Trends in bodybuilding

[MonStar1023]

Yeah I REALLY hope that the Arnold physique comes back into bodybuilding. In my opinion he looked BETTTER then any other bodybuilder ever and I hope his type of physique comes back..


Hes a MonSTAR...

 

[OMEGA]

arnold was the best.

bob paris was good too (no i'm not gay)

 

[Test boy]

These guys today look like alien circus freaks.
They will be lucky to see 50. Too much strain on the heart to feed that much muscle. Probably what did in Arnolds heart valves.

They need to go back to the 70s/80s look. Better for the sport, and the contestants.

 

[Doch910]

Arnold had a great body. I would love to see the 70's come back. Franco Columbu had a great body too, and he was strong as an Ox.

http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/columb06.jpg

 

[SteelWeaver]

I prefer the Arnold/ Zane type look too.

Would it be inappropriate to bring in female BB here? Trends for that seem to stir a lot of heated opinions. Just wondering what you guys' opinions are for the future of it. It seems like, right now, women or men who don't want to take drugs, are out of the pro running from the start, even if they have great genetics.

I think it's the nature of human beings to test limits, and since the sport is mostly about size, it's going to test size limits, so probably pros are just going to get bigger and bigger until something drastic happens, in whichever form, be it serious health consequences, IFBB legislation, or just the human/chemical size ceiling.

I mean, Joe Weider already did something drastic about female BB almost 10 years ago, and a lot of people were really annoyed about that, since he didn't allow the "natural" trend of getting bigger and bigger to run it's course, and people questioned his motives in a big way. I do, too, actually, mostly from a fairness point of view.

No other sport tells it's female athletes to hold back in their achievements, to run slower than they can, jump less far than they can.

BB's difficult, being so much about an "aesthetic" and being so tied up with the social aspects of body image and so on.

What's with "figure" and "fitness" anyway? I think there should be "figure" and "fitness" comps for guys, too! Fair's fair!

Opinions?

 

[Grizzly]

I prefer the Arnold/ Zane type look too.

Would it be inappropriate to bring in female BB here? Trends for that seem to stir a lot of heated opinions. Just wondering what you guys' opinions are for the future of it. It seems like, right now, women or men who don't want to take drugs, are out of the pro running from the start, even if they have great genetics.

Dude, people who don't want to use drugs have been out of the running since the 60's. Sure, they might have been able to do better than now, but there hasn't been a natural Mr. O since forever.

 

[The Dude]

Screw it! I wanna see the freaks.

 

[Grizzly]

Screw it! I wanna see the freaks.

You know, I really like looking at the freaks too. For instance, today I was reading FLEX. Well, in one advertisement, there was some guy doing whatever. I suppose he had a nice physique or something, compared to normal people(who doesn't?), but, on the page before that there was pictures of Ronnie. So, I thought to myself "how the hell is this guy even remotely impressive?" I do have to say that going "backwards" to a more aesthetic and smaller physique will seem fairly un-impressive considering what we know is possible now. However, Arnold, Lou, Franco and Co. looked a lot better than the dudes do now, and bodybuilding is very much about aesthetics. So, as much as I love size for the sake of size, I do have to say that, as far as keeping in line with the ideals goes, the 70's era bodybuilder sets the bar. Plus, as much as I would like to be Ronnie sized, I don't want to do the amount of drugs necessary to be like that. An Arnold-type physique is much more attainable for many more people and also has less serious health consequences.

 

[Stanknogger]

Ok, are there any good sites I can go to get a look at these different types of body builders, and their poses? What is this vacuum pose? Wha t kind of adverse health effects are you talking about, with arnold size?

Anyway for my 2 cents, I kind of like the looks of the really big guys who aren't that ripped and veiny, as opposed to guys who are totally ripped and veiny. But I am not a connoseiur I guess.

Do you think if you gave someone steroids and GH from when they were a little kid, and had them work out insanely, the could get much bigger than the pros today?

 

[SteelWeaver]

Dude, people who don't want to use drugs have been out of the running since the 60's. Sure, they might have been able to do better than now, but there hasn't been a natural Mr. O since forever.

Uh, right, silly me. I guess I was referring more to female BB's. Or have all of them except Rachel McLish been on something or other? (Rather clueless about drugs).


"Do you think if you gave someone steroids and GH from when they were a little kid, and had them work out insanely, the could get much bigger than the pros today?"



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