Comments on: Defying The Odds & Winning – How YOU Can Do It!

By: Karl

Karl — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:42:13 +0000

I know Ricky, and even though he did steroids early on in his career he did not do them later on since he considers them generally bad and does fine without them, all of the supplements he took during the period of time displayed in the documentary were all legal supplements and vitamins, stuff that you can find in your local grocery shop now days basically, the syringes were all vitamin injections.

This guy was prob one of the strongest guys ever lived, he benched 305 kgs without a shirt, deadlifted over 400 kgs something despite lacking one indexfinger(lost it at age for), his grip was insane and proven to be about 50% stronger than Magnus Samuelsson(several time World’s strongest man), Ricky wasnt even a weight lifter, he trained for discus, if he wanted to be the best in lifting you’d have seen him lifting much more, he does a 245 kg shoulder press in that documentary, this guy is the most knowledgable and intelligent person I have ever encountered, he is very eccentric and his genius is easily mistaken for madness if you’re not that well informed about physiology and training.

He used to live with Frank Zane and trained with Frank and Arnold, he tried bodybulding for a while, he was 144 kgs totally ripped with 60 centimeter arms, standing 199 cm tall.

By: Jason Papillon

Jason Papillon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:56:04 +0000

Josh Hewett, he does throw big weights around in the documentary, especially behind the neck jerks. Can’t be sure of the weights because they are old bumper plates but it was atleast 180 kilos, probably more. I believe he cheat curled 140 kilos.

Dominik sorry I messed up. I meant Claus.

boxstickfuman and claus get your heads out of your arses.

By: Michael - The Fat Loss Authority

Michael - The Fat Loss Authority — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:55:48 +0000

That ending was priceless…

Screaming like a mad man on leg raises and then high-fiving the light fixture. Unintentionally hilarious!

Mike

By: Johnny Monstrous

Johnny Monstrous — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:23:15 +0000

LOL – that is how I used to train at gold’s gym…that guy was goin’ nuts…like it should be in the gym….most of today’s gyms you “can’t” or aren’t “allowed” to break shit. My bro and i broke everything when we were that pysched up – back in my dad’s basement…it was the best weight lifting I have ever done….

I wanna break stuff right now…but i am in a hotel room scanning in expenses for work – LOL!

Peace in strength,
Johnny Monstrous

By: Josh Hewett

Josh Hewett — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:30:53 +0000

Hmm… I actually read the comments before watching the video, and I was expecting to see some big weights being thrown around by a huge, intense beast! After watching the video I was a bit disappointed… didn’t seem to be lifting very heavy, and the yelling and throwing stuff didn’t impress me. I agree with the guys who posted that they find your videos much more motivational.
However, I do not think it’s fair to judge an athlete for using steroids, or to assume he does without proof. It’s not a magic potion that will turn everyone into a champ. Hard work, guts, nutrition, and a good program are still necessary.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:11:10 +0000

Boxstickfan – damn bro, much respect, thnx bruddah!

By: boxstickfuman

boxstickfuman — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:41:19 +0000

Hey Zach,

I would say your training videos are much more motivational, this dude was driven or could say turned crazy via chemical enhancement (DRUGS!). Not impressive really any crazy fool can take em, if anything I would say any one taking drugs is a weak minded person.

HONEST SWEAT,GUTS & STRENGTH ALL THE ZACH

By: Dominik

Dominik — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:15:28 +0000

Jason, I never judged about Ricky! Maybe you changed names at the reactions!

I have the full DVD about ricky at home bro and I absolutely love it! It is great!

By: Randy Woody

Randy Woody — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:52:24 +0000

Awesome. And so what if he did roids. They were just another tool in the box. Heck if they were legal I’d be using them now. You guys ever compete at that level in life then come back and tell us what you would do to win. Hard core video Zach. Keep them coming. Get some Doug Youngs videos, Roger Estop, Bill Kazimer.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:39:57 +0000

Dominik, I will post that video…..

those cheat curls are amazing for full body strength and power

he had some crazy life directions from signing to porn to bodybuilding

seems like he never found himself, which is very unfortunate

–z–