Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness, August 1st, 1999
What do you get when you attach 22 1/2-inch steel pipes to a 295-pound frame? The biceps of Germany's largest export. Gunter Schlierkamp adds to the din of echoing metal by sliding a third 25-pound plate onto the preacher-curl machine. The 29-year-old takes a deep breath, and the resulting expansion of his 58-inch chest seems to cause a momentary oxygen deficit in the surrounding atmosphere. He lowers his 295-pound body onto the seat, grips the handles and then pulls them effortlessly toward his chin, a process he repeats 10 jangling times.
Gunter lifts his 22 1/2-inch guns off the pads and f...
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