IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Danny Padilla posing in gym

[jntrok]

Danny was my favorite of all time! ! Had a poster of him hung when i was 8 and my mom bought me a set of those brown sand filled dumb bells! :D

[Flexuhuu]

Mr Olympia 1981

[iceblue4u]

That's the way I'd want to look. Not too huge and with perfect proportions.

[todopor]

He looked better than the most of the bodybouldiers today

[littleboeep]

"THE GIANT KILLER"!

[almightywitey]

used to see him in the 80's at Samson's in Rochester. his legs were unreal. awesome calves.

[Hititnow1]

Wow one of the greatest Bodybuilders of all time!!

[chrisfullofsteel]

mentzer and padilla are my favorite bodybuilders

[moneydann]

what a bodybuilder should look like. no gh gut or mass that is to big for ya frame.

[sergiusz1000]

I love this video !!! many thanks

[EDtheIslander]

An awesome bodybuilder

[nenzi671]

Danny looks great here. Super shape & thick all over. One of the great ones from a better era of bodybuilders.

[Rvd420WHAT]

Totally Stacked! Truly one of the bodybuildings unsung heros. One of the only BBers whos calves dwarf his thighs. One of those great champions that made the most of what he was given. Totally screwed in 81 due to politcs. No one in thier right mind had Franco winning that title. Pictures dont lie, Joe Weider

[moorewjr]

Is he still in Rochester, my hometown?

[marinantie]

Danny Padilla, my favourite trough all these years... Awesome...

[emmtampa]

This was the best short generation bodybuilder of his generation!!!!

[Jasminovic89]

really, he could stand next to Arnold and Franco, he is just a great BB'er, one of the best shapes ever ;)

[lonemapper]

He looks better here than in most of the contests he entered. I think he was the most underrated and underappreciated BB ever!

[lionelvillahermosa]

''excellent''

[justiciador]

Danny Padilla eres y seras mi gran idolo en el fisicoculturismo !!!!! gracias por todo lo que le diste a este deporte !!! desde Argentina un abrazo super grande !!!

[DGB337]

Danny is my personal trainer back at home, and he has talked about this video before. When this video was taken he was 240 lbs! At 5'2! Ridiculous! And this was off-season, some guy just said to Danny that he wasn't in that great of shape...and Danny responded with this! After the posing, the guy corrected himself and said that Danny could enter the Olympia the next day and win!

Awesome trainer, amazing physique, exceptional character...one of the most down-to-earth people I know.

Get Big!

[SaltireBlaze]

He looks incredible in this video from back in the day.What shape is he in 2009 style?

[captainmorgan757]

@DGB337 your personal trainer??!! I'm so jealous!!! To take direct instructions from the likes of Danny would be a dream of mine come true!!! I'm sure that you are the envy of many!

[conanconquer]

awesome !

[bigpopsonswoll]

5'2 and pack with dense muscles. All nothing out of place very pleasing type of bodybuilder. The best litle big man in the biz.  The OG Giant Killer.

[Fabio2324]

damn very impressive

[littleboeep]

He was robbed in the 81 Olympia. Cut smaller guys always get overlooked.

[powerlifted]

This man was a serious artist with his body, soul and mind! Truly the best! His lines were perfect! I spoke with him last week and he is so intelligent too,, he helped me out immensely! I for one admire this man, and always have, I remember putting up pictures of him and other greats on my bedroom walls for imspiration,, so cool. Dan,,youre a all time Great!!!! Thanks..

[drumsanddrumming]

yes, he is so good! Cut, proportional, everything!

[verybaduser]

Beautiful !! Great proportions for a small man.This is the essence of bodybuilding...

The huge steroid-struck bodybuilders these days look like comic-book characters.

[sergiusz1000]

best video ever !

[letrasherfou]

big calves!

[fedormmagod]

Danny "The Giant Killa" Padilla.

[StevenSWM]

Pound for pound, square inch for square inch, how could you beat him! Definitely a cut above!

[Flemminggroen]

Danny Padilla....always been my favourite!!!

[lakerzfan007]

small height, big muscles.

[eidem1]

amazing

[lifetolive]

perfect proportions.

the boots are freeeshhhhh!

[olympia80]

One AMAZING thing about this video is that all the guys who disagree on almost every other bodybuilder all AGREE about Danny. That in itself says a hell of a lot!!

[gregjockca3]

those pipes are so tearjerking awesome.

[captainmorgan757]

Danny is truly one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time!! He is a gaint in my heart and in my eyes!!!!

[muscledanimal]

These earlier bodybuilders, are so much more inspiring then the present lot....

[renato555]

that's because the old bodybuilders had charisma ,they were different kind of people look at a jusup wilkosz with his beard,or mike mentzer.and they were not so exaggerated big and ugly as nowadays.normal men want to look lika heracles ,not like a michelin puppet

[rapidac]

Danny is also a great, down-to-earth guy. You can hang out with him.

[nikkiribeirao]

Damn....hot body

[lildaego817]

he works out at my gym hes a nice guy

[djgronk]

one of the top three "short" bodybuilders of all time!! wicked!!

[chrisfullofsteel]

my ideal physique

[Albert7519]

Padilla was like a miniature Arnold! No flaws on this guy. Look at the upper thigh cuts, then the incredible back with huge rear delts! Then the horshoe triceps and peaked biceps. Why wasn't this guy Mr. Olympia?

[emmtampa]

Albert7519. To answer your question about why he wasn't Mr. Olmpia....it is because Arnold wanted Franco to win....plain and simple!

[Deutschlander15187]

One of my Favorite Bodybuilder

[dehgcye]

curious as to his leg routine here. each muscle in those pins is rediculously delineated. unbelievable

[RideTheLightning1989]

He's the most aesthetically gifted bodybuilder of all time. Had he been just another foot taller, he would be known as the best of all times. Arnold is great but Danny Padilla has way better symmetry.

[Peter9761]

One of the greats,robbed at the '81 Olympia,i always wished he had gone with Gironda,Makkawy was great too but not as good as this man.

[eddyspider]

one of the best light weight bodybuilders

[olympia80]

A phenomenal physique! 1981 Mr Olymia winner all the way.

[4WDLOW]

THIS GUY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED HIGHER IN THE MR.OLYMPIA, BUT YOU KNOW THE JUDGES :-(, I ALWAYS IDIOLIZED THIS GUY SINCE I STARTED BODYBUILDING BACK IN THE 80s, ONE OF THE BEST, GREATEST & MOST UNDERRATED BODYBUILDERS.

[rashirfan]

hoooooooo.........

[Rvd420WHAT]

Padilla = One of the most complete bodybuilder's EVER hands done.  He epitomizes the true essence of bodybuilding which is to "get everything down to a point where everything is perfect". Too bad he was a midget or he'd be a Mr. Olympia

[wigginbean]

GO PADILLA!

[savagone]

This is the type of body that I strive for. Perfect

[joeyvader]

The small wasted bodybuilders are a thing of the past due to the huge ammounts of HGH cocktails taken by the pros of today...these homones not only increase muscles size, but also the size of all of the internal abdominal organs...thus you have a guy ripped to the bone with a 42" waste. Oh yeah, Danny Padilla was an idol of mine as a kid in the 80's...he was amazing!

[ronaldpelzer]

nice body, huge...and nice shoes too

[agentsmoove]

hell yea, Daymnnn!!!!!!!!!!1

[GENERALLEEJ]

This dude is 40!! Man thats amazing!!

[segq]

he's great

[NzNexus]

wow just take a look.. the height doesn't matter at all..

[johnnygringo]

still kills me about the bias in bodybuilding in regards to height..his quad sweeps are fucking crazy..and his symetrical lines and small waist are spot on..true v-taper..that guy had it all..deserved more title's-hands down..same thing with lee in my opinion

[mashamorgan]

great leg seps !!

[augydoggy]

Had he been a foot taller insead of 5'2" he would have been one of the best ever. But therein lies the paradox; had he been taller he probably never would have developed such dense muscle. Danny Padilla - King of the Munchkins.

[Mrmuscles777]

It is sad too say, but the days of small waisted bodybuilders like Danny are long gone. Bring them back!!! Way more asthethically pleasing to the eyes!

[jonnyfromscotland]

yeah,thats true,some of the judges said he took his dieting too far and that his face looked 'caved-in' but i think this guy is awesome.

[dragon9205]

Did you know Danny padilla won Mr Olympia in the 80s.

[joelbrandw]

No, but many thought he should have won in 1981.

[wan123456]

dude his arm is so big

[rg1235]

my inspiration for starting bbing.

[azncloud777]

this guy is mofoing huge

[bu3300]

Padilla is absolutely sweeet!!

[piltv]

looks like lee priest

[joelbrandw]

Two inches shorter than Lee and still won the overall title at the Mr. America contest (when there were still tall and short class winners and then one overall winner). Not bad!

[heavyliftin]

PADILLA IS A LEGEND

[jvflexx]

this guy was the legend killer!!!!  awesome!