Eugene Sandow fan club: the Greek Ideal

[Gadsden]

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[echoareone]

On a whim, I tried just a cold shower (not even a cold bath) yesterday...zomg. It was really intense.

[Govithoy]

Sandow's a badass.

As for his lifting style, I imagine he did a lot of bodyweight and oly style lifts.

As for his chest, bench pressing was not popular back then. Lots of gyms only had bars, iron plates, and dumbells -- not much in the way of racks or benches. Oly lifting was also a lot more popular then as well.

[FitzChivalry]

Don't forget Pandour (who imo has an even better physique). All with the usage of 10 lb dumbbells.

[Skippy_nate]

What a fu*king guy

[pratikray]

For those interested in his measurements they where:

Chest normal: 44 inches
Chest expanded:47 inches
upper arms:16 3/4 inches
thigh:24 inches
weight:180 pounds

These measurements seem to make more sense. Steve Reeves at 6'1" had 17.5 to 18.5" arms (depending on when you measured them. 17.5" in 1947 and 18.5 in 1952). Zane, while bulking upto a rare 210 lbs had 18" arms at 5'9". Sandow does not appear as big as either Reeves or Zane, forget about the other modern bbers.

To me, he looks about the same size as Mike Tyson, albeit with a slimmer neck and a much slimmer waist. Tyson had a 43" chest, 34" waist and 16" arms and weighed 210 lbs in his prime, before going to prison. Considering that he was also about 1.5" taller than Sandow and probably has a bigger bone structure, Sandow was probably 185 lbs or so, with 42-44" chest and 16-16.5" arms and 29-31" waist.

[pratikray]

posted for you chaps since it's what you worry about. They're interesting to know, but making or breaking a thread is pretty retarded.

and as far as the proof that he lied, referring to a weight he "had" to have been to get the size he claims, Frank Zane, as you mentioned was contest weight of 185.

Sure Zane was 185lbs. But the 18" arm claim was made when he was bulking. If you check the article that mentioned it (available here: http://www.musclememory.com/showArticle.php?sh670124), you will see that at that time his weight was 205-215lbs. I dont buy it that he lost 25-30lbs while cutting and still retained 18" guns.

[Tamandua]

can i be a member of this fan club? :P

[RemainDieHard]

THe OP's link does not work anymore.

Here is a great site with lots of Sandow, Pandour and other old school strongmen before roids.

Some good strength training books on that site..... scanned books from the early 1900's :-0

http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/

[BEhave]

I like those physiques. Well proportioned for the most part imo.