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I've been around this sport for 35 years. I have been involved at all levels and met countless pros.
All these are just observations:
- those that train with a full range of motion, don't look that impressive in real life but on stage, when they flex, they just POP
- those that train with a short range of motion, and generally just throwing the weights around, look crazy big and thick next to you but on stage there is no difference between relaxed and flexed. They walk on stage looking crazy and then you expect something insane to happen when they flex and nothing does.
- those that train heavy with low reps have big torso muscles (delts, pecs, back) plus calves, but smaller (proportion wise) limb muscles (legs, arms) (ie Dorian)
- those that train lighter with higher reps have large limb muscles (arms, legs) but smaller torso muscles and calves (ie. Flex Wheeler)
Obviously that is a generalisation because there are plenty of exceptions.
All these are just observations:
- those that train with a full range of motion, don't look that impressive in real life but on stage, when they flex, they just POP
- those that train with a short range of motion, and generally just throwing the weights around, look crazy big and thick next to you but on stage there is no difference between relaxed and flexed. They walk on stage looking crazy and then you expect something insane to happen when they flex and nothing does.
- those that train heavy with low reps have big torso muscles (delts, pecs, back) plus calves, but smaller (proportion wise) limb muscles (legs, arms) (ie Dorian)
- those that train lighter with higher reps have large limb muscles (arms, legs) but smaller torso muscles and calves (ie. Flex Wheeler)
Obviously that is a generalisation because there are plenty of exceptions.