"She has sacrificed her look as a woman." Lenda Murray quote re Iris Kyle

[juggernaut]

Well to be fair, it is bodybuilding not fuckability. And while we're at it is there some reason that its ok to reward growth gut in the guys? Jay's got one of the blockiest shapes up there and he's a repeat Mr O.

IMO competitors respond to what the judges reward. If they reward the extreme, they promote the extreme.

Agree 100% with the fuckability issue, however there comes a point where a chick shouldnt look like a dude. Some of these women are seriously outrageous, and I dont mean that in a good way.
As for Jay being an O winner-that's just retarded. I never liked his or Ronnie's block gut. Victor Martinez and Phil Heath are much better competitors in that aspect. Truth be told, I'm a fan to the 80s and 90s physiques, and the same with women.

 

[Curt James]

Well to be fair, it is bodybuilding not fuckability. And while we're at it is there some reason that its ok to reward growth gut in the guys? Jay's got one of the blockiest shapes up there and he's a repeat Mr O.

IMO competitors respond to what the judges reward. If they reward the extreme, they promote the extreme.

I'd argue that's more fact than opinion. The idea that "Well, we tried to promote the 20% less muscularity concept but it failed" is total BS.

Interview with IFBB Judges - YouTube

What, the athletes dictate who the winner will be, where the judges place them? No.

They reward the extreme and in so doing promote the extreme.

 

[furaskin]

Honestly I don't know who Murray is, but it seems like jealousy. Iris is not competing in figure or bikini, she's going for Ms. O! Thats the top of the food chain if you ask me for women dedicated to the sport. Life styles cannot be compared between them, and one will do all she/he can to achieve their dreams.


I think both ruined their femminility, and both wear a wig cause totally BALD...Look Iris at MS Olympia 2005-2006: had a strong reeciding hairline and Lenda too at Ms O. 2003.

 

[Nightowl]

Props up for both of these beautiful women. They're showing the world it is a sport and pledge in life! This poll to me is not essential,but they in the bbing world ARE!

 

[StrengthAddicts]

Lenda is just mad b/c Iris is going to break her record. Case closed.
It's just like in 2006, Lee Haney was prolly thinking "THANK YOU JESUS," when Ronnie didn't get #9. lol

 

[njc]

What are some of the best male pro bodybuilders without an enormously distended abdomen? Im not very knowledgeable on the matters concerning various IFBB pros but I know 5 or 6 names and they all seem to have huge guts. When I look at my old weider and schwarzenegger encyclopedias.........thats when I see truly impressive physiques to be envied. Its unfortunate that they do not look like that anymore. As Sassy has eluded to my post here comes back around to that subjectivity thing, but for me, subjectively speaking, Cutler and Coleman look terrible. They are truly impressive physiques in my eyes, but impressive for the wrong reason. I enjoy watching them on stage and marvel at how any man could build so much muscle, but I do not think it looks particularly good. Thats just me; but Im willing to guess Im in the majority.

 

[NVRBDR]

well if that ain't the pot being called black by the kettle herself, I don't know what is/.

 

[sassy69]

They're both beautiful women IMO, but w/ their size, if you did a rear shot and covered the hair, I think you'd be hard pressed to differentiate between a pretty decent guy and a female. Just sayin'. Not worth spending time on their faces - Everyone wears the "diet face" differently, but I've seen so much worse that I can't imagine calling it out for either of these ladies.

 

[ashoprep1]

she looks beautiful

 

[andyrodgers]

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