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Title: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: madmullah on January 15, 2006, 05:04:18 PM
list 3 bbers whose physique summed up what bbing means to you.arnold,sergio and bertil are my choice.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: alexxx on January 15, 2006, 05:06:53 PM
good choices but i would go with: sergio, arnold, haney and flex
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: madmullah on January 15, 2006, 05:10:51 PM
i have nothing against haney but he just didn't do anything for me.when he flexed he didn't look any more impressive.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: alexxx on January 15, 2006, 05:16:54 PM
I went with Haney over flex for third mainly because Haney had the mind of a champion plus he had that crazy torso chest shoulders back waist combo one of the best ever
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: bigdumbbell on January 15, 2006, 05:17:07 PM
sergio
betil
arnold

in that order
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on January 15, 2006, 05:20:16 PM
arnold
sergio
king kamali
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: madmullah on January 15, 2006, 05:22:21 PM
sergio
betil
arnold

in that order
which ever order we agree on the top 3.lets see if there are any more who do.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: fathead on January 15, 2006, 05:27:29 PM
YATES
HANEY
COLEMAN
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: fathead on January 15, 2006, 05:30:36 PM
1 jocelyn peletier

2 jocelyn peletier

3 jocelyn peletier
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: efirkey on January 15, 2006, 05:43:26 PM
Modern Day
Shawn Ray
Lee Priest
Milos Sarcev

Old Days
Arnold
Tom Platz
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Jr. Yates on January 15, 2006, 05:44:25 PM
I'd say Arnold,Yates,Haney. Ronnie is the current Mr. O so i won't say him but he'll be in there.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Prime on January 15, 2006, 05:45:36 PM
Fox, Buchannan and Sarcev
(http://www.bodyhouse.dk/idealbb/files/bertil.jpg)
(http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/brianbuchanan/buchan12.jpg)
(http://www.bodybuilders.com/milos10.jpg)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: FREAKgeek on January 15, 2006, 05:46:32 PM
Arnold
Sergio....


Craig Titus
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: HowDog on January 15, 2006, 06:24:02 PM
pound for pound its gotta go to Steve Reeves!!  This guy was good looking, had the height and perfect genetics. 
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: madmullah on January 15, 2006, 06:25:06 PM
arnold
sergio
king kamali
king kamali are you serious?
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: tommywishbone on January 15, 2006, 06:27:50 PM
1 jocelyn peletier

2 jocelyn peletier

3 jocelyn peletier


And #4 jocelyn peletier... damn it!
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: HowDog on January 15, 2006, 06:32:59 PM
Beritil Fox:  should be excluded since murders don' t count!!!
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: madmullah on January 15, 2006, 06:39:16 PM
Beritil Fox:  should be excluded since murders don' t count!!!
let's admire  the physique he had and not him or his crime
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: 240 is Back on January 15, 2006, 06:49:49 PM
Brutal Fox.
Plague Titus.
Killy Ryan.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: bigdumbbell on January 15, 2006, 06:54:08 PM
let's admire  the physique he had and not him or his crime
i didnt vote for admiration 
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: FlexGuns on January 15, 2006, 06:54:55 PM
Arnold...Flex....Bertil
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: shutupandtrain88 on January 15, 2006, 06:56:39 PM
Arnold
Dorian
Priest
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: GMCtrk on January 15, 2006, 06:57:14 PM
Yates
Coleman
Arnold
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: BigBlock on January 15, 2006, 07:12:57 PM
Arnold sums up bodybuilding better than anyone else.

Yates because of the mass, the stone look, and the training
Ronnie Coleman (I like Cutler better but I can't deny that Coleman is just on a whole other level when it comes to freakiness)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Tigerman on January 15, 2006, 07:32:03 PM
In chronological order:
Sergio
Shawn
Ronnie
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: madmullah on January 15, 2006, 07:53:11 PM
i didnt vote for admiration 
if you can't admire a physique what are you doing here
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: newdumbell303 on January 15, 2006, 07:54:50 PM
Arnold
Yates

third is a toss up between Wheeler, Levrone, Ray, or Labrada
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: flexfan on January 15, 2006, 07:56:24 PM
Shawn Ray, Sergio Oliva, Flex Wheeler
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Jr. Yates on January 15, 2006, 08:05:04 PM
theres too many to narrow it down to 3.  yates,arnold and haney were awesome but so were shawn ray, levrone, labrada, and sergio.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: 8 INCH not biceps on January 15, 2006, 08:09:51 PM

 1. Greg Kovas
 2. Greg Valentino
 3. Dave Palumbo
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: madmullah on January 15, 2006, 08:17:11 PM
1. Greg Kovas
 2. Greg Valentino
 3. Dave Palumbo
what a choice, i don't think anyone else here thinks quite like you ;D
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Jr. Yates on January 15, 2006, 08:25:18 PM
haha yeah thats an awesome line up
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: newdumbell303 on January 15, 2006, 08:28:40 PM
1. Greg Kovas
 2. Greg Valentino
 3. Dave Palumbo

if your serious....wow

and on a side note if Valentino never went retard he could have had a nice physique
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Slick Vic on January 15, 2006, 08:30:02 PM
list 3 bbers whose physique summed up what bbing means to you.arnold,sergio and bertil are my choice.
2 outta 3 ain't bad. Take out Bertil and throw in Flex Wheeler.  ;D
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: 8 INCH not biceps on January 15, 2006, 08:38:43 PM

 Since you guys don't like my picks i will change it here are my new picks.

 1.Kenny Jones
 2. Brad Hollibaugh
 3. Doring Klaus
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: madmullah on January 15, 2006, 08:39:55 PM
2 outta 3 ain't bad. Take out Bertil and throw in Flex Wheeler.  ;D
i would but flex spoilt his physique with site injections. i can't admire anyone 100% who does site injections,sorry.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: madmullah on January 15, 2006, 08:45:53 PM
Since you guys don't like my picks i will change it here are my new picks.

 1.Kenny Jones
 2. Brad Hollibaugh
 3. Doring Klaus

can you imagine your choice this and previous one all in a line up :o ;D :-[ :'( :-X.who would win?
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: HowDog on January 15, 2006, 09:22:14 PM
Mike Avilla numero uno,  only joking
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 15, 2006, 10:02:26 PM
list 3 bbers whose physique summed up what bbing means to you.arnold,sergio and bertil are my choice.

1. Arnold(For combining volume, symmetry and balance like no other bodybuilder in history.).
2.Sergio Oliva(The only bodybuilder ever to have all of his muscle bellies long, coupled with a flawless frame. Most genetically gifted bodybuilder, of all times.).
3.Dorian(For his unequalled density and dryness. Set the standards for conditioning and graininess.).
4.Lee Labrada(Perfect frame. Perfect balance. Perfect everything. Superb level of muscular detail. Labrada, at the 1988 O, epitomized what bodybuilding is all about.).

SUCKMYMUSCLE


P.S:I had to squeeze Labrada in...
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: flexfan on January 15, 2006, 10:18:58 PM
1. Arnold(For combining volume, symmetry and balance like no other bodybuilder in history.).
2.Sergio Oliva(The only bodybuilder ever to have all of his muscle bellies long, coupled with a flawless frame. Most genetically gifted bodybuilder, of all times.).
3.Dorian(For his unequalled density and dryness. Set the standards for conditioning and graininess.).
4.Lee Labrada(Perfect frame. Perfect balance. Perfect everything. Superb level of muscular detail. Labrada, at the 1988 O, epitomized what bodybuilding is all about.).

SUCKMYMUSCLE


P.S:I had to squeeze Labrada in...


I can see what you are saying about the top 3, but I never thought Labrada had that special of a physique. Looked a bit blocky to me. He was too short for the kind of physique he had.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 15, 2006, 10:30:04 PM
I can see what you are saying about the top 3, but I never thought Labrada had that special of a physique. Looked a bit blocky to me. He was too short for the kind of physique he had.

  He is short, but look at the amont of mass he was able to pack, while still maintaining classical proportions, not to mention an amount of detail that Flex and Ronnie can only dream of. Check out pics from the 88 O. Lee's physique is more beautiful than any statue ever created, by Fidias, or any other sculpture from Classical Greece. Just my opinion. :) ;)

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: hillbilly on January 15, 2006, 10:52:33 PM
flex wheeler
kevin levrone
francis benfatto (minus his head lol)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Karl Kox on January 15, 2006, 10:55:37 PM
Flex
Sergio
Arnold
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: brianX on January 15, 2006, 11:04:08 PM
Clinton
Reagan
Nixon
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Wiggs on January 16, 2006, 04:56:18 AM
Arnold realy goes without saying....

So Flex, Dorian, and Ronnie
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: robocop on January 16, 2006, 05:03:14 AM
what about serge nubret?
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: theonlyone on January 16, 2006, 07:47:56 AM
LABRADA
YATES
ARNOLD
TOUGH DECISION)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: dookie on January 16, 2006, 08:39:52 AM
i have 4.

arnold
ronnie
haney
dorian

in that order. 
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: flexfan on January 16, 2006, 03:18:56 PM
  He is short, but look at the amont of mass he was able to pack, while still maintaining classical proportions, not to mention an amount of detail that Flex and Ronnie can only dream of. Check out pics from the 88 O. Lee's physique is more beautiful than any statue ever created, by Fidias, or any other sculpture from Classical Greece. Just my opinion. :) ;)

SUCKMYMUSCLE

You are entitled to your opinion. However, I highly doubt Labrada had more detail than Flex did in the mid-90s or Ronnie in the mid-to-late '90s
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: phyxsius on January 16, 2006, 04:56:13 PM
King Kamali
Craig Titus
Tookie
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: airrick on January 16, 2006, 05:23:04 PM
Coleman
Arnold
Haney
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on January 16, 2006, 06:42:24 PM
Reeves

Schwarzenegger

Haney

Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: bigdumbbell on January 16, 2006, 06:48:34 PM
richard simmons
john baysmore
tony little
jake
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: suckmymuscle on January 16, 2006, 06:49:00 PM
You are entitled to your opinion. However, I highly doubt Labrada had more detail than Flex did in the mid-90s or Ronnie in the mid-to-late '90s

  Lee's muscular detail was astounding. :o :o :oCheck the pics! ;)

SUCKMYMUSCLE
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Redwine on January 16, 2006, 07:55:46 PM
1) arnold
2) haney
3) coleman
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: njflex on January 16, 2006, 08:16:49 PM
arnold for bringing the masses to bbing,coleman for totally changing the limits of size and conditioning,and shawn ray for marketing and competing in top shape every year in his olympia run.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Hulkster on January 16, 2006, 08:18:15 PM
1. ronnie
2. Arnold
3. Haney
67898890987899. Yates. :-*
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: GMCtrk on January 16, 2006, 08:20:24 PM
1. ronnie
2. Arnold
3. Haney
67898890987899. Yates. :-*

Yates revolutionized bodybuilding in terms of size, training method, and drugs. If it wasn't for Yates, the mass game may have never been what it is today, and with that, coleman would have never become mr. olympia.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Hulkster on January 16, 2006, 08:23:33 PM
Quote
Yates revolutionized bodybuilding in terms of size, training method, and drugs, injuries and guts.


 :)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Jr. Yates on January 16, 2006, 08:33:51 PM
don't forget about billy blanks
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: GMCtrk on January 16, 2006, 08:35:32 PM

 :)


And the same thing could be said about Ronnie as well minus the injuries. Nobody will argue that Ronnie has superior genetics compared to Yates. This is evident in the way he had to train to be #1. If Ronnie trained like Yates he too would probably have injuries. But he doesnt have to due to superior genetics
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Hulkster on January 16, 2006, 08:58:56 PM
And the same thing could be said about Ronnie as well minus the injuries. Nobody will argue that Ronnie has superior genetics compared to Yates. This is evident in the way he had to train to be #1. If Ronnie trained like Yates he too would probably have injuries. But he doesnt have to due to superior genetics

I would argue the exact opposite: body taper, muscle shape, vascularity and amount of visible striations are all areas that are largely genetically pre-determined in that you can only go so far as to change them. And these are all areas that ronnie takes dorian on.

I don't really think Dorian had great genetics for bodybuilding. But that didn't stop him from maximizing his potential.  Hell, I don't think ronnie had great genetics either (check out the abs) but he had better genetics than Dorian did.

A bodybuilder that had great "natural genetics" would have been someone like Haney or Flex: great muscle shape, taper, lines etc etc.

Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: GMCtrk on January 16, 2006, 09:12:39 PM
I would argue the exact opposite: body taper, muscle shape, vascularity and amount of visible striations are all areas that are largely genetically pre-determined in that you can only go so far as to change them. And these are all areas that ronnie takes dorian on.

I don't really think Dorian had great genetics for bodybuilding. But that didn't stop him from maximizing his potential.  Hell, I don't think ronnie had great genetics either (check out the abs) but he had better genetics than Dorian did.

A bodybuilder that had great "natural genetics" would have been someone like Haney or Flex: great muscle shape, taper, lines etc etc.



I just realized I made a mistake in my post, I meant to say that nobody will argue that Ronnie didn't have better genetics than Dorian, that is obvious.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Hulkster on January 16, 2006, 11:19:11 PM
I just realized I made a mistake in my post, I meant to say that nobody will argue that Ronnie didn't have better genetics than Dorian, that is obvious.

ah. that explains it!
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Bast000 on January 16, 2006, 11:22:17 PM
1. Sarcasm

2. Mike Arvilla

3. Ronnie Coleman
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: phyxsius on January 17, 2006, 03:55:21 AM

He had one quality over most other bodybuilders: HEIGHT.


yes and it's a factor in this sport, unfortunately. Else guys like Shawn Ray and Lee Priest would have taken a few sandows home
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: crownshep on January 17, 2006, 06:16:59 AM
   Lee's physique is more beautiful than any statue ever created, by Fidias, or any other sculpture from Classical Greece. Just my opinion. :) ;)

SUCKMYMUSCLE

Listen to this man,he speaks the truth.You might learn something.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: bigdumbbell on January 17, 2006, 06:19:47 AM
Listen to this man,he speaks the truth.You might learn something.

yuck, but first you have to like greek sculpture.
this is superior:

btw this dude by Gaston Lachaise in 1938 is located at
the chrysler museum of art in newport news va
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: WiseGuy on January 17, 2006, 06:48:05 AM
Haney, Coleman and then Arnold.....Dorian gets honorable mention at 4th


 >:(
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: kaylos on January 17, 2006, 10:56:13 AM
Yates revolutionized bodybuilding in terms of size, training method, and drugs. If it wasn't for Yates, the mass game may have never been what it is today, and with that, coleman would have never become mr. olympia.

Then he didn't revolutionize it.
He killed it.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: jaejonna on January 17, 2006, 11:16:07 AM
Listen to this man,he speaks the truth.You might learn something.

Why in the second pic is there a Mini Lee Haney ??
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: MrUniverse on January 17, 2006, 12:15:43 PM
the best ;D
(http://ironman.prosolutions.tv/contests/photos/24/06card_035_RT8-M032-.jpg)
(http://www.morrisonproductions.net/images/2004%20Metrolina%20Junior/14EH0732.jpg)
(http://www.bbcenter.sk/images/gallery/muzi/greg_kovacs/greg_kovac_10.jpg)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: MrUniverse on January 17, 2006, 12:19:43 PM
serious  ;)
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/haney/lh109.jpg)
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/reeves/sr131.jpg)
(http://digilander.libero.it/mikementzer/Scott18.jpg)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Jr. Yates on January 17, 2006, 12:27:15 PM
yeah larry scott was awesome
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: MrUniverse on January 17, 2006, 12:36:27 PM
yes one of the best
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/scott/ls159.jpg)
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/scott/ls169.jpg)
[img][http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/scott/ls144.jpg/img]
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: MrUniverse on January 17, 2006, 12:37:39 PM
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/scott/ls144.jpg)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: bigdumbbell on January 17, 2006, 01:21:25 PM
who's the greaser in the t-shirt with the glass of wine?
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on January 17, 2006, 01:36:48 PM
who's the greaser in the t-shirt with the glass of wine?

Thats none other than Freddy Ortiz and he was awesome in his day , and thats an ice cream cone not wine.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Bouldershoulders on January 17, 2006, 02:05:38 PM
arnold
Lee
and i realy like dugdales body type
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Jr. Yates on January 17, 2006, 02:22:13 PM
yeah but i don't think dugdale goes in teh top 3 of all time....there is guys like shawn ray who had a really nice syemitrical body that blow dugdale apart...i think.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Sculpter on January 17, 2006, 03:18:50 PM
My replies gonna be w/more modern bb'ers.Lets say from 1970 or so & up.
1.Arnold
   The guy brought bb'ing to the masses & had an awesome build.Knew how to hide his flaws in competition & was completely dominant in his era.
2.Lee Haney
   Biggest flaw in my opinion to his body was his arms.Little more size there & untouchable, not that he wasn't for his era.Besides this he was the first bb'er to win 8 Mr O's beating "the mans" record.
3.Sergio Oliva
   This man was just a freak!!!Only competitor where the writers of the day said his fellow competitors were scared s&^tless to compete against him more or less.Won the O 3 times.Arnold feared Sergio imo.

Believe it or not Ronnie Coleman I don't think would even place in the top 10 w/me.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: crownshep on January 18, 2006, 07:08:56 AM
Freddy had some of the biggest arms ever seen.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: bigdumbbell on January 18, 2006, 07:11:47 AM
the pompadour hair on him fabulous :)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Big N on August 15, 2013, 08:32:17 PM
What about Phil Heath  ::)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: delta9mda on August 15, 2013, 08:47:26 PM
YATES
HANEY
COLEMAN

Fuckin a right ^
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: delta9mda on August 15, 2013, 08:49:17 PM
If they didn't win an Olympia they don't come close to making the list.
Flex was great but not even close to beating Yates
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: dyslexic on August 15, 2013, 08:50:02 PM
End of story...

(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/frankzanee_zpsa10f5741.jpg) (http://s183.photobucket.com/user/timeamajorova/media/frankzanee_zpsa10f5741.jpg.html)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: delta9mda on August 15, 2013, 08:53:58 PM
End of story...

(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x263/timeamajorova/frankzanee_zpsa10f5741.jpg) (http://s183.photobucket.com/user/timeamajorova/media/frankzanee_zpsa10f5741.jpg.html)

What swim meet was this from?
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: LanceD on August 15, 2013, 10:49:41 PM
Arnold

Chet Yorton

Dave Draper

all tv and movie stars, my two cents
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: dyslexic on August 15, 2013, 11:48:37 PM
What swim meet was this from?

Show me a bodybuilder... anyone... who has this kind of symmetry and cuts. Like a finely honed diamond. Perfection that has not once been matched. A much smaller man beating the biggest name in bodybuilding because of it.

Don't show me a big puffy bodybuilder with traps to his ears. Yeah, they look good just like an American Bully looks better than a purebred APBT.


Quality vs. quality... and don't forget: Zane is still alive and kickin' ~


Quality for quality in every aspect, head to toe. I want to see it. Show me.


I didn't used to appreciate Zane's physique... until I got older... and wiser. His relaxed pose is equally impressive.


I'll wait.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: The Onion on August 16, 2013, 01:45:03 AM
Show me a bodybuilder... anyone... who has this kind of symmetry and cuts. Like a finely honed diamond. Perfection that has not once been matched. A much smaller man beating the biggest name in bodybuilding because of it.

Don't show me a big puffy bodybuilder with traps to his ears. Yeah, they look good just like an American Bully looks better than a purebred APBT.


Quality vs. quality... and don't forget: Zane is still alive and kickin' ~


Quality for quality in every aspect, head to toe. I want to see it. Show me.


I didn't used to appreciate Zane's physique... until I got older... and wiser. His relaxed pose is equally impressive.


I'll wait.
I've always preferred Nubret to Zane.

Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: ESFitness on August 16, 2013, 04:21:01 AM
hard to make a list..

first two on the list have got to be Coleman and Yates... with probably Nasser in 3rd. Because those are the guys who dominated when I was starting out... guys with the unattainable physiques.


then as I got older, I looked towards the 'freaks'.. guys who wouldn't win a show, but were just freaks. you'd see'em in person and thing "what.. the.. fuck.."

paco bautista
tom prince
pavol jablonicky
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: The Onion on August 16, 2013, 05:53:25 AM
hard to make a list..

first two on the list have got to be Coleman and Yates... with probably Nasser in 3rd. Because those are the guys who dominated when I was starting out... guys with the unattainable physiques.


then as I got older, I looked towards the 'freaks'.. guys who wouldn't win a show, but were just freaks. you'd see'em in person and thing "what.. the.. fuck.."

paco bautista
tom prince
pavol jablonicky
I wouldn't call Pavol Jablonicky a freak, at least not compared to the other names you've mentioned, but he had a really good physique back in the day. I haven't seen him in person though so I may be wrong.  :P

Cswole and Fux, two freaks.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: SquatsRule on August 16, 2013, 06:20:31 AM
Bodybuilders that influenced me:
1. Arnold
2. Levrone
3. Wheeler

Top 3 of all time (Mr. O's)
1. Coleman
2. Haney
3. Arnold
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: nextgen on August 16, 2013, 10:59:54 AM
interesting when this thread was made in 2006 that barely anyone had coleman in their top 3

but anyway top 3 bbers that should actually beat everyone else onstage at their best

1. ronnie coleman
2. flex wheeler
3. kevin levrone

in that order

dorian yates would be no.2 if judges were simply looking for conditioning and sheer mass, when all other aspects of bbing are taken into account those are the top 3..
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: yates fan on August 16, 2013, 11:49:48 AM
1-yates 2-coleman 3-nasser
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Z Father on August 16, 2013, 11:55:17 AM
Show me a bodybuilder... anyone... who has this kind of symmetry and cuts. Like a finely honed diamond. Perfection that has not once been matched. A much smaller man beating the biggest name in bodybuilding because of it.

Don't show me a big puffy bodybuilder with traps to his ears. Yeah, they look good just like an American Bully looks better than a purebred APBT.


Quality vs. quality... and don't forget: Zane is still alive and kickin' ~


Quality for quality in every aspect, head to toe. I want to see it. Show me.


I didn't used to appreciate Zane's physique... until I got older... and wiser. His relaxed pose is equally impressive.


I'll wait.

How many pictures of a prime Flex Wheeler would you like me to post?
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: funk51 on August 16, 2013, 11:59:52 AM
1900-1965 :o :o
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: French on August 16, 2013, 12:00:54 PM
Fux is the biggest bodybuilder who ever walk on the Earth (period 96-97)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: funk51 on August 16, 2013, 12:02:04 PM
1965 to 1990
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: funk51 on August 16, 2013, 12:04:54 PM
1990 to present
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: French on August 16, 2013, 01:13:12 PM
The best M. Olympia.  8)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: anabolichalo on August 16, 2013, 01:15:14 PM
#1 JAY CUTLER
#2 DORIAN YATES
#3 ARNOLD


WHITE POWER
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: ESFitness on August 16, 2013, 02:48:10 PM
I wouldn't call Pavol Jablonicky a freak, at least not compared to the other names you've mentioned, but he had a really good physique back in the day. I haven't seen him in person though so I may be wrong.  :P

Cswole and Fux, two freaks.

yea I forgot about Fux.. he could've replaced Pavol in my list... pavol was just hard and grainy, I liked the look... same as claude groulx or orville burke.

I thought about Ruhl, but while he was large.. I didn't think he had the same hard, granny, vascularity of a guy like Paco.... or even jd dawodu.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: arce1988 on August 16, 2013, 03:19:10 PM
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNt7RwqWNmjLjPuWsjotNR0ujbXOHfYz9McKA_9iuPxemnT3O6HA)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Shockwave on August 16, 2013, 03:23:01 PM
#1 DORIAN YATES
#2 AHNNNOOOLLLDDDD
#3 GUNTER SCHLIERKAMP


WHITE POWER
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Parker on August 16, 2013, 04:00:04 PM
Fux is the biggest bellied bodybuilder who ever walk on the Earth (period 96-97)
fixed
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Big N on August 16, 2013, 04:25:33 PM
By the way fellas, this thread is from 2006.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Mr Nobody on August 16, 2013, 04:28:22 PM
Arnold waxes them all physically and mentally.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on August 16, 2013, 05:12:32 PM
Arnold waxes them all physically and mentally.

 ;D
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Mr Nobody on August 16, 2013, 05:23:07 PM
;D
ND has the scanner going tonight, great pic.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on August 16, 2013, 05:42:35 PM
ND has the scanner going tonight, great pic.

 ;D
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: anab0lic on August 16, 2013, 07:41:51 PM
Arnold
Dorian
Ronnie
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: TheShape on August 16, 2013, 07:56:09 PM
Arnold, Sergio, and Serge
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: no one on August 16, 2013, 08:56:55 PM
serge nubret

frank zane

arnie.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Danimal77 on August 17, 2013, 02:11:16 AM
What about Phil Heath  ::)

You replied to a thread from January 2006, you DO realize that right?
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on August 17, 2013, 03:20:51 AM
My top 3 bodybuilders of all time:


(http://www.gratisimage.dk/image-66E9_520F4E67.jpg)



(http://www.gratisimage.dk/image-90CC_520F4E67.jpg)



(http://www.gratisimage.dk/image-482E_520F4E67.jpg)
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: HowDog on June 28, 2015, 05:17:39 PM
....
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Yamcha on June 29, 2015, 06:12:03 AM
Jay, Ray, and Mason
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Hulk-smash! on June 29, 2015, 11:07:45 AM
There should be (3) categories. #1. Upper body #2. Lower body

#1 - A tie Sergio Oliva, Ahnuld, Preist, Wheeler

# 2- Platz, DeMayo, etc.

There used to a website totally dedicated to legs.  

https://web.archive.org/web/20060204141748/http://tm-mwgl.com/#NEWMENU
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Wiggs on June 29, 2015, 11:20:57 AM
Haney
Arnold
Wheeler
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Thespritz0 on June 29, 2015, 12:03:00 PM
1)  Arnie

2)  Sergio Oliva

3)  Serge Nubret
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Hulkotron on June 29, 2015, 12:05:44 PM
- Ronnie Coleman
- Jay Cutler
- Ray Cutler
- Mason Cutler

Not sure of the order though.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Dr Dutch on June 29, 2015, 12:16:08 PM
Arnold
Arnold
Arnold
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Hulk-smash! on June 29, 2015, 02:57:49 PM
Fux is the biggest bodybuilder who ever walk on the Earth (period 96-97)

Not no more he ain't.  Tell me steroids don't weaken connective tissue, specially when your ATF squatting 700lbs and your patella tendon peels off the bone.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Waller on June 29, 2015, 03:06:40 PM
Arnold
Arnold
Arnold

Gotta go with this myself. Beyond Arnold there are many greats. But beyond Arnold there are no favourites like him.
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Dr Dutch on June 30, 2015, 12:05:12 PM
Indeed. And for sheer mass I must go for Coleman and Ruhl...
Title: Re: top 3 bbers of all time
Post by: Howard on June 30, 2015, 12:09:51 PM
good choices but i would go with: sergio, arnold, haney and flex

I have to go with these 3 based on pure bodybuilding:
1. Lee Haney   2. Arnold    3. Ronnie