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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #25 on: June 06, 2023, 11:10:41 AM »
being a strong bodybuilder always come around to bite them in the ass

if you're pro - you're paying your mortgage on appearances and contract/instagram money

you become some strength clown and have to produce ungodly feats of strength to make money

instead of concentrating on the movement , specificity and building quality tissue - you have to be a whore to numbers

then you get injured - it seems like very "strong" dude Is just waiting to get hurt and then talk about that

best bodybuilders have longevity , no injuries , no cool ultimate squat vids (haven't seen jay cutlers 800lb squat vid but Ronnie is in a wheelchair )

It’s a valid point but I think the sensational lifts are some of the best marketing a bodybuilder can do.  Ronnie’s lifts get talked about more than his contest showings, and I think they’ll get talked about for as long as pro lifting is a “thing”.  Gotta tread that line between risk:reward very very carefully, though.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #26 on: June 06, 2023, 11:18:35 AM »
Tbh I feel like Franco Columbu was pound for pound the strongest

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #27 on: June 06, 2023, 11:21:01 AM »
Johnny O, and Efferding were very strong.
Luke SAndoe had retard strength. Hollingshead also has it...

MAny very strong guys out there today...

I met efferding a few weeks ago.   In person - i witnessed from 5 feet away - he was benching 315 like nothing for reps and just casually walked over to 650 and lifted it off the floor with may more in the tank. 

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #28 on: June 06, 2023, 11:23:03 AM »

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #29 on: June 06, 2023, 11:34:52 AM »
I believe Dallas Mcgarver was the strongest high level bb.

He was doing 900 deadlifts and 500 bench inclines for reps.

He was also using more gear than anyone so makes sense...

Dont think anyone close right now but could be wrong

Dallas is def one strong MoFo


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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2023, 11:48:05 AM »
Pound for pound Franco, regardless of weight, Ronnie, Walker, Dallas, Kovacs, Efferding, Jackson, Levrone, Ferrigno

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #31 on: June 06, 2023, 12:48:38 PM »
There are so many …

Mike Francois was incredibly powerful.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #32 on: June 06, 2023, 01:24:48 PM »
Dallas is def one strong MoFo



Is he still Dead . ??

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #33 on: June 06, 2023, 01:34:11 PM »
Is he still Dead . ??

Yup.  We all waited 3 days and nothing.  He be dead.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #34 on: June 06, 2023, 01:59:09 PM »
Strong IFBB pros...

BenWhite VS Johnnie Jackson deadlift competition I remember watching....LOL sad excuse for a event that was.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #35 on: June 06, 2023, 03:29:02 PM »
I'd put James Hollingshead on the list

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #36 on: June 06, 2023, 03:57:04 PM »
Johnny O, and Efferding were very strong.
Luke SAndoe had retard strength. Hollingshead also has it...

MAny very strong guys out there today...

Johnnie Jackson was overrated in the strength dept , seen him train many times, branch was stronger than him and pretty much all lifts too except maybe deadlifting

Branch on squats, and upper body shoulder, chest pressing blows johnnie out of the water and not even close

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #37 on: June 06, 2023, 04:00:49 PM »
Tbh I feel like Franco Columbu was pound for pound the strongest

Too bad the fucker couldn’t even walk right picking up a refrigerator that he tore his knee up

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #38 on: June 06, 2023, 04:12:14 PM »
It’s a valid point but I think the sensational lifts are some of the best marketing a bodybuilder can do.  Ronnie’s lifts get talked about more than his contest showings, and I think they’ll get talked about for as long as pro lifting is a “thing”.  Gotta tread that line between risk:reward very very carefully, though.
Ronnie's lifts get talked about more than his contest showings? No

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #39 on: June 06, 2023, 04:58:05 PM »
Strong IFBB pros...

BenWhite VS Johnnie Jackson deadlift competition I remember watching....LOL sad excuse for a event that was.
Weird,I saw them both benching 315 for reps in Rochester N.Y.

Johnny got 21,Ben got 20 IIRC.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #40 on: June 06, 2023, 07:21:01 PM »
Ronnie's lifts get talked about more than his contest showings? No

Put it this way:  way more people have watched his lifting than his posing on stage. 

Lifting heavy weights has widespread appeal, doing battle in a thong does not.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #41 on: June 06, 2023, 08:27:20 PM »
Put it this way:  way more people have watched his lifting than his posing on stage. 

Lifting heavy weights has widespread appeal, doing battle in a thong does not.

They should combine both, lift crazy weights while wearing a thong and posing oil, sure to get much more viewers

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #42 on: June 06, 2023, 10:12:45 PM »
There are/were many, but who was the "weakest"? I mean, one that chose to train light on purpose to avoid injuries or other reasons.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #43 on: June 07, 2023, 12:55:22 AM »
There are/were many, but who was the "weakest"? I mean, one that chose to train light on purpose to avoid injuries or other reasons.

Vince Taylor, Paul Dillett, maybe Jay Cutler.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #44 on: June 07, 2023, 03:52:10 AM »
There are/were many, but who was the "weakest"? I mean, one that chose to train light on purpose to avoid injuries or other reasons.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #45 on: June 07, 2023, 03:56:23 AM »
Holy shit, the guy is 2 weeks out of a Pro show in Spain and is doin' 4 plates high incline presses on the Smith machine for 30+ reps + a drop set with 3 plates, are you shittin' me? :o :o

@09:30 :o



Are you a tard? Seriously?
Not a single rep was done.No even a half rep. On a Smith machine to boot. What a fucking  embarrassment to lift like this.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #46 on: June 07, 2023, 04:04:20 AM »
Are you a tard? Seriously?
Not a single rep was done.No even a half rep. On a Smith machine to boot. What a fucking  embarrassment to lift like this.

Post a pic champ ::)

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #47 on: June 07, 2023, 04:40:37 AM »
Post a pic champ ::)

Good gear response.. Doesn't have anything to do with his retarded "training".

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #48 on: June 07, 2023, 07:23:46 AM »
Damnit. Don't make a thread about the strongest bodybuilder if you aren't going to talk about his strict curl. What kind of bullshit is this? Sure levrone and Ronnie were strong but ever notice how they shied away from the strict curl? It aint for pussies.

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Re: Strongest IFBB Pro these days ??
« Reply #49 on: June 07, 2023, 08:32:57 AM »
They should combine both, lift crazy weights while wearing a thong and posing oil, sure to get much more viewers
and in high heels