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IFBB Pro's - Why did they retire

Big_Guns_Lance

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^ lol

The last time i watched those vids i thought the same thing!
 
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bertil's workout reminds me of mighty fahad.fahad retired because he was too sexy for musclemecca.
 
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Jean Pierre Fux

Another big hope.

but unfortunately he is french, and frenc like sissy exercises



He's from Switzerland and he wasn't really a big hope. He looked horrible even before his squat injury, he had a gut that would make Coleman look like Brian Buchanan.

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Dennis Newman. Got leukemia in 1994 I believe and beat it. He competed again in 1998 but never placed good again.

He had a freaking awesome physique.

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He's from Switzerland and he wasn't really a big hope. He looked horrible even before his squat injury, he had a gut that would make Coleman look like Brian Buchanan.

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To be fair to ronnie, his waist was tiny when he first competed against JP lol. JP looked great at times, other times his gut was out of control but the rest of his body was freaky and great.

... either way, every pro gets cought letting it all hang out at one point or another

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To be fair to ronnie, his waist was tiny when he first competed against JP lol. JP looked great at times, other times his gut was out of control but the rest of his body was freaky and great.

He looked good early in his career but ruined it by playing the mass game.

... either way, every pro gets cought letting it all hang out at one point or another

Some pros yes.
 
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He's from Switzerland and he wasn't really a big hope. He looked horrible even before his squat injury, he had a gut that would make Coleman look like Brian Buchanan.

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damn.. I was trying to pretend to know about JPF,...
 
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Orville Burke. Had an elbow/tricep injury. One doctor didnt want to put him under and wanted to do an alternative approach to putting him to sleep and straight operating. He didnt like that, went to another doctor who agree'd to put him under, Orville went into a coma. I guess he is well now, not a big guy, i think i read that he's around 200 lbs.
 

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Nice bro, Newman was awesome he could have been mr olympia, and yeah he did beat it.
 
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Dorian never had a chance against Haney.
 
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Dorian never had a chance against Haney.

To quote the commentators at their face off at the O; "Dorian is like a Haney except with bigger legs." That was in Dorian's first O.
 
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OB had a crazy small mid section! In my opinion he had a great physique too. That is a great picture of him DM.
 
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Theres no was Dorian has the shape or pleasing lines haney had. He was much bigger though and i think haney could have gotten better, he was still relatively young when he retired
 
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This needs Comparisons!
 
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Someone should compare Hany's last win and Dorians First
 
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Lol, Dorian would have smoked him if Lee had showed up at the 92 O.

Not only was Dorian bigger than Haney, his conditioning was way better.
 

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