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Title: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 01, 2024, 04:37:15 AM
1991

Nimrod King and JJ Marsh were great, but Paris still stands out (despite being a little off)

Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: robcguns on April 01, 2024, 06:28:24 AM
I never realized how big Paris really was. Guy looked amazing.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 01, 2024, 08:56:57 AM
I never realized how big Paris really was. Guy looked amazing.

His shape, his height, and his shoulder width made him stand out in the line-up. His muscles still looked “fresh” (unlike Gaspari). It would’ve been interesting to see him in a callout with Yates that year.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 01, 2024, 09:08:45 AM
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Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Kwon on April 01, 2024, 09:16:09 AM
I never realized how big Paris really was. Guy looked amazing.

Bob def looked best there in that pic
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 01, 2024, 09:17:46 AM
Bob def looked best there in that pic

I was just watching the video. Paris looked better than Lee Labrada. Labrada was 4th. Paris was not in the top 10.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Kwon on April 01, 2024, 09:18:39 AM
I was just watching the video. Paris looked better than Lee Labrada. Labrada was 4th. Paris was not in the top 10.

Politics!

Maybe Labrada paid his dues
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 01, 2024, 10:46:22 AM
Politics!

Maybe Labrada paid his dues
Bob only sucked the dicks of his friends...
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 01, 2024, 10:49:19 AM
I was just watching the video. Paris looked better than Lee Labrada. Labrada was 4th. Paris was not in the top 10.

lees lines=9,5

paris lines=7

lee wins ;)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Big Arms on April 01, 2024, 11:30:31 AM
I never realized how big Paris really was. Guy looked amazing.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_-j80bHiXDTs/TVli8lrQP4I/AAAAAAAAAos/zHAxON3vkVs/s512/bob_paris_bf.jpg)
His husband Rod Jackson-Paris was no slouch himself. They were a hell of a Power Couple.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: njflex on April 01, 2024, 07:40:26 PM
He was at his biggest 91 yr he did a lot of shows went out on a high note.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Humble Narcissist on April 02, 2024, 12:34:33 AM
lees lines=9,5

paris lines=7

lee wins ;)
No way.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 02, 2024, 02:39:38 AM
No way.

2 of paris asethetic flaws are wideass child bearing hips and wasit and a long ass torso with short stubby legs (asian like)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: galain on April 02, 2024, 03:27:37 AM
2 of paris asethetic flaws are wideass child bearing hips and wasit and a long ass torso with short stubby legs (asian like)

I think so too. He was always the bodybuilder I used to think of as being 'perfect' but then i saw these comparison shots with Labrada and Benfatto and was surprised at how much more balanced Labrada looked. Not a diss on Paris at all - but Labrada had better symmetry. Paris' long back/torso stood out in this comparison.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Donny on April 02, 2024, 03:46:41 AM
Bob Paris was called the new Steve Reeves.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: oldtimer1 on April 02, 2024, 04:26:24 AM
Bob after bodybuilding.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Donny on April 02, 2024, 04:32:25 AM
Bob after bodybuilding.
He looks fit & well. always liked him as he was humble & polite in interviews, definitely one of the more intelligent bodybuilders of that era.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: mphgrove on April 02, 2024, 05:06:07 AM
Yes a polite role model type guy who had the wisdom to hang up the trunks. But a funny personal reaction on my end about his physique: something boring about the package -  perfect Lego pieces put together with not a lot of personality (just me probably on this)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: oldtimer1 on April 02, 2024, 05:36:58 AM
Yes a polite role model type guy who had the wisdom to hang up the trunks. But a funny personal reaction on my end about his physique: something boring about the package -  perfect Lego pieces put together with not a lot of personality (just me probably on this)

I feel the same way. No wow factor. They say he is the modern day Steve Reeves but I don't see that. 
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Donny on April 02, 2024, 05:42:28 AM
I feel the same way. No wow factor. They say he is the modern day Steve Reeves but I don't see that.
Not his personality but his physique.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Donny on April 02, 2024, 05:46:11 AM
no one will look like Reeves but Bob paris had a wow factor for me at least. He had the Looks & a great physique which although bigger than Reeves looked (for me) in proportion. Mass with class.  Just perfect .
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: _bruce_ on April 02, 2024, 06:00:12 AM

Genetically blessed - robust and good structure.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Rambone on April 02, 2024, 06:07:06 AM
I never realized how big Paris really was. Guy looked amazing.

If this was the qualifying round in Nascar, one would say Paris was sitting on top of the pole that night.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 02, 2024, 06:19:25 AM
saw Paris in seminar in 1989 15th April, same day as Hillsbrough, it was on the radio when we travelling to Sheffield.

Guy was huge, in clothes he looked great, not like some fucking moron.

He was in great shape that year
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Pet shop boys on April 02, 2024, 06:56:25 AM
Very inspirational individual. too bad he disappeared completely from the bodybuilding scene


You can hardly find anything online from someone as marketable as he was .



WooooSHHHHHHHHHH Ironic
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Pet shop boys on April 02, 2024, 06:59:25 AM
2 of paris asethetic flaws are wideass child bearing hips and wasit and a long ass torso with short stubby legs[/size] (asian like)

Like Nick Wlaker ?



WooooSHHHHHHHHH
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 02, 2024, 06:59:53 AM
Yes a polite role model type guy who had the wisdom to hang up the trunks. But a funny personal reaction on my end about his physique: something boring about the package -  perfect Lego pieces put together with not a lot of personality (just me probably on this)

dude was duller than a box of rocks

like one of my uncles used to say to me... you're so dull that my life compared to your is like being shot out of a cannon everyday, guess i'm not so dull anymores though lol
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 02, 2024, 07:02:12 AM
Like Nick Wlaker ?



WooooSHHHHHHHHH

not quite as bad but his wideass hips and wasit greatly distracted from him being aesthetic

but i know that ma main man che loved the guy

rory lidemeyer was his size and rorys aesthetics smack bobs round all day and night
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Pet shop boys on April 02, 2024, 07:04:43 AM
not quite as bad but his wideass hips and wasit greatly distracted from him being aesthetic

but i know that ma main man che loved the guy

rory lidemeyer was his size and rorys aesthetics smack bobs round all day and night

Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 02, 2024, 07:08:40 AM


booooooommmmm
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Donny on April 02, 2024, 07:49:11 AM
Live he looked great. A twist here & there as Zane did & it´s a great physique on stage.

Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 02, 2024, 07:51:31 AM
dude was duller than a box of rocks

like one of my uncles used to say to me... you're so dull that my life compared to your is like being shot out of a cannon everyday, guess i'm not so dull anymores though lol

If only he knew you were telling lies....
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: GymnJuice on April 02, 2024, 11:29:56 AM
If this was the qualifying round in Nascar, one would say Paris was sitting on top of the pole that night.

If Paris was in Nascar he'd say 'bumpers were made for bumping.'
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: The Scott on April 02, 2024, 11:41:42 AM
Paris was denied Olympias beause he chose to come out of the closet rather than stay inside with the IFBB judges at one of their BukttKake  parties.  I have no doubt that this is so.  He was handsome, well built and articulate (especially compared to other bodybuilders). 

He would have made a far better representative than Haney who was about as farticulate as a cucumber.  I don't car for Haney or his build but he won 8 times.  ZZZzzzzzZZzZz...
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Rambone on April 02, 2024, 12:58:52 PM
If Paris was in Nascar he'd say 'bumpers were made for bumping.'

“Rumpin’ is racin’.” - Bob Paris, driver of the Skittles car (taste the rainbow)

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/cf/cb/b4/cfcbb4a8fec435b86876d1a96955d12d.jpg)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: GymnJuice on April 02, 2024, 02:27:14 PM
“Rumpin’ is racin’.” - Bob Paris, driver of the Skittles car (taste the rainbow)

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/cf/cb/b4/cfcbb4a8fec435b86876d1a96955d12d.jpg)

Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Rambone on April 02, 2024, 02:56:00 PM


 :D
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: jude2 on April 02, 2024, 09:19:01 PM
He was a true classic BB
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: pamith on April 02, 2024, 11:31:28 PM
I heard Bob was a fag, is this true?
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Humble Narcissist on April 03, 2024, 12:19:11 AM
booooooommmmm
Perfection.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: illuminati on April 03, 2024, 12:50:50 AM
Paris was denied Olympias beause he chose to come out of the closet rather than stay inside with the IFBB judges at one of their BukttKake  parties.  I have no doubt that this is so.  He was handsome, well built and articulate (especially compared to other bodybuilders). 

He would have made a far better representative than Haney who was about as farticulate as a cucumber.  I don't car for Haney or his build but he won 8 times.  ZZZzzzzzZZzZz...

Paris wasn't a Mr Olympia winning physique- wide hips / long torso / funky obliques / back lacking
Him being a Faggott wasn't a + point - yet DickUpHisArseson won & he was a Know Cock smoker.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Humble Narcissist on April 03, 2024, 12:52:13 AM
Paris wasn't a Mr Olympia winning physique- wide hips / long torso / funky obliques / back lacking
Him being a Faggott wasn't a + point - yet DickUpHisArseson won & he was a Know Cock smoker.
Interesting take.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: mphgrove on April 03, 2024, 05:41:03 AM
Paris wasn't a Mr Olympia winning physique- wide hips / long torso / funky obliques / back lacking
Him being a Faggott wasn't a + point - yet DickUpHisArseson won & he was a Know Cock smoker.

Point not proved. It was different back then. Everybody knew about Dick Up. But he never came out. Him being closeted was a roll-your-eyes joke but to actually COME OUT as Paris did (with a couples photo in MuscleMag) and have your partner walk around with you at the shows and sit in the third row and clap at all the shows was too hot to handle.

Not that I am a huge fan of his physique but just sayin’.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 03, 2024, 06:56:34 AM
If the Olympia had come after the Worlds in 83 Paris would have been up against Samir in the Olympia and may well have won

It was the only time that happened all the worlds winners got an invite to the Olympia the same year as the Olympia followed the Worlds .

Paris went on a world seminar tour after the Worlds and never hit his 83 form again
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Pet shop boys on April 03, 2024, 07:20:34 AM
Paris wasn't a Mr Olympia winning physique- wide hips / long torso / funky obliques / back lacking
Him being a Faggott wasn't a + point - yet DickUpHisArseson won & he was a Know Cock smoker.

I think you're mistaking Paris Physique with Nick Walkers lol .....  but being fair, Haney had a far superior torso than Paris, not to mention he just looked better than anyone (Haney) in all mandatory poses during his era .

But Paris was treated unfair for coming out .... plain and simple ...... At that time Bob looked perfect (at least in real life)...  even Shawn Ray said recently that the most impressive bodybuilder he has ever seen in his whole life was Bob Paris ,



WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: illuminati on April 03, 2024, 07:46:42 AM
I think you're mistaking Paris Physique with Nick Walkers lol .....  but being fair, Haney had a far superior torso than Paris, not to mention he just looked better than anyone (Haney) in all mandatory poses during his era .

But Paris was treated unfair for coming out .... plain and simple ...... At that time Bob looked perfect (at least in real life)...  even Shawn Ray said recently that the most impressive bodybuilder he has ever seen in his whole life was Bob Paris ,



WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

No Bob's Physique is nowt like Nick's - Only if you can't / won't see his
structural flaws a body building Judge you'll never make.

Bob certainly had a Good physique Just not a MR O winning physique.
And Shawn is entitled to his opinion.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: njflex on April 03, 2024, 08:09:25 AM
incredible build/muscle shape overall look,structure wise yes long torso'which helps with great ab look 'blocked look;lee priest same look but shorter he had long torso 8 abs or close,,haney/arnold.coleman short torso compact ab wall 4 ab look if that not true six packs..but thick backs all of then due to shorter torso to fill out .back to paris after he turned pro don't remember yr maybe 85/86/87 time frame he quit, modeled downsized and then came back late 80's again ...no body was beating lee hanhey ,,paris was a good top 10 bber and crowd loved him..
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: The Scott on April 03, 2024, 08:38:30 AM
Paris wasn't a Mr Olympia winning physique- wide hips / long torso / funky obliques / back lacking
Him being a Faggott wasn't a + point - yet DickUpHisArseson won & he was a Know Cock smoker.

I will never understand how Dickerson won an Olympia.  "DickUpHisArseson", LOLOLOLOL! ;D
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: SweetDaddySiki on April 03, 2024, 08:54:45 AM
I think if Paris had won the Olympia and other shows then the standards would be different (i.e., aestetics) and we wouldn't have had the bloating era that occured after Dorian. Maybe no Dorian as Mr O; he would have been placed lower along with the other bloats.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Grape Ape on April 03, 2024, 09:19:01 AM
I think if Paris had won the Olympia and other shows then the standards would be different (i.e., aestetics) and we wouldn't have had the bloating era that occured after Dorian. Maybe no Dorian as Mr O; he would have been placed lower along with the other bloats.

Dorian 93/95 were the best combo of everything.

Maybe a few Ronnie years as well.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: illuminati on April 03, 2024, 10:31:12 AM
I will never understand how Dickerson won an Olympia.  "DickUpHisArseson", LOLOLOLOL! ;D

Agreed - complete mystery how he ever won that Olympia
That & Franco winning 81 worst 2 judging results ever.

And I liked Franco, only he was far from the best that night.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: The Scott on April 03, 2024, 10:53:40 AM
Agreed - complete mystery how he ever won that Olympia
That & Franco winning 81 worst 2 judging results ever.

And I liked Franco, only he was far from the best that night.

Yup.  I think Padilla beat  him with ease and should have won that in '81  and again in '82.  I don't care if someone is "short" so long as their build is "maessthetic" with excellent symmetry and definition. Padilla was ripped off again. 

The first time he was denied was when he was dropped from competition at the '75 Universe so that Waller and Katz could have their little story line for "Pumping Iron".  Padilla's physique is a miniaturized version of Arnold.  He is an all time great!
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: BigRo on April 03, 2024, 11:01:33 AM
Yup.  I think Padilla beat  him with ease and should have won that in '81  and again in '82.  I don't care if someone is "short" so long as their build is "maessthetic" with excellent symmetry and definition. Padilla was ripped off again. 

The first time he was denied was when he was dropped from competition at the '75 Universe so that Waller and Katz could have their little story line for "Pumping Iron".  Padilla's physique is a miniaturized version of Arnold.  He is an all time great!

I think Platz should have won in 81.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: illuminati on April 03, 2024, 02:13:05 PM
I think Platz should have won in 81.

Same - was close Between him & Danny only Tom was so much Bigger
Muscle size.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: illuminati on April 03, 2024, 02:14:21 PM
Yup.  I think Padilla beat  him with ease and should have won that in '81  and again in '82.  I don't care if someone is "short" so long as their build is "maessthetic" with excellent symmetry and definition. Padilla was ripped off again. 

The first time he was denied was when he was dropped from competition at the '75 Universe so that Waller and Katz could have their little story line for "Pumping Iron".  Padilla's physique is a miniaturized version of Arnold.  He is an all time great!

I have Tom winning & Danny a close 2nd in 81.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 03, 2024, 02:29:28 PM
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Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Zillotch on April 03, 2024, 03:22:03 PM
the best (in terms of genetic potential)... to this day

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fz7pcatq7jtqy.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dd7496869827575f66c71bf297ffc89edc736b2e9&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=9fa992e65d39a010fcd941c46f48e79a0963ffbb9c0077871bd38b736943ff8d&ipo=images)

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lamuscle.com%2Fimages%2Fdynamic%2Fbob-paris-bodybuilder.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2fe5ba6ca011cc5e19a98e85b72ffcb23d12d3f7d3839621ac74b3562226a65a&ipo=images)

an example of a good structure standing next to an elite structure:

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2FPpVxGp5rhdw866AfRB_7FkelPXKBLz1IyeADUBCFhrg.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3De97450dd38680e2077d31d4028a9bf40b31cffaa&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=bf422732c9ec9dc2012eb2b0ab4c1a9b7645998841211cfa99a9a93fa76297d1&ipo=images)

(https://forum.bodybuilding.nl/attachments/1585222051358-png.484895/)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 03, 2024, 03:31:12 PM
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Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: jude2 on April 03, 2024, 08:57:11 PM
I heard Bob was a fag, is this true?
lol you know the answer to that
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Humble Narcissist on April 04, 2024, 12:34:52 AM
the best (in terms of genetic potential)... to this day

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fz7pcatq7jtqy.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dd7496869827575f66c71bf297ffc89edc736b2e9&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=9fa992e65d39a010fcd941c46f48e79a0963ffbb9c0077871bd38b736943ff8d&ipo=images)

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lamuscle.com%2Fimages%2Fdynamic%2Fbob-paris-bodybuilder.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2fe5ba6ca011cc5e19a98e85b72ffcb23d12d3f7d3839621ac74b3562226a65a&ipo=images)

an example of a good structure standing next to an elite structure:

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2FPpVxGp5rhdw866AfRB_7FkelPXKBLz1IyeADUBCFhrg.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3De97450dd38680e2077d31d4028a9bf40b31cffaa&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=bf422732c9ec9dc2012eb2b0ab4c1a9b7645998841211cfa99a9a93fa76297d1&ipo=images)

(https://forum.bodybuilding.nl/attachments/1585222051358-png.484895/)
Paris had better structure than DeMey?
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: SweetDaddySiki on April 04, 2024, 06:07:06 AM
He had a high wide V shaped chest. I'm sure that came from doing dips. I saw a picture once and he looked like he was doing the chin on chest Gironda dips.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 04, 2024, 06:14:09 AM
He had a high wide V shaped chest. I'm sure that came from doing dips. I saw a picture once and he looked like he was doing the chin on chest Gironda dips.
::)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: njflex on April 04, 2024, 07:15:31 AM
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hey a man can dream,,,
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: illuminati on April 04, 2024, 07:41:09 AM
the best (in terms of genetic potential)... to this day


Hmmmm - Better Than Sergio , Arnold , Zane , Haney , Dorian , Ronnie ,
Jay , Wheeler , Mendenhall ,  Dillett , Kevin , Cormier etc etc  Put down
The crack pipe son  ;D

Bob was Good only never a real threat to win The Olympia.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: LurkerNoMore on April 04, 2024, 10:12:49 AM
Whatever happened to his husband after they divorced?  Didn't he die later on?
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Van_Bilderass on April 04, 2024, 10:19:57 AM
He was amazing but everyone can be criticized, in Bob's case it was the slightly wide hips. Plus a very balanced physique can look boring, ala Chris Cormier. Sometimes a more unbalancedd physiquee looks more eye catching and dramatic, e.g. Flex Wheeler, or Priest. Overdeveloped arms vs torso can look great. Narrowish shoulders can look great too.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 04, 2024, 10:22:50 AM
He was amazing but everyone can be criticized, in Bob's case it was the slightly wide hips. Plus a very balanced physique can look boring, ala Chris Cormier. Sometimes a more unbalancedd physiquee looks more eye catching and dramatic, e.g. Flex Wheeler, or Priest. Overdeveloped arms vs torso can look great. Narrowish shoulders can look great too.

narrow shoulders make your arms look biggr than they are

broad shoulders make your arms look smaller than they are, and i have broad shoulders so my arms look smaller than they are

shit sucks
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Sexy Beast on April 04, 2024, 10:27:10 AM
the best (in terms of genetic potential)... to this day

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fz7pcatq7jtqy.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dd7496869827575f66c71bf297ffc89edc736b2e9&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=9fa992e65d39a010fcd941c46f48e79a0963ffbb9c0077871bd38b736943ff8d&ipo=images)

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lamuscle.com%2Fimages%2Fdynamic%2Fbob-paris-bodybuilder.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2fe5ba6ca011cc5e19a98e85b72ffcb23d12d3f7d3839621ac74b3562226a65a&ipo=images)

an example of a good structure standing next to an elite structure:

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fexternal-preview.redd.it%2FPpVxGp5rhdw866AfRB_7FkelPXKBLz1IyeADUBCFhrg.jpg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3De97450dd38680e2077d31d4028a9bf40b31cffaa&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=bf422732c9ec9dc2012eb2b0ab4c1a9b7645998841211cfa99a9a93fa76297d1&ipo=images)

(https://forum.bodybuilding.nl/attachments/1585222051358-png.484895/)

I could have seen it going either way (Bob or Rory) for the heavyweight class in 1993

Both looked great and both were great posers (which unfortunately doesn't matter anymore)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: BigRo on April 04, 2024, 03:13:31 PM
narrow shoulders make your arms look biggr than they are

broad shoulders make your arms look smaller than they are, and i have broad shoulders so my arms look smaller than they are

shit sucks

They are small though.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 04, 2024, 03:23:18 PM
He was amazing but everyone can be criticized, in Bob's case it was the slightly wide hips. Plus a very balanced physique can look boring, ala Chris Cormier. Sometimes a more unbalancedd physiquee looks more eye catching and dramatic, e.g. Flex Wheeler, or Priest. Overdeveloped arms vs torso can look great. Narrowish shoulders can look great too.
If anything jumps out at you on a bodybuilder thats called a flaw but judges tend to reward eyecatching physiques

When Paris walked out onstage nothing jumped out at you, thats symmetry
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Zillotch on April 04, 2024, 04:18:03 PM
If anything jumps out at you on a bodybuilder thats called a flaw but judges tend to reward eyecatching physiques

When Paris walked out onstage nothing jumped out at you, thats symmetry

nailed it.

on paper, paris is the closest to an 'ideal' form that bodybuilding has produced.

his frame (of adequate stature) as a whole, and individual parts, r structured correctly and evenly muscled.

he had the best tools to work with from head to toe... that is to say - the least amount of flaws

that is not to say, tho, that he should have beaten any particular guy, at any given point in time.. but he could have.

potential unrealized.

(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffitnessvolt.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2FBob-Paris-The-Flawless-Marvel-3.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=0ae63cd3d13f22372aa9f06d487247e9ffd7675284c03582038e62a5ad2bbf77&ipo=images)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 04, 2024, 07:26:51 PM
1985 Mr Olympia. Paris is not flexing at all. Totally relaxed. In the third pic he is tensing his abs.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Humble Narcissist on April 04, 2024, 11:45:46 PM
Whatever happened to his husband after they divorced?  Didn't he die later on?
Aids or suicide after Paris left?
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 05, 2024, 02:05:28 AM
They are small though.

compared to a bb yep, you need at least 17 inchers not to be small compared to them

but for my bodywieght not really, in fact i have added a full 1/2 inch to them over the past 6 days and they are now 15 3/4 inches which isn't small for someone who only weighes 162 pounds

15 3/4 is small for a 190 pound man but not for a 160 pound man
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 05, 2024, 06:09:11 AM
compared to a bb yep, you need at least 17 inchers not to be small compared to them

but for my bodywieght not really, in fact i have added a full 1/2 inch to them over the past 6 days and they are now 15 3/4 inches which isn't small for someone who only weighes 162 pounds

15 3/4 is small for a 190 pound man but not for a 160 pound man
on purpose or just by accident?
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: LurkerNoMore on April 05, 2024, 11:40:52 AM
Aids or suicide after Paris left?

I don't know.  I may be wrong.  But I think I read that somewhere. 
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Taffin on April 05, 2024, 02:05:46 PM
Aids or suicide after Paris left?

Suicide by teh AIDS...

He was c0cked to death...  :'(
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Flexacon on April 05, 2024, 02:45:26 PM
I heard Bob was a fag, is this true?

I don't think you will be his type. No offence.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: mphgrove on April 05, 2024, 03:05:19 PM
Suicide by teh AIDS...

He was c0cked to death...  :'(

Is that based on anything? I do remember vaguely hearing that Paris was a homebody while Jackson was going to clubs on the wrong side of the tracks. But don’t remember any specific sources.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 05, 2024, 03:54:51 PM
this X-frame blows slobs str outta da water

get da fuck outta here with dat shit

slob sucks compared to dis ;)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Taffin on April 05, 2024, 06:58:25 PM
Is that based on anything? I do remember vaguely hearing that Paris was a homebody while Jackson was going to clubs on the wrong side of the tracks. But don’t remember any specific sources.

Sorry no - please don't take me seriously FGS... all I know is they only lasted a couple of years and Bob remarried like twenty years ago
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: tommywishbone on April 05, 2024, 07:02:52 PM
Boy oh boy… prime Bob Paris. Damn.

When you saw him in person you could only shake your head and smile… and think, “Man this bullshit ain’t fair. WTH!”

Crazy V-taper
No missing body parts
225 pounds with a legit 30 inch waist
Rockstar hair
Good look SOB
Reasonably strong
Nice guy
IFBB Professional
Perfect posture

Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Humble Narcissist on April 06, 2024, 12:25:27 AM
Suicide by teh AIDS...

He was c0cked to death...  :'(
Cumming all the way to the end. :-X
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 06, 2024, 02:19:18 AM
this X-frame blows slobs str outta da water

get da fuck outta here with dat shit

slob sucks compared to dis ;)
grow the fuck up
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 06, 2024, 04:21:34 AM
Boy oh boy… prime Bob Paris. Damn.

When you saw him in person you could only shake your head and smile… and think, “Man this bullshit ain’t fair. WTH!”

Crazy V-taper
No missing body parts
225 pounds with a legit 30 inch waist
Rockstar hair
Good look SOB
Reasonably strong
Nice guy
IFBB Professional
Perfect posture


At this show he was a bit heavier... listed at 230LB

Paris made JJ Marsh look small
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: njflex on April 06, 2024, 04:26:31 AM
Jean Paul guiallame had great build,for him to say he was natural is a far fetch his legs alone to look that insane dense look is impossiible clean ,they were as good or better than his fellow competitors who even out weighed him by a lot..
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 06, 2024, 04:41:07 AM
Jean Paul guiallame had great build,for him to say he was natural is a far fetch his legs alone to look that insane dense look is impossiible clean ,they were as good or better than his fellow competitors who even out weighed him by a lot..
he used to offer 10k to anyone to test him and him comeback positive
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: njflex on April 06, 2024, 04:48:32 AM
he used to offer 10k to anyone to test him and him comeback positive
lol,, do you really think anybody cared the same thing with that asshole Carl Lewis
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: njflex on April 06, 2024, 04:51:43 AM
Out of all the guys that claimed clean natural, etc. the one that gets everybody going is Mike Ashley the guy wins the Arnold  classic after Sean fails drug test. The guy was every bit as big ,freaky as Shawn and rest guys,yet he does it on island food.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: joswift on April 06, 2024, 04:57:54 AM
Out of all the guys that claimed clean natural, etc. the one that gets everybody going is Mike Ashley the guy wins the Arnold  classic after Sean fails drug test. The guy was every bit as big ,freaky as Shawn and rest guys,yet he does it on island food.
I heard Ashley was supplying other pros back in the 80s, thats from a pro who was competing back then
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: njflex on April 06, 2024, 05:00:45 AM
I heard Ashley was supplying other pros back in the 80s, thats from a pro who was competing back then
Wow, I believe you that I never heard but I know that you knew a lot of pros from your side and especially Americans  came over to either Guest pose or compete in England very popular over there Nabba ect,,




Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: mphgrove on April 06, 2024, 06:00:58 AM
I heard Ashley was supplying other pros back in the 80s, thats from a pro who was competing back then

Good thing to know a blabbermouth pro, later 1990 to 2005 in this case. One of the pros (RIP) made tons of money that way but wasted every penny of it on strippers.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 06, 2024, 06:48:16 AM
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Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 06, 2024, 06:48:52 AM
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Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Taffin on April 06, 2024, 07:14:33 AM
I heard Ashley was supplying other pros back in the 80s, thats from a pro who was competing back then

I wish I'd taken a screen-shot now, but Ashley presented one of the awards at the US Arnold.  There appears to be two kinds of retired Pro nowadays - he was clearly in Cat 2a - looked reminiscent of Bertil Fox in his court pictures after 6 months of sudden cold turkey - that oversized suit look - but basically 'normal'

1) Can't let go - fear for their health
King Kamali
Lee Priest
Bob Chick
Milos
Branch

2a) Dropped that sh1t as they want to live
Paul Dillet
Mike Ashley
Dexter?
Roelly

2a) Probably a bit too late
Ronnie
Flex

Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 06, 2024, 08:38:13 AM
Jean Paul guiallame had great build,for him to say he was natural is a far fetch his legs alone to look that insane dense look is impossiible clean ,they were as good or better than his fellow competitors who even out weighed him by a lot..

go to the very end

405 FULL CLOSE STANCE SQUATS

holy shit!!!!

slob fairy could have never ever done this  ;)



Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: illuminati on April 06, 2024, 10:06:08 AM
go to the very end

405 FULL CLOSE STANCE SQUATS

holy shit!!!!

slob fairy could have never ever done this  ;)




Watch again The editing is awful - last set he loads 3 20kg discs
then it cuts to him with 4 20s on bar & then it cuts to him racking the
bar with 2 20s on it. !!

With that shit editing no doubt they're fake plates.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: tommywishbone on April 06, 2024, 06:24:52 PM
 :)
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: njflex on April 06, 2024, 06:47:28 PM
:)
Perfect
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Humble Narcissist on April 07, 2024, 12:15:59 AM
I heard Ashley was supplying other pros back in the 80s, thats from a pro who was competing back then
Must have been good stuff to be able to pass the drug tests.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Van_Bilderass on April 07, 2024, 12:38:26 AM
I'll pay you if you test me and I fail, is the most juvenile challenge ever uttered. If you are natural, would you let a random someone "test" you? Of course not, suddenly there are all sorts of preconditions on how to go about it and nothing happens. I had an idea on a "reality TV" type of show, hopefully well finded, where a crew rolled up to anyone claiming natural and offered a comprehensive drug testing packagr by a third party, and where they would "win" a good amount of money if they passed. Not a single "natural" would take anybody up on a generous offer like that. Not one, ever. But it would be entertaining if some wealthy individual funded that, perhaps with hidden cameras, in fact most would probably admit they wouldn't pass, if they thought it really was "off the record."

"We" know it's all bullshit, but it would still be funny, all these guys squirming and pissing their pants.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Van_Bilderass on April 07, 2024, 12:43:06 AM
Anyone see what I meant by "wide hips" wrt Paris?  ;D

You can find fault with absolutely anyone, but if you are a longtime "physique analyzer" like a lot of us are we immediately look for faults when we hear the word "perfect."  ;D
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: mphgrove on April 07, 2024, 12:53:15 AM
“Long term physique analyzer” Classy terminology, adding that to my LinkedIn.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Van_Bilderass on April 07, 2024, 01:00:08 AM
“Long term physique analyzer” Classy terminology, adding that to my LinkedIn.

I don't know how to make it sound more classy, but you guys know what I mean  :D
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 07, 2024, 01:43:35 AM
Anyone see what I meant by "wide hips" wrt Paris?  ;D

You can find fault with absolutely anyone, but if you are a longtime "physique analyzer" like a lot of us are we immediately look for faults when we hear the word "perfect."  ;D

yep but i already said that before you said it

he also has a longass torso, no good

Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Van_Bilderass on April 07, 2024, 02:03:45 AM
yep but i already said that before you said it

he also has a longass torso, no good

Ah must've missed it. I always say the opposite is preferred in my "optimal" aesthetics, shorter torso and longer legs. The opposite ruins everything. Not in Paris' case but generally.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: dj181 on April 07, 2024, 02:16:56 AM
Ah must've missed it. I always say the opposite is preferred in my "optimal" aesthetics, shorter torso and longer legs. The opposite ruins everything. Not in Paris' case but generally.

for aesthetics yes

also narrrow hips, wide shoulders and tiny joints
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Van_Bilderass on April 07, 2024, 02:46:32 AM
for aesthetics yes

also narrrow hips, wide shoulders and tiny joints

As you say wide shoulders can be a detriment though, making your limbs appear smaller. Even Ronnie wasn't that wide shouldered clavically speaking. Neither was Dorian, Flex or any number of good bodybuilders. I think gh15 said arab bodybuilders tended to have wide shoulders and relatively small arms.
Title: Re: X-Frame: Bob Paris
Post by: Royalty on April 07, 2024, 05:02:25 AM
Undeniable muscle mass