1988 Mr Olympia - Bob Paris -

[AVBG]

One of the best physiques of all time.

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[gillanne]

Absolutely........Certainly not the biggest, not the most cut up....But for having a " Most finished , polished , totally symetrical, aesthetically pleasing physique "... must certainly rank amongst the top.. we are talking about Physique , period.

[tiramisu]

It is a shame that bodybuilding took an entirely different direction in the last 20 years. Now distended guts and blocky physiques win olympias. Zane and Paris physiques were a heck of a lot more appealing than the current race to the 300 pound 5' 9", 4 percent android.

BUT it is what it is. Unless the U.S. suddenly starts actively enforciing it's steroid laws I don't see it changing anytime soon. If they were to start convicting IFBB pros on the other hand the sport might very well change very rapidly.

[ypmm5]

Absolutely........Certainly not the biggest, not the most cut up....But for having a " Most finished , polished , totally symetrical, aesthetically pleasing physique "... must certainly rank amongst the top.. we are talking about Physique , period.

Very well said

[Cressler]

Bob Paris in his best... great video

[GirlyMuscle]

Loved his book Gorilla Suit.

[Steve56]

Perfection!

[Dade]

Looks fantastic.

[Freakonature]

Paris, Labrada and Benfatto were the icons of symmetry back in the 80's.

[joe293]

I was amazed and happy to see this post about Paris. I purchased his book "Gorrila Suit" on Amazon last week and just received it in the mail. I was told it's a fantastic book about his life inside professional bodybuilding.

[Mark.]

It is a shame that bodybuilding took an entirely different direction in the last 20 years. Now distended guts and blocky physiques win olympias. Zane and Paris physiques were a heck of a lot more appealing than the current race to the 300 pound 5' 9", 4 percent android.

BUT it is what it is. Unless the U.S. suddenly starts actively enforciing it's steroid laws I don't see it changing anytime soon. If they were to start convicting IFBB pros on the other hand the sport might very well change very rapidly.

Do you think Paris didnt take steroids then

[Freakonature]

Bodybuilding use to be about creating the ideal physique now it's just about being Freaky.

[Warped]

Very nice physique, it`s up there with Flex and Ray IMO.

[Ross Erstling]

I'm loving these threads and the NEW direction of interest! Let's bring REAL BODYBUILDING BACK!

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