The most underrated / rarely mentioned pros

[Bio]

Those legs! Primarily front squats did it so he says.

Those legs could stand up to today's standards!!

 

[Reload]

No, he used to train neck two or three times a week. He's talked about it in interviews where he outlined his training. Back in the day, many gyms had neck machines. He definitely focused on it!

I remember. Saved all my muscle mags. Collected them for years.
I mentioned Jeff here back on page 3. He and Belknap appealed to me in the 80's.
Discovering Tim was a type 1 diabetic blew my mind and was the "aha"
moment for me in regards to insulin use. He had that mass on mass look.

First to have the CBum stash as well

 

[npcout]

Aleksey Lesukov

This dude was my idle when I was a teen first getting into it

 

[alfresco]

No, he used to train neck two or three times a week. He's talked about it in interviews where he outlined his training. Back in the day, many gyms had neck machines. He definitely focused on it!

There is a great audio interview with him here:

No mention was made of neck training as I recall. WTF?

 

[alfresco]

I remember. Saved all my muscle mags. Collected them for years.
I mentioned Jeff here back on page 3. He and Belknap appealed to me in the 80's.
Discovering Tim was a type 1 diabetic blew my mind and was the "aha"
moment for me in regards to insulin use. He had that mass on mass look.

First to have the CBum stash as well

Same trip I mentioned before . . . Belknap was there too. Didn’t seem too friendly, surley and knarly. Ron Tueful (sp) there to. Competing? I don’t remember but do remember his abs.

It was one of the best times to be at Gold’s prior to the Mr. America contest. Sooo many great bodybuilders there at that time. I rented an apartment for a couple of weeks prior to the contest, visited Vince’s and Pearls gym when I was there. Good memories for sure.

 

[Reload]

Same trip I mentioned before . . . Belknap was there too. Didn’t seem too friendly, surley and knarly. Ron Tueful (sp) there to. Competing? I don’t remember but do remember his abs.

It was one of the best times to be at Gold’s prior to the Mr. America contest. Sooo many great bodybuilders there at that time. I rented an apartment for a couple of weeks prior to the contest, visited Vince’s and Pearls gym when I was there. Good memories for sure.

You lived it!
I'm jealous. That would have been an amazing time to be neck deep in the Mecca of BB'ing.
Ron Teufel could have been Tims's brother they looked so much alike.

 

[alfresco]

You lived it!
I'm jealous. That would have been an amazing time to be neck deep in the Mecca of BB'ing.
Ron Teufel could have been Tims's brother they looked so much alike.

I even saw Emeric compete in the Mr. U in Vegas years ago.

Yes, I am that old.

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

Fuckin legend

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

What an underrated physique

 

[Prowrestler]

Any of you older dudes remember Vic Richards? He was a monster, didn’t compete much at all just liked being big and

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

the freaks are cool, and they are, but to me (personal opinion) this is peak bodybuilding

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

Any of you older dudes remember Vic Richards? He was a monster, didn’t compete much at all just liked being big and

hitting vacuum at 330lbs lol...guy was a fuckin legend as well. I am so nostalgic for older school bodybuilding physiques. I don't what is different between then and now, but there is something, and I err on the side of "then" every fuckin time.

what is different?

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

hitting vacuum at 330lbs lol...guy was a fuckin legend as well. I am so nostalgic for older school bodybuilding physiques. I don't what is different between then and now, but there is something, and I err on the side of "then" every fuckin time.

what is different?

forgot to add pic lol

 

[gauge22-v2]

Always like Tom. He was active on Chad's board.

 

[gauge22-v2]

Not sure about under rated, but Mo's physique was incredible.

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[Sectør]

I always thought Dennis Wolf had an impressive physique. Met him in person once and he completely dwarfed me. Looks wayyyy bigger than the pictures

Never really see him mentioned much though

 

[FK86]

Not sure about under rated, but Mo's physique was incredible

https://www.professionalmuscle.com/forums/index.php?threads/the-most-underrated-rarely-mentioned-pros.179161/page-5#post-3317397

 

[TomJ]

what is different?

decades of rewarding size over shape and the advent of GH/insulin in common use.

Guys are just bigger and more densly muscled nowadays with an emphasis on legs and back size, with arms develop being less rewarded.

In the past i feel like really nice arms were much more highly valued by the judges, where nowadays they are kind of a 2nd or 3rd tier bodypart.

By todays judging i see it as being 1: legs and back 2: taper and conditioning 3: arms and chest.

Obviously theres some overlap, if someone is majorly missing one of the components its going to be heavily penalized, but in general it seems like as long as 2 and 3 are comparable, they are going to give it to the guy with the best legs and back.


Im partial, because im a classic competitor, but as i see it the classic physique division saved the aesthetics of bodybuilding. Most of the legends from the early/mid90s and earlier would mostly do well in todays classic physique category, even though they might not be up to the standards weve come to expect in the open.
Its just a different sport now between the divisions

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

decades of rewarding size over shape and the advent of GH/insulin in common use.

Guys are just bigger and more densly muscled nowadays with an emphasis on legs and back size, with arms develop being less rewarded.

In the past i feel like really nice arms were much more highly valued by the judges, where nowadays they are kind of a 2nd or 3rd tier bodypart.

By todays judging i see it as being 1: legs and back 2: taper and conditioning 3: arms and chest.

Obviously theres some overlap, if someone is majorly missing one of the components its going to be heavily penalized, but in general it seems like as long as 2 and 3 are comparable, they are going to give it to the guy with the best legs and back.


Im partial, because im a classic competitor, but as i see it the classic physique division saved the aesthetics of bodybuilding. Most of the legends from the early/mid90s and earlier would mostly do well in todays classic physique category, even though they might not be up to the standards weve come to expect in the open.
Its just a different sport now between the divisions

This is actually a really great reply, and insights. Thanks.

 

[Pheedno]

Paris

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the freaks are cool, and they are, but to me (personal opinion) this is peak bodybuilding

Paris and Nubret have always been my favorites. This is tantamount or better