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Richard Brose's contribution to 80's muscle trash has already been sufficiently paid tribute to on this blog.
Here's Richard together with the almost likewise muscular Carl Weathers in "Simon & Simon", S06E11 (1986). There's no more muscle scenes in that episode.


"They were musclemen... musclemen..."

So far I've spotted Tony Pearson, Troy Zuccolotto and Steve Bohnstedt. Further ID?

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Poor ficus.


Mr Tom Platz aka The Golden Eagle



Jeff Everson


Handshake with Troy Zuccolotto





Ok, but where's Hans?



It's unbelievable how basically all of the styles in this picture are back in fashion, espescially the guy on the far right.



Wolfgang Prueckl trying a 375 lbs deadlift (170 kg) in his attic gym in 1988.

Aria (1987) is an episodic film consisting of ten short films by a variety of directors.
Each segment features its director's visual accompaniment to arias and scenes from operas.
In the 3rd segment ("Armide", directed by Jean-Luc Godard) two deranged naked cleaning ladies try to attract the attention of oblivious bodybuilders. Fortunately those guys pay more attention to their muscles than to the shifted girls hopping around them.

Peter Hensel posing @ FIBO fitness & bodybuilding fair in Cologne, 1987. As an East-German "Kulturistik"-Champion (1983) he was apparently allowed to travel outside GDR to take part in Western sport events. I didn't even know there were bodybuilding contests in East Germany in the early 80's as body shaping was considered a sign of "Western decadence". They didn't even have public gyms; you could only train in a weight room if you were a member in a state-run sports club. Some people built their own weights (cans filled with sand, car tires) in order to train.
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I found this great Dolph Lundgren workout tape on facebook. I can't believe Quentin Tarantino was a production assistant on this! For a selection of amazing film stills and an awesome soundtrack (hacked by Uncle T-NUC for his project POWERGLOVE) check out "Maximum Potential" on fb/.

Rare footage from FIBO fitness & bodybuilding fair in Cologne, Germany.