The Great Sandow

Eugen Sandow, Edison, 1894.

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[JonathanBloggs]

If you're so hung up on the difference between bodybuilding and powerlifting then realize that Sandow was neither: he was a physical culturist.

Body Building and Power Lifting are both specialized elements of physical culture taken to extremes that are detrimental to the other aspects. The all-round nature of Sandow means he looks good AND he can back it up. Ask every man in the world who he would rather have the body of: ronnie coleman or eugene sandow, and most would pick sandow.

[LukinhasParkour]

Sandow is probably the only bodybuilder who could do a standing backflip on the ground too

[ezet]

@xrisp those stats just can't be right. he would look like a modern bodybuilder with those ;P

[vespaman101]

@susumu07 ah wuh wuh... this guy is the father of modern body building. those guys may have been stronger but this guy looked a whole lot better. he decided what he wanted to look like and in what proportions and then worked his way to those proportions and developed poses to show off those muscles. Honestly those other two guys knew no such thing about appearance or health. they were just strong. And yeah sandow could not outlift them but they could not beat him in body building.

[xrisp]

Sandow is a bit flushed out by the stage lights - he needs some pro tan LOL. Great physique from back in the day but I find it hard to believe his stats by looking at him:

# Bodyweight, 199

# Height, 5ft 8.5 ins

# Waist, 29 ins

# Chest, 48 ins

# Neck, 18.5 ins

# Biceps, 19 ins

# Forearms, 17 ins

# Thighs, 26.5 ins

# Calves, 18 ins

[wippudaeu]

@LukinhasParkour Roelly Winklaar. watch roelly and quincy winklaar guest posing february 2010 at around 7:40

[psolarhidi]

@susumu07 eat every 3 hours. small meals. protein(dairy, eggs,fish, chicken) and fibrous carbs(fruits and vegetables) in every meal. starchy carbs like(rice,pasta, potatoes and bread) only after training( half an hour after at most; the sooner the better) cut out sweets and refined sugars altogether. if you do the above consistently, depending on your training, age and genes. you will start seeing excellent results in a month or so. oh and please don't start counting calories; it's not worth it

[heropyro]

@susumu07 Plate and some. The rest should come from proteins and fats and of course you balance it out, unless you're on VLCD. :)

[heropyro]

@LukinhasParkour Are you really sure? Do you mean Sandow 'was' the only or 'is' the only one? It's not really a feat to do a backflip for some bodybuilders.

[susumu07]

cGeer15, I'm curious, what does 150g of carbs LOOK like? is it a plate of pasta? A couple of Pizza slices?

And as for the proteins and fats... how much of THOSE is ideal for getting naturally chiseled like Sandow?

I'm a bit skeptical just because cutting out carbs sounds like the Atkins diet rather than sound bodybuilding advice... but I'm not an expert. If you want to limit carbs to between 50-100 grams, how much is that, and how much meat, cheese, etc. should you eat to balance it out?

[bosszeroboss]

I agree with you, Flavia.

[FlaviaR]

bosszeroboss, Sandow may have been pressured to make an absolute freak of himself had he lived today. I wish all modern athletes - & not just bodybuilders - would take him as a role model in this regard!!