[Chris Castleberry]

Originally posted by TheWatchman:
I watched the Mr. O this year and thought that Coleman's gut was smaller comapared to the last 2, but still very big. Cutler's was freaking huge. As long as bb's are trying to get freakishly huge, they will always have large guts because of the large amounts of food they need to consume to maintain 320 lbs and 10% body fat in the off-season. Granted they lose 20-30lbs, dehydrate themselves and reduce body fat to dangerously low levels (5%, some claim less)for contest but the big bellies still don't go away.

I always think of Mr. O as a large, well proportioned bb. These guys who are under 6' just don't look impressive to me. Gunter looked the best in my opinion. Coleman is great, but to me he looks very unhealthy from years of steroid abuse. You cannot be natural and turn pro in IFBB, but some of these guys look like their knocking on death's door.

Compare Arnold in his prime and then look at Coleman. Coleman makes Arnold look like a kid because Coleman is almost cartoonish in size. Arnold on the otherhand is much more symetric. This is what I think the IFBB should set the standard back to, not mass.

I'm not really into bb, but I like to stay current with it because it amazes me the amount of discipline it takes to build such bodies, steroids and all, doesn't matter.

Are you referring to bodybuilding or strong man competitions?