FRANCO COLUMBU [The STRONGEST Bodybuilder Ever]

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  • Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
  • A captivating journey through the life and legacy of Franco Columbu, a true icon in the world of bodybuilding and strength sports. From his humble beginnings in Sardinia, Italy, to becoming a dominant force on the bodybuilding stage and in Hollywood, Columbu's story is one of perseverance, dedication, and unparalleled passion for his craft.
    In this video, we will explore the remarkable career of Franco Columbu, highlighting his numerous accomplishments, including his multiple Mr. Olympia titles, his close friendship with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and his incredible feats of strength that solidified his reputation as one of the strongest men in the world.
    Through rare archival footage and photographs, insightful interviews, and analysis, you will gain a deeper understanding of Columbu's impact on the fitness industry and his enduring influence on generations of athletes and enthusiasts alike.
    This video is a celebration of the life and achievements of Franco Columbu, a true legend whose spirit continues to inspire millions around the globe. Don't miss this opportunity to honor the memory of a man who left a lasting mark on the world of bodybuilding and strength sports.
    #bodybuilding #documentary #bodybuildingdocumentary #bodybuilder #bodybuildingnation #francocolumbu #arnoldschwarzenegger #mrolympia #grantkitchingman
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  • @grantkitchingman
    @grantkitchingman  23 дня назад

    Hey everyone, thanks so much for watching my video. If you're enjoying it so far, please consider subscribing. Love ya ❤

  • @jayshredds2464
    @jayshredds2464 2 месяца назад +17

    Super nice man. He and Lou Ferrigno did a demonstration on lifting techniques. I had the honor of personally being coached by him in bench and deadlift after the program was over. They both were unbelievably nice and humble. An amazing human being.

  • @Rymie1
    @Rymie1 2 месяца назад +28

    My Favourite bodybuilder of all time! Those are the golden days of bodybuilding with Franco and Arnold.

    • @grantkitchingman
      @grantkitchingman  2 месяца назад +2

      That’s how the Golden Era got its well deserved name!

  • @petewick8627
    @petewick8627 2 месяца назад +13

    A true friendship between him and Arnold

    • @bruceleroy8063
      @bruceleroy8063 2 месяца назад +2

      That pic of them sitting next to each other shortly before he died with his head resting on Arnold really touches

  • @terrydonegan1622
    @terrydonegan1622 2 месяца назад +11

    We love you Franco. Rest in peace sir

    • @robertopavone282
      @robertopavone282 Месяц назад

      È mancato? Non sapevo! Mi dispiace! Non l'ho conosciuto di persona ma ho capito ch'era una persona dal carattere umile e buono. Dal suo comportamento si percepiva. In opposizione alla sua maestosa forza però era buono. È stato ciò nonostante un grande campione.

  • @bb57365
    @bb57365 2 месяца назад +10

    A legend.

  • @nordan00
    @nordan00 2 месяца назад +17

    I bought Franco’s bodybuilding book back in the late 70s! It was the first bodybuilding book I ever got. The second was Arnold’s Encyclopedia of BB. I’ve never needed another!

    • @richardlawson6787
      @richardlawson6787 2 месяца назад +3

      Me to...the book is titled coming on strong and the cover photo of franco doing a single biceps pose did it for me..back then we had no internet and muscle building books were hard for me to get so i spent hours reading and rereading feancos book

  • @bewater5178
    @bewater5178 2 месяца назад +9

    FRANCO COLUMBU ROCKS!

  • @billmiller9920
    @billmiller9920 Месяц назад +2

    Franco was a beast
    Of a man for his body weight

  • @throttleupfly
    @throttleupfly 2 месяца назад +5

    he was the BEST PERIOD

    • @robertopavone282
      @robertopavone282 Месяц назад +1

      Vero, era il tempo dei sogni, e questi personaggi ti facevano sognare un mondo davvero fantastico. Cominciando dall'attore e culturista Steve Rivens nei suoi spettacolari films.

  • @user-hx2vz2oi9w
    @user-hx2vz2oi9w 2 месяца назад +4

    Вечная память … 🥹🥹🥹💪💪💪

  • @mattnobrega6621
    @mattnobrega6621 2 месяца назад +7

    There were some greats in those days. For a short guy, Franco was a damn tank. Arnold had the height and Franco had the strength.

    • @user-xu9rm6tr3x
      @user-xu9rm6tr3x 2 месяца назад +1

      Wrong, Lou Ferigno had the height. Arnold is not tall. Look at him from close up some time. I’m a head taller.

  • @hardikgurung6027
    @hardikgurung6027 25 дней назад +1

    Thank you for this beautiful documentary ❤

  • @jrod2635
    @jrod2635 2 месяца назад +4

    Got to meet him at an event in Honolulu in 1980. Very impressive and nice guy

    • @robertopavone282
      @robertopavone282 Месяц назад

      Io so di una gara a cui lui partevipava gremita di fans che riempivano il retropalco del teatro, lui avanzava tra la folla che premeva aprendosi un varco con la sola forza del suo possente passo.

  • @svetozarozegovic3684
    @svetozarozegovic3684 2 месяца назад +5

    Franco and Arnold 👍💪😊

  • @mardickdavila7326
    @mardickdavila7326 Месяц назад +1

    The Greatest and best friend of Arnold. ❤

  • @vinods2134
    @vinods2134 Месяц назад +1

    Strongest of all time, considering his body weight

  • @Paul-jb7br
    @Paul-jb7br 2 месяца назад +1

    I bought that book when I was in high school. My muscle mass improved dramatically after that. I lent it to a friend and never got it back.

  • @troywilliams6694
    @troywilliams6694 2 месяца назад +3

    Mighty Franco has always been one of my personal heros, i just wish he came with a warning label...you cannot be this strong dont try you will have several hurnias

  • @user-lx4kc9bz6o
    @user-lx4kc9bz6o 2 месяца назад +6

    He could throw some hands 😮

    • @grantkitchingman
      @grantkitchingman  2 месяца назад +2

      Sure could! I wouldn’t want to catch em’

  • @alvarocorral1576
    @alvarocorral1576 2 месяца назад +2

    I used to always checkout his books at the library..

  • @claudiopersico9570
    @claudiopersico9570 28 дней назад

    FANTASTICO FRANCO

  • @travisrassel9978
    @travisrassel9978 5 дней назад

    I never got a chance to meet Franco but, I am sure he was a nice human being. And strong bodybuilder.

  • @OTM-101
    @OTM-101 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you for sharing this awesome video ❤

  • @roberteckhardt6653
    @roberteckhardt6653 2 месяца назад +16

    Maybe pound for pound the strongest man who ever lived. Could deadlift 750 pounds at a bodyweight of 188.

    • @williamlawlor7445
      @williamlawlor7445 Месяц назад +1

      Coan did more at the same bodyweight. Could squat more as well. Not sure about the bench but close enough. Ed at 198 would obliterate Franco.

    • @roberteckhardt6653
      @roberteckhardt6653 Месяц назад

      Was coan a bodybuilder or a powerlifter? Franco was both

    • @Kurikost_
      @Kurikost_ 27 дней назад

      @@roberteckhardt6653 you wrote...pound for pound the strongest man who ever lived..don't change your definition!

    • @roberteckhardt6653
      @roberteckhardt6653 27 дней назад

      I said maybe

  • @lagcossy7354
    @lagcossy7354 Месяц назад +1

    What a slick narrated documentary

  • @robertopavone282
    @robertopavone282 Месяц назад

    Un piccolo mostro di super forza umana. Un ercole dei nostri tempi. Anche se di statura più piccolo di Arnold, come fama era alla sua stessa stregua. Nutrivano l'uno per l'altro una grande amicizia e stima. Due grandi campioni di indiscussa celebrità nel mondo del culturismo e del Mister Olimpia.

  • @Bismarck.1871
    @Bismarck.1871 2 месяца назад +4

    Franco was the strongest bodybuilder ever, and not only pound for pound.

  • @AB-C1
    @AB-C1 Месяц назад +1

    Great video mate 👌🏻💪🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

    • @grantkitchingman
      @grantkitchingman  Месяц назад

      Thank you! Feel free to check out my channel. There’s plenty of bodybuilding content!

  • @d.b.1858
    @d.b.1858 2 месяца назад +1

    RIP FRANCO.

  • @guidorollard2944
    @guidorollard2944 14 дней назад

    Edward kawak also one of the icons of BB late 1970 early 80's

  • @AhceneBen.Abedlkader
    @AhceneBen.Abedlkader 2 месяца назад

    هدا الرجل هوا اسطورة وقد اثرا في مفهوم كمال الاجسام

  • @christiaanjellesma1851
    @christiaanjellesma1851 2 месяца назад +1

    that strongman injury where he dislocated his leg, that was very nasty , when i saw that i almost felt that pain:(

  • @Mdmohiuddiyan
    @Mdmohiuddiyan Месяц назад

    WOW
    😳😳

  • @David-jl6hr
    @David-jl6hr 2 месяца назад +1

    I saw a film clip of Franco where he picked up one end of a car,while someone exchanged a wheel. I believe he trained Stallone for the first Rocky movie.

  • @dafrog491
    @dafrog491 2 месяца назад +1

    Didnt realize Franco was in Predator. That scene was obviously cut. You can call him the Bat from now on. Franco the bat.

  • @guidorollard2944
    @guidorollard2944 14 дней назад

    that is how i see bodybuilding, like back in the days. Slim waist no belly. Good proportions, and not freaky

  • @user-sf1ev3jf1x
    @user-sf1ev3jf1x 2 месяца назад +1

    Телосложение пожалуй даже лучше чем у арнольда. Жаль ростом не вышел.

  • @careystuart
    @careystuart Месяц назад +1

    A collectors item wall. Notice how no body builders in those days had "Bubble Guts"

  • @derek6817
    @derek6817 2 месяца назад +3

    I think they're talking relative to time periods

  • @dustynn.9030
    @dustynn.9030 2 месяца назад +1

    Franco was an unruly monster pound for pound (behond elite, lengendary and super special),
    however Coleman was a psycho and sacrificed his body to push those numbers.

  • @user-jy6nx4eg3u
    @user-jy6nx4eg3u 2 месяца назад

    Φρανκο κ αρνολντ❤

  • @alfredoreitano3426
    @alfredoreitano3426 Месяц назад

    💪 UN DEGLI UOMINI PIÙ FORTI DEL MONDO PER CATEGORIA DI PESO🏋️‍♀️

  • @madtownangler
    @madtownangler 2 месяца назад

    One of my friends was over 300 pounds and got really fat and finally after his wife and father started winning body building competitions he lost almost 100 pounds in one year then spent another year after that so two years bodybuilding
    He took second at a competition and got a job working at a gym as his second job.
    He only did one competition because it's expensive to eat all the time.
    I can remember when I had bigger arms than he did and I was four inches shorter. Now I have had a stroke and I only train with twenty pound dumbbells and machines up to 300 pounds for my legs and 100 pounds for everything else

    • @user-xu9rm6tr3x
      @user-xu9rm6tr3x 2 месяца назад +2

      Sorry about your stroke, bro. Tough break

  • @PinnaclePete
    @PinnaclePete 2 месяца назад +3

    The Greatest Booing Contest of All-time, was said and written by Rick Wayne, who was there! People threw their programs on the stage as they were booing! Tom Platz was only repeating what Rick Wayne said first.

    • @grantkitchingman
      @grantkitchingman  2 месяца назад +1

      Just validated this. Great comment! Pinned.

    • @bullymaguire9318
      @bullymaguire9318 2 месяца назад +4

      Franco won. Period.❤

    • @Bismarck.1871
      @Bismarck.1871 2 месяца назад

      Franco won. Arnold beat Sergio Oliva a few years earlier under very questionable circumstances also.

    • @guntertorfs6486
      @guntertorfs6486 Месяц назад

      @@bullymaguire9318 It was a disgrace. Period.

  • @throttleupfly
    @throttleupfly Месяц назад

    please in english

  • @charlessavoie2367
    @charlessavoie2367 2 месяца назад

    No, the guy from Canada 700 BP x 2

  • @thedragonlee76
    @thedragonlee76 2 месяца назад

    I guess people forget that he was a Terminator in Terminator and he killed a dog...😮

  • @dennisbohl3981
    @dennisbohl3981 2 месяца назад +1

    So in the video at the 2:47 mark his name is spelled Columbo ending with a o which is an Italian name now everywhere his name ends with a u, is this part of the Mandella Effect if you don't know what it is look it up.

    • @80srenaissance67
      @80srenaissance67 2 месяца назад

      It was Columbo for me ... The TV detective was called Columbo, also an Italian . I'm sure they are deliberately playing games with ppl

  • @grtjr71
    @grtjr71 Месяц назад +1

    Please he was the most over rated Mr Olympia who only won because of politics and being Arnolds besty.

  • @asprinklingofclouds
    @asprinklingofclouds Месяц назад +1

    Ronnie Coleman was stronger than Franco on every single lift.

    • @Bismarck.1871
      @Bismarck.1871 Месяц назад +3

      Coleman was almost a foot taller and a hundred pounds heavier!

    • @asprinklingofclouds
      @asprinklingofclouds Месяц назад +1

      @@Bismarck.1871 Indeed, but that shouldn't disqualify him from being considered as the strongest bodybuilder ever.

    • @johnnygrube
      @johnnygrube Месяц назад +1

      Coleman also had better steroids, and is a cripple now. Franco lived until 78 and basically died swimming not crippled.

  • @user-lh9eg1mk9n
    @user-lh9eg1mk9n 2 месяца назад +1

    franco columbo- The biggest cheater to ever steal the 1981 mr olympia title is a more accurate heading.

  • @TruthTellert63
    @TruthTellert63 2 месяца назад

    Good video; however, his 1981 Olympia victory was actually four years after his WSM injury, not just a few months.

  • @riesenesel176
    @riesenesel176 Месяц назад

    At 9:23 Gyno.

  • @Andrew-is7rs
    @Andrew-is7rs 2 месяца назад

    Nope, Len Sell

  • @howarddimburgers6027
    @howarddimburgers6027 Месяц назад

    Another error you have is that Franco's 1981 victory in the Mr. Olympia was several years, not months after his injury at the World's Strongest Man.

  • @cdpcullman
    @cdpcullman 27 дней назад

    Drugs don't do the body good!

  • @brendondicredico5326
    @brendondicredico5326 2 месяца назад

    Era un nano vicino ad Arnold

  • @callummarks2080
    @callummarks2080 2 месяца назад +1

    ********* @ 11:05 "apparently" "Arnie" said on a post on Feb 10th 2016 about Franco Columbo's death. According to Google Franco Columbo Died on (30th August 2019!!!) Yep.. I wasn't there so who's wrong?💯🤔😑

    • @callummarks2080
      @callummarks2080 2 месяца назад +1

      According to microsoft search its 30th August 2019 also.. (NOT IMPRESSED!) 🥱🍼🍼🍼🍼👶

    • @callummarks2080
      @callummarks2080 2 месяца назад +1

      dodgy information..😵‍💫

    • @callummarks2080
      @callummarks2080 2 месяца назад +1

      According to Microsoft web search (30TH August 2019) is ..CORRECT.. also.. (NOT IMPRESSED!)

  • @Jesus_Muslim_
    @Jesus_Muslim_ 2 месяца назад +2

    He stole Mr. Olympia because Arnold fixed it for him..

  • @howarddimburgers6027
    @howarddimburgers6027 Месяц назад

    You have the facts mixed up. Franco moved to the United States in the late 60s not the early 60s. Arnold talked Joe Weider into bringing Franco over to the United States. Arnold and Franco had been training partners in Europe. Otherwise, I enjoyed the video.

  • @stevelarsen3671
    @stevelarsen3671 2 месяца назад +1

    Casey viator was stronger

    • @grantkitchingman
      @grantkitchingman  2 месяца назад +1

      Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion I guess!

  • @user-bk5nj1qo6n
    @user-bk5nj1qo6n 2 месяца назад

    He was strong but Ronnie is the strongest bodybuilder of all time

    • @Bismarck.1871
      @Bismarck.1871 Месяц назад

      Yeah, but Ronnie was almost 8” taller and 80lbs heavier.

    • @user-bk5nj1qo6n
      @user-bk5nj1qo6n Месяц назад

      @@Bismarck.1871 no because Ronnie was doing his heaviest lifts only a few weeks from a show when bodybuilders are at their weakest. That's why.

  • @frankjgornickjr3676
    @frankjgornickjr3676 2 месяца назад

    Not mouth power lung power he had very strong lungs!

  • @epicweldepicweld5857
    @epicweldepicweld5857 Месяц назад +1

    A bb historian you are not

  • @jamesdehart5039
    @jamesdehart5039 2 месяца назад

    Franco couldn’t carry Ronnie Coleman’s lunchbox in the gym

    • @zrvpvo8789
      @zrvpvo8789 Месяц назад

      Ronny Coleman wouldn’t be able to carry his own lunchbox without steroids.

  • @davidtomlinson2239
    @davidtomlinson2239 2 месяца назад +3

    Don't forget about all the anabolic steroids he took to reach his muscularity !

    • @user-kk7jq2rp1s
      @user-kk7jq2rp1s 2 месяца назад

      0h that somehow make him less than you? I think not.

    • @davidtomlinson2239
      @davidtomlinson2239 2 месяца назад

      @@user-kk7jq2rp1s health altering drugs for fame is a evil . Sets a bad example ,

  • @user-xu9rm6tr3x
    @user-xu9rm6tr3x 2 месяца назад +1

    Also the tiniest. He’s probably 5 foot tall.

  • @thesting6820
    @thesting6820 2 месяца назад +2

    Once Franco went off of the drugs his lifts were no better than that of any natural gym rat. He lost all of his great muscle mass and he lost that uber impressive physique. So an entire generation worshiped Franco even though he was just drugs. I'm NOT impressed.

    • @007stopjockin
      @007stopjockin Месяц назад

      That goes for all of them Bro.
      Nothing but glorified drug addicts 💉
      007

  • @rodrigorodrigo7289
    @rodrigorodrigo7289 2 месяца назад

    Droids

  • @Stranger407
    @Stranger407 2 месяца назад

    Strongest bodybuilder was Ronnie Coleman

  • @samirbenabdallah9462
    @samirbenabdallah9462 2 месяца назад

    Peace be upon you.
    Believe in ALLAH (GOD) and the judgement day and do good deeds.
    Don't show non well covered women that will be better for you in this life and the heaerafter.
    Ladies cover your bodies that will be better for you in this life and the heaerafter.

  • @stubones
    @stubones 2 месяца назад +1

    Franco was great, a legend even, but far from the strongest bodybuilder ever 🤦 Ronnie was easily stronger, just to mention one.

  • @richardduplessis1090
    @richardduplessis1090 2 месяца назад +1

    Though very strong for his size he was certainly not the strongest bodybuilder ever.

  • @chrispayne591
    @chrispayne591 2 месяца назад +1

    Not even close to the strongest bodybuilder ever lol

  • @beaulaughlin520
    @beaulaughlin520 2 месяца назад

    Larry wheels or ronnie coleman. There this video title is false

    • @grantkitchingman
      @grantkitchingman  2 месяца назад +9

      Strength sports consider strength on a pound for pound basis. So does this title.

    • @mikemarsh7399
      @mikemarsh7399 2 месяца назад +2

      They were lifting the same weight at 100 pounds heavier,so,no,not stronger