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Taking everything into account,  who was more impressive Gary Strydom or Paul Dillet,  both among the best ever from the front, tall and wide, and massive with a V taper and great abs. Terrible posers and weak backs but look like Mr. Olympia just standing relaxed.

I have no idea what Gary looks like now but a few years back he was still in great shape.

 Paul looks like he never lifted a day in his life. I wonder if he had "health" problems that required him to come off everything. I know he had injuries that limit what he can do in the gym but I dont get how you can be Freakzilla one day then be just fine looking like a scarecrow. Its like he doesn't even try to workout and he's still involved in bodybuilding.  Isn't he the head of some bodybuilding federation?

It's called RETIREMENT.

For example, no one is still expecting Troy Aikman to still pass for 4,000+ yards and 30 TDs, decades after he called it quits.

Plus, if he were still trying to be super big, some people would be calling him a "drug addict" and claiming that all his self-esteem is in bodybuilding; so he can't give up the steroids or the vanity of bodybuilding.

Are you using today’s salaries in Florida for 1993 income?
Starting pay for school teachers is at $70 in most SoCal districts. They work 185 days in a calendar year.

$70K in Southern Cal is more like $40K here (even today).

The Weider contracts weren't serious, mostly photos and showing up for Weider promotions. It averaged 2-4 days of real work.  Rest was gym and show prep.

They weren't serious until the WBF showed up. For example, "The Future" Jim Quinn got $125,000 a year as a rookie after in 1990 winning the North American Championships, the very show Paul Dillet won two years later.

Yes.  Totally predictable.

And they also consider a party that has Hirono, Crockett, Swalwell, Newsom, Omar, AOC, Lieu, Bass, etc. and believe men can get pregnant as "smart".

Brace for the incoming "the people that voted for Trump are stupid" posts.

He sucked?

lol