arnold's physique-most pleasing of all time

[Hulkster]

I think Shawn Ray ala 94 Olympia is also one of the most pleasing physiques of all time.

[jem123]

Dianne Bennett is quoted in Jon Hotten's excellent book 'Muscle' as saying that if you had to show an alien race of people who had never seen what man looked like the ideal image, there would only be one person for the job..........Flex Wheeler.

Yes he never won the olympia.
Yes Ronnie carries more muscle
Yes Dorian smashed him mentally

However if the general public had to choose 1 BB who they would want to resemble 99.9% would say Flex.

[NarcissisticDeity]

I think from a purely aesthetic standpoint no one could top Steve Reeves , no one.

[pumpster]

Vince Taylor; didn't win the big one but was fantastic-an athletic look most don't have now.

Reeves good but kind of a yawn-barely looks like a BB. Today that's more of a rower's bod.

[fathead]

Dianne Bennett is quoted in Jon Hotten's excellent book 'Muscle' as saying that if you had to show an alien race of people who had never seen what man looked like the ideal image, there would only be one person for the job..........Flex Wheeler.

Yes he never won the olympia.
Yes Ronnie carries more muscle
Yes Dorian smashed him mentally

However if the general public had to choose 1 BB who they would want to resemble 99.9% would say Flex.

i must be part of the .01% that wouldn't

[NarcissisticDeity]

Flex totally; didn't win the big one but was fantastic-an athletic look most don't have now.

Reeves good but kind of a yawn-barely looks like a BB. Today that's a swimmer's bod.

Show me a swimmer with a 54" chest and a 29" waist  as a matter of fact show me ANY bodybuilder who weights 215lbs with a 54" chest and a 29" waist and calves , arms and neck that all measure exactly the same .

[Hulkster]

Show me a swimmer with a 54" chest and a 29" waist  as a matter of fact show me ANY bodybuilder who weights 215lbs with a 54" chest and a 29" waist and calves , arms and neck that all measure exactly the same .

but when your calves, arms and neck are all 16 inches, that is not necessarily a good thing 

[Palpatine Q]

but when your calves, arms and neck are all 16 inches, that is not necessarily a good thing 

Agreed.

Those ideals are archaic, people have progressed past that point a long time ago.

[phyxsius]

Show me a swimmer with a 54" chest and a 29" waist  as a matter of fact show me ANY bodybuilder who weights 215lbs with a 54" chest and a 29" waist and calves , arms and neck that all measure exactly the same .

Frank Zane

[Gord]

Agreed.

Those ideals are archaic, people have progressed past that point a long time ago.

That's debatable.

GH guts, synthol, implants, multiple organ failure, changes to facial features etc, are hardly the signs of progress.

[pumpster]

Well of course Iron Age always sees things in black & white.

Reeves is fine but given the vast history now and decades of competitors, it's also kinda safe, lazy and lacking in imagination to have to resort to someone from 50 years ago. Someone suggesting Reeves is basically saying there's no one worthwhile in the last 50 years...***yawn***.

Pleasing and good or better:

Melvin Anthony
Martinez
Nubret
Vince Taylor
Padilla
Bob Birdsong

[Palpatine Q]

That's debatable.

GH guts, synthol, implants, multiple organ failure, changes to facial features etc, are hardly the signs of progress.

What I mean is those proportions were the Greek ideal. Just a little outdated. There was no such thing as bodybuilding as we know it back then. they also thought that the sun revolved around the earth but wev'e managed to get past that one. I agree that in the last ten years or so BBing has taken a nosedive. Ever since guys started stepping onstage at 250+ proportions and detail have suffered

[MikeThaMachine]

On average, no, but Ronnie at the 98 Olympia (his dryest ever) could at least tie for that distinction:

i was actually waitin for you to come and back me up about ronnie for once

[Hulkster]

i was actually waitin for you to come and back me up about ronnie for once

the pre-gut Ronnie was always dry as can be - so dry, in 98 in fact, that he was about as conditioned as you can get onstage.  But it was the post-gut Ronnie that had problems (eg. 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004 Olympias).  If Ronnie's conditioning hadn't taken an average turn for the worse, people would be saying he was one of the most well conditioned bodybuilders ever. But, instead, we are saying that he was for a few years only.

[pumpster]

Ronnie was intensely cut, but I wouldn't say dry. Serious density is one of the only things he's never had.

Dry would be Jay in some shows, Yates at his best-that was his strength, Taylor, Columbu, Robinson-not that many.

Seems less common today, probably the drugs.

[suckmymuscle]

i personally never get tired of looking at arnold's physique ,i believe there has never been or will be a more pleasing physique to look at.today's bodybuilders are not pleasing to look at.who,s physique do you most admire.

  Arnold's physique is appealing because it's complete, with long muscle bellies. He's also tall with a highly masculine face, which makes him charismatic.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[MikeThaMachine]

physique is appealing because she's tall with a highly masculine face.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

Sounds like somthin S Ray would say j/k

[suckmymuscle]

Sounds like somthin S Ray would say j/k

  Tall men, with masculine faces, are the most charismatic; most Hollywood leading men have these characteristics. Men with pretty faces, like Leo DiCaprio and Jude Law may make teenage girls and gay guys swoon with lust, but they usually don't conquer many male fans. Get my drift?

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[onlyme]

This is the most  pleasing physique out of any so far posted

[Hulkster]

This is the most  pleasing physique out of any so far posted

no no no. Her tits, arms and ass cheeks are not all the same size!

[NarcissisticDeity]

but when your calves, arms and neck are all 16 inches, that is not necessarily a good thing 

They were all 18"  and Ronnie has those measurements as well , 54" gut 18" calves   

[NarcissisticDeity]

That's debatable.

GH guts, synthol, implants, multiple organ failure, changes to facial features etc, are hardly the signs of progress.

Excellent point !!

[sculpture]

They were all 18"  and Ronnie has those measurements as well , 54" gut 18" calves   

Obviously you're joking unless you seriously believe reeves had calves as big as rons

[phyxsius]

This is the most  pleasing physique out of any so far posted

I've seen better

[Gord]

What I mean is those proportions were the Greek ideal. Just a little outdated. There was no such thing as bodybuilding as we know it back then. they also thought that the sun revolved around the earth but wev'e managed to get past that one. I agree that in the last ten years or so BBing has taken a nosedive. Ever since guys started stepping onstage at 250+ proportions and detail have suffered

Ok, I hear you. That's a fair point.