Hey, Vince do you think if you took two bodybuilders and one ate McDonald's exclusively and the other ate other food, yet they both could rep out with 315-450lb, curl at least the 65s for reps and deadlift at least 550lb, and then dieted down to 5% bodyfat, do you think eating Mcdonald's food would of made any difference? And candizzle, if you were benching 310 pounds for good textbook 10-12 reps, 495 pounds for a couple, yet only consumed 150 grams of protein per day, you think your arms would be 15 inches because of ''insufficient protein''.
I'm sure some will sit here trying to find a modern miracle or some stuff. When those guys diet down down to low body-fat levels, they are still strong because they still have big muscles—about 19.5-20 inch arms for NPC Heavyweights and IFBB guys. The larger fellas—like Ronnie, Dorian, Dillett—slightly bigger still. If they are at "their weakest" it's because they lost a couple pounds of muscle in the process. But it can't be too significant: shit how weak is 455 for 6 on the incline, also 315 to 370lb on behind neck press?