WORLD TOP IMPRESSIVE PHYSIQUES
Serge Nubret
From the front, Serge Nubret had one of the most
aesthetically pleasing physiques ever and his chest was a key factor in this
assessment. The man who finished second in the 1973 Mr. Olympia lacked the pec
thickness of others in our top, and yet his perfectly sculpted chest seemed to
have been meticulously carved from marble.
Franco Columbo
Although Columbu stands only 5’5″, his
pecs were not only stupendously thick, but, unlike others of his stature, they
were also large from top to bottom and side to side, and they could have looked
at home on 6’5″ Lou Ferrigno. Their most unique quality was the unparalleled
cleft that segregated the upper region from the rest, as if the upper pecs were
separate muscles (they’re not).
The two-time Mr. O (1976, ’81) attributes most of
his size to barbell presses (flat and incline) and dips.
Ronnie Coleman
Two big reasons why Coleman will be trying for
Sandow number nine on September 30 are his left and right pectorals. Throughout
his reign atop the bodybuilding world, few challengers have been able to hang
when he puffs up his pecs during side shots or when he induces a flurry of
ridges by crunching out most-musculars.
Coleman goes as heavy as possible for 10-12 reps per
set, and he built his chest primarily with barbell and dumbbell presses.
Markus Ruhl
The antithesis to Nubret is Germany’s Ruhl, for
there’s nothing artful about Ruhl’s physique. It’s scary big and never more so
than when he’s crushing most-musculars and his pecs are redolent of planets
colliding.
Ruhl, who has won two IFBB pro shows, relies
primarily on machine presses in his current chest training.
JAY CUTLER
While Jay Cutler has the
most dominant physique on the planet in today's times, it does not go without
saying that a large part of that is because of mass rather than an
aesthetically pleasing physique. "The gift", on the other hand, has a
near-perfect structure of huge delts, big arms, a tiny waist, and a chiseled
midsection.
PHILL HEATH
The former D1 Basketball
player has transferred his hard work and self-discipline into the sport of
bodybuilding and has received plenty of accolades. In his rookie debut at the
Olympia, he finished an impressive top 3 finish. If not for a stomach virus
within 24 hours of the 2009 Olympia, Heath might have won it for coming in with
such great conditioning and detail. Looking to rebound off of a 2010 second
place finish at the incumbent-heavy Olympia, Heath is looking to take the reign
from Jay Cutler to be the next multi-year winner.
Dexter Jackson
Finally got his
taste at history winning the Olympia in 2008 after finishing in the top 4 for
years on end. Nicknamed "The Blade" for his razor sharp cuts, Dexter
Jackson has the deepest set of abs in bodybuilding. He is the most conditioned
athlete of all time in this sport, always coming in with razor sharp cuts.
Flex Wheeler
The biggest snub of all
time, Kenneth "Flex" Wheeler racked up an amazing 17 professional
titles yet he never won the Sandow, placing just behind the Olympia champs a
total of three times. Knowledgeable bodybuilding fans consider Flex to be the
best of the best not only for aesthetic purposes, but also the best there ever
was. If you lined up all the pro bodybuilders from all the different eras and
put them all in one room, you would be very hard pressed to not pick Flex as
having the greatest body. He was everything bodybuilding represented: size and
detail with very few weaknesses.
ARNOLD
Here are a multitude of
ways to assess Schwarzenegger California governor, superstar actor, business
magnate and seven-time Mr. O but in evaluating his chest in the first half of
the ’70s, his pecs were thick, broad and proportionately developed from top to
bottom.
He favored relatively
high volume, low to moderate reps and free-weight basics.
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