what do we have to do to get that back?
i'll do anything
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It's very simple actually. And it starts with the athletes and the judges.
Judges must award those that best define the IFBB ideal and mark down those that don't
Ex: guts....marked down. signs of synthol or any abnormalities, marked down.Lack of balance and proportions, marked down. lack of tie ins, lack of serratus and intercostals, marked down.
On the bodybuilder side, The need to believe the idea that bigger in not better. Better is better. And better is a COMBINATION of size, proportions, shape, separation.
It's clear that bodybuilding hit its peak in about 1999. We haven't seen anything better than a prime Ronnie or Dorian and that was over 12 years ago for Ronnie and 20 for Dorian. With that knowledge, you need to find what was done in that era and duplicate it. Cause it won't get better than that with the technology we have. I'm not necessarily talking about just cycles. I'm talking diet, training, supplementation, etc... All of it.
And young guys today go for the drugs and right away hit the GH, high doses of anabolics and androgens without building a solid base. I mean look what Arnold, Sergio and those guys did with D-bol, Deca, Primo, Test and Anavar! BFG has pointed it out, I knew it and many others do. There is a formula that if you follow if you have the genetics you will be pro. That is so much more true today than ever because so many people look like shit in the amateur ranks. BUT people that probably shouldn't be bodybuilders drug it up to TRY and cover what God didn't bless them with and it creates a culture of freaks.