What do you guys think of this bodybuilder?

[Matt C]

Comments?

[240 is Back]

Head like a hole.

[240 is Back]

nah, most natural guys at my gym look that good.  What's he been training, 6 months? 9 months?

[haider]

nah, most natural guys at my gym look that good.  What's he been training, 6 months? 9 months?

u asshole..

[Dan-O]

Who's that, Layne Norton?

[Stavios]

He looks big in that pic

[240 is Back]

Speaking of winning, Layne recently got his natural pro card at the 2006 OCB Great Lakes Championships

Sami al Haddad is a natural, and he looks way bigger.

Layne must not work hard enough.

[gracie bjj]

looks solid

[LuciusFox]

Comments?

  I think he looks great! Outstanding conditioning and hardness! Word is that he is also working toward a Ph.D. A great example of someone who breaks the meathead stereotype.

[LuciusFox]

I'll tell you one thing - few pros would be anywhere near his size if they had the patience to train naturally.  It pisses me off anytime some pro says that juice is a small factor in bodybuilding.  I'd like them to try training naturally for a few months and then tell me how difficult and trying it is.  Layne has taken it very far as a natural, it's nothing short of amazing.  His bench must be pushing 405 at this point.

  I agree. The guy handles heavy weights and is very dedicated. He also does his best to learn everything there is to know about bodybuilidng. Many people would have resorted to juice years ago if they were in his shoes.

[Dan-O]

I'll tell you one thing - few pros would be anywhere near his size if they had the patience to train naturally.  It pisses me off anytime some pro says that juice is a small factor in bodybuilding.  I'd like them to try training naturally for a few months and then tell me how difficult and trying it is.  Layne has taken it very far as a natural, it's nothing short of amazing.  His bench must be pushing 405 at this point.

I'm inclined to agree with you.  The haters will probably chime in any minute now, but IF he's natural, and I have no reason to believe he isn't, then getting into that kind of condition is quite a feat.  It certainly takes more work (and smarts) when you factor drugs out of the equation.

[phyxsius]

Quadless prick.. He won't go far

[LuciusFox]

Quadless prick.. He won't go far

 He doesn't have the best quads, but natural bodybuilders rarely have the cartoon-like quads of steroid users.

[Dan-O]

Quadless prick.. He won't go far

He's already gone far (natural pro status) so I'd have to say you're a little late in that prediction!

[haider]

Quadless prick.. He won't go far

seriously, is there a certain kind of pleasure that comes with putting people down? Lay off the hate bro, the guy works extremely hard!

[CQ]

I have to admit, Layne looks pretty good. On the thread over at MM there are some pretty decent shots of him.

Yeah exactly.

How is it any different than winning an IFBB pro card?  The contests attract the best naturals around just as pro contests attract the best juicers around.  The playing field is level either way.

With no disrespect to anyone it is considerably easier to win pro status in a natural fed then the IFBB. Again, no disrespect intended.

[LuciusFox]

He's already gone far (natural pro status) so I'd have to say you're a little late in that prediction!

  Great post! The haters have lost again

[CQ]

Speak on this.

Okay nugga

For one..there are a variety of natty feds....IFPA, WNBF, NGA, PNBA to name a few. If all the natty orgs were consolidated and there was one governing body than it would be a different story. Right now, with so many natty feds the talent pool is spread thin. Just look at the numbers in a natty pro-q compared to the NPC nationals. By sheer virtue of numbers alone, the IFBB is more competitive. Also, I am just speaking from my own personal experience having competed in both natty and IFBB proqualifiers.

Not trying to negate the accomplishment of Layne or anyone else mind you, as it is far from easy to attain a natural pro card.

[LuciusFox]

Okay nugga

For one..there are a variety of natty feds....IFPA, WNBF, NGA, PNBA to name a few. If all the natty orgs were consolidated and there was one governing body than it would be a different story. Right now, with so many natty feds the talent pool is spread thin. Just look at the numbers in a natty pro-q compared to the NPC nationals. By sheer virtue of numbers alone, the IFBB is more competitive. Also, I am just speaking from my own personal experience having competed in both natty and IFBB proqualifiers.

Not trying to negate the accomplishment of Layne or anyone else mind you, as it is far from easy to attain a natural pro card.

  Green is not a pretty color on you, honey

[LuciusFox]

what type of drug testing goes on in this "natural" federation?  Also, what's on the banned list?  AAS? GH? Insulin? Prohormones? Diuretics?

BTW - in that pic, he looks better than I've ever seen him, but his quads SUCK!  Why are they so shitty?  

Now that he's a pro, how long before he's playing butt-bongo-webcam-fiesta with schmoes?

 He's on his way to getting a Ph.d. He's not going to get involved in that nonsense. His quads aren't great because of genetics, the same reason yours were so impressive.

[davidpaul]

never been a fan of his physque, but hes an animal in the gym, and hes the most dedicated person there is.

[LuciusFox]

never been a fan of his physque, but hes an animal in the gym, and hes the most dedicated person there is.

 Great post! His dedication to the sport is no less than Dorian Yates's was.

[davidpaul]

Great post! His dedication to the sport is no less than Dorian Yates's was.

seeing his lifts, shows what can be achieved naturally,
plus he pwned bob a couple of years back on bodybuidling.com!

[davidpaul]

if theres one guy that id say was natural, its layne lorton.

strongest natural bodybuidler ive ever seen.

[LuciusFox]

polygraph!?  Whopty fucking doo!!!  You've got to be shitting me

So the reason his upper body looks good, has nothing to do with how hard he's trained it?  It's just his genetics

Unless I see four independent blood/urine tests, taken randomly throughout the year from a reputable lab, I'm going to go ahead and say that Laim Norton is another juice monkey who looks subpar, so he claims to be natural...























...and no Luscius, I'm not jealous...I DWARF him!  Ha ha!

 Of course he has better upper body genetics, but he trains everything hard and smart so you can see that his lower body genetics aren't as good. I think I can see who you really are. You are upset that he is going to be more educated than you and he is still going to compete and be healthy, things that you could never do.