[quote]drummerofgod89 wrote:
Wait, what about Arnold? Didn’t he peak in size in his mid twenties? Was he any bigger from his 1975 to his 1980 Mr. Olympia title? I consider his 1974 body to be his peak, which would make him, what, 27? Just throwing in my opinion.[/quote]
Have you seen Pumping Iron? He says he doesn’t want to gain any more size, and the only thing he could improve was his posing routine. Remember the mass monster side of bodybuilding didn’t exist then like it does now. It wasn’t gain mass at any cost (hence the difference in arnold’s and ronnie’s waist)
[quote]eigieinhamr wrote:
drummerofgod89 wrote:
Wait, what about Arnold? Didn’t he peak in size in his mid twenties? Was he any bigger from his 1975 to his 1980 Mr. Olympia title? I consider his 1974 body to be his peak, which would make him, what, 27? Just throwing in my opinion.
Have you seen Pumping Iron? He says he doesn’t want to gain any more size, and the only thing he could improve was his posing routine. Remember the mass monster side of bodybuilding didn’t exist then like it does now. It wasn’t gain mass at any cost (hence the difference in arnold’s and ronnie’s waist)[/quote]
I remember hearing that Arnold never used steroids for the specific use of gaining muscle mass. Reportedly, he only used them for maintaining muscle mass while cutting. 22" arms natural is pretty damn big if it is true that he did not gain size from steroids. It’s questionable if he could have gotten noticeably larger without bulking while on steroids. Makes me wonder how big Arnold could have gotten…
the theoretical limit for muscle production, given a perfect anabolic environment (e.g. myostatin negative) is that the muscle will grow to a 45 degree angle with the joint to which they attach.