WOOHOO!! the offseason is over, it’s time to fire up the 09 bodybuilding season.
The Iron Man Pro is tomorrow and I’m pissed that I have to work instead of drive the 20mins to Los Angeles and watch it!
I favor Silvio Samuel or Moe Elmoussawi to take it, but I’m excited to see what the following will bring as well:
Adorthus Cherry
Ahmad Haidar
Aiman Faour
Cesar Mendible-Baptista
Constantino Demetriou
Daron Lytle
DeShaun Grimez
Don Long
Eddie Abbew
Evgeny Mishin
Fedel Clarke
Hidetada Yamagishi
Johnnie Jackson
Marc Lavoie
Marcus Haley
Mark Dugdale
Martin Kjellstrom
Moe Elmoussawi
Mohammad Bannout
Oleg Empelyanov
Oliver Adzievski
Omar Deckard
Ronny Rockel
Rusty Jeffers
Silvio Samuel
Tamer El Shahat
Thomas Benagli
Troy Alves
Rockel is a favorite of mine as I think he has great lines/conditioning. Adorthus Cherry broad shoulders and tiny waist can stir up some things…Johnnie Jackson is always a top contender…I’ve also heard Mark Dugdale has added some size and if he comes in with his usual conditioning he can be a threat as well.
Silvio in first, Moe second and Yamagishi, Dugdale, Jackson and Rockel fighting it out for the rest.
Kjellstrom is fucking huge, btw, and has a good frame for carrying his amount of mass (fairly tall guy for a bodybuilder if I remember correctly). Someone to watch for in the future.
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
It’s so weird seeing a giant Asian dude lol.
Silvio all the way for this one[/quote]
lol every race has their own positives and negatives it seems. Most African American bodybuilders have massive upper body’s but are weak in the legs and calves (johnnie jackson for example), most asian bodybuilders are either very big lacking in conditioning or very tiny but insanely ripped, it’s hard to find a combo of both. Anybody of hispanic decent usually just doesn’t have the size.
Anybody of caucasian decent really determines which line of heritage they come from…it ranges from lanky and lean to short and stalky…a lot of caucasian bodybuilders seem to have decent legs and calves but have to pull up the upper body, both Jay Cutler and Branch Warren had to do this along with many others.
But of course you have people like Hide, Dennis Wolf, Ronnie Coleman, and Gustavo Baddel that throw all of this for a loop! lol
I also agree with Crod’s placings and comments
I can’t wait it fires up here in a few minutes…I’m going to be glued to the screen at work all day lmao!
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
DG it’s being televised? ESPN or something?[/quote]
www.bodybuilding.com then click on their supersite, then click on the live coverage. They stream it to the website live…RIGHT NOW…lol
Rockel is my favorite with silvio,elmousawi, hide right behind them…thats my top 4 and to be honest I think silvio,elmousawi,rockel could go in any spot top 3.
[quote]Dirty Gerdy wrote:
What I think the Judges will do after pre-judging:
silvio
elmoussawi
rockel
hide
bannout, haidar?
after top 4 its hard and after top 5 a crap shoot…
how I rule it:
Rockel
Silvio
Elmoussawi
Hide
Haidar
6-10 contains: Jackson, DeShaun Grimez,Eddie Abbew,Mark Dugdale, Mohammad Bannout…substitute marcus haley or omar deckard for Grimez or Abbew…
I could see it something like that.
Man judging is difficult lol!
DG [/quote]
Cool that you’d have Rockel first if you were judging the show…
I always thought that he was vastly under-appreciated.
He always stood in the shadows of guys like Rühl, Coleman and Cutler who totally dwarfed him… But he looks much more aesthetic while still being far from small…
With most of the bigger guys gone, maybe he’ll finally get the attention he deserves.
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Dirty Gerdy wrote:
What I think the Judges will do after pre-judging:
silvio
elmoussawi
rockel
hide
bannout, haidar?
after top 4 its hard and after top 5 a crap shoot…
how I rule it:
Rockel
Silvio
Elmoussawi
Hide
Haidar
6-10 contains: Jackson, DeShaun Grimez,Eddie Abbew,Mark Dugdale, Mohammad Bannout…substitute marcus haley or omar deckard for Grimez or Abbew…
I could see it something like that.
Man judging is difficult lol!
DG
Cool that you’d have Rockel first if you were judging the show…
I always thought that he was vastly under-appreciated.
He always stood in the shadows of guys like Rühl, Coleman and Cutler who totally dwarfed him… But he looks much more aesthetic while still being far from small…
With most of the bigger guys gone, maybe he’ll finally get the attention he deserves.
[/quote]
exactly. He is a shorter guy but carries plenty of muscle, amazing lines, and always conditioned. No real weaknesses and then the judges say the b.s. ‘but nothing really stands out’ I call bullshit. I think if you build up a large aesthetic proportioned balanced shredded physique that thats enough of something to stand out! lol
but I agree, he has my vote for one of the most over looked bodybuilders for sure.
[quote]crod266 wrote:
fuck i wish i could watch this on my 50 inch tv but no i have to watch it on the comp, the public sucks for not putting this on espn o something[/quote]
for sure…
I think bodybuilding.com needs to learn how to give you the option of enlarging their screen.
Not only watch it on the comp, but on that tiny ass screen the size of this box on the comp
:S
something is better than nothing tho! I wish they covered more than the iron man, arnold, and olympia…I wish they would do this with all the shows. :S
[quote]Dirty Gerdy wrote:
crod266 wrote:
fuck i wish i could watch this on my 50 inch tv but no i have to watch it on the comp, the public sucks for not putting this on espn o something
for sure…
I think bodybuilding.com needs to learn how to give you the option of enlarging their screen.
Not only watch it on the comp, but on that tiny ass screen the size of this box on the comp
:S
something is better than nothing tho! I wish they covered more than the iron man, arnold, and olympia…I wish they would do this with all the shows. :S
DG[/quote]
haah they at least should have a cable attachment so u can make it appear on the tv with the comp on. The worst thing is… they used to have some shows on espn
I love how well Silvio’s serratus sticks out, his lower back looks crazy in one of the pics too. Rockel’s legs would give him the edge if I were judging them though, but I’m not, and I don’t envy the guys that are(browsed comparison shots for a long time, which they don’t get to do right?)
