On stage.

[Aar0n]

Hi P. :rulz

What's your opinion on this.

Situation- You are the judge and you have 5 guys competing in the heavy weight class on stage posing.
You have 4 guys who are around 5'7-5'10 in height and appear very thick. Than you have one guy who is 6'1ish to 6'2 who does not appear as thick but his measurements on his body are larger.
Being the taller guy, would you say he has the disadvantage?


Off topic, who do you think is stronger, and why?

Marious Pudzinowski or Stan Efferding? :fwave:fwave

It's an honor to have you on this site shedding your knowledge. :bch

[Praetorian]

Measurements mean absolutely nothing on stage...judges couldnt care less if a guy has 20inch arms or 22 inch arms...bodybuilding is visual only...which means it matter how you appear onstage not the actual measured size or the weight you lift...if the judging is fair and it takes into account all aspects of BB ie shape, symmetry, size, conditioning...and all the guys are very close on all aspects then the 5'7 guy shoudl generally win if they are all the approx the same weight...however that is a tough call because you can have two guys same height same weight but one guy appears much bigger...ie Flex Wheeler vs Milos Sarcev so numbers really dont mean much in BB...its an illusion or appearance of size.

Marius vs Stan...tough one because you are talking two vary different sports...but I would have to say Stan if you were to measure them in bench, squat, and deadlift under PL rules.

Glad to share my experience here.

P

[Felinecougar]

Then Prae..is the shorter bodybuilder at an advantage always? I know conditioning is everything. I competed against much bigger women when i won Masters at provincials.. I'm 5 ft 5..I wished I was shorter..same amount of muscle. I work hard for my muscle at my age. What are some of our Pros heights?

[Praetorian]

I think only to a point is the shorter BB at an advantage...as a male BB someone 5'10 or so would be at an advantage against someone 6'2 because the 6'2 guy needs alot of muscle to fill out a frame that big...but when you get two guys of equal mass than I think the taller has the advantage all things being equal because he appears larger. Again it is very individualistic because some have smaller bone structure so they will appear larger due to smaller joints then someone with larger bone structure...an analogy would be say a gymnast vs a football player. it really comes down to appearances not overall weight or measured size...you can appear larger than others at the same height if you have a smaller waist, more lat flare, more quad sweep, smaller wrists and knees, but you may be 10lbs less then the other person. BB is an illusion of size not size itself....thats why Flex Wheeler looks so good and beats much larger guys like Nasser or Kevin.
P