So I went to the BodyPower expo yesterday

[mesmorph78]

ronnie though scalled down quite big in person not bad for someone who hasnt trained properly due to surgery , he had the longest queue
Kai was the biggest pro there he looked ridiculous
phil looked impressive but damn hes narrow, round shoulders carries off the illusion muscle just hangs off his arms ... muscle quality not there though even old ronnie had better quality in person.. phil has great mucle shape though
foad big yes not a fan of his phisyque
Edd nun looked impressive from what i could see best built there cool guy t
shawn was cool
wolf looked tired
khan big arms but h looks lik h has difficulty moving walking right perhaps his injury
lot of other hug unknown guys there too tall and huge

Saw a deadlift competition 858 deadlift
lot of freaky weird looking but huge guys there.... guys who are big yes but fcuked up physiques... pregnant.... old wrinkly juiced up guys, women man beasts... yuck...Im a serious lifter and things I saw put me off big time, i can imagine what the average an in the street would think  bbing wont be mainstream anytime soon.

[wes]

lot of freaky weird looking but huge guys there.... guys who are big yes but fcuked up physiques... pregnant.... old wrinkly juiced up guys, women man beasts... yuck...Im a serious lifter and things I saw put me off big time, i can imagine what the average an in the street would think  bbing wont be mainstream anytime soon.

Perfect description of the "sport" these days. 

[James28]

Fucking gutted I didn't go. Didn't even know about it until late this afternoon. Could've had a Getbig meeting and posted pics of us and the boys in the hotel rooms after. 

[crownshep]

Zak with Gary Shelmerdine.

[crownshep]

Jason Corrick and Roelly.

[crownshep]

Doz and Ronnie,looks like his triceps have disappeared.

[mesmorph78]

Zak with Gary Shelmerdine.

Saw roley too lot of these guys are really short not impressive in real life
But muscle shape wise good
Nunn was the best
Zak looked like a zombie while walking
Kai was the biggest wiiide
Foad huge. But fucked up physique
Like I said that expo actually turned me off bbing rather than motivate

[The_Punisher]

ronnie though scalled down quite big in person not bad for someone who hasnt trained properly due to surgery , he had the longest queue
Kai was the biggest pro there he looked ridiculous
phil looked impressive but damn hes narrow, round shoulders carries off the illusion muscle just hangs off his arms ... muscle quality not there though even old ronnie had better quality in person.. phil has great mucle shape though
foad big yes not a fan of his phisyque
Edd nun looked impressive from what i could see best built there cool guy t
shawn was cool
wolf looked tired
khan big arms but h looks lik h has difficulty moving walking right perhaps his injury
lot of other hug unknown guys there too tall and huge

Saw a deadlift competition 858 deadlift
lot of freaky weird looking but huge guys there.... guys who are big yes but fcuked up physiques... pregnant.... old wrinkly juiced up guys, women man beasts... yuck...Im a serious lifter and things I saw put me off big time, i can imagine what the average an in the street would think  bbing wont be mainstream anytime soon.

where was that show held up at?

[The_Punisher]

Doz and Ronnie,looks like his triceps have disappeared.

damn, that's a very nice picture......two former Mr Olympias who dominated their times.......

[crownshep]

I know what you mean Meso,i`ve known Jason for years,i went to see him a few weeks ago,so i know how tall he is,so i was a bit shocked to see the pic with Roelly and see he is only about an inch or two taller.These are pics from friends pages on facebook,and i couldn`t believe some of the sights on there,guys who don`t even look like they train and yet they walk about wearing a vest and stand there flexing.Ronnie is doing a seminar tommorrow night and its only 5 mins away from my house,but theres not a chance i am gonna spend 35 quid going to listen to him.

[King Shizzo]

Fucking gutted I didn't go. Didn't even know about it until late this afternoon. Could've had a Getbig meeting and posted pics of us and the boys in the hotel rooms after. 

Oh rly?  Outed.

[mesmorph78]

where was that show held up at?

Birmingham

[mesmorph78]

I know what you mean Meso,i`ve known Jason for years,i went to see him a few weeks ago,so i know how tall he is,so i was a bit shocked to see the pic with Roelly and see he is only about an inch or two taller.These are pics from friends pages on facebook,and i couldn`t believe some of the sights on there,guys who don`t even look like they train and yet they walk about wearing a vest and stand there flexing.Ronnie is doing a seminar tommorrow night and its only 5 mins away from my house,but theres not a chance i am gonna spend 35 quid going to listen to him.

Yes there was some guys walking around looking like they have never trained in vests and all that I was amazed. Puzzling thing is I saw some huge huge tall guys there at booths I mean stupid huge ... How are these guys not pros but dan hill is

Another super huge guy I saw was Albin small ... Super wide and huge

[stuntmovie]

WES, I think I gotta argue with ya which I seldom do out of respect for the majority of your  posts and the fact that you have been there and done that for a damn good number of years.

But my argument t just might be due to the fact that I don’t understand your agreement with MESOMORPH that BBing “wont be mainstream anytime soon”.

I gotta somewhat disagree with ya and say that I’m surprised you feel that way because I know you have been around this game long enough to realize that bodybuilding and bodybuilding events have grown from absolutely ‘nothing’ to the huge success it is today with hundreds of contestants competing in these national contests for a ten-cent plastic trophy, national recognition, and the remote possibility of that prized pro-card ….. with thousands of there family members and fans filling the seats.

Back in OUR day these contests were held on basketball courts under a 100 watt light-bulb hanging from the basket with 3 to 5 skinny contenders and approximately 20 family members filling twenty fold-up chairs.

As I’ve witnessed it (and so have you)  …. The lifting game has grown from the nothing that it used to be .. to a major event in a very short time-span.

It may not be mainstream due to the fact that the majority of us’ens cannot do it, nor wish to do it, nor wish to have anything at all to do with it …. as shown by the majority of these GetBig critters and thousands of others through-out the Universe.

BUT you can’t deny the fact that BB has grown phenomenally and that ‘throughout the ages’ the active participants have been the subject of adverse criticism among those wo are not involved.

(For instance – Look at what they did to Hercules!)

But those active participants could care less about what’s been said and what’s been done and continue to lift heavy things (calves and cows in Herk’s time) and do whatever it takes to reach a self determined goal which could be increased muscle-mass, increased strength or simply the ability to beat up the GetBigger next door,

The weight game ain’t mainstream now nor will it ever be, but I see it as somewhat ‘mainstream’ when compared to how it was a few years back. And Herk would definitely agree if he had a say in this matter.

And I know you also will agree …… So what the hell is this argument about anyway!?

More on this but I gotta go beat someone up and calm down a biit.

[JasonH]

I know what you mean Meso,i`ve known Jason for years,i went to see him a few weeks ago,so i know how tall he is,so i was a bit shocked to see the pic with Roelly and see he is only about an inch or two taller.These are pics from friends pages on facebook,and i couldn`t believe some of the sights on there,guys who don`t even look like they train and yet they walk about wearing a vest and stand there flexing.Ronnie is doing a seminar tommorrow night and its only 5 mins away from my house,but theres not a chance i am gonna spend 35 quid going to listen to him.

Crownshep, you know Jason Corrick? I used to know him from my days training down in Somerset - he used to train at a gym called the Pumping Station in Taunton and also Oraton Gym in Bridgwater - he was the first pro bodybuilder I'd ever seen (I was only about 16 or 17 at the time and had only just started training) - huge he was to someone like me back then - as wide as he was tall. 

[crownshep]

Yeah,i`ve known him for about 15 years,he came up to Nottingham for a night out at the club i worked in and met a girl who trained at the same gym as me,wasn`t long before he moved up here and has lived here ever since.one of the nicest guys i`ve ever met,always has time to talk to people,went to see him about a month ago,he had just done some seminars over in poland.

[mesmorph78]

WES, I think I gotta argue with ya which I seldom do out of respect for the majority of your  posts and the fact that you have been there and done that for a damn good number of years.

But my argument t just might be due to the fact that I don’t understand your agreement with MESOMORPH that BBing “wont be mainstream anytime soon”.

I gotta somewhat disagree with ya and say that I’m surprised you feel that way because I know you have been around this game long enough to realize that bodybuilding and bodybuilding events have grown from absolutely ‘nothing’ to the huge success it is today with hundreds of contestants competing in these national contests for a ten-cent plastic trophy, national recognition, and the remote possibility of that prized pro-card ….. with thousands of there family members and fans filling the seats.

Back in OUR day these contests were held on basketball courts under a 100 watt light-bulb hanging from the basket with 3 to 5 skinny contenders and approximately 20 family members filling twenty fold-up chairs.

As I’ve witnessed it (and so have you)  …. The lifting game has grown from the nothing that it used to be .. to a major event in a very short time-span.

It may not be mainstream due to the fact that the majority of us’ens cannot do it, nor wish to do it, nor wish to have anything at all to do with it …. as shown by the majority of these GetBig critters and thousands of others through-out the Universe.

BUT you can’t deny the fact that BB has grown phenomenally and that ‘throughout the ages’ the active participants have been the subject of adverse criticism among those wo are not involved.

(For instance – Look at what they did to Hercules!)

But those active participants could care less about what’s been said and what’s been done and continue to lift heavy things (calves and cows in Herk’s time) and do whatever it takes to reach a self determined goal which could be increased muscle-mass, increased strength or simply the ability to beat up the GetBigger next door,

The weight game ain’t mainstream now nor will it ever be, but I see it as somewhat ‘mainstream’ when compared to how was a few years back. And Herk would definitely agree if he had a say in this matter.

And I know you also will agree …… So what the hell is this argument about anyway!?

More on this but I gotta go beat someone up and calm down a bit.

Though not adressed to me...
i gree with some of what you said
however that show I went to cme accross of more of  fetish convention than a fitness or bbing show.... i saw some grotesque looking physiques mainly from the juice heads.... leather looking skin fans horrible..twisted big guts, and man beast women..... not a good look

[Hulkotron]

Doz and Ronnie,looks like his triceps have disappeared.

Ronnie clearly winning the pose here.

[NarcissisticDeity]

Ronnie clearly winning the pose here.

Dorian has a better watch 

Meso no pics?

[Montague]

Dorian has a better watch 

LMAO!!!

[mesmorph78]

Dorian has a better watch  

Meso no pics?

Not really took a few random ones, my bro maybe took more ill ask him
i think i took a couple of nun spoke to a lot of pros handshake, but i dont like coming accross as a needy fan...
eg my convo with ed nunn was mr nunn looking good followed by a hand shake
same with kai, mr greene lookin good, then handshake
 

[King Shizzo]

Not really took a few random ones, my bro maybe took more ill ask him
i think i took a couple of nun spoke to a lot of pros handshake, but i dont like coming accross as a needy fan...
eg my convo with ed nunn was mr nunn looking good followed by a hand shake
same with kai, mr greene lookin good, then handshake
 

Drunk?

[mesmorph78]

vid of alvin small he was seriously HUGE in person

[mesmorph78]

Drunk?

never been drunk in my life

[_bruce_]

It's a cult - as it should be.