Check out this clip of the fabulous History of Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Competition: 1965-2008. With Larry Scott ,Sergio Oliva, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, Frank Zane, Chris Dickerson, Samir Bannout, Lee Haney, Dorian Yates, Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler and Dexter Jackson.

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If you watched the webcast of the 2009 IFBB Mr. Olympia contest (or followed the results on any of the many websites covering it), you probably noticed Jay Cutler return to the stage with a lifetime best conditioning, and at a very light body weight to boot. He wasn’t the mass monster of years past. In 2003 or 2004, he would have been lucky to grab 6th place with a physique like that. However, in 2009 he won the Sandow trophy with this new level of shape – not size. Even though he still had a certain level of blockiness unavoidable because of his frame, he still managed to win the whole show. It wasn’t only Jay. Look at Branch Warren, Phil Heath, Kai Greene, and Dexter Jackson. They rounded out the top 5, and they were all smaller but leaner this years. Perennial favorites such as Markus Ruhl, Dennis Wolf, and Victor Martinez showed up carrying more muscle, to be sure – but they were soft in comparison. What is the lesson to be learned here? It would appear the IFBB “belly rule”, a mandate instituted five years ago, has finally come to fruition. The top contenders who showed up as mass monsters finished out of the big money. Those who came to the stage diced walked out with trophies.

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