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Best On The Planet – Necks Which Will Make Your Head Turn
The Biggest Necks In The Bodybuilding World
For most people, muscle building starts from the shoulders down. Ask yourself, when was the last time you saw someone train their neck in the gym? And also, when was the last time you trained your neck?
While many bodybuilders would easily give up their necks for bigger traps, some are keeping alive the tradition of symmetry. Looking at these necks should inspire you to turn your toothpick neck into tree trunks.
Jeff King
If Jeff King were to ever get in a fight, he wouldn’t have to worry about someone “breaking his neck.” Jeff King looks like Jim Carrey entered bodybuilding. All the jokes aside, Jeff has one of the biggest and meanest necks of all time.
Julian Smith
With his 1.3 million followers, Julian Smith is doing his part in helping bring back the importance of symmetry by urging his fans to train their necks. Smith shows that building and maintaining a thick neck doesn’t take as much work as some people think it does.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnie brought the concept of muscle composition into the limelight. According to the Governator, the size of one’s neck should be the same as his arms. As we know, Arnold isn’t someone who doesn’t walk his talk.
Markus Rühl
Markus Rühl is another bodybuilder who joins the list of people with the freakiest necks. At the age of 18, Markus sustained a knee injury while playing football after which he started weight training on his doctor’s recommendation to recover faster.
Flex Lewis
James “Flex” Lewis is one of the few bodybuilders who don’t have any weaknesses. He was the 7X undisputed 212 Mr. Olympia champion before announcing his retirement from the division. We might soon get to see him compete in the open division.
Johnnie Jackson
Johnnie Jackson is a Mr. Olympia contestant who has his roots in the powerlifting world. Jackson has been crowned as the world’s strongest bodybuilder. Branch Warren is Johnnie’s training partner and their workouts are a sight to be seen.
Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman is the “The King of Bodybuilding”. He pushed the boundaries of the human form with his monstrous size. Back in the day, Ronnie would easily dwarf his competition on stage.
Frank McGrath
McGrath is famous for his signature muscular and vascular thickness, volume, and clarity. Thanks to his crazy forearms and neck, McGrath can be found as a gym mural in gyms throughout the world.
Larry Wheels
Lifting heavy weights can give you bigger shoulders, traps, and neck. Many powerlifters, weight lifters, and strongmen have huge necks as they train with heavier weights. Larry Wheels is a cross between a bodybuilder and a powerlifter.
John Cena
Yes, you read it right, John Cena has a place on this list. We feel Cena doesn’t receive enough credit for his physique. John started as a bodybuilder and has inspired millions of people to get in shape.
Who do you think has the sickest neck? Let us know in the comments below. Also, be sure to follow Generation Iron on Facebook and Twitter.
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Best on the Planet – Legs Which Can Put Tree Trunks To Shame
The Biggest and The Meanest Legs In The Fitness Industry
A pair of big wheels are what separate the men from the boys. Shredded legs are a sign of dedication, commitment, and brute strength. The athletes on the list make gym bros look like electric bulbs.
For an aesthetic physique, you need to lay equal, if not more, focus on your legs as compared to your upper body and the athletes in this article are the perfect example. The next time you think of skipping leg days, these athletes will haunt you in your dreams.
Tom Platz
If you’re talking about the most insane legs in the bodybuilding world, you can’t leave Tom Platz out of the conversation. The fact that Platz had the legs he had back in the golden era of bodybuilding is nothing but insane.
Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman holds the record for the most number of Mr. Olympia title wins. He won the most prestigious bodybuilding show for eight years in a row. Coleman was a force to be reckoned with in his competitive years.
Julian Smith
Julian Smith is also known as “The Quad Guy” and we approve his choice of name. Smith follows brutal leg workouts, and he shares them with his followers on Instagram. You’ll surely be motivated to train your legs after scrolling through his Insta feed.
Branch Warren
Warren is known for his grueling workouts. He works out at the non-air conditioned Metroflex gym in Texas which goes on to say a lot about his work ethic. Branch’s legs look nothing less than tree trunks with veins.
Jay Cutler
Being crowned 4X Mr. Olympia is proof Jay is one of the best bodybuilders in the world. Jay broke all the standards with his size and conditioning when he stepped on the Mr. Olympia stage to dethrone Ronnie Coleman (another entrant on our list) for the world’s best bodybuilder title.
Kai Greene
Kai was the contender for the Mr. Olympia title for the longest of times and some people consider him an uncrowned Mr. Olympia. Kai has a unique style of training, and he includes a variety of exercises to target and develop his legs.
Dorian Yates
Dorian Yates is 6X Mr. Olympia and is the person responsible for starting the trend of pushing the human muscular size into the stratosphere. Yates dwarfed everyone when he stepped on stage and dominated the bodybuilding world for years.
Ben Pakulski
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When you look at this picture, what comes to mind? Hard work? Genetics? Steroids? One thing I Suggest you NEVER do is discount how much work went into creating something. You have NO idea the amount of time, pain, discipline, and obsession went into creating this physique. Most people will fail in life because they discount the amount of time and work it’s going to take to get accomplish their goal, so when it gets hard they crumble like dry leaves. Whatever you think it took, multiple that by 20. And the next goal you set out to crush, multiply your expectation by 100 and hope it’s even harder. Never ask for it to be easy. Ask for you to be better. Im grateful for my pain, im grateful for my struggles, they made the man I am and will continue to push harder than most people ever conceive because I’ve been dark places most people aren’t willing to go. What struggles are you grateful for? #YouCantDoWhatIDo #mi40gym #muscleintelligence #mi40 #benpakulski #mi40life
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Ben “Pak Man” Pakulski has one of the freakiest legs in the bodybuilding industry. His quad sweep is so defined, it looks like it’s morphed. It doesn’t end here, his 23-inch calves act as the show stoppers when he turns around to hit his posterior poses.
Joey Swoll
Joey’s legs look like a ton of meat has been slapped onto them. Swoll is one of the most famous internet fitness celebrities, and his popularity is growing with time. His aesthetic physique and insane athleticism have made him a crowd favorite.
Flex Lewis
Flex Lewis is the king of legs, and only a few people can challenge him for the throne. Lewi’s legs are perfectly proportionate, have the size, and his calves look like they have a life of their own.
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Who do you think has the best legs?
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Best on the Planet – Shirt-Ripping Superman Chest
Best Chest in Bodybuilding
A shredded chest is what separates the men from the boys. Superman – with his shirt ripping antics – can arguably be credited for making a broad chest the symbol of machoism.
Why do you need muscular pecs, you ask? A wide chest is the foundation of the ever-so-desired V-taper. There would be no “golden era aesthetics” without symmetrical pectorals. Building a solid chest can take years of hard work and perseverance and this article is our way of honoring people who have achieved the feat.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The GOAT had one of the best pectoral muscles of his time. The size, fullness, and striations of Arnie’s pecs were unparalleled. His trademark side chest pose is nothing less than a work of art.
Jay Cutler
This article will have a combination of old-school and modern bodybuilders. Cutler’s pecs were a sight to be seen when he dethroned Ronnie Coleman to win his first Mr. Olympia title in 2006.
Serge Nubret
Serge Nubret aka “Black Panther” was a star bodybuilder in the ’60s and ’70s. He took everyone by surprise (including Arnold and Franco) with his incredible symmetry and conditioning in the 1975 Mr. Olympia contest.
Samir Bannout
Samir Bannout is the only bodybuilder from the Middle East to have won a Mr. Olympia title. The size and separation of his pecs made him one of the best bodybuilders of his time. Samir can be credited for popularizing the sport in the Middle East.
Lou Ferrigno
The fact that Lou Ferrigno was cast as The Incredible Hulk should be enough to show that he had one of the most muscular pectorals in the world. Before there were VFX, his size added the ‘incredible’ to the Hulk.
Flex Lewis
Flex Lewis is a freak of nature. He probably has the most symmetrical, proportionate and conditioned physique in the history of bodybuilding. After winning the 212 Mr. Olympia title for seven years in a row, Lewis has been invited to compete in the 2020 Mr. Olympia open division.
Lee Haney
Haney holds the record for winning the most number of Mr. Olympia titles – a tie with Ronnie Coleman. He couldn’t have possibly achieved the feat without having the best pecs in the world.
Franco Columbo
Franco Columbo (RIP) was both swole and strong. The footage of him deadlifting a car out of his way is still a fan favorite. Columbo followed the Governator into bodybuilding and Hollywood and left a mark wherever he went.
Markus Ruhl
It’s a shame that Markus Ruhl’s bodybuilding career ended abruptly due to a squatting accident. He showed a lot of promise, and many top-level bodybuilders considered Ruhl serious competition.
Chris Bumstead
Chris Bumstead reminds many of the ‘Golden Era of bodybuilding’. When bodybuilding fans were worried about the mass monsters taking over the sport, Bumstead came as a ray of hope.
Who do you think has the best chest in the bodybuilding world? Let us know in the comments below. Also, be sure to follow Generation Iron on Facebook and Twitter.
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