70's Mass Monster

Pete Grymkowski was a massive bodybuilder from the 1970's. He was also the owner of Gold's Gym and winner of Mr. World.
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[@thomas_2285]

2:23 Wow. You could make an entire video series about this one photo alone.

[@NicksStrengthandPower]

One of the greatest photos ever.

[@FreazyTek]

Is that Tom Platz on the far right?

[@josephabrams4002]

Frederic Vandeputte yes he's standing next to Mike mentzer

[@djerhyjnbaptiste4030]

Not a bad idea actually....

[@JackBeddows]

Right? Tom Platz looks about fifteen here....

[@joet8862]

a mass monster with aesthetics? i'll drink to that!

[@NicksStrengthandPower]

same!

[@uga1001]

I have known Pete for quite some time, i was honored and thankful that he mentored me on my UGA International program. Pete has always been kind as well as open and honest about his past. He is a great man filled with a world of information and many fantastic stories. This is a true man of the world who deserves a world of respect. Pete has done so much in life to include his body building titles, owning Gold’s Gym for 20 years and turning it in to a world wide conglomerate, drag racing funny cars / dragsters, as well as being the first Sponsor of the 1st three UFC events. Pete trained in Jiu-Jitsu with the original founders of the UFC and now takes his children to train in MMA at the Universal Grappling Academy. Now in his early 70’s Pete still works out 3 - 5 days per week and enjoys raising his 2 wonderful children in Southern California. Thanks Nick for your videos that keep the legends alive.

[@michaelcollins237]

i am 74 yrs old and saw this guy train at world and gold when i lived in santa monica.good fist fighter too.

[@mauricecooper9763]

Nick, I like how you take it back in time. It's awesome to learn some bodybuilding history. You're terrific, bro!👍👍👊👊

[@NicksStrengthandPower]

Thanks bro!

[@carlhughes6459]

Was used in the incredibly hulk tv series back in the late 70s, he was used in the transition shots between bill bixby and lou ferigno

[@Rafaelpotosino1]

Saluted!!! No bubble gut and 10000 mgs of steroids and still alive at 71 smh to all these guys saying 1 injection will kill you

[@roguegorilla8981]

Kali Muscle AKA Chuck Basher G4P on a dayleee it's all this other crap these idiots use today!!! If they just would stick with steroids it wouldn't be so bad.

[@therealestlebomba8959]

Derek H yeah word. It's the insulin and growth that gets ya. If ya body is strong but the heart is weak it's a recipe for disaster.

[@Shanedog76]

it can depends on the person willing to risk death!!!!!?

[@okifurbi]

No GH though.

[@Ze_Ninguem]

Kali Muscle AKA Chuck Basher G4P on a dayleee Yes, but he lost he's mojo at about 40yo.

[@YeahRight825]

It's amazing that he's still around. Usually those guys from that era who took that much gear, have dropped dead from complications by now.

[@drwhetstone]

I've been training since 71 and I remember the Grym, definitely one of the mass monsters similar to Casey Viator. He did a skit on the Red Foxx show where he and Foxx did a pose off. It was entertaining, but the Grym wowed the audience with his size and muscularity.

[@drummerg3331]

The mustache makes his physique look that much better 👌🏼

[@lborg960]

Love the video and I love the picture taken at the Golds Gym at 2.24 in this video.

[@stevenfrew9418]

love your work Nick.Good to see you bringing attention to guys I idolized when I started training 33 yrs ago.

[@johndouglas7787]

For those who don't know the names of the guys in the photo at 2:23 I will do my best. Back row left to right: Don't recognize the first or second, next is Jusup Wilkoz, Steve Davis, Bill Grant, Ken Waller. Next row down right to left we have Mike Mentzer, Tom Platz, Kent Kune [last name not spelled correctly but that is how it is pronounced], not recognizing the next guy, looks to be Samir Bannout in black jacket, don't know the next two. Bottom row left to right , first guy don't know, then there is Pete Grymkowski, Danny Padilla, Ed Corney, and last might be Larry Jackson... maybe. Photo at 3:46 right to left is Pete Grymkowski, Danny Padilla, Robbie Robinson, Roy Callander, Mohammid Mackaway, Boyer Coe, and possibly Larry Jackson.....maybe. All worthy of videos.

[@dalecsaunders]

Andreas Cahling beside Tom Platz

[@TheStones1965]

John Douglas Bill Grant is last in the contest lineup.

[@johndouglas7787]

You are right. I stand corrected.

[@heavyartillerygym9738]

Nick, As always you keep finding good, interesting stuff. Thanks Steve.

[@wheelgc]

Great video Nick. As I am 70, I remember Pete very well.Thanks

[@TheZionPhil]

I actually had a conversation with Pete in 1992 at Gold's Gym in Victorville, California (He frequented there) and he told me about his conditioning for a particular contest. He said his skin was so thin a day before the show, you could pull it out and see through it. One of the most professional and warmest people on the planet.

[@keith4528]

Thanx for this one Nick. Good job bro

[@jerm9864]

THIS IS WHAT WE NEEEEEEED

[@Twistedhippy]

This is exactly why I watch your channel!

[@lborg960]

The picture at 4:10 in this video is also great. Happy to hear that he is still alive.

[@rishimakhanlal8905]

2:30 very nice photograph.

[@royroy7814]

great vid..keep it coming

[@Kasuro]

it's legit insane how you get that much information. Keep the videos coming!

[@geoopa]

Another great review Nick and very informative. Keep up the good work mate!

[@eugenekitzmiller4896]

Pete was one of my favorites when I was first getting started

[@italpeel]

Great shot outside the gold's gym.Some big names there.Andreas Cahling next to Samir Bannout. Jusup Wilkos next to Steve Davis,who is next to Bill Grant.Danny Padilla next to Ed Corney.Ken waller,t-shirt thief,next to Tom platz and Mike Mentzer.What a line up!

[@jswong8200]

No GH, no extreme hypercaloric diet, just tons of steroids = no bubble gut...

[@philsouperon5808]

And he was a nice fellow too. I remember talking with him after workouts at Gold's. The golden age...

[@davidmorgan8867]

HOW OLD IS PETE GRYMKOWSKI NOW, IN AUGUST OF 2019 ,ASSUMING HE'S STILL ALIVE ? .

[@JamesCooperCrackers2Caviar]

I met Pete when I was active duty and bouncing at a bar in the high desert on California. He was a really great guy. He invited us over and openly discussed the 70's drug culture. Good job on this video. Have you done one on Ric Wayne yet?

[@greco37]

Wilcosz, Davis, Grant, Waller, Cahling, Bannout, Kuhn, Platz, Mentzer, Grymko, Padilla, Corney and Jackson

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

Great video! Pete was the man.

[@keelbeel3448]

Another Amazing video Nick, keep it up Bro👍

[@rlachermeier]

Having just turned 59 and growing up in the 70's I definitely remember him in the magazines.

[@josephabrams4002]

and he was definitely one of the biggest guys out there

[@michaelhurst5306]

Huge guy, Beast in size. Great vid Nick :)

[@Ticonderous1]

wow 2:28 , you got Platz,Corney,Padilla,Mentzer,Bannout Waller ,Wilkosz and Grymkowski also is that Viator (far left) in front..

[@graeme3023]

Their are some legendery stories of the amount or gear he took... Unbelievable amounts.

[@christiandehlinger3731]

Nick, I remember him from some of my old bodybuilding books, not the mags; and it went along with "owner of Gold's Gym" ...Thanks for the vid. It's funny, I don't remember those shots in the mags and those photos, most may be the first time for me I started in around '80. You look back down the line at Boyer Coe, who I always thought was a good bodybuilder and it's like Pete's size is 10 years ahead of it's time. I just have to add for the comment below, don't do drugs. It's now a "thing" in your life you have to deal with in some way. Will you stop at one cycle? You will be so much happier in the latter portion of life, as you "improve" into your 60's, when you lift smart, eat smart and stay natural. -CD

[@christiandehlinger3731]

What a great pic at 2:32!

[@OMGWUNSIU]

Cool photo of the Golds Gym crowd. Lots of famous faces in there...

[@joedell71]

Hi Nick. I don't know if you have covered him yet but Superstar Billy Graham had some crazy development for his day. He also trained with Arnold at some point.

[@JigneshPatel-rp1my]

Nick you are a gem.love from Mumbai,India

[@freedomsrt8]

Great job nick. This is a new one for me. Not sure how I didn't know about this guy lol

[@nakefatty9167]

Nick's Rimming and Felching

[@jrudresh1]

Do you really need to ask for a thumbs up or like! Nick.. you are doing a fantastic job! Any one who watches your videos and in into fitness or bodybuilding or follows it will automatically like your videos! My best wishes.

[@mn-cx4yj]

Great video man legend

[@bigramy1833]

Vid after vid after vid I love this

[@stevegilmore3159]

Do they still have other major title competitions like Mr. America, Mr. USA, Mr. Universe, Mr. World, Mr. Galaxy, and even those by state names, like yours truly's state, Mr. Texas? If not on any of these, they should resurrect them, as I agree with Pete, that these should be revised as not all can compete at Mr. Olympia, especially where it seems to be a broken record of the same outcome, year after year, there. At least this gives a chance for others to shine without so much limitations, even if the $$$ amount doesn't match up. Thank's Nick, for sharing, brother.

[@zstrode.8953]

Man I love ur videos even if I'm late

[@Ticonderous1]

this guy was a real monster.... hey Nick , have you done a vid on Ray Mentzer ? i know you did feature Mike ,,,

[@mhussain1863]

Hey Nick Plz make a new update vid on Zack King Khan I am very curious about him He is from my country.

[@SupesMe]

"He wasn't a Big eater" I guess that backs up this article I saw recently about how you can be on the Gear, Goof off and eat crappy and still make gains. Not saying he didn't train hard...but isn't like 70% of it eating?

[@ruben1222]

He'll never place in the top shows these days. His waist is too small.

[@gocarnivorepeople]

hi nick is my first time that i live a comment ... i like what you do quick no bull. well done ! can you do a.video about Richard Jonas? please

[@mcg2337]

Great channel Nick. So many body builders I've never heard of. You're a historian. You could make a hard copy encyclopeidia of bodybuilding if you ever chose to.

[@laroyreek4158]

I was a freshman in college just beginning to weight lift, I wanted to go to Golds Gym, where it all began. I was on a flight and I sat next to Pete, I did not know who he was, but he was massive, cut off sleeves, muscular and cut. He had long pant legs but his quads as he sat were thick, I compared my knees to his, and I looked like a child sitting next to a beast. Being naïve I asked him how he was able to get so muscular and he explained to me that his diet with protein shakes allowed him to obtain his size. I of course believed him, why not he was sincere and was kind enough to carry on a conversation with me, and I had only just heard of steroids the year before in time magazine. The flight landed and he paid for the taxi ride and took me to Golds Gym and made sure I was welcomed not allowing me to pay for my workouts. I never saw him again and found out later who he was.

[@joepesci8930]

I remember him saying that he would use one amp of test a day, ten dbol, and whatever anavar he could get ahold of

[@breezemichael]

Holy shit! That's pro wrestler Kerry Von Erich in the pic at 2:36. Back row, center, wearing a red Gold's t shirt.

[@patrickbash6951]

Make a video about the origins of golds gym and why it got so big

[@TheSpritz0]

WOW, I completely FORGOT about Grymkowski!! He was absolutely a monster... I remember hearing a podcast with him saying he would sometimes chew 20 Dianabols for breakfast!

[@cancelcasey]

Video about your stance on Generation Iron and why?

[@macectoman]

He was runner-up to Casey Viator at the 1971 Mr. America, the contest at which Viator became the youngest ever winner thereof and routed the competition by taking not only the title but also every best bodypart category except best abdominals! Also, and I am not trying to criticize or disparage Pete Grymkowski, but his post steroid physique was totally unrecognizable from his competitive one. I remember re-reading the caption on the photo (circa 1980) because I simply could not believe it was the same guy. He was wearing tennis clothes, and I was thinking that he might be a pro tennis player with co-incidentally the same name. Ultimately, his accomplishments in bodybuilding deserve our respect (as does his honesty) but I can't understand how he (or anyone else) can endure the emaciating post steroid metamorphosis.

[@_Only_Zuul]

we pumpin. we pumpin.

[@gunchief0811]

good research on an unknown dude from that era of Bodybuilding.. it's great to see regular joe's who would otherwise become relegated in obscurity. if they weren't shown here.

[@vaskopz]

3:44 In that line up he looks like he's a 90's bodybuilder who went back in time.

[@miroslavopavski2985]

Hi Nick, please make a videos about Biserka Šipka and Lepomir Bakić. I am their big fan. :)

[@johnganshow5536]

Wow, That group photo was packed with the who's who of 70s and 80s Bodybuilders...

[@NicksStrengthandPower]

Great photo

[@yezzzsir]

Guy was a Beast!!

[@billrsekerak2172]

I always thought from the first time I saw Pete back in the 70s that he had the widest shoulders,biggest deltoid and the biggest damn chest I've ever seen. One strange thing though is that he always looked his best when he was standing relaxed compared to when he posed. I wish there were more photos of him taken and published back then. Nick, you got this one right on the money. I can't figure out how he never won the Olympia.

[@stevenmccowan6444]

You are right, a beast.

[@bradfordmcdermott2063]

He owned golds gym venice from 1979 to 1999...he moved golds gym on 2nd st santa monica back to venice were it is now hampton dr venice ca

[@chrisandsamlivingthedream]

Awesome...

[@1aikane]

Is it my perspective, but the guys from the 70s and 80s look so much nicer than today?

[@joserobertoguerreroroldan8406]

Nick, you are doing a terrific job, congratulations. Do you have any information if bodybuilders from the early 70's where taking GH?

[@johnbutz5631]

I saw another huge body builder in the back ground of one of the pictures, Manuel Perry . I remember one photo of that guy where he looked totally freaky, huge and ripped.

[@Kup1966]

Shame on you for forgetting this guy Nick lol, just kidding. Very informative content and first class video as usual... From the UK

[@Sacterheld]

I swear every bodybuilder you do a video on either owns or use to own a gym lol

[@iluvmym4]

Interesting 🤔 Great video 🙂

[@chrismoffitt1574]

Deadset Beast 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@BrentMB79]

Nick stop at getbig and look up stuntmovie. Stunt and Keith Jones (rip) were friends of Pete and have some great stories. Some are posted under the history tab. Cool vid

[@roysterfutrell8889]

Around 1978 I visited the origina Golds and worked out there for a month. One day a great big street bum wandered in and started making a big scene. Grymkowski lit into him and beat him up so bad they had to pick him up off the floor and throw him out the door onto the side walk. My mouth was hanging open.

[@DK-xo3ew]

Woah...I havent seen anyone at that time with delts like those! They are so 3D!

[@NicksStrengthandPower]

His pecs were pretty gigantic too

[@seanyurt334]

Make a video about Michael Clarke Duncan he was a beast !!

[@ryanbrown850]

Hedge is the ultimate mass monster

[@bigb1209]

He was on some documentary once way back in the day talking about buying that golds gym and stated with a big smile that he didn't even have a high school diploma.

[@magangowda4575]

Gave this a like before I watched it lol

[@videom1]

Hi nick - what about a vid on Roger Callard??

[@greco37]

Cahling standing on the left in the group shot, later hitting the bicep shot with Pete.

[@yhideit4427]

greco37 Good catch on that one ..I noticed it also.

[@yhideit4427]

greco37 Also the photo at 3:25 Manny Perry (Mr America) hitting a pose next to Pete . Manny went on to become a very well known stuntman in Hollywood in the 80's and 90's .

[@wgfab4049]

greco37 just about to say that too :) not sure who that is to the right of Samir though?

[@carlschnackel3051]

From what I remember, Pete bought the original Gold's Gym from Joe Gold. Part of the deal was that Joe Gold couldn't use his name in connection with a gym any longer. Pete went on to franchise the Gold's Gym to almost everywhere. Joe Gold later decided he didn't like being out of the Gym business and created "World Gym". I also remember that one of his contests that he placed second in, he was rather smooth. Ray Mentzer came in third and was quoted as saying, "Do I have to come in here as fat as Grymkowski to win one of these?" Ahhh... The politics of bodybuilding. The best physique didn't wasn't always the winner.

[@tommonk1676]

I found very shredded ufc fighter his name is Alain Ngalani

[@Caje-zf8md]

I remember when Grymkowski placed 2nd to Casey Viator in the 1971 AAU Mr. America contest. Pete was known for having huge shoulders back then. Grymkowski would make two more attempts at the elusive title but Bob Hoffman had other ideas.

[@willjackson9890]

Dope video

[@oldermuscleguy]

Yes i remember Pete as an owner of Golds Gym and the best equipment made and gym owner on 17th and Olympic there about in the early mid 80s .Only remember his first name George .This guy watched you like a hawk absolutely no dropping of plates dumbbells whatever no chalk ..You don't forget people like this cause half or more of the people who worked out today if this guy still ran it like a new sheriff in town 😦💪😬🏃🚶

[@DDB-91]

Awesome content as always. In fact this comment is pointless because we know nicks shit is always on point.

[@cheezwhizvids]

3:30 Ron Burgundy is looking jacked!

[@Drewdjanssen]

I swear if you don’t make video about calum von moger, I’m going back to Vietnam

[@gunchief0811]

Load your M-16 brother!

[@aaronwilliams8728]

Massive, and LOOK - no bubble gut!

[@TOM_OUTDOORS]

Nice one nick. Never heard of him before so I've learnt something new again. I respect this guy for being open about his steroid use. Can't stand fake natties. I don't condone steroids at all but at least this guy was honest and open about it.

[@warmonger9100]

I can't believe, I have never heard of him. I think most people today, would aim for his development.