Barbarians from Golds Gym, Venice 1982

[@suzannetrimble2723]

This is absolutely mind boggling! The intensity of training and ambition that it took for these two brothers to achieve this and be so beautifully sculpted as well is truly an art form in itself. I knew David very well and cannot speak highly enough about his character his poetic sensibility, who he was as a human being and his brilliance as a multi-disciplinary artist. Everything he did, he did with passion, curiosity and love. His charismatic and magnetic personality grew deeper and richer with time and he was an original and interesting thinker, fantastic conversationalist and caring, generous friend. He also cared about the homeless person on the street, about animals, the environment and the welfare of children. Even though he was so strong and could topple anyone he was a pacifist. His fight was that of the spiritual warrior. Everything for hi was a spiritual exercise and game. His strength was legendary and so too was his non stop creativity, kindness and natural relaxed charm and movie star level charisma. David loved nature above all and celebrated it in almost all of his art. He and his brother were self taught and self created powerhouses. After the Barbarian movies, David went fully into the artistic life....still keeping fit but not pumping it up. He was a total original in every way, in how he expressed himself verbally, how he thought, how he dressed, even making his ow clothes. He was a very gifted, dynamic and prolific multi-disciplinary artist who painted beautifully, wrote amazing poetry and songs and made brilliant recordings of his music and was an incredible photographer...could have been a huge recording artist. He was confident and regal yet at the same time so humble. Amazing and beautiful man. The love between the brothers was indestructible. David left his body for his spiritual one in March of this year and is deeply missed and loved by his many friends and admirers. I am heartbroken...his presence was so vivid, larger than life, an uplifting tonic. He did what he loved and loved passionately. David Paul will be known as much for his incredible legacy of art, his humanity and inspirational mind as much as he is for his weightlifting and movie career. I for one am willing to ensure that this comes to be, for he deserves to be recognised for the truly GREAT artist and man that he was! Keep shining David! I am so grateful for your love and friendship. Forever changed through knowing and loving you.

[@spunkhead]

these guys were my inspiration growing up in the 90s seeing all there movies from the 80s....RIP David Paul.....

[@SamsonBiggz]

RIP David Paul! You were awesome!

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

OFFICIAL MUSCLE GOD TV He died?

[@maexpert11]

He will always live on as an inspiration. RIP David

[@ministryofanti-feminism1493]

500lb reverse-grip bench press?! And 300lb in the behind-neck press?! HOLY SHEEEIIIT!

[@lindsey607]

Ikr. Incredible.

[@mashamorgan]

I saw one of the brothers helping a disabled guy out of Golds who was in a wheelchair back in 87, a thort obv a really nice genuine guy !

[@suzannetrimble2723]

That sounds like David...it could have also been Peter, but definitely David would help anyone he saw who needed help.

[@robdoe8694]

Hey Thanks Claudio, we love a good throwback to the better times.

[@Vic00-rc6bd]

Early 80's, Barbarian training was back in the gym lifting heavy every day..No fancy equipment, didnt blow money on clothes or cars just trained!

[@VIP-rp3oq]

These were my heroes in the 80s. Ther strength was out of this world. Think they did a 300 lbs neck lift. They also did 60 reps one arm rowing with a 200lb dumbbell. Saw them in Golds in 91 ther proportions were amazing tiny waists and hips with gorilla chests and shoulders. Been waiting 4 this vid since I saw photos of this in 82. They also used to chuck 45lb plates at each other.Thanks 4 upload

[@RichardRatner.1972]

R.I.P David, kind regards Richard U.K

[@JT-nu1oi]

Dudes are killing it!!!!! Damn miss the 80s

[@Volarath]

Thanks for posting this and keeping it alive

[@ItalianWarrior777]

I never knew they were this strong. This is insane

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

yo mama Oh yeah they are very strong all thanks to steroids 💉💉💊💊

[@fender1000100]

Genetics is the most important thing. The right structure. 99 out of 100 guys could never do this STEROIDS or not.

[@youngmensdailywisdom99]

Steroids aren't everything you have to work hard and diet as well as have good genetics and even with steroids you could never get that good

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

PROJECT DX Bullshit with out steroids they would not be that big and not be that strong let’s be real now

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

Legate Lanius Bullshit steroids is everything and we all know it

[@VIP-rp3oq]

OMG thank u 4 this !! I had all the mags bak in the early 80s wen I was 14, 15 , and dreamed of watching this. got ther autographs in 1991 they were so big with tiny waists.

[@castanonw]

I know David Paul hes a great friend of mine true living legend he did the reverse bench peter was not as strong but curled a ton and goes by peter palpan now he calls himself the knight of the light.... David writes screen plays and produces films has a green way of living and does tons of yoga super ripped and still strong...cheers-

[@paulerickson59]

Is David still residing in Vermont?

[@MikeHawk-yf3tk]

What's awesome is these are the real Iron plates. They are not the fake ones everybody uses nowadays to look strong.

[@SurgeonVault]

Wish I had people like this in my life, I might have gone down a better path!

[@mikerude5073]

They had to have had tendons like steel cables. For the loose form they lifted with, I never head of either of them tearing anything.

[@izom]

great footage thanx!

[@jimmyozborne150]

RIP 🙏David 💪

[@jimmyozborne150]

The two brothers were always arguing and pushing each other and getting in each others face they were so competitive if one could reverse bench press 500 lb than the other one would try to go and do 400lb press behind his neck they were always pushing each other it was for Goodwill and getting bigger they were so funny to watch great guys

[@isaachamburger7326]

Great times in the 1980's. They are still an inspiration to me. I hope there doing great.

[@speedyfinalmile]

I train with David. He lost all his size on purpose. Quit rounds and eats clean with no sugar. High reps light weight only.

[@speedyfinalmile]

He got in a bad car accident and they struggled to get him out because of his size. He thought to himself this is stupid. The bad part is the fact if you use steroids your heart and internal organs become enlarged or fail completely. He died in his sleep unconfirmed report.

[@stephenmartin2737]

Remember seeing in the book "beef it " the guys doing standing dumbell curls with 150lbs unreal strength

[@ajwilson6793]

Thank you for the footage 👍🏼 Like many I was in awe of of the brothers who were bigger than life physically, mentally and just the wonderful vibe they had together. Living life large 🫶🏽

[@marrakechsportracer4170]

lol wait til ya try it! ,,Gotta luv the 80's.

[@daddyjoeracing]

i miss the 80s

[@alnightlong1966]

Somebody needs to find footage of them when they were calling themselves "The Lumberjack twins",before "CONAN came out 1980-81'

[@kaizersoze2606]

Wow reverse grip bench super impressed these guys were strong

[@lorenzovitali8664]

Congratulation forever❤❤

[@douglasmatley]

saw the brothers picking a fight with each other outside gold'a gym venice, a very thin man tried to separate them, could of been killed.

[@worshipurmuscles]

Who would have won, I wonder? lol

[@t100base]

what were they fighting about?

[@SurgeonVault]

They seem loving but very competitive, I wonder how many times they kicked the crap out of each other -D

[@speedyfinalmile]

David trains at my local Planet Fitness. He is anti bodybuilding and steroids. He is thin these days. Does one set of each exercise at light weight.

[@speedyfinalmile]

He trained his entire body every day. One set 20 to 30 reps. He maintained a six pack and ate no sugar and mainly grains and very little protein. He was all about not being acidic. I was wondering why he was not returning my text. I helped him a few months ago he called me at midnight. His tire went flat on the way to the gym.

[@usmaddog7]

I love the socks worn back then !

[@stevenmiller3684]

amazing video

[@lorenzovitali8664]

Great❤

[@michaelmadger1310]

love that they reverse grip benched that

[@1879-n3d]

You've got to think BIG

[@matthewhall6288]

No doubt about it...

[@spunkhead]

wtf he curled 315 ilbs

[@zeezbrah271]

wtf. so epic. moar footage!

[@josephkelley8641]

Hope Dr. Peter Siegel is still in good health. Barbarian Brothers immortal -- they'll be talking about the Twins and for Centuries to come. (funniest Pound Cake memory of the Twins. Riding in back of their Jeep - Peter pulls into 7-11 - buys (or steals) entire pound cake. Comes right back out, jumps in Jeep, rips open package. Barbarians looked like Goldfish during their own daily feeding. RIPPING into it, stuffing pound cake in their mouth, grunting. Me with a first row seat/bag of popcorn.

[@VIP-rp3oq]

Amazing. 500lb reverse grip bench! fairly easy! plays to the audience 1st time then bang!

[@usmaddog7]

Does any one know if these guys wrestled professionally ? II cant find out any information about it ?

[@kingorbit]

I knew David in the late 80s, he told me we went to college on a wrestling scholarship, don't know why he would lie about it. DOnt know a bout pro stuff, i doubt it , I know he was approached though.

[@usmaddog7]

A guy I know went to the University of Rhode Island and he said they were both champion level high school wrestlers who were on scholarships there. Nobody seems to know why they didn't go into the WWF.?????... ....does anybody know....???

[@kingorbit]

***** Well mad dog i asked david about the wrestling thing once. My take on it at the time was that he thought it beneath him. This was the late 80s, their ego was gigantic, plus they always seemed to have something working in the fire. I don't know anything about wrestling so i don't know if i was talking about WWF or whoever, I just mentioned pro wrestling. I know I said his ego was gigantic , i don't mean to say he was a dick, he was a very nice man , i remember he used to carry quotes of Nietzsche in his pocket and he would pull them out and want to talk about them. I remember he honestly did not understand who he called 'mean people'. I discussed that with him numerous times.

[@axjmd]

I wonder too-they're awesome-however I have seen here on youtube that they lost conciderable size. They'd look awesome on the mat! How about UFC?

[@usmaddog7]

Very interesting !......,To me it just seemed like a natural transgression after the very funny scene that Oliver Stone deleted from the movie "Natural Born Killer's" when they were in the wheel chair's with no legs I thought it was great.. And by that time the WWE had changed tremendously from the "Old Style Wrestling'" not to mention the HUGE amount of money to be made !,.... I guess he's a very complex guy.

[@zxtenn]

What kind of grip form was he using on the bench? Looks dangerous-- That was 500 lbs?

[@Khany7865]

Reverse grip bench press.

[@TVTruther]

+jim dandy reverse grip

[@OnlineEbola]

besides the fact he failed that bench in front of everyone.... why the underhand grip ??

[@LovieMcLover]

The underhand grip flat bench press is an oldschool exercise to target the upper chest. Sometimes I use this exercise in my chest training and it is great. If you wanna try it, take care with the grip.

[@gurnblanston5000]

Troy Vilhelmsson I have to bench with reverse grip due to my wrists or actually one of the 2 forearm bones is a little longer than the other, causing weakness and/or pain when benching, but not when doing military/shoulder presses. A relative had surgery to shorten the bone because it grinds down the cartiledge to zero. I feel tension more in my chest this way, like dips, than the regular way, which works my shoulders and somewhat my long arms. With reverse grip, I feel chest, back, shoulder, and all arm muscles, so its a matter of a mechanics more than anything else.

[@Damnationization]

It's also a harder way to bench. I've tried it in my chest routine.

[@jefferyyoder9785]

What did he die of?

[@arielcortes310790]

Golden era Tren twins

[@rezosful2072]

Look at the hands pronation on bench!!!!!

[@massivemikeh]

What kind of pants are those? And why do they pull them up so high? lol.

[@TruthTellert63]

They're called "sweats" -- people that lift weights wear them when working out. They weren't "pulled up high" -- it just seems that way because we've had two decades of morons wearing the pants almost down around their knees.

[@steelbiceps4519]

I lifted reverse grip bench press 150 kg. Can you?

[@198634]

'Yes, those were the crazy days of Bodybuilding' euhhh no - those were two of the craziest , insane and mentally ill people of bodybuilding!!

[@orewabryan]

Now we have tren twins

[@jefferyyoder9785]

I saw folks shoulder press 405 at orange avenue gym back in the early 80s

[@ЭдуардМахнёв-н5т]

Не знал что Дэвид умер, надо по гуглить

[@samowarow]

lol that grip

[@davidrenderos923]

Role models

[@198634]

role models?? for what ? bi polarism and just plain fuckin insanity maybe....

[@198634]

i agree! jesus what a no talent and a no personality to boot...

[@SonorousMusic]

4:57 that little dude grabs the HUGE barbell too easily. That much weight can't be so easily tossed around due to gravity. I like these guys, but this shit was staged AF.

[@solider7355]

In early 80s the pants used to be so up. .

[@thevozz]

Geez those pants were up to his chin..lol!!

[@TruthTellert63]

This has nothing with how pants were in the early 80's -- only with how the "Barbarians" wore them in the early 80's. In fact, they aren't worn high -- it just seems that way because we've had two decades of morons wearing their pants almost down around their knees.

[@ylmazcubukcuoglu764]

RİSKLİ HAREKETLER

[@joesphgallo5534]

to much dball

[@SAXONWARLORD1000AD]

Are these guys wearing diapers

[@TruthTellert63]

They're called "sweats" -- people that lift weights or exercise wear them when working out.

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

Those twin brothers are very big and very strong and they both take lots of steroids

[@toobeme24]

I bet you can't lift up your pant up to your underarm

[@60zeller]

Two very strong drugged up guys yelling and doing shitty partial reps. But they are yelling so they must be inspirational. Go watch Brian Shaw if you want to see a true superhuman

[@BallSoHard5551]

Fatfucks don't inspire anyone

[@Vic00-rc6bd]

No wraps...dang

[@erikbelanger4551]

Never understood reverse grip on bench

[@VIP-rp3oq]

They said they did it because 500 lbs normal press wasn't a big deal and powerlifters came to watch them..