Arnold was right. Bodybuilders with their bellies sticking out are ugly. Modern bodybuilding is disgusting and degenerate. It is false aesthetics.
Ronnie Coleman seems to be turning into Uncle Ruckus there, but he agrees with Arnold. Effectively bodybuilding is dead. It has become a carnival freakshow.
But why not go one step further, and not just go back to the Arnold or Steeve Reeves look, but also pay more attention to what you can actually do with the body? In other words, go right back to before Steve Reeves when bodybuilding contests also included strength or gymnastics elements. Form and function combines. True aesthetics based on strength you can actually use.
The ancient Greeks would approve. Function. Power. Not empty vanity.
Learn the lesson from the fall of bodybuilding Veeky Forums. Train for strength and not for false standards of aesthetics that lead to ugliness and uselessness.
i will say the belly thing freaks me out. whats the deal there, lack of core strength? how do they end up with that?
Hunter Jenkins
Ronnie's the fucking reason it's a freak show.
Cutler had to be gifted his Sandows for being the only one to even get close to Ronnie at his prime.
Kevin James
A post like this begs that a few questions be asked.
What do you consider a fit person? What sort of attributes qualify you as the next Mr. Olympia?
Is it just strength and aesthetics? Is it strength, aesthetics, and stamina? Is it flexibility?
It would take a huge re-imagining of the entire concept of modern bodybuilding to do what you're suggesting.
Bodybuilding is supposed to be tasteful mass and symmetry.
Alexander Hill
i think lifting for vanity is 100% OK since we are hereto reproduce and we want to mate with females that have no physical defects and show strong physical traits and are mentally capable so that we can have strong and beautiful kids that will be chads
but in the end having a beautiful greek god physique isent even that hard to get so training specifically with that goal in mind seems more like cutting yourself short since theres no reason why performing impresive feats of strength wont have carryover to your physique and likewise even something as vain as doing concentration curls can stop you from tearing your biceps and might even help you concentrate
Gavin Stewart
Weird diets and drugs. It's ain't all about the steroids like it used to be back in the 70's and before. They use anything and everything to get as big, lean, (and ugly) as possible nowadays.
Liam Martinez
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Benjamin Russell
bodybuilding is and have always been the sport of faggots
Henry Powell
Jeff seid will save bodybuilding, once he gets tired of partying and all.
Kayden Adams
hgh and insulin make your organs grow
Blake Torres
not really, also you forgot to >your.jpg
Sebastian White
Big Lenny is the epitomy of aesthetics. I don't really care about the phenomenon that is Lennyism, it's all right. I never liked v-tapers actually.
Jackson Walker
Bodybuilding has always been dumb and gay
Samuel Roberts
literally the tom platz of abs
Aiden Thompson
No it wouldn't take a huge anything. The history is already there before the Weider brothers became dominant and led the charge to the mass freakshow.
Simple combinations of strength displays (e.g. overhead pressing) with the 'beauty parade' stuff are easily achieved.
More complex ideas, such as including simple gymnastics feats such as handstands aren't that far beyond comprehension.
It shouldn't take much to figure out that an all round good athlete is far superior in form and function to a drug bloated ugly mess.
Brandon Scott
Yes. Which makes you wonder why so many Veeky Forums suckers have failed to realise that absorbing bodybuilding thinking and the fixation with low bodyfat to show off the belly is demonstrating to the world that Veeky Forums boys think and act like homosexuals.
Jace Taylor
Agreed. Pic related is how a man should look- and I am dead serious.
Josiah Flores
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Jaxon Morris
Zydrunas is pretty much what a strongman should look like. A fair proportion of the old time strongmen did look like him. Louis Cyr being a prime example.
Nicholas Garcia
How many modern bodybuilders can do anything even approaching this?
What is more impressive? Obvious drug use or this?
Brandon Cooper
these roid bellies are disgusting
James Cook
those homosexual gold painted guys do wild bw stuff bearmode.
Daniel Jackson
But they have a six pack!
Veeky Forums needs a proper think about priorities.
Tyler Jackson
That's a GH and slin belly. Roids don't give you a stomach like that.
Jaxson Torres
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Sebastian Morales
>Quaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiidd
Jayden Cooper
>physique does not exist >classic physique does not exist >mr olympia is the only form of bodybuilding in the world
ok then bro
Alexander Hughes
Zydrunas literally looks like a space marine now
Daniel Wood
HGH and Insulin make visceral fat grow
Its nothing to do with training for
>false standards of aesthetics that lead to ugliness and uselessness
Powerlfting does not have any overhead lift. Overhead is more natural than the bench press.
Easton Harris
God he went from strong teddy bear to chaos marine in a few months
What a guy
Ryan Watson
The power belly should make a comeback once he recovers from injury.
Michael Baker
What gives you the impression anyone on fit gives two fucks about pro BBing
Jonathan Long
Bodybuilding is the foundation for the 'aesthetic' look that Veeky Forums is obsessed with. That whole six pack thing? Bodybuilding. The 'swole' thing? Bodybuilding. Veeky Forums is essentially /bb/.
Austin Richardson
LSSJ Starvin' Marvin
Luis Reed
I think you missed the 'pro' part
I can't remember a thread or discussion about pro BBs that wasn't trolling/sarcasm.
Misc sure, but not here
Thomas Robinson
>chaos marine Please, he is an Ultramarine posterboy
Adrian Parker
where in OP's picture do you see "tasteful mass and symmetry"? Wanting to go back to bodybuilding's golden age-style physiques is fucking admirable! That's when they looked the best. Every young boy watched Arnold and thought "fuck me, I want to look like fucking he man too"; nobody but mentally ill steroid cucks admire these modern guys in that same way. Power, strength, muscle mass, endurance, flexibility, and aesthetics should all be idolised and BALANCED.
Cooper Smith
i think your egg is overboiled
Jacob Reed
>bodybuilding's golden age-style physiques is fucking admirable! That's when they looked the best yeah 100% agreed! arnold looked massive, impressive and aesthetic, today bodybuilders look massive, freakish and ugly as shit
Ian Reed
MY HGH GUT IS THE HGH GUT THAT WILL PEICE THE HEAVENS!