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There's good training info in the book.
The book has sold out several times now, I wonder when the next
printing will be.
BTW, in the book Manfred explains that he intentionally does not train his forearms because they are counterproductive in strongman competitions. It has something to do with getting your arms around large objects... |
| The ISBN is 1885096038. The publisher is Little-Wolff Books. |
| This has been in the guestbook before. Look through the entries. There is no comparison! Manfred has at least 2 inches on Steiner. The only person that can hang with Manfred is Isaac Nesser, but his arms are not as well defined. |
| The last time I checked Greg Kovacs was around 300 lbs and his arms were an inch smaller than Manfred's. I guess I'll have to look him up again but it seems to me that this has to be an exaggeration... |
| Manfred will be glad to hear that... but what about your arms? ;) |
| I've put up all the pics I have. You may want to check www.manfred.com as well. As for stats, I don't know his other measurements but I should definitely ask him sometime. |
| Haven't really looked for art on the internet, so I'm sorry but I can't help you. Good luck... |
| You know, I'm not aware of any Manfred posters. I should ask him about that because I sure would like one. As for being married... I'm pretty sure he is not but don't take my word for it. |
| This has been in the guestbook before. Look through the entries. There is no comparison! Manfred has at least 2 inches on Steiner. The only person that can hang with Manfred is Isaac Nesser, but his arms are not as well defined. |
| The next World's Strongest Man competition will be sometime in the Fall. The location is usually not determined until a couple of months before. The competition is by invitation only. You have to do well in smaller, open competitions. For information about some open competitions, go here: |
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The last time I checked there was no official distributor for WSM videos. There
were some bootleg tapes but they were poor quality and overpriced. Now, for
other competitions like the World MusclePower Championship, try:
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| Nobody has 48.5 inch thighs, let alone biceps! |
| All the pics that I have are up on the site. That's my favorite picture as well. : ) |
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Not that I know of. He will be in Michigan in August though. Check out
the AFSA homepage.
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I checked out the brief piece in MuscleMag and I'm looking forward to seeing
the feature. I had heard rumors about this guy but had never seen pics. The
story mentioned that Jaco's arms are bigger than Manfred's or Kovac's.
This may be true but keep in mind that Manfred is not as big now as he was
before the accident in '94.
Jaco's measurements are definitely exaggerated and Manfred's have been as well. You are supposed to measure them cold and at the side but nobody does that. Some flat out lie, some flex in different ways, I've even seen it where the tape is not orthogonal to the arm (straight cross-section). Then there's the issue of fat. Back in the day there was no off-season but nowadays you have guys that get quite bloated at times. So, does that count? I'll be willing to accept that Manfred may not currently have the largest arms if that indeed is the case. But I'm not sure who is bigger between '94 Manfred and Jaco. I looked at the pics again closely. I wonder if Jaco's height is exaggerated or not. That is the key. I guess the only way to compare for sure is to chop off the arm at the shoulder and throw it on a scale. ; ) No, seriously, one could use a tank of water and measure volume displacement, then do some fat analysis and calculate lean muscle mass. ; ) All in all, Jaco's arms didn't make the same impression that Manfred's did the first time I saw them. This is probably because I saw Manfred's in the context of strongman competitions. Manfred was arguably the strongest man on the planet in '94 (barely lost to Magnus in WSM, crushed him in World MusclePower Championship). This and he had a bodybuilder physique! Unheard of, strongman competitors are supposed to look like powerlifters. He was freakishly strong... never seen anybody use their arms like he did... |
| Francois, the book has sold out at least 2 times now. Hopefully, there will be another printing sometime soon. I'll let you know when that happens... |
| Tyson's arms are huge for a boxer, but there are many bodybuilders and strength athletes with bigger arms. |
| It may be hard to believe, but it's real! I don't have much image manipulation skills and even if I did this particular image would be hard to doctor. If the arm was distorted then you would see it in the plaid on the sleeve. All I did was paste the webpage title on his computer screen. Here's the original: |
| When people say "biggest arms", they usually mean "biggest muscular arms". Having super fat arms is not much of an accomplishment... : ) |
| Are you serious?! I'll have to ask Manfred about that... The book has sold out several times. Hopefully there will be another printing soon. |
| Manfred is in the middle of reorganization, so you may have to wait a little bit. The place to check regularly is: |