I remember Nasser in the early 90's. He was very narrow from the side. No thickness. His short legs were massive, and the abs were always there. The best abs of any big man. Even at his biggest in the off season he always looked nerdy with the cross eyes, and glasses. Always trained heavy back then. The whole mentality back then was catching Yates. Guys like Levrone and Ray would come in bigger and smooth or smaller and ripped. Nasser could come in big and ripped which made him comparable to Yates.
Nasser should thank Yates. His physique compared very well with Yates'. They both had the blocky mass monster type look. Since Yates was the current multi year Olympia it only helped Nasser. Nasser's structure was poorer (short legs, long ab area making his abs look good but his back harder to fill out) but he made the most of it. In the end after Yates left, Nasser's career just imploded. His massive synthol use caught up to him, and the insulin era of huge bodies left Nasser with really nothing but double digit placings.
I wonder what happened to him at then end? Did his body just stop responding that badly? Injuries?
1999 Arnold Classic, 1st
1999 Grand Prix England, 6th
1999 Mr. Olympia, 6th
1999 World Pro Championships, 6th
2000 Mr. Olympia, 5th
2001 Mr. Olympia, 9th
2002 Arnold Classic, 10th
2002 Mr. Olympia, 15th
2004 Night of Champions, 15th
2004 Show of Strength Pro Championship, 14th
2005 Europa Supershow, 14th