There are many bodybuilders today. The most popular ones are the following.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Lee Haney
• Lou Ferrigno
• Ronnie Coleman
• Jay cutler
• Dorian Yates
• Franco Columbu
• Sergio Olivia
• Flex Wheeler
• Frank Zane
All the above mentioned top ten bodybuilders are very famous and popular. They have a great body and are professionals. These bodybuilders take good care of their body and see that they take in the right kind of food, in order to keep up with the requirements of bodybuilding. Certain carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins are required for bodybuilding. It is very necessary that good nutritional food is taken.
Most of the above mentioned bodybuilders follow a particular strategy. That is of strength training with weights. They make sure that they take in proper nutrition and enough amount of protein. When working out it is necessary that there are breaks in between. Any bodybuilder would know the importance of taking rest and good sleep that is needed when they plan to workout. Another important strategy that these bodybuilders take up is that they drink lots of water. This is necessary to be done after their routine exercise and even before it. Drinking ample amount of water would ensure that the person does not get dehydrated.
The top ten bodybuilders mentioned above have had a great career in their respective fields. Some have even joined the film industry and have been very successful. Today, movies and other theatre activities have been looking out for some great bodybuilders. This is what these famous people flaunt in their profession. When bodybuilding right type of intake of food is necessary and should be taken care of.
10. Franco Columbu
He was born on August 17, 1941 and is an Italian actor apart from being a marvelous bodybuilder. His height is 5 feet 5 inches and according to some sources it is reported to be 5 feet 3 inches, but his miniature structure was not a hindering factor for Franco at all. He won the title of Mr. Olympia in 1976 and 1981. He also competed in the World’s Strongest Man competition but was not able to win the title, rather he ended up in a dislocated leg. Columbu received $1 million as a compensation for that. He was light in the legs but has tremendous back and delts.
9. Flex Wheeler
His original name is Kenneth Wheeler but is commonly known as Flex Wheeler. He was born on August 23, 1965 in California, United States. He started his career as a police officer but then left this job and determined to become a professional bodybuilder. He won the first award at the NPC Mr. California Championships in 1989. He was a Iron Pro winner for 5 times, enjoyed tremendous victories in France Grand Prix and he is also the 4-time Arnold Classic winner. Wheeler had a great back and 17 inch arms. His height was almost 5 feet 8 inches.
8. John Grimek
He was born on June 17, 1910 in New Jersey. He cemented his place in various bodybuilding articles and magazines and was the symbol of outstanding bodybuilding in his times. He represented United States in weightlifting at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Grimek was also very magnificent gymnast and his win in a Mr. Universe contest in London is conspicuous of this fact. He died on November, 1998 at the age of 88.
7. Steve Reeves
He was born on January 21, 1926 in Montana, USA. He was great bodybuilder as well as a good actor. He was the highest paid actor in Europe during the peak of his career. He had a phenomenal physique and set the standard of a ideal figure for the years to come. He had a narrow waist, wide shoulders and a narrow hip. His height was 6 feet 1 inch and was incredibly handsome and good-looking. His short history of bodybuilding awards is; 1946 – Mr. Pacific Coast, 1947 – Mr. Western America and 1948 – Mr. World. He died from complications of lymphoma.
6. Reg Park
He was born on June 7, 1928 in West Yorkshire, England. He was a multi-dimensional person was a businessman, actor and a bodybuilder at the same time. Although at the start, he was more into playing football than lifting weights but at the age of 16, after meeting a famous muscleman David Cohen, he got himself into bodybuilding. His height was 6 feet 1 inch and had a behemoth arm of 20 inches. He had an attractive figure and starred in many films also. He died on November, 2007 with metastatic melanoma, a form of skin cancer. He achieved many awards some of which are Mr. Britain 4th (1946), Mr. Universe –NABBA- overall winner (1951), Mr. Universe – NABBA- overall winner (1965).
5. Bill Pearl
He was born on October 31, 1930 and was a stunning American bodybuilder during 1950’s and 1960’s. Apart from achieving phenomenal success in the field of bodybuilding, he was also the first professional bodybuilder to author bodybuilding training courses. Overall, he had a real huge size but where he lagged behind was his ineptitude to cut his thighs. Some of his bodybuilding career achievements are 1956 N.A.B.B.A., Mr. Universe, Professional, Tall Man’s Class (London, England), 1952 Mr. San Diego, 3rd place (San Diego, California), 1952 Mr. Oceanside (Oceanside, California) and 2006 PDI Night of Champions Lifetime Achievement Award.
4. Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman, nicknamed Big Ron, was born on May 13, 1964 at Louisiana. He is an American national and has had the honor of winning 8 straight wins as Mr. Olympia. He has a B.S in accounting degree to his credit and after graduation served as a police officer. He joined a gymnasium called Metroflex and after training won first place in Mr.Texas competition. He has a gigantic arm and a perfect back muscle. He has a behemoth structure and more than 270 pounds. He won many titles as 1990 Mr. Texas (Heavyweight & Overall), 1996 Canada Pro Cup, 2000 Grand Prix England, 2001 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic and 2005 Mr. Olympia etc.
3. Dorian Yates
He was born on April 19, 1962 in Staffordshire, England. He won 6 Mr. Olympia titles consecutively in a row and is known for his thickness. His height is 5 feet 10 inches and has got a huge arm of 20 inches. Currently, Yates is the CEO of his own global supplement company called DY nutrition. His career titles are 1985 World Games, 7th (amateur), 1992 Mr. Olympia, 1st, 1995 Mr. Olympia, 1st, 1996 English Grand Prix, 1st and 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st etc.
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
He was born on July 30, 1947 and is an Austrian-American professional bodybuilder. Along with being a bodybuilder he is also a fabulous actor, politician and businessman. He has written myriad articles on bodybuilding. Arnold was the 38th governor of California and was succeeded by Jerry Brown. He belonged to the Republican political party. He has won the Mr. Olympia award 7 times whereas he won the first one at the age of 20. He started his training at the age of 15. He remained a under the spotlight in the career of bodybuilding for a much longer duration.
1. Sergio Oliva
Top 10 Bodybuilders With The Greatest Pectoral Development
In both the 1974 and 1975 Mr. Olympia contests, four immortal chest masters Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, Serge Nubret and Lou Ferrigno–flexed on the same stage in what were arguably the most pectacular displays in bodybuilding history.
More than 30 years later, while assembling this list of the top 10 male chests of all time, it quickly became apparent that, more than any other bodypart, the standards for pectorals have changed the least over the past three decades.
Today’s typical Olympia competitors walk around on legs far superior to those of previous generations, but the top four finishers at the last Mr. O did not possess markedly better chests than the four legends listed above.
In fact, judging by pectoral size, proportion and details–with a few exceptions–today’s bodybuilding elite have lesser chests than the very best of the ’70s and ’80s. For that reason, only two current competitors made it to our top 10. Present professionals such as Johnnie Jackson and Branch Warren would have made a top 20, but so would lesser knowns from yesteryear such as Josef Grolmus and Tyrone Youngs.
So why were the top chests better in 1974 than in 2010?
In two words: free weights. Many current champs rely on machines for the bulk of their sets, but most of the pecs on our honor roll were built the old-fashioned way–with flat and incline barbell presses, dumbbell flyes and dips. Time has yet to improve on barbells, dumbbells and parallel bars for constructing a thick, powerful, finished chest.
10 Roy Callender
Underappreciated today, Callender won two IFBB pro contests in 1979 and placed fourth at the 1981 Mr. Olympia. His dense pectorals were slashed with fanlike clefts from his sternum to their rounded bottoms, and his keg-sized rib cage added to his nearly unbeatable side chest pose. Callender trained with very high volume, sometimes doing more than 50 sets per workout for chest.
9 Serge Nubret
From the front, Serge Nubret had one of the most aesthetically pleasing physiques ever, and his chest was a key factor in this assessment. The man who finished second in the 1973 Mr. Olympia lacked the pec thickness of others in our top 10, and yet his perfectly sculpted chest seemed to have been meticulously carved from marble.
Nubret mostly credits the bench press for his pec development.
8 Franco Columbo
Although Columbu stands only 5’5″, his pecs were not only stupendously thick, but, unlike others of his stature, they were also large from top to bottom and side to side, and they could have looked at home on 6’5″ Lou Ferrigno. Their most unique quality was the unparalleled cleft that segregated the upper region from the rest, as if the upper pecs were separate muscles (they’re not).
The two-time Mr. O (1976, ’81) attributes most of his size to barbell presses (flat and incline) and dips.
7 Gary Strydom
Strydom’s pecs were far from the thickest on our list, but their lower and outer perimeters were boldly delineated, and they were perpetually striated. At his best in the late ’80s, his flexed chest resembled two mounds of perfectly aligned spaghetti.
He utilized moderate volume and repetitions, as well as both compound and isolation exercises.
6 Ronnie Coleman
Two big reasons why Coleman will be trying for Sandow number nine on September 30 are his left and right pectorals. Throughout his reign atop the bodybuilding world, few challengers have been able to hang when he puffs up his pecs during side shots or when he induces a flurry of ridges by crunching out most-musculars.
Coleman goes as heavy as possible for 10-12 reps per set, and he built his chest primarily with barbell and dumbbell presses.
5 Markus Ruhl
The antithesis to Nubret is Germany’s Ruhl, for there’s nothing artful about Ruhl’s physique. It’s scary big and never more so than when he’s crushing most-musculars and his pecs are redolent of planets colliding.
4 Bertil Fox
Currently serving a life sentence in prison for double murder, Fox was once one of the world’s best bodybuilders, finishing fifth in the 1983 Mr. Olympia. His pectorals–perhaps the thickest ever–made one wonder if three sets of pecs were grafted, one on top of the other, onto the originals. Fox built them via high volume, heavy weights and basic movements.
3 Lee Haney
Haney and Coleman share the record of eight Mr. Olympia titles. During his Olympia reign (1984-91), few came close to matching the size, shape and striations of Haney’s chest, and he used his pecs in poses such as the most-muscular, front lat spread and even the front double biceps to distinguish himself from his smaller challengers. Heavy pyramided pressing movements were primarily responsible for his pec size.
2 Lou Ferrigno
With size as the number-one criterion, it’s probable that no one before or since could match the chest of the Incredibly Hulking star at his best. His squarish thick-as-pie pecs and deep broad rib cage helped propel Ferrigno to two Mr. Universe titles (1973-74) while in his early 20s, and they were still tough to top when he returned to the Olympia stage in his early 40s.
Ferrigno pyramided his presses and stressed his chest from a variety of angles.
1 Arnold Schwarzenegger
There are a multitude of ways to assess Schwarzenegger California governor, superstar actor, business magnate and seven-time Mr. O but in evaluating his chest in the first half of the ’70s, his pecs were thick, broad and proportionately developed from top to bottom.
He favored relatively high volume, low to moderate reps and free-weight basics.
Author: Greg Merritt from Flex Magazine
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The dude is TINY. You have to admire his determination though. A guy who does not have enough HGH (Human Growth Hormone) to grow tall, has somehow managed to make his muscles grow...a bit.
9. Jay Cutler
Jay is one of the biggest and hugest body builders in the world. He has won a number of competitions due to his enormous size and definition. Then again, to me personally, this is not the definition of a good body. At least not to most people.
8. Richard Sandrak
Richard Sandrak, also known as the 'Little Hercules' started lifting weights when he was around two years old (DAMN!!). At the age of eight, he could bench-press 180lbs. He was born in 1992 so seems pretty normal for his age NOW, but when he was eight, other kids would stay away from him; mainly in fear. That is a sad story.
7. Ray Moon
The oldest body builder in the world. I thought it was Jack Lalanne but I guess he's not. Anyway, I believe he is going to turn 81 this year and still competing. Nothing more impressive than that.
6. Maughan Wellham
Maughan was 10 years old when she entered her first body building competition and really impressing the crowd. Although, she is not interested in professional body building, she has to workout very heavily as she wants to become a professional runner. She is ripped, defined, strong, ohh and not to mention EXTREMELY quick.
5. Renee Toney
Renee is the world HUGEST female body builder. Having 20 inch guns, she is definitely like no woman you have ever seen.
1. Ana Claudia Pires
Ana is a female body builder from Brazil. She holds many awards in body building; she was 8 times Rio de Janeiro state champion, 4 times Brazilian champion, 2 times South-American champion and she was 8th twice on the World Championship. You must admit she has some abs on her.
2. Markus Rühl
This robust fellow has some of the widest shoulder in history of bodybuilding. Now he is a former FBB professional bodybuilder. He is one of the strongest bodybuilders shoulder to shoulder with Johnnie O. Jackson.
3. Nicole Bass
She is one of the largest women bodybuilders in the world. This muscle lady was the winner of the 1997 NPC National Bodybuilding Championships and has competed in the 1997 Ms. Olympia. Then she went into Pro Wrestling and now she is working her independent shows worldwide.
4. Arnold Schwarzenegger
If you are not sure how to become famous you can look up to the Terminator himself. He was the youngest Mr. Universe at the age of 20 after that he won Mr. Olympia seven times. He acted in many movies and is currently the governor of California imposing many laws among which is the law which forbids selling fizzy drinks to minors thus wanting to raise health awareness among teenagers.
5. Yolanda Hughes
She competed in Arnold or the Olympia shows winning in 1997 and in 1998 Arnold Classic Champion and making six Olympia appearances. Now she is retired from bodybuilding and has her own business in Washington.
6. Ronnie Coleman
This big guy has eight straight wins as Mr. Olympia. He was born May 13, 1964 in Bastrop, Louisiana and is now a retired American professional bodybuilder. Ronnie holds the record for most wins as an IFBB professional with 26 wins. But he’s not an ordinary bodybuilder he has a degree in accounting.
7. Kim Chizevsky
She is a professional female bodybuilder champion and figure/ fitness competitor. She was Ms. Olympia 1996-1999. She was a multi sport star in high school and practiced many sports like volleyball and basketball when she stares going to university, after doing some aerobics, her friend convinced her to try bodybuilding. Look how it turned out for her.
8. Dr. Franco Columbu
This Italian actor and bodybuilder i s 67 now, but he was once the “World’s Strongest Man” competitor. In 1977 he won the title of the “World’s Strongest Man” from then on he kept winning Mr. World, Mr. Universe, Mr. Europe and he’s a four time mister Olympia Title.
9. Irene Andersen
Irene Andersen is another female body builder who born in Denmark in 1966. Her hard work and sacrifice have made her six pack look so good. Today she’s one of the most successful female body builders.
10. Johnnie O. Jackson
His first IFBB competition was the GNC Show of Strength in 2002 where he placed 10th, his first Arnold Classic was in 2006. HE often competes in power lifting events. Even though he’s not the biggest bodybuilder around he’s muscles are thick and look incredibly flexible unlike with other bodybuilder.
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