Thanks for not allowing political correctness to go unnoticed in bodybuilding. It's bad enough politics play a huge role in BB but people are also making SO MANY excuses for why these guys come in the way they do. Maybe we've just reached our limit as far as size goes. Meaning there's a threshold that can't be exceeded, unless the waist is compromised as well. WHICH IS FINE. Size is NOT everything. The second you sacrifice your symmetry and easthetics to come in "bigger", you have ALREADY lost and the judges SHOULD penalize you heavily. My 2 cents
It's primarily insulin is where all the evidence points. So.. if they judged against it, and had a test to see the bubble gut.. then insulin would be cut out and we wouldn't have the bubble gut. Get bodybuilding back on track.
I hate the bubble gut. If you can't keep your midsection in line with the rest of your body, you're not an Olympia level bodybuilder. Dorian Yates was one of the last to keep it acceptable. His waist wasn't as small as I would like it to be, but it was small enough to not be considered the "bubble gut"
Truth, also the posing, let me see one guy today who can do that back double bicep twisting pose properly like Arnold and levrone did, without having the gut sticking out further than your elbows.
Great video once again! The sarcasm and irony is strong with you, man! ;) I had some legit laughs, especially when you dissed Levrone for not being Sandow-worthy with those underdeveloped abdominal bellies :D
"it's NOT supposed to look like that" that's 100% correct, stop making excuses it's awful, they ALL look abysmal... the modern day pregnant bodybuilders I'm reference, we don't actually see them in this video lol
I think a major contributor to bubble gut is the thoracic diaphragm. These guys are lifting such heavy weight that they’ve overdeveloped parts of their core without even realizing it. Old school bodybuilders kept their midsections balanced through stomach vacuums which work the transverse abdominal muscles, internal obliques, and internal abdominals. There are three layers of muscles in the abdominal wall, after all.
Thanks for introducing me to Lee Labrada. I'm more of a casual observer of the world of bodybuilding, and so far I've only been exposed to the mass monsters. I went back and watched all his posing videos after seeing this.
absolutely,they should hold the gut in at all time!! they used to practice posing alot more back in the day. they saw it as part of their conditioning training. also,I agree,the gut is a little of everything.
It's insulin is where all the evidence points. They did practice a lot.. Dorian would practice 45 minutes to an hour every day. Not sure about Ronnie Coleman later on.. since Dorian was very conditioned to hit and hold poses easily and look pretty natural doing it. They shouldn't hold it in.. they should just judge against it and have a test for it, and then cut insuline if they want to be judged better. Fix the sport. We don't have to deal with it, and we can get rid of it.
Tomn8er Great vid bro. The bubble gut has got to go,I don't understand the people defending it; it is the reason that people won't pay money to go to shows any more. The irony is that if this trend continues,in ten years the current bubble gut apologists will be looking at the next generation of semi sumos with horror.
Although I agree it is a large combination of factors, insulin seems to be the primary cause for the distended lower midsection. If you look at the midsection of an average person who has used prescribed insulin consistently for long periods of time, a large amount of subcutaneous and possibly visceral fat forms. Although its worth noting that the accumulation is found generally in areas that the insulin is injected.
It's not from long term insulin use as these guys can turn up weeks later with a flat belly. Its because they use a shitload of slin before a show and have to eat a shitload of food to not go into a diabetic coma. The slin and massive refeed makes the muscles look huge but it also causes the pregnancy look. Think about it, Phil has the most blown up muscles but also the worst gut, it's not a coincidence.
@@HughMyron372 I mean ignoring anecdotes I think it's important to recognize the shape and location of the extended gut. It doesn't come from or even exist mostly on the side of the stomach. It equally protrudes from above the stomach to below the intestines. When people eat and their gut gets large from overeating, it isn't the food that makes the persons stomach appear larger, it's the localized inflammation.
THis is why BBing fans still talk about Arnold's physique more than 40 years(!!) past his prime. He was both a mass monster, (for his day) and AESTHETIC. All Hail The King. For my money, Haney and Arnold were the best body Mr. Os.
Sure, some of it's hero worship and hype with Arnold. But some of the adoration he receives is because of his physique. When I was kid, before Arnold really became a huge movie star, after he filmed the first Terminator movie, Arnold's Education of A Bodybuilder was still the one book almost all muscleheads owned. Thousands of guys still went to the gym trying to look like him. Yeah, I agree Haney deserves more attention from BBing fans, and it's a shame Joe Weider didn't give him more M&F covers, but at least millennial BBing fans know who Lee Haney is. Also, guys like Ronnie, Ray, Yates and Flex have huge respect for Haney even if the average BBing fan doesn't. Sergio is a legend because BBing experts still argue he might have had the best genetics for the sport ever. Zane gets hype because he was a small BBer with near perfect aesthetics and proportions, even though looking back I think Zane was a little too small to be winning major BBing shows. it would be cool to listen to interviews from IFBB judges during Haney's reign talk about why he was dominant a competitor.
...I always had very big round muscles. I remember doing very heavy ab work and heavy weights. My ab muscles got really round and big I could flex them out just like a bicep! Egads!! Peaking outward. My over all body was getting too bulky, I got over 200 lbs and I am only 5'8" - I don't use steroids. I wanted a more sleek body and converted to more gymnastics and bars, including walking trotting. My body type changed. My point - the abs will grow huge and round just like all muscles. With or without steroids.
And if you really want to see a huge bodybuilder who doesn't have a bubble gut, look at Jason Huh. His waist is so small he can still his vacuums, and he comes in at 300+ in thed off-season.
Dallas McCarver’s autopsy said it well. His liver was 300% of normal. Put two extra livers in a gut and the gut will distend. What causes such helatomegaly? With the chemicals these guys are putting in what doesn’t would be a much shorter list.
Hey Tom maybe you can do a video on *Chris Dickerson* VS *Franco Columbo* and debate which physique was the worst *Mr O* physique of all times. Especially the last year Franco won having gyno issues...
lol oh man. They both sucked. Franco was actually a pretty decent bb he was just terrible that year. But overall probably dislike Dickerson more. There's just nothing impressive to me about that guy and the elbows are gross
I think that we can continue to push the mass game. If people could come in like Roelly winklaar or Juan motel where they have super trim waist lines, and no guts because of their abdominal control
It's gross because it looks unnatural. The irony is that the "natural-looking" bodybuilders before the bubbleguts were just as unnatural and juiced up, we just accept it better because it's more "aesthetic" and we could imagine it was all hard work and sweat in the gym. Either way it's all an illusion.
It so sad that these self proclaimed experts like Davie Polumbo make all this excuses the picture are bad the live video distorts it , they all have it , even Davie believes he didn't have one they also say if your not there live watching it which is 90% of the fan that you don't know what your talking about it sad really they want to drive off the fans
even those later ones had some bubble going on, Kai and Heath have taken it way to far to the point that they look like absolute trash, no more bubble it's disgusting..
"Back double let me see that bubble" lo fing l
I know right 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for not allowing political correctness to go unnoticed in bodybuilding. It's bad enough politics play a huge role in BB but people are also making SO MANY excuses for why these guys come in the way they do. Maybe we've just reached our limit as far as size goes. Meaning there's a threshold that can't be exceeded, unless the waist is compromised as well. WHICH IS FINE. Size is NOT everything. The second you sacrifice your symmetry and easthetics to come in "bigger", you have ALREADY lost and the judges SHOULD penalize you heavily. My 2 cents
It's primarily insulin is where all the evidence points.
So.. if they judged against it, and had a test to see the bubble gut.. then insulin would be cut out and we wouldn't have the bubble gut. Get bodybuilding back on track.
That is a good analysis bro... there must be a limit in size and symmetry
The fuck does this video or the topic have to do anything with political correctness. Swear mfs be dragging their culture war cosplay everywhere.
I hate the bubble gut. If you can't keep your midsection in line with the rest of your body, you're not an Olympia level bodybuilder. Dorian Yates was one of the last to keep it acceptable. His waist wasn't as small as I would like it to be, but it was small enough to not be considered the "bubble gut"
Yeah Dorian's was blocky and a little bloated some years but at least he was never full on pregnant out there
Dorians midsection is still unacceptable.
He could control it but if he hangs that boy out with no restriction he s 9 months pregnant too
Jay deserve a lot of respect for not having bubble gut while being a mass monster
Even Dorian's midsection was horrible later on.
From now on I shall call that pose the "back double let's see that bubble" 😂😂
"too much class not enough mass" hahahaha dude
this is the best thing I've watched in a while 😂😂😂😂😂😂
10/10
from muscle bellies to belly muscles
welcome to the Mister O
-body- bellybuilding
@@Tomn8er From huge muscle bellies to huge belly muscles
"back double let me see that bubble"
hahaha , Luimacro gotta use that one .
Back bubble biceps
@@soufianeayad1807 lol
Truth, also the posing, let me see one guy today who can do that back double bicep twisting pose properly like Arnold and levrone did, without having the gut sticking out further than your elbows.
Aside from mcmillan and maybe a few others.
Bodybuilding used a sport and art of blood and sweat...unfortunately nowadays its full chemistry and oils...MONSTERS.....very sad
@@Borals not every day but he used to shoot deca and primo at least twice a week
Great video once again! The sarcasm and irony is strong with you, man! ;) I had some legit laughs, especially when you dissed Levrone for not being Sandow-worthy with those underdeveloped abdominal bellies :D
Kai Greene will definitely win 2017 Mr bubble gut Olympia
2020-2yrs ago -2017 Olympia-do the maths -some one is a mong
I think tom. took the picture of kai's prominent bubble and put on arnold in the comparson picture.
yeee boyy drop it down let see that touch the ground, he have a bubble gut bonanza... *luimarco voice*
Eetu Tiiro No salute upon thee
Eetu Tiiro drop it down like a belly dancer :)
Eetu Tiiro drop it down like a belly dancer
This is expert level sarcasm and creativity
"it's NOT supposed to look like that" that's 100% correct, stop making excuses it's awful, they ALL look abysmal... the modern day pregnant bodybuilders I'm reference, we don't actually see them in this video lol
I think a major contributor to bubble gut is the thoracic diaphragm. These guys are lifting such heavy weight that they’ve overdeveloped parts of their core without even realizing it. Old school bodybuilders kept their midsections balanced through stomach vacuums which work the transverse abdominal muscles, internal obliques, and internal abdominals. There are three layers of muscles in the abdominal wall, after all.
Thanks for introducing me to Lee Labrada. I'm more of a casual observer of the world of bodybuilding, and so far I've only been exposed to the mass monsters. I went back and watched all his posing videos after seeing this.
BudduredToast np man. Labrada is one of - if not THE - greatest posers of all time imo just a class act all the way
This is pure gold, Loumarco himself would salut this world class expertise of the boubble gut and its importance in a balanced man's phisique
OMG - that's funny - "third trimester mode" 😂
Beachball Classic is the show of the future!
Or Mr. B 😆
Come in Jay, your a mass monster, you have to show more gut in the back double
That picture of Arnold is fucking sacrilege bro!
04:05 This should be official image all bodybuilders stride for. Holy shit, just perfect imho. Shawna Ray too. Some of his poses were godlike.....
absolutely,they should hold the gut in at all time!! they used to practice posing alot more back in the day. they saw it as part of their conditioning training. also,I agree,the gut is a little of everything.
It's insulin is where all the evidence points.
They did practice a lot.. Dorian would practice 45 minutes to an hour every day. Not sure about Ronnie Coleman later on.. since Dorian was very conditioned to hit and hold poses easily and look pretty natural doing it.
They shouldn't hold it in.. they should just judge against it and have a test for it, and then cut insuline if they want to be judged better. Fix the sport. We don't have to deal with it, and we can get rid of it.
Tomn8er Great vid bro.
The bubble gut has got to go,I don't understand the people defending it; it is the reason that people won't pay money to go to shows any more.
The irony is that if this trend continues,in ten years the current bubble gut apologists will be looking at the next generation of semi sumos with horror.
Wow! That Back double bicep pose really squashes any argument.
"Do you even breath, bro?"
- Tomn8er, July 2, 2017
Although I agree it is a large combination of factors, insulin seems to be the primary cause for the distended lower midsection. If you look at the midsection of an average person who has used prescribed insulin consistently for long periods of time, a large amount of subcutaneous and possibly visceral fat forms. Although its worth noting that the accumulation is found generally in areas that the insulin is injected.
It's not from long term insulin use as these guys can turn up weeks later with a flat belly. Its because they use a shitload of slin before a show and have to eat a shitload of food to not go into a diabetic coma. The slin and massive refeed makes the muscles look huge but it also causes the pregnancy look. Think about it, Phil has the most blown up muscles but also the worst gut, it's not a coincidence.
@@HughMyron372 I mean ignoring anecdotes I think it's important to recognize the shape and location of the extended gut. It doesn't come from or even exist mostly on the side of the stomach. It equally protrudes from above the stomach to below the intestines. When people eat and their gut gets large from overeating, it isn't the food that makes the persons stomach appear larger, it's the localized inflammation.
we need mor Lionel Byeke and Cedric McMillan on stage
lololol! hilarious!!!!
Bubble Gut Sympathy is Deplorable.
hahahaha! Almost pissed in my pants with the Arnold pic lol
LoL the commentary is good on this one.
Just found your youtube channel and i have to say, you are doing a pretty good job at making those videos. Keep doing that!
As Jason Genova would say it's Phil heathening!
When I see a gut like these days,it makes me appreciate the V-Taper even more. Phil Heath couldn't hold it in on stage
LOL! Great pic man! I LOL when I saw ur pic!
"Hit that back double show me the bubble" ROFL
Just right man!! This is what I want to see on stage. Muscle and flat stomach like back days.!!!
That's very entertaining bro!!!👍👍👍
Arnold still lookin' low-key aesthetic
THis is why BBing fans still talk about Arnold's physique more than 40 years(!!) past his prime.
He was both a mass monster, (for his day) and AESTHETIC.
All Hail The King.
For my money, Haney and Arnold were the best body Mr. Os.
Sure, some of it's hero worship and hype with Arnold. But some of the adoration he receives is because of his physique.
When I was kid, before Arnold really became a huge movie star, after he filmed the first Terminator movie, Arnold's Education of A Bodybuilder was still the one book almost all muscleheads owned.
Thousands of guys still went to the gym trying to look like him.
Yeah, I agree Haney deserves more attention from BBing fans, and it's a shame Joe Weider didn't give him more M&F covers, but at least millennial BBing fans know who Lee Haney is.
Also, guys like Ronnie, Ray, Yates and Flex have huge respect for Haney even if the average BBing fan doesn't.
Sergio is a legend because BBing experts still argue he might have had the best genetics for the sport ever.
Zane gets hype because he was a small BBer with near perfect aesthetics and proportions, even though looking back I think Zane was a little too small to be winning major BBing shows.
it would be cool to listen to interviews from IFBB judges during Haney's reign talk about why he was dominant a competitor.
bigstink9 Haney!!! Yes!
@@bigstink9 No abs no triceps under developed legs back and shoulders I mean the guy was a mess
@@laurikotivuori1585 underdeveloped back and shoulders? Are u high
If Arnold competed today 😂.
Arnold needs to see this photoshop.
The late eighties and the nineties were the golden years of bodybuilding. The guys were big but aesthetic. Bodybuilding now is just a freak show.
They should introduce a new competition. Mr Bubblympia.
Love the sarcasm at Arnolds posing :) Oh and the others.
Heavy squats into deep position on the way up causes severe distension .
These bubblegut jokes are hilarious
Today it's more about who is least asymmetrical.
No bubbles, but no VACUUMS either...
Thank you for the very entertaining video.
Prodigious potbelly... too funny!
HAHAHA, great, great video man.
Bellllliiiisiiimooohhhh!!!!
...I always had very big round muscles. I remember doing very heavy ab work and heavy weights. My ab muscles got really round and big I could flex them out just like a bicep! Egads!! Peaking outward. My over all body was getting too bulky, I got over 200 lbs and I am only 5'8" - I don't use steroids. I wanted a more sleek body and converted to more gymnastics and bars, including walking trotting. My body type changed. My point - the abs will grow huge and round just like all muscles. With or without steroids.
LOL.....But you see some gut devellopment coming in the last excample (Arnold Classic)
Bodybuilding fans need to hit the social media accounts of the IFBB officials/judges. On the daily.
I have never seen Dorian Yates or any Olympia after hit a Vacuum pose!
This photo kills me😂😂😂😂😂
Obviously its what they take for size because classic physique competitors dont have that shit
bubble gut bonanza drop it down like a belly dancer
Guess what folks, the 2018 Mr. Olympia did not have a bubble guts. I believe precedent has been set!
Swallowed bubble gum
Great video bro education right there 💪🏾
who are these apologists? remarkable, the human ability to believe in stories in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
And if you really want to see a huge bodybuilder who doesn't have a bubble gut, look at Jason Huh. His waist is so small he can still his vacuums, and he comes in at 300+ in thed off-season.
No more chicken legs arnold
Dallas McCarver’s autopsy said it well. His liver was 300% of normal.
Put two extra livers in a gut and the gut will distend.
What causes such helatomegaly? With the chemicals these guys are putting in what doesn’t would be a much shorter list.
no more bubble gut!!!!!!!
3rd trimester....LMFAO
Hey Tom maybe you can do a video on *Chris Dickerson* VS *Franco Columbo* and debate which physique was the worst *Mr O* physique of all times. Especially the last year Franco won having gyno issues...
lol oh man. They both sucked. Franco was actually a pretty decent bb he was just terrible that year. But overall probably dislike Dickerson more. There's just nothing impressive to me about that guy and the elbows are gross
ifbb today no guts no glory lol literally
I think that we can continue to push the mass game. If people could come in like Roelly winklaar or Juan motel where they have super trim waist lines, and no guts because of their abdominal control
Dexter has a bit a bubble gut lol.....
Why do today's bodybuilders hold poses for about 2 seconds
Tom is my favourite natty vegan metabolic bodybuilding youtuber.
5 scoops per Day vegan?? Don't be insulting. I'm an organic raw foods juice faster man the vegan diet just isn't pure enough
You gotta drink that juice 12 times a day or you're weakminded nigga.
lee labrada my favorite physique of alltime
Arnold was the master at posing
Just look at Mr Olympia s from 1997 to 1998 no Bubble Guts in these the phenomenon started 2000 and 2002
This is awesome 😂 I was laughing tears 😂😂 “pop that belly bra” 😂😂 best man
Mass is king but what is too much. I always thought that a flat stomach was mandatory
I always say its the incredible weight they use they cant tuck the abs in most exercises anymore because its just to heavy
Arnold's posing man
you're hilarious
Fucking hell that was funny lol.
Comment #100 ^_^
lol that was indeed funny! :)
I hate the buuble gut. I like asthetic physiques like the golden era of bodybuilding
This video deserves a like sub and comment!!!
It's gross because it looks unnatural. The irony is that the "natural-looking" bodybuilders before the bubbleguts were just as unnatural and juiced up, we just accept it better because it's more "aesthetic" and we could imagine it was all hard work and sweat in the gym. Either way it's all an illusion.
Regan Grimes has no Bubble gut, 240+ lbs
Lol! Great job.
It so sad that these self proclaimed experts like Davie Polumbo make all this excuses the picture are bad the live video distorts it , they all have it , even Davie believes he didn't have one they also say if your not there live watching it which is 90% of the fan that you don't know what your talking about it sad really they want to drive off the fans
I think, this is a long shot, fast carbs and insulin causes bubble gut.
0:03 Arnold had only 4 abs pack
even those later ones had some bubble going on, Kai and Heath have taken it way to far to the point that they look like absolute trash, no more bubble it's disgusting..
Stomach distension happens even WITHOUT insulin, steroids and hgh. This is NOT my opinion
like a african hungry child stomach
Fantastic!
😂🤣😂🤣
🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂 Witty