Is Dallas considered to have elite genetics for bbing?? Or was it the drugs especially in his case?
Good question. He won the Chicago Pro show rather young. He also deadlifted 845-lb, and bench pressed over 500-lb.
Maxime Boudreault is Thunder Bay's Strongest Man and almost qualified for the Arnold Pro this year, and he isn't quite at the deadlift and bench press that Dallas had [but VERY close - bench is around the same].
Even Ronnie didn't lift what Dallas did.
I realize that it's bodybuilding, and not strongman or powerlifting, but Dallas was top tier, IMO. Not sure exactly where in that top 25% of pro bodybuilders though, but I think top 25% is fair.