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Subscribe to RSSBodybuilders from left to right, Ben Pakulski of Canada, Toney Freeman of the USA, Dexter Jackson of the USA, Edward Nunn of the USA and Ivan Sadek of Australia pose during the International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Australia Pro Grand Prix at The Plenary on March 9, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Gross.
I went with 'yuck' but gross is better.
Hmmm... How about hideous and grotesque...? I'll bet they all have to wear slip on shoes, and have trouble wiping their butt.
It's funny how this sport turns white guys into black guys...literally...except the weiners of course....lol
Freak show. Steroids.
Very ugly - not very nice looking.
If they are happy, I'm happy for them. However, I find this display rather grotesque. I've watched autopsies before, and this show reminds me of the skinless musculature. It was not one of my favorite things to see.
I believe in the beauty of the human form, but this form barely borders on human. It's "what can I do to make this muscle bigger than someone else's," (especially those thighs-ewww). It has nothing to do with the beauty of the element.
One question, however: why are they all bald? I know we have some very thin muscles under the scalp, but all I can think of in this spread is "meathead." Oh, well.
The thighs look a bit like turkey legs left in the Weber too long. Yes?
Toney Freeman of the USA is the best one.
I've never understood the psychology of why people do this. It is so repugnant. Yet one stares at it like having come upon a train wreck. (And don't they have to keep 'building' all their lives or the muscles will sag and turn to fat? Isn't that true?)
Muscle and fat are not made from the same cells. You also can't turn muscle into fat. Fat is fat as muscle is muscle. Same thing that muscle weighs more than fat which is not true. 1 lb of fat weighs the same as 1lb of muscle just fat takes up more space then muscle.
Wait until these guys reack their 60's. UUgggllllllyyyyy.
They all look so inflated, so unnatural, so inhuman. Nasty.
Annie - to answer your question, no - it is impossible for muscle to turn to fat. When they stop the steroids and the lifting, the muscle will simply shrink. Look at Arnold Schwarzenegger - he is nothing like he was in his prime, but certainly not fat - just smaller.
And I concur, I find it gross, and I don't get it.
Think of it as an art and it will make sense. Yes, it does take some creative thinking but sculpting is an art isn't it?
Fifteen comments down to this point and the only one not negative is Carlito's.
Two guys humping each other's hairy butts has somehow become a cause celebre' in this country, but show a picture of a few body builders doing something they love, and certainly not bothering anyone else in the process, and watch the ugly comments come rolling in.
The party of tolerance... LOL!
Notice that one area of the body is waaay out of proportion--small compared to their other muscles. That's right, boys, steroids shrink your package.
Uggg, so does old age!
Very unattractive.
Even anabolic steroids have their limits. After all the years of taking them, these specimens do not get appreciably larger than their juicing predecessors, so the only difference remaining is who can eliminate the most fat from their skin. And when their testicles atrophy to the size of raisins, I'm sure it makes them even more appealing to the judges.
The white guys had to use a hell of a lot of tanning spray to compete with the black guys.
White skin color just looks lame.
I believe body building is an art form and not a sport. Yes they train but artists paint on a regular basis. Nope, not a sport, nuf said.
if the juicing does that to their bodies i wonder what their brains look like.
Probably the same as their testicles - shrunken and atrophied.
Do steroids make one's hair fall out?
My husband was into body-building. He's approaching 60 now. I don't know why some of you think they suddenly "become ugly." He looks GREAT (still has the body of a 25-year-old).
He's also very well-read and very well-educated. (No, the brains do not become atrophied.)
They disparage it because it's easier than hitting the treadmill to do something about unsightly bulge blocking their view of their feet.
When does the evening gown competition start? Yipee-i-ay yippee-i-oh fudge-packers in disguise...