Paul Dillet Most Impressive IFBB Pro Ever

[porridge]

apart from the gyno he looks good

Do you even know what gyno is? :S

[masssmonster]

I must say Dillet had an great physique.. too bad he wasnt a good poser

[BartPimpson]

Dillet vs Dorian

[BartPimpson]

I have no idea why I call Dillet by his last name and Dorian by his first name.

[mcgruff40]

but doesn't that 40-50lbs being solely in the gut mean he has worse genetics for bbing?

hgh gut =/= poor genetics

[romeo196]

most underated bodybuilder in history

[slogankewl]

that's not controversial at all. If he were not even in the top 5, then maybe. He probably has the best combination of size and aesthetics ever. The only reason I disagree is b/c I think a few guys beat him in overall genetics: Ronnie, Dorian, Chris Cormier, and Sergio Oliva

Paul was always one of my favorites when he was in his prime, sometimes i wondered if the vascularity in his chest hurt his placings some time. From my perspective his squigley veins hurt some of the beauty aspect of one of the craziest shoulder to waist ratios ever

[EYS]

Man, he looks incredible in all these pictures.

[pyrolee]

Dillet vs Dorian

Damn...a black man's calves rivaling Dorian's! GENETIC GOD

P.S. Anyone have that pic of him wearing a wife beater? Looks INSANE

[Kiwi_]

[Neto472_old]

I don't get it... how was this guy not a Mr. Olympia? He is ridiculously freaky

[realistromeo]

I know ^^ even his competition said he was MR Olympia "when he stands there" posing was horendous very shaky and not well presented, but a beast no doubt.

I was hoping his return to bodybuilding was going to be sucessful... he didnt place well but it seemed he could do it he was still beastmode.

[Kiwi_]

Easily the most aesthetic of all the mass monsters.

[BartPimpson]

Easily the most aesthetic of all the mass monsters.

I'm convinced that his natural test and GH levels were as high as any human being who walks the globe. Nobody ever packed on as much muscle mass while avoiding gut distension.

[AgentSquish]

Dillet vs Dorian

LOL KILLING dorian from the front. Quite the opposite though if you turn them around

[BartPimpson]

LOL KILLING dorian from the front. Quite the opposite though if you turn them around

What's amazing about that photo is how Dillet towers over Dorian. You never think of Dorian as being a short man. I guess it shows how rare a 6'2 bodybuilder is.

[Neto472_old]

Easily the most aesthetic of all the mass monsters.

His lats look ****ing gigantic from the front but look really subpar from the back. How does that happen? lol

[Penile_Dementia]

I don't buy all this "he had crappy back genetics".

The dude has no muscle control at all. when he does a lat spread, then relaxes with his arms by his side; his back looks exactly the same! Back is a hard place to train and feel the muscles - and Paul got it to what it was without ever figuring out how to flex his lats properly. And the muscles are thick and full and rounded in his back, with very deep seperations and good insertions- just developed really out of proportion to the rest of him. But then posing back is hard as well - do it wrong and your back looks twice as small. This is a factor too.

If Paul ever learned the basic coordination of a four year old he probably would have had a monster back. If he ever worked hard, god knows what kind of muscle he'd have piggybacking around his spine.

[MadMuscleMania]

One of the best waists also. But unfortunately for him one of the worst posers and worst backs of all time too.

Agreed !

[a-dog]

if you go to youtube and find the BFTO with Dillet from 1998 it's f'n awesome. He looks gigantic and is actually moving some pretty heavy weight (vs. the 1996 BFTO when he trained like a total pussy).

at the end he's flexing his quads and they are totally feathered, he was totally shredded and if he had shown up looking like that he MIGHT have been able to give Ronnie a run for his money. Ronnie's back destroy's Pauls but Pauls legs are f'n unreal.

[creed428]

This is going to sound like trolling but really is a serious question that has been raised before... does anybody think if he was a better looking guy he would have had a more successful career?

[PaLftr]

This is going to sound like trolling but really is a serious question that has been raised before... does anybody think if he was a better looking guy he would have had a more successful career?

I said it back on page one. Better Posing most importantly, and a better face, and he would have won Mr.O....A few times.

[lancs_hotpot]

I don't buy all this "he had crappy back genetics".

The dude has no muscle control at all. when he does a lat spread, then relaxes with his arms by his side; his back looks exactly the same! Back is a hard place to train and feel the muscles - and Paul got it to what it was without ever figuring out how to flex his lats properly. And the muscles are thick and full and rounded in his back, with very deep seperations and good insertions- just developed really out of proportion to the rest of him. But then posing back is hard as well - do it wrong and your back looks twice as small. This is a factor too.

If Paul ever learned the basic coordination of a four year old he probably would have had a monster back. If he ever worked hard, god knows what kind of muscle he'd have piggybacking around his spine.

Yeah and didnt Dorian say one time he saw him training back and he could tell he was using nothing but arms? Or something like that.

[BlackNumero]

Dillet vs Dorian

God damn Paul dishing out the damage on Dorian. I know Dillet's back poses were subpar, but does anyone have any other comparison posing pictures of him versus others?

This is going to sound like trolling but really is a serious question that has been raised before... does anybody think if he was a better looking guy he would have had a more successful career?

Possibly. He does have that "YOU GUNNA GET RAPED" face.

[Reseg]

These are cool pics at the 1993 Olympia where he lined up with Dorian and Lou





I would be interested to see their back comparisons in this lineup, but couldn't find them.

[Iron8]

^ Just goes to show how small Dorians (frame) is.

[PaLftr]

DY looks like a child there. LOL

[spamy]

if you go to youtube and find the BFTO with Dillet from 1998 it's f'n awesome. He looks gigantic and is actually moving some pretty heavy weight (vs. the 1996 BFTO when he trained like a total pussy).

at the end he's flexing his quads and they are totally feathered, he was totally shredded and if he had shown up looking like that he MIGHT have been able to give Ronnie a run for his money. Ronnie's back destroy's Pauls but Pauls legs are f'n unreal.

Paul's everything aside from back destroyed Ronnie's.

Yeah and didnt Dorian say one time he saw him training back and he could tell he was using nothing but arms? Or something like that.

Dorian was being ironic mainly towards Glass, I think, in this interview
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/dori...ng_insight.htm

[ Q ] As an expert trainer yourself, do people look up to you more for the fact that you have the knowledge they need, or because of your six-time Mr. Olympia status?


A: I think it is firstly because I am a Mr. Olympia, but when they train with me, then they respect the training knowledge. Just because I'm Mr. Olympia doesn't mean I'm knowledgeable. I'm a good trainer because I'm very knowledgeable and I pass this on and take pride in doing that, explaining to people why.

I'm not a guy who goes into a gym with somebody and just stands there and counts reps. I've seen the so-called top trainers doing this. I saw a "top" trainer at Gold's Gym training Paul Dillett during a back session and Paul had way more arms than he could ever use, huge arms, but absolutely no lats.

He was doing a so-called lat exercise and he was just using his arms to do the exercise because they are very strong: he was using totally wrong body mechanics and this so-called top trainer was just standing there saying, "Come on Paul two, three, four, that's it buddy, come on, five." He should have been correcting his form and telling how he was doing it totally wrong, and explaining how to do it properly.

[DPNZ]

Paul's everything aside from back destroyed Ronnie's.

I dunno about that. Ronnie had him on quads/hams, traps, possibly even biceps...

[DavisForman]

I dunno about that. Ronnie had him on quads/hams, traps, possibly even biceps...

Yeah, I agree. Possibly in 98 Dillet had Ronnie on tris, quads, calves, and maybe delts, but Ronnie had him on hams, bis, chest, traps, and yes, of course, back. But once Ronnie exploded over the next 3-4 years... Dillet had him on calves and tris. That's it, lol.