a lot of guys who were competing at the Olympia in the 80s were in their early 20s!!.. berry demey and bob paris just to menation few.. lee haney himself won the title when he was less than 25!!..
Didn't he have that breakfast mix stuff?
I have to say that his SuperDump250 is a good product
Rich's CONDATIONING was incredible for the time (see the 1983 nationals) ripped quads, back, glutes etc and considering he was all of 20 or so in the early 1980s his muscle conditioning was extraordernary as this BDB shot clearly shows
rich's forearms were pretty good early as a pro but they disappeared toward the end of his career...
this happens to a lot pros like cutler ruhl even yatestorso gets bigger arms and legs go downmaybe the age or the drugs
biceps/forearms have tears for sure...the thing that killed him besides the arms was the loss of chest thickness... his pecs were thick when he was young.
you don`t see striations in the delts nowadays like Rich shows in that back double biceps shot!!
How many guys nowadays looked like Rich did at age 22 at the Olympia.
1985: 22 years old and placed 3rd at Mr. Olympia..1994: 31 years old and placed 17th at N.O.C.
Very narrow and arms about 2 inches long. One wonders what he would have looked like without hormones. Naturally, however, one cannot compare hormones with his physique now, as his line of products are (alledgedly ) the best around, and one (including himself) makes great gains when using them
Funny thing is, Rich only weighed about 208 pounds in 1985 and was well into his 230's, if not 240's in the mid 90's, but it wasn't quality muscle gain.This kind of reminds me of a YOUNG Casey Viator and was he later displayed in the early 80's. He lost that WOW factor.
90 mr o was the start of the decline. Came in looking very blocky, missing the trademark detail and striations.
the start off his decline was already at the '89 Mr. O in Rimini, Italy...
