favorite bodybuilder of all time

best bodybuilder ever?

  • Arnold

    Votes: 97 49.7%

  • Serge Nubret

    Votes: 4 2.1%

  • Ronnie Coleman

    Votes: 9 4.6%

  • Lee Haney

    Votes: 2 1.0%

  • Dorian Yates

    Votes: 23 11.8%

  • Shawn Ray

    Votes: 5 2.6%

  • Flex Wheeler

    Votes: 7 3.6%

  • Frank Zane

    Votes: 18 9.2%

  • Sergio Oliva

    Votes: 9 4.6%

  • other, please specify

    Votes: 21 10.8%
  • Total voters
    195
Seriously, looking at that pic of '72, there's no WAY Arnie wins. He's big allright, but Oliva is Bigger - OK not taller but his shoulders are WIDER and his waist NARROWER. Aesthetics, size, simmetry. Look at the guy's legs!! I put Oliva 1st, and 2nd is between Nubret and Arnie. I find Oliva untouchable in that contest.

But it was the '60s. Black people weren't exactly popular in that era.
 
GREENFEATHER said:
Big ol Lou Ferrigno, he got the **** end of the stick in 75 in my opinion!!
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I agree.
It's Big Louie all the way for me. :thumbsup:
 

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im suprised no one has mentioned my favorite kevin levrone. sure his mind is somewhere out in pluto but his physique was simply phenomenal. he had the size of dorian with the conditioning/symmetry of flex all in one package.
 
it's a tie between Dorian and Arnold.
Personality and acheievements i'd say Arnold.
but for size, and actually structure, I'd say Dorian
 
I'd have to say Franco. I'm also a shorter guy (5'7") and think he has the perfect short man's build. To think he started out as a featherweight boxer, and then bulked up to the beast he was is amazing. Also, he had a very interesting personality. I get a kick of watching his parts in pumping iron. Seems like a really cool guy.
 
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damn, i didn't realize how damn big dorian was in the offseason! wow
awesome man though no doubt
 
dorian - hands down, no question for me. His intensity, intelligence, and mental toughness were far above his fellow competitors at the time. He certainly - at least for me - is the most inspirational bodybuilder of all time.
 
thehawk23 said:
dorian - hands down, no question for me. His intensity, intelligence, and mental toughness were far above his fellow competitors at the time. He certainly - at least for me - is the most inspirational bodybuilder of all time.
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Definitely. He was a machine. His books and training videos motivated me more than anything else.
 
Markus Ruhl. Even thought his symetry and what not are not the best, he's got crazy mass.
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Dorian Yates is my fav... and most inspiring.. however there is this guy at my gym (Jim Swanson) who is also very awesome and inspiring.

he was like illinois super heavyweight champ.. he is very ripped.
 
Bob Paris……

From the list I’m torn between Ray and Yates.

Apples and oranges I know but I love both of those builds.

Yates is just hard core though… have to go with him.
 
i would have to say arnold because i liked him ever since i was a kid. but seeing some old pics of frank zane he is a close second.
 
Swole@263 said:
I have been an Arnold fan since I was a small child, so Arnold gets my vote.

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I'm the same, love the Governator, I know he may not have the best this or that but I still like him. Can't stop him, "I'm the Turmenatur." "Get Daauwn!"

Gotta love him. :)
 
You gotta look at it in 2 ways.

1)Whos got the best physique.
If I was stepping on stage I would want to look like Yates in his peak. He's got the whole package IMO.

2) Who brought bodybuilding to the main stream and who bodybuildings icon? It's easy. Ok, lets say your squatting your final set. You get, say your 4th rep, it was hard and you barely get it. You go down for a 5th. In the back of your mind you dont really think you can get it, but you force your way up you think DAMN IM THE MAN. Waht do you scream? "I am ronnie?" nah. "I am Yates?" nope again.... "I AM AH-NOLD"
 
Pretty good point spatch. For me, Arnold was the reason I first picked up a weight, since he was the first bodybuilder physique I saw. But when I started following bodybuilding, Dorian was the one who made me serious about training.
 
mine was craig titus...that is..until he killed someone..now i'd have to say..i really like melvin anthony...he has such classic lines and a tiny waist..something i could never attain do to my bone structure. :bb2:
 
Always loved the pure physique of Sergio, that guy was a beast. Huge thickenss and width with what appeared to be like a 32 inch waist (I know it wasn't).

Arnold had the charisma fo sure and brought the sport to a whole new level.

Can't really vote because there are many attributes that these guys had to offer in their own way.

I remember the pics of Lee Haney in overalls coming into the Mr. O scene, what an animal :D
 
I have alot that I admire.....but Sergio gets my vote today, his arms are freaky. I like Levrone too, kinda sucks he never won an Olympia
 
I like Sergio. Lay aside his monstrous build, he came from nothing and developed into the best. He invented my favorite pose to boot. Truely a leged in his time.

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I still have to go with Zane after all these years. He was the reason I started lifting when I was a scrawny little bastard. I have always been about aesthetics and he showed me that you don't have to be huge to be a BBer.
 
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