Olympia Pre-Judging

[Toranaga]

Ronnie should retire and go into PL. Love the guy's work ethic and everything, but his physique is downright ugly. Jay's a fridge.
Jackson for Mr Olympia.

 

[blackbeard]

ronnie
jay
gustavo
dex
5th spot open
my predictions

 

[inked1]

ronnie is fucking HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE,his gut looks massive in that 3rd pic. IMO dexter looks heaps better

 

[Toranaga]

Its almost impossible to unseat a current Mr O, so sure Ronnie will probably take it.
But who has the better physique ? I think its Dexter Jackson.

 

[pullinbig]

here lies the major difference between BBing and PLing. in PLing the guy who lifts the most weight wins, plain and simple. in BBIng it is opinion and as you see it varies from person to person.

 

[blackbeard]

here lies the major difference between BBing and PLing. in PLing the guy who lifts the most weight wins, plain and simple. in BBIng it is opinion and as you see it varies from person to person.

good observation PB..it would make BB'ing easier if they assigned percentages to the criteria..it seems to change from contest to contest..for ne its shep/symmertry for another its all about size..make up your mind so that its fair and objective..

 

[Toranaga]

here lies the major difference between BBing and PLing. in PLing the guy who lifts the most weight wins, plain and simple. in BBIng it is opinion and as you see it varies from person to person.

subtle point. and thats why I'm leaning more and more towards PL.

An analogy is in academia where we have the qualitative subjects (psychology, sociology, history, political science, etc) as opposed to the quantitative mathematical sciences. In Math, I'll tell you if you're right or wrong (binomial) in a minute or two. History, Psychology, Political Science we can talk all day and never know really who's right/wrong. All we have are opinions and conjecture. Same in BB.

 

[Toranaga]

press conference pics.

flex taking pics:

must have been real good quality panels:

 

[blackbeard]

thats a man Baaaabbbyy!!!! those chcisk are nasty..
most pl'ing chcisk are so much better looking..
kara bohigian priscilla ribic etc

 

[pullinbig]

part of what gives these girls such hard facial features is the fact that they are dieted down. we have some in our gym that look great when they are a little plump. but whe they diet down they look down right mean. =0)

and yes, kara, julie, amy, pricilla are all ho9t as hell. even more so in person than in pics. these girls are freakin thick and you dont know how thick til you meat them. kara's tris woul make most guys on this board look sad.

 

[BigRonWannabee]

Toranaga, your basing your comparison on standing relaxed quarter turns? Compare the two guys in just about any one of the mandatory poses and its pretty clear who deserves to win the O. Ronnie even bested dex in the challenge round with an ab & thigh pose.

 

[Toranaga]

Toranaga, your basing your comparison on standing relaxed quarter turns? Compare the two guys in just about any one of the mandatory poses and its pretty clear who deserves to win the O. Ronnie even bested dex in the challenge round with an ab & thigh pose.

There are no "relaxed"poses -you have to keep everything tight perpetually while on stage. Judges and spectators don't close their eyes and play
peek-a- boo. There is constant scrutiny. Posing 101.

The ab-thigh round being awarded to Ronnie was very contentious.

Anyways, as I said, everyone's entitled to their opinion - that's BB. I stand by my remarks. Nothing more to it.