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With Joe Weider, 1988.






So. Berry de Mey was in Depeche Mode?





Wrong. Berry is from The Netherlands, not Belgium.

Watch this fake-boxing match (for fun) between Gary Strydom and Cory Everson at FIBO bodybuilding fair in 1987. Hosted by Jeff Everson , presented by Brian Moss.

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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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