Yes modern bodybuilding has gone way too far. Not about fitness at all anymore. It started going too far during the golden era with guys blasting dbol to look massive, think Arnold Schwarzenegger and co. But at least they tried to maintain some aesthetic even with the steroids. Modern bodybuilders since the mass monster era are all about mass over everything, even classic physique is too much these days.
I think most silver era bodybuilders looked the best, the last of the bodybuilders before widespread steriod use and with some modern nutritional and exercise science, well, at least as advanced as it was in the 50s. Look at Steve Reeves for example, he looks incredible and way better than any modern bodybuilder.
Yes modern bodybuilding has gone way too far. Not about fitness at all anymore. It started going too far during the golden era with guys blasting dbol to look massive, think Arnold Schwarzenegger and co. But at least they tried to maintain some aesthetic even with the steroids. Modern bodybuilders since the mass monster era are all about mass over everything, even classic physique is too much these days.
I think most silver era bodybuilders looked the best, the last of the bodybuilders before widespread steriod use and with some modern nutritional and exercise science, well, at least as advanced as it was in the 50s. Look at Steve Reeves for example, he looks incredible and way better than any modern bodybuilder.