Ronnie vs Arnold. Switched legs

[Pollux]

if this is arnold at 17....



and this is arnold at 19



that's a hell of a change in 2 years...gear?

Actually, the top picture is of Arnold at 18 when he competed in the Jr. Mr. Europe held by Peter Gottlob and Albert Busek.

The bottom picture is of Arnold when he was 21 -- already in America.

[Knives]

Actually, the top picture is of Arnold at 18 when he competed in the Jr. Mr. Europe held by Peter Gottlob and Albert Busek.

The bottom picture is of Arnold when he was 21 -- already in America.

in arnold's encyclopedia, he has that exact picture with a caption saying "me at nineteen with over 20" arms"

[Pollux]

in arnold's encyclopedia, he has that exact picture with a caption saying "me at nineteen with over 20" arms"

And in his book, The Education of a Bodybuilder , Arnold states that this is him "Winning my first competition, Mr. Europe Junior, 1965."



And again, it's not. It's from his Best Built Athlete of Europe win in 1966. Report of the contest can be seen in the Health and Strength issue (Mar. 30, 1967). So trust me. 

[Bear]

Good delts.

Arnold was great, like seriously great. Most guys would probably choose his physique over the guys from today, but he would get destroyed on a stage today. End of story. Look at his shoulders. Ronnie had notoriously poor delts back then and he's still winning. And Arnold's legs WERE small even by the standards of his day.

Whatever, I'd rather look like Arnie but I can also admit his legs needed to be bigger and he had small delts. He was all chest a biceps, which was cool back then, and still is for most beach-goers etc, just not IFBB judges post 1992.

[Dingleberry]

Poor shoulders? What about triceps, was he missing those too?

[GoneAway]

He wasn't missing shoulders. In some poses it looked like he had weak rear delts, but that's it.

[ether]

That is an amazing shot of his triceps.

Most haterz complain he had small triceps....


His delts are great....perfect proportion with the rest of his body.

No reason to believe he couldn't get them (and every other part) bigger if he wanted.


Arnold was not 100% devoted to BBing towards the end (Pumping Iron, Hercules in New York era) he would take long stretches off bodybuilding and get smaller to pursue acting, then come back and train for like a few months for a show.


If he was 100% bodybuilding (like Pros of today who spend their whole day shooting up, stuffing their faces, training and napping) he would be ginormously bigger.