jimmy04 said:dexter jackson has the best look but ron or jay? Ron! that is MHO but I am a cutler fan and I still say Ron
jimmy04 said:one of the best X frames u will ever c
krbn08 said:Did Jay Cutler deserve to win Mr. Olympia?
rdel85 said:Duno how true this is, but I heard Ronnie deserved to win and looked better the day of the show. However most of the scoring is based on the pre-contest judging, and Ronnie was still holding a good bit of water and Jay wasn't. Ronnie miss timed his prep and was dry the day of the show and not the pre-contest judging....this is just what I heard from a friend who follows it pretty closely
I'd rather have their physiques over Jay and Ronnies any day of the week.Slyder190 said:Victor, Dexter, Tony Freeman, these guys have what physiques should look like. Symetry. Neither Ronnie nor Jay have it IMO.
It's not about who looks more aesthetically pleasing, it's who looks like they could stop a tractor trailer.Unit 2005 said:Id rather see someone like dexter win. But then again, bodybuidling has become a battle of the freaks and mass monsters!
NickyE3 said:he looks like an athlete and not just a big ball of muslce mass
Anthony Roberts said:Find another sport where the athlete(s) look anything like him....
Admittedly, I can't tell the difference between anyone in the top 10, but I know that when I put on an NFL, NBA, or MBL game, nobody looks like Mr.O. Then again, since they earn about the same in a day as Mr.O earns in a year, I don't think they mind not looking like him.
c3bodybuilding said:So sad yet so true! Bodybuilders gets paid nothing compared to other pro athletes. The money is there, it's just all in the suppelment makers pockets, lol. All jokes aside though, the above is one of the most true posts I've read in a good long while.
stewfoo said:But, I bought your e-book.. and the Phil Hernon endorsement and pic did not hurt .
Just had to throw that in there, didn't ya?AAP said:It isn't a question of whether Jay deserved to win, but rather whether Ronnie deserved to lose. And on that day, he did. Ronnie wasn't his best. He was injured and hampered.
However to be fair, Jay has something funky going on with that leg and it is starting to look a bit withered.
Jay won't be O for long. He is just too bland. No personality at all. Ronnie will come back and lay waste to the field again. The 2001 ASC version of Ronnie is the most perfect physique to ever grace a stage.
Though personally, I would like to see Freeman take top spot. Even though we hang out a good bit, I am not saying that because I am biased. I just simply like his physique.
Mac173 said:Just had to throw that in there, didn't ya?
Nelson Montana said:I've seen three bodybuilding competitions in the last 25 years.
The first being when Arnold lost to Sergio Oliva at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1969. (I was just a wee tyke).
The next was when I entered the 1999 NPC.
The last was the 2004 Night of Champions where I had an invitation from some industry folk.
I just don't get it. The judging is subjective as it is in any beauty pagent. The 2004 show was more poorly run than the 1969 show. It's really kinda silly and frankly, quite boring after about 15 minutes.
There's no logic behind voting for aesthetics because then what you have is essentially a male modeling revue. Guys in the audience would be bigger than the contestants.
Competitive bodybuilding has no superstar -- no one with charisma. No spokesman. Then again, when Arnold did it, he was enlightening the public about the benifits of exercise. What are the guys today going to do? Advocate more exposure for the use of horse hormones?
Pros have no right to bitch about lack of money. How can you expect to make money from 2 performances a year? And ones which almost no one gives a fuck about. The supp companies barely make their money back. It's more for the advertising at the symposiums.
Competitions are just an outdated spectacle with no novelty left to it -- like jugglers, ventrilaquists and parades. It just doesn't cut it anymore.
But as they say, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Nelson Montana said:I just don't get it. The judging is subjective as it is in any beauty pagent. The 2004 show was more poorly run than the 1969 show. It's really kinda silly and frankly, quite boring after about 15 minutes.
There's no logic behind voting for aesthetics because then what you have is essentially a male modeling revue. Guys in the audience would be bigger than the contestants.
Competitive bodybuilding has no superstar -- no one with charisma. No spokesman. Then again, when Arnold did it, he was enlightening the public about the benifits of exercise. What are the guys today going to do? Advocate more exposure for the use of horse hormones?
Pros have no right to bitch about lack of money. How can you expect to make money from 2 performances a year? And ones which almost no one gives a fuck about. The supp companies barely make their money back. It's more for the advertising at the symposiums.
Competitions are just an outdated spectacle with no novelty left to it -- like jugglers, ventrilaquists and parades. It just doesn't cut it anymore.
But as they say, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
c3bodybuilding said:So sad yet so true! Bodybuilders gets paid nothing compared to other pro athletes. The money is there, it's just all in the suppelment makers pockets, lol. All jokes aside though, the above is one of the most true posts I've read in a good long while.
jimmy04 said:n e way its bodybuilding not body shaping.
solidspine said:It was a qualitative decision, so yes he should have won.
I really don’t like the growth gut on either of those guys.
Ronnie is bigger, stronger but is a freak of nature and gear, Jay is fricken huge but has the potential to look great, too big now. See in five years.
I like the old guys Like Arnold and his 32 inch waist or Steve Reeves and his 29 inch waist.
NickyE3 said:i agree that bodybuilding has lost its luster. Now everyone can see how much Arnold did for the sport. But the sport has changed now and is viewed differently.
I agree with a healthy Colman...man....what can you say? I really like Victor's physique but I do not think the time is right for him yet. I did say to my woman the other day Victor will win the O someday. I am glad Jay won, I like him as a person, very nice guy every time I have met him. I think he deserved it this year...next...I do not know. A lot of good boys in the hunt now.snower6 said:Correct. His look on the stage was good enough to win (arguably) but his pre judging was off. Ronnie had a lat and tricep issue on his left side as well that he admits now he has been in rehab for. I wouldn't bet against him this year if he's healthy. His best is much better than what Cutler can bring
Great post. What you say seems quite true, and if it is, I think it may generally be for the benefit of bodybuilding as a sport. It's a shame, though, that pro bodybuilders aren't paid much more than they are.c3bodybuilding said:They are changing it but it takes time. Tony Freeman winning 2 pro shows right off the bat and Victor getting 3rd along with the Arnold is a sign of things to come. Not to mention Heath winning big time right out the gate. They want to get rid of the freaks the way they want to get rid of women's bbing. Look at the placing of guys like Gustavo, Branch, Markus and others compared to last year. Then look at guys like Heath, Freeman, Victor, Dexter (even if he did drop, he did to someone who has an even more comic book looking physique than him. Although Vic better slow down or else he will end up in the same boat as a Ronnie or Jay), Darrem and Melvin. Even old as balls Vince Taylor is able to get into the top 10 at a regular pro show. If this was 99-03 that *never* would have happened. He wouldn't have even placed. Basically the freaks are getting fcked no matter how hard they are or how big they show up. The O is basically the last show to award the freakness and I think letting Jay have it was their way of not shocking everyone with the transition. Next it will be Victor. Then comes the true era of the x frame or rather the ecto with extreme mass and the ecto/meso blends.
The freaks are dead and David Pecker couldn't be happier. He is trying to make some money off this sport he bought. He had no idea how unpopular and unmainstream it was until he was knee deep in it. At first I thought he was like the devil to bodybuilding and would kill it but now I see he is the saving grace.
Did Jay deserve to win? No. He was used as nothing more than a transition phase to the new era. Will Ronnie win a 9th? It depends on how bad the judges and David Pecker feel bad for him and if he is willing to play ball one last year and do all the shit Weider used to make you do (btw Weider no longer controls bodybuilding. I don't know why people think that. The man wasn't even allowed to come on stage and hand out Medals and say goodbye at the 05 O (it could have been the 04, not sure. I will look it up). It is David Peckers show now. He wants this sport to be mainstream the way it was in the 80's. He want's payperview money and mainstream contracts/deals. If he keeps going the way he is, it will happen. Fitness is enjoying a return. It's actually 'in' to be fit. People do look up to these guys as role models but not a Ronnie or Branch. The average person would never want to look like that. And maybe they would never want to look like a Dexter either but at least it's a physique they can admire and look up to. Sort of how it was with Arnold, Haney, etc. You may not have wanted to be as big as them but they inspired you to get in the gym and get going.
buffer1 said:no,the only reason why he got there is cause he wined like a little girl
snower6 said:There should probably be weight classes in there. Here's my problem with the way it is now. I don't want to turn on the tv, or pay money for that matter, to see a guy 20 pounds less than me on stage. Sure they all have bomb ass physiques. But if I'm 245 at 12%, I don't want to see a guy on stage who is the same size as me if I were in contest shape. That's why I like Coleman, because he's something we can't be, no matter what we put into it
extremefighter said:The dude from Germany Dennis Wolf blew everyone away. Size and beautiful lines.
Dexter is way over rated, his obliques are huge and throws off his whole body, how can you be as small as him have huge obliques and be considered top ten?
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