post your top 5 best bodybuilders of all time

[PlzN0Alesana]

i say "your" because i believe bodybuilding is an art, and beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder (no homo)

however, in terms of my preference and judging, these are mine.

note that i dont mean for their time, simply overall, as if they were all competing on a stage together at this very moment in their prime condition.


1. ronnie, no questions asked



i dont think any explanation is necessary

2. a prime dorian

dat grainy-ness
dat balance
dat revolutionary size
dat density

i honestly believe that no pro aside from ronnie can compete w/ a prime dorian

3. 2009 cutler

incredibly conditioning, incredibly density, amazing width
from a judging standpoint flawless aside from a genetically thick waist.

4. dexter jackson 2007

hes nicknamed the blade for a reason, IN MY OPINION, his physique is virtually flawless
and no one in the history of bodybuilding has the kind of lines, and proportion he does
aside from size and calves, i believe he has a perfect physique and is easily the most under rated bodybuilder


5. kevin levrone 1999 grand prix

amazing lines, great conditioning, many consider his back a weakness, but i think this vid proves otherwise
the fact that he can hold that much mass while keeping a tapered physique is mind blowing in itself


i would maybe replace that version of levrone w/ phil, however because of the narrowness of phils clavicles, i believe that proportionately, levrone beats him, phil does have him on the back, but for an overall package, i believe levrone is better.

kai gets an honorable mention, but his gut/lack of traps kills it for me


in b4 flaming.

[OtisBDriftwood]

Ronnie Coleman
Kevin Levrone
Dorian Yates
Flex Wheeler
Chris Cormier

[PlzN0Alesana]

Ronnie Coleman
Kevin Levrone
Dorian Yates
Flex Wheeler
Chris Cormier

strong 90's fan, all incredible physiques none the less

[stan74]

i say "your" because i believe bodybuilding is an art, and beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder (no homo)

however, in terms of my preference and judging, these are mine.

note that i dont mean for their time, simply overall, as if they were all competing on a stage together at this very moment in their prime condition.


1. ronnie, no questions asked



i dont think any explanation is necessary

2. a prime dorian

dat grainy-ness
dat balance
dat revolutionary size
dat density

i honestly believe that no pro aside from ronnie can compete w/ a prime dorian

3. 2009 cutler

incredibly conditioning, incredibly density, amazing width
from a judging standpoint flawless aside from a genetically thick waist.

4. dexter jackson 2007

hes nicknamed the blade for a reason, IN MY OPINION, his physique is virtually flawless
and no one in the history of bodybuilding has the kind of lines, and proportion he does
aside from size and calves, i believe he has a perfect physique and is easily the most under rated bodybuilder


5. kevin levrone 1999 grand prix

amazing lines, great conditioning, many consider his back a weakness, but i think this vid proves otherwise
the fact that he can hold that much mass while keeping a tapered physique is mind blowing in itself


i would maybe replace that version of levrone w/ phil, however because of the narrowness of phils clavicles, i believe that proportionately, levrone beats him, phil does have him on the back, but for an overall package, i believe levrone is better.

kai gets an honorable mention, but his gut/lack of traps kills it for me


in b4 flaming.

ronnie,arnold, dorian, jay,haney

[jiveinhere]

ronnie,arnold, dorian, jay,haney

please dont quote the entire first post


Anyway...

Best bodybuilders of all time imo (in no particular order):

- Shawn Ray... flawless symmetry and balance
- Dorian Yates... incredible condition and size for his era
- Ronnie Coleman... perfect
- Phil Heath... improves for every show, is yet to come in "off"
- Arnold Schwarzenegger... for his vintage, unbeleivable shape and size

[zivg86]

1. Ronnie Coleman late 90's, when he still had tiny waists.
2. Kevin Levrone
3. Flex Wheeler amazing symtrey, extremly estetics
4. Jay Cutler amazing densety, a lot of thinknes, plain muscle monster
5. Arnold S\Dexter\shwan ray

[PlzN0Alesana]

please dont quote the entire first post


Anyway...

Best bodybuilders of all time imo (in no particular order):

- Shawn Ray... flawless symmetry and balance
- Dorian Yates... incredible condition and size for his era
- Ronnie Coleman... perfect
- Phil Heath... improves for every show, is yet to come in "off"
- Arnold Schwarzenegger... for his vintage, unbeleivable shape and size

1. Ronnie Coleman late 90's, when he still had tiny waists.
2. Kevin Levrone
3. Flex Wheeler amazing symtrey, extremly estetics
4. Jay Cutler amazing densety, a lot of thinknes, plain muscle monster
5. Arnold S\Dexter\shwan ray

see, my point is that arnold would get destroyed against the people i listed, for his time he was outstanding, but thats not what i was asking

[OtisBDriftwood]

strong 90's fan, all incredible physiques none the less

More like HUGE lack of quality in the 00's other than some Ronnie Coleman showings, Jay Cutler 01 & 03, Branch Warren 09-2010 & some Dexter's showings.

[jiveinhere]

see, my point is that arnold would get destroyed against the people i listed, for his time he was outstanding, but thats not what i was asking

Okay I understand what youre saying, and to be honest Im actually not the biggest Arnold fan. BUT when you make a thread comparing the 5 best of all time, its very difficult to compare people across generations, and its much more natural to compare the top athletes to the other athletes of their era.

Also, if I was to put Kai in there (who Id replace him with) I know there'd be 10+ pages of shiitstorm

[ResovoirDog]

Kevin Levrone




Bill Pearl





Shawn Ray





Victor Martinez





David Hoffman

[ResovoirDog]

Disregard thread topic

Post fave physiques

Not a sungle fuk was given by RD

[MesoPeaks]

Jay Cutler

Ronnie Coleman

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Lee Haney

Dorian Yates

[valiantmiller16]

Jay Cutler

Ronnie Coleman

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Lee Haney

Dorian Yates

this

[jiveinhere]

zack khan

you cant be serious?

[drooks10]

Ronnie
Dorian
Haney
Arnold
Iris Kyle

[MrSilverback]

More like HUGE lack of quality in the 00's other than some Ronnie Coleman showings, Jay Cutler 01 & 03, Branch Warren 09-2010 & some Dexter's showings.

Yet you some how mentioned Cormier but left out Shawn Ray?

Cormier was easily the biggest disappointment of the 90's.

[shurlee]

Ronnie, Alnorld, Shawn ray, Sergio Oliva, Dorian Yates.

[razmatazbaz]

Ronnie Coleman
Kevin Levrone
Dorian Yates
Flex Wheeler
Chris Cormier

was actually thinking this tho i want to put heath in for this years olympia, think cormier would miss the cut.

couldn't split flex, levrone or heath so gave the edge out of the trio to levrone for curling 100lbs dumbbells in yo face.

[mike8190]

Ronnie Coleman
Flex Wheeler
Dexter Jackson
Kevin Levrone
Dorian Yates

Ray, Cormier, Bob Paris deserve an honorable mention too.

[Groggery]

Yet you some how mentioned Cormier but left out Shawn Ray?

Cormier was easily the biggest disappointment of the 90's.

Now now , let's not get carried away.

[RC2008]

Um..

Ronnie
Arnold
Shawn
Dex
Kevin

I don't put people on my list who destroyed their physiques.

Re-edited lol

[SammyJr]

[Gorky88]

Jay Cutler

Ronnie Coleman

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Lee Haney

Dorian Yates

This

[VniVidiVici]

Flex Wheeler
Kevin Levrone
Frank McGrath
Shawn Ray
Zack King Kong

[Fever4DaFlavor]

1. Kai Greene

2. Flex Wheeler

3. Ronnie Coleman

4. Chris Cormier

5. Kevin Levrone


Strong no homo on Cormier's posing routine

[endurancell]

ronnie coleman

Markus Ruhl 2002 night of champions

kevin levrone

zack khan

kai greene

Ruhl's physique is probably the most unaesthetic physique I've ever seen. Its actually disgusting IMO, he looks as if he's gonna drop dead at any second

[Ikatsu]

1. Shawn Ray
2. Ronnie Coleman
3. Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Dorian Yates
5. Kai Greene

Obviously I am speaking in terms of favorite physiques/mental approach to bodybuilding and not necessarily who would come top 5 overall in their prime condition (Ronnie would clearly destroy this).

[BuffItalian]

1. Phil Heath
2. Shawn Ray
3. Ronnie Coleman
4. Evan Centopani
5. Flex Lewis

These 5 inspire me either by size, conditioning or ethics in the sport.

[OtisBDriftwood]

Yet you some how mentioned Cormier but left out Shawn Ray?

Cormier was easily the biggest disappointment of the 90's.

I never liked Shawn Ray's physique.

[razmatazbaz]

does cormier not have the most underrated front lat spread ever.