What happened to these guys?

[stevesmi]

Just a huge disappointment these dudes nowadays. Soft, bloated, lack of striations. Goddamnit! Even Jay Cutler looks like crap! He looked sooooo much better many years ago.

I say its all this crap garbage UG shit we are all forced to use because pharm grade is near impossible to get.

Insulin abuse?! Come on, bro. And there wasn't insulin abuse back 10-20 years ago? Come on.

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10 years ago would have been 2003. I'm talking about the 70's..

the UG theory makes no sense.. cause the guys today are so much bigger so if we went by that theory UG would be blowing away pharma grade.. its not about the gear, yes they use more gear today.. its about the synthol, GH, and insulin which is used today by all the pro's.. in the 70's it wasn't used by pro's at all. I have tried only insulin briefly a couple times and have no desire to use it frequently, nor can I afford GH or am willing to mess around with synthol... if bodybuilding was my only full time job and I made a full fledged living off of it then I would probably be forced to use all 3 though assuming I wanted to make it anywhere

 

[WoRlDsStRoNgEsTmAn]

There is a lot of speculation about what causes their guts to look the way they do, high hgh dose, insulin, peptides. I think it is a combo of a lot of things, but especially the insulin. Every time I use insulin, I bloat a lot, especially in the stomach area. Look like I am pregnant. So do that to a guy that is 250 pounds at 4% body fat, I think you'd look that way.

 

[RickRock13]

Yes, the guys today are using synthol, insulin, and GH in high amounts which greatly contribute to the bloated guts and so forth. However, I wouldn't say that these guys look like crap compared to the guys from 10-15 years ago. Guys have gotten bigger obviously, which requires more drugs, GH, and insulin but the Olympia is starting to revert back to looking at aesthetics as the primary look over size. The biggest guy no longer wins, or else Kai greene and big Ramy would have stole the show. The fact of the matter is that Phil Heath had the best aesthetics on that stage, and why he won the Olympia yet again. I thought he looked great, had great striations, full rounded muscle bellies, and still a relatively small waist given his size. Another thing you have to understand is that it is physically impossible to be 250lbs at 4% bodyfat and 5,9" with a 28" waist. As your body grows, everything grows. Not everyone likes the huge massive look of today's bodybuilders, but I still appreciate it even though I will always be partial to the great bodybuilders of the 70s like Arnold, Lou, and Franco that inspired me as a kid. The sport is just evolving with the times. Just wait and see what walks out on that stage in another 10-15 years

 

[Aussi muscle]

Yes, the guys today are using synthol, insulin, and GH in high amounts which greatly contribute to the bloated guts and so forth. However, I wouldn't say that these guys look like crap compared to the guys from 10-15 years ago. Guys have gotten bigger obviously, which requires more drugs, GH, and insulin but the Olympia is starting to revert back to looking at aesthetics as the primary look over size. The biggest guy no longer wins, or else Kai greene and big Ramy would have stole the show. The fact of the matter is that Phil Heath had the best aesthetics on that stage, and why he won the Olympia yet again. I thought he looked great, had great striations, full rounded muscle bellies, and still a relatively small waist given his size. Another thing you have to understand is that it is physically impossible to be 250lbs at 4% bodyfat and 5,9" with a 28" waist. As your body grows, everything grows. Not everyone likes the huge massive look of today's bodybuilders, but I still appreciate it even though I will always be partial to the great bodybuilders of the 70s like Arnold, Lou, and Franco that inspired me as a kid. The sport is just evolving with the times. Just wait and see what walks out on that stage in another 10-15 years

I agree but I personally love the look of the modern day bodybuilder. But could someone please help my boy Dennis Wolf out n jab his calves with synthol, cause he obviously can't reach.

 

[TheSVPdeal]

The gut comes from insulin. Straight up.

Cutler goes on stage with no bloat. His BF is too low on stage to look bloated.

The "bloat" you refer to is that gut which is undeniable.

Stevesmi, I love the look 30 years ago. Those dudes pulled chicks. Any modern day pro bodybuilder that gets chicks is getting the same kind of freak that they are themselves.

 

[TheSVPdeal]

No offense to the freaks out there

 

[bonacris]

I like the way dorian and levrone think though. Absolutely massive when competing but now they are retired they dont try hang with the pros any more and are just normal guys. Unfortunately to be competitive in bodybuilding now you have to be a freak. I hope a lot more retired pros go the way of dorian and levrone and not like ronnie.

While I prefer the look of the 70s guys I like seeing just how big the pros nowadays can get..

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[Smokescreen]

I like the way dorian and levrone think though. Absolutely massive when competing but now they are retired they dont try hang with the pros any more and are just normal guys. Unfortunately to be competitive in bodybuilding now you have to be a freak. I hope a lot more retired pros go the way of dorian and levrone and not like ronnie.

While I prefer the look of the 70s guys I like seeing just how big the pros nowadays can get..

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Explain to me what happened to Jay Cutler? Looked great a few years ago. Now? Looks like crap! I don't see a bigger gut. I just see crap all over!

As for Dorian, Kevin, Nassar...these guys were HUUUUGE yet still looked riiiiipped!

Todays pro bodybuilder in a Mr. O comp? *sigh smh* retarded. Really


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[stevesmi]

I showed a couple chicks pics of bodybuilders today.. this is a nice experiment you can try yourself to see what looks good to the female eye.

I showed them a pic of the current Mr O Heath vs. Arnold from the mid 70's..

Heath was met by "wtf? I didn't even know those muscles existed and that is nasty!" Arnold was met by "yeah he is still too big but he looks way better, the other guy looks like he isn't even human, its looks like he has a bunch of tumors on his body"

 

[Nelson Montana]

In a word -- slin.

But even the guys from the late 90's don;t look that great today. Meanwhile, a lot guys from the 60's and 70's still look great. Actually, that might be because back then, they wanted to be bodybuilders. Today, you have naturally big guys born into a drug culture.