These two guys are both around 5'8. One was an elite athlete, winning the most prestigious prize of his sport, the other an elite beauty contestant, winning the most prestigious prize of his field. The athlete competes in a weight class. They are both shown celebrating triumphant moments (not posing or competing). One of these guys is incredibly strong-- the other could suck a bowling ball through a garden hose.

My poll question isn't meant to have wide ranging programming implications. I'm merely curious how this forum breaks down as far as which body type is closer to ideal.

Personally, I think competetive bodybuilders are ridiculous, and I'm interested in how many prefer that aesthetic-- unfortunately, I don't have the means to truly investigate that question. But I thought I'd toss this poll out there.

I thought this was gonna be about them fighting. The correct answer is the 14 year old girl in my judo school would kill both of them, but she'd have a harder time with the Greek.

i see what you are going for, but i dont really think that picking an extreme example of an aesthetic lifter is what most people go for...most people that train for completely aesthetic goals would rather look like a mens health model than mrO...

that said, i would rather be dimas...and i doubt you get a single vote for cutler because the dude is ridiculously hyoooge...

If you give Dimas a tan and a carb-up he'd look just as big LDO.

I don't think I'm going for anything other than satisfying my curiosity of how many poll respondents express a preference for the body builder aesthetic. I don't think they'll be many, but I'm open to be surprised.

You could make him look ripped, but the cork-smoker still has 50 pounds on him a the same height.

Was a joke :/

Answered Dimas.

How bout Frank Zane, I'd say he has a much more aesthetic body then cutler.



I'd take Frank Zane's body image over Pyros.

Has Cutler won Mr. Olympia?

Only a tiny percentage of people would ever want to look as big and freaky as the heavyweights in the bodybuilding world.

By using an extreme example like you have, you are obviously going to get the results that you seek. I highly doubt you will find anyone here who wants to be as massive as Jay Cutler.

Here are some natural bodybuilders who would probably make the comparison of your poll a little less biased and a little more relevant.

Jay Cutler has apparently won the last two years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Olympia

(I'd like the record to show that I had to look this up, btw)

the greek dude's package looks bigger.

oneeyejak,

What are the results that I seek? I've stated my aim twice, but you are apparently too smart for that.

I've loaded the dice somehow to achieve some end? What?

edit: Btw, did you have a bunch of links to dudes at the ready?

Shemp, what do you think about frank zane's body vs. pyros. We are just going off looks right?

They are both handsome, well proportioned and developed fellas. At some point, I refuse to choose.

I think Frank Zane would win the poll. Cutler is a freak.

I always thought he looked better then Coleman though. Has Coleman stopped competing?

Ya think?

Whats this?

and this?
And by the way, not just one of these guys is "incredibly strong". Do a litte research about Cutler and see what kind of weight he moves around.




Good one. I almost choked on my beer.

Here's a different weight lifter.



Like I said, I'm not trying to suggest programming implications or draw any sort of far reaching conclusions. Clearly, there is a minority that prefers the Cutler look-- I'd like to get a fix on it (out of curiosity). Unfortunately, I don't have the means to accurately identify the size of that minority, so I toss this poll on the pile.

ef,

the older school bb's looked human though...dudes like cutler and coleman look like caricatures of what muscle heads look like, freakish...

i think it would be a tough choice between someone like zane vs dimas...i think zane has a "better" body, but dimas can snatch like 400lbs, thats [censored] insane...

Oh and you should have posted Shane Hammon as the cutler comparison.

i think coleman came in 3rd this year...and i think he also announced that it was his last year going for mr0...

Shane Hammon couldn't make a Bulgarian national weightlifting team, even though he is one of the best american lifters of all time.

Agreed.

I respect both "sports". Jay Cutler's physique impresses me, even though I would never wish it on myself.

I think the competitive body builder looks foolish. I stated that in my initial post. I have no interest in researching Jay Cutler, but I'll (probably) read what you write about him.

Are you going to tell my what my agenda is? You're accusing me of something. Tell me what it is, please.

He thinks your secretly in love with Cutler and looking for approval from others via a poll.

As someone who used to compete, personally, I think your comparison is ridiculous.

Why the extremes?

Every picture that I posted is of a competitive bodybuilder.