What's your favorite era in bodybuilding?

[Poker face Ace]

Opinions and happy gobble gobble ladies and gents

[EvanL]

Opinions and happy gobble gobble ladies and gents

Honestly I liked 2000 to 2010 with jay and ronnie but more so the people battling 3rd to 10th. Gustavo, gunter, dexter, JOJ, branch, and toss in marcus, henry, silvio, and some other folks as well. Mostly because we didn't have this physique nonsense and although I like 212 I think it's diluting the sport to the point where men's open bb will be obsolete in 10 years. I have hope for the future with cody and Sergio who I think could be like jay vs ronnie in 5 to 10 years which will revitalize the men's open. With clark moving up he could replace branch as the blocky but impressive middle man to place 3rd to 5th

[BananaHammock]

All they way through the 90's. After that no so much

[Poker face Ace]

I agree. I think bodybuilders from 2000-2010 was a great era in bb. I think after that it went a tad down.
In regards to Cody, I think he seems on track but needs to blow up a little faster to make noise since the opportunity is now. He must seize the opportunity or someone will come and take him out. Sergio jr looks like he is on q however .. both have great genetics too

Honestly I liked 2000 to 2010 with jay and ronnie but more so the people battling 3rd to 10th. Gustavo, gunter, dexter, JOJ, branch, and toss in marcus, henry, silvio, and some other folks as well. Mostly because we didn't have this physique nonsense and although I like 212 I think it's diluting the sport to the point where men's open bb will be obsolete in 10 years. I have hope for the future with cody and Sergio who I think could be like jay vs ronnie in 5 to 10 years which will revitalize the men's open. With clark moving up he could replace branch as the blocky but impressive middle man to place 3rd to 5th

[Poker face Ace]

Also, today it seems a lot of people seem so f'n retarded. This chick that trains at my gym was doing a giant set. I didn't know this till she told me. I took the pair of ropes to finish off my tris and in between my set, she takes them giving me a nasty look. I said in a loud voice "heyy, I'm using that" as she had her head set on. She gos " I was doing a giant set and I'm using them now". What a rude bitch! 10 years ago, it seemed members were so much nicer and never minded you jump in w them and would ask if you are using a macine, equipment, etc.

[weezer]

I don't know the era but I like the years where they discovered the good steroid, you know the one that made everybody from the small one to the big one look like freaks... yeah ,yeah ,yeah ,that era.

[Curt James]

The Pumping Iron era was a golden time for this bodybuilding fan.

[de07mi]

The early to mid-90s, pre-Internet era...

Before prissy fitness club chains started popping up and putting small hardcore gyms out of business. When guys at these hardcore gyms wore string tanks and striped spandex shorts and didn't give a f*ck what others thought. When ESPN still aired the Mr. Olympia, Nationals and USAs, and had shows like American Muscle, Flex Magazine Workout and Bodyshaping. And when the top competitors (Levrone, Ray, Wheeler, Newman, Strydom, Francois, etc.) struck a nice balance between mass and aesthetics.

[Young Gotti]

right now

[LSMUSCL81]

gotta be 90's for me...and now the current 212's

[Mr.Dedication]

This question has only been asked every other day

[Poker face Ace]

todays members seem they aren't into training as 5 or even before that

[MusclePoppins]

Dorian. Ronnie. Jay. Kai.

I feel that 1993 Dorian, 1999 Ronnie, 2001 Jay, and 2009 Kai would be your first callout on an all-time stage. All the "old school" bodybuilding fans can have their classic physique stage and Phil Heath can hand out the awards.

[hifrommike65]

Every era has brought something new to the table, so all of them are my favorite eras of bodybuilding in different ways.

Using Eugen Sandow as a convenient reference, I will mention the eras of bodybuilding as I am thinking of them. If anyone sees it differently, chime in.

The Sandow Era (the beginning of resistance exercise & rise of bodybuilder personalities, circus strongmen & physical culture gurus like Bernarr Macfadden; visual depiction of bodybuilders proliferate in photographs, cabinet cards & early film) [1880s to 1910s]

The Charles Atlas Era (the rise of magazine-driven bodybuilding, & early competitive period, which blurs w/ weightlifting & physical exhibitions like hand balancing; prominent mags were Strength & Health, & Iron Man; prominence of Muscle Beach) [1920s to 1940s]

The Early Muscle Wars Era (the standoff between the Weider empire & the Bob Hoffman York Barbell empire, with Steve Reeves & others going into moving pictures, as they were called at the time; televised exercise courtesy of Jack LaLanne; rise of NABBA) [1950s to 1960s]

The Later Muscle Wars Era (the rise of the professional IFBB, the magazine empires, competing federations, defection of the NPC from the AAU; prominent mags were Muscular Development, Iron Man, Muscle Builder/Power morphing into Muscle & Fitness, Flex, and Musclemag International; could also be called the Arnold era, & mainstreaming of working out with Nautilus gyms & Pumping Iron [book & film] leading the way; the rise of Gold's Gym, World Gym, & other franchises; some might call it the steroid era; televising of bodybuilding contests in sports programming) [1970s to 1980s]

The Weider Era (Joe & Ben Weider win the muscle wars, with the NPC feeding new pros to the IFBB; the rise of natural competition with the banning of steroids for bodybuilding use; the rise of working out as a lifestyle, & Mr. Olympia dynasties [Haney, Yates & Coleman]; the shift of bodybuilding from the mainstream back to a cult sport, as TV sports drops coverage, replaced by home video; decline of magazines due to Internet competition, & the start of social media bodybuilding; the rise of self- or gym-employed PTs & nutritionists; the rise of masters competition, & the decline of women's bodybuilding, shifting to fitness & figure competition; expansion of pro-card qualifications) [1990s & 2000s, first decade]

I won't name the current era, as it's under formation. This is quick & dirty, overgeneral & biased towards North America, but it's a start.

[cook]

I would have loved to been at Gold's in the early 70's.Train with Arnold in the morning go lay on the beach for a few hours.Go eat at Zucky's for lunch then hang around and shoot the shit before going back to the gym to train again.A magical era