Samir Bannout is one of my favorite bodybuilders of all time. While he won only one Mr Olympia (1983), he was at or near the top of the sport for a long time. He didn’t dominate like Schwarzenegger, Haney, Yates, or Coleman, but his body, in my humble opinion, was the standard by which other bodybuilders could be judged.

Perfect symmetry, good size, great cuts, very good separation (see those quads!). Steeve Reeves, only bigger and better.

But by today’s standards, Bannout might finish last in the “O.” He’s not big enough. Nor does he have the thin-skin vascularity that today’s best possess.

What is your take on all this? Is today’s bodybuilder better or just bigger and more vascular?

Too freaky big? Cartoonish?

Or, is today’s superstar bodybuilder just an evolution of the sport?

Tell me in the Comments (by the way, I’m giving “do follow” free backlinks for thoughtful comments).

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