All I ever saw him doug was smith and hammer stuff. Far from hardcore training. Then on smith he wasn’t near as strong as I was expecting. On top of that he got breathing heavy from doing curls. He did take a lot of drugs and eat a lot of food so maybe that’s hardcore
Greg's reputation was his undoing. Instead of refining the details in his physique, he kept pushing the size game which led to his body and organs to eventually deteriorate.
For a while in i was fortunate to train in the same gym as Mr. Kovacs. It was 1991 in St. Catharines Ontario and Greg was training every day at Fulton Fitness. Whenever he was there while i was i mostly forgot about training and just became jaw dropped by his size and strength. I witnessed Greg grab the 200 lbs dumbells and do flat press with them ( thats a total of 400 lbs) gezzzzzz!!!! . Use to stare at his massive calves with my training partner and say " what the hell are those " .
Wow I was there as a kid and I remember that too. I think I remember you too ❤ did you always use to wear a purple dress, You had the beefier calves ever
Greg kovacs was a genius, creator of the protein shake station and in minute 4:21 we can observe how he could accommodate the dumbells using 3 forms: 1.-bicep curl, 2.- chest press free weight and 3.-flyes. Conclusion, he was a bodybuilding genius.
My husband was a very good friend of Gregs,we knew back in the hey dey and he was the strongest bodybuilder of the day, him and hubby have a few good stories, but he was quiet polite guy to me he stood well over 6ft and the biggest we seen him was ovee 300 pounds and pretty shredded, missed rip Greg
Ahhhh my old gym the good ol' days when Dilett and Kovacs, just to mention a couple of the pros that graced that gym with their presence. I knew Kovacs, not very well, we talked a bit here and there...a very nice and humble guy. RIP.
it's more that, the organs themselves were extended and enlarged not so much from TEST but from GH and other insulin products these monsters use. always the problems come from the GH.. they use so much.. just look at the guts. thats not fat.. solid swollen organs
Definetly. He could bench press 700lb x 2, if i'm not mistaken. Imagine if he took powerlifting seriously he could have probably lifted 800+lb on bench press.
For a 6'4 guy they have to get very big to compete with the shorter bodybuilders. If he was lighter he just wouldn't have the same look. Tall bodybuilders are cursed in a way.
Read an interview with Nasser el Sonbaty and he was talking about Greg. He said that when Greg was at his biggest his girlfriend had to wipe his ass. He could not reach by himself. And when she left him he used a towel that he pulled back and forth between his legs.
It was only at one occation where his wife was not with Greg, which she always was. He was staying in hotel room and a journalist was coming over to do an interview, during his visit, he asked to use the bathroom which Kovacs insisted on that he did not recommend. Nevertheless, the journalist entered and found the room full of towels covered in shit. Sad.
GhostNeck you don't believe this do you? Could you imagine that it's not possible to not be able to wipe your ass unless you have no arms. I'd say he was just a lazy fuck
dazzaburger before he died he weight 490-520 lbs on muscle his abs where monsterous arms where like 35-40 inch legs where like 1 m chest 98 inch calves like hell
hugh jarms HUGE! :) I love seeing these guys in person because it really makes me motivated even though I don't body build myself because I am a lazy shit who keeps saying I will start a program soon lol. You know that whole "I'll start my diet and exercise on Monday" excuse haha. Anyways this guy was massive walking a bit funny along the sidewalk but I totally respected him. Then I found out he was friends with people I knew and they even said he was definitely a force to be reckon with.
Blood Pressure is a mofo!! If you are over 260 and muscular you should probably be giving blood every few months as well as potentially taking a BP medicine. It's the silent killer.
You gotta realize this dude in the off season would always get up to 420 lbs, and during competition was at 340 about. So that's a lot of weight and stress for the heart to handle. Let's not forget the massive steroids, growth hormones, and insulin.
@@camsfitness1745 Yeah the steroids alone probably would have killed him and then you add that weight he was all the time. I'm not surprised he died young. It's unfortunate though. Had he shrunk down considerably and stopped the steroids maybe he would have been okay.
@billj4525 Absolutely. Steroids definitely were a huge part in his death along with being so big. Being 300 plus lbs of muscle puts so much stress on your heart. Yeah, had he stopped and cut his weight down a couple years earlier he might still be alive but would've had to be on trt the rest of his life. That's why people should really think about thing before take Steroids. If you're not competing in any sport, especially a sport like a physique contest or bodybuilding, then there's no reason to start taking them. Not to mention if you go down that line that's something most are gonna have to be on for the rest of their lives.
I think I know why these guys have heart attacks....their muscles become stronger than their heart and their heart gives out before they realize the danger.
I believe in this video Greg wasn't a 400 lbs. yet. I think is was either after 1996 NOC or the Ironman in 1998, and that would put him about 350 lbs. at the time.
Hello mates, I know Greg Kovacs chest was around 72 inch at 187 kg bodyweight, but how many inches was his waist at 187kg? It would be gold worth to know his waist circumference, i have been a big fan of Greg since 2002!
Probably really big especially if we're talking at that body weight, but he was still lean for that weight regardless. 72 inch waist. Ronnie Coleman was 56. How is 72 possible? That just doesn't seem right to me. How tall was he?
DD Mac He never lost perception of the "sport" if anything he got more in tune with it,that s what is expected of them,bigger,stronger,better, some like this man do whatever it takes...life,health,nothing matters to them.
Giovanni Socci When Kovax won the Canadian nationals his muscles were tight and lean, good proportions with deep cuts, but after over doing it the wrong way he distorted his look.
ronnie has better feats than kovac. Ronnie does 550 pound barbell rows. I never seen anyone do that. Ronnie could squat 800 pounds. Ronnie leg pressed around 2500 pounds. Ronnie did 400 pound dumbell shoulder presses (200 lb each dumbell). I didnt like ronnies physique but that man could move around some serious weight
Sorry but that's some exaggeration. Ronnie managed to row 495(video) for 10 reps with full momentum. His shoulder press was 315 for 12 reps and with db, 160*2. Also that leg press was 2300.
Ronnie is much stronger than kovacs. I read where kovacs did all this weight for this high number of reps. Than I saw this video and 5 plates in smith incline was not really easy for him. He got like 6 but assited. I don’t him even finishing a Ronnie Colemen workout. Greg was tall and big so he towered over people. I’ve seen Ronnie and Greg in person at their biggest and Ronnie is much more impressive and much bigger muscles.
The only reason Greg kovacs isn't seen as impressive as Ronnie is because people dispute whether his lifts acts happened, I think he just failed to mention that they were on a Smith machine. If the 700 bench was actually raw and not on a Smith, it would blow Ronnie's feats out the water
Not a surprise given the amount of juice he was on. Also being 400 pounds most of his life didn't help. Sad he died so young though. He should have started downsizing in his early 40's, and maybe he would have been okay.
@3:08 when you put six plates on for the camera but then the camera man accidentally zooms out too far revealing you are actually only pressing five 🤣🤣🤣 This whole video is just a fake ass muscle-tech add.
Renting a cabriolet and parking it in front of the gym was the bread and butter of all bodybuilding video in the 90's.
He lifted heavy weight with perfect form.... very very impressive
Greg Kovacs was one of the most hardcore bodybuilders to ever walk the face of the earth. He had some serious superhuman strength. Rest in Peace Dude.
All I ever saw him doug was smith and hammer stuff. Far from hardcore training. Then on smith he wasn’t near as strong as I was expecting. On top of that he got breathing heavy from doing curls. He did take a lot of drugs and eat a lot of food so maybe that’s hardcore
@@keithlilly6242 dude was the biggest bodybuilder ever. Strong as hell and big asf. Keep whining lil b*tch
@@keithlilly6242 he was literally repping 4 plates on incline…
Greg's reputation was his undoing. Instead of refining the details in his physique, he kept pushing the size game which led to his body and organs to eventually deteriorate.
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For a while in i was fortunate to train in the same gym as Mr. Kovacs. It was 1991 in St. Catharines Ontario and Greg was training every day at Fulton Fitness. Whenever he was there while i was i mostly forgot about training and just became jaw dropped by his size and strength. I witnessed Greg grab the 200 lbs dumbells and do flat press with them ( thats a total of 400 lbs) gezzzzzz!!!! . Use to stare at his massive calves with my training partner and say " what the hell are those " .
woa back in 91, when our euro/nations were amazin, I bet Ontario was a paradise back then? what were the gyms and sorrounding like back then??
28:34 everyone remeber "MESO-TECH" adverts in the magazines??? thats a blast from the past. miss the old days badly.
Wow I was there as a kid and I remember that too. I think I remember you too ❤ did you always use to wear a purple dress, You had the beefier calves ever
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Greg kovacs was a genius, creator of the protein shake station and in minute 4:21 we can observe how he could accommodate the dumbells using 3 forms: 1.-bicep curl, 2.- chest press free weight and 3.-flyes.
Conclusion, he was a bodybuilding genius.
My husband was a very good friend of Gregs,we knew back in the hey dey and he was the strongest bodybuilder of the day, him and hubby have a few good stories, but he was quiet polite guy to me he stood well over 6ft and the biggest we seen him was ovee 300 pounds and pretty shredded, missed rip Greg
He died of a heart attack caused by roids, right? What a shame rip
Need to change that title to 'not alive'.
eh mano hahaha Caraí que mankada
Ahhhh my old gym the good ol' days when Dilett and Kovacs, just to mention a couple of the pros that graced that gym with their presence. I knew Kovacs, not very well, we talked a bit here and there...a very nice and humble guy. RIP.
Your a gay normie nobody cares Alex.
Where is this Golds?
Heart is not designed to handle that jeez he was 400+ pounds in offseason
it's more that, the organs themselves were extended and enlarged not so much from TEST but from GH and other insulin products these monsters use. always the problems come from the GH.. they use so much.. just look at the guts. thats not fat.. solid swollen organs
Should have been a powerlifter or strongman, not a bodybuilder he just wasn't built for it
too much gh insulin and drugs ruined his physique. and killed him at 44.
I agree. He would of fitted so much better in one of those two categories.
Yeah same thought I have
Definetly. He could bench press 700lb x 2, if i'm not mistaken. Imagine if he took powerlifting seriously he could have probably lifted 800+lb on bench press.
Era of the freaks
Respect for Greg..
I saw Greg work out in Saint Catherine’s Ontario, unbelievable, really nice guy off the charts strong
I don't care how big or small steroids or not when your repping out with 5 pie aside on the incline bench ass on the seat; your strong as fuck@!@
5, he was doing 6
Very smart he said listen 2 ur body..u have 2 know ur system..everyone is diff
I had the pleasure of having Greg has a friend,trained and work together in 91 for Twinlab.
I remember being blown awaw when I first saw him in those Muscle Tech ads
RIP Big Man.....
Monsters ball rolling on this one plus ......💪💪🏅🏆🎖💪💪
R.I.P Big Boy
100% natural
Um mito esse cara. Ele é mostro
I thought Jason Genova was the strongest body builder ever.
lol
Who?
Jason has more of that freaky Craig Titus look
Have some respect, Mr. Kovacs was big Lenny's eating idol back in the day
Brad Castleberry?
Would have liked to see him and Big Ron train together. He was a beast!
If this guy never touched peptides or the slin he could've been great, instead of pushing size
For a 6'4 guy they have to get very big to compete with the shorter bodybuilders. If he was lighter he just wouldn't have the same look. Tall bodybuilders are cursed in a way.
Insulin resistant and arms still to small for his structure no lower chest.
My right ear enjoyed this video 👂
Hahahaha yeah mine too! And also learned to read lips
Does anyone know if Greg ever had the motivation to go toward WSM? (Strongman contests)
5:02 those grunts LOL
I started creatine because of him endorsing it in the 90’s.
Right..... it was the creatine that made him strong...... the creatine
GOOD OLD 1990s what is name od first song?
What name of song in the beginning
...them shoulders looks suspicious strange
Read an interview with Nasser el Sonbaty and he was talking about Greg. He said that when Greg was at his biggest his girlfriend had to wipe his ass. He could not reach by himself. And when she left him he used a towel that he pulled back and forth between his legs.
I see what you did there : )
Some of these giants, cannot tie their shoes either, because they cannot reach they feet.
It was only at one occation where his wife was not with Greg, which she always was. He was staying in hotel room and a journalist was coming over to do an interview, during his visit, he asked to use the bathroom which Kovacs insisted on that he did not recommend. Nevertheless, the journalist entered and found the room full of towels covered in shit. Sad.
Why did she leave him
GhostNeck you don't believe this do you? Could you imagine that it's not possible to not be able to wipe your ass unless you have no arms. I'd say he was just a lazy fuck
Such a 90s intro
He wasn't the strongest bodybuilder he was the biggest, he was the first bodybuilder to reach 400 pounds.
dazzaburger before he died he weight 490-520 lbs on muscle his abs where monsterous arms where like 35-40 inch legs where like 1 m chest 98 inch calves like hell
That tell you anything
@@insertname2636 really?? 😯
When was this, the middle 90's?
Somebody please tell me music name
This guy is from my home town. I've seen him walking around town before he got a little bit of fame then haven't seen him since. RIP.
of course you haven't seen him since: he's dead !
+hugh jarms I know, hence when I added RIP at the end of my comment.
+Benjamin Schiltz Vlogs lol i know man,i was just being silly. he must have looked massive in person .
hugh jarms HUGE! :) I love seeing these guys in person because it really makes me motivated even though I don't body build myself because I am a lazy shit who keeps saying I will start a program soon lol. You know that whole "I'll start my diet and exercise on Monday" excuse haha. Anyways this guy was massive walking a bit funny along the sidewalk but I totally respected him. Then I found out he was friends with people I knew and they even said he was definitely a force to be reckon with.
+Benjamin Schiltz Vlogs i used to train at the same gym as Mike Matarazzo. had the freakiest calves i have ever seen.
Lee Priest said this guy got so big his girlfriend had to wipe his ass. Human beings are not meant to get this big, he paid the price he deserved.
Are those street fighter sound effects??!
This dude was totally built for anything jabba da hut.
Audio is way off.
I know annoys me when the audio is so far behind
Probably should change the title to past tense.
Proud of my hungarian friend
That medial delt had more oil than Exon.
😂😂😂
Cold feet ... gives you fever
"Ready to give 'er"
"Alright let's give 'er, eh?"
Ahh, Canadians. My people.
Blood Pressure is a mofo!! If you are over 260 and muscular you should probably be giving blood every few months as well as potentially taking a BP medicine. It's the silent killer.
You gotta realize this dude in the off season would always get up to 420 lbs, and during competition was at 340 about. So that's a lot of weight and stress for the heart to handle.
Let's not forget the massive steroids, growth hormones, and insulin.
@@camsfitness1745 Yeah the steroids alone probably would have killed him and then you add that weight he was all the time. I'm not surprised he died young. It's unfortunate though. Had he shrunk down considerably and stopped the steroids maybe he would have been okay.
Not every big guy has high blood pressure though, although it is common. If you do have, then you should take a medication for it in my opinion.
@billj4525 Absolutely. Steroids definitely were a huge part in his death along with being so big. Being 300 plus lbs of muscle puts so much stress on your heart. Yeah, had he stopped and cut his weight down a couple years earlier he might still be alive but would've had to be on trt the rest of his life. That's why people should really think about thing before take Steroids.
If you're not competing in any sport, especially a sport like a physique contest or bodybuilding, then there's no reason to start taking them. Not to mention if you go down that line that's something most are gonna have to be on for the rest of their lives.
I think I know why these guys have heart attacks....their muscles become stronger than their heart and their heart gives out before they realize the danger.
It probably was roids
@@cogen651 Your a fool dude, you know how much stress is on the heart at that size pushing that much weight? You're a goof.
Is the beats
What’s with all big body builders always giving a thumbs up??
What’s up guys? Let’s get growing!! 👍🏻
What year was this filmed?
RiP , Nyugodj Békében Greg
(Hungarian way Soo long and rest in peace )
I believe in this video Greg wasn't a 400 lbs. yet. I think is was either after 1996 NOC or the Ironman in 1998, and that would put him about 350 lbs. at the time.
Then larry comes in
He is not a bodybuilder
Brutal!!!!!!
Voice over is hilarious
Esse era o cara !
Absolute badass, Mesotech were good products, too, interesting company and featured athletes.
I wonder how he was in hockey?
perfect
Greg ‘The Iron Extorter’ Kovacs
R.I.P
Rip !!!
lol, parking right in front of the gym with a blonde woman.
Greg was the Rich Piana of his day (minus the loud talking and brash personality).
T breezy lol yep
What the fuck does his wife have to do with any of that? Let alone her hair colour, heritage?
T breezy i
She was cute, wonder how long they were together
This guy could have competed in WSM
Hello mates, I know Greg Kovacs chest was around 72 inch at 187 kg bodyweight, but how many inches was his waist at 187kg? It would be gold worth to know his waist circumference, i have been a big fan of Greg since 2002!
Probably really big especially if we're talking at that body weight, but he was still lean for that weight regardless. 72 inch waist. Ronnie Coleman was 56. How is 72 possible? That just doesn't seem right to me. How tall was he?
chest I mean to say not 72 inch waist lol.
What's his 1 rep max for leg press?
No one does a one rep max on leg press
Parecen discos livianos la mujer los levanta como si nada
He had so much going for him!! To bad he lost perception of the sport and went crazy on insulin and gh!!
DD Mac He never lost perception of the "sport" if anything he got more in tune with it,that s what is expected of them,bigger,stronger,better, some like this man do whatever it takes...life,health,nothing matters to them.
Giovanni Socci When Kovax won the Canadian nationals his muscles were tight and lean, good proportions with deep cuts, but after over doing it the wrong way he distorted his look.
@@giovannisocci8793He got so big that he could barely function. If you can't do basic bodily hygiene, it's a sign to stop.
ronnie has better feats than kovac. Ronnie does 550 pound barbell rows. I never seen anyone do that. Ronnie could squat 800 pounds. Ronnie leg pressed around 2500 pounds. Ronnie did 400 pound dumbell shoulder presses (200 lb each dumbell). I didnt like ronnies physique but that man could move around some serious weight
Sorry but that's some exaggeration. Ronnie managed to row 495(video) for 10 reps with full momentum. His shoulder press was 315 for 12 reps and with db, 160*2. Also that leg press was 2300.
Ronnie can’t walk now😯
Ronnie is much stronger than kovacs. I read where kovacs did all this weight for this high number of reps. Than I saw this video and 5 plates in smith incline was not really easy for him. He got like 6 but assited. I don’t him even finishing a Ronnie Colemen workout. Greg was tall and big so he towered over people. I’ve seen Ronnie and Greg in person at their biggest and Ronnie is much more impressive and much bigger muscles.
@@chrisvig123But Greg is dead
The only reason Greg kovacs isn't seen as impressive as Ronnie is because people dispute whether his lifts acts happened, I think he just failed to mention that they were on a Smith machine. If the 700 bench was actually raw and not on a Smith, it would blow Ronnie's feats out the water
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From the look of it at min 35:01 he had some synthol in his triceps, maybe some in his shoulders.
he definitely had synthol in his biceps and triceps
+NPC Bodybuilder and in his stomac as well
Andrei Vlad so what the fuck. respect
Or just site injecting his gear
synthol in side delts and biceps?
hes got it in his triceps too
On 3000 grams of test and 1000 tren anyone could be this guy. Id love to see what his blood pressure is
Whooo... creatine.
Whooo... acetabolin's kicking in.
Whooo.... Meso-tech shake.
25:00 you can see he pinned some synthol or something in them bigass shoulders
maybe a different title?
спасибо
Believe it or not as huge as they were his arms still looked too small for the rest of his physique...His structure was simply so big,
I'm pretty sure that he would have been much more successful in strong man or powerlifting than bodybuilding.
Was is the proper tense he has since been relegated to the past tense.
Just an opinion. Had he used HIT. just a few short WO, he may have lived longer?
He puts 6 plates on each side but when he racks it theres 5 plates 🤔🤔 2:30 3:00
Greg Kovacs the strongest bodybuilder that's dead.
No smart phones in the gym how can thay even work out
Not in the same league as Jason Genova
_The Strongest Bodybuilder Alive"
Um, no.
I undrestand it is passion, but why get so big when you are naturelley big and strong.
Back then they are all natural.😅
This dude died of a heart attack.
Not a surprise given the amount of juice he was on. Also being 400 pounds most of his life didn't help. Sad he died so young though. He should have started downsizing in his early 40's, and maybe he would have been okay.
@3:08 when you put six plates on for the camera but then the camera man accidentally zooms out too far revealing you are actually only pressing five 🤣🤣🤣 This whole video is just a fake ass muscle-tech add.
Hey every one get big die young yeah sounds great.
You sound like a freakin dum dum
Let’s get fucking growing. Yeah!! 👍🏻💪🏻
To be respected, but definitely reeks of insecurity.
Strongest DEAD bodybuilder.
*Hannibal Lecter voice*
Not any more....
He died at age 44
morgan aste is the biggest bodybuilder.
Tito Ortiz older brother
Crazy that he died. Strong as an ox though,are those 70s for side laterals?Jesus.
+Jay mans Seems like it, holy shit thats much. In hes late years he had insane side effects from orals/GH/insulin.