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Title: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Royalty on October 18, 2013, 06:19:58 AM
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1993 Olympia. Both at their best.

Although Ray was known for both his ab and leg development, I think Shawn is getting destroyed here. Flex's quads look twice as big as Ray's

Wheeler takes this shot.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Hulkotron on October 18, 2013, 06:21:20 AM
Diuretics
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 18, 2013, 02:05:18 PM
It's funny how people harp on about Heath been better than these guys
Not even close and all the talk of heaths conditions do body holders even have abs like that now ... Bodybuilding is at it's WORST
I MEAN just look at mr Olympia .. Dead "sport"
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Man of Steel on October 18, 2013, 02:15:38 PM
Wheeler everything > Shawn everything
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Viking11 on October 18, 2013, 02:34:31 PM
And this is before massive GH and insulin use..so the question that jumps to my mind, is that even necessary?
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Man of Steel on October 18, 2013, 02:37:34 PM
And this is before massive GH and insulin use..so the question that jumps to my mind, is that even necessary?

To be a ripped 295lbs on stage yes it's necessary.

To be a ripped 225lbs on stage it's not necessary.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on October 18, 2013, 02:38:30 PM
Flex was on another level compared to Shawn , Flex wasn't as sharp as Shawn from the back particularly in the hams/glutes at this contest because he was warned out from doing all the springs shows , and he still beat Shawn who was pissed.

 
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Parker on October 18, 2013, 02:47:52 PM
Apparently, Flex was 218 for the 93 Mr. O.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on October 18, 2013, 02:53:06 PM
Apparently, Flex was 218 for the 93 Mr. O.

Where did you read that? I've never seen a weight given for him for that contest that seems a little light no?
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Parker on October 18, 2013, 03:02:11 PM
Where did you read that? I've never seen a weight given for him for that contest that seems a little light no?
This was in an interview he had given yrs ago...like 1999.
All the weights that you have seen on video were lies. Like him weighing 235 for NPC contests. Why is it that he never "looked" 235? Because he was never that. Look at the 1993 Ironman, he was fuller and heavier there than he was a week or two later at the 93 Arnold, where he was 216...and he was 215 at the 92 USAs
Another telling bit of info is in the Hardbody video. I believe he is in the posing room and says that he is 220, and needs a tad bit of weight to lose. Charles Glass says that he has a film of water while he is posing.
Also, Flex's visual size is similar to his 97 Arnold weight of 224, but he is visually larger, and less sharper in 97. And he looked similar in size at the 2002 O where he was "natural", and he was over 200 pounds (maybe 220ish, I forgot the weight.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: GraniteCityDon on October 18, 2013, 04:40:06 PM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gxmYP9pcmEU/UWJKlLgHHmI/AAAAAAAAE7M/txenv94d3Cc/s1600/vlcsnap-2013-04-05-14h24m18s193.jpg)

1993 Olympia. Both at their best.

Although Ray was known for both his ab and leg development, I think Shawn is getting destroyed here. Flex's quads look twice as big as Ray's

Wheeler takes this shot.

Major reason why bbing had gone to shit, too much emphasis placed on size instead of balance. Not that im saying Shawn was better, but it raises the point that all people care about now is mass.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 18, 2013, 05:13:00 PM
Major reason why bbing had gone to shit, too much emphasis placed on size instead of balance. Not that im saying Shawn was better, but it raises the point that all people care about now is mass.
Very true Do they even have a symmetry round at the O anymore
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: ESFitness on October 19, 2013, 12:23:10 AM
To be a ripped 295lbs on stage yes it's necessary.

To be a ripped 225lbs on stage it's not necessary.

more like a ripped 216
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Disgusted on October 19, 2013, 02:34:15 AM
I weep for today's bbing. :(
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: ESFitness on October 19, 2013, 03:03:40 AM
This was in an interview he had given yrs ago...like 1999.
All the weights that you have seen on video were lies. Like him weighing 235 for NPC contests. Why is it that he never "looked" 235? Because he was never that. Look at the 1993 Ironman, he was fuller and heavier there than he was a week or two later at the 93 Arnold, where he was 216...and he was 215 at the 92 USAs
Another telling bit of info is in the Hardbody video. I believe he is in the posing room and says that he is 220, and needs a tad bit of weight to lose. Charles Glass says that he has a film of water while he is posing.
Also, Flex's visual size is similar to his 97 Arnold weight of 224, but he is visually larger, and less sharper in 97. And he looked similar in size at the 2002 O where he was "natural", and he was over 200 pounds (maybe 220ish, I forgot the weight.

ahh fuck.. you beat me too it. lol
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: ESFitness on October 19, 2013, 03:13:53 AM
bber's and their bw's are rarely believed.

when i'm 215 I get "dude, what are you? like 230? 235?"

and when i'm 245 I get "dude, get the fuck outta here, you've gotta be like 230 tops".

biggest disparity was when I cut down to sub-190 and got ppl asking if I was 225... like wtf, look at my fucking face and cheekbones! you could see striations in my jaw and muscles around my eyes and temples! lol... 225 my ass.

lol.. you cannot win. no matter what you say, nobody will believe you.

look at dorian today, weighting 260-265... would I ever guess he weighed 265? hell no.

look at chris cormier in his 'prime years', weighing in the 250's, I wouldn't guess he was over 235.

look at flex... well, bad example, since he was so insecure he lied about his bw all the time... but on the rare occasions he did get on a scale and we got a legit weight, he looked 15lbs heavier (at least).
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 19, 2013, 03:47:48 AM
I weep for today's bbing. :(

I laugh when people try to say Kai or Phil are better than these guys
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Bevo on October 19, 2013, 04:17:19 AM
bber's and their bw's are rarely believed.

when i'm 215 I get "dude, what are you? like 230? 235?"

and when i'm 245 I get "dude, get the fuck outta here, you've gotta be like 230 tops".

biggest disparity was when I cut down to sub-190 and got ppl asking if I was 225... like wtf, look at my fucking face and cheekbones! you could see striations in my jaw and muscles around my eyes and temples! lol... 225 my ass.

lol.. you cannot win. no matter what you say, nobody will believe you.

look at dorian today, weighting 260-265... would I ever guess he weighed 265? hell no.

look at chris cormier in his 'prime years', weighing in the 250's, I wouldn't guess he was over 235.

look at flex... well, bad example, since he was so insecure he lied about his bw all the time... but on the rare occasions he did get on a scale and we got a legit weight, he looked 15lbs heavier (at least).

Well take a look at the 212 guys, they all pretty much weigh 205/212 maxing that class and are very short 5'4/5'5. Henry, flex, Jose, correa, etc...

Now do the math for the open class with guys 5'7 to 6 max

Guys like Chris and Dorian both 5'10 were def in the 250's... I use to see Cormier in his prime yrs and he looked it

Jay I believe too, he seems like an honest/laid back guy and there's a vid he filmed prior to the O this yr and he talked about weight and he threw in all the numbers from his npc days and he did say many lie and he even stated he wish they had a weigh in. Said he won nationals in 96 at 240's and said he didn't go up much during his pro yrs saying low 250's was his best
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Parker on October 19, 2013, 06:19:13 AM
Well take a look at the 212 guys, they all pretty much weigh 205/212 maxing that class and are very short 5'4/5'5. Henry, flex, Jose, correa, etc...

Now do the math for the open class with guys 5'7 to 6 max

Guys like Chris and Dorian both 5'10 were def in the 250's... I use to see Cormier in his prime yrs and he looked it

Jay I believe too, he seems like an honest/laid back guy and there's a vid he filmed prior to the O this yr and he talked about weight and he threw in all the numbers from his npc days and he did say many lie and he even stated he wish they had a weigh in. Said he won nationals in 96 at 240's and said he didn't go up much during his pro yrs saying low 250's was his best

What's funny is that on many of Flex competitive vids like the NPC contests or even in 93, you see his body weight listed as 235...and then in a Flex Mag that I had from like 97, he said he was 227 for a contest, and he looked bigger than he was when he was listed at "235", come on...
Yeah,telling Arnold that he had 23 1/2 inch arms at te Arnold when he was about 216, please...
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: affeman on October 19, 2013, 06:34:54 AM
It's funny how people harp on about Heath been better than these guys
Not even close and all the talk of heaths conditions do body holders even have abs like that now ... Bodybuilding is at it's WORST
I MEAN just look at mr Olympia .. Dead "sport"

Now and then

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Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Shockwave on October 19, 2013, 08:38:53 AM
Now and then

(http://1.2.3.9/bmi/3.bp.blogspot.com/-gxmYP9pcmEU/UWJKlLgHHmI/AAAAAAAAE7M/txenv94d3Cc/s1600/vlcsnap-2013-04-05-14h24m18s193.jpg) (https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1069314_637790369598999_544855661_n.jpg)
All that is wrong with BB.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: mesmorph78 on October 19, 2013, 09:08:50 AM
Now and then

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Bloated ugly physiques mismatch of body parts
All pros except Lionel beyeke
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Hulkster on October 19, 2013, 09:57:09 AM
shawn has the edge here. better abs, better serratus and better quads.

flex is just taller.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Shockwave on October 19, 2013, 11:33:04 AM
shawn has the edge here. better abs, better serratus and better quads.

flex is just taller.
delusional as always.
I know ronnie and shawn are your favorite BBs.... but Shawn is not beating wheeler.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: 99 Bananas on October 19, 2013, 12:05:20 PM
It's funny how people harp on about Heath been better than these guys
Not even close and all the talk of heaths conditions do body holders even have abs like that now ... Bodybuilding is at it's WORST
I MEAN just look at mr Olympia .. Dead "sport"
100% agree. Bodybuilding is garbage today.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Danimal77 on October 19, 2013, 12:13:40 PM
Apparently, Flex was 218 for the 93 Mr. O.

I read 232 pounds.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Danimal77 on October 19, 2013, 12:14:11 PM
Where did you read that? I've never seen a weight given for him for that contest that seems a little light no?

He was 232 pounds. I have the 1993 Mr. Olympia on VHS.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Danimal77 on October 19, 2013, 12:17:53 PM
Bloated ugly physiques mismatch of body parts
All pros except Lionel beyeke

And people complained about Tom Platz not having been symmetrical, and he was massively penalized for it, yet guys today are far worse and are winning contests.
Title: Re: Ab/Thigh: Ray vs Wheeler
Post by: Danimal77 on October 19, 2013, 12:19:19 PM
shawn has the edge here. better abs, better serratus and better quads.

flex is just taller.

I agree. Shawn imo was the better bodybuilder. He never got the respect he deserved. He was 5'6" at a time where most of the pros were 5'9"-5'11" and that's why he stood out.