Arnold vid 2009

[WillBrink]

Hmm, but are these professional bodybuilding competitions as popular today as say, 10 years ago? I have always thought there was the stigma of steriods, in that one can not rise to such a level without chemical enhancement.

Hard to say, but I know bbing was more popular say 10 years ago prior to steroid stigma. The huge look is not so popular these days, the old school "hard core" gyms much less common, and magazine sales and show attendance at the local level down. The general fitness industry is larger then ever and building muscles and strength still the goal of many a 16 year old who wants to impress the babes, etc, alive and well, hence the popularity of forums such as BB.com and the growing sales of supplements, etc

I honestly enjoy the lifting competitions more so than the bodybuilding ones. If I may use an analogy, it would be like who can build the best AR, vs. who is a better shot. One is art, and the other is application.

The Arnold Classic covers what ever floats your boat, and if they add an IDPA match, they will have it all covered!

Well, I do enjoy the watching the ladies...

No place matches the Arnold Classic for that either....

[Mr.Goodtimes]

i would really like to see these mass monsters in body building (jay cutler, ronnie colman, marcus ruhl, to name a few) go away. they look absolutely stupid. guys are 5 foot 7 and weigh 250 or more lbs. i dont see where that is even asthetically pleasing, they seriously look like walking freak shows. I think it would be great to see a re emergence of the figures that Arnold and Frank Zane displayed. they looked way more athletic, more like a greek sculpture, like a true athlete. i dont think these body builders of today could run a mile to save their lives, much less wipe their own asses.

the arnold classic still kicks ass though, and i would love to go one day.

[AirmanAtwood]

i would really like to see these mass monsters in body building (jay cutler, ronnie colman, marcus ruhl, to name a few) go away. they look absolutely stupid. guys are 5 foot 7 and weigh 250 or more lbs. i dont see where that is even asthetically pleasing, they seriously look like walking freak shows. I think it would be great to see a re emergence of the figures that Arnold and Frank Zane displayed. they looked way more athletic, more like a greek sculpture, like a true athlete. i dont think these body builders of today could run a mile to save their lives, much less wipe their own asses.

the arnold classic still kicks ass though, and i would love to go one day.

The heavier weight classes are all about mass, They dont need to go away. Bodybuilding is all about improving so you shouldnt just stop because youv gotten "too big". And besides, people like dexter jackson, who is very large but still has a great shape are what makes bodybuilding exciting. If he came to a show the same shape, size, vascularity, etc would you watch him year after year? If you want pure aesthetics look at the lower end of the weight spectrum.s.

[Mr.Goodtimes]

im all for improvement and mabey even some change but what bothers me about it is the insane ammount of drugs used to get there. its fake, its artificial. just like most of America these days, unfortunately. it also bothers me how all these 250lb monsters will stand up there and lie to our faces about their steroid usage. why dont they just come out and admit it? instead, though, they tell us in interviews that if we eat right and workout hard, that one day we can look like them too!

[BravoCompanyUSA]

Thanks for the video. Very cool.
I haven't been to a show in a while, but the Arnold is just getting huge!


No, they can't admit to drug use. Nothing good will come of that. Nothing good comes of that whenever a pro athlete gets 'outed'. The general public is completely naive.

I wish the competitions where more quantitifiable. I wish the posing rounds actually made a material difference in the overall scores. Athletes put 100% in training, 100% into diet, etc., and 1% into the display, and it shows. And for fans in the seats it is just a visual experience.

[WillBrink]

im all for improvement and mabey even some change but what bothers me about it is the insane ammount of drugs used to get there. its fake, its artificial. just like most of America these days, unfortunately. it also bothers me how all these 250lb monsters will stand up there and lie to our faces about their steroid usage. why dont they just come out and admit it? instead, though, they tell us in interviews that if we eat right and workout hard, that one day we can look like them too!

What else are they supposed to do? Have you noticed what happens to those who do admit it? There's a general witch hunt at the moment regarding athletes using these drugs, so they have no real choice in terms of what they say. Consider it OPSEC and PERSEC in their world. Back in the day, 60s, 70s, and 80s, they were quite open about it, and discussion of that was common in the magazines and such. So, we can debate the issue of drug use in sports all day, but why they currently keep their mouth shut about it, is easy enough to figure out. 250lb monsters? Hell, that's a small one by todays standards!

[WillBrink]

Although I have some eye candy in my vids of this show, this person made a vid of nothing but the eye candy found at the expo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lbWmayUb-Q&NR=1

Tarzan like....