Tom Platz

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Tom Platz on the cover of Muscle Journal

Thomas Steven Platz (born June 26, 1955) was a professional bodybuilder. He is known among fans by the nickname "The Golden Eagle".

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Tom Platz began his competitive bodybuilding career in the 1973 Mr. Adonis competition. He competed as an amateur until he won the 1978 World Amateur Championships middleweight division.

For the following nine years Platz competed as a pro aiming for the most prestigious bodybuilding title there is, Mr. Olympia. Though Platz never took first at the Olympia he had a string of top ten finishes, with a third position in 1981 being the best.

Platz became famous for his remarkable leg development. He developed a high intensity, high volume method of leg training which led to his unparallelled size and definition for his time. Regardless of what was found lacking elsewhere, it is still widely claimed in bodybuilding circles that Platz holds the mark for the best legs in bodybuilding of his time, and some of the best legs in bodybuilding ever.