TORN MUSCLES OF THE PAST..

[LATS]

i was just on a board (not ironage) and they were talking of the many tears on the competitors today.. they bring up hgh, igf, gear in general and state that there were hardly ever any tears on the ironagers/CLASSIC bodybuilders.... they also state that ronnie and the crew are a disgrace for showing muscle tears on a olympia stage..
well.. i was looking over a few old mags at the olympias between 80 - 84.. there seems to be their share of injuries.. mr olympia chris dickerson (torn pec).. tom platz (torn bicep).. mr olympia samir bannout (torn tricep) johnny fuller (torn pec).. john brown (torn pec) ..
granted, we are diffintely seeing our share of injuries.. mostly on guys who have tendency to push the enevelope with huge poundages and somewhat, sloppy form (warren, ruhl, ronnie, ) but, we see mr o chris dickerson (not know for pushing huge weight and self described "feeler" ) tearing his pec.. it does happen people, and it even happened back then..
sorry .. had to vent.. some of those guys had "selective memory" and it was wearing me out..

 

[Sigmund Roid]

I remember all those guys and their injuries too, Lats.

Guys had injuries back then too.

 

[oldfella]

Yep I remember them all. I'd say the difference between todays top level pros and yesteryears top level pros is the publicity surrounding the sport. We are hearing more reports about these types of injuries and they will be quick enough to point the blame at Various compounds employed by modern BBers. I would be willing to bet that by the numbers it is no worse or less than years gone by. Just better coverage of what the mass monsters of today get up to.