short clip of Flex from 93AC - holy crap!

[Hulkster]

as far as the list goes, the question is this:

everyone in bodybuilding (except for ND) will tell you that Ronnie 98/99 was the BEST COMBO of size, detail and aesthetics ever seen.

if I had a dollar for everytime I have seen that said, I could retire.

Problem is, later in his career, all that aesthetics went out the window with his monstous obliques, and puffy, 295 pound look.

Question is, had Ronnie maintained that look and image, would he have been somewhere (probably near the bottom few) on the list?

[NarcissisticDeity]

as far as the list goes, the question is this:

everyone in bodybuilding (except for ND) will tell you that Ronnie 98/99 was the BEST COMBO of size, detail and aesthetics ever seen.

if I had a dollar for everytime I have seen that said, I could retire.

Problem is, later in his career, all that aesthetics went out the window with his monstous obliques, and puffy, 295 pound look.

Question is, had Ronnie maintained that look and image, would he have been somewhere (probably near the bottom few) on the list?

Everybody in bodybuilding you say?

The list

1. Bob Paris
2. Steve Reeves
3. Frank Zane
4. Labrada
5. Wheeler
6. Charles Clairmonte
7. Milos
8. deMey
9. Samir
10. Makkawy
11. Shawn Ray
12. Cormier
13. Thierry Pastel
14. Mendenhall
15. Haney
16. Nubret
17. Padilla
18. Sergio
19. Sonny Schmidt
20. Melvin Anthony

Where is Coleman?     

[Hulkster]

look at that side chest shot!

its amazing someone who is recognized as being so well balanced and aesthetic can have such massive arms and no chest

not very balanced at all..

[NarcissisticDeity]

look at that side chest shot!

its amazing someone who is recognized as being so well balanced and aesthetic can have such massive arms and no chest

not very balanced at all..

Who said Flex was balanced? he's like Coleman in that respect but slightly better especially when he's lighter , Flex doesn't have a great structure ala' Cormier but neither does Coleman but Flex has a much more aesthetically pleasing physique no doubts about it.

[Hulkster]

Everybody in bodybuilding you say?

The list

1. Bob Paris
2. Steve Reeves
3. Frank Zane
4. Labrada
5. Wheeler
6. Charles Clairmonte
7. Milos
8. deMey
9. Samir
10. Makkawy
11. Shawn Ray
12. Cormier
13. Thierry Pastel
14. Mendenhall
15. Haney
16. Nubret
17. Padilla
18. Sergio
19. Sonny Schmidt
20. Melvin Anthony

Where is Coleman?     

notice I said COMBO of size and aesthetics.

Ronnie was 257 in 1999. the average person's weight on that list is 200 pounds at best. Only haney and sergio weigh more.

the whole point of the post was this:

had Ronnie not totally altered his physique in the later years of his career, would he have been remember and considered an aesthetic bodybuilder?

I say probably.

look at the difference:

[NarcissisticDeity]

notice I said COMBO of size and aesthetics.

Ronnie was 257 in 1999. the average person's weight on that list is 200 pounds at best. Only haney and sergio weigh more.

the whole point of the post was this:

had Ronnie not totally altered his physique in the later years of his career, would he have been remember and considered an aesthetic bodybuilder?

I say probably.

look at the difference:

Aesthetics aren't bound by size and you make it so easy to prove you wrong 

Paris was 230lbs
Reeves was 215lbs
Flex was 230lbs
Clairmonte was 250lbs
Cormier was 260lbs
Mendenhall was 230lbs
Sonny was 230lbs
Melvin is 240lbs
deMey was 230lbs

Man you just got owned

[NarcissisticDeity]

The list

1. Bob Paris
2. Steve Reeves
3. Frank Zane
4. Labrada
5. Wheeler
6. Charles Clairmonte
7. Milos
8. deMey
9. Samir
10. Makkawy
11. Shawn Ray
12. Cormier
13. Thierry Pastel
14. Mendenhall
15. Haney
16. Nubret
17. Padilla
18. Sergio
19. Sonny Schmidt
20. Melvin Anthony

Ronnie didn't even make the bottom of the list , I bet he wouldn't make the top 40 list lol calves , abdominals and delts are all aesthetic muscles and Ronnie doesn't have two of these and his shape is lacking , poorly shape calves , abdominals , glutes , no aesthetic flow no shapely continuity just an ugly physique.

I mean you can't have bitch tits and a GH gut and be aesthetic seriously

[Hulkster]

How ironic of ND to post a pic of Chris showing visible gyno on his left pec

great post, ND

[Bear]

No his calves weren't always fucked-up look at 92/93 we're not talking Yates' calves but they are better than Ronnies

Only cos of his baby quads. And Chris does appear to have some gyno in that shot, so that probably wasn't the best example pic.

[pobrecito]

Ronnie was NEVER aesthetic. The alien abs ruined it for him.

[Hulkster]

Only cos of his baby quads. And Chris does appear to have some gyno in that shot, so that probably wasn't the best example pic.

I have always said ND has no clue what he is doing.

Posting a pic of Chris showing gyno try and make a case for Chris being more aesthetic than Ronnie because of a lack gyno is just one more example in an endless set of bizarre posts.

ND is so easy to own.

[NarcissisticDeity]

How ironic of ND to post a pic of Chris showing visible gyno on his left pec

great post, ND

I didn't post the pic for Chris it was for Ronnie to highlight is GH-Gut and man you guys have balls bitching about Chris' gyno lol Ronnie has it as well