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I was discussing the change in appearence with Sam, our moderator. The appearence of the modern bodybuilders changed from an aestetic, symetrical and athletic appearence to a human freak, as muscular as possible. Its not a new discussion. when Frank Zane became Mr Olympia. many people where confused and wanted the guy with the most muscles to win.
Part of The Peptide Book:
During the Golden Age ( the 1940s and 50s) the champions like Steve Reeves, John Grimek and Reg Park (picture 1) wanted to sculpt their bodies like the statues of the ancient Greek and Roman gods. Their goal was to attain an athletic body with aesthetical size and symmetry. These champions of the pre-steroid time were proud of their health and strength and looks.
Bodybuilders of the 1960s, had these men as their example, these where athletes such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbo, Bob Paris and Frank Zane. These bodybuilders where the ones that started to use anabolic androgenic steroids, starting with Dianabol (methandrostenolone) small blue pils they called “the breakfast of the champions”.
These bodybuilders tried hard to achieve a dramatic V-shape, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. This was also shown on stage with the vacume pose. If we compare the Body Mass Index (BMI) of the proffesional bodybuilders from the different ereas, it goes from 28.3 (Steve Reeves), 26.1 (Jack La Lanne) in the 1950s to a mean value of 30 points in the 1980s. In the 1990s when the peptides entered the sport the mean BMI value rose to 35 points in the beginning of 2000 to pro-bodybuilders with a BMI value of 40 or more points in 2006-2007s
Our most popular bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger is 6' 2" (188 mtr) and his competition weight was 235 lbs (107 kg) with a waist of 34". His waist-to-height ratio was 0.46 and his BMI was 30.2. In 1969 he won the Mr. Universe title and he dominated the Mr. Olympia competition from 1970 to 1975. You see that we also include the size of his waistline and the waist-to-height ratio a very commen number in those years. Even a massive man like Lou Ferrigno who won his first Mr. Universe title in 1973 only 21 years of age, had a 34" waist with a bodylength of 6'5" (196 mtr), he weighed 285 pounds (129 kg) and had a waist-to-height ratio of 0.44 and a BMI of 33.9.
Some bodybuilders with a genetical very small waist like by example Sergio"The Myth" Oliva, had an advantage. Oliva had a 29 inch waist that give him an impressing V-shape.
Sergio Oliva, who won Mr. Olympia competition in 1967 to 1969 virtually compared to Ronni Coleman, who won the Mr. Olympia contest from 1998 to 2005, makes the difference in bodyshape clearly visible (picture 2).
Ronnie is 5'11" (1.80 mtr) tall and has a competition weight of 296 pounds (134 kg) and has a BMI of 41.4.
Sergio is also is 5'11" (1.80 mtr) tall and has a competition weight of 240lbs (109 kg ) and a BMI of 34.
At the end of the 1990s, beginning years 2000 it was obvious that bodybuilding had created a problem. In the line-up appeared professional bodybuilders with a gross distended waistline. When posing in contest shape it was not that obvious but when they relaxed the muscels some looked like pregnant whales. It was far from eastethic. In their quest to more musclemass the result bad looking topcompetitors. The bodybuilding contest had become freakshows.
On the net people where divided, some of the respondands found that a bigger mass was what bodybuilding was about, while others found that the more easthetic classical physique should win. They blamed the freaky look on the bodybuilding organisations that instructed the judges who classified these look as the winnars physique. Bodybuilding is subjective just like a beautycontest. Everyone has a different opinion and prefers a certain phenotype. In our sport the winnar is mostly attached to a certain organisation and a certain “nutritionist “, these bodybuilders get the pricemoney and the most coverage abd frontpages in the magazines mostly owned by the same group of people.But body building was no longer a healthy clean sport. When the first the first nudepics of the female topcompetitors where posted on the internet even the IFBB understood that they where to far off,
Part of The Peptide Book:
During the Golden Age ( the 1940s and 50s) the champions like Steve Reeves, John Grimek and Reg Park (picture 1) wanted to sculpt their bodies like the statues of the ancient Greek and Roman gods. Their goal was to attain an athletic body with aesthetical size and symmetry. These champions of the pre-steroid time were proud of their health and strength and looks.
Bodybuilders of the 1960s, had these men as their example, these where athletes such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbo, Bob Paris and Frank Zane. These bodybuilders where the ones that started to use anabolic androgenic steroids, starting with Dianabol (methandrostenolone) small blue pils they called “the breakfast of the champions”.
These bodybuilders tried hard to achieve a dramatic V-shape, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. This was also shown on stage with the vacume pose. If we compare the Body Mass Index (BMI) of the proffesional bodybuilders from the different ereas, it goes from 28.3 (Steve Reeves), 26.1 (Jack La Lanne) in the 1950s to a mean value of 30 points in the 1980s. In the 1990s when the peptides entered the sport the mean BMI value rose to 35 points in the beginning of 2000 to pro-bodybuilders with a BMI value of 40 or more points in 2006-2007s
Our most popular bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger is 6' 2" (188 mtr) and his competition weight was 235 lbs (107 kg) with a waist of 34". His waist-to-height ratio was 0.46 and his BMI was 30.2. In 1969 he won the Mr. Universe title and he dominated the Mr. Olympia competition from 1970 to 1975. You see that we also include the size of his waistline and the waist-to-height ratio a very commen number in those years. Even a massive man like Lou Ferrigno who won his first Mr. Universe title in 1973 only 21 years of age, had a 34" waist with a bodylength of 6'5" (196 mtr), he weighed 285 pounds (129 kg) and had a waist-to-height ratio of 0.44 and a BMI of 33.9.
Some bodybuilders with a genetical very small waist like by example Sergio"The Myth" Oliva, had an advantage. Oliva had a 29 inch waist that give him an impressing V-shape.
Sergio Oliva, who won Mr. Olympia competition in 1967 to 1969 virtually compared to Ronni Coleman, who won the Mr. Olympia contest from 1998 to 2005, makes the difference in bodyshape clearly visible (picture 2).
Ronnie is 5'11" (1.80 mtr) tall and has a competition weight of 296 pounds (134 kg) and has a BMI of 41.4.
Sergio is also is 5'11" (1.80 mtr) tall and has a competition weight of 240lbs (109 kg ) and a BMI of 34.
At the end of the 1990s, beginning years 2000 it was obvious that bodybuilding had created a problem. In the line-up appeared professional bodybuilders with a gross distended waistline. When posing in contest shape it was not that obvious but when they relaxed the muscels some looked like pregnant whales. It was far from eastethic. In their quest to more musclemass the result bad looking topcompetitors. The bodybuilding contest had become freakshows.
On the net people where divided, some of the respondands found that a bigger mass was what bodybuilding was about, while others found that the more easthetic classical physique should win. They blamed the freaky look on the bodybuilding organisations that instructed the judges who classified these look as the winnars physique. Bodybuilding is subjective just like a beautycontest. Everyone has a different opinion and prefers a certain phenotype. In our sport the winnar is mostly attached to a certain organisation and a certain “nutritionist “, these bodybuilders get the pricemoney and the most coverage abd frontpages in the magazines mostly owned by the same group of people.But body building was no longer a healthy clean sport. When the first the first nudepics of the female topcompetitors where posted on the internet even the IFBB understood that they where to far off,
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