Tom Platz: The Man Who ’Nearly’ Dominated Bodybuilding

Follow me on X: 📱 The best FREE lifting app I use daily: #iron (use code IRON during signup to extend your pro version free trial to 14 days) 🍽️ The best food tracker/diet coach app on the market: (use code IRON14 for a two week free trial) Some of the men that had the greatest impact on bodybuilding never won a Mr. Olympia title. But very few of these men had the profound influence that Tom Platz did. Before “The Golden Eagle,” there was never a shortage of big arms, shoulders, backs, or chests; but extreme leg mass had never existed. Not until the arrival of Tom Platz who went from being known as the kid with the skinny legs, to sporting the best leg development in all of bodybuilding, earning the nickname “Quadzilla”. And when it came to workout intensity, nobody worked harder than him. He pushed sets to failure and beyond—far, far beyond, into the deepest depths of the