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  • Follow the 2026 Olympia on September 24 to 27, 2026!

Jim Cordova vs Layne Norton

Who's better?

  • Jim Cordova

    Votes: 20 87.0%
  • Layne Norton

    Votes: 3 13.0%

  • Total voters
    23
tkD

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Battle of the "naturals" requested by Dridd :2:

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the best pics that i could find, but not the same size for all, you be the judge :xyxthumbs:
 
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Front DB: Jim, all over better size and shape
Front lat spread: Layne, smaller chest, but IMO hes dryer
Side Chest: Layne, hard choice, but conditioning won it out.
Side Tricep: Layne, conditioning
Rear lat spread: Jim
Rear DB: Jim
Ab&thigh: Jim, size and shape.
MM: bit of a hard comparision seeing as one isnt a contst pic, but im gonna give it to layne.

Jim - 4
Layne - 4

Even stevens, but im gonna give it to Layne due to his conditioning.
 
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Jim cordova all the way!
 
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I prefer Jim's Cordova physic.
 
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Cordova.

Better size and shape. Layne is dryer but similar leanness.
 
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5-3 in Cordovas favour
 
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cordova wins. but layne is dryer.
 
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Cordova is a little fuller than Layne, especially in the arms. I think Jim's back is a little wider than Layne's too. IMO, it's pretty evenly matched. :wutyousay:
 
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Jim in my opinion. I like his structure more and he has more mass.
 

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Jim hands down..

if he truly is natural.
 
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side by side, Jim's symmetry and proportions would win it for him. He is shorter than layne and that benefits him here. Layne's conditioning is absolutely insane. Those hams and glutes for a young natural are just crazy. Jim is much older and more experienced than Layne in this comparison. If Layne is able to recover from his tear well, he will one day be better than Cordova I believe.

Edit: I heard Layne say once that Jim will drink 2 gallons of water the day before the show and he never cuts it out. And neither does Layne. These two prove the myth of water dropping.
 
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Jim.
Great thread bro Reps for you.
 
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Cordova takes this one !!!
nice thread bro :xyxthumbs:
 
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why is norton so popular? i don't get it. this other guy cordova beats him soundly. it's only impressive to say someone's natural if they don't look like they're natural. norton kinda looks natural to me.
 
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Jim clearly wins here. Nice job with the pics tkD :xyxthumbs:

Rob Hope who is natural would hold his own with these two guys

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Robe Hope owns all nattys

and im not just saying that because hes english:coolguy:
 

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