Bodybuilding 90´s vs today

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Bodybuilders in the 90´s vs now

This is probably one of the biggest subjects in fitness industry. And most of the people claim that the 90´s bodybuilders are much better than today and that bodybuilding are getting worst over time . Is this the truth?

I don’t believe. Like anything in life we have bad and good thinks now like in the 90´s. In my opinion the biggest reason why 90´s look better is not the amount of anabolics used, the training , the diets but yes the genetics . I believe that 90´s generation came with so many incredible perfect bodies , round muscle bellies , small waists , amazing symmetry like Flex Wheeler , Ronnie Coleman, Shawn Ray, Lee Priest , Kevin Levrone, Chris Cormier, Dexter Jackson and many others . Tell me from today´s era a name with blessed genetics ( round muscle bellies , amazing symmetry ) other than Phil Heath? Yes you have good structures like Ramy ( small waist , huge legs ) , Cedric ( great shape but needs more muscle some places to look as pretty as 90´s athletes . Other than that you have crazy athletes today like Hunter Labrada, Nick Walker, Hady Chopan , Bonac ( crazy quality and size but blocky look , not pretty) and this is the main reason you think 90´s are better. Yes that guy´s born genetic gifted like Phil Heath not because they train better , eat better and use less drugs . That´s why to be a pro you don’t need genetics but to be a to pro you need perfect genetics .

The 90´s :

Pros:

*Real pharma grade products direct from pharmacy

*More focus on training , no social medias , in that time you receive pay check from Supplements brand and Magazines and you only have to do some photo session for them.

*Without social medias you have more time for naps , rest better and be a bodybuilder 100%.

*Genetics , most of them never achieve is 90% like Flex Wheeler and even without the best condition he always top 3 any show .

*They look dryer ( not more shredded than today, shredded glutes rare back then ) because of using a lot diuretics and low testosterone and also don’t abuse insulin and hgh .

Cons:

*They only have free weights and some bad machines. When they are injured is much harder to keep training .

*They don’t have this new drugs like peptides and sarms and even some anabolics that we have today on UGL

*Pharma grade was very expensive and very limited , so they cant do huge dosages like today , because to much expensive and almost impossible to get huge quantities.

*To be sponsored back then you need to be a top pro winning some good shows , so it was very hard to be a bodybuilder in that era .

*Hard to get PRO card, less competitions and only overall get it.

*You cant promote yourself and be more known , show your potential or gifts like today.

*They are much smaller than bodybuilders today, back then is rare to see someone over 300 pounds , now is so easy even smaller athletes like 5.7ft . Most of them step on stage around 225 pounds and some of them less , now if you are a open you always go over 240 pounds ( even Dexter )

Bodybuilders now:

Pros:

*They have much better conditions of training ( amazing machines that works like free weight ´s without the risk of injury .

*Much better training methods and techniques to grow bigger without injury risk

*Much better knowledge about nutrition ( today we eat more lean and we stay away indigested foods )

*More knowledge and methods for recovery like deep tissue massages, ice machines and many other tricks . back then you don’t see soccer player like Cristiano Ronaldo play at top level at 37 years old . That´s why I always say , we are improving with all this new methods and the knowledge we get over time. So now athletes have all to be bigger and better than before .

*Social Medias take your time to be totally focus on bodybuilding but at same time give you a chance to live from this sport without being a top Olympia Pro. Today you can have sponsors without even competing because the goal today is the more followers you have the more you can sell for that brand , and the only think that matters is sales is money .

*You have many new drugs that can help you improve even more like peptides and sarms and also some new steroids like superdrol, M1T.

*The level is much higher today, you have contrys like China, Iran, Kuwait coming with incredible athletes looking like granite rocks . How can you tell the 90´s are better if today you have much good athletes . look at the level of this middle east athletes , crazy size and hardness .

*Today´s athletes are much better and healthier on stage because they don’t abuse diuretics, yes they look more watery but they are shredded

*It´s easy to get PRO card but much harder to have success on pro level competitions ( because much more good athletes )

Cons:

*Hard to find real pharma grade steroids .

*To much UGL labs and a lot of them with very bad quality , but at same time if you find a good one you can get all you need much cheaper than pharma grade .

*Less time to focus on training because you have to work on social medias, doing videos , pictures and articles every day to keep your sponsors ( you need them to compete at higher level).

*The market is growing every day, more athletes is coming every year , so is harder to be sponsored ( you need to be special ) , you need to do something nobody does and today this is almost impossible to do.
 

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But they didn’t have only free weights. In fact the best machines were made in the 80s and 90s. All the good machines now are simply lesser copies of some of the classic pieces.
The main issue is we simply have more competitors now and more access to everyone.
I think the blockier waist has more to do with guys getting bigger and bigger. When you put 270-280lbs of stage weight on a guy who 5’5 - 5’9 then everything will be bigger including stomachs and waists
 
Gotta admit Monstro is posting controversial stuff just to see what reactions he gets LOL.
 
The is probably the most talked subject in bodybuilding today . Of course anyone as is opinion i give you mine , give me yours ?
 
The 90s all pharma from the pharmacy? Uhh, no. Mexican labs with a genius or two involved. Ever hear of Dan Duchaine? He was one of a couple geniuses, plus with a money man like Manuel Noriega involved some very good gear came out of Mexican labs, which were real pharma labs with some extra products.

Blocky waists got popular with Dorian Yates, it's from GH and possibly insulin, but definitely the GH. Everything grows with GH, including internal organs. Some users bones even grow, look at Randy Savage's elbows, they're longer than his dick.


Download PDFs of Duchaine's books, even his old articles from Muscle Media 2000, it's eye opening shit bro.
 
Highly controversial conclusions and analysis. Having briefly read it, I saw at least that the pharma was not only from the pharmacy, they worked not only with free weights but also fully on the simulators. It seems that they are describing not the 90s, but the times of the Stone Age.
Again, the criteria for evaluating what bodybuilding should be, they are different. Each sport develops and changes from methods to qualities that are valuable.
 
It seems to me an eternal topic for disputes that they used to be better, more natural, but now it’s different, worse. The world is changing, sports are changing. It seems to me that such disputes are also in professional boxing, they used to be better, but now the boxers are not the same.
 
Every era wants to be considered the best. The old school does not want to recognize the success of the new school, some do not want to keep up with the new trends. But every era has had its unicum. The old era's laurels are gone and are passed on to the new, maybe it's some kind of envy.
 
Every era wants to be considered the best. The old school does not want to recognize the success of the new school, some do not want to keep up with the new trends. But every era has had its unicum. The old era's laurels are gone and are passed on to the new, maybe it's some kind of envy.
That's right, that's right, each successive generation will be better. But there will always be problems with the recognition of the old generation of reality.
 
Bodybuilders of the golden era were known to be reckless with drug use as well, maybe not on today’s level but I believe it was Boyer Coe that came out and said not to let the old timers fool you on how minimal their doses were
That's right, they used drugs very heavily. But at the same time, they told the story all the time that their dosages were extremely low. I think it's a myth.
 
Bodybuilders of the golden era were known to be reckless with drug use as well, maybe not on today’s level but I believe it was Boyer Coe that came out and said not to let the old timers fool you on how minimal their doses were
On the territory of the Post-Soviet countries, you can still hear stories about the 90s. How they used a couple of methane pills and grew frantically. If you talk to an old guy like that, he'll spend the whole workout talking about how it used to be good, but now everyone's lazy.
 
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