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Title: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 21, 2006, 10:22:03 AM
Hedgehog had it right. Pro BB's today have gone off the deep end with their distended abs and widened waists. So post pics of the BB's before it happened to them. I'll get it started...


Dennis James:
(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/james01.jpg)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 21, 2006, 10:35:03 AM
Just for fun, since he technically was a Pro bodybuilder...

Victor Richards

(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/richar10.jpg)

(Anyone have a bigger version of that pic?)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: alexxx on August 21, 2006, 10:38:58 AM
Dexter Jackson
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Ex Coelis on August 21, 2006, 11:19:29 AM
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=86406.0
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Max on August 21, 2006, 11:20:28 AM
Mr O.  Certianly gotten a tad bigger.
But i wouldnt say he looks bad now, just bigger.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 21, 2006, 01:54:26 PM
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=86406.0

That thread has nothing to do with this one. It shows a lot of bodybuilders when they were younger but almost none of them ever developed distended abs/widened waists.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: pobrecito on August 21, 2006, 01:56:29 PM
Dexter Jackson

That taper is simply unbelievable...maybe even better than Haney's :o.....I actually think Dexter's physique has REGRESSED from when he was an amateur...same with most pros :-X
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 21, 2006, 02:55:06 PM
Dexter Jackson

WOW. That's insane. Like Buchanan.

(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/buchan01.jpg)
(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/buchan03.jpg)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: 240 is Back on August 21, 2006, 03:00:21 PM
Dex looks incredible here.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90114.0;attach=97478;image)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Scimowser on August 21, 2006, 03:02:28 PM
he weighed 187lbs in that pic
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Hulkster on August 21, 2006, 04:04:53 PM
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/coleman/rc230.jpg)(http://www.thebiguniverse.com/coleman/o13.jpg)

 :'(
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 21, 2006, 08:30:05 PM
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/coleman/rc230.jpg)(http://www.thebiguniverse.com/coleman/o13.jpg)

 :'(

Yes, but which is worse: that he ruined that amazing physique or that he keeps winning with a sub-par one?
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Ex Coelis on August 21, 2006, 08:35:14 PM
Yes, but which is worse: that he ruined that amazing physique or that he keeps winning with a sub-par one?

LOL monster delusions!  :o :o :o :o

Ronnie's physique is "sub-par"? That's even crazier than my boy Deshawn Grimez not winning the USA's

Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: phyxsius on August 21, 2006, 10:43:35 PM
Jay Cutler
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Hedgehog on August 21, 2006, 10:52:22 PM
LOL monster delusions!  :o :o :o :o

Ronnie's physique is "sub-par"? That's even crazier than my boy Deshawn Grimez not winning the USA's



Deshaun in the house.
(http://www.thebiguniverse.com/grimez/2006prep2.jpg)(http://www.sigma.com.cy/articles/images/ekpompes/4204/l_FamilyMatters_9.jpg)

YIP
Zack
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: 240 is Back on August 21, 2006, 11:23:36 PM
Deshaun in the house.

Zack,

Would you say you're a big Deshaun fan?
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Hedgehog on August 22, 2006, 12:03:33 AM
Zack,

Would you say you're a big Deshaun fan?

Hey -how can you NOT love a guy who's so friendly looking?

He's the kinda guy I'd want for neighbor. You know, BBQ's and stuff, sittin' on a porch talkin 'bout the latest college football game and shit.

Deshaun looks to be that kind of guy.

Picket Fences.

Yep. Big fan.












When I was a kid, I was a Cosby guy. Biggest show in Sweden. And Theo was all over the place.


YIP
Zack
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Birdman on August 22, 2006, 12:21:24 AM
Jay Cutler

Gotta love Melvin with the Demolition Man Hair-Cut
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: phyxsius on August 22, 2006, 05:04:41 AM
Gotta love Melvin with the Demolition Man Hair-Cut

Looking good Melvin  ;D

(http://www.shinkendo.com/images/snipes.jpg)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 22, 2006, 12:05:03 PM
LOL monster delusions!  :o :o :o :o

Ronnie's physique is "sub-par"?


Yes.

Are many of his muscles independently amazing?

Definitely.

Is his physique TODAY (i.e. 2005 Mr. O) amazing?

No.

His proportions are off (undersized calves, widened waist, grossly distended abs, ruined triceps). His v-taper is ruined. He's just not what he used to be.

Was he amazing in 1998? Sure. Is he now? No.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Hedgehog on August 22, 2006, 12:20:43 PM
Yes.

Are many of his muscles independently amazing?

Definitely.

Is his physique TODAY (i.e. 2005 Mr. O) amazing?

No.

His proportions are off (undersized calves, widened waist, grossly distended abs, ruined triceps). His v-taper is ruined. He's just not what he used to be.

Was he amazing in 1998? Sure. Is he now? No.

Great points mang.

Did a photoshop on his waist, these days he's built like a barrel from the chest and down to his thighs:

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90057.0;attach=97399;image)(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90057.0;attach=97645;image)

YIP
Zack
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 22, 2006, 12:40:54 PM
Check out this comparison. Look at the difference in his waist (which I've read many times is not visible in his back poses). That's a HUGE and horrible difference between Ronnie '98 and '05.

EDIT: For some reason the first pic shows up down-sized by getbig. Just drag the pic to the "internet" pic at the bottom of IE and it'll open at fullsize.

(http://digilander.libero.it/mrolympia2/rc72.jpg)
(http://www.graphicmuscle.com/photos/655/Men/IMG_8391.jpg)

Can anyone create an animated gif of the two pics? (Or at least a side-by-side comparison)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: alexxx on August 22, 2006, 12:44:03 PM
Stavios and collosus in the early stages before they when apeshit.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Blockhead on August 22, 2006, 12:46:55 PM
Deshaun in the house.
(http://www.thebiguniverse.com/grimez/2006prep2.jpg)(http://www.sigma.com.cy/articles/images/ekpompes/4204/l_FamilyMatters_9.jpg)

YIP
Zack
Check out the brutal epic phantasmic entities haunting DeShauns crib...

  I could have swore I had a pair of drawers like that hanging on the clothes pin in my backyard...now I think of it I am missing mine. I wonder...
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: jaejonna on August 22, 2006, 12:47:21 PM
Stavios and collosus in the early stages before they when apeshit.
Hahahah Collossus is a monkey lil bitch boy indeed!! hahahah
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Hulkster on August 22, 2006, 02:11:12 PM
Yes, but which is worse: that he ruined that amazing physique or that he keeps winning with a sub-par one?

winning with a sub par phyisque is fair and justified if your competition is also sub-par...relative to 1998/1999

(http://www.bbszene.de/html/2005/mro_2005/day3_finals_claus/01656.JPG)


I agree with all of the points on this thread concerning ronnie's current physque.

Problem is, all these new flaws don't matter much relative to his competition if he is still good enough to win.

In 1998/9 he faced:

Flex Wheeler
Kevin Levrone
Shawn Ray
Chris Cormier
Nasser El Sombaty


In 2004/5 he faced:

Jay Cutler
Markus Ruhl
Dexter Jackson
Gunter Schlierkamp
Gastavo Badell

Not taking anything away from today's pro's, but there is a huge difference between these lineups.

Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Hedgehog on August 22, 2006, 02:27:57 PM


I agree with all of the points on this thread concerning ronnie's current physque.

Problem is, all these new flaws don't matter much relative to his competition if he is still good enough to win.

In 1998/9 he faced:

Flex Wheeler
Kevin Levrone
Shawn Ray
Chris Cormier
Nasser El Sombaty


In 2004/5 he faced:

Jay Cutler
Markus Ruhl
Dexter Jackson
Gunter Schlierkamp
Gastavo Badell

Not taking anything away from today's pro's, but there is a huge difference between these lineups.

Thing is, he won over Levrone when he looked like crap.

You make a great point though.

And Coleman at his all time best, 96-99, is what should be considered when remembering him IMO.

His obliques were bulging at the ASC.

And IMO, Ronnie had the potential for competing for the Sandow from 95 and on, but didn't get the conditioning right.

Still, all that heavy training and heavy slin and GH usage have done him in.

Cutler definitely isn't the answer anymore though. He's got as big gut now.

YIP
Zack
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 22, 2006, 09:37:47 PM
Cutler definitely isn't the answer anymore though. He's got as big gut now.

YIP
Zack

That's the biggest shame. And the funny thing is, all these people who have been crying for Cutler to win because Ronnie has a gut, somehow seem to be ignoring Jay's gut.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: pobrecito on August 22, 2006, 09:40:06 PM
Bottom line is, Ronnie is leaps and bounds ahead of this current crop of pros genetically speaking. Back in the 90s, he did not have a genetic advantage over guys like Flex and Kevin, only a work ethic advantage.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Hulkster on August 22, 2006, 09:41:28 PM
Quote
You make a great point though.


I always make great points! :)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: FREAKgeek on August 22, 2006, 10:00:43 PM
Dex looks incredible here.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90114.0;attach=97478;image)

I second that. Dexter can be awesome.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: 240 is Back on August 22, 2006, 11:22:40 PM
All drugs.

http://67.187.194.232/alldrugs/ (http://67.187.194.232/alldrugs/)

LMAO!
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: sean on August 22, 2006, 11:36:37 PM
Dex looks incredible here.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90114.0;attach=97478;image)

yeah, doing the cool, posing trunk ball suck up, front lat pose. ::)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: sean on August 22, 2006, 11:38:22 PM
not that yates ever went off the deep end but....
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Hedgehog on August 23, 2006, 06:01:21 AM
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=90114.0;attach=97841;image)

Quite possibly the best of Yates I've seen.

Had he not turned himself into a chem lab, he could've had a great physique beyond Horton's 1993 pics.

YIP
Zack
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: jaejonna on August 23, 2006, 06:06:17 AM
King had some good potential before he went off the deep end too!!!
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 23, 2006, 07:38:34 AM
Here's Cutler. Man, look at that waist!!

(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/cutler02.jpg)

And the amazing thing? He's really not that much more muscular today than in that pic.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Big N on August 23, 2006, 07:40:54 AM
Deshaun in the house.
(http://www.thebiguniverse.com/grimez/2006prep2.jpg)(http://www.sigma.com.cy/articles/images/ekpompes/4204/l_FamilyMatters_9.jpg)

YIP
Zack


haha HedgeDog you're fucking crazy bro! LOL
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: alexxx on August 23, 2006, 07:49:25 AM
Here's Cutler. Man, look at that waist!!

(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/cutler02.jpg)

And the amazing thing? He's really not that much more muscular today than in that pic.

His waist here is at least 35 inches... whats so special about that?
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Colossus_1986 on August 23, 2006, 08:03:46 AM
His waist here is at least 35 inches... whats so special about that?
Funny the thread mentions DEEP END...Those words are all too familiar with Alexxx ;D
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93544;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93547;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93439;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93541;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93543;image)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: alexxx on August 23, 2006, 08:08:21 AM

Damn man you saved those? I actually delete all the shoped pics of you. No need to shop a drag queen with downs syndrome who thinks she is a bodybuilder.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: davidpaul on August 23, 2006, 08:09:50 AM
colostamy you are bald wannabe.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Colossus_1986 on August 23, 2006, 08:16:05 AM
no i didn't save them! your ugly face isn't worth the hard drive space...it's called pasted from another thread :P
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: jaejonna on August 23, 2006, 08:23:09 AM
Collossus your a tool, go to the kitchen and start eating...dont stop till the year 2018, maybe you might grow by then ...
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on August 23, 2006, 08:29:25 AM
His waist here is at least 35 inches... whats so special about that?

The point is his obliques aren't huge and hanging over his suit. Today, they are and do. Yet, despite that gain in waist size/width, he hasn't gotten that much more muscular. Sorry if that was too complex a thought process for you.  ::)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: alexxx on August 23, 2006, 10:44:20 AM
The point is his obliques aren't huge and hanging over his suit. Today, they are and do. Yet, despite that gain in waist size/width, he hasn't gotten that much more muscular. Sorry if that was too complex a thought process for you.  ::)

You are too easily impressed. Get off the Jay nuthugin wagon and realize that he is just a regular bodybuilder.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: sean on August 23, 2006, 10:53:07 AM
Mod, please change title of thread to Monster Alexx Ownage.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: natural al on August 23, 2006, 11:09:14 AM
Funny the thread mentions DEEP END...Those words are all too familiar with Alexxx ;D
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93544;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93547;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93439;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93541;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86431.0;attach=93543;image)


OH my god!!! Alexxx for your own sake leave this thread and never return.....I hate to say it but you've been....owned.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Colossus_1986 on August 23, 2006, 11:51:23 AM
 ;D  i can hear U2's "Beautiful Day" ringing in my ears! hahaah ;D
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: alexxx on August 23, 2006, 01:52:47 PM
Only fags think that I been owned when in fact the want to be getting owned themselves. Really sad and pathetic.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: Hedgehog on August 23, 2006, 01:53:54 PM
Where's that pic of Bast walking?

Is that before he went to the Dark Side?

YIP
Zack
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on September 04, 2006, 11:50:21 AM
Check out this comparison. Look at the difference in his waist (which I've read many times is not visible in his back poses). That's a HUGE and horrible difference between Ronnie '98 and '05.

EDIT: For some reason the first pic shows up down-sized by getbig. Just drag the pic to the "internet" pic at the bottom of IE and it'll open at fullsize.

(http://digilander.libero.it/mrolympia2/rc72.jpg)
(http://www.graphicmuscle.com/photos/655/Men/IMG_8391.jpg)

Can anyone create an animated gif of the two pics? (Or at least a side-by-side comparison)

Still hoping for an animated gif... :)
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on September 13, 2006, 08:05:33 AM
Here's a comparison of the two Ronnies.

Notice the HUGE waist difference (in the center of the pic) but very little lat-width difference (Ronnie on the right, the black and white strip is the old Ronnie). I'd say the v-taper of old Ronnie blows new Ronnie out of the water.
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: youandme on September 13, 2006, 10:59:03 AM
winning with a sub par phyisque is fair and justified if your competition is also sub-par...relative to 1998/1999

(http://www.bbszene.de/html/2005/mro_2005/day3_finals_claus/01656.JPG)


I agree with all of the points on this thread concerning ronnie's current physque.

Problem is, all these new flaws don't matter much relative to his competition if he is still good enough to win.

In 1998/9 he faced:

Flex Wheeler
Kevin Levrone
Shawn Ray
Chris Cormier
Nasser El Sombaty


In 2004/5 he faced:

Jay Cutler
Markus Ruhl
Dexter Jackson
Gunter Schlierkamp
Gastavo Badell

Not taking anything away from today's pro's, but there is a huge difference between these lineups.



Gustavo sure is holding his own in that pic
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: tate on September 13, 2006, 11:29:47 AM
Check out the brutal epic phantasmic entities haunting DeShauns crib...

  I could have swore I had a pair of drawers like that hanging on the clothes pin in my backyard...now I think of it I am missing mine. I wonder...
LoL!!! You're just mad cause he "fills em' out so well", while on you they were "a lil' loose in the crotch".. flat assed white boy..
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: donrhummy on September 13, 2006, 01:00:52 PM
Here's a comparison of the two Ronnies.

Notice the HUGE waist difference (in the center of the pic) but very little lat-width difference (Ronnie on the right, the black and white strip is the old Ronnie). I'd say the v-taper of old Ronnie blows new Ronnie out of the water.

this doesn't interest anyone in the "Hulkster...truce" thread?  :D
Title: Re: Pics before they went off the deep end...
Post by: IceCold on September 13, 2006, 01:15:58 PM
what's the point?

hulkster, pumpster, etc, will just ignore any evidence like that.