issue is - in the video shown here where he is most shredded he has a bunch of synthetic oil enhancement injections on his body. Many pros do a little bit of it to make some parts pop out but Markus way overdid it and it was obvious. Guys who did not use that are Dorian Yates who had clearly weaknesses here and there. Markus should have looked similar. May have placed higher too ...
@@agnidas5816 Did you see him these days? He ist still freakin big. I dont think, he used oil. So why he did not use oil in his trizeps? Makes no sense, what you are telling.
The irony is.. when "off season" these guys are actually alot healthier compared to when they are "on season" aka over stressed internal organs from all the steroid and excessive protein intake..
he had a lot of muscle tho, he had 40 pounds of fat and 20 pounds of water more than when he was shreeded af. 60 pounds of bad weight isn't morbidly obese
B L By definition he would be considered morbidly obese. Obviously we all know that BMI is flawed especially towards bodybuilders. But again just by definition he was, as over 40 on BMI is considered morbidly obese.
@regret Of course they took steroids, but they didn't inject oil under their skin. And Arnold took roids too. Just less and different ones used today. it's crystal clear that this is not natural, I just say that they didn't put oil under their skin. it's impossible, because you can see the different muscle strangs and veins. If they did inject oil under their skin, you wouldn't see a thing. Look at people who do that and compare their muscles.
A friend of mine tried bulking up. Ate anything and everything. I can't even tell you how many calories per day. He was good at eating, but not good at keeping to a workout routine 😂. He was always talking about how he was bulking and getting big. I finally told him one day that you are just getting fat 🤦♂️.
@@edi6722 He quit eating so much and has lost a lot of the weight. But he never built any muscle. He is definitely a talker though 🤣🤣 He is a cool dude. He has ADHD, so it's one idea after another 😂
@@gryphonp3te yea you know cause there should be a visible distinction between regular organs and organs during their work season when they have to excessive more
Because they were off the juice. I remember Chet Yorton telling me that Frank Zane was "up and down like a yo-yo" based on whether he was doing a cycle or not.
No one and nothing could Beat Markus Rühl in His top shape , best shoulder , Chest ever and ever ever , He is the Tank , and the real Hulk , this will never come on any Stage , Markus Rühl is the Benchmark for Mass Monsters
2002 night of champions markus rühl was on another level. freakishly massive, canonball shoulders, peaking biceps, christmastree back. i'm not one to cry about him not winning mr o, it is what it is man, but on that evening he brought a shape that, to me, is one of the most impressive i have ever seen in my life.
I’m going to say this here, anybody that’s weight training and says they never eat junk food during the off season or “not training period” is a goddamn liar! Even Arnold himself has admitted that during his off season he would eat and love fully loaded pizzas and cherry pies.
@@E0572-e1n That must be kinda nice, but it makes me sad to think there are people who don't enjoy food the way most people do. It's truly one life's greatest pleasures.
@@E0572-e1n I'm the same, I can appreciate a good restaurant but I don't like junk food and I don't mind eating healthy all the time except on special occasion like christmas when I don't make my own food
@@Dryblack1 it's one of life's most temporary short lived pleasures You get a nice tasty meal that lasts what a few seconds of good flavour in your mouth before you need to eat again? Not worth it in my opinion Also loving food can lead to gluttony, better to eat healthy even if it's not as tasty cus at least you'll live healthier
Marcus Rule is beyond insane at that show. Deepest leg cuts I have ever seen. To think that is only 280, when he looks larger than Rami.... just mind boggling.
"only" 280. Man, that's super heavy. Heavier than most naturals can get without being obese by bodyfat percentage, no matter what. And he was SHREDDED at that weight.
This video actually is helping me feel a little better, I was looking really good prior to summer and then I started enjoying my life lmao I guess and now I’m up 4-5 kilos and trying to cut down again, I was starting to get down on myself because I was going so hard for over a year and a half nonstop consistency and I finally gave myself a break for 3-4 months, I went through having COVID and injuries and then summer rolled along, I never stopped training but didn’t take my diet serious at all, I was eating everything I wanted, staying up late with my wife pigging out and sh.. anyways, good thing is I’m back at it, I feel better than ever and I’ll look better than ever once I cut 8-9 kilos and you’re right social media makes you feel pressured to be perfect. Good luck to anyone going through the same, love you guys! Achieve what you want! I believe in you.
6:18 That guy is mirin Rhul hard. Imagine doing your grocery shopping and seeing that absolute monster of a man walking through the aisles, you'd be calling the local zoo to let them know their water buffalo has escaped
I don't know why, but body builders in the 70's look so good and perfect compared to today's monstrosity. It's like a two sided coin, with one side's a perfectly sculpted sculpture of the gods(70s-80s), and the other is a product of a cross-breeding program between a turtle and a human being that has failed because a nucleur bomb was dropped nearby.
Tbh it depends which bodybuilders, there’s more divisions now, there’s open for the monsters, 212 for the short monsters, Classic Physique for the classic physiques and If im honest most classic guys look better IMO now then back in the day
Its not about body image ..... Its about pushing the limits to the extreme and win .... Had they got a body image problem they would have gone in a shell after retirement ..... Which they don't and they keep teaching and preaching the youngsters and other aspiring athletes
I remember meeting Marcus at a nutrition store. He honestly looked like Buffalo he was so big. I remember specifically taking a huge side step to get a different angle and think "yep he's that big all the way around". I know you said he is only 5'10" but I didn't even register that he was shorter then me until I was on the ride home.
Ruhl’s my favorite bodybuilder as well for being an example of mass monster. And johnnie, I believe he was also in offseason when he was on that MTV show, Made.
@Bob Slate To be honest unless you've dangerously enlarged your heart, once off the roids most health issues improve massively. Probably safer then smoking and eating junk food.
Imagine if if someone is 150 kilos with 3 percent bodyfat , at least a solid 65 kilos of muscles , especially the thighs yes the thighs , a big chunk of meat , only downside is they lack fat so they won't taste good on a barbeque , that's why I prefer them in bulking season :')
@@yingzi1098 remember , cannibalism isn't illegal unless you kill the person you eat that's why I eat the elderly and bodybuilders who die of organ damage.
Big Rami would compete with Markus Ruhl if he had godly conditioning like him, but Markus Ruhl doesn’t pass the barrier of what’s too gigantic. This mans a legend!
I really am not too knowledgeable about all of the history, but have admired bodybuilding my entire life and in my opinion, Ruhl was just too massive. Looked like a character out of an anime or something haha
The problem for Markus was that he was not from the US in some competitions he had the best overall body and the audience loved it. But then the win was stolen from the Judges. I do not remember which show it was but Dennis James was there too and one of this too should have one and on stage Dennis told Markus look at it the judges will not give it to one of us. And the one with the worst physic of this three won. Only for the reason that he was local. But Markus always tried to give his best.
@@Z4J3B4NT body building isn't about strength. I think you're the one who doesn't understand. And I don't wanna look like them. I'm a climber. Don't need that extra bulk
Great job Nick. I think this is important for young bodybuilders to know or people who may be shaming themselves for being overweight (or underweight) with muscle. It shows how things can really work.
I literally just finished my first physique competition got second in my class!! And immediately after started eating, and gained 35 lbs in 2 weeks I’m taking this video into consideration cause I wanna get bigger so ima do it!
You got to wonder if it's bad for someone's body who is 5 ft 4 in tall and weighs 250 lb plus. With such a skeletal structure it's got to be doing some sort of damage even if the person is all muscle. Human body can't naturally get that big especially for someone that's small unless they are using performance-enhancing drugs.
@@TheOfficialArthurMorgan what r u talking 😂 he was just pointing out that a BMI is not a percentage. and no, of course pro bodybuilding is not a healthy thing at all and everybody knows that. Markus Rühl said "if you are at good health after 20 years of bodybuilding, you've done it wrong."
@@jolenethellama Creatine Hydrochloride, not Monohydrate. The latter (most common form) is has poor bioavalibility. Switching to Create Hydrochloride has shown a night and day difference in my personal experience.
Thicc’s strength and power: “Find me a bodybuilder that looked freakier than Markus Rhul at 2002 NOC” Errr, janoy cresva when he blew the roof off at the 2016 Ruby Classic with his tHiCc Craig Titus like chest and 80’s conditioning! Whaddaya think about that NICK!
Except Rhul in his prime. Would dwarf priest. I think his wider midsection is what stopped Rule from being a Mr O. Politics is what stopped Priest. Crazy that neither one of them had that title.
Lee got screwef in the IFBB because he has balls..If ya said anything or went up against the Weiders in any form or fashion you were smoked..Shawn Ray, Nasser, Lee Priest all got boned in one way or another at certain times..Cuz its true..Nobodys tellin me Yates was better than Nasser at the last Olympia Dorian won. Granted Yates was awesome of course but Nasser got robbed that day!
Good point to show everyone this. People think if your on stage you look like that year round. Sometimes it's nice to take a break and not be noticed as much
Almost hard to believe how Shawn Rhoden looks in offseason. A lot of these guys have incredible response to gear, they can just cycle on/off like Kevin Levrone.
wow, I havent watched your channel in quite some time and your presentation regarding the use of your voice, pronounciation and emphasizing really became top notch!
Lmfaoooo that picture of Jay Cutler at 03:20 has to be one of my favorite pictures of all time. Something about the look on his face and the stark difference between him on stage and him in this picture is just hilarious.
Lee Priest has always been a notorious eater in the off season. I remember seeing alot of pics of him in my magazines of him eating all the fast food he could get his hands on. He would come in looking great at competitions. He was able to get the weight off easily. I'm surprised he didn't get clogged arteries or a heart attack with all the greasy food he ate.
@@wfmg7235 you got that right. I worked carrying blocks for brick Mason for two years. All of us guys that worked together ate like hogs and gained nothing but muscle. It was back breaking work but always had a tan and in good shape
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the thicc-est of them all?
Not you for sure
Kyriakos grizzly he's bloat lord
😂😂😂
Jason Piss Lord Genova
When you think you're looking good and then Nick's posts this showing you're really looking like a bodybuilder in the offseason :-p
It's been off-season for 25 years.
Still going strong.
😂😂
Lmaooooo🤣🤣
des bedarfs alder
😭💀
Markus Ruhl is an uncrowned Mr. Olympia. He really did look unreal at times.
issue is - in the video shown here where he is most shredded he has a bunch of synthetic oil enhancement injections on his body. Many pros do a little bit of it to make some parts pop out but Markus way overdid it and it was obvious. Guys who did not use that are Dorian Yates who had clearly weaknesses here and there. Markus should have looked similar. May have placed higher too ...
@@agnidas5816 Did you see him these days? He ist still freakin big. I dont think, he used oil. So why he did not use oil in his trizeps? Makes no sense, what you are telling.
Because he wasn't American
@@niger973nger8 Ruhl was monster but his proportions were weird..
@@vijayaprabu6669 ? No, he looked like every oder mr o just bigger, he had years wen his delts were smaller nd dey still lost.
Was any bodybuilder freakier than 2002 Markus Ruhl? Comment below! I don't think Big Ramy even comes close!
Only bodybuilder to punk Ronnie and Jay on stage
Greg kovacs
Oh... I know one heh heh 😉
Markus Rhul
Andreas Münzer
My offseason lasts the whole year. Consistency is key to success.
dont forget the steroids , key to success
@@TheT0xicTurtle Growth Hormone as well. Steroids alone has not cut it for a dozen years now....if not more..
😂 lol
I’ve been in offseason for 15 yrs
😂😂😂
Marcus Rühl once said „if you did bodybuilding for 10 years and didn’t ruin you health you did it wrong“
Des Bedarfs alder
@@lina_adventures That's what competitivity is. Trading everything for being the best
Schubidubi mit Matze! 😹
Meddl off!
Dear Marcus...wisdom...you're doing it wrong..
@Dakota Matos beta af
Jay Cutler looked like Ben Stiller when he lost GloboGym
It’s a photoshopped picture of jay cutler, they extended his gut on the original picture
@@21stcenturystrengthethos47 where is his orginal picture? Could you gave me a link?
🤣🤣🤣👌
With the bucket o chicken watching t.v 😂😂😂
Andre.Billy that’s legitimately all he needs😂😂😂
I'm bulking bro don't @ me
haha I knew it, I saw the way you are talking and I said to myself, maybe Nick is bulking and he feels down for getting fat, so he made this video
That's been my excuse for 20 years now...
Nick gangster until Greg shouts to him no more bulking...
Nick looking out for his bulking bros 🙏
Cultivating mass clearly.
2002 Markus Rühl gives me CHILLS. You can tell he was in the zone at that show. He knew he was winning it.
That’s kinda weird
everyone thought they were winning that year. ronnie was way off. gunter got robbed too
The peak on his biceps was like the Swiss Alps.
You guys are like women lol
Markus is a legend here in Germany, some also call him the uncrowned king
his physique was too ugly to be a king, proportions were way off, just look at him when hes in the supermarket.
He's big af, but deformed
@@KronStaro absolutley right. He is only a monster
his physic was terrible and awfull
@@KronStaro stfu
Markus RUhl pure chad , smoking cigs and eating everything in sight
ou shopping in his new bra
He has his own TH-cam channel. Still huge!
I think you don't know what a Chad is.....lmaoooo
@Nigel Kent i remember watching this video of him smoking back on 2007, so it is at least as old as that
I don't sure he smoke so much...
I've been in my off season for years.
I've always been on my off-season
Perpetual off season son
You only grow when you rest bro
Haa its not off season if you stopped for years.
Marcus was the closest thing to a real life super hero aesthetic ever ,
It’ too bad that judges that have never trained decide a bodybuilders fate
Big facts. He just has a crazy epic look to him. Definitely one of my favorites of all time.
More like super Villain. Guy could pull off a Venom appearance and I would believe it.
Ist is because hes german and cant speak good english. They just decided they cant Make a lot of Money Out of him by Using him for Promo
Even that lady flexing behind Marcus is bigger than me...
That's a WOMAN...not a "lady". Don't presume :)
This is simone, his former Wife.
@@Bejita666 former?
@@weedermann yes they divorced years ago. He is now in a relationship with Alicija and has a child with her
@Adracus who?
Simone or Alicija
So Lee Priest is only blonde when he’s shredded, not when he’s bulking. Does that mean he’s a super saiyan? 🤔
He does spend a lot of episodes training for 1 moment so yes he probably is a super Saiyan.
Team Lee forever
He sure does eat like Goku.
FoereaperGaming bruh 😂😂😂 training lot of episodes 🤣🤣🤣🤣 just a for one moment 😂🤣😂🤣😵 DBZ TRUTH!!
Shoutout sa mga kasaiyan natin dyan!
The irony is.. when "off season" these guys are actually alot healthier compared to when they are "on season" aka over stressed internal organs from all the steroid and excessive protein intake..
@@michelangelo4701 food>drugs imo
They should call it the "happy season"
Very true...
Exactly they look disgusting when they’re on season, it’s not even attractive
Michelangelo nope it’s the opposite. Fat would reverse pain and injuries
4:22 Even the camera is afraid of focusing lol
💪🥵
🤣🤣🤣🤣
LOL
There’s no way Lee at 280 at 5’4 is only obese. He had to be considered at least morbid obese...
he had a lot of muscle tho, he had 40 pounds of fat and 20 pounds of water more than when he was shreeded af. 60 pounds of bad weight isn't morbidly obese
B L By definition he would be considered morbidly obese. Obviously we all know that BMI is flawed especially towards bodybuilders. But again just by definition he was, as over 40 on BMI is considered morbidly obese.
Julian Lobert thé definition is bullshit. even when he was shreeded he was considered obese so yes it really doesn’t count for bodybuilders
B L his body fat percentage was clearly over 25% so he was obese
@@tyler7992 but not morbidly obese!
4:35 he looked like a final boss walking in
😂😂😂👌🏽
ROUND 1, FIGHT! AT LEAST TRY TO!
Lmao true
Senator Armstrong 🤣🤣
Dem traps
Thicc's Strength and Power - New channel name?
he liked his own comment
😂 only once you've given up bro
@@blakedichler4611 No you idiot. The one who commented is his twin brother. ;)
Nicks muscle and mass?
Nicks muscle and... what?
Markus looked straight out of a Venom comic book.
"I'm not fat, I'm cultivating mass!!"
Really like this format of video, hope to see more content like this.
Haha he finally harvested that mass 🤣
Is this a Mac quote ?!?!
Gucci Manes Ice cream cone lol it’s got to be.
Andy F lmaooo I hope it is I’m watching sunny as we speak
You got it Gucci Mane lol.
"Stop harvesting and start cultivating!"
I'm loving the old school Nick strength and power videos, all about Body building history
That was why i stopped watching for a bit....i love nick's enthusiasm for bb and those are the videos i enjoy the most
When they flex their biceps I get scared that it might pop
i know when i saw that marcus guy i felt that way
It's the oil injections
I get scared they might poop!
@@timthepoolman3313 They didn't inject oil, why do you think that?
@regret Of course they took steroids, but they didn't inject oil under their skin. And Arnold took roids too. Just less and different ones used today. it's crystal clear that this is not natural, I just say that they didn't put oil under their skin. it's impossible, because you can see the different muscle strangs and veins. If they did inject oil under their skin, you wouldn't see a thing. Look at people who do that and compare their muscles.
A friend of mine tried bulking up. Ate anything and everything. I can't even tell you how many calories per day.
He was good at eating, but not good at keeping to a workout routine 😂.
He was always talking about how he was bulking and getting big. I finally told him one day that you are just getting fat 🤦♂️.
🤣
That’s too funny bro
Well how did it end up for him
@@edi6722 He quit eating so much and has lost a lot of the weight. But he never built any muscle. He is definitely a talker though 🤣🤣
He is a cool dude. He has ADHD, so it's one idea after another 😂
@@michaelh5055 well atleast it put most the weight off lol
Truly, Lee Priest’s epic bulk pictures softened a generation of gym bros.
i met lee the other day walking past in sydney, told him he is a legend, he said i used to be. nice bloke.
THICC BOIS STAND UP!
right here bro
I can’t. I’m stuck on my couch
Nick's Strength and Power well get back into it
Permabulking; Bloatmaxxing. I actually prefer it to abs. Healthier and more "normal" looking.
This sounds so creepy, but I just wanna see their organs in a normal state, seasonal state and during off season
Organs?
@@gryphonp3te yea you know cause there should be a visible distinction between regular organs and organs during their work season when they have to excessive more
Tf?
they'll look the same off and on season.
Yeah youre right about it sounding creepy lol
Dude out here chain smoking cigs in the off season 😂
gotta confuse the blood pressure right babe
😂😂😂
Haha
On season: He-Man
Off Season: Ninja Turtle 😂😅
More like
On season: ninja turtle
Off season: blob
😩😩😩💯
I remember during the golden era, alot of the guys, Arnold, Zane, Sergio, etc, in the off-season got thinner. Smoother but thinner.
Yeah they were loosing muscle.
Because they were off the juice. I remember Chet Yorton telling me that Frank Zane was "up and down like a yo-yo" based on whether he was doing a cycle or not.
@B 2 Test makes you get fat?
Dunk a demics I don’t think so but I’ve heard food can
@@risitaswithbigote9384 Test helped them maintain some muscle. Overeating made them fat.
No one and nothing could Beat Markus Rühl in His top shape , best shoulder , Chest ever and ever ever , He is the Tank , and the real Hulk , this will never come on any Stage , Markus Rühl is the Benchmark for Mass Monsters
"I'm not fat dude, I'm bulking"
"Relax man, I'm just off season"
I've been lying to myself about that for the last 10 years lol.
@@FoereaperGaming same with me😊
We just gotta remember something:
Never go full Münzer.
2002 night of champions markus rühl was on another level. freakishly massive, canonball shoulders, peaking biceps, christmastree back. i'm not one to cry about him not winning mr o, it is what it is man, but on that evening he brought a shape that, to me, is one of the most impressive i have ever seen in my life.
I’m going to say this here, anybody that’s weight training and says they never eat junk food during the off season or “not training period” is a goddamn liar! Even Arnold himself has admitted that during his off season he would eat and love fully loaded pizzas and cherry pies.
Not me. I just don’t enjoy eating tbh whether it’s healthy or junk food. I have no problem eating healthy year round
@@E0572-e1n That must be kinda nice, but it makes me sad to think there are people who don't enjoy food the way most people do. It's truly one life's greatest pleasures.
@@E0572-e1n I'm the same, I can appreciate a good restaurant but I don't like junk food and I don't mind eating healthy all the time except on special occasion like christmas when I don't make my own food
@@Dryblack1 it's one of life's most temporary short lived pleasures
You get a nice tasty meal that lasts what a few seconds of good flavour in your mouth before you need to eat again?
Not worth it in my opinion
Also loving food can lead to gluttony, better to eat healthy even if it's not as tasty cus at least you'll live healthier
3:19 I burst out laughing after seeing Jay in this condition 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Chandra Prakash Pandian HAHAHAHAH😭😂
Haa yaa me too
He looks likes globglab meme thing
@@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 🤣🤣🤣🤣
You know the guy behind him at 6:03 didn't expect to feel that small when he went in the grocery store lmao
There is somebody behind him?
Thats his Wife Bruh
@@FourtyFour-444 Lmfao I didn't want to be the 1 to say it Lmfao!!!!!
@@FourtyFour-444 lmaooo
@@FourtyFour-444 She was his training partner. Look at his instagram, there you see his wife.
Marcus Rule is beyond insane at that show. Deepest leg cuts I have ever seen. To think that is only 280, when he looks larger than Rami.... just mind boggling.
"only" 280. Man, that's super heavy. Heavier than most naturals can get without being obese by bodyfat percentage, no matter what. And he was SHREDDED at that weight.
This video actually is helping me feel a little better, I was looking really good prior to summer and then I started enjoying my life lmao I guess and now I’m up 4-5 kilos and trying to cut down again, I was starting to get down on myself because I was going so hard for over a year and a half nonstop consistency and I finally gave myself a break for 3-4 months, I went through having COVID and injuries and then summer rolled along, I never stopped training but didn’t take my diet serious at all, I was eating everything I wanted, staying up late with my wife pigging out and sh.. anyways, good thing is I’m back at it, I feel better than ever and I’ll look better than ever once I cut 8-9 kilos and you’re right social media makes you feel pressured to be perfect.
Good luck to anyone going through the same, love you guys! Achieve what you want! I believe in you.
Gotta trust the process. That's all it is.
@C yeh thanks bro, I’m
Back in shape and at the best I’ve ever been.
Bulked up Lee Priest looks like an IT specialist lol
The good ol'bodybuilding history videos are back!
No contracts for any of dem thicc boyz?
Hey can I get a WWE contract?
Can I get a cuppa replies?
Marcus is the biggest bodybuilder in shape of all time
6:18 That guy is mirin Rhul hard. Imagine doing your grocery shopping and seeing that absolute monster of a man walking through the aisles, you'd be calling the local zoo to let them know their water buffalo has escaped
wouldn't you?
@@NicksStrengthandPower No. A creature that majestic deserves to roam free.
Mirin?
@@mrGW 'Admiring
"Cycling off some things." Gotcha.
Rhuel is the freakiest of all time with those shoulders.
*Rühl
Patrik Jansen masse ist macht
Freakier than Yates?
It actually reminded me of Yujiro from baki when he flexed his back
Freakiest
I am happy Markus Rühl made it into the video :D
2002 Marcus Ruhl’d the world
Yes
Markus' heart must be the size of a car lol
He's gonna die a very early death. theres no way he lives longer than 70 lol
@@EvsPersonal Since when is 70 considered early
@@EvsPersonal Quote of his: "when you did bodybuilding and are healthy afterwards, you did it wrong" 😆😆😆
@@Culterin lol people live to their 90s. 70 is still very early
@@user-cz8dd4hg1i imagine wanting to live to 90.
feel like Nick is going to start a pokemon channel one day
dead😂
Definition of moon face. Dude was the poster boy for hypertension
Bumble bees don't have stings though
I don't know why, but body builders in the 70's look so good and perfect compared to today's monstrosity.
It's like a two sided coin, with one side's a perfectly sculpted sculpture of the gods(70s-80s), and the other is a product of a cross-breeding program between a turtle and a human being that has failed because a nucleur bomb was dropped nearby.
true
older bodybuilders look perfect
modern bodybuilders are like freaks from hell
Tbh it depends which bodybuilders, there’s more divisions now, there’s open for the monsters, 212 for the short monsters, Classic Physique for the classic physiques and If im honest most classic guys look better IMO now then back in the day
For real, I would never want to look like these newer guys
Lee has the most symmetrical abs I’ve ever seen.
it was so perfect bro
Like drawn by hands
@@bepe4279 can u tell about him
Lee Priest look like Russel Crowe in the Off season. 😅
Der schärfste Kritiker 😂😂😂😂😂
Nobody can be freakier than Markus Ruhl
The Hulk will
Queso, do these guys have a body image problem?
Its not about body image ..... Its about pushing the limits to the extreme and win .... Had they got a body image problem they would have gone in a shell after retirement ..... Which they don't and they keep teaching and preaching the youngsters and other aspiring athletes
I bulked from 16-26. Got hurt. Forced to change everything up. Changed it up again watching 300. Now I’m 47 and I’m pretty happy with my physique.
I remember meeting Marcus at a nutrition store. He honestly looked like Buffalo he was so big. I remember specifically taking a huge side step to get a different angle and think "yep he's that big all the way around". I know you said he is only 5'10" but I didn't even register that he was shorter then me until I was on the ride home.
Ruhl’s my favorite bodybuilder as well for being an example of mass monster. And johnnie, I believe he was also in offseason when he was on that MTV show, Made.
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This is the most enthusiastic you’ve ever been🤣
It was a fun video to make lol
@@NicksStrengthandPower Maybe bulking is your true calling
@@Alpostpone 🙏🙏🧸🧸🙏🛌💏🛌💏🛌🇧🇷😘😘🙏🧸🧸🧸🙃
This actually makes bulking a lot easier to go through, I find that bulking phase too tedious but now I think I can make it til the end of the month
Bulking is soo easy lol
you forgot *Big Lenny*
The video is about "off season" bodybuilders... lenny looks the same all year round
SD he’s 700 pounds ripped year round
@@dragonchr15 every season is off-season baybayyy
Lee Priest mastered the off-season physique, but how does your heart cope with all that mass, how is the dude still alive????
He probably only weighed around 269-270 in those pics there’s obese people at 600-700 pounds still living
he is short, the heart of Markus is the true champ enduring his life
@bronchoped1 of course but you get what I mean
@Bob Slate To be honest unless you've dangerously enlarged your heart, once off the roids most health issues improve massively. Probably safer then smoking and eating junk food.
Ya but when they get to about 600 they don't usually leave the house
Markus Ruhl is the freakiest up to date.
6:07 damn 😂 that’s crazy. I’m on day 6 of no cigs
"I'm bulking leave me alone... hold my beer"
must be hard for cannibals to watch this and not get antsy
Imagine if if someone is 150 kilos with 3 percent bodyfat , at least a solid 65 kilos of muscles , especially the thighs yes the thighs , a big chunk of meat , only downside is they lack fat so they won't taste good on a barbeque , that's why I prefer them in bulking season :')
@@ziadsherif7523 do i need to show some concern?
@@yingzi1098 no , I wasn't expecting any tbh.
@@yingzi1098 remember , cannibalism isn't illegal unless you kill the person you eat that's why I eat the elderly and bodybuilders who die of organ damage.
@@ziadsherif7523 It all comes down to sauce.
What about our bloat lord kyriakos grizzly.our king got lost in bulk.
He's never been ripped
Hello fellow /fit/izen
Bulk all year erry year. Cutting and conditioning is for the weak. All hail Kyriakos Grizzly, lord of eternal bulk!
@@Succer 4chin is gross
YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT
"Jay grizzly cutler isn't real, he can't hurt you"
Jay grizzly cutler:
Big Rami would compete with Markus Ruhl if he had godly conditioning like him, but Markus Ruhl doesn’t pass the barrier of what’s too gigantic. This mans a legend!
Yeah but his shoulders and traps weren't insane as Ruhls
I really am not too knowledgeable about all of the history, but have admired bodybuilding my entire life and in my opinion, Ruhl was just too massive. Looked like a character out of an anime or something haha
The problem for Markus was that he was not from the US in some competitions he had the best overall body and the audience loved it. But then the win was stolen from the Judges. I do not remember which show it was but Dennis James was there too and one of this too should have one and on stage Dennis told Markus look at it the judges will not give it to one of us. And the one with the worst physic of this three won. Only for the reason that he was local. But Markus always tried to give his best.
Rami bigger then Rule??? muhahah good one!
Nothing about modern body-builders with their bubble guts looks "perfect" to me.
‘They always look perfect’ cut to a combination of the stay-puffed marshmallowman and a walnut-filled condom.
And yet, I highly doubt you even resemble one of those guys body-wise. Some people will never understand what core strenght means.
@@Z4J3B4NT body building isn't about strength. I think you're the one who doesn't understand. And I don't wanna look like them. I'm a climber. Don't need that extra bulk
I'm not even gonna try and argue because I get the feeling you're one of those "I'm the smartest guy in the room" types. You are buddy. You are.
@@Z4J3B4NT Feel free to assume whatever you want. Bye
Next: Bodybuilders that look shredded in Off-season
Next: Bodybuilders who don't have a tiny penis. That'll be a short video LOL.
greg duccette
that footage of Markus Ruhl scaring the ALDI shoppers is classic stuff... 😂
4:39 He looks like one of the main bosses that you don't have to fight until he sees you, but then he finally stares into your soul😳
*You've walked infront of me? Prepare for die*
Bodybuilding shows should introduce contestants with off season photos so when they walk out on stage u see the insane transformations.
Great job Nick. I think this is important for young bodybuilders to know or people who may be shaming themselves for being overweight (or underweight) with muscle. It shows how things can really work.
I literally just finished my first physique competition got second in my class!! And immediately after started eating, and gained 35 lbs in 2 weeks I’m taking this video into consideration cause I wanna get bigger so ima do it!
“BMI of 48.1%” -Nick
You got to wonder if it's bad for someone's body who is 5 ft 4 in tall and weighs 250 lb plus. With such a skeletal structure it's got to be doing some sort of damage even if the person is all muscle. Human body can't naturally get that big especially for someone that's small unless they are using performance-enhancing drugs.
@@TheOfficialArthurMorgan what r u talking 😂 he was just pointing out that a BMI is not a percentage. and no, of course pro bodybuilding is not a healthy thing at all and everybody knows that. Markus Rühl said "if you are at good health after 20 years of bodybuilding, you've done it wrong."
A bmi is not a percentage
I love when they put dudes on massive juice on covers selling me protein 😂
No whey that's natural.
It's just creatine, guy 🧃
@@jolenethellama Creatine Hydrochloride, not Monohydrate. The latter (most common form) is has poor bioavalibility. Switching to Create Hydrochloride has shown a night and day difference in my personal experience.
Hey I mean, they miiiiiight...be using what they're advertising, buuuuut they're also probably taking a lot of other serious stuff on the side. 😂
Rhuel has the same routine as me. Chain smoking cigs and eating fast food. Been bulking for the last 15 years. Will start my cut soon.
Marcus looks like a cartoon character. I can't imagine the amount of roids he must have taken.
Yes you can :)
Thunfisch Protein Shake des Bedarfs alder
@@Unluckyme95 brutal alda
The amount of roids dont determin your size ;)
@@TheNgk2012 lol...
Thicc’s strength and power:
“Find me a bodybuilder that looked freakier than Markus Rhul at 2002 NOC”
Errr, janoy cresva when he blew the roof off at the 2016 Ruby Classic with his tHiCc Craig Titus like chest and 80’s conditioning! Whaddaya think about that NICK!
Sick and also Piss
Absolutely pissening and sick
Lmao I actually looked him up...
Kassa me too 😂 wasnt worth it
@@timt7661
Look at the physical specimen! He's an intellectual too, musical artist, how can you say he's not the GOAT?
I'll put prime Lee Priest against anybody and he will hold his own. Massively underrated.
^This!
Except Rhul in his prime. Would dwarf priest. I think his wider midsection is what stopped Rule from being a Mr O. Politics is what stopped Priest. Crazy that neither one of them had that title.
Tom Platz still has the best legs of all time.
Lee got screwef in the IFBB because he has balls..If ya said anything or went up against the Weiders in any form or fashion you were smoked..Shawn Ray, Nasser, Lee Priest all got boned in one way or another at certain times..Cuz its true..Nobodys tellin me Yates was better than Nasser at the last Olympia Dorian won. Granted Yates was awesome of course but Nasser got robbed that day!
Aussie Aussie Aussie
Markus video at the grocery store is the funniest thing ever 😂
Good point to show everyone this. People think if your on stage you look like that year round. Sometimes it's nice to take a break and not be noticed as much
Shawn Rhoden transformation is unbelievable. Hard to believe they are the same person.
4:57 when he flexed that bicep I felt my muscle fibers ripping lol!!
Cringe.
Cringe
Double Cringe
Triplw
Quadruple
Almost hard to believe how Shawn Rhoden looks in offseason. A lot of these guys have incredible response to gear, they can just cycle on/off like Kevin Levrone.
I can't believe Ruehl never won an Olympia...that dude was a BEAST...
He had the worst proportions the olympia stage has ever seen, never deserved the title and he had no problem admitting it himself
@@J.c410 That is totally wrong
he was just bad in posing
Watching this while high and it looks like they all got body suits on they’re that big lol
Cool story bro
same they look so weird
I got weak when he said Ruhl was "really out here smoking cigs?!?!?" haha! Great video Nick!
Jason Genova at the 2017 Ruby Classic is probably the freakiest I’ve ever seen tbh.
That photo of Jay Cutler in the off season looks like Ben Stiller from the end of Dodgeball
Me :*eating my 3rd bucket of KFC
Others :" what are you doing bro thats so unhealthy!"
Relax bro im in the offseason. See me again in 10 weeks
wow, I havent watched your channel in quite some time and your presentation regarding the use of your voice, pronounciation and emphasizing really became top notch!
Damn, Cutler looking like a cartoon character on that caption 😂
Lmfaoooo that picture of Jay Cutler at 03:20 has to be one of my favorite pictures of all time. Something about the look on his face and the stark difference between him on stage and him in this picture is just hilarious.
Really puts into perspective timelines, amount of work, and realistic expectations even on the insane level of competitive bodybuilding
Lee Priest has always been a notorious eater in the off season. I remember seeing alot of pics of him in my magazines of him eating all the fast food he could get his hands on.
He would come in looking great at competitions. He was able to get the weight off easily.
I'm surprised he didn't get clogged arteries or a heart attack with all the greasy food he ate.
It's not about grease. It's seed oils, processed carbs, and inactivity. Work out, put on muscle, and you can eat almost whatever you want.
@@wfmg7235 you got that right. I worked carrying blocks for brick Mason for two years. All of us guys that worked together ate like hogs and gained nothing but muscle. It was back breaking work but always had a tan and in good shape
As soon as he said here are “five guys” I wanted to eat burgers...
Thanks for making this video. Gives me hope.
- just a future bodybuilder who currently happens to be in the off season.