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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold definitely made an impact on bodybuilding, as both a personality and with his physique. His arms were huge and peaked and his chest was among the very best of all time - even compared to the likes of Dennis James and Markus Ruhl - Arnold stands out. Of course a lot of that incredible size and shape comes down to genetics (as many have tried to develop Arnie's chest and few have succeeded), but you can rest assured he had drive, ambition, charisma and confidence that few ever did. Okay, this isn't a personality contest - but he did have a lot of strengths. Other than arms and chest, his midsection was very streamlined and his abs were sharp. His back was also very dense and defined. Arnold's calves set a new standard at 20 inches - they were formally a weak point that he brought up after years of intense training.

Dorian Yates

Dorian is another bodybuilder that can be praised a lot for personality - his confidence, professionalism and expressed love for the sport of bodybuilding helped a lot. But since I'm trying to assess physiques, I'll get to that. BACK - Dorian definitely had one. Although Ronnie's back at the 2003 Olympia may have been bigger, it didn't have the detail that Dorian's did. The one time Ronnie's detail was close was at the 2001 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic. But even then, it wasn't quite the combination of size and detail that Dorian Yates was known to display. In fact, the debate over who had the better back between those two still rages on. I would have to give it to Ronnie because to me, his freaky size is even freakier than Dorian's freaky detail and conditioning, but you'll hear opposite opinions on that one. Dorian also probably had the best calves of bodybuilding - the only bodybuilder who I can think of to be in his league for calves would be Mike Matarazzo. On top of this, his whole body seemed to be cut from stone - he had great conditioning, density, thickenss, separation, striations, cuts, whatever you want to say about being bone dry and shredded on game day - Dorian was a poster boy for it.

Sergio Olivia

Here's a guy who was 20 or 30 years ahead of his time. Sergio brought mass to a level that bodybuilders only started catching up to in recent years. His back and chest were both massive, as were his legs (rare in his era), and his arms and shoulders were so big they dwarfed his head. Top it off, he had a small waist and streamlined midsection. He was also one of the few bodybuilders who could display the hands over head pose (above) without displaying any glaring weaknesses - in fact, he was the originator.

Lee Haney

Lee Haney had a lot of good going for him - to the point where he dominated the 1980s as only the best of bodybuilders ever did. He had a great chest, a back both detailed and thick and best of all - balance as few bodybuilders have ever achieved. This is illustrated perfectly in the photograph above. He had impressive overall size, full muscle bellies, excellent conditioning, a small waist and joints, and at 250 pounds, he had a phenomenal vacuum. He was quite incredible from head to toe.

Ronnie Coleman

This man is massive basically everywhere. Many have said that he has several bodyparts in the top 10 of all time - back, chest, biceps, quads, forearms, you name it, he's got it. His back is so enormous, it's almost hard to believe he's human. It's surprising that any human being has the potential to carry that much lean, dense muscle mass - yet Ronnie does it, and does it pretty well at that. His arms have the perfect 1/3:2/3 split between his biceps and his triceps, and I would say they enter a show contest ready at 23.5" - absolutely massive. His legs are big and still shredded and his conditioning is on the nail.

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