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Title: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Hulkster on January 27, 2009, 08:05:02 PM
 :o
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Camel Jockey on January 27, 2009, 08:12:42 PM
Sean was wayyyy better than Dexter could ever be.

Look at the midsection! No bulging gut but flat abs.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: The.Giant on January 27, 2009, 08:14:20 PM
90's bodybuilders - hard work and good drugs.
Current bodybuilders - insulin and excessive gh.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: jude2 on January 27, 2009, 08:14:38 PM
Yeah and look at those calves.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: QuakerOats on January 27, 2009, 08:19:55 PM
Sean was wayyyy better than Dexter could ever be.

Look at the midsection! No bulging gut but flat abs.
Dexter is a poor man's Shawn Ray, no comparison between the two.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Barracuda on January 27, 2009, 08:27:24 PM
S.Ray is a legend. One of the more consistent pros.

Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Pollux on January 27, 2009, 08:29:26 PM
It's amazing that Shawn 'Tranny' Ray never won the Olympia, but Dexter 'Fix your broken camera, kid' Jackson did.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: chaos on January 27, 2009, 08:30:19 PM
:o
How's that saying go? Everyone looks like Mr O when they are standing alone. The guy is like 4'8" tall.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Pollux on January 27, 2009, 08:34:52 PM
How's that saying go? Everyone looks like Mr O when they are standing alone. The guy is like 4'8" tall.

Which makes Dexter 4'7''.  ::)
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Barracuda on January 27, 2009, 08:35:42 PM


Shawns consistent record of being overly vocal probably cost him an Olympia or two
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: chaos on January 27, 2009, 08:36:45 PM
Which makes Dexter 4'7''.  ::)
Annnnnnnnd............. ???
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: MB_722 on January 27, 2009, 09:40:05 PM
Come on. Shawn Ray hung in there with the very best of the best BB has ever seen. Haney, Yates, and Coleman. Can't say he ever deserved the big one? But he definitely deserves recognition as one of the greatest ever!

He deserved atleast one.

should have been 94

Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: bigbobs on January 27, 2009, 09:52:52 PM
Dexter is a poor man's Shawn Ray, no comparison between the two.

I agree Shawn is way ahead of Dexter.

But Hulkster if you post comparison pics from the 96 show of the top few bigger guys Ray will not look as impressive as he does there alone. 

Where is the album from where you found that?  Are there any comparisons in that album with others next to him?
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Wiggs on January 27, 2009, 11:06:02 PM
I agree Shawn is way ahead of Dexter.

But Hulkster if you post comparison pics from the 96 show of the top few bigger guys Ray will not look as impressive as he does there alone. 

Where is the album from where you found that?  Are there any comparisons in that album with others next to him?

Shawn was better than Nasser also.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Stu on January 27, 2009, 11:52:19 PM
Wow, you have only just seen that? 1996 was thirteen years ago schmoe!

 ::)
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Meso_z on January 28, 2009, 12:27:00 AM
How's that saying go? Everyone looks like Mr O when they are standing alone. The guy is like 4'8" tall.

4'8''....yea right.  ::)
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Figo on January 28, 2009, 01:50:52 AM
Wow, you have only just seen that? 1996 was thirteen years ago schmoe!

 ::)

Fuck!
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: gh15 on January 28, 2009, 03:10:47 AM
look at ray very veyr carefully here,,this is what bodybuilder FREE OF OIL LOOK LIKE as in no syntol,,
now take a look at that joke called phillip heath....and yuo will find what happened to bodybuilding,,

jason cutler and philip heath took it way too far ,,phillip heth unlike jason can pull it off but you can already tell he look like shit torso is too sall in relashion to arms,,it is NOT how bodybuilding should be

he should implent some new calvicles insted then maybe hed start looking impressive in comparison to hany dorian and ron  until then anything he get will always be seen as generation nothingness best offer for the masses ,,sad
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Immortal_Technique on January 28, 2009, 03:29:13 AM
Dexter is a poor man's Shawn Ray, no comparison between the two.

Dexter is a poor man's Shawn Ray, only with much bigger delts, much harder and thicker/drier back. Shawn's Shape is better though, with better calves, might look a tad small next to Dexter though.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: LatsMcGee on January 28, 2009, 03:32:44 AM
Shawn was better than Nasser also.

Let's make a couple of threads about this.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: just_a_pilgrim on January 28, 2009, 03:43:56 AM
Let's make a couple of hundred threads about this which take up 5,000 pages each.

Fixed
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: divcom on January 28, 2009, 03:55:55 AM
look at ray very veyr carefully here,,this is what bodybuilder FREE OF OIL LOOK LIKE as in no syntol,,
now take a look at that joke called phillip heath....and yuo will find what happened to bodybuilding,,

jason cutler and philip heath took it way too far ,,phillip heth unlike jason can pull it off but you can already tell he look like shit torso is too sall in relashion to arms,,it is NOT how bodybuilding should be

he should implent some new calvicles insted then maybe hed start looking impressive in comparison to hany dorian and ron  until then anything he get will always be seen as generation nothingness best offer for the masses ,,sad

you so funny!  no matter what you say...ami will insure he leaves the stage with the O and a donut in hand if he wants.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=204976.0;attach=238893;image)

in next two yrs we'll find out just how motivated vic is.  will he up his game, push phil and turn phil's upcoming O wins into predetermined jokes by the ami and its' judges.

(http://www.muscletime.com/gallery/d/8206-3/2007-mr-olympia-20-victor-martinez.jpg)
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on January 28, 2009, 03:56:53 AM
I agree Shawn is way ahead of Dexter.

But Hulkster if you post comparison pics from the 96 show of the top few bigger guys Ray will not look as impressive as he does there alone. 

Where is the album from where you found that?  Are there any comparisons in that album with others next to him?

here r some good comparisons :D :D
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Pollux on January 28, 2009, 04:22:17 AM
Annnnnnnnd............. ???

LOL!  :D
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: LatsMcGee on January 28, 2009, 04:24:15 AM
Looks like Hulkster found himself a new man. 
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: bigbobs on January 28, 2009, 07:10:01 AM
here r some good comparisons :D :D

Thanks Sharief, you beat me too it :)  Nasser making Shawn Ray look like a child there
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: pumpster on January 28, 2009, 07:18:32 AM
Dexter is a poor man's Shawn Ray, only with much bigger delts, much harder and thicker/drier back. Shawn's Shape is better though, with better calves, might look a tad small next to Dexter though.

So essentially you're saying Dexter's only beating him in about 5 or 6 areas ??? Ray never impressed; usually lacked hardness & deep cuts, carried water and had no width. Also too small standing next to others. Wheeler was better than Ray.

Small compared to others who were as or more deserving of an Olympia during that time.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: njflex on January 28, 2009, 07:27:31 AM
its simple in the dex/ray comparision ,dex is very good,but to compare in the scheme of things ray was a lightheavyweight at 20 fully pro material while dex was a batamweight early yrs,the knock on ray is he only gained 10/or so lbs in all those yrs,but u could see as yrs went on he got harder,deeper musculature he didn't have at 21.he was unreal at 21 .
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: mwbbuilder on January 28, 2009, 08:54:03 AM
If you have never seen Shawn Ray in person, you really have no idea just how good he was.

Absolutely freak of nature that doesn't even show up in pictures.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: pumpster on January 28, 2009, 08:55:25 AM
If you have never seen Shawn Ray in person, you really have no idea just how good he was.

Absolutely freak of nature that doesn't even show up in pictures.

That would apply to most BBs actually, even more so to guys with decent height that he didn't have.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Daddison on January 28, 2009, 09:10:51 AM
This was actually the first bodybuilding show that I ever attended.  I went in pretty sure that Yates would win easily, but Shawn Ray was just amazing that day.  Yates had raucous support from the audience, of course, but when Ray was going through his compulsories, you could hear a pin drop, save for the intermittent (and perhaps cliched) "audible gasps".  He had amazing things happening in his back musculature, in particular.

My father was with me that day, and he thought that Nasser won, hands-down.   I thought Yates looked better than Nasser overall, but I just couldn't believe how sharp Ray was.  The two physiques (Ray and Yates) were so different that I thought a win by either would have been acceptable, BUT it was a little strange that Yates and Nasser were separated in the placings.  When compared to those two, Ray was such a different animal that day that it's hard to imagine how he didn't finish either first or third.   


Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: bigbobs on January 28, 2009, 10:18:09 AM
My father was with me that day, and he thought that Nasser won, hands-down.   

Your father is a wise man.

If you have never seen Shawn Ray in person, you really have no idea just how good he was.

You really have to see Dexter in person too!   ;D

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=260456.0;attach=301473;image)
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Hulkster on January 28, 2009, 02:40:51 PM
Thanks Sharief, you beat me too it :)  Nasser making Shawn Ray look like a child there

and shawn is owning dorian too.. as usual...

 :P nuthuggers!
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: the_swami on January 28, 2009, 03:57:23 PM
Thanks Sharief, you beat me too it :)  Nasser making Shawn Ray look like a child there

Bigbobs
spot on analysis , as usual!
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Luv_2build on January 28, 2009, 04:16:54 PM
SHAWN WAS IMPRESSIVE.  IT IS TOO BAD HE WAS SUCH AN ARROGANT ASSHOLE
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Tamer Razor on January 28, 2009, 06:24:12 PM
Shawn was very impressive, but  Dexter has superior Structure...Wider,Superior condition, better arms...
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: jesusbod on January 28, 2009, 06:54:58 PM
Last time I checked it was 2009. It isn't 1996 and hasn't been for a loooooooooooooooooong time. Shawn is irrelevant now on stage.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: arce1988 on January 28, 2009, 09:41:22 PM
Almost Perfection. Ray Should Own One Sandow. Lee too.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on January 28, 2009, 10:21:13 PM
Thanks Sharief, you beat me too it :)  Nasser making Shawn Ray look like a child there
not only shawn but also the others :D
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: shadow on January 29, 2009, 09:39:28 AM
there was a feature in muscular development a few years back where they compared richard jones and shawn rays physiques body part by bodypart and shawn rays wiast supposedly measured 34 inches. considering hes at most 5 ft 7in thats relatively big yet it looks tiny compared to his overall physique.  hes the only one out of the three doing the front double biceps that can perform a vacuum pose. def have him ahead of dexter jackson for overall balance
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: gymguy on January 29, 2009, 10:24:03 AM
Sean was wayyyy better than Dexter could ever be.

Look at the midsection! No bulging gut but flat abs.

Dexter is much bigger and better.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: bigbobs on January 29, 2009, 10:25:33 AM
Dexter is much bigger and better.

Dexter's head and waist are bigger
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: delta9mda on January 29, 2009, 10:26:24 AM
Dexter is a poor man's Shawn Ray, no comparison between the two.
say what you will, shawnda never won the Olympia.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: delta9mda on January 29, 2009, 10:28:20 AM
look at ray very veyr carefully here,,this is what bodybuilder FREE OF OIL LOOK LIKE as in no syntol,,
now take a look at that joke called phillip heath....and yuo will find what happened to bodybuilding,,

jason cutler and philip heath took it way too far ,,phillip heth unlike jason can pull it off but you can already tell he look like shit torso is too sall in relashion to arms,,it is NOT how bodybuilding should be

he should implent some new calvicles insted then maybe hed start looking impressive in comparison to hany dorian and ron  until then anything he get will always be seen as generation nothingness best offer for the masses ,,sad
shut the fuck up please.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Topskin69 on January 29, 2009, 10:31:31 AM
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Shawn was very impressive, but  Dexter has superior Structure...Wider,Superior condition, better arms...

No...his arms are More Oily...not better.... there is a difference. In fact I would sum up our era vs. the 90s as following...

Todays competitors are not better, or even bigger, they are more filled with oil.

M!
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Mars on January 29, 2009, 10:31:49 AM
dexter has the drugs look, hes filled with whatever garbage is obtainable nowadays , shawn has the old skool bodybuilding look, build on basic steroids and hard training and nutrition. the difference to a non pleasant and a pleasant look.
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on January 29, 2009, 04:08:48 PM
also shawn's calves, although not so good, were much better than dex's calves.. at least they were natural!!..
Title: Re: holy crap! shawn ray 1996 olympia pic
Post by: the_swami on January 29, 2009, 04:42:38 PM
shawns back is far superior to dexter in width, thickness and detail