Where are they now? (Bodybuilding legends in their old age)

[Atomini]

So, after looking at some old 80s Mr. Olympia competition videos (as you can see from my Ed Corney thread) and finding out that in the 1983 Mr. O, Ed Corney was 50 years old... that got me thinking and it got me looking into some of the old bodybuilders and where they are currently today and how they look. I think this is deserving of it's own thread, and if anyone can find any recent pics of any of the other classic bodybuilding legends, post their pics here. Check this out!!!

Dave Draper (at 63 years old in this pic):


Dave Draper (at 64 years old in the following pics):




Lou Ferrigno (at 54 years old):


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[Atomini]

Serge Nubret (at 65 years old, pics from 2003):


Lee Haney (at 48 years old):


Larry Scott (at 67 years old):


Frank Zane (64 years old, as you can see):


I think this is just amazing that these guys are keeping up their standard of fitness in their old ages. It really shows alot about this sport and throws all the shit right back in the faces of those ignorant morons who keep shouting "ALL BODYBUILDERS DIE YOUNG". And not only that, but all of these guys have juiced and/or currently juice... yet they are living well into their old ages!! I think that speaks for itself. Really shows the difference between use and abuse!

[MuscleScience]

awesome, good post!!!

[Big]

Nice post!

[eddy tye]

you guys think they still juice?

great post btw,nice shots

[feanixco]

Wow, thats impressive

[Atomini]

you guys think they still juice?

great post btw,nice shots

I'm sure probably Serge Nubret there still did, and so did Ed Corney when he competed like 7 years ago in 2000/2001. And I wouldn't be surprised if guys like Dave Draper are on HRT. I don't see how guys like that wouldn't be.

[madmonty]

excellent post with good pics i hope i look as good as these guys they look awesome and most of them drawing a pension and got free bus pass lol wot a life

[canadian meat]

Serge still looks great for 65 damn,I seen a pic of tom platz a couple months ago he's some used car salesmen now I couldnt find the pic thou.Anyway cool thread

[goodcents]

you guys think they still juice?

great post btw,nice shots

No, they eat their wheaties every day

[PEWN]

there looking great.....

[goodcents]

So, after looking at some old 80s Mr. Olympia competition videos (as you can see from my Ed Corney thread) and finding out that in the 1983 Mr. O, Ed Corney was 50 years old... that got me thinking and it got me looking into some of the old bodybuilders and where they are currently today and how they look. I think this is deserving of it's own thread, and if anyone can find any recent pics of any of the other classic bodybuilding legends, post their pics here. Check this out!!!

Dave Draper (at 63 years old in this pic):


Dave Draper (at 64 years old in the following pics):




Lou Ferrigno (at 54 years old):


pics continued in following post...

I don't know but I want to hit the chic in the pic

[Panzerfaust]

Nubret still looks good, damn. His chest is still there (most get a little flabby).

[Amorphic]

Serge looks pretty damn good

[Lexed]

Larry scotts pic is so hailours you would never expect him to be that big

[PEWN]

Larry scotts pic is so hailours you would never expect him to be that big

[BOOST]

Serge Nubret (at 65 years old, pics from 2003):

He looks incredible.

[wascaptain5214]

dont know if yall remember boyer coe....he's in his late 60s and still looks good, not like in his glory days, but would hold his own in his age class for sure.

[Atomini]

dont know if yall remember boyer coe....he's in his late 60s and still looks good, not like in his glory days, but would hold his own in his age class for sure.

Boyer was awesome. He was the only guy with no abs, lol. I remember he had the worst ab genetics.

[auslifta]

dave draper died a few weeks ago, he was arnolds greatest influence in bodybuilding
skin cancer if anyone was wondering.

[auslifta]

serge look awesome

[WelshWarrior]

Hats off to these fellas. The Zane pic looks a bit odd, though.

They all really inspire me.

[39+1]

man this is a great post im getting older myself and had my doubts untill a few years ago. thanks for the post.

[powerliftmike]

skin cancer if anyone was wondering.

Wow. He was one of the best. Any more information? Was it tanning related?

[JoeGraft]

http://www.criticalbench.com/Tom-Platz.htm
TOm P does not sell cars you dork

[JoeGraft]

Wow. He was one of the best. Any more information? Was it tanning related?

DUH!

[powerliftmike]

Here is Kaz as of Sept 2007:

http://forums.steroid.com/attachment...1&d=1198176780

[Atomini]

http://www.criticalbench.com/Tom-Platz.htm
TOm P does not sell cars you dork

lmao, it's also like how I heard some people say Boyer Coe is an Englishman. He's from fricking Louisiana!

Do people just make crap up like this off the top of their heads?

[auslifta]

Wow. He was one of the best. Any more information? Was it tanning related?

sorry it was Reg Park, not Dave draper

[auslifta]

Reg Park, the man who inspired Arnold Schwarzenegger to become a competitive bodybuilder and ultimately launched him on the path to fame, has died after a long illness.

Park died on Thursday morning in Joburg, with his family by his side.

Earlier this year he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, a form of skin cancer. "He survived four times longer than they thought he would. The doctor told me that he had never seen someone with such an iron will to survive," said his son Jon Jon.

A man known for his amazing strength and body to match
His daughter Jeunesse said tributes had been coming in from around the world. "People from as far as Turkey have been saying how he changed their lives. He was the man with the biggest heart in the world. He was a legend. He was more than just a bodybuilder," she said.

Park, who was 79, was one of the pioneers of modern bodybuilding. It was his success as a bodybuilder, and in particular his winning the Mr Universe competition on three occasions in the 1950s and 60s, that prompted Schwarzenegger to take to the professional side of the sport.

Schwarzenegger was to go on to win that title five times.

"Arnold said to Reg: 'I want to do what you do'. That was the start of Arnold's close association with our family. I remember him staying at our house," said Jeunesse.

A man known for his amazing strength and body to match, Park was to also become a cult actor. He appeared in five Italian-made films, and was known for his part as Hercules.

Years later it was the role of Hercules that was to launch Schwarzenegger's foray onto the big screen.

Park started his bodybuilding career in his native England and came to prominence when he won the 1949 Mr Britain. He then travelled to the United States, where he met bodybuilding promoter Joe Weider, who began featuring Park in his magazines.

Later in life Park was to perform the master of ceremonies duties at various Mr Universe and Mr Olympia contests.

He later settled in South Africa, where he continued to train clients at the Virgin Active gym in Morningside, Sandton.

Jon Jon followed his father into the bodybuilding business and is the owner of the Legacy Gym in Los Angeles. Jon Jon had returned to SA two weeks ago to be at his father's side.

"He loved the vast skies and sunshine in South Africa, and it was the sunshine that eventually got him," Jeunesse said.

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[Johny-too-small]

DUH!

Easy turbo.

[canadian meat]

lmao, it's also like how I heard some people say Boyer Coe is an Englishman. He's from fricking Louisiana!

Do people just make crap up like this off the top of their heads?

LMAO you guys are to much I had to remember were I seen it but here it is about paragraph 3
http://www.tomplatz.com/goldeneagle/bio.htm

Also In a current flex or Bodybuilding mag,cant remember wich one he had a small artical and a picture of him standing infront of his used car buisness Ill try find it.

[Atomini]

LMAO you guys are to much I had to remember were I seen it but here it is about paragraph 3
http://www.tomplatz.com/goldeneagle/bio.htm

Maybe it's a past business he had.

And holy crap at his jaw. It got even BIGGER with his old age!!

[Amorphic]

Maybe it's a past business he had.

And holy crap at his jaw. It got even BIGGER with his old age!!

yeah thats one hell of a big chin