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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #75 on: August 23, 2022, 01:36:57 AM »
Shawn was not afraid to diet down until he was super-cut. And he would would usually beat a couple of the top guys, who chased after size, and came in too heavy.
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #76 on: August 23, 2022, 05:34:39 AM »
Shawn could have easily added 20 lbs plus but he kept the symmetrical proportions and didn’t blow out his waist. A lot of guys were starting to emerge in the 90s.
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #77 on: August 23, 2022, 05:48:54 AM »
Quote from: Earl1972 on August 22, 2022, 06:23:45 PM
flex, nasser, cormier,  and Mr. Levrone regularly competed at the arnold and night of champions even though they qualified for the olympia

yes shawn only cared about the olympia

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WTF Very cuckish
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #78 on: August 23, 2022, 05:52:10 AM »
Quote from: Royalty on August 23, 2022, 01:36:57 AM
Shawn was not afraid to diet down until he was super-cut. And he would would usually beat a couple of the top guys, who chased after size, and came in too heavy.

Wasn't Shawns whole thing that he didn't eat any different during prep and offseason. He got cut by training more and increasing intensity.
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #79 on: August 23, 2022, 05:58:59 AM »
Quote from: Flexacon on August 23, 2022, 05:52:10 AM
Wasn't Shawns whole thing that he didn't eat any different during prep and offseason. He got cut by training more and increasing intensity.

Yes.

There were some pics towards the end of his career that showed that he bulked up a bit in the offseason. But earlier on, I believe that he tended to not bulk up, and remain with striking distance of any potential shows.
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #80 on: August 23, 2022, 08:08:24 AM »
Quote from: Never1AShow on August 19, 2022, 10:42:10 PM
It's because there is something magical about the human physique.  Amazingly captivating on a biological level.
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #81 on: August 23, 2022, 08:19:42 AM »
How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #82 on: August 23, 2022, 08:23:21 AM »
"Uncrowned Mr. Olympia"; robbed in 1994 & 1996:

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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #83 on: August 23, 2022, 08:24:30 AM »
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #84 on: August 23, 2022, 08:37:10 AM »
Quote from: Royalty on August 23, 2022, 05:58:59 AM
Yes.

There were some pics towards the end of his career that showed that he bulked up a bit in the offseason. But earlier on, I believe that he tended to not bulk up, and remain with striking distance of any potential shows.
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #85 on: August 23, 2022, 08:37:53 AM »
Quote from: Grenache on August 23, 2022, 08:23:21 AM
"Uncrowned Mr. Olympia"; robbed in 1994 & 1996:


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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #86 on: August 23, 2022, 08:44:25 AM »
A lot of haters in this thread, a whole lotta heat...

https://youtu.be/GyfBg-Wiyek?t=37

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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #87 on: August 23, 2022, 09:38:54 AM »
Quote from: Grenache on August 23, 2022, 08:23:21 AM
"Uncrowned Mr. Olympia"; robbed in 1994 & 1996:



Dorian looked like absolute shit in 94 when relaxed.
1994  Mr. O was the first show that began to reward based on mass and conditioning and aesthetics took a back seat. This was the beginning of the end of bodybuilding aesthetics if you compete against Dorian. Absolutely terrible.  The beginning of guts and spilled over obliques. He looks like a skinny guy in a barrel with twigs sticking out. Shawn Ray was damn near perfect.
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #88 on: August 23, 2022, 10:51:49 AM »
Ray 2nd Place  VS  Baker 12th Place

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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #89 on: August 23, 2022, 11:44:27 AM »
Quote from: Wiggs on August 23, 2022, 09:38:54 AM
Dorian looked like absolute shit in 94 when relaxed.
1994  Mr. O was the first show that began to reward based on mass and conditioning and aesthetics took a back seat. This was the beginning of the end of bodybuilding aesthetics if you compete against Dorian. Absolutely terrible.  The beginning of guts and spilled over obliques. He looks like a skinny guy in a barrel with twigs sticking out. Shawn Ray was damn near perfect.


Dorian looked like shit in the standing relaxed from the front ( as well as the front double biceps ). Granted , however the contest is judged on a series of poses not just a couple. Dorian's standing relaxed from the back is unbeatable. You can make a case that Shawn should've been what the Mr Olympia ideal is supposed to imbody and aspire to but there is criteria and Shawn in every single pose is lacking in muscular bulk compared to his contemporaries even with that deficit he did very well for himself all things considered. This is a " sport " of genetic elites and Shawn while gifted wasn't in their league , Same with Lee Labrada. Shawn wasn't beating Haney , Yates or Coleman. 1998 Yates is gone , Shawn has NO excuses what happened? Outclassed by Ronnie & Flex. Actually had the audacity to say Ronnie in 1998 shouldn't have beaten him or Flex. It was NEVER in the cards for Shawn same with Labrada
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #90 on: August 23, 2022, 12:02:44 PM »
Quote from: Royalty on August 23, 2022, 10:51:49 AM
Ray 2nd Place  VS  Baker 12th Place


Baker was being taught a lesson for cashing out and going to the WBF



Shawn was a good boy for Uncle Joe
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #91 on: August 23, 2022, 12:06:22 PM »
Quote from: Royalty on August 23, 2022, 10:51:49 AM
Ray 2nd Place  VS  Baker 12th Place


Not a really great comparison bro because nobody got screwed over more than Aaron Baker did......he does look great there.

Baker was robbed a lot of times.
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #92 on: August 23, 2022, 12:09:27 PM »
Quote from: joswift on August 19, 2022, 04:36:17 PM
is he still exploiting his young daughter?



She's exploiting herself now.  :-\
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #93 on: August 23, 2022, 01:36:34 PM »
Quote from: NarcissisticDeity on August 23, 2022, 12:09:27 PM

She's exploiting herself now.  :-\

where on earth is that girls father?
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #94 on: August 23, 2022, 02:05:16 PM »
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #95 on: August 23, 2022, 05:06:53 PM »
Shawn was NOT beating this
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #96 on: August 23, 2022, 05:38:42 PM »
Quote from: NarcissisticDeity on August 23, 2022, 12:09:27 PM

She's exploiting herself now.  :-\

Y'all need to stop

Quote from: youandme on August 23, 2022, 05:34:39 AM
Shawn could have easily added 20 lbs plus but he kept the symmetrical proportions and didn’t blow out his waist. A lot of guys were starting to emerge in the 90s.

I disagree.  If I remember he came into a contest at 218-19 one year and was waterlogged and proceeded to go back to 212 or so.
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #97 on: August 23, 2022, 05:44:20 PM »
Quote from: G_Thang on August 23, 2022, 05:38:42 PM
Y'all need to stop

I disagree.  If I remember he came into a contest at 218-19 one year and was waterlogged and proceeded to go back to 212 or so.

He came in at 215lbs and his conditioning suffered for it then he dropped down to his 205lbs
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #98 on: August 23, 2022, 05:47:40 PM »
Quote from: NarcissisticDeity on August 23, 2022, 05:44:20 PM
He came in at 215lbs and hid conditioning suffered for it then he dropped down to his 205lbs

Thanks for the weight corrections but I remember the conditioning issue when he tried to size up
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Re: How was Shawn Ray able to do it?
« Reply #99 on: August 23, 2022, 05:50:51 PM »
Quote from: G_Thang on August 23, 2022, 05:47:40 PM
Thanks for the weight corrections but I remember the conditioning issue when he tried to size up

I think it was 96 Arnold where he placed 5th
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