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Claims Patrick Moore won, doesn't tell us which one is Patrick. ::)
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Claims Patrick Moore won, doesn't tell us which one is Patrick. ::)
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I would go with Regan
Regan just a tiny bit harder and it wouldn't be a question, not that Moore is harder anyway
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I would go with Regan
Regan just a tiny bit harder and it wouldn't be a question, not that Moore is harder anyway
Regan looks like he's skipped a few years of Back+Biceps days.
Have you ever seen a pro with worse biceps? I'm in awe at how small they are. Joke FDB, flat RDB, even the side chest...
Whole back is shit-tier too. Lats in particular.
And then there's the nerve-damaged 12" calves...
This clown really shouldn't be winning any shows, looking like that. The judges got it right.
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Regan Reginald Grim Reaper Grimes should have won.
Did any of the athletes enter at the last moment like Arnold did in the 1980 Mr. Olympia contest?
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Regan looks like he's skipped a few years of Back+Biceps days.
Have you ever seen a pro with worse biceps? I'm in awe at how small they are. Joke FDB, flat RDB, even the side chest...
Whole back is shit-tier too. Lats in particular.
And then there's the nerve-damaged 12" calves...
This clown really shouldn't be winning any shows, looking like that. The judges got it right.
the current Mr Olympia
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the current Mr Olympia
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One of the arguments I hear about today's pros being better than 90's pros is that aside from being bigger, the stage lighting in the 90's made for a more dramatic appearance and camera quality wasn't as good therefore if the 90's guy's competed on a stage today they'd look just as washed out or if today's guys competed on a 90's era stage with similar lighting they'd be far more impressive etc.
This comparison debunks that argument. I mean Andrea Shaw has a peaked and split biceps, she's harder and more ripped than Derek lunsford.who looks like a glazed donut. Objectively Andrea looks better, the only metric Derek beats her in is size.
The average bodybuilder is between 5'8 and 5'10" or thereabouts. There's only so much weight you can add to a 5'8" -5'10" frame before losing any pleasing aesthetic. There's an ideal aesthetic, It's why superheroes are drawn the way they are, its why the actors in these comic book movies look the way they do, it's why sculptors created male statues with those same aesthetics for 100's of years. Today's pros are beyond that aesthetic.
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Regan looks like he's skipped a few years of Back+Biceps days.
Have you ever seen a pro with worse biceps? I'm in awe at how small they are. Joke FDB, flat RDB, even the side chest...
Whole back is shit-tier too. Lats in particular.
And then there's the nerve-damaged 12" calves...
This clown really shouldn't be winning any shows, looking like that. The judges got it right.
Moore's calves don't look any better in these rear shots. At least in the lat spread Regan's back looks bigger. Regan missed his opportunity to peak his bb physique, now he's already too old and worn, e.g. the nerve damage. The biceps do have poor attachments, it's not just the size per se. Moore also missed his best shot; a few years ago Milos was saying, paraphrased, "he needs to pull the trigger and make it happen, only he can do it, doesn't matter the advice he gets, it's up to him." Milos thought he was Mr O material, but then he says that about so many guys.
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We don't need the Straight of Hormuz open, we can just drain this thread for oil. :-X
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Moore's calves don't look any better in these rear shots. At least in the lat spread Regan's back looks bigger. Regan missed his opportunity to peak his bb physique, now he's already too old and worn, e.g. the nerve damage. The biceps do have poor attachments, it's not just the size per se.
1) Moore is black. He has an excuse for small calves.
2) Moore's calves look a bit better from the front and side.
3) Regan's back is "bigger" in the RLS but it looks like dogshit. Flat as a pancake, garbage taper, and poor rear delts and traps. Moore has a WAY better taper and his lats just flare out at a steeper angle.
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Sometimes photographs can make a show seem closer than it actually was.
It’s just my opinion. I would bet that in person, it was fairly evident that Patrick Moore was the winner.
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3) Regan's back is "bigger" in the RLS but it looks like dogshit. Flat as a pancake, garbage taper, and poor rear delts and traps. Moore has a WAY better taper and his lats just flare out at a steeper angle.
Sure. Aesthetics is somewhat subjective. Some feel Moore's structure looks a bit funky overall. I remembered joswift's post:
Moore has no legs, his quads and teardrop look like a lightweight competitor, they look ridiculous
But I don't have a problem with Moore winning 8)
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Moore's calves don't look any better in these rear shots. At least in the lat spread Regan's back looks bigger. Regan missed his opportunity to peak his bb physique, now he's already too old and worn, e.g. the nerve damage. The biceps do have poor attachments, it's not just the size per se. Moore also missed his best shot; a few years ago Milos was saying, paraphrased, "he needs to pull the trigger and make it happen, only he can do it, doesn't matter the advice he gets, it's up to him." Milos thought he was Mr O material, but then he says that about so many guys.
Neither guy is dry and cut................they look soft, almost bloofy.
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Neither guy is dry and cut................they look soft, almost bloofy.
i hear Regan had 54 ius of GH the morning of the show
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Neither guy is dry and cut................they look soft, almost bloofy.
Especially the back nowadays. Everyone shoots up the delts so much there's just lumps of oil.
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Especially the back nowadays. Everyone shoots up the delts so much there's just lumps of oil.
Judges looked the other way when it came to Hadi, Andrew Jacked, and Nick Walker.... why suddenly start caring at the Texas Pro?
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Regan looks like the hodge twins
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Judges looked the other way when it came to Hadi, Andrew Jacked, and Nick Walker.... why suddenly start caring at the Texas Pro?
No I mean they don't care, Moore has the same oil delts as everyone else. The delt has to be part oil now, particularly the rear part. Look at the big 80s and early 90s guys and no one had delts shaped like these.
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i hear Regan had 54 ius of GH the morning of the show
That explains it !! :D
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I was looking up the Dwayne Quamina situation and happened on this video. There's comparisons from the Texas pro. In case someone cares, look at the back shots and compare Regan and Moore. Moore has a more dramatic taper but he's not killing Regan on back at all IMO.
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does anyone care if these guys qualify for the Olympia?
Neither will place top ten in a million years
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Not a cut in sight!
Fat, watery
Cup cake, lollipop guys!
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does anyone care if these guys qualify for the Olympia?
Neither will place top ten in a million years
We care. Regan has or had potential, but I think he's cooked. Really puzzled by the judges decision as moore just sucks in general. Aside from the pirate peg leg appearance he is lacking about 30 pounds of muscle give or take to be competitive in mens open.
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Who the hell actually attends these shows? No one interesting, they all look like crap, tier 2/3 pros
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What an exiting year for competitive bodybuilding! Derek was right!
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Who the hell actually attends these shows? No one interesting, they all look like crap, tier 2/3 pros
The second pic, another pic to show the regression of the sport, isn't a smart comparison because Ruhl was full of 'enhancements' as well. It's why his biceps popped like that :D
The competitors aren't fatter today, they're much leaner in fact, it's not why they appear smoother. They have more detail at least in several body parts today as well, but the physique is 'crowded' due to the extra size so it may appear as though there's little detail and less separation between parts. The waist comparison may not be a fair comparison either because Buchanan's waist was really unique even back then. At the same time I'm not arguing the guys look better now, I see why fans think that.
Regarding being lean, Lee Priest used to say it shouldn't be a dieting contest. His ass was never striated; probably why he said that. But perhaps being extra lean isn't actually helping aesthetics?
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Dirk Lumpsford the stupid refrigerator dwarf
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The second pic, another pic to show the regression of the sport, isn't a smart comparison because Ruhl was full of 'enhancements' as well. It's why his biceps popped like that :D
The competitors aren't fatter today, they're much leaner in fact, it's not why they appear smoother. They have more detail at least in several body parts today as well, but the physique is 'crowded' due to the extra size so it may appear as though there's little detail and less separation between parts. The waist comparison may not be a fair comparison either because Buchanan's waist was really unique even back then. At the same time I'm not arguing the guys look better now, I see why fans think that.
Regarding being lean, Lee Priest used to say it shouldn't be a dieting contest. His ass was never striated; probably why he said that. But perhaps being extra lean isn't actually helping aesthetics?
The lack of detail/separations nowadays is so obviously SEO abuse I am really disappointed to have to point it out to you.
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The lack of detail/separations nowadays is so obviously SEO abuse I am really disappointed to have to point it out to you.
You don't have to point it out to me.
It's why I said
They have more detail at least in several body parts today as well,
Which is true, in some body parts there's more detail. I've said many times body parts like delts are a mess because everyone builds about 30% more delt size with enhancements. SEO is used less in quads and hams and ass for example, though some have put it in abs even. The 'crowding' phenomenon is something very few have thought about. Does Buchanan look like he has much more striations and detail than Krizo? Clearly Krizo is leaner and has more "detail." Doesn't mean he's more appealing. Many have actually pointed out that today's competitors are too lean in their opinion and it looks ugly to them. If Buchanan was transported to a pro stage today everyone would say he looks at least 8 weeks out and didn't even try dieting.
Back in his day only Gaspari had a striated ass. Today many pros have some glute cuts in the deepest off-season. They hold a lot more water though. I started reading bb mags when Gaspari was on top and I remember what a novelty his ass was :D Him and then Renel Janvier.