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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Naked4Jesus on April 18, 2006, 12:05:27 PM
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I know it's a familiar syndrome among past generations of athletes to complain that things were better in their day. I remember Marvin Eder, a great bodybuilder from the 1940s and '50s who was renowned for his feats of strength, telling me when I was in my competitive prime, "You guys have taken things too far."
So, I'm always reluctant to come across as a retired sour-grapes bodybuilder who pines for the "good old days." I have all the respect in the world for each successive generation of bodybuilders who continue to explore the boundaries of physical endeavor. Given my deep love for bodybuilding, though, I would be lying if I said that I am overjoyed with all aspects of the current scene.
A major area of concern is the look shown by an increasing number of competing bodybuilders. The race for mass seems to have taken us away from the classic cornerstones of bodybuilding: aesthetic all-around proportionate development, in which wide shoulders, a small waist and balance throughout the whole physique are the keys. Now we see guys in the pro ranks who are huge with distended stomachs and no abdominal control. The vacuum pose is a thing of the past, as are dramatic three-quarter poses, which exploit the differential between shoulder width and waist.
I'm not the only one concerned with this growing trend. I know that IFBB Pro Division Chairman Jim Manion is zeroing in on this problem and will, beginning with the New York Pro contest on May 21, be directing the judging panels to penalize guys with protruding stomachs and strange-looking lumps. This will encourage competitors to maximize the attributes of excellent proportions, tight waists and pleasing lines.
The rest of the story: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_4_23/ai_n13790067 (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_4_23/ai_n13790067)
Anyone switching to the PDI to compete should do a "gut check" before signing on the dotted line.
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Some guys may not want to switch over after all:
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=66296.0;attach=74530;image)
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Wayne will be accepting and rejecting athletes based upon their ability to represent the PDI well. He has the legal right to tell a bloated pro he is not welcome.
Anyway, Palumbo hasn't won anything in his class anyways at a National level, right?
Rhino and VInny are national class title holders.
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Wayne will be accepting and rejecting athletes based upon their ability to represent the PDI well. He has the legal right to tell a bloated pro he is not welcome.
Anyway, Palumbo hasn't won anything in his class anyways at a National level, right?
Rhino and VInny are national class title holders.
That's not true 240, Palumbo won his weight class in the "Ugliest Juicer with No Eybrows Most Likely to Sell You Fake GH New York Prison Classic"
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That's not true 240, Palumbo won his weight class in the "Ugliest Juicer with No Eybrows Most Likely to Sell You Fake GH New York Prison Classic"
Oh yeah, that's right. He also sponsored the Baby XKOL Blood Drive right after getting out of the clink, right?
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didn't he win the Ryckers Prison Pro
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Incidentally, Palumbo called me. He is offering a brand new gh kit if anyone finds his eyebrows.
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Incidentally, Palumbo called me. He is offering a brand new gh kit if anyone finds his eyebrows.
Palumbo looks like he got plastic surgery.
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Some guys may not want to switch over after all:
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=66296.0;attach=74530;image)
What a shitty physique Claude has now. He ruined it. RETIRE!
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What a shitty physique Claude has now. He ruined it. RETIRE!
the judges still think he was better than Jeffers. Weird.
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Good
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i think this maybe is the worst gut on someone i have seen until today...
I mean, its obvious there are a lot of bad ones...Palumbo comes to mind...
But this guy gut its almost wider than his f*cking shoulders!!!!! and the fact he has almost zero chest now makes even worse!!!!!
and you guys are telling me he got in front of rusty jeffers???????????
monster injustice! :-\
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Dennis James is the worst.
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Dennis James is the worst.
five years ago maybe, but now? are you shitting me?
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Kovaks-Palumbo-Grouix..
James looks good.
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I still "No brows" Palumbo is uglier.
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As far as guts go, Claude's isn't that bad.
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dennis looks awesome there
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This has nothing to do with your post 'Naked4Jesus,' but I just wanted to enquire about your questionably flaming and disturbing screen name? what's that about? It's quite obvious by your absolutely dreadful pic that your an old ass queer. Do youl ike get naked before you jerk off, I mean pray to your delusional God. And all the while you have some sort of twisted fetish/crush on him as well. Ugh! What a disturbing thought.
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bbing has really gone awry :-X