The picture itself is the guidelines. THEY are "classic" physiques. The dilemma is, do we want to have our new category sticking to what you see in the picture, or are we trying to create a new concept that "resemble" these guys. So far is not clear yet what we have or what we want with guys jumping from bodybuilding into classic physique and guys jumping from physique into classic physique.
In my opinion these guys had the greatest bodies in history. As far as our new category, stick to exactly THIS. Harmony, balance, beauty, proportion, size, symmetry, health.
I still dont understand
how do you take a picture and say this is the standard
humans dont have the ability to change muscle insertions, elongate or shrink their skeleton
If you took all of them and compared, all would be different
arnolds legs, small, franco waist wider etc etc
the picture isnt a standard. being a fan is one thing, but you cannot create a division based on a "look" of one or three bodybuilders
you will never find it again with another human, you may find "some" guys that are "similar", but how can they win a show based on that
also in that picture, for the most part, the conditioning is no where near where it needs to be and that look would be beat at just about every show
the height and weight guarantees no one can be the size of open competitors, even the 212
it will ensure a certain "bodytype" or "look"
whether or not you think they look like someone from the 70's is individual bias
there are some things I dont like about it, esp that everyone poses the same way (i dont see the difference between it and the open waving their hands for applause and hitting most musculars on each side of the stage)
As far as the standard
roundest fullest hardest wins