Someone help me out???

Mike_ironman · 03-05-2008, 09:41 PM

a couple of days ago i was looking at some bodybulder pics, i came across this guy, "he had a tattoo on his face"... does anyone know his name?

KM · 03-05-2008, 09:52 PM

Lee Priest.

Mike_ironman · 03-05-2008, 09:54 PM

thanks man.

**ZackKnight** · 03-06-2008, 09:35 AM

Lee's a good guy, but he's one of the most controversial people in the sport. He's been suspended from the IFBB a couple times and now works with another organization. I think it's the WPO or something like that. Don't quote me on it. He's one of the best short guys in all of bodybuilding's history and he's one of the only people who admittedly uses a steroid cocktail to get where he is. He should be looked up to, but not entirely idolized. He's definitely one of the best though either way you look at it.

**ibanezman88** · 03-06-2008, 10:32 AM

why do you say not entirely idolized? because of his steroid use?

**ZackKnight** · 03-06-2008, 01:06 PM

nah. just cuz sometimes he hasn't really progressed the sport. That and he hasn't entirely improved in the last ten years or so. I know this is prolly gonna spark a debate, so lemme cut it down to the basics of what the other side is prolly gonna end up saying.

Yes he's short. Yes he's got a lot of muscle on him. He has probably maxed out his potential mass, which in turn he's said that his ideal and best looking weight is about 215. That's where he shows the best aesthetics. His mass at that weight is perfect and his cuts are unbelieveable. He has made some gains, but with that he has lost some of his desired traits. He's lost some definition and parts of him have dwindled others.

He has brought a lot of people to the sport, don't get me wrong. He's been a major inspiration for me and I've watched and seen almost everything the guy has ever done. I'm just saying with his actions and outbursts, he hasn't entirely done much as of late to help progress the sport and change it for the better.

He's always been a great olympian and should've won more than he has, but there's always other people out there who are helping to progress the sport and change it like Victor, Kai, and Dexter. They're all great guys and are making changes. Priest is an amazing athlete and has some of the best arms/lats in the business, but it's not just what you do on the stage. It's what you do off that counts too.

God, I know this is gonna turn into a debate.

**ZackKnight** · 03-06-2008, 01:30 PM

Oh, and this really doesn't have anything to do with him being idolized or not, but nobody mentions him when they talk about the MASS MONSTERS. his arms are bigger than his head, his thighs are huge, and his calves are the size of most people's thighs. He's definitely a mass monster.

**ibanezman88** · 03-06-2008, 05:51 PM

i agree. he's reached his potential mass. but he still progresses. just not the way he used to.
the same goes for dexter. he doesn't put on more than a couple of lbs of muscle per year. but he's one of the best bodybuilders out there.

i agree that the past couple of years havn't been the best for priest though. it's hard to nail that conditioning every time though.
dexter sure does it every time though.

n88tr · 03-07-2008, 12:52 PM

Didn't he recently commit suicide?

**ZackKnight** · 03-07-2008, 03:24 PM

no, that was a rumor. There's a Bodybuilder's Reality video of him from January 08'. Trust me. He's not dead.

Chosen??! · 03-07-2008, 04:34 PM

wtf has any present bodybuilder done to progress the sport. it has done nothing but regress into a fucking sideshow. bunch of freaks that no woman with class will ever touch

**ZackKnight** · 03-07-2008, 05:32 PM

well, i see somebody has made it to other boards, yet is still banned. quite the quandry, huh?