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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: bigmikecox on September 18, 2012, 11:59:13 AM
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I read a lot of crap on here about how small Heath's chest is or how narrow he is. But how many of you have actually seen a pro in person? Pictures do NOTHING for them. I used to see Marcus Haley in the gym here in Palm Harbor, Fl and the man was BIG. But it wasnt his size that got me it was how lean AND big he was.
Ronnie was from another planet. I saw him guest pose at the Mr. Ohio back in 1999 and he had GOBS of muscle. Same with Haney. His chest was so dense its hard to imagine the human body getting that big. But as impressive as Ronnie and Haney were, Dillett was something special. He was AS impressive if not more than Coleman. He only guest posed for MAYBE 2 minutes. He was 4 weeks out from the 98 O (which he dropped out of) and inthe shape he was in, he would have placed 2nd to Coleman that year.
But the BIGGEST SOB ive ever laid eyes on was Victor Richards. Saw him at the 1994 Olympia and his legs had to be 34 inches and his calves looked like they had balloons in them.
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What about their cocks?
(no homo)
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Comes to mass nobody beats 03/04 Ronnie
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What is really amazing is to see them in street clothes and you think to yourself......yes they look good....but you really can't tell until they are up on stage and then you can see that they look unreal.
I saw Milos in street clothes and then again up on stage......in street clothes he looks athletic.....but when he is posing in trunks you get a sense of how amazing he is.
Same thing with the late Sonny Schmidt.
We were at the Olympia one year..... and a guy that was there with us thought that Nasser was not impressive.......Well then Nasser was up on stage in trunks and this same guy was like WOW!!!!!
The pros are deceiving in clothes.
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are you saying vic richards was bigger than coleman?
a ludicrous claim
He was shorter and denser!!!!!!!!!!!
Victor was about 5'7
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i saw ronnie and cutler last year , never saw ronnie in his prime, and cutler was huge this was a month or two after the mr olympia
i saw paul dillet 3 times twice at round table pizza back in 1998 (big but not huge )and once at bare elegance strip club and he must have upped the sauce because he was massive
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What is really amazing is to see them in street clothes and you think to yourself......yes they look good....but you really can't tell until they are up on stage and then you can see that they look unreal.
I saw Milos in street clothes and then again up on stage......in street clothes he looks athletic.....but when he is posing in trunks you get a sense of how amazing he is.
Same thing with the late Sonny Schmidt.
We were at the Olympia one year and a guy that was there with us thought that Nasser was not impressive.......Well then Nasser was up on stage in trunks and this same guy was like WOW!!!!!
The pros are deceiving in clothes.
Marcus Ruhl in street clothes was nothing impressive. On stage, OMG!!!!
And Dexter isnt small! I saw Dexter and Joe McNeal at Outback in New Port Richey, Fl and got a pic next to him. Now this was about 6 weeks before the 2009 O and he made me look TINY
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I saw Ruhl and Dorian a couple of times - I wasn't impressed :-\
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Ferrigno guest posed at my show in 1995. Never have i seen someone with a chest so big. I got to see him pump up back stage. WTF??? He wasnt as impressive as he was in 1993/1994, but he was still about 320lbs and looked it. And it wasnt a fat 320 either
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I saw Ruhl and Dorian a couple of times - I wasn't impressed :-\
You obviously haven't seen him at 300lbs in the offseason then - I first saw him training in Temple gym in the year leading up to the 1997 Olympia - the guy was a freak.
Other notables for me - Fankhouser's calves in real life and stupendously big, as well as Ronnie's biceps.
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Ruhl:
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I think the most impressive would be someone like Noah Steere, height makes a huge difference.
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Ruhl:
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I think the most impressive would be someone like Noah Steere, height makes a huge difference.
One of my college buddies met Noah, said you couldn't imagine how big the guy was.
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You obviously haven't seen him at 300lbs in the offseason then - I first saw him training in Temple gym in the year leading up to the 1997 Olympia - the guy was a freak.
Other notables for me - Fankhouser's calves in real life and stupendously big, as well as Ronnie's biceps.
just posted on his FB seconds ago
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One of my college buddies met Noah, said you couldn't imagine how big the guy was.
Met him at the Arnold once. Big man!!!!
I saw Kim Chivesky at one of the after parties after the Arnold. She had s short skirt and it was backless. OMG! So big! But, when you talked to her, she sounded like a 10 yr old girl. No deep voice at all!
Laura Creavalle was pretty bitchy and had traces of stuble.
Cory was hot, plain and simple. And so sweet.
Chris Duffy was HUGE. Met him in 1993. Nice guy. Talked to me for a bit too.
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just posted on his FB seconds ago
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Lean as shit! That is what is most impressive. The mass they carry with the low bodyfat
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just posted on his FB seconds ago
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Cool pic 8)
It's true that photos don't do it justice though.
Seen Noah Steere too - massive guy.
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In real life...
Kai Greene: in a hoody and sweats just looks like a massive round bloated fat guy, but extremely genuine and nice
Flex Lewis: freakiest calves I've ever seen.
Jason Huh: monster bloat, fat belly and face, arms looked like 24"
PJ Braun: insane arms, super vascular, nicest guy as well
Frank McGrath: forearms are retardedly huge and vascular as the pics. Looks like jose raymonds quad
Dan Hill: in clothes, physique looks like he was maybe a backup wide receiver for a semi pro arena football league....this is the best comparison I can make.
Branch: Massive but shorter than you'd imagine
Dex Jax: saw him at a restaurant I worked at when I was in undergrad the morning after he guest posed a local show. He was wearing 3 loose shirts (beater, long sleeve and tee shirt over long sleeve) and his back muscles were all still popping out like crazy. I'll never forget that. Everyone in the restaurant was just staring at him in amazement and you could hear people making comments.
*Every one of these guys were extremely friendly and appreciative to their fans. This was my same take from seeing em at the Arnold as well. Didn't meet any douche bags that I had to throw hands with.
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Craziest things I've seen:
Greg Kovacs took his shirt off and hit a few poses. Said he was about 355lbs. He had abs, and that was the craziest thing I've ever seen. A human being has never been that big.
Scott Milne. This was before he turned pro. He'd yet to even do a junior show. He was bouncing at a bar in a town called Grand Bend, and he was ridiculously massive and WIDE - widest guy I've ever seen. He was about 23. I thought I was the cat's meow then, and I felt like a little kid.
J.D. Dawodu. Had dinner with him. This was post-contest at the Olympia back in 99, or one of those years. His arms were stupid. Craziest, fullest, most vascular arms I ever saw up to that point (hadn't met Ronnie yet!)
Cutler. I've had dinner with Jay a bunch of times. He's a great guy, but what's striking about him is how wide he is in person. His delt width is retarded.
Dexter. Met him a bunch of times. What always freaked me out was how un-big he looked in clothes. Then he'd peel (you're welcome Lonnie) and it'd freak you out. No fat. None. Everything tight and lean, all the time. And he ate like shit whenever we ate out. He was either drinking protein shakes or eating fast food.
Ronnie. I was always surprised by how un-wide he looked just standing relaxed. He never walked around with ILS like some kind of idiot. Of course, then he'd flex and it'd be lights out.
Dorian. The man has the craziest calf genetics. They look ridiculous.
Johnny Jackson. Ate lunch at the cafeteria with him. His traps are the most insane traps you'll ever see.
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i seen hamdi aykutlug several times, hes considered small, but when you stand next to him, youll find out hes quite thick.
pics do him no justice, and when hes shredded, it looks unreal.
as for monsters, i seen jean pierre fux in his prime, he was an absolute monster, it was hard to believe his sheer size.
Saw Fux guest pose! MASSIVE!!! Looked real unhealthy though. His gut was out of control.
And most bbers are SHORT!!! Shawn Ray is about 5'6.
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I saw tons of pros in the late mid 90's at golds Venice when i was living in ca all the time, flex and Cormier always impressived me a long with prince at the time.
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He was shorter and denser!!!!!!!!!!!
Victor was about 5'7
On the video where he was a bloated (he's wearing shades), he is about the same height as Dorian is.
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Ronnie Coleman in clothes (never seen him on stage) is a freak. He makes other pro bodybuilders look average next to him.
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Ronnie by far. I've seen him smaller in 1999. Which btw, his waist was tiny at that weight. I've seen him in the 280s and at 320. If you haven't seen him, its impossible to explain. Like Mik said, it's the size and condition is whats impressive. Ronnie is just insane...It actually demotivated me knowing I could never look like that.
Jay's width is insane.
Dillet is a comic character.
I wish I could have seen Dorian in his prime.
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In 1997, I went to a local show in Southern California where Palumbo was guest posing. This was when he was 300lbs. He was massive in person. I remember a bunch of sista's hugging him when he went through the audience, "Damn, Boy... You One Huge Mutha Fucka!!!"... all giggling, laughing, fondling him like a little puppy. It was hilarious how bad they were into him... looked like a bunch of hoochies from an 80's Two Live Crew video
I saw Frank Columbo in person about 5 years ago... He came into a store I used to work at and his wife was bossing him around.. just like a child.... his face lift was massive and still had some of "The Bat" in his back. LOL
I used to train at the Powerhouse in downtown Huntington Beach(early 90's). Seemed like just about all of the big guns(male and female) would pass through there. Lot's of photo shoots and posing sessions going on in the middle of the gym. They all just looked huge to me. That was an awesome gym.. PIP
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Ronnie by far. I've seen him smaller in 1999. Which btw, his waist was tiny at that weight. I've seen him in the 280s and at 320. If you haven't seen him, its impossible to explain. Like Mik said, it's the size and condition is whats impressive. Ronnie is just insane...It actually demotivated me knowing I could never look like that.
Jay's width is insane.
Dillet is a comic character.
I wish I could have seen Dorian in his prime.
yates walked into the crowd in 92 front of the auditorium people were in awe ,he had a leather jacket on and filled it out tight,,,enormous 280 ..leverone was 260 legs for that time were huge unreal...
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Ha ha aint nuthin' but a peenus! A getbig classic.
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Holy crap. :o HAHA
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In order of my experiencing them- John Brown:muscular and defined, y'all but not overwhelming at that point 78. Sergio Oliva (80) - was full dressed, but had perfect arms, tiny waist- not a huge man in clothes- but just radically gifted shape. Dennis Tinnerino (80) Widest human being I'd ever seen to that point- very broads shoulders, tall, just a giant guy. Dave Draper (80) guest posed- was 235 lbs, fairly ripped. Another giant. Legs were not great though. Kal Skalak (80) huge arms, big guy. Ray Mentzer (80) even bigger arms- on par with Sergio's. Mike Mentzer (80) arms were pale and softish, kind of squarish but huge. (91-97) long retired, still had the freakiest forearms I'd seen and calves. Frank Zane - surprisingly big through delts and triceps, tiny waist- in street clothes(unless otherwise noted these all were). Ok, out of time, still have two decades to go lol.
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I have seen a ton of pros back stage at shows or just around town.
Most recent:
Phil heath. Only about 5 ft 7 or so. Not big in clothes but looks good when it all comes off.
Jay Cutler recently not big at all. He has been at shows with phil.
Seth feroce was selling his products at a show and I couldnt believe how wide he was. Nice guy but needs a tan bad.
Shawn Ray back in 88. I trained at Huntington Beach Golds and he lived down the street. Around town in his Porche he looked small but going into the gym before the 88 or 89 Olympia he looked like perfection. His calves were like diamonds and just looked beautiful.
Nasser back stage looked like a bloated cow, kevin levrone in shape but smallish, dillit, freak bad poser, coleman off season looked so bloated then 6 months later won his second Olympia, jim quinn calves were massive, he was massive needed a tan, Flex wheeler, beautiful shape but not huge had his son with him and was very nice. Melvin Anthony right after turning pro, was pumping up back stage and was in awesome shape fantastic posing routine bad gangster attitude with fans. Cormier, embarrising, didnt take off his tank top to pose, looked small and uninterested in being there to pose.
Watched Leo Ingrim turn pro in Cleveland and was wide and had veins all over but NO ABBS AT ALL??? Weird. Frankhouser at the same show got second legs and calves out of this world. Saw him 2 years ago at the North American and looks like 5 ft 6 small cant believe he is a pro in person.
Dearth, small but nice guy, never saw him at his peak.
Diana Dennis at golds HB in 88 and sooo beautiful and nice as can be.
Vince Taylor at the end of his run looked wide, good lines smallish legs good poser nice guy in person.
Old school, chuck Williams. Trained with him a few times at HB Golds, Nice guy, huge back and chest but NO LEGS AT ALL.
Titus right after turning pro in Houston. Was walking into Golds and his legs were incredible. Small in clothes but was in great shape.
King Kamali at the Arnold classic and was walking behind him while he was going to his booth and I must say his back was wide as a house. I was more impressed because I thought he was all hype but he was big for sure.
Jose Raymond at the last Arnold working his booth. Short, 5 ft 5 but big off season. Would love to see him in shape.
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yates walked into the crowd in 92 front of the auditorium people were in awe ,he had a leather jacket on and filled it out tight,,,enormous 280 ..leverone was 260 legs for that time were huge unreal...
where did you see dorian in 92?
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where did you see dorian in 92?
in jersey,,,huge,,kev lev had won nationals end 91 and posed at 260 smooth but was huge as well,,amazing how lean he got for 92 mro and yates did for the win.
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met adorthus cherry a few times.. hes best friends with a guy who owns a nutrition shop that i used to work at.. what has held him back on stage, the torn pec and lack of shredded conditioning, dont diminish his physique in person... dude is real lean year round.. as bigmikecox said, the amazing thing is the size PLUS the conditioning.. adorthus shoulders and triceps are massive.. and he has got a tiny little waist that makes him look real athletic and streamlined.
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trained right next to Robby Robinson in 79, he was with a female bb, everytime he move, something contracted and popped...Les Galvin was training legs for the Mr LA which he won...veins running everywhere.
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I have seen Boyer Coe, Mike Mentzer, Chris Dickerson posing all close up.
Chris was about 10 feet away. (No Homo) - He looked way different
in person than in mags...way more impressive; it let me know why he
won all those shows in the early 80's.
Also Mohamed Makaway,,
Lee Haney in very good shape in 1986.
I saw Strydom after he won the heavy USA's and before he won
the Nationals and let me tell you he looked like he did when he won
the 1st WBF contest. 265 and as good of shape as WBF; striated
quads and thick/thick. I guess he was going for extreme definition
as an amateur and lost a lot of muscle getting ready for shows.
Bertil Fox - OK, not nearly as good as Haney but more impressive in person
just by himself. He was coming off the 1983 Olympia and in great shape.
Much like Phil Heath he was a little narrow but his arms were bigger than
his head and his chest was a sight to behold. His back wasn't too bad
back then and his legs were good enough for the time.
Bertil by himself was kind of like Phil Heath of the 80's.
Although some of the bodybuilders mentioned above are technically
better, Bertil was the one where my jaw just dropped. Just huge shoulders,
chest and arms that were striated and separated.
After 1983 Bertil never showed up with that same kind of freaky look
again. I was 17 or 18 and glad I got to see it. His look was Definitely ahead
of that period of time. One thing that hurt him big time much like Dillett; he
couldn't pose worth crap. He could have looked twice as good had he known
how to hit a lot of the poses properly.
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bertil looks exactly like denzel
They all share a similar resemblance brother
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LOL.......this is a fucking classic by any standards.....always cracking me the fuck up...... ;D ;D ;D......the expression on his face is priceless
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Too many to mention.
It's extremely difficult to be very lean and still appear large in clothes. One has to be MONSTROUS. Like A prime-size Coleman or Yates.
I'd say the biggest I have seen in person: Kovacs, Yates (20 pounds above stage weight), Dillett, Francois (THICK and dense) ...
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a bertil fox looks a hundred times more powerful and better than donut philsulin head and kaj greene the gay troll. so much drugs involved nowadays and they cant manage to look better than the iron age bbers, PATHETIC!!!!!!!
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Looks like victor had balloons in his belly lol
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In real life pros really shine ;) Pictures don't do it justice.
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just posted on his FB seconds ago
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Those are some serious super hero legs. Impressive.
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I've met probably about 30-40 pros.. I honestly have talked to Jay Cutler more than many of my family members in the last two years lol. The best was down in South Beach during nationals, seeing Jay with his sexy assistant, at one of the souvenir shops giggling like a little girl when he saw me. He may have been high.
This pic is from March.
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Had the pleasure of seeing Ronnie back stage and up close in nothing but a thong. (no homo)
Hard to believe a baboon person can have so much muscle on their frame.
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sounds more like he just gotten laid
I've met probably about 30-40 pros.. I honestly have talked to Jay Cutler more than many of my family members in the last two years lol. The best was down in South Beach during nationals, seeing Jay with his sexy assistant, at one of the souvenir shops giggling like a little girl when he saw me. He may have been high.
This pic is from March.
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love to meet jay one day and show him my son
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I was at the olympia Expo and stayed at the Orleans last year and believe it or nto everyone looked huge Including King Salami , Kamali,, but Dexter was small as shit I was looking at him like , HE WAS MR. " O " ???
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Is "son" the name of your cock?
i think he is mocking jays nutsacks
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i have a son of ten who is a big fan of jay and has all his videos, i told him bbing makes you rich so he wants to become one someday as well.
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i seen hamdi aykutlug several times, hes considered small, but when you stand next to him, youll find out hes quite thick.
pics do him no justice, and when hes shredded, it looks unreal.
as for monsters, i seen jean pierre fux in his prime, he was an absolute monster, it was hard to believe his sheer size.
Shite - pains me to not having him seen at his max.
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Yes, Tito's humor is drier than a nuns vagina.
haha i love this guy ;D
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In real life...
Kai Greene: in a hoody and sweats just looks like a massive round bloated fat guy, but extremely genuine and nice
Flex Lewis: freakiest calves I've ever seen.
Jason Huh: monster bloat, fat belly and face, arms looked like 24"
PJ Braun: insane arms, super vascular, nicest guy as well
Frank McGrath: forearms are retardedly huge and vascular as the pics. Looks like jose raymonds quad
Dan Hill: in clothes, physique looks like he was maybe a backup wide receiver for a semi pro arena football league....this is the best comparison I can make.
Branch: Massive but shorter than you'd imagine
Dex Jax: saw him at a restaurant I worked at when I was in undergrad the morning after he guest posed a local show. He was wearing 3 loose shirts (beater, long sleeve and tee shirt over long sleeve) and his back muscles were all still popping out like crazy. I'll never forget that. Everyone in the restaurant was just staring at him in amazement and you could hear people making comments.
*Every one of these guys were extremely friendly and appreciative to their fans. This was my same take from seeing em at the Arnold as well. Didn't meet any douche bags that I had to throw hands with.
Yeah, dexters waist is so small and his arms are so huge and ripped it looks like a much bigger mans arms are on him