hey Bob as one of the pros with what i consider to be a small waist what do you think of the crazy amounts of calories and force feeding that some pros do and claim to do? my opinion is that that's the reason for a lot of the stomach distention.
There are a few things that contribute to a big waist on gameday...drugs certainly play a role, but the enourmous increase of food intake by modern day BBers is also a big factor. Some of this is due to the fact that WITH the newer cocktail of drugs...you are able to consume way more calories on a competition diet than in the old days...thus, the stomach stays big as the body gets leaner.
Another factor is th pre-contest carbing up process which has also been supersized....
No matter what the reason behind it is...nothing will detract from a physique more than a thick waist.