Aaron Baker

Ok, Aaron Baker had his prime time in the 90's, but his style definitely derives from the 80's. Need evidence?


LOVE that earring!! SOOO New Romantic!



WOW! Just wow. That hairstyle, those dungarees... It's so cool to see that NEW WAVE style on a muscle man. Aaron's hairdo bears a striking resemblance to Mike Score from A Flock Of Seagulls:



Would be interesting to know what kind of music Aaron listened to back in the 80's.

Here's some guessing:


BTW not only is Aaron Baker an IFBB Pro bodybuilder and the Heavyweight and Overall Champion of the 1990 NPC USA Championships, but he was also a professional wrestler:

His trademark manoeuvre was the Mexican Power Bomb...


Aaron's wrestling career probably explains his thing for flamboyant outfits and appearances:





"Anybody called for the Musclebeach Gladiator Angel Of The Apocalypse ®? No? Sorry, my mistake..."

Spandex OD

"Power Up!" Classic bodybuilder Ron Love. P.S.: LOVING the pink weightlifting belt on the bottom of the photo! Would love even more to see him wearing it.


On the far right: the very handsome and still in shape Gary Strydom


Thank you, Shawn Ray, for sporting pink zebra tights back in the days. You guys were awesome. Simply awesome.

Bill Burney

Eighties Exercises

Thank you, Bob Gardner, for this great photo.


"HHNNNNNRRRRRRGGGHH!!!"




Sorry, poor quality - still a marvelous pic.

Some random 80's muscle.

Bob Paris

Bob Paris, 1983 Heavyweight class and Overall Champion (NPC National Championships [Mr. America] & IFBB World Championships [Mr. Universe and professional qualifier]), in a very post-modern, quite New Wave setting.





Bob was professional bodybuilding's 1st (and is untill today the only) openly gay athlet - he came out in the July 1989 issue of Ironman Magazine. Bob and his then-partner, Rod Jackson, had a commitment ceremony in a Unitarian church in 1989 [so they could officially cheat on each other ;-)].


Paris & Jackson

In 1995, the two separated.
Today, Paris lives with his spouse, Brian, on an island near Vancouver, British Columbia. Together since 1996, Bob and Brian were legally married after Canada equalized the marriage laws in 2003. (source: wikipedia)

Those ladies probably wouldn't have cared about him being gay as long as they could get a taste of those bis'n'pecs:



Still holding the title of "1st Openly Gay Pro Bodybuilder"

Some Mike Quinn

For those of you who only know metric: 27 inches would be 68.6 cm...

Seductive fitness ads

I had no idea Brigitte Nielsen did gym porn.

80's Muscle! gives you the Gynecological Glutes Machine.

Millions of those fitness tools have been sold back in the 80's because guys actually believed they'd come with a lady who's willing to do it doggy style.

Finnish bodybuilder Keijo Reiman

Don't miss this video of Keijo training for the Finnish Grand Prix 1989 with stars like Samir Bannout, Mike Christian, Lee Labrada, Mike Quinn and many more (3 parts).

A couple of muscles.

I forgot their names. I think he was a professional football player. Anyways, I'm scared to death of both of them.