Burke vs Wheeler

[Shockwave]

Yeah, I agree, I'm not saying he wasn't wide, he was very wide, it's just he seems more of an illusion, I guess maybe I think it's his flow? It's something I cannot put my finger on, just something ain't right, and it has to do with his high lats...he's more like a bigger version Dexter Jackson, without the conditioning.

Id say hes more equivalent to a DJ, same kinda structure, same kind of high lats...
People seem to like guys with high lats because it gives the impression of having a huge lat spread and taper, where low inserting lats a lot of times will give the illusion of a shitty taper, unless your Dorian Yates.
I think that may be what youre trying to get across.

[StickStickly]

Burke hands down.... funny.... earlier in my career id of said wheeler.

[Parker]

Id say hes more equivalent to a DJ, same kinda structure, same kind of high lats...
People seem to like guys with high lats because it gives the impression of having a huge lat spread and taper, where low inserting lats a lot of times will give the illusion of a shitty taper, unless your Dorian Yates.
I think that may be what youre trying to get across.

Yeah, that is what I'm trying to say...

Burke hands down.... funny.... earlier in my career id of said wheeler.

What? Earlier in your career?

[Shockwave]

Burke hands down.... funny.... earlier in my career id of said wheeler.

His face looks like Ronnie Coleman in that vid. Weird.
What made you change your mind Mr. Stickly?

[StickStickly]

His face looks like Ronnie Coleman in that vid. Weird.
What made you change your mind Mr. Stickly?

My view of bodybuilder has evolved over time. I used to thing Arnold was the epitome of aesthetics and what a bodybuilder should look like. Now with guys like Phil Heath, Jay, Ronnie, etc you see that having insane size and width are more important. No so much width for Phill but he has really filled his body out to the max for his frame.

[pellius]

LOL. I just thinking about Burke last night because I got an email from a friend who use to train at the same gym as him. Said he was a monster. He also had asthma and was always sucking wind. It was mentioned here before that he just lived off his wife who worked full time and spent most of his time in their apartment reading comic books and playing video games.

I never understood why didn't place higher. Always looked pretty damn impressive.

[Parker]

LOL. I just thinking about Burke last night because I got an email from a friend who use to train at the same gym as him. Said he was a monster. He also had asthma and was always sucking wind. It was mentioned here before that he just lived off his wife who worked full time and spent most of his time in their apartment reading comic books and playing video games.

I never understood why didn't place higher. Always looked pretty damn impressive.

Didn't he work as a doorman at Trump Towers? Flex ran piece on him (The Big Picture) showing him in doorman uniform with Donald Trump...and I think he had a nice salary as well.

[StickStickly]

LOL. I just thinking about Burke last night because I got an email from a friend who use to train at the same gym as him. Said he was a monster. He also had asthma and was always sucking wind. It was mentioned here before that he just lived off his wife who worked full time and spent most of his time in their apartment reading comic books and playing video games.

I never understood why didn't place higher. Always looked pretty damn impressive.

ROFL that's awesome. My dream right there. Marry a sugar momma that allows you to train and eat all day.

[NeoSeminole]

but Burke was wide as fuck , had super-wide clavicles to boot

yup

[pellius]

Didn't he work as a doorman at Trump Towers? Flex ran piece on him (The Big Picture) showing him in doorman uniform with Donald Trump...and I think he had a nice salary as well.

Yes, I heard that as well. Apparently it wasn't a long lasting gig. Don't really know. I just remember thinking after hearing about sitting around all day reading and playing video games -- SWEET.

I'm not exactly a type A personality and only get out of bed under heavy protest and a screeching alarm clock.

[WillGrant]

Some cool pics of Orville there but no way he beats Flex.

Flex is the most geneticly "shaped" BB of the last 20 odd years.

[Parker]

Is that Darian Bond (aka mini-Flex) in the background in blue?

[Jaime]

Flex is so overrated, so narrow and lacking any sort of balance from the front, his arms and shoulders were about ten times the size of his tiny chest. I think of aesthetics i think of Cormier, Paris, Reeves, et cetera.

Orville was a freak, super wide and carrying a ton of muscle, not pretty but impressive.

[benchmstr]

i always thought burks body looked a lot like caprice murray..

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