Who Is The Best Bodybuilder Today?

[Patmuscled!]

Jay Cutler is the current Mr. Olympia but it doesn't mean he is considered the best bodybuilder on the planet today by all people who are into bodybuilding. Who do you consider the best "today' regardless of trophies, rank or status? Is it Jay? Wolf? Martinez? Heath? Your neighbor? An amateur bodybuilder you know? Yourself?

[iroczinoz]

Jay Cutler is the current Mr. Olympia but it doesn't mean he is considered the best bodybuilder on the planet today by all people who are into bodybuilding. Who do you consider the best "today' regardless of trophies, rank or status? Is it Jay? Wolf? Martinez? Heath? Your neighbor? An amateur bodybuilder you know? Yourself?

So in other words who is your favorite bodybuilder?

[DiamondDelts]

In terms of completeness- jay

Completeness along with best mix of mass + aesthetics- dexter

Completeness without due muscle maturity- phil

completeness with muscle maturity and some aesthetics- victor

Best frame with clean lines- Tie between wolf and freeman. But freeman gets the nod for his superior conditioning/muscularity that he showed he can exhibit at last years ironman.

Pure conditioning/graininess-dexter

pure aesthetics-ronnie rockell when he's on(though he will ALWAYS get screwed either way)

[fix3r]

cutler without a doubt

[iroczinoz]

In terms of completeness- jay

Completeness along with best mix of mass + aesthetics- dexter

Completeness without due muscle maturity- phil

completeness with muscle maturity and some aesthetics- victor

Best frame with clean lines- Tie between wolf and freeman. But freeman gets the nod for his superior conditioning/muscularity that he showed he can exhibit at last years ironman.

Pure conditioning/graininess-dexter

pure aesthetics-ronnie rockell when he's on(though he will ALWAYS get screwed either way)

Rockell does get screwed a lot of the time. I wonder why they are so harsh on him? Big Markus since he has retired might have to pull some ears on the judging panel so his friend gets scored correctly.

[flangmasterj]

I hate seeing guys as complete as Ronnie Rockel and Ahmad Haidar placing low.

[scottmowry]

I hate seeing guys as complete as Ronnie Rockel and Ahmad Haidar placing low.

Remeber what Bob always says. Judging is all about what they see at that moment.

[scottmowry]

If you are talking about today I would have to say the number one guy in the world right now--Jay Cutler.

Truly if you are looking for greatest of all time then you are going to have to go past those of just today and look at the entire spectrum of bodybuilding as a whole from teh beginning of the exhibition of a persons body till now. That would mean that guys like Eugene Sandow, Charles Atlas, John Grimek and the other forefathers of the sport. You cannot limit it to just the modern guys if you are talking about greatest of all time.

People that forget history do not know what they are missing out on. For my money I really think that Steve Reeves is the leading bodybuilder of all time. Of course that is my opinion and all.

[Npeart]

Jay Cutler is the current Mr. Olympia but it doesn't mean he is considered the best bodybuilder on the planet today by all people who are into bodybuilding. Who do you consider the best "today' regardless of trophies, rank or status? Is it Jay? Wolf? Martinez? Heath? Your neighbor? An amateur bodybuilder you know? Yourself?

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEATH!

[Darren in Gym]

I hate seeing guys as complete as Ronnie Rockel and Ahmad Haidar placing low.

not sure about Ahmad, but with rockel the reason he gets "screwed" so much is that, from the front he can hang with anyone, but he is always soft from the back (good muscle size but soft in glutes and hams) thats his major problem.

[Shanecutler51]

Cutler, he won the Olympia so in terms of judging he is #1.

[MattyH7688]

in before someone says frank mcgrath

[Captain Sagara]

Right now without a doubt is Dexter...

[Anabolism1000]

Cutler. Completeness rules.

I've been saying this since the last Olympia, and everyone said I was nuts, Vic this, Wolf that. Bullcrap. If you're not complete, and someone else is, you're losing, no matter how cut, conditioned, whatever.

Until someone can stand next to Jay and match his completeness, Jay is the best, period. And I don't see anyone else with all the bodyparts. Cutler could be Mr. O for as long as he wants. The only person I could see beating him would be if Coleman could comeback as he was before lat atrophy.

[Vadim Beliaev]

Aesthetically - Wolf
Completeness - Cutler

My personal preference - Branch (yes, always loved big legs and freaky condition onstage), i like Paco as well because of this same thing

Best ever - Coleman (2001 or 2002 cant remember which one was better)

[sikboy]

I like Wolf, however there are many very close contenders such as Vic/Heath/Dex/Kia and Branch.

I like Jays old look, but i am not a huge fan of his build, his muscle thickness is outstanding, but i dont like his waist, too blocky.

[Anabolism1000]

I like Wolf, however there are many very close contenders such as Vic/Heath/Dex/Kia and Branch.

I like Jays old look, but i am not a huge fan of his build, his muscle thickness is outstanding, but i dont like his waist, too blocky.

Cutler's waist is complete too.

[Anabolism1000]

I think about it, and the situation is pretty much as it was with Coleman and Cutler the past decade, except now there's no Coleman. I concede that a couple guys are making inroads, but Cutler is locked-in as Mr. O for as long as he wants to compete. IMO.

[rdouble79]

Uhh yeah, The Blade fo sho!

[Anabolism1000]

Aesthetically - Wolf
Completeness - Cutler

My personal preference - Branch (yes, always loved big legs and freaky condition onstage), i like Paco as well because of this same thing

Best ever - Coleman (2001 or 2002 cant remember which one was better)

I like Branch too! Intense physique, and those wheels, dayem.

[FlexinFlip]

In the newest issue of Musclemag, the current IFBB pro rankings has Dexter ahead of Jay in points.

[Anabolism1000]

Uhh yeah, The Blade fo sho!

40 more pounds of mass and The Blade rules, but that dude probably has the best physique today, from a normal person's viewpoint, and not the skewed world of the IFBB.

[MattyH7688]

in all seriousness.. jay cutler is by far the thickest human being i have ever seen

[Captain Sagara]

in all seriousness.. jay cutler is by far the thickest human being i have ever seen

I find it Branch or JOJ thicker then Jay,Jay just looks big and soft most of the times...

[MattyH7688]

I find it Branch or JOJ thicker then Jay,Jay just looks big and soft most of the times...

I met a lot of pros, however i never met either of those two.. so you may be right

[Captain Sagara]

I met a lot of pros, however i never met either of those two.. so you may be right

I mean he is a thick mofo but he doesn't has this type of insane thickness for example:



DJ is probably the thickest mofo on the earth...

[iForce Dave]

Jay
Wolf

the 2 best in their own way

[Loctus]

Size wise Cutler is so far ahead of the rest that I will have to say him, but other then pure mass it's Dexter. By a long shot.

Aesthetically - Wolf
Completeness - Cutler

My personal preference - Branch (yes, always loved big legs and freaky condition onstage), i like Paco as well because of this same thing

Best ever - Coleman (2001 or 2002 cant remember which one was better)

You must be thinking of the 2001 arnold classic, beacuse he looked pretty crappy at those two olympias.

[Vadim Beliaev]

yeah probably was that

[kcb5150]

I mean he is a thick mofo but he doesn't has this type of insane thickness for example:



DJ is probably the thickest mofo on the earth...

What is doing with Dennis? No updates on this board in awhile.