I stopped taking pro bodybuilding seriously when Lee Haney retired

[muscleman-2013]

What about you?

[Royalty]

Honestly, I liked the Ronnie/Cutler/Gunter years

[Archer77]

I'm a huge Haney fan...no homo.  I thought Yates had an impressive Olympia worthy physique early on.  The late Yates years and the Coleman era were the beginning of the end. 

[muscleman-2013]

I thought Yates had an impressive Olympia worthy physique early on. 

Yeah that's true.  On recollection I think I did like his first few years.

The late Yates years and the Coleman era were the beginning of the end. 

Yeah that's the truth.

[IronMeister]

[thegamechanger]

what does taking pro bodybuilding seriously even mean?

[Archer77]

what does taking pro bodybuilding seriously even mean?

Considering it a sport?

[muscleman-2013]

Considering it a sport?

That's what I meant.

[Simple Simon]

I have never taken it seriously, even when I was competing.

[Royalty]

I think that guys tend to train & diet harder when they are amateurs. Then they turn pro and get lazy. Any improvements thereafter are simply a result of using/abusing greater amounts of drugs.


I think that during Haney's era, guys would have a natural foundation before they started taking steroids. These days, guys go straight to the drugs (and become douche bags overnight).

[BayGBM]

what does taking pro bodybuilding seriously even mean?

Don't make me go there! 

[Wolfox]

I have never taken it seriously, even when I was competing.

You had striated glutes tho. That takes dedication.

[Archer77]

That's what I meant.

If that's the criteria I never took bodybuilding seriously.

[BayGBM]

You had striated glutes tho. That takes dedication.

It takes serious commitment to develop striated glutes for the sole purpose of showing them off to an audience of cheering men. 

[muscleman-2013]

If that's the criteria I never took bodybuilding seriously.

I use the term loosely.  A better term would be "competition."

[the trainer]

I take bodybuilding very seriously if I hear you talking shit about my favorite men in thongs I will start throwing hands.

[Cableguy]

I'm a huge Haney fan...no homo.  I thought Yates had an impressive Olympia worthy physique early on.  The late Yates years and the Coleman era were the beginning of the end. 

Exactly this.

[ENZO]

I grew up in the era they all looked liked bloated pigs, so can never say I did. I do however love the fitness lifestyle and industry.