Talk:Lou Ferrigno
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Just have an issue with the '80% deaf' statement - deafness isn't generally measured in percentages. There is variation of hearing ability across people with normal hearing - some people can hear softer sounds than normal or higher frequencies outside the range of what most people can hear. In the article's case, I would ask, '80% of what?'
Audiologists measure deafness by the softest sound an individual can hear, for example, a '45 decibel hearing loss' means that a person cannot hear any sounds below 45 decibels, and so on.
Rather than saying '80% deaf', I suggest it be replaced with 'profoundly deaf', as it would be more accurate. While we could speculate what Mr. Ferringo's decibel loss is, only he would know for sure!
-Derrick
[edit] Steroids
Did he ever use steroids? Most professional bodybuilders do, but I don't know if he is the type, or if he would still use them.
- Hard to say. And it would be more accurate to say "many" pro bodybuilders do. Also, the amount of steroids that were used in the 60's and 70's (dosages that is) were tiny compared to those used today. Whisperednumber 12:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Lou absolutely used anabolic steroids. All professional bodybuilders who competed did and still do. It would of been impossible to compete in the IFBB ranks without using anabolic steroids the same as today. It is also absolutely impossible to build a physique like Lou's without the aid of anabolic steroids. It's physiologically impossible to get the amount of skeletal muscle that he has without them. Wikidudeman 19:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
That's not true. Not everyone cheats & uses steroids to get a good physique. Besides, Lou started weightlifting when he was 13, it's not hard to believe that he was able to develop a good physique like that. Son of Kong
- No, You're deluding yourself if you believe he did not use anabolic steroids. At his height and weight and amount of lean body mass it's literally impossible to have that amount of muscle without using anabolic steroids. It does not matter how young he started lifting weights. All competing professional bodybuilders from the 1970's up used anabolic steroids of some form, most of them used numerous types of steroids. In the Professional bodybuilding using anabolic steroids is not considered 'cheating' because everyone else is using them.Wikidudeman (talk) 19:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Birthyear
Was Lou born in 1951 or 1952? Hotwine8 04:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, his official site doesn't clearly say. Schwarzenegger.it site says 1951, IMDb says 1952. However, IMDb is not really an authority on anything but film credits. The other site is unofficial, so it's also not authoritative. However, his official site says he was 21 when he won his first Mr. Universe, which must mean the IFBB contest in 1973. This is consistent with a 1951 birthdate; he would not turn 22 until November, 1973. I've added this to the article footnote. Gimmetrow 12:20, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
