“ Classic is a look” … small waist/ flaring quads …everything in proportion…: this guys wide thick waist / puny arms and legs is the anthesis to Classic!
But many of the Golden Era bodybuilders had goofy physiques. Like Katz and Columbu with his bow legs. And practically no one had "flaring" quads, least of the guys thought of as "symmetrical." Many complain that physiques are so uniform these days. Yes because they mostly have big everything, as opposed to the past when one guy was know for his arms, one guy for his legs and yet another for his pecs.
I'm still unclear on what exactly is classic? Can't be symmetry or proportion because more bbers today are symmetrical and proportional. Blasphemy! you say, but notice the words I used, they are not synonyms for AESTHETIC, which is what everyone is actually talking about when they talk about those other things.
Not much flare here. And that's ok, some actually try to have small legs but big upper body, they think big legs look real bad aesthetically.