Pro bodybuilding peaked in 1996

[OTHstrong]

in 99 it was still good, as you can see from the olympia lineup that year.

although nasser sucked..

99 was the last year and then down hill began, 96, 98 and 99 were the peek. 97 was a little off and 2000 half the line up had big guts. Today small waste, vains and striations are rare.

[Griffith]

Whatever year they started injecting oil or synthol into their muscles was the start of the decline.

The HGH/Insulin guts are still tolerable, as these drugs make the rest of their bodies bigger as well and they still need to train to actually build the muscles as opposed to just injecting SEO's.

Anyone know which year they started using synthol or whatever 'sight enhancement oil's' they inject?

[OTHstrong]

Whatever year they started injecting oil or synthol into their muscles was the start of the decline.

The HGH/Insulin guts are still tolerable, as these drugs make the rest of their bodies bigger as well and they still need to train to actually build the muscles as opposed to just injecting SEO's.

Anyone know which year they started using synthol or whatever 'sight enhancement oil's' they inject?

Kevin and Flex started this in 94 but very little amounts in the right spots and didn't abuse it.

[Griffith]

Kevin and Flex started this in 94 but very little amounts in the right spots and didn't abuse it.

Thanks.
That's quite a few years earlier than I thought.

[jaejonna]

Kevin and Flex started this in 94 but very little amounts in the right spots and didn't abuse it.

oh brother .."OneTimeHard" ....epic screen name.... let me guess, you were there when Flex came in at 0% bf....

[OTHstrong]

oh brother .."OneTimeHard" ....epic screen name.... let me guess, you were there when Flex came in at 0% bf....

What's your beef joanne?......What's your IQ 50, Bodyfat being 0 is bragging and clearly a lie, using esiclene makes you look bad.... why on earth would that not be believable Einstein?

[_bruce_]

Today's pros are characterless idiots without any profile.

Boring as fuck.

x1000

[DK II]

x1000

You could watch "Pumping Iron" once a week for a year and it wouldn't get boring, but watching Jay "The Giant-Sloth" Cutler eat, train and eat some more in slow motion isn't really funny, not even for 5 minutes.

I think i have never watched a whole Bodybuilding DVD, besides one Markus Ruehl one which was quite funny.

[OTHstrong]

You could watch "Pumping Iron" once a week for a year and it wouldn't get boring, but watching Jay "The Giant-Sloth" Cutler eat, train and eat some more in slow motion isn't really funny, not even for 5 minutes.

I think i have never watched a whole Bodybuilding DVD, besides one Markus Ruehl one which was quite funny.

No shit and they are getting worse, the Dennis James one from Thailand is pretty funny. There is a guy in the backround riding past on a bike with 5 people on it, pretty funny.

[DK II]

No shit and they are getting worse, the Dennis James one from Thailand is pretty funny. There is a guy in the backround riding past on a bike with 5 people on it, pretty funny.

Wow, i'd rather watch National Geographic for shit like that.

Seriously though, take for example that "real life soap" approach that Marc Drugdale had a few years ago. Nice idea, BUT. Boring as fuck. Dude gets up 4 in the morning, reads the bible, gets on the treadmill, adores his wife and kids, goes to church, trains a bit.... WTF?

B O R I N G .

The shit is running in Gold's all the time, you can watch that in between sets for 20-30 seconds, but I'd rather get waterboarded than watching through a whole Mits Okabe DVD.

[yates fan]

i think the battle for the olympia videos are pretty cool!

[Viking11]

1999 was the pinnacle.  Downhill since.

[tom joad]

maybe there's a correlation between the decline in pro bodybuilding and Chick's reign as "athletes' rep" or maybe it's just a coincidence?

[OptimusPrime1980]

it is just today's generation.... it's fucked!
it's all bigger, faster, more expensive...
nobody has his own opinion anymore, music is all the same.
movies suck , it's all the same... all these stupid reality shows.
people with no talent having tv shows.
making a sextape can get you star status.
 
you almost never see unique people anymore!
xfactor this and idols that....
funny thing... roling stones, one of the greatest bands of all time....
if they would enter idols or some fu#$ing show like that.
they would be send home, not marketable... they are ugly mothers....
talent used to be the most important factor... now it's just marketablity and looks.

with bodybuilding it is the same thing , no unique people anymore....
no more mentzer running naked thrue the streets high as a kite.... screeming HIT works.... fuck you arnold , I won!
no more arnold pulling pranks and dissing louie...
no more bob paris, who was very articulate and smart...
now we have .....
kai, branch, phil, wolf, etc etc...
sad.... very sad....

[Halcyon]

agreed.

[Dreadlifter]

You could watch "Pumping Iron" once a week for a year and it wouldn't get boring, but watching Jay "The Giant-Sloth" Cutler eat, train and eat some more in slow motion isn't really funny, not even for 5 minutes.

I think i have never watched a whole Bodybuilding DVD, besides one Markus Ruehl one which was quite funny.

You've got to remember that Pumping Iron isn't a straght documentary, but i agree with the point.
Some of Lee Priests are quite amusing.

[DK II]

You've got to remember that Pumping Iron isn't a straght documentary, but i agree with the point.
Some of Lee Priests are quite amusing.

Yeah well i think that Pumping Iron is a "straight" documentary, whereas other BB dvds are simply homo.

[cephissus]

Only one I've seen is Blood & Guts which I hold to be very instructive!

[The_Iron_Disciple]

Fuck you, Opt. Prime ! That's blasphemy ! Mike M. only did that once ! Or was it twice ...

[Ex Coelis]

are you suggesting that Aaron Madron and Matt Duvall failed to make a lasting impression?

[OptimusPrime1980]

Fuck you, Opt. Prime ! That's blasphemy ! Mike M. only did that once ! Or was it twice ...

lol!!! he was a unique person for sure..

[roccoginge]

Phil in the 95 usa was on.

[Parker]

Kevin and Flex started this in 94 but very little amounts in the right spots and didn't abuse it.

Nope, Flex was out in 94 due to a broken neck, but both did Esiclene. Ernie Taylor was the one who brought synthol to the forefront in 96-97. After that, Flex had "bee stings" in 98-2000. 

[OTHstrong]

Nope, Flex was out in 94 due to a broken neck, but both did Esiclene. Ernie Taylor was the one who brought synthol to the forefront in 96-97. After that, Flex had "bee stings" in 98-2000. 

Ah yes, Kevin in 94, flex 95 and yes Ernie was the first to actually abuse it. When Flex returned his arms took a different shape and he blamed it on the accident and thats also when Shawn started saying he had calf implants.

[OptimusPrime1980]

Ah yes, Kevin in 94, flex 95 and yes Ernie was the first to actually abuse it. When Flex returned his arms took a different shape and he blamed it on the accident and thats also when Shawn started saying he had calf implants.

really 'synthol' has been around for ages...
injectable steroids are also oil!
you think the guys from the 60 , 70 , and 80's did not site inject?
it's all oil, really the same thing, only synthol stays longer in it's place.

but i agree in the 90's when the real synthol became available, it took an extreme route, for the worse.