Flex Magazine: 20 Best Backs of All Time-- a bone to pick

[NeoSeminole]

Well nobody else is so take your dumbass comments to the truce thread and keep them there.

what exactly was "dumbass" about my comment?

[England_1]

Dorian's left vastus medialis looks like it's not even covered by skin in this shot  unreal conditioning! (which ron never had). Never mind the fact that Yates' back thickness in this shot is only matched by Ronnie in 2003 weighing 30lbs more.

[bizzy]

Stubbs back does not compare to Yates or Coleman when you look at it from all angles. He only compares in the fully relaxed pose. When he goes to hit a double biceps his back looks rather medicore, although wide and thick. It just doesn't have a good look to it.

I agree with that. If you go and look at any of his competition pics his back
is not nearly as impressive as when he's just standing relaxed.
I think alot of it has to do with his height and lack of extreme seperation.
He has a great back but a little overated in my opinion.
I'll post some pics and a youtube video (where he was in very good shape as an example).
This is Ironman lighting also which is some of the best. He looks awesome but not on Yates
or Ronnie's level.

[Iceman1981]

The difference in condition here is staggering. Coleman looks soft like a marshmellow compared to Yates.

And the difference in width, deep seperation and thickness of Ronnie's back murders yates. All yates has is better conditioning.

[Sharma]

Yates' back is nothing compared to Coleman's. Coleman had pretty much the best everything - but calves - of all time. Yates is fortunate to get second. I have seen Nasser's back beat his at the O. Also Yates is disgusting to look at, his backacne makes me feel sick

NastySissy Diety is a fool and gets owned so much its painful to watch.

[Iceman1981]

fanciful scale on those pics and Yates' back is everything Ronnies is and then some

Sure it is.  

[England_1]

I agree with that. If you go and look at any of his competition pics his back
is not nearly as impressive as when he's just standing relaxed.
I think alot of it has to do with his height and lack of extreme seperation.
He has a great back but a little overated in my opinion.
I'll post some pics and a youtube video (where he was in very good shape as an example).
This is Ironman lighting also which is some of the best. He looks awesome but not on Yates
or Ronnie's level.

Damn, Stubbs back looks rather mediocre in those shots  Based on those pics I'd say he is well overrated at 3rd. Flex should have been higher. Possibly the most detailed back of all time.

[NeoSeminole]

NastySissy Diety is a fool and gets owned so much its painful to watch.

this comment really made me laugh out loud.

[England_1]

Yates' back is nothing compared to Coleman's. Coleman had pretty much the best everything - but calves - of all time. Yates is fortunate to get second. I have seen Nasser's back beat his at the O. Also Yates is disgusting to look at, his backacne makes me feel sick

NastySissy Diety is a fool and gets owned so much its painful to watch.

 

[bizzy]

Here is 3rd place overall IMHO...but only the 1983 version.
Any other version I wouldn't put third.
I place him over Haney because Samir had so much more detail
in his back than Haney did.
Samir's back looks full, thick and detailed from any angle.

1. Almost a perfect bdb shot.
2. Lots of detail.
3. Not even Coleman or Yates lats showed so much in the front DB shot.
4. Even in a side shot you can see the thickness and low insertions of the lat muscles.

[England_1]

1. Almost a perfect bdb shot.
2. Lots of detail.
3. Not even Coleman or Yates lats showed so much in the front DB shot.
4. Even in a side shot you can see the thickness and low insertions of the lat muscles.

Based on those criteria there you used for Samir, I don't see how you have Coleman in front of Yates. Yates' back is more detailed than Coleman and his lats are thicker and insert far lower.

[MikeThaMachine]

Damn, Stubbs back looks rather mediocre in those shots  Based on those pics I'd say he is well overrated at 3rd. Flex should have been higher. Possibly the most detailed back of all time.

You must be on crystal meth

[England_1]

You must be on crystal meth

 

[MikeThaMachine]

OK do you have any other shots that aren't heavily shadowed pics from the 93 Ironman or 93 Olympia........ Right didn't think so.

[NeoSeminole]

Here is 3rd place overall IMHO...but only the 1983 version.
Any other version I wouldn't put third.
I place him over Haney because Samir had so much more detail
in his back than Haney did.
Samir's back looks full, thick and detailed from any angle.

here are more pics of Samir's back in case you haven't seen them.

[England_1]

I thought Flex went bald back in 96 

[England_1]

OK do you have any other shots that aren't heavily shadowed pics from the 93 Ironman or 93 Olympia........ Right didn't think so.

[bizzy]

here are more pics of Samir's back in case you haven't seen them.

I havn't seen all of them. Those are awesome shots.
He was also awesome in 1982 which some of those shots
could be from? He just had that extra fullness in 1983 that
made him look his best. Those shots are just as good or better than the ones I posted though.
Thanks!

[bizzy]

Based on those criteria there you used for Samir, I don't see how you have Coleman in front of Yates. Yates' back is more detailed than Coleman and his lats are thicker and insert far lower.

There are things I like about both of their backs and I think it is close.
What pushes me over the edge for Coleman is the smaller waist and hips
that gives him an overall look from the back that Yates doesn't have.
Yates looks to me like a shredded powerlifter/bodybuilder whereas Coleman
from the back looks to me like a pure bodybuilders physique, although he still
looks powerful. This screenshots probably explains better what I'm talking about
than what I just wrote. (I also understand in this shot that Yates is probably standing
further away than Kevin to the camera.) We'd honestly have to see them side by side at their bests
to know for sure.   

[MikeThaMachine]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA and you think he should be higher, Cormier wasn't even on the list and dominates him from the back even in detail. Flex has small traps and no lower back or width.

[England_1]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA and you think he should be higher, Cormier wasn't even on the list and dominates him from the back even in detail. Flex has small traps and no lower back or width.

Remove Cormier's nuts from your mouth for a second. First off, you are posting pictures when Flex was at his worst, the year after he broke his neck. Secondly, even at Cormier's all time best in 1999, an off flex still defeated him  Flex is a 4 time ASC, 5 time Ironman winner. Cormier does not compare really in any regard. Cormier will simply be remembered as the guy that "could have."

[MikeThaMachine]

Remove Cormier's nuts from your mouth for a second. First off, you are posting pictures when Flex was at his worst, the year after he broke his neck. Secondly, even at Cormier's all time best in 1999, an off flex still defeated him  Flex is a 4 time ASC, 5 time Ironman winner. Cormier does not compare really in any regard. Cormier will simply be remembered as the guy that "could have."

First off the only pics I know of with them side by side are the ones I have posted

Second Flex was always overrated, he is a 1990's version of Dexter Jackson except Dexter has to compete against much bigger competetion. Oh and lets not forget his blatant and obvious synthol and esciline use.

Third this is about backs is it not, and by the looks of it Cormier destroys him from the back


Sorry but you lose, try again.

[alexxx]

Chris = Real Deal! One of the best backs should be top 5!

[sculpture]

Chris = Real Deal! One of the best backs should be top 5!

Uh thats ronnies back.

Anyway, i think its undeniable that despite his many flaws, cormier has the finest thigh rods ever to be displayed on stage

[MikeThaMachine]

Uh thats ronnies back.

Anyway, i think its undeniable that despite his many flaws, cormier has the finest thigh rods ever to be displayed on stage

I hope you mean personal flaws because structurally he had none, although many beat him body part for body part practically no one can beat him overall.