Comments on: LegendaryLife Profile: Bill Kazmaier

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:27:50 +0000

Massive proportions for an impressive man!

Jon

By: Hannigan

Hannigan — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:14:15 +0000

Bill Kazmaier,
Height 6 feet 3 inches tall.
Weight 335 pounds.
Chest 56 inches.
Biceps 23 inches.
For arms 17 inches.
Neck 18 inches.

By: gilbert

gilbert — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:40:58 +0000

kaz is 6 feet two inches tall . was born in 1953. the most athletic built ever see on a SHW. MARIUS PUDZ DOESNT HAVE THE LARGE STRUCTURE OF KAZMAIER.

By: gilbert

gilbert — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:33:07 +0000

kazmaier is 6 fot 2 inches tall born in 1953.

By: gilbert

gilbert — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:32:27 +0000

well i did not accuse anyone . the kazmaier we have known is the superheavy weight who became dominant in 1979 . before that he was a 275 pound lifter .

By: imran khan

imran khan — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:23:36 +0000

I met Bill once and he was a true gentleman, he had time for everyone,

regardless of whether he took steroids or not he was the strongest man alive.

Millions of people take steroids and cannot even lift half of what Bill could.

tremendous man

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:32:24 +0000

His arms were bigger than most people’s legs!

Jon

By: Peyote

Peyote — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:54:42 +0000

His triceps was a monster one.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:50:46 +0000

Actually Dan, that reply to his comment was made by me before wordpress had a reply option.

It depends on how much beyond your genetic potential you are, most bodybuilders are way above their natural limit (hence the need for drugs) even with their mass, as such, adding an additional 5 pounds is very difficult to maintain.

Jon

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:21:48 +0000

Joshua: I wouldn’t call 5 pounds of muscle in a year to be “LUCKY.” 5 pounds is really quite achievable, especially for a bodybuilder.

Gretar: 6ft 3inches/191 cm.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:15:02 +0000

That’s a mine field Michael, he is smart to not say much of anything… he can’t win. Regarding looking younger, my own father is in his 60s and he has a body that puts most people half his age to shame, he, like me, has been exercising most of his life and it really shows as you get older. Congrats on achieving your fitness goals! Keep-up the great work at the gym!

Jon

By: michael dillon

michael dillon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:48:18 +0000

i saw a professional athlete in 1967 in june weighed 218 in october 285 he played for the vikings when he left the vikings to play in chicago for a swan song , he got back down to 220 after his wife told him to ditch the weight and run a marathon as she was a marathon runner; there were rumors of football players being ordered to take drugs in the 60’s as part of their contract. one first round draft choice never played, as his father was a doctor and told him not to take what he was ordered to take. he never played in the nfl and a law suit quietly resolved the dispute in sandiego

By: michael dillon

michael dillon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:43:49 +0000

i wonder if mr kazmeier would comment on the use of steroids in body building and if he thought there was some other way to bulk up without potentially dangerous drugs. as we find more drug usage in sports from humans to horses in the olympics, i wonder if he has any thoughts on what effect drugs have played in his sport. weight lifting has been a part of my athletic training for 50 yrs. most people think i am 50 not 64 and i attribute my success in sports and life to weight lifting

By: admin

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:01:17 +0000

Even if he was 10ft tall, his legendary feats of strength will always overshadow his physical structure.

Jon

By: Grétar

Grétar — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:49:50 +0000

how tall is kaz ?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:55:11 +0000

Gilbert:

40 lbs. is NOT an unthinkable amount of weight to gain over the course of a year. It would take Bill (or anyone) eating about 400 excess calories a day over the course of a year to do it. Please spend a few minutes learning about nutrition before you make accusations and assumptions.

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40lbs of fat is EASY in a year but 40lbs of muscle is incredibly difficult. It isn’t about just eating excess calories, it’s converting it into muscle that is the hard part. Most natural bodybuilders following a strict diet and regimen are LUCKY if they are able to add a net 5 pounds of muscle per year once they approach their genetic potential. If you aren’t anywhere near this potential, gaining 10-20 pounds of muscle is do-able in a year but still incredibly difficult. Regardless, the man is a legend no matter how he reached is goal.

By: gilbert

gilbert — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:56:44 +0000

kaz was from wiconsin payed football first the moved to powerlifting . he gained 40 pounds from 1978 to 1979.

*****

40lbs is A LOT of weight to gain over the course of a year, even with 100% perfect training/diet so he was either under-weight relative to his genetic potential at the time of had “help”. Either way, he is still an incredibly impressive man by any standard!

-Jon

By: Bob Bragg

Bob Bragg — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:26:17 +0000

I had the great pleasure to meet Bill Kazmaier at the 2008 WSM in Charleston, WV, my home town. He is a pure gentleman, through and through. He did all the comentary for the events, but he always had time to say hello, sign an autograph, or have a picture made with him. He never said, no. I lifted a lot in college and used his Kaz Quest programs. I followed his career and records back then. Little did I know that some 25 years later I would get to meet and talk to him. He has a great sense of humor, suggesting to me and some others that we skip work and come to all the events for the WSM. And, I did just that. I only missed one.

Bill kazmaier is the real deal.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:52:54 +0000

The reference to Kazmaier’s wrestling that he ‘could have easily torn his competitors to shreds but decided instead to play the game, never winning a championship and loosing several times’ is fantasy. The best Olympic Freestyle & Greco-Roman wrestlers have more than strength.
Remember when Kazmaier was flattened by the American Footballers in the old World’s Strongest Man competition. If Kazmaier had devoted his life to wrestling who knows???

By: richard draper

richard draper — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:02:36 +0000

bloody stunning, what a man, He was the man the myth the legend, great vid!!!!