Your favourite bodybuilder from the 80s ??

[MaKaiser]

Yeah, one thing I've always hated about BBing pictures. Like are they real? Does he really have veins like that? Is his bodies balance really that well off? So much of this comes from the magazine we've all seen for decades. Every cover is touched up.

Lol they are taking it to extremes. I couldnt find it but i remember recently a pic from muscletech with phil heath and they had shopped his arms. They must have felt that Phils arms were inadaquete.

[ROMMYromboid]

One of the best threads in ages, these pics are all amazing.

This one of vic richards at 16, he has more muscle than most people ever get in their life time.

[ZBlacktt]

I must be blind today those 2 pics look exactly the same to me. Someone point out where it's chopped.

Maybe Z changed it.

dunno man, lol. I never changed my picture either.

[ZBlacktt]

[mbamboocha112]

I must be blind today those 2 pics look exactly the same to me. Someone point out where it's chopped.

Maybe Z changed it.

look at his chest and his left arm carefully and you will see something wrong.and why every bodybuilding magazine choppes the pics is beyond me.I remember in one thread someone posted a chopped pic of Big RON from a magazine and the original one.Why would anyone wanna make the GOAT body even more freaky.He was an amalgam of muscle ,a freak of nature for crying out loud

[flahexer]

Honorable mention:

Jusup Wilkosz (3rd at Mr.Olmypia 1984)

[flahexer]

I voted for Platz by the way, mainly because of sympathy which is based on the attitude to bodybuilding that he displayed as well as his freakish legs.

This is one of my all-time favourite bodybuilding pics:

[Tb0282]

Honorable mention:

Jusup Wilkosz (3rd at Mr.Olmypia 1984)

Wow, he looked great

[megatroned]

From the list, I go with Haney. In addition to being a great bodybuilder, the guy has a great family and gives back big time.

However, my favorite:



Rumor is he was born with the beard, but no proof exists as cameras did not exist when Gods were born.

[RoroCwalker]

Rumor is he was born with the beard, but no proof exists as cameras did not exist when Gods were born.

Son of Zeus and father of Hercules, he is.

[Mohammed786]

Frank Zane... All day long!!!

[lancs_hotpot]

From the list, I go with Haney. In addition to being a great bodybuilder, the guy has a great family and gives back big time.

However, my favorite:



Rumor is he was born with the beard, but no proof exists as cameras did not exist when Gods were born.

This just looks like The Man. I wanna look like that.

[lancs_hotpot]

My god that era >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this era.

[jeffb1977]

haney

[Tb0282]

My god that era >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this era.

This. I think 80's was the best era, at least going by how the competitors looked. 90's was most entertaining to watch for sure, those posing routines and stages

[Tony_Ulibarri]

The '80s is my favorite era in bodybuilding. Many say it is the best era, the peak of modern bodybuilding before Dorian redefined it in the '90s - the era when I was really immersed in bodybuilding.

Lee Labrada is actually both from the '80s and '90s. He reached the peak of fame in 1993.

I like guys like Rich Gaspari, Mike Quinn, Mike Matarazzo.

[sexnews]

[PLANETGETLOW]

Awesome topic, I dig all of these old school pics.



Right here ^^

[flahexer]

Since it's not been posted yet:



Not trying to start a sh*tstorm, just for the lulz as there were some "Did Vic Richards had the potential to become the GOAT?" thoughts in here.

Richards, 17yrs old:



A few more:







Shame he never really stepped on stage after becoming a pro.

[Larfleeze]

I really can't stand Richards..always thought he was a bit of a knobhead due to acting as if being big while in off season shape somehow made him superior to Dorian, but after seeing him claim that "there was Sergio, me and Zach Khan" I've thought of him as kind of a bad joke..

[ZBlacktt]

Since it's not been posted yet:

Richards, 17yrs old:



Shame he never really stepped on stage after becoming a pro.

Yeah, didn't post the Ronnie one because it has been done so many times before. Didn't really want to turn this into the Victor show either, lol. We'll start getting reply's like the one above me..... does he even lift?










If you have seen this show on video. Even Paul D didn't look so big anymore.

[Larfleeze]

Massive for sure, but he looks like a blob..the amount of fat and water he's holding compared with the other two makes a proper comparison between him and Paul/Dorian impossible (no doubt his intention)

[ZBlacktt]

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Massive for sure, but he looks like a blob..the amount of fat and water he's holding compared with the other two makes a proper comparison between him and Paul/Dorian impossible (no doubt his intention)

It was the off season and that is why Yates looks the same way in his on forum. It was "mass" free for all.... Nice try to come in here and turn this thread into something it's not. It's a picture thread. Next you'll be saying he had a gut like what came with the Yates era into the Ronnie one.

[Larfleeze]

Not intentionally trying to derail..just stating an opinion.
And why would I claim he had a gut? Not hating on his physique, just his attitude.

[ZBlacktt]

[mbamboocha112]

Massive for sure, but he looks like a blob..the amount of fat and water he's holding compared with the other two makes a proper comparison between him and Paul/Dorian impossible (no doubt his intention)

water retention ...yes..it's normal in offseason..but the amount of fat?is he at 25%bf?he as visible abs for god's sake

[Larfleeze]

How Beckles looked like that at his age will never cease to amaze me

water retention ...yes..it's normal in offseason..but the amount of fat?is he at 25%bf?he as visible abs for god's sake

Note "compared with the others"..