Franco Columbu

[csrchamp1]

Can anybody write down what he said please? I admire Franco a lot but I don't understand what he says. English is my second language. I would thank you...

[JDilla2812]

he's a puppy

[musto94]

Best fucking accent!

[serpedaus]

grande franco!!! dopo arnold è sempre stato il mio bobybuilder preferito!

[tommythegatto]

AHAH he got Sardinian accent!!!

[steroidsR4losers]

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[Dayga]

To get respect you have to give respect. Franco earned two Sandow's in his career. Respect that accomplishment.

[savagesanity]

Fuck the haters. Franco is considered one of (if not THE) best pound-for-pound bodybuilders of all time. His power-to-weight ratio was sickening. To be able to go up there at 5'5'' and pose next to Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is considered the best bodybuilder of all time and stands at 6'2'', and still hold his own is a testament to his strength and dedication.

[spacebetweensound]

@savagesanity You've got it wrong. Frank Zane is the best body-builder of all time.

[savagesanity]

@spacebetweensound Um...no?



[Fr0st1989]

Franco played a good Terminator in Terminator 1 (in a future scene)

[lilblake91]

too bad he sounds like the midget off of fantasy island

[hess1912]

fraco is my type. i love him. now, he's the best itallian man i ever seen.

[luck51429]

Yeah franco rules with hard work and determinations.

[steroidsR4losers]

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[vinnynumbnuts]

Once heard Arnold in a video say he's the father and Franco's the little boy. I don't think so.

[toejam498]

@vinnynumbnuts yep he said it. arnold was the king, ive met them both . franco in 77 arnold in 80 . arnolds tempermant was domineering and controling . franco completely the oppositr. it wasnt out of arnolds nature to say that

[vinnynumbnuts]

@toejam498 you met franco and arnold! very good. yes, arnold was the more domineering and cocky of the two. franco did have a very powerful physique, and i think stronger than arnold. i think his big problem was his height when it came to going up against the taller competitors like arnold. when you met franco, he must've appeared massive. did he seem like a really short guy to you when you met him, and maybe in the back of your mind, were you kind of thinking, if only he were 5'10" or 6 feet?

[toejam498]

@vinnynumbnuts 77 mr north america i was 17 . he was guest posing . mike mentzer won the competion against a very big roy callendar. i approached franco at the lobby setting up his table for merchandise. he is and was short five 4 or five 5 , shook hands and he said- take care. nice guy.  didnt seem cocky at all. he was well built but dwarfed in size by mike mentzer and roy callendar. i wasnt all that impressed with his size but he built himself a great physique and did well.

[vinnynumbnuts]

@toejam498 yeah, mike mentzer is one of my favorites. i think he was big on doing shorter, more intense workouts with the pre-exhaust method. anyway, thanks for the interesting info on franco.

[munchskinman]

i love his voice and his haircut ontop of his body hahaha so cool.

[MightySaturn5]

Franco Columbo was the lightweight champion for boxing in Italy, he's stated that after being involved with bodybuilding his speed and coordination actually improved -not someone to tangle with in a dark alley

[MDthornton83]

So that's Franco Columbu. The same guy who played as one of the killer robots in the future flashback scene from the Terminator. Finally, I always wanted to see how that guy looked like upclose.

[containme187]

what was franco's training regime please anyone ? much appriciated

[cooks95]

Morning: testosterone injections, eat,

Lift Weights

Afternoon: Inject human growth hormone, eat, take nap

Evening: Get up shoot testosterone again, eat lift weights

[sexoja23]

like the tenkies you eat.

[GameGuru1000]

actually there are books he's written about his regimen

[Michlimania]

Morn.  Twinkies and warm beer.

Lunch cheeseburger and fries

Dinner fried chicken and more beer

[fredfredburgerfntic]

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[Ogasso]

He's my idol.

[northportman]

he like others were all full of steroids. ever see him when he retired from competition? he looked like a deflated dwarf. it was all steroids. as with most of these jerks.

[StanleyKu]

grow up! He's a "jerk" because he has big muscles? The steroid use was very mild back in those days.

[dreamzero1]

Steroids dont make you big and ripped by sitting on your ass eating cheetos. This is an entire life of dedication and hard work. Don't use the "roid excuse" to be out of shape and not aspiring something better for yourself. Get off your ass and go do some deadlifts.

[secuervo]

If you quit training at a certain level your body is naturally going to adjust to your new training level. He was not deflated his body just reflected a lower level of training intensity. As for being a dwarf he was only 5'2" I think, that is, he was always short.

[Nostalgico80]

Come in Sardinia, you'll see guys very strong who're not culturists, but simple shepards, miners, fishers etc. Columbu is a genuine product of Sardinia, no an artefact.

[fjsljhagfhA]

yes!! genuine product of Sardinia, no artificial-man

[coolliger]

shut your mouth, you have no idea how hard body building is. I bet your some fat shit who has never lifted a weight in his life. you could NEVER do what Franco did.

[Corruptedd]

I agree, Bodybuilding is prob the hardest sport in the world, Since you never get better at it, you just gotta keep going

[jpsets896]

absolutly right man

[msd1445]

yo, crazy frank is no joke. i know him personaly. and he still looks fucking awesome and he's and old man now

[littlerocky211]

Columbos lats wer so supier back then-arnold couldn't compete with them

[ICPDOYOU]

thats why he was called that bat, and he can back that shit up man

[hoaryhoary]

Shame to see Franco later in the World's Strongest Man competition snap his knee while carrying a 500lb refrigerator. Pretty gross.

[drlove1972]

dude, if someone has that video of him breaking his leg will they please post it, been looking for that one for ages

[loigenil]

vicht vras libe on le hazenflaste

[Kecco0]

è l'Arnol Schwazenegger sardu poita ni teneusu nosu puru de hommisi with definition muscle

da sa Sardigna

[franckbass]

what everybody seems to forget is that Franco is the only actor - at the exeption of arnold - who played a terminator in the first J cameron' s SF movie !!

see ya !!

[jsauter1]

That is 1 strong dude!!!

[johnnykebab]

Goto california, is like a place where u never get there.

[Apjooz]

Everyone who is into bodybuilding should check this guy out. Best upper chest in history by a mile, and that back...look at yourself. And he was strong as hell. I would even say that those lifts are more impressive than his physique. 180 kg clean and jerk is pretty good for a powerlifter.

[sz42781]

Nah Arnolds chest was def better, for a fact.But strength I believe he beats arnold, and Im pretty sure he can kick arnolds ass.You see him hit the heavy bag lol

[sprintbass]

hey

when i look at guys in franco's time as compared to say jay and ronnie now...i have to say franco to me was the most well balanced...when you think of arnould his upper body was great but his legs were his week point and to me his legs were a bit to long..franco to me has the perfect body..to me guys now are just too big but thats just me, if a guy can be beautiful then franco is a good example of what can be done, awesome

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[Francofan]

I agree. Franco has the perfect body. Mass, muscle, definition, and strength.

[pv4444]

One of the strongest men that ever lived.

[fredfredburgerfntic]

amazing lats

[louisville327]

That's why Arnold called him "The Bat".

[DeFo06]

Also did roids.

[tedhaggardgoing2hell]

they ALL did/do roids. just like powerlifters, baseball players, etc. even ping pong players have been busted.

[lagphish]

bahahhaha, ping pong players, which?

[tedhaggardgoing2hell]

didn't mean to mark your reply as spam...sorry about that :-(

barney reed, in 2002, got busted using andro (the same stuff as mark mcgwire). andro converts to a steroid in the body. he was suspended for two (2) years.

[louisville327]

That doesn't mean they aren't still strong as hell.

[betotey]

he benched 475lbs at 185lbs!

[tedhaggardgoing2hell]

525lbs @ 185lbs

[hotdueluex]

Best lats!

[Francofan]

Absolutely!

[lagphish]

franco rules