Dr. Squat - Dr. Fred Hatfield

Arnold. Every time. Never really liked Coleman's physique.

Thanks for posting the video.

Nick

I met Lee at a World Gym opening a couple of months before one of his Olympia defences. What amazed me the most was that he was so absolutely symetrical that at 260 pounds he looked 'normal' - just a sort of big guy who lifted weights ( this was in street clothes, not a posing exhibition. ) No doubt he was incredible but I still like Arnold's body better. And while it's a different angle, what has Lee done for the sport now that he's retired? Maybe he's still active but it must be awfully low key.

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This isn't happening, it only thinks it's happening.

IMO Haney was the last great Body Building Champion. After him guts got too big and symmetry and balance was lost forever.

Another favorite was Sergio Olvia, He was The Myth for a reason!

Overall natural symmetry = Oliva.
No twisting to hide waist, freaky forarms, massive upper arm to head ratio, fullness down to the intercostals, insane lats, balanced down to the calves.

I'd take Sergio's physique, no question.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
George S. Patton

Coleman has amazing arms and lats.
Double biceps makes his pecs look bad.
I can see how some would marvel at some of his sheer mass.
Crazy thighs, but no seperation and make his calves look weak.
Brutal, but not aesthetically pleasing or symetrical.

At this stage I take Arnold, even though the legs look slim here:)
He brought those calves up, if only he could've brought the thighs
and kept the seperation and striations.

Working on a good Bill vs Arnold...

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
George S. Patton

Great job on all of these photos! Kind of hard to make an accurate comparison w/ the different lighting, but great nonetheless. Sergio was called the Myth for a reason! I met him shopping in Chicago about 20 years ago. Past his prime, but his forearms were huge, the first thing to catch my eye as I saw him coming down the aisle. He had a nylon jacket with the sleeves rolled up. WOW...

funny you should mention that. I was just looking at some stuff I downloaded somewhere and I had an e-book of exercises and stuff with Mike Dayton. I never read the whole thing, it was free and I just saved it. I should look it up again.

People are going to think me nuts, but I loved that guy.
Winning powerlifting competitions, and a top bodybuilder.

Re Arnold's legs. At his time freakishly big legs would not have won contests. Athletic strong looking legs were the goal.

From FC's website:
Franco has won every important title in bodybuilding and power lifting, an extraordinary achievement. He is a two-time Mr. Olympia, the most prestigious and lucrative title in bodybuilding, and has been Mr. Universe and Mr. World, among others. Even more amazing is the fact that he won his second Mr. Olympia at the age of 40, while completing his studies to become a chiropractor and five years after he had completely dislocated his knee in competition.

His power lifting World Records include: Bench Press 525 lbs., Squat 655 lbs., and Dead Lift 750 lbs. In April 1979, Franco even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest lung power. He was able to blow up a hot water bottle until it burst in just 55 seconds using only sheer lung power (that is 28.5 lbs/square inch)!