didn't have the abundant EDC's of today either, many factors we can talk about, high nutrient dense diet, zinc+selenium+copper+magnesium, much more active lifestyle, today's men have to fight more, metaphorically speaking, to keep their testosterone , back then they were in an environment which never hindered their testosterone and overall endocrine health anywhere near as much as it does for one today, if at all.
0:30 muscle imbalances similar to mine. different arm sizes but still those forearms are dope
His chest doesn’t look particularly huge, however he still looks great and has a cool physique.
Little chest development was due to lack of bench pressing back in the day
@@GoldenEraBookworm Yeah I was about to say that too, I don't think they had bench pressing
@@KirksCountDownsM They just didn't care as it wasn't as important to overall functional strength. Very few natural movements use the chest, unlike today where there's a heavy focus on the chest, which is mainly just for show and aesthetics.
Almost nobody trained chest back then, Sandow also had a relatively small chest.
Love your content. Please do a video on Ivan Poddubny and Pyotr Kryloff.
Never heard of them...were they strongmen?
@@GoldenEraBookworm Ivan Poddubny was an Undisputed wrestler from the Russian Empire. Pyotr Kryloff was a circus Strongman and was known as King of Kettlebells. Both men had 20" arms over a century ago before steroids, protein shakes and easy living. I'm sure it will interest you and the viewers.
A really great video. I never heard of this guy. He was a real Hercules. Very inspiring.
Thanks bro, glad you liked it
Great stuff carlos.that is what I think men should try and look like.
The man is awesome specimen. Thank you for sharing the video.
Good job on these videos they help alot.
You're welcome
Could you imagine having arms like that?.... when pretty much all lean men had under 13 inch arms unless they were extremely tall or fat.
He was a titan back then
I am trying to look for a written workout that Ernest Cadine did, if anyone can help. That man is an inspiration and I want that body.
I wish to God I was alive in that time
I would have liked to meet and train with him. These guys are what bodybuilding Health and Fitness are all about No Drugs No Steroids
A Natural Healthy Physique
Being in shape The Best
For me and many others the time you refer to as the Bronze era is actually the Golden era of strength training but i like your clips even though i disagree with the era nomenclature
Man, those are some decent arms at 1:56
Yep
Nice.
I enjoy this type of video - pre anabolic times.
Great video keep em coming !!
Omg that dude also had huge frame (big bones) 😮 it made him look big naturally. Definitely good genes 👍
Definitely a genetic marvel. For a 5ft 6in Olympian to win so many medals is also largely unheard of.
love all eras pal keep it up
Thanks
Like stories like this....please do more.
Ok
You can tell a genetically gifted physique when a person has muscular forearms, calves and shoulders. This guy was awesome like Grimek. I'd love to know what his diet was. I incorporate odd object lifting in my programs for my clients which is similar to odd lifting.
genetics is just excuse to lazy people
I am natural and genetically gifted. 105kg, 185cm and 15-20% body fat. If I cut I can look huge. all natural. But keep in mind that knowledge of what to eat and the availability of food is much better nowadays.
This is the true training. True bodybuilding.
Thank you for sharing very interesting!
The classic physics of Arnold upto 1975 was great including Lee Haney was great.
People like this make me stay away from steroids. In a world full of frauds this give me something to look forward to. Love this content. I love the people who say "genetic advantage" weak mindset, your never going to make it.
You need to make More of these!!!
He had some balls of his own as well...
Love the old stuff mate!
Not an inflated looks, perhaps lacking in pecs but not in, let's say, overall size. A good athlete and also strong. Definitely a fine reference.
Pecs are overrated anyways. I'd rather have actual functional muscles and ladies don't care much for it; used to work on it during highschool but they weren't practical when I got into hard labor jobs
@@KageumiUmikage Who cares what women think, imagine working out just for a woman’s validation, sad.
@@lilquakeroats554 I don't work out for women's attention so I agree with you, it's just a nice bonus that comes with it whether you want it or not
This is phenomenal content!
Thank you
I wonder if he had some one in a million genetic anomaly like missing one of his myostatin gene sequences or having an extra Y chromosome or something else that caused him to produce more testosterone because his face is also jacked. His face looks as built as he is and he also has a thick neck compared to other lifters of that era. That picture of him next to the other French weightlifters really shows how much he stands out
Do more on the odd lifting videos.
Ok
You NEED to research BOTH NATURAL BODYBUILDERS, named SKIP LA COUR and JEFF WILLET. Both did the MAX OT METHOD, for size and strength. They are both on RUclips!!!💪😊
Their natural status is a bit dubious apparently. Although both have great physiques.
I just looked up who Skip La Cour is, sorry to ruin your dreams but that is not what a natural body looks like, next.
Pure , Natural , thick muscles oh boy, old is gold
Tis gold indeed