{"id":13543,"date":"2025-03-07T05:44:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13543"},"modified":"2025-03-07T05:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:44:17","slug":"arnold-schwarzenegger-critique-mens-physique-shorts-as-bogus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13543","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger Critique Men\u2019s Physique Shorts as &#8216;Bogus&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Arnold 2025 was deemed to be a critical start to the year ahead in bodybuilding, as Derek Lunsford claimed the top prize in the Men\u2019s Open to signal that he is now a revived threat to current Mr Olympia, Samson Dauda. Still, there was one issue that\u00a0<em>The Terminator<\/em>\u00a0star took with the show, and he wasn\u2019t shy about wanting to see more leg.<\/p>\n<p>Famously, attire for the Men\u2019s Physique division differs from other ranks, because the competitors are required to wear board shorts as they pose on stage. The Men\u2019s Physique group made it\u2019s Arnold Classic debut when it was won by Sadik Hadzovic in 2015,\u00a0but it seems that while the \u201cLast Action Hero\u201d is a fan of the athletes, he\u2019s less enthused about their wardrobes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe interesting thing is they also have really well-developed thighs \u2014 a lot of these guys \u2014 so I don\u2019t know why they make them wear those long shorts,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/arnold-schwarzenegger-long-shorts-bogus-mens-physique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critiqued <em>The Commando star<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cFor me, that\u2019s bogus,\u201d he added.\u00a0This year, the grouping\u2019s top trophy was grabbed by Ali Bilal.<\/p>\n<h2>Arnold Schwarzenegger Would Like the Men\u2019s Physique to Display More Leg<\/h2>\n<p>While the annual Arnold bodybuilding extravaganza is held under his own name, he explained that his powers do not extend to rule changes. \u201cIt\u2019s (an IFBB) thing,\u201d he commentated. \u201cIf it was my choice, I\u2019d say put regular bathing suits on so you can see the thighs also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some critics argue that the board shorts are there because there\u2019s less point scoring emphasis placed on the legs, actual judges like <a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/cicherillo-palumbo-mens-physique-legs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Chicherillo have argued<\/a> that the shorts are becoming less necessary, because the increasingly tight fit of the shorts is making them irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p>So, what do the athletes think about the idea of swapping the shorts for trunks? \u201cAs the division has evolved, you can see it\u2019s gotten bigger and bigger. Men are showing their legs more,\u201d was the opinion of 2-time Olympia Men\u2019s Physique champion <a href=\"https:\/\/barbend.com\/bodybuilder-ryan-terry-chest-and-triceps-workout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in an interview with this writer back in 2023<\/a>. \u201cThe shorts aren\u2019t as baggy\u2014they\u2019re a lot tighter on the legs, so they show that. Personally, I would look to have them even shorter or trunks or something like that,\u201d he concluded. On the flip side, Terry pointed out that the board shorts are a unique identifier of the Men\u2019s Physique division brand.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the Men\u2019s Physique division\u2019s wardrobe evolves further remains to be seen, but board shorts or not, it\u2019s a grouping that is just as impressive and competitive as any other on the bodybuilding circuit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/arnold-schwarzenegger-critique-mens-physique-shorts-as-bogus\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arnold 2025 was deemed to be a critical start to the year ahead in bodybuilding, as Derek Lunsford claimed the top prize in the Men\u2019s Open to signal that he is now a revived threat to current Mr Olympia, Samson Dauda. Still, there was one issue that\u00a0The Terminator\u00a0star took with the show, and he &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}