competitive bodybuilding is not exactly the healthiest activity around sure
working out in general is pretty much closest thing you can get to the
Fountain of Youth but when things are taken to such an extreme there's
certainly negative health consequences sadly there are a fair amount of
bodybuilders who were in their prime during the 90s that are no longer with
us with that said many whom competed and dominated during the 90s have not even
been able to maintain a semblance of the form of physiques case-in-point
paul dillet in today's video I want to talk about a few bodybuilders who
despite the odds are still shocked to see money consider the 1990s to be there
of body buildings greatest physiques it was dawn of the mass monsters but dorian
yates reigning supreme with not only incredible size but also rock hard and
dry conditioning which is somewhat lacking in today's open bodybuilding
division as Dorian Yates himself claims based on some recent men abusement
fessing 2019 s mr. Olympia contest during this era he had arguably the most
symmetrical and genetically gifted bodybuilder of all time competing none
other than Flex Wheeler to say competition was stiff is an
understatement now although bodybuilding is life style
maintaining a championship-level physique long term is not something
that's generally done with that said here's my top three of bodybuilders from
the 90s that were able to maintain for the most part in fact one of them
actually looks better now than ever so number three on the list is Aaron Baker
Aaron Baker was really competitive in the 90s cracked the top ten in Olympia now
he was never really a threat for the actual title not even really a threat
for the top three but he was also he was always well known and won the more
popular bodybuilders back then but of course what's more impressive is what he
actually looks like today here's a recent picture in 2015 still has an
amazing build by the way in case you're wondering this guy was born in 1960 so
he's pushing 60 and he's still training hard here's actually a clip did it in a
recent interview talking about his training you still train I did
every day yeah mostly every day you train like you used to almost but I
listen to my body and you've you know full well you've got to listen to your
body it will tell you exactly what it needs there's no question at all and
oftentimes it needs rest more than it needs to be in the gym so number two on
the list is Kevin Levrone by far one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time
in fact he plays second place in the mr. Olympia contest four different times
twice being beaten by Dorian Yates in 92 and 95 and then twice beaten by Ronnie
Coleman in 2000 as well as 2002 so that kind of gives you an idea the caliber of
bodybuilder he is now Kevin Levrone is interesting so he's not a bodybuilder
that basically looked like a bodybuilder year-round he would actually Desize and
get down to more of a natural size 180s which made sense because he was touring
with his band at the time there's really no point and walking around at 260
pounds especially when you're not competing it puts a lot of strain on the
heart it doesn't really matter if it's fat or muscle if you're walking around
260 pounds under six foot that's just a lot more wear and tear on that heart you
could you couldn't tribute his longevity in the sport and just his health in
general to the desizing the Decycling in maintaining more of a normal type of
lifestyle now with that said he did make a triumphant return in 2016 he put on a
lot of size conditioning wasn't quite there but you know he was 50 years old
and just making it to the mr. Olympia stage I think that alone is a pretty big
accomplishment now I did follow that up with some other contests and he didn't
improve his conditioning now he's not gonna be at the level that he was in the
90s where he was basically placed in second but there's a reason why he's on
this list he's still jacked he still looks great and there's not too many
bodybuilders you could say from the 90s that still look like that
so number one on the list is none other than Mike O'Hearn you've all seen him if
you've ever picked up a bodybuilding magazine or a romance novel or maybe not
even pick it up but just walk by the grocery store and seen one you seen his
face he's seen his body the funny thing is he actually looks better now
pushing 50 than he did in his 20s and 30s it's amazing that as it is so what
can you tribute his longevity to it's a natural bodybuilding
I'll do a whole video on that regardless of if he's natural or not he obviously
has probably some of the best genetics on this planet now he didn't necessarily
compete for the mr. Olympia title or anything he had a different route he
didn't have to compete for the mr. Olympia I mean if you're getting all the
magazine covers all the photo shoots carries what contest you win
in fact playing the size game I think for him would have been detrimental
especially in the 90s it would have would it took away a lot from what would
be more of a mainstream physique so even though a lot of people in general
especially women don't like too big of muscles I don't think any of them would
find Michael O'hearn unattractive now the reason he's number one on my
list is just that consistency I mean honestly can you name another guy
from the 90s up until now that is still just still improving I don't know maybe
he's got alien DNA or something but he's still improving and he's still working
in the fitness industry still at ICON still very popular I really can't think
of anyone else from the 90s that you can say that about so that's why he's number
one on the list anyway thanks for watching guys let me know what you think
in the comments I'll do another video showcase it in another top three top
bodybuilders from the nineties who are still jacked there's not a whole lot of
them if you know of any throw them in the comments section I'll probably gonna
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