Sam Sulek and Anton Ratushnyi are two surging bodybuilders who have taken different paths to stardom. In a recent YouTube video published on January 4, 2024, Seth Feroce examined the physiques and futures of Sulek and Ratushnyi.
In just the span of a few months, Sam Sulek became one of the most recognizable faces in fitness, boasting over 2.7 million subscribers on YouTube. He shares a supplement sponsor with the number three bodybuilder in the world, Samson Dauda, and fans have quickly latched on to the 21-year-old, thanks to his casual, funny, and inclusive gym content. Even though Sulek has yet to grace a bodybuilding stage, his fanfare continues to grow.
Meanwhile, 19-year-old Anton Ratushnyi took a different route, asserting himself as a Classic Physique threat last year, having earned his Pro card dominantly at the 2023 NPC National Championships. This triumph established him as the youngest-ever IFBB Pro.
Considering the bright futures of Sulek and Ratushnyi, bodybuilding standout Seth Feroce compared their physiques, flaws, and potential for shaking up the IFBB Pro League in the years to come.
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Seth Feroce: “Anton Is The Better Competitive Bodybuilder Because Sam Has Never Competed”
Since picking up his Pro card, Feroce admits he has seen Ratushnyi on ‘mainstream stuff,’ but can’t deny the star power of Sam Sulek. However, when asked who he thought was the better bodybuilder, Feroce’s answer was simple:
“Anton has been everywhere since he won his Pro card. Like he was on some, he was catching a lot of shit on mainstream stuff but Sam is everywhere.”
“Whenever you see who is the better bodybuilder, obviously Anton is the better competitive bodybuilder because Sam has never competed. You can’t not be a Sam Sulek fan because he seems like a great kid.”
Feroce addressed Sulek’s self-proclaimed ‘trash diet’ and discussed his training habits.
“However, if we’re talking about flaws of Sam Sulek, we’re going to talk about what bodybuilding actually is because this is where people get it twisted you’ve all seen the videos of people ripping the young man apart for lifting like an idiot, his shitty diet, how his macros and the way he does things is improper.
Him being on a ton of shit and not telling anybody what he’s on. The kid is 21 years old. I’ll start there, but at the end of the day, this is bodybuilding.”
“All those things about Sam being like oh his diet is horrible, he’s taking so much gear, he trains like a moron, who gives a fuck? This is bodybuilding. It’s bodybuilding. So whenever you’re on stage, nobody knows how much you fucking bench pressed.”
As for Sam Sulek’s physique flaws, Feroce underlined the imbalance of his upper and lower body, adding that he’s ‘not quite there’ with the legs.
“His flaws from a bodybuilding standpoint, just looking at his physique, his lower body doesn’t match his upper body, his legs are lacking in comparison from the front and from behind.
Not so much a size standpoint, a little downsizing compared to his upper body but from an overall separation standpoint of like matching his upper body, he’s not quite there in the legs.
I think his legs can be better but he’s 21. Your legs are not developed fully at that age. No fucking way,” said Seth Feroce.
In Feroce’s opinion, Ratushnyi is within the ‘.01’ percent of people, and predicted him to make the top five at the Mr. Olympia in Classic Physique in two or three years.
“The only the .01 percent is people like fucking Anton. Freaks of nature, somehow that dude is harder than I ever was which is nuts! Again, he’s that freakazoid, that freak of nature, but with Sam, I think his biggest flaw from a bodybuilding standpoint, not lifestyle standpoint, not training standpoint, not training standpoint, just what you could see.”
“The dude is on a status, Anton personally, I think he could, I think he’s going to be top five at Mr. Olympia in the next two or three years,” explains Feroce. “I think with his mentality and the people he’s surrounding himself with.”
“Dude is a freak, freak phenom, youngest Classic Pro ever. One of the youngest bodybuilders ever.”
Lastly, Feroce specified that Ratushnyi has a bodybuilding coach whereas it appears Sulek is training on his own.
“He doesn’t have a coach [Sam]. Anton has Kyle. Again, you don’t need a coach but they just help curve your learning curve, they help you learn things quicker. Yeah, but he’s not competing. He’s [Sam Sulek] doing his bulks and cuts. I think if you’re going to do a show at a higher level, Sam is like celebrity status, the fucking dude is a massive deal, I think if he was to do a bodybuilding show he’d be silly not to get a coach.”
“To make sure he gets dialed in, not so much to be like, you can get a coach and you can take as much as you want from them you know what I mean? But if you hire a coach, you should listen to them 100% of the time. That’s what makes you being a good coachable athlete.”
Seth Feroce is far from the only bodybuilder to voice his opinion of rising stars in the sport. With fan backlash coming as a result of Sulek’s unconventional diet, Lee Priest came to his defense. Priest explained that Sulek was only sharing his lifestyle choices, not pushing them on other people.
Until Sam Sulek ventures into the IFBB Pro League, Feroce firmly asserts that, at present, Classic Physique’s Ratushnyi stands out as the superior bodybuilder overall.
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