Arnold's weak legs

[The_Infidel]

I'm really tired of hearing all the time that Arnold had toothpic legs.  It's baloney. Arnold had some of the best thighs in the business at that time and in my opinion he had the best calves ever.  His thighs were plenty big in 73 and 74.  The standard at that time was not to have have quads so big you can hardly walk.  

Most people who criticize Arnold's legs point to current bodybuilders as being "better".  It may be today's standard to have bodybuilders with gh guts, enormous legs and huge striated asses but that isn't what most would call better. That freakish bloated look is ridiculous and I think any rational person except for Getbig's permabulkers would agree.  This is one of the reasons that the sport has gone back to being an obscure freakshow instead the worthy pursuit that it was when Arnold popularized it in the 70s and 80's.  

[Ursus]

In some photos he had very deep seperation in his legs.

Thats a great pic.

[Hulkotron]

Best calves ever is debatable but I agree that his legs were not a weakpoint.

[#1 Klaus fan]

Just an observation: Serge Nubre had weaker legs in my opinion, but nobody criticizes him at bb.com (I think this site is relevant because it's so popular) because Serge used to write on that forum among others. Now we know Arnold will never do that so he is open for critique (and people like to bring down the champ  ) This will alter the perception and opinion of masses greatly.

[wes]

Great shot.

Just an FYI,but Waller,Coe, and Dickerson had much better calves that Arnold back in the day,though Arnold brought up his calves bigtime.

[NarcissisticDeity]

I'm really tired of hearing all the time that Arnold had toothpic legs.  It's baloney. Arnold had some of the best thighs in the business at that time and in my opinion he had the best calves ever.  His thighs were plenty big in 73 and 74.  That was the standard at that time was not to have have quads so big you can hardly walk. 

Most people who criticize Arnold's legs point to current bodybuilders as being "better".  It may be today's standard to have bodybuilders with gh guts, enormous legs and huge striated asses but that isn't what most would call better. That freakish bloated look is ridiculous and I think any rational person except for Getbig's permabulkers would agree.  This is one of the reasons that the sport has gone back to being an obscure freakshow instead the worthy pursuit that it was when Arnold popularized it in the 70s and 80's. 

Great post !

[Kwon]

If you had that physique, would you sacrifice your gut to get even bigger legs?

[Hulkotron]

Yes, I would walk around performing a most-muscular at all times such that my gut was hidden

[Figo]

Very balanced physique, fantastic upper body and good legs.

But bbing has evolved. It looked better then, but now, its about the preceding standard.

[hench]

totally agree and there is a pic of arnold right next to dickerson at the 80 olympia and even in arnolds smaller version his calves dwarfed chris's

I'm really tired of hearing all the time that Arnold had toothpic legs.  It's baloney. Arnold had some of the best thighs in the business at that time and in my opinion he had the best calves ever.  His thighs were plenty big in 73 and 74.  The standard at that time was not to have have quads so big you can hardly walk.  

Most people who criticize Arnold's legs point to current bodybuilders as being "better".  It may be today's standard to have bodybuilders with gh guts, enormous legs and huge striated asses but that isn't what most would call better. That freakish bloated look is ridiculous and I think any rational person except for Getbig's permabulkers would agree.  This is one of the reasons that the sport has gone back to being an obscure freakshow instead the worthy pursuit that it was when Arnold popularized it in the 70s and 80's.  

[bigkubby]

hIS BACK IS AS narrow as a flatSCREEN TV 

[lovemonkey]

Just an observation: Serge Nubre had weaker legs in my opinion, but nobody criticizes him at bb.com (I think this site is relevant because it's so popular) because Serge used to write on that forum among others. Now we know Arnold will never do that so he is open for critique (and people like to bring down the champ  ) This will alter the perception and opinion of masses greatly.

Is serge still alive btw?

4000th post 

[disco_stu]

I'm really tired of hearing all the time that Arnold had toothpic legs.  It's baloney. Arnold had some of the best thighs in the business at that time and in my opinion he had the best calves ever.  His thighs were plenty big in 73 and 74.  The standard at that time was not to have have quads so big you can hardly walk.  

Most people who criticize Arnold's legs point to current bodybuilders as being "better".  It may be today's standard to have bodybuilders with gh guts, enormous legs and huge striated asses but that isn't what most would call better. That freakish bloated look is ridiculous and I think any rational person except for Getbig's permabulkers would agree.  This is one of the reasons that the sport has gone back to being an obscure freakshow instead the worthy pursuit that it was when Arnold popularized it in the 70s and 80's.  

great post. well said.
couldnt agree more.

[jaejonna]

I'm really tired of hearing all the time that Arnold had toothpic legs.  It's baloney. Arnold had some of the best thighs in the business at that time and in my opinion he had the best calves ever.  His thighs were plenty big in 73 and 74.  The standard at that time was not to have have quads so big you can hardly walk.  

Most people who criticize Arnold's legs point to current bodybuilders as being "better".  It may be today's standard to have bodybuilders with gh guts, enormous legs and huge striated asses but that isn't what most would call better. That freakish bloated look is ridiculous and I think any rational person except for Getbig's permabulkers would agree.  This is one of the reasons that the sport has gone back to being an obscure freakshow instead the worthy pursuit that it was when Arnold popularized it in the 70s and 80's.  

your like about three decades late .... but good post...

[nukkaready]

The Arnold of '73 & '74 was phenomenal. He is not getting enough credit for his '73 showing... sadly there are only very few pics of the Mr. Olympia 1973 floating around.

[lax]

Great shot.

Just an FYI,but Waller,Coe, and Dickerson had much better calves that Arnold back in the day,though Arnold brought up his calves bigtime.

add mentzer to those who bested A in calves

[The ChemistV2]

hIS BACK IS AS narrow as a flatSCREEN TV 

I've seen worse...

[lax]

I've seen worse...

as have I
such as in my bathroom mirror today

[lovemonkey]

as have I
such as in my bathroom mirror today

Did you need a 'hand' brushing your teeth?

[bigbobs]

Actually Arnold himself acknowledged that his thighs and calves were his weak points.  If you scross to about 1:05 in this video you'll haer it from Arnold:

[wes]

How`d oilbag Nasser get in this thread?

[bigbobs]

How`d oilbag Nasser get in this thread?

This thread is about Arnold's legs and whether or not they were weak.  I posted a clip where Arnold himself speaks on the issue and acknowledges that his thighs and calves were his weak points.  That's pretty much the most on-topic post in this thread, yet you're making it into another Nasser post? 

[hench]

were weak until he brought them up. He says this in pumping iron, he had weakpoints years ago but everything was evened out.

This thread is about Arnold's legs and whether or not they were weak.  I posted a clip where Arnold himself speaks on the issue and acknowledges that his thighs and calves were his weak points.  That's pretty much the most on-topic post in this thread, yet you're making it into another Nasser post? 

[hench]

chris's calves look awesome on their own but small even next to under par Arnold.

[wes]

Yes,but don`t forget Arnold was much much taller than Chris.