everyone is entertained by different things. u obviously prefer mass monsters and dont care how they pose, as long as theyre big. i like big guys too, but i appreciate the work put into, and the end result, of a fantastic posing routine, regardless of size.
it does seem that way a bit, but i have seem some great posing in the 90's and 00's. nasser 97 finnish gp was great. melvin anthony 06 olympia (i think?) did a pop and lock routine which was simply amazing and exciting to watch. he may not have hit many mandatories or fixed poses, but that's entertaining. i really like any style of posing aslong as it works. making stuff up on the fly or forgetting a pose/screwing up ur timing or balance, etc, really affects the overall routine. labrada nailed his routines 100%
yes, true
if i'm going to watch a bbing contest i want to see the freaks, but size with shape, proportion and detail eg. coleman as opposed to ruhl.
was never a fan of the labradas or zanes, despite the artistic posing. i don't want to see art or a male model contest, i want to see strength and power. i want to be convinced that the athletes i'm watching are functionally strong. nothing worse, in my eyes, than building mass for the sake of mass. that's when it gets stupid for me. that's why i hate synthol. at least with ronnie, with the exceptionm of his calves (that were a little suspect), his physique at his peak looked to be all muscle. there was just too much detail for it not to be. ruhl/cutler on the other hand...well, put it this way, you'd have to pay me to watch cutler pose.
the posing: well, a monster gotta know how to pose like a monster or i'm walking. i don't want to see know 280lb monster pushin his hands in the air and jiggling like a wannabe rap star. that shit is just wrong, don't care what shit you're bringing. as great as coleman was, he really let himself down here and WTF was up with the moses bullshit? here's a guy who's worked his ass off in the gym building quality muscle, dry as a nun's pussy, shredded and drugged up to near death and he's acting like a cross between bozo the clown and fifty cent. whoever was choreographing ronnie's posing routines should be hung up by his testicles in front of a bonfire.
arnold, yates and haney had the posing power i'm talking about. their posing displayed a presence that commanded respect and admiration. they weren't
trying to be anything that the crowd weren't there for. if people want to see hip hop, they go to a hip hop concert.
let's face it. as artistic and groomed as guys like labrada and zane were, who gives a fuck about them? i mean, apart from gay people (not that there's anything wrong with that). guys like zane, milos and labrada just filled in space while the real bbers did their thing (arnold, haney, yates) and wtf was chris dickerson trying to be? can anyone here (apart from the aforementioned gay people - god bless) tell me something memorable about dickerson's physique
