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Title: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: affeman on May 09, 2023, 04:56:39 AM
Even the biggest and freakiest BB on the planet look shockingly unimpressive next to regular people. One might think Ramy would dwarf average Joe like there's no tomorrow ???
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: The Scott on May 09, 2023, 04:59:13 AM
They look like blobs and are in no way considered athletic.  If I may introduce yet another portmanteau?

Bodybuilders are "Pathletic".
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Kwon on May 09, 2023, 05:04:01 AM
Even the biggest and freakiest BB on the planet look shockingly unimpressive next to regular people. One might think Ramy would dwarf average Joe like there's no tomorrow ???

These would look impressive next to a regular person

Gunther Schlierkamp, Prime-Arnold, Ralf Moeller, Martyn Ford, The Dutch Giant (Oliver Richters), Prime-Lou Ferrigno, Prime-Sean Allen, Roland Kickinger, Prime-Column Von Mongrel, Prime-Greg Kovacs, Quincy Taylor, Jamie Christian (195 cm), Noah Steere, Aaron Reed.

Even Prime Markus Ruhl and Berry DeMey, Gary Strydom and Prime Ultimate Warrior would look impressive next to a regular 6'1" feller.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: robcguns on May 09, 2023, 05:24:00 AM
I don’t care for big ramy but his muscle mass is crazy impressive. All you people here are not impressed cause they are not tall, who gives a shit. It’s bodybuilding not height building. Yay I’m tall I can reach things. Who cares? I’m 6’2 and it means nothing, my uncle is 6’10 you think I would want to be his lanky ass height or a 5’9 jacked bodybuilder? I’d rather be the jacked shorter guy allday.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: njflex on May 09, 2023, 05:35:10 AM
Even the biggest and freakiest BB on the planet look shockingly unimpressive next to regular people. One might think Ramy would dwarf average Joe like there's no tomorrow ???
oh yeah thats guys quads looks so impressive i thought they were twins ..
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Wiggs on May 09, 2023, 05:43:11 AM
Pictures fool people. In real life it's another story.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: njflex on May 09, 2023, 05:47:13 AM
Pictures fool people. In real life it's another story.
this...
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: funk51 on May 09, 2023, 05:58:46 AM
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Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: illuminati on May 09, 2023, 06:03:31 AM
I don’t care for big ramy but his muscle mass is crazy impressive. All you people here are not impressed cause they are not tall, who gives a shit. It’s bodybuilding not height building. Yay I’m tall I can reach things. Who cares? I’m 6’2 and it means nothing, my uncle is 6’10 you think I would want to be his lanky ass height or a 5’9 jacked bodybuilder? I’d rather be the jacked shorter guy all day.

Well stated Rob
some on here are fixated on height - yes many average folk are taller AND??
If they don't like bodybuilders short or tall then go to a height board & discuss height.

Being taller isn't carrying more muscle mass per inch - yep so some folk are tall, good for them.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: residue on May 09, 2023, 06:31:09 AM
I don’t care for big ramy but his muscle mass is crazy impressive. All you people here are not impressed cause they are not tall, who gives a shit. It’s bodybuilding not height building. Yay I’m tall I can reach things. Who cares? I’m 6’2 and it means nothing, my uncle is 6’10 you think I would want to be his lanky ass height or a 5’9 jacked bodybuilder? I’d rather be the jacked shorter guy allday.


i guess if bodybuilding matters to you shorter would be better.. kinda? wouldn't you want to be 6'2 and jacked tho?
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: funk51 on May 09, 2023, 06:56:00 AM
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Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: illuminati on May 09, 2023, 08:28:19 AM

i guess if bodybuilding matters to you shorter would be better.. kinda? wouldn't you want to be 6'2 and jacked tho?

or better 7'2 even better 8'2.
Don't think we've quite had a 9'2 man yet.........
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: residue on May 09, 2023, 08:58:39 AM
or better 7'2 even better 8'2.
Don't think we've quite had a 9'2 man yet.........


do you think you're being clever? is that it?


You still have to exist in the real world and about after 6'4 you really start to experience inconveniences. but certainly 6'2-6'4 is the sweet spot

Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: BB on May 09, 2023, 09:30:00 AM
I think it's the shift toward prioritizing legs and lower body too. The older V frame beats the modern wide x frame for pictures.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: balsac69 on May 09, 2023, 09:36:14 AM
oh yeah thats guys quads looks so impressive i thought they were twins ..

Ramy is atleast twice and wide as the other fella too
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Skeletor on May 09, 2023, 09:37:15 AM
(https://i.postimg.cc/Cx3bLLSr/Your-Mr-Olmpia.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/mr3jvFCy/tinycheath1.jpg) (https://i.postimg.cc/QNf4N5P6/tinycheath2.jpg)
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: wes on May 09, 2023, 10:31:29 AM
I don`t know about the rest of you stick figures but I dwarf damn near everyone I come in contact with.  :D
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: pamith on May 09, 2023, 10:40:48 AM
Brutal if true
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Hulkotron on May 09, 2023, 11:09:17 AM
I don’t care for big ramy but his muscle mass is crazy impressive. All you people here are not impressed cause they are not tall, who gives a shit. It’s bodybuilding not height building. Yay I’m tall I can reach things. Who cares? I’m 6’2 and it means nothing, my uncle is 6’10 you think I would want to be his lanky ass height or a 5’9 jacked bodybuilder? I’d rather be the jacked shorter guy allday.

Most getbiggers are jacked and tall so don’t have to worry about this.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: The Scott on May 09, 2023, 11:27:23 AM

Robert Pershing Wadlow.  8' 11.1" tall.
(https://img.ibxk.com.br/2018/06/01/robert-pershing-wadlow-01182306239372.jpg?w=1040)

You can bet he would have preferred to have been 5' 7" to 5' 10" or so, poor kid.  Normal is just fine.  The extremes are where the pain resides.   
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Griffith on May 09, 2023, 11:31:32 AM
Many have smaller joints, makes the muscles look bigger or more 'dramatic'.

So they don't have large bone structures.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Griffith on May 09, 2023, 11:32:59 AM
(https://zacheven-esh.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sergio-oliva-nautilus-football-e1358124939489.jpg)
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: funk51 on May 09, 2023, 12:24:31 PM
Robert Pershing Wadlow.  8' 11.1" tall.
(https://img.ibxk.com.br/2018/06/01/robert-pershing-wadlow-01182306239372.jpg?w=1040)

You can bet he would have preferred to have been 5' 7" to 5' 10" or so, poor kid.  Normal is just fine.  The extremes are where the pain resides.
  you beat me to it. ;D ;D ;D that's what I was thinking too.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: funk51 on May 09, 2023, 12:29:20 PM
it's better to be tall.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: michael arvilla on May 09, 2023, 12:41:03 PM
Height definitely matters/ makes a difference! ( in Massachusetts I trained at gyms with Matarazzo/ Paul Demayo/ Jay Cutler / Dan Smith/ Freddy Bigot/ And a bunch of good up and coming guys ...Steve Cantone / Matt Cline/ etc etc ) so when I saw on my gyms Instagram that Nick Walker was training there ..., I felt I should go check it out... maybe get motivated like those guys use to motivate me .... man was I disappointed! He was so short! ....( maybe like 5 ft 7"?) imo a bodybuilder has to be 5 ft 10" and over to look truly impressive! .....I didn't pay any attention to Nick after that first look ...sucks because there is no motivation like the " old days" all these kids want to be Chris Bumstead instead of Dorian Yates .... it's all " gym shark " bad mullets and skinny twigs ..
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: illuminati on May 09, 2023, 01:11:51 PM

do you think you're being clever? is that it?


You still have to exist in the real world and about after 6'4 you really start to experience inconveniences. but certainly 6'2-6'4 is the sweet spot

Why Do you think you are being clever ??

Height is relevant to on what sport you do & can be a Plus or a Negative 
For open class Pro Bodybuilding 5'6 to around 5'11 seems to be where most
Mr Olympia winners fit in .
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Bevo on May 09, 2023, 01:13:32 PM
Why Do you think you are being clever ??

Height is relevant to on what sport you do & can be a Plus or a Negative 
For open class Pro Bodybuilding 5'6 to around 5'11 seems to be where most
Mr Olympia fit in .

That’s true

Being “tall” in bbing is a disadvantage

Being “tall” in gymnastics is also a disadvantage

That being said cock size is more important than height, you can be 5’7 with a thick, coke can, vascular hog compared to someone that is 6’5 with a mini water pistol, ultimate ownage right there
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: wes on May 09, 2023, 03:23:54 PM
Height definitely matters/ makes a difference! ( in Massachusetts I trained at gyms with Matarazzo/ Paul Demayo/ Jay Cutler / Dan Smith/ Freddy Bigot/ And a bunch of good up and coming guys ...Steve Cantone / Matt Cline/ etc etc ) so when I saw on my gyms Instagram that Nick Walker was training there ..., I felt I should go check it out... maybe get motivated like those guys use to motivate me .... man was I disappointed! He was so short! ....( maybe like 5 ft 7"?) imo a bodybuilder has to be 5 ft 10" and over to look truly impressive! .....I didn't pay any attention to Nick after that first look ...sucks because there is no motivation like the " old days" all these kids want to be Chris Bumstead instead of Dorian Yates .... it's all " gym shark " bad mullets and skinny twigs ..
Hey Mike,I did the Mr. Mass one year and Dave Palumbo was in the show.......THEN I saw Fred Bigot who was also entered.......guy looked absolutely fucking phenomanal,needless to say he won his class and the overall.

Really impressive physique to say the very least.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: michael arvilla on May 09, 2023, 03:30:47 PM
Hey Mike,I did the Mr. Mass one year and Dave Palumbo was in the show.......THEN I saw Fred Bigot who was also entered.......guy looked absolutely fucking phenomanal,needless to say he won his class and the overall.

Really impressive physique to say the very least.
Fred looked awesome onstage and in the gym! After he turned pro he did the night of champions in 2003 and did not place and kinda just disappeared after that! ...   always a nice guy and was motivating to see him train .... 
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: wes on May 09, 2023, 03:35:48 PM
Fred looked awesome onstage and in the gym! After he turned pro he did the night of champions in 2003 and did not place and kinda just disappeared after that! ...   always a nice guy and was motivating to see him train .... 
Great pics....too bad,but probaby a smart move that he didn`t continue.

He reminds me of a better version of a guy named Prince Fontenot who looked great and is now persuing a pro wrestling career.

(https://beverlyinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/PrinceFontenot.png)
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: robcguns on May 09, 2023, 03:38:34 PM
Fred looked awesome onstage and in the gym! After he turned pro he did the night of champions in 2003 and did not place and kinda just disappeared after that! ...   always a nice guy and was motivating to see him train ....

Fucking bigots.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on May 09, 2023, 03:39:05 PM
Fred looked awesome onstage and in the gym! After he turned pro he did the night of champions in 2003 and did not place and kinda just disappeared after that! ...   always a nice guy and was motivating to see him train ....

That’s the best chest since Arnold.  Incredible physique.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: wes on May 09, 2023, 03:49:48 PM
(https://zacheven-esh.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sergio-oliva-nautilus-football-e1358124939489.jpg)

Oliva looks godlike next to  these cats !!
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: wes on May 09, 2023, 03:50:40 PM
Fucking bigots.
This is a thread full of Massholes and former Massholes!!   :D
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: wes on May 09, 2023, 03:52:05 PM
Hey Mike did you ever run across a black guy named Carlton aka Carl Richards up your way in Mass?

He trained in Springfield for a time.....great build.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Skeletor on May 09, 2023, 03:53:23 PM
This is a thread full of Massholes and former Massholes!!   :D

Thread of smashed massholes.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: robcguns on May 09, 2023, 04:05:52 PM
This is a thread full of Massholes and former Massholes!!   :D

Definitely haha. Any of you guys know a Greg house out of Woburn ma? He competed in mr mass many years ago. Loved the strip clubs and partied hard, Coke,booze and strippers.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: wes on May 09, 2023, 04:06:57 PM
Thread of smashed massholes.
:D
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: wes on May 09, 2023, 04:08:46 PM
Definitely haha. Any of you guys know a Greg house out of Woburn ma? He competed in mr mass many years ago. Loved the strip clubs and partied hard, Coke,booze and strippers.
I was Greg House before I changed my name to avoid prosecution!!  :D

No Rob,never heard of him,but he sounds like a guy I would have liked in one of my many former lives.  LOL  ;D
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: michael arvilla on May 09, 2023, 04:55:24 PM
Hey Mike did you ever run across a black guy named Carlton aka Carl Richards up your way in Mass?

He trained in Springfield for a time.....great build.
I don't think so ..... so many promising bodybuilders just disappeared back then it's a shame really .... these guys would do great today! .... but back then it was just way too competitive... and the " talent pool" was huge!
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: ChristopherA on May 09, 2023, 06:38:38 PM

i guess if bodybuilding matters to you shorter would be better.. kinda? wouldn't you want to be 6'2 and jacked tho?
This. Anything over 6' and over 210lbs looks infinitely better than these midgets. They look like fat guys in street clothes
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: residue on May 09, 2023, 09:57:46 PM
That’s true

Being “tall” in bbing is a disadvantage

Being “tall” in gymnastics is also a disadvantage

That being said cock size is more important than height, you can be 5’7 with a thick, coke can, vascular hog compared to someone that is 6’5 with a mini water pistol, ultimate ownage right there


or you can be 6'2 with a hog, it's not either or
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: residue on May 09, 2023, 09:58:51 PM
This. Anything over 6' and over 210lbs looks infinitely better than these midgets. They look like fat guys in street clothes


little fellas are always so delusional
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: 2020 Olympia on May 09, 2023, 10:18:20 PM
Mattarazzo actually looks big even though you were a tall big guy even back then
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Goliathon on May 10, 2023, 10:56:18 AM
Why Do you think you are being clever ??

Height is relevant to on what sport you do & can be a Plus or a Negative 
For open class Pro Bodybuilding 5'6 to around 5'11 seems to be where most
Mr Olympia winners fit in .

Bodybuilding is all about looking impressive, in person height is automatically more impressive than girth. You can get a guy 6 foot 5 with good hip  to waist ratio  and only a small amount of muscle and he'll look way more impressive than a guy 5 foot 6 hanging around 220.

Height is like IQ/money, people who claim it doesn't matter usually lack it. This idea you can get too tall is a joke. Being 6 foot 8 with a good build, is the best. Problem is it's incredibly rare.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Griffith on May 12, 2023, 02:29:26 AM
Bodybuilding is all about looking impressive, in person height is automatically more impressive than girth. You can get a guy 6 foot 5 with good hip  to waist ratio  and only a small amount of muscle and he'll look way more impressive than a guy 5 foot 6 hanging around 220.

Height is like IQ/money, people who claim it doesn't matter usually lack it. This idea you can get too tall is a joke. Being 6 foot 8 with a good build, is the best. Problem is it's incredibly rare.

That's too tall.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on May 12, 2023, 03:40:32 AM
Height is like IQ/money, people who claim it doesn't matter usually lack it. This idea you can get too tall is a joke. Being 6 foot 8 with a good build, is the best. Problem is it's incredibly rare.

Extreme height sucks unless you’re an nba player
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: illuminati on May 12, 2023, 04:21:49 AM
Bodybuilding is all about looking impressive, in person height is automatically more impressive than girth. You can get a guy 6 foot 5 with good hip  to waist ratio  and only a small amount of muscle and he'll look way more impressive than a guy 5 foot 6 hanging around 220.

Height is like IQ/money, people who claim it doesn't matter usually lack it. This idea you can get too tall is a joke. Being 6 foot 8 with a good build, is the best. Problem is it's incredibly rare.

Are you 6ft 8in with a good build ??
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Kwon on May 12, 2023, 07:56:45 AM
Are you 6ft 8in with a good build ??

I think Goliath has a Diabetes-build
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: illuminati on May 12, 2023, 11:31:25 AM
I think Goliath has a Diabetes-build

!!  :o oh as he said 6'8' with a good build was the ideal
I assumed he was alluding to himself.

Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: funk51 on May 12, 2023, 11:42:32 AM
  1966 Mr California - AAU



1     Ralph Kroger
2     Gable Boudreaux
3     Von LaMon
4     Ron Margason
5     Robert Steele

Most Muscular
1     Ron Margason

Teen
1     Michael Dayton
2     Randy Taylor
3     D'Royce Peterson
4     David Friedman
© MuscleMemory      wish I could find the pic of this contest, trophy girl dwarves all the competitors.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: funk51 on May 12, 2023, 11:54:44 AM
  1966 Mr California - AAU



1     Ralph Kroger
2     Gable Boudreaux
3     Von LaMon
4     Ron Margason
5     Robert Steele

Most Muscular
1     Ron Margason

Teen
1     Michael Dayton
2     Randy Taylor
3     D'Royce Peterson
4     David Friedman
© MuscleMemory      wish I could find the pic of this contest, trophy girl dwarves all the competitors.
     this is from the contest but not the pic I'm looking for. still checking.
Title: Re: How come BB look so unimpressive next to regular people ??
Post by: Skeletor on May 12, 2023, 12:01:47 PM
     this is from the contest but not the pic I'm looking for. still checking.
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=684958.0;attach=1441127;image)

The AAU Miss California ladies all look stunning, as does Amedee Chabot.