Pro athletes who could be bodybuilders

[BigBenchin]

I watch alot of the main stream sports like basketball, football, and baseball and sometimes i see athletes who I think really have BB potential. Unfortunately, I don't get the names of most of them for whatever reason, but the first one that comes to my mind is LeRon Landry.




Landry is a strong safety in the NFL and has been busted for peds, so he is definitely accustomed to the bber lifestyle and is addicted to building muscle. He would need to bring up those shoulders though.

My other choice is one you may not expect. If you are familiar with basketball, then you have probably seen him play. And if you look closely, you can see that this guy has a body type that could react well to a heavy bodybuilding regiment. It's Derek Fisher.




Look at that. It's the next Phil Heath!! Still manages to have roundness in the muscle in a sport that mostly favors endurance training.

Anyway, tell me if you agree or disagree (I'm sure I didn't have to tell you that) and which pro athletes in other sports you think could be good bodybuilders.

[pyrolee]

These guys are already on cell-tech.

[cedricnumerouno]

These guys are already on cell-tech.

Omg really??!?!! No wayzz!!

Read the thread title you idiot.

[flangmasterj]

Heaps of UFC fighters who have great physiques.

Hector Lombard who is fighting today looks great. He was lean as hell at the weigh-ins.

[cedricnumerouno]

^Lost all appeal for that female after seeing her waist down

Pls squat

[Kiwi_]

Sonny Bill Williams

[porrapaulao]

Vernon Davis



And some runners maybe? Like Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake (not Bolt tho)

[hairlineofpeace]

^Lost all appeal for that female after seeing her waist down

Pls squat

cankles of peace and prosperity

[JoeyR93]

Adebayo Akinfenwa.

He used to play for my local football club Northampton Town. He used to be the strongest player on FIFA and probably still is.

[Patrick-DK]

Adebayo Akinfenwa.

He used to play for my local football club Northampton Town. He used to be the strongest player on FIFA and probably still is.

Damn, he's really dense. He could probably look pretty mean if he could get rid of the extra fat.

Personally I think Steven Jackson of the Atlanta Falcons has a sick physique too

[Larfleeze]

George Elokobi is pretty built for a footballer.

[Masry3]

George Elokobi is pretty built for a footballer.

Now that's what I call a most muscular

[cedricnumerouno]

George Elokobi is pretty built for a footballer.

Holy sh!t! That's ridiculous mass for football, brb does cardio gets jacked


Saw this on twitter:

[weltweitefurcht]

THIS GUY FOR SURE. Even more amazing with all the cardio he probably does. Just pure type two muscle fiber fast twitch in yo face.


Michael Ray Garvin (Football wide receiver).



If this dude ran at me full speed, there is nothing I could do to stop my imminent death.




Michael Pittman


Serena Williams:

[cedricnumerouno]

THIS GUY FOR SURE. Even more

If this dude ran at me full speed, there is nothing I could do to stop my imminent death.


[img]http://tnation.t-nation.com/forum_images/1/0/1008746.1144470490492.jones.jpgg]

That shot is photoshopped, pretty sure.

[Masry3]

Damn

[jahaa]

A Lot of these NFL guys won't need much training to do good in a natural show against Mike O'hearn.

[TropicalSunset]

That shot is photoshopped, pretty sure.

I was gonna say...no way that is real...but some crazy physiques here.

[ltrrtl218]

Reggie Bush. It seems that more than any other sport, football just has tons of physical specimens that could easily have become solid bodybuilders if they had decided to pursue that route.

[patbanya]

Michael Pittman does Men's Physique. http://contests.npcnewsonline.com/co...ichael_pittman

[TropicalSunset]

Reggie Bush. It seems that more than any other sport, football just has tons of physical specimens that could easily have become solid bodybuilders if they had decided to pursue that route.

Well it is one of the sports where the guys have to be large and do serious weight training, while also doing cardio, which for the "faster" positions is going to translate into big dudes with low body fat.

Wrestling legend Karelin was a BEAST...there are tons of other wrestlers with great physiques.

[cedricnumerouno]

ITT: Black Genetics

Jealous

[Freddiestrong]

Cant post pics but some pretty muscular guys in the UFC:

Hector Lombard
Rousimar Palhares (currently in WSOF)
Tyrone Woodley

And ofcourse Roy Nelson

[lotus_esprit5]

Reggie Bush. It seems that more than any other sport, football just has tons of physical specimens that could easily have become solid bodybuilders if they had decided to pursue that route.

Definitely, NFL players are some of the most genetically gifted athletes in the world. If you have the genetic potential as well as the talent to play pro football, that's what you're gonna do. It's where the money is. Many NFL players could have just as easily gone in a different direction and competed at an elite level in other sports instead, and a few of them actually do (ie. Herschel Walker).

Reggie Bush is also a great pick for bodybuilding because unlike many NFL players he's not overly tall at 6 ft, yet he'd have a few inches on most top-level bodybuilders.

Herschel Walker has kind of a wide waist and long arms, but with his genetics and work ethic I'd love to see what he could do if he got into bodybuilding.

[Screwtape]

Wrestler Artur Taymazov.



Sprinter Linford Christie.



Powerlifter Femis Lambrionidis.

[TropicalSunset]

I would disagree with the fact that top athletes go into football because that is where the money is. There is more money in basketball than football and even baseball players cash for a sport which is WAY easier on the body.

To me if you choose to play football, it is because you are the best at it out of the other sports, not because that is where the money is. Careers are shorter, money is less and bodies are WAY more beat up after your career.

But football is one of the sports which encourages muscle building, unlike other sports where it is encouraged as well, but not to that level.

[RoroCwalker]

The delt striations, the separation between his delts and arms, the traps, that vein on his chest, very Dexter-like.

[Larfleeze]

John Cena

[SammyJr]

John Cena

pissening

[TropicalSunset]

Yeah MMA fighters are naturally going to have lots of impressive physiques, though they generally don't want to get too muscle-bound.

Eddie Alvarez

Edson Barboza

Alistar Overeem

Papy Abedi