I think you already know the answer to that question, however il answer anyway, Dorian's forte was and always was his CONSISTENT conditioning...the 1 thing 98% of the others top guys back then missed (momo included) if you show up one day looking awesome with conditioning and win....obviously YOU have set the Bar not only for yourself but the others...so the next time you come in looking not as Conditioned as before and holding alittle water...the judges say "hes outta shape"
Yes Doria'ns back improved from 1990 to 1991....that was the 1 point that was raised after he lost to momo if you want to make direct comparisons between momo and Yates, yates muscular bulk and his conditioning in 1991 was on par with his 1990 NOC showing even though Dorian was several lbs heavier etc,etc
You know as well as i do your skeletal structure is there...that doesn't change, what does change is the condition of your physique from show to show....Dorian was more Consistent for the standard he set for himself and the others, he obviously did it better than the others... History shows this to be true 6 Times in a row.
Well what you're saying in this post is true. But your previous post seemed to claim that the relative sizes of different bodyparts don't matter, which is why I pointed to Momo beating Dorian on what most people agreed to be mostly back size/detail issues. I think since there are different poses which showcase particular bodyparts with competitors side by side it does become important who has the biggest most ripped whatever. Obviously flow and proportion within the physique are important too, but you still get people like Joel Stubbs winning certain back shots and losing ab and thigh shots, so it does come into play. Of course if you have amazing symmetry then smaller quads may be overlooked if they fit the physique perfectly, but in the 2004 Olympia challenge round Dexter's seemingly superior ab and thigh got beat by Ronnie because even with his distended gut Ronnie's quads were just 3 times bigger and they had to give it to Ronnie.
I suppose there's loads of examples each way, but clearly bodypart comparisons do matter. Skeleton-wise: Jay has short legs, Ronnie and Arnie had long legs, Dorian was somewhere in between. You can be Mr Olympia either way with big/conditioned enough muscles.
