The Golden Era of bodybuilding saw some of the most amazing bodybuilders who could even give modern bodybuilding icons a run for their money. Arnold Schwarzenegger was one such bodybuilding champion who not only won Mr. Olympia 7 times but went on to take over other industries as well. Another champ was Milos Sarcev who also became an IFBB pro and later coached other athletes to become winners. 

Bodybuilding competitions have a lot of categories of which both Sarcev and Schwarzenegger dominated the Mr. Universe title and Mr. Olympia Men’s Open. However, when it comes to Classic Physique, Sarcev gives his unique opinion.

Milos Sarcev on his chance in Classic Physique 

He recently uploaded throwback pictures from 1997 of Mr. Olympia where he is looking dashing and chiseled with all his muscles in top-notch conditioning. He captioned the post, “Photography-1997 (my “most comfortable” look).” 

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However, a fan commented on a question making him think about Classic Physique. The fan asked, “How do You think You would have placed on the Classic división today with that physique @milossarcev ??” Sarcev gave a simple answer that his weight class was higher so he would be disqualified. He weighed 240lbs at 5’8” and the cut-off for Classic Physique was 182 for the same height. 

Sarcev had also speculated before whether Arnold could fit into Classic Physique when the coach came to Jay Cutler’s podcast. Cutler asked if Arnie could crush Classic Physique. Sarcev had answered,  “He has a wide waist, so I don’t think he’s gonna…do very good.” Sarcev also added that the Classic Physique division is suitable for someone like Chris Bumstead who has already won 5 times.

However, Cutler did not agree with Sarcev and said,  “Don’t you think Arnold’s structure was unreal though?” The Serbian pro admitted that the Austrian Oak was dominant in his prime and had winning potential however Sarcev preferred Sergio Oliva to be a better contender for Classic Physique because of his aesthetic muscularity and massive size.

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Classic Physique has different criteria which has changed in 2023 as well but all these veteran bodybuilders were capable in their field. Who do you think would be best for Classic Physique from the old era?