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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: old-school-lifter on March 05, 2019, 08:52:36 PM
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this guy has really been steadily improving
his back is better than RHoden's
watch out!
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No way in hell a 5'5 bodybuilder wins the O, just give it to a 212 guy then.
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wtf?
Is curry only 5" 5', that must make Bonac 5" 1
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No way in hell a 5'5 bodybuilder wins the O, just give it to a 212 guy then.
Franco & Dickerson!!
The best physique should win / the most balanced all round physique
Not the biggest / tallest / heaviest
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this guy has really been steadily improving
his back is better than RHoden's
watch out!
I agree but not this year. He’ll move up a couple of notches tho if he comes in like he did at the night show. Btw, IMO Flex Lewis could have won at least one in the open.
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Curry will disappear next to Rhoden.
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Phil Heath will destroy Curry. Curry barely survived William Bonac.
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Phil Heath will destroy Curry. Curry barely survived William Bonac.
If bonac had not gone backwards in his condition
He’d likely of been the easy Winner.
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Should be top 3 this year. Could win if he comes in as good or better than the Arnold.
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In the desert:
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On the stage:
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In the desert:
Sick pic
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Walking onto the Arnold Classic stage last weekend (not a morph):
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wtf?
Is curry only 5" 5', that must make Bonac 5" 1
I don’t know how tall Curry is but I have seen Bonac in person and he is a really, really short guy.
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Franco & Dickerson!!
The best physique should win / the most balanced all round physique
Not the biggest / tallest / heaviest
Thou dost speak the truth, sire!
The biggest is just that. The biggest. BFD.
With the Sighs Queens in charge of the judging that may never change.
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Bonac was robbed... The only thing Brandon had was a wider chest and better abs.
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Bonac was robbed... The only thing Brandon had was a wider chest and better abs.
I recall that Bonac looked better than Brandon in that last show. I think that there should be but one Mr. Olympia. Not Open Mr. Olympia. Not 212 Mr. Olympia. Not Midget Olympia. Not Boardshorts Olympia. And definitely nothing with woMen! Disgusting creatures describes roided up woMen.
Examples of superior shorter O class competitors that were robbed include the great Danny Padilla as well as Tom Platz.
To Hades with the Sighs Queen judges.
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In the desert:
Cool pic
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Brandon is 5'7. I definitely has a great chance. He just needs the conditioning and posing.
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Akim is twice the size of Curry and more balanced. Once he get ripped, he will be M.O.
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I fear for his health
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I recall that Bonac looked better than Brandon in that last show. I think that there should be but one Mr. Olympia. Not Open Mr. Olympia. Not 212 Mr. Olympia. Not Midget Olympia. Not Boardshorts Olympia. And definitely nothing with woMen! Disgusting creatures describes roided up woMen.
Examples of superior shorter O class competitors that were robbed include the great Danny Padillaas well as Tom Platz.
To Hades with the Sighs Queen judges.
Padilla with big 6’5” Lou:
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No way in hell a 5'5 bodybuilder wins the O, just give it to a 212 guy then.
Why not? Dexter Jackson won it and he’s 5’6”. What’s an extra inch?
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I fear for...
I fear for his health
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X2! Great post, Bevo!!!
Regarding the heights of professional bodybuilders, from my vantage point [176cm morning height, 174 nighttime height {5'9.3" to 5'8.6"}] bodybuilders do not generally lie about their heights.
I think Curry has been listed at...was it 5'7, or 5'9?
I have found 5'9 often means 5'8.5" [Jay Cutler, Phil Heath], but bodybuilders don't normally round up too much. Dorian is 5'10.5". Ronnie WAS around 5'10.5" to 5'11" [with hair, probably 5'10.75"], but that was pre-back surgery #1839.
Ronnie is probably closer to 5'9.5" now.
Shawn Ray claimed 5'7.5", but in his "Fit After 40" DVD [I think that's what it was called - I reviewed it on my website, Bodybuilding Pro, so check the side menu if interested], he was measured at 5'6.5" - call it 5'7. Same as Dexter Jackson [also 5'6.5"].
Dennis Wolf is a solid 6'0, if not 6'0 and 1/4.
Art Atwood was 5'11.5".
Gunter was 6'1.5". Same height as Arnold in his prime.
Etc.
Bodybuilders tend to lie about weight [Dexter Jackson never weighed in at any Ironman contests - he would claim 230-lb, but I suspect he was closer to 215-lb, like Shawn Ray - who was honest about his weight]. King Kamali claimed to be 290-lb "with abs" in one of his DVDs, but...that was nothing like Ronnie Coleman at 287-lb with abs, in his "The Unbelievable" DVD.
The list goes on.
Shawn claimed 5'9.5", and I would bet that is pretty accurate. Another rule of thumb that I heard on an ABC show on YouTube about short men is that men tend not to lie if they add the 1/2" or 0.5" in there. It was a female dating coach who said this. So when you hear that women like men to be six feet tall, keep in mind that men who are 5'10" call themselves 6'0".
My friend is 5'11", and says he is 6'0" on dating profiles. I think that's ok to say. After all, all other men are lying [or most], so he's sort of forced to lie, or else women will think he's 5'9" if he says 5'11".
Why would a man say he is 5'9.5" if he was 5'8"? Wouldn't he just say 5'9"? Why lie with that extra 0.5"?
But yeah - long story short, pro bodybuilders are typically honest about their heights, if not their weights. :)
Frank McGrath is 5'11" on the button. Great physique! And "tall" for a bodybuilder...oddly.
Is it safe to say that 5'8.5" to 5'11" is ideal for Mr. Olympia? Tall enough to have some stature on stage...but not too tall to make it impossible to fill out their frames? Six feet seems to be the death knell for pro bodybuilders...the exact opposite of strongman, where six feet is the minimum required height to get to the world stage [some exceptions apply - I am super impressed with 5'8.5" Dimitar Savatinov from Bulgaria placing #7 in the world in 2015. Great stuff!].
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craziest shit about dieting and your height and doing thong shows...
ok - when you are super depleted and weigh in you can be 1 inches shorter - all the water in souls of your feet is gone and several other events in your body . i was like WTF when i was measured at 6'2'' several times at shows when i measure around 6'3'' - i couldn't figure it out. being tall is a curse in this sport - thank god for mens classic has height divisions in the National shows for pro cards
2019 could be legit field. i dont think phil will compete... i would love to see Kai get in on the action. i think he is a good thing for the IFBB
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Has he payed his dues in the states yet? In Dubai it seems he did.