Legendary Natural Bodybuilder Marvin Eder

[moeddan85]

Of course he looks amazing, that is the power of genetics, disciplin and anabolic steroids.

[skirts365]

His parents had to have been so proud of him versus parents of fat slobs!

[12pussylicka]

that pic 0:48 i dont know i just dont know. looks mad gay too me.

[hfouad2008]

my friend take it from exprinced 35 years old bodybuilding fan from egypt , if the gym biceps went more than 18" while he 6 feets or less then he tak STEROID , i may accept an exception for this days because of very adanced supplments , but

from 30 years ,noooooooooooo , its steroids my friends

[ltkindermann]

gay...definitely gay

[mathiolos]

@ltkindermann show a little respect will you! this guy has spend his life trying to reach the perfect body and that's the only thing you have to say? obviously you will never ever even get half of what he has accomplished

[ltkindermann]

@mathiolos Come on!!! The guy is gay ffs....ponces around in a pair a speedos showing himself off? Not exactly macho is it? He's either gay, a meat head or most probably both. Sorry but the reality is that these guys have almost nothing happening in their heads and spend most of their lives eating, shitting and lifting weights. What's there to respect....

[SR4LosersIsMYBITCH]

@ltkindermann And what does that make you for watching than man? Hater

[Inbulgaristan]

I can only imagine the kind of power this guy had to be able to dip with 400+ pounds.

You can try to do a dip with 150 pounds some time to get an idea .

[codebean]

Not exactly the biggest body builder around, but still quite an impressive physique considering it's all natural.

This just goes to show that anyone who thinks these bodybuilders today aren't on steroids are completely delusional. I'd like to see some of todays greats Olympic press over 300lbs.

[pumitaproductions]

his back at 1:11 is the ugliest thing ever. it looks like a turtle shell. not attractive. everything else is awesome though. JUST MY OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Draykid]

@pumitaproductions

It's a spread. He's spreading his back out. It's fundamental muscle control.

[unlockthepower]

One of the pound for pound strongest men in recorded history.

[predpis92]

he was max. 1.70cm tall

[OtorresFitness]

Even w/all the advances in supplements, diet & training we have in 2011, a body like his would still turn heads this day & age. He looked amazing.

[lesaber251]

I can't believe I never heard of this guy.

[LTandDS]

What's with the guy blowing him while he's doing dips?

[tom2002a]

@LTandDS -hey take it easy. Not everybody embaraces your 'lifestyle" - ok?

[DanielFoxLisak]

@LTandDS it was extra weight +440lb. its record!

[NYCthruDAlens]

Hes about 80 now and still can bench press 500 lbs. most of you loosers cant even do that. JojoLovesAndO

[MUSCLELOVER4me]

looking at him at 0.22 it seems to me he should have bigger calves

[keyura24]

As far as I know he wasn't doing anything wrong to get that way. No steroids or nothing that I've heard about. And actually, he still has some of his muscle. He's a sweet old man, and I'm looking forward to having Thanksgiving with him.

Even if I do have to sit pretty and try to be normal at the dinner table.

And yes, he is short. But he's still cool. Please don't say mean things about him. :3

[52039116]

he sems short:P

[hurrykaneecko]

so this guy was one of the first bodybuilders around?

[ah4fecksake]

brilliant...simpley brilliant

[tempac91]

I read in one of Bill Starr's articles that this guy once did dips with his BW+400lbs for 7 reps!?!

[LVSWTZ]

@tempac91 Olympic press - 330 pounds.

Deep squats - 50 reps with 300 pounds.

Side laterals - reps with 120-pound dumbbells.

One-arm-chins - eight consecutively with each arm.

Press behind neck - 305 pounds.

[LVSWTZ]

@tempac91

Side press, left hand - 220 pounds (with a man sitting on his hand).

Parallel bar dip with 434 pounds (two men hanging from his feet!).

Bench press - 515 pounds.

Still arm pullovers - 250 pounds.

Wide grip chins - 80 with his bodyweight and 8 reps with 200 pounds attached.

Consecutive handstand push-ups on a horizontal ladder - 25.

[LVSWTZ]

@tempac91 joe weider called him pound for pound the strongest man that ever lived. He may have been stronger than Hercules (Reg Park) himself ...Too close call lol!

[tempac91]

@LVSWTZ Was he natural? What decade(s) did he flourish? 50s, 60s?

[LVSWTZ]

@tempac91 early 1950's he wasn't natural...He was Supernatural lol.

[tempac91]

@LVSWTZ I meant if he was using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. :-p

[LVSWTZ]

@tempac91 Sorry I was being funny but that's what meant when I said he was Supernatural no drugs just great great genetics and a strong workethic. Some guys just have it in them from birth.

[RealspitHiphop604]

@LVSWTZ yeah in a interview he said he trained with reg park and that he was the only other bb he met as strong as him and could keep up with him in fact was a bit stronger in squats of course you gotta factor in that reg was far larger but marvin was a genetic freak amazing strength for his size

[LVSWTZ]

@RealspitHiphop604 yep! reg was a giant of a man 6'2 235-40lbs at his best park was a real hercules. marvin pound 4 pound was superhuman

[RealspitHiphop604]

@LVSWTZ yeah really incredible stuff, nothing beats the legends of the past.

[rememberingrae]

im glad every loves my great uncle.

[pakibuilder]

awesome !

[ssa09003]

legend

[Ezraveen]

i can only imagine how big he would be with steroids

[PARR53]

What a great example of what a powerful natural bodybuilder/olympic lifters body should look like! I shutter to think of just how many records Mr Eder would have broken in Olympic lifting/power lifting and titles in bodybuilding had he hadn't retired at only 22yrs old. Even still though inspirational isn't even close to how I'd describe Mr Eder.

[seenababe]

He was an absolute beauty.

I met him at a couple of "functions"...he is a gentleman, bright and articulate.

[stu73ke]

A great tribute to one of the all time greats! Thanks. Eder was what it's all about, real muscle, real strength.

[TheReturnOfStephan1]

Another really great song choice would have been Lou Rawls' "Natural Man".:)