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Title: Most impressive front lat spread ever.
Post by: davidpaul on May 19, 2006, 02:46:17 PM
and no, this isnt photshopped.
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Post by: alexxx on May 19, 2006, 02:46:51 PM
Orville lookes awesome!
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Post by: Hulkster on May 19, 2006, 02:47:53 PM
If his lats inserted a bit lower he would own both Ronnie and The Construction Worker in that pose.
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Post by: Gord on May 19, 2006, 02:49:40 PM
The 'freakiest' and the 'best' front latspreads are not necessarily the same thing.
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Post by: davidpaul on May 19, 2006, 02:50:02 PM
If his lats inserted a bit lower he would own both Ronnie and The Construction Worker in that pose.

haha so true.
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Post by: gracie bjj on May 19, 2006, 02:57:37 PM
great pose by burke
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Post by: alexxx on May 19, 2006, 03:00:32 PM
If his lats inserted a bit lower he would own both Ronnie and The Construction Worker in that pose.

By construction worker you mean Arnold?
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Post by: phyxsius on May 19, 2006, 03:00:46 PM
Orville had the best width in the lat spread ever..
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Post by: amoney86 on May 19, 2006, 03:01:55 PM
damn talk about wide load.
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Post by: drop set on May 19, 2006, 03:08:30 PM
that ones got to go to ruhl,the pic from the 02 NOC,if anyones got it
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Post by: Croatch on May 19, 2006, 03:11:30 PM
Brutal Dried Out Lips!
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Post by: alexxx on May 19, 2006, 03:13:14 PM
Brutal Dried Out Lips!

Yes thats the first thing I noticed too. ::)

Why don't you post a pic I need a laugh.
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Post by: Bones on May 19, 2006, 03:18:41 PM
    Not many can match this
Title: Re: Most impressive front lat spread ever.
Post by: davidpaul on May 19, 2006, 03:19:19 PM
Brutal Dried Out Lips!

Whe you going back on the gear? :P
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Post by: JOHN MATRIX on May 19, 2006, 03:54:05 PM
best front lats ever are either dorian in the bnw pics or that one 2002 NOC pic of Ruhl.
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Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 19, 2006, 04:01:53 PM
(http://www.chriscormier.com/webphotos/cc007.jpg)
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 19, 2006, 04:04:14 PM
Better
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Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 19, 2006, 04:17:20 PM
(http://www.chriscormier.com/webphotos/cc014.jpg)
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Post by: MisterMagoo on May 19, 2006, 04:23:43 PM
    Not many can match this

mostly because it's photoshopped.
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Post by: nicorulez on May 19, 2006, 04:27:48 PM
That Dorian pic so photoshopped it is not even funny.  ::)  It has been disproven by no less than ND himself....the world's biggest Dorian lover.  Haney kills everyone in that pose as he has the tiniest waist.  I think for shear impressiveness of the upper body, Brian Buchanon had an awesome back and a 27 inch waist.  Anybody got a shot.
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Post by: HERACLES on May 19, 2006, 04:31:26 PM
Definately DOrian Yates. He is MR BACK. ROnnie can match him/beat him maybe from the rear, but I think YAtes is the Champ of the Front lat spread, dont you guys agree?
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 19, 2006, 04:34:10 PM
Not Photoshopped
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Post by: sarcasm on May 19, 2006, 04:34:23 PM
Definately DOrian Yates. He is MR BACK. ROnnie can match him/beat him maybe from the rear, but I think YAtes is the Champ of the Front lat spread, dont you guys agree?
i do.
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 19, 2006, 04:40:17 PM
Haney owned this shot for years !!
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Post by: alexxx on May 19, 2006, 04:41:54 PM
Haney owned this shot for years !!

Still better than yates!
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Post by: Hulkster on May 19, 2006, 04:43:27 PM
By construction worker you mean Arnold?

very funny.  I am talking about Dorian "ND is a permanant part of me Willy" Yates 8).

(http://body.builder.hu/imagebank/pictures/1071842280.jpg)

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Post by: Hulkster on May 19, 2006, 04:59:03 PM
(http://www.kulturistika.com/gallery/1115026865_287.jpg)
rare shot of ronnie back in 98 or 99.
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 19, 2006, 05:10:23 PM
(http://www.kulturistika.com/gallery/1115026865_287.jpg)
rare shot of ronnie back in 98 or 99.

You think thats the most impressive front lat spread ever?
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Post by: Bones on May 19, 2006, 05:32:19 PM
Not Photoshopped
Not that differant then the shopped up pic...crazy
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 19, 2006, 05:36:38 PM
Not that differant then the shopped up pic...crazy

I know , there was no need to photoshop it to begin with !!
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Post by: Hulkster on May 19, 2006, 05:41:18 PM
You think thats the most impressive front lat spread ever?

no, just better than Dorian's :)

In all seriousness, no, I don't think that is the best front lat spread ever.

But it does display details that other pros who have great lats are missing: great chest and great quads.

Perfect examples are Dorian and Orville: great lats, not much else.

In order to have a great lat spread, you have to have more than just lats.
Title: Re: Most impressive front lat spread ever.
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 19, 2006, 05:47:35 PM
no, just better than Dorian's :)

In all seriousness, no, I don't think that is the best front lat spread ever.

But it does display details that other pros who have great lats are missing: great chest and great quads.

Perfect examples are Dorian and Orville: great lats, not much else.

In order to have a great lat spread, you have to have more than just lats.

You could only dream Coleman's was as good as Yates , I love how with all the supposed advanatges Coleman has he doesn't look anywhere near as good as Dorian in that pose ( or hell most poses ) Mike Quinn said at the 1991 Mr Olympia that Haney beat everyone in the front latspread for years and along came Dorian who beat him as his own pose !! much like Cutler is now doing to Ronnie  ;)
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Post by: markofan on May 19, 2006, 07:27:53 PM
Eddie Moyzan
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Post by: MisterMagoo on May 19, 2006, 08:18:41 PM
just out of curiosity i edited out about 10% of these two photos and put them up against each other. logically if, in an entire pose, only one muscle is better than the other guy while he loses on the remaining 90%, he loses the pose. so weigh your opinions here.
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Post by: gh15 on May 19, 2006, 08:33:50 PM
just out of curiosity i edited out about 10% of these two photos and put them up against each other. logically if, in an entire pose, only one muscle is better than the other guy while he loses on the remaining 90%, he loses the pose. so weigh your opinions here.

you are killing me bro..how can you even start to compare 2 bodybuilders when they dont stand next to eachother?? you cant!!!  pics are illusions UNLESS the 2 guys stand next to eachother in the same pic! then they both have same conditions. in general with out any doubt ron takes dorian on every muscle beside calf shape! shape!!!! not size.
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Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 19, 2006, 09:02:41 PM
you are killing me bro..how can you even start to compare 2 bodybuilders when they dont stand next to eachother?? you cant!!!  pics are illusions UNLESS the 2 guys stand next to eachother in the same pic! then they both have same conditions. in general with out any doubt ron takes dorian on every muscle beside calf shape! shape!!!! not size.

Indeed but this is getbig so very expected................ . rather then argue who looks best can't we all agree they both look great in those pics...... wait that could never happen here ::)
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Post by: Bones on May 19, 2006, 09:25:49 PM
Eddie Moyzan
  I saw this dude a few years back at the Mr'"O" expo here in Vegas...I've been involed in bodybuilding a long time and have seen a lot of these guys in person but I've never seen arms that big...the dude is unreal...but goes to show that it takes more then big arms to win the shows
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Post by: MisterMagoo on May 19, 2006, 10:15:28 PM
you are killing me bro..how can you even start to compare 2 bodybuilders when they dont stand next to eachother?? you cant!!!  pics are illusions UNLESS the 2 guys stand next to eachother in the same pic! then they both have same conditions. in general with out any doubt ron takes dorian on every muscle beside calf shape! shape!!!! not size.

well my point was mostly that i think way too many people here only look at the muscle the pose is named after, forgetting that if that were the case then hamstrings, traps, calves, and shoulders wouldn't matter because no poses "focus" on those muscles.

so i took two guys doing front lat poses and edited out the lats, curious as to what people would say when they're forced to compare everything else.
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Post by: LuciusFox on May 19, 2006, 11:12:46 PM
well my point was mostly that i think way too many people here only look at the muscle the pose is named after, forgetting that if that were the case then hamstrings, traps, calves, and shoulders wouldn't matter because no poses "focus" on those muscles.

so i took two guys doing front lat poses and edited out the lats, curious as to what people would say when they're forced to compare everything else.

  Are you saying that more than triceps matter in the side triceps pose? ;D
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Post by: LuciusFox on May 19, 2006, 11:19:33 PM
 I like Dorian's look because of his incredibly thick lats.
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Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 19, 2006, 11:27:32 PM
 8)

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Post by: MisterMagoo on May 19, 2006, 11:30:50 PM
  Are you saying that more than triceps matter in the side triceps pose? ;D

naw. not really. i mean come on, ronnie's triceps are so flat, this pose looks terrible.
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Post by: LuciusFox on May 19, 2006, 11:31:42 PM
8)



  Superlow insertions and enviable thickness :o
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Post by: Mr. Intenseone on May 19, 2006, 11:33:26 PM
 ;D

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Post by: badlad on May 20, 2006, 01:59:41 AM
Mr Intense - do you have that other shot of Columbo from the waist up do a rear lat spread (b&w) that was in the Weider Principles of Bodybuilding book?
That shot I thought was perhaps the best rear lat spread I had ever seen until I saw some of Yates and Coleman.
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Post by: SteelePegasus on May 20, 2006, 03:18:20 AM
naw. not really. i mean come on, ronnie's triceps are so flat, this pose looks terrible.

yeah,  he looks terrible  ??? ::)

if that is terrible then every BB should stop working out now
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Post by: Bones on May 20, 2006, 06:29:56 AM
   I think I see a little bitch tit action going on
Title: Re: Most impressive front lat spread ever.
Post by: Bones on May 20, 2006, 06:33:32 AM
Mr Intense - do you have that other shot of Columbo from the waist up do a rear lat spread (b&w) that was in the Weider Principles of Bodybuilding book?
That shot I thought was perhaps the best rear lat spread I had ever seen until I saw some of Yates and Coleman.
This is a pretty good shot of him
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Post by: The Ugly on May 20, 2006, 07:24:19 AM
better than Dorian's

Funny, "Dorian's arms beat Ronnie's" doesn't sound quite so ridiculous anymore.
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Post by: Hulkster on May 20, 2006, 08:36:47 AM
naw. not really. i mean come on, ronnie's triceps are so flat, this pose looks terrible.

at least show a shot where Ronnie is flexing..
(http://digilander.libero.it/mrolympia2/rc57.jpg)
(http://www.kulturistika.com/gallery/1115026870_176.jpg)

well my point was mostly that i think way too many people here only look at the muscle the pose is named after, forgetting that if that were the case then hamstrings, traps, calves, and shoulders wouldn't matter because no poses "focus" on those muscles.

so i took two guys doing front lat poses and edited out the lats, curious as to what people would say when they're forced to compare everything else.

Remember all the times ND has aruged that even though a bodybuilder might have inferior upper back, arms, lower back, glutes and hams, when compared to Ronnie, he would lose the back double biceps pose because of the calves?!? 8)

Again, I think Dorian has the best looking lats when viewed from the front in a front lat spread. But the rest of entire pose (chest, arms, delts, legs) SUCKS.

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Post by: The Ugly on May 20, 2006, 08:49:40 AM
Hulkster,

Do you think Ronnie can take Giant Robot in a no-holds-barred cage match?
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Post by: Hulkster on May 20, 2006, 08:54:16 AM
Ronnie would smoke that Robot-ass 8)
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Post by: The Ugly on May 20, 2006, 09:05:32 AM
The Gargantuas?

Brown one, man, one spiteful sonofabitch!
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Post by: MisterMagoo on May 20, 2006, 09:09:16 AM
at least show a shot where Ronnie is flexing..

Remember all the times ND has aruged that even though a bodybuilder might have inferior upper back, arms, lower back, glutes and hams, when compared to Ronnie, he would lose the back double biceps pose because of the calves?!? 8)

Again, I think Dorian has the best looking lats when viewed from the front in a front lat spread. But the rest of entire pose (chest, arms, delts, legs) SUCKS.



well i couldn't find one where he was. my point there was that if you don't focus solely on his unflexed triceps i defy you to find a single bodybuilder who looks better in that pose. look at his goddamn legs for example, or how far his chest sticks out beyond his stomach.

people look at the single aspects too much. just the lats in a front lat, just the triceps in a side tricep. every pose is full body and you have to look at it like that.
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Post by: The Ugly on May 20, 2006, 09:13:43 AM
You're dodging the question, friend.
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 20, 2006, 09:55:55 AM
at least show a shot where Ronnie is flexing..
(http://digilander.libero.it/mrolympia2/rc57.jpg)
(http://www.kulturistika.com/gallery/1115026870_176.jpg)

Remember all the times ND has aruged that even though a bodybuilder might have inferior upper back, arms, lower back, glutes and hams, when compared to Ronnie, he would lose the back double biceps pose because of the calves?!? 8)

Again, I think Dorian has the best looking lats when viewed from the front in a front lat spread. But the rest of entire pose (chest, arms, delts, legs) SUCKS.



I never said they would lose because if inferior calves , where the F did you get that nonsense ? its you who think Ronnie is superior to everyone in every bodypart and its nonsense , I said using your dumb logic he has the best parts therefore he looks the best in all the poses and he doesn't , its you who insists that seeing Ronnie has the better parts then all of Dorian's are automatically inferior and sucks lol its nonsense logic , you can go on and on about how many better parts Ronnie has but in no way does he look better in the front latspread not even close , Dorian's shot looks like a puzzle with parts that all fit together to create one pic picture and Ronnie's looks like a collection of impressive parts that were scrambled together , Ronnie's impressive parts actually hurt his mandatory poses ontop of refusing to learn how to accutrately pose .
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Post by: Louis Cipher on May 20, 2006, 10:46:58 AM
Better

Agreed!
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Post by: LLES on May 20, 2006, 10:55:05 AM
Anyone remember Brian Bucannon from England? Pretty awesome front lat-spread & Mo-Mo Bennazza(?) was pretty good too. In fact,Dorian put his pix on his fridge after Mo-Mo beat him at the Night of Champions to remind him of how he looked. My picks for best front-lat spread
1-Dorian
2-Haney
3-Mo Mo
4-Bucannon
5-Dennis James
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Post by: NotMrAverage on May 20, 2006, 10:58:45 AM
You guys are blind, Ronnie is by far the best bodybuilder out there. The best one to ever have lived period. Heīs got eight Mr.O wins and still has more in him. Noone can ever match that record. And offcourse he looks better than all others, heīs like 300 pounds, 40 pounds heavier than the next guy. I couldīnt care less about his gut, abs are for gay people anyway.
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Post by: Ex Coelis on May 20, 2006, 11:02:33 AM
(http://www.ruhl-movie.com/galerie/2002noc.jpg)

Ruhl owned that contest silly

(http://www.femalemuscle.com/contests/night2002/118-1877Markus_RUHL_IMG.JPG)(http://www.femalemuscle.com/contests/night2002/118-1878Markus_RUHL_IMG.JPG)(http://www.femalemuscle.com/contests/night2002/118-1876Markus_RUHL_IMG.JPG)

Here he is owning Flex

(http://bbcenter.sk/images/gallery/mr_olympia_2002/prejudging_top10/top21.jpg)
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Post by: NotMrAverage on May 20, 2006, 11:09:21 AM
Yeah that sure is some female muscle Ruhls got  ::)

That ownage of Flex in that last shot makes me laugh each and every time. His legs together measure the size of Ruhls right calf. Flex says "miiiiaaauuuu" and Ruhls answers "Roooooooooorrrrrrrraaaaa aaaaarrrgghhh". ;D
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Post by: alexxx on May 20, 2006, 12:17:31 PM
;D



Who edited his lats out?
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Post by: delta9mda on May 20, 2006, 02:48:08 PM
    Not many can match this
do not post the photoshopped rear lat spread of yates.
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Post by: BallzDeep69 on May 20, 2006, 03:00:06 PM
Definately DOrian Yates. He is MR BACK. ROnnie can match him/beat him maybe from the rear, but I think YAtes is the Champ of the Front lat spread, dont you guys agree?

It's science.  Yates had the best front lat spread in the history of BBing.  He looked like he had two beach balls under his arm-pits.  Never seen that amount of back beef since.
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Post by: bailey on May 20, 2006, 03:03:27 PM
Of course that pic is of Flex's last Mr O appearance and he did that show natural. 8th place finish. I'd love to see what that lump of shit ( Ruhl ) looks like with no drugs.
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Post by: Hulkster on May 20, 2006, 03:31:22 PM
dorian's lats look even bigger because his arms are small for his frame.

seriously. It helps with the effect.

(http://digilander.libero.it/gruppociak/dy73.jpg)
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/coleman/rc227.jpg)
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Post by: delta9mda on May 20, 2006, 06:17:27 PM
dorian's lats look even bigger because his arms are small for his frame.

seriously. It helps with the effect.

(http://digilander.libero.it/gruppociak/dy73.jpg)
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/coleman/rc227.jpg)
hulkster hulkster, you talk aboutyates lack of quad separation, hes got ronnie on this one. ;D
and he owns the front lat spread even at a smaller bodyweight
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 20, 2006, 06:27:22 PM
dorian's lats look even bigger because his arms are small for his frame.

seriously. It helps with the effect.

(http://digilander.libero.it/gruppociak/dy73.jpg)


No the ' small ' arms theory would be negated by your wide waist theory , if his lats only appear wide because his arms are small , then his lats would also appear small due to his wide waist , so you're back to square one .
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Post by: MisterMagoo on May 20, 2006, 06:49:44 PM
straight up width was never ronnie's strong suit. pretty much everyone can beat him on pure width. his shoulders aren't very wide structurally and his thickness leaves him with his muscles looking very compacted which destroys his front lat spread. there's not a lot of room to see lats under his arms. it actually makes a few of his poses awkward.
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 20, 2006, 06:57:26 PM
straight up width was never ronnie's strong suit. pretty much everyone can beat him on pure width. his shoulders aren't very wide structurally and his thickness leaves him with his muscles looking very compacted which destroys his front lat spread. there's not a lot of room to see lats under his arms. it actually makes a few of his poses awkward.

Great obsevation , when he does his most muscular his massive arms make his delts look small and narrow , this is exactly why he looks odd in a lot of mandatory poses .
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Post by: Bones on May 20, 2006, 07:30:52 PM
do not post the photoshopped rear lat spread of yates.
  I had that saved on my computer from some time back from this site and to tell you the truth I didn't know that it was shopped...someone posted the the unshopped version a couple posts back...not too much of a differants.
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Post by: delta9mda on May 20, 2006, 07:41:49 PM
it is diff enough and let keep it real.
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Post by: Bones on May 20, 2006, 07:46:46 PM
it is diff enough and let keep it real.
  Oh for God's sake...here...the real Yates lat spead...I delete the fake from my computer..Happy ::)
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Post by: suckmymuscle on May 20, 2006, 08:11:59 PM
Better

  And don't forget that Dorian was 265 lbs in that shot. :o ;)

SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Post by: Bones on May 20, 2006, 09:25:30 PM
   Back in the early eighties all the mags made a big deal out of Tony Perason's back.
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Post by: Lion666 on May 20, 2006, 10:27:56 PM
   Back in the early eighties all the mags made a big deal out of Tony Perason's back.

nice shot of tp in cammies showin the lats along with the vac.  show a single pro today that can pull that off and have it look good.  lee haney and shawn ray are two recent pros that come to mind.