Franco Columbu was the Strongest Bodybuilder of the Golden
Era of the bodybuilding and was pound for pound strongest of them all. We all
know him as the side kick of Arnold Schwarzenegger from the days of pumping
iron or much before. However he had more to him than just being a side kick, he
was weightlifting, powerlifting and then a bodybuilding champion.
He was not just a bodybuilder who had muscles, he could put
them to use to put people to sleep since he was also a European boxing
champion. He has won numerous weightlifting and bodybuilding competitions,
winning Mr. Europe, Mr. World, Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia twice (1976 and
1981).He trained Sylvester Stallone for the Rambo movies.
He had set great PR’s on bench squat and deadlift and also
on heavy shoulder presses. The most interesting thing was when he competed in
world’s strongest man 1977, he was dabbling a refrigerator and had a fall and
injured his leg. Doctors declared that the leg was broken, but Franco said it
wasn't broken, it was dislocated. If you are already not impressed by his
feet’s of strength, one must be impressed by his will and dedication which was
put into display when he when through rehabbing his leg and competing again to
win the Mr. Olympia title in 1981. Post his accident at the world’s strongest
man, he had lot of work at his hand and his efforts are commendable
irrespective of where the Olympia of 1981 was fixed or not!
Like Arnold he came from a small village, he was from
Sardinia Italy. He conquered the world of bodybuilding and did do small parts
in movies made lot of money and became successful.
His best lifts are as follows:
Bench press: 525 lbs.
Squats: 655 lbs.
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