2008 Olympia

[CSAR]

Tony Freeman won 2 shows in the Europa...can he hold his conditioning into the O?
Branch Warren just had surgery to repair a torn triceps cause by falling down the stairs? WTF?!

[ayomacs]

wow dexter. dat still that dude competin way back in the day? At least he has got confidence to do that silly dance up on stage. Big ups for him being ready to comply. Definently knows how to hold down a comp from what i saw. Cutler will probably beat his asses. ****, im hoping he could pull it off and not be brushed off like he was recently

[Carlos_E]

wow dexter. dat still that dude competin way back in the day? At least he has got confidence to do that silly dance up on stage. Big ups for him being ready to comply. Definently knows how to hold down a comp from what i saw. Cutler will probably beat his asses. ****, im hoping he could pull it off and not be brushed off like he was recently

Who are you? Dexter doesn't dance on stage.

[Chode Logan]

I don't know what it is but I dislike Dexter. Hearing all this talk about him has me a bit confused, I just don't get it. To me, incomparison shots Heath has him beat out in atleast 75% of them. Sure, Dexter has more "Mature" (stupid saying) muscles but come on. Not to mention he's a retard, that interview at the arnold COULD have been funny but he just mumbled and giggled it was stupid.

In my opinion, the reason the battle is being hyped is so Weider/muscletech (weird, both BBers are signed to both companies!) want to put on a battle they can't lose. They don't give a shite who wins cause either way it's there boy. So they feed the hype machine and then people start believing it. He does look big in the recent pics, but we'll see how he turns out. In my opinion he looks boring and unimpressive compared to Wolf, Heath, Freeman etc.

[novastepp]

Jay Cutler.

[Carlos_E]

@ people thinking Wolf will place higher than Dexter.



I'm still

[RuhlFreak55]

i hate dexter......

[Reed]

This is one is getting bumped up

[Reed]

IMO. Looking at prejudging.
1. Phil
2. Dexter
3. Freeman
4. Wolf

What it probably is
1. Jay
2. Dexter
3. Phil
4. Freeman
Sorry had to edit, keep on seeing more and more pics
Still more rounds to go, somebody could slip

[novastepp]

is there going to be a webcast again??????

[Reed]

There is a webcast but it blows. Its a bb.com. Alot of people including myself are having problems with it. It was choppy last night and then it just quit on me. Least I got to see Phil and several others. Didn't see Jay, Wolf, or Dexter. But from what I saw everyone looked to be in great shape this year

[Carlos_E]

There is a webcast but it blows. Its a bb.com. Alot of people including myself are having problems with it. It was choppy last night and then it just quit on me. Least I got to see Phil and several others. Didn't see Jay, Wolf, or Dexter. But from what I saw everyone looked to be in great shape this year

The replays from last night are slow as shit to download as well. It took me over an hour just to load the first 10 minutes of the show and now the link stopped. It's crap!

[novastepp]

Damnit, I'm going to have to settle for that then i suppose. Last year's webcast was great. Hopefully they increase the bw tonight.

[Reed]

Jay missed his mark again. And personally I don't like his shape. Though massive due to politics he will win

Toney Freeman was the best he has ever looked.

Phil Heath looks to me to be the best out there.

Dexter was conditioned but not enough size in his legs or overall size for that matter

Wolf was over dieted, hopefully he will fill up for tonights show. Chad better have his ass carb up

[novastepp]

Carlos, or anyone else... any better webcasts for tonights show?

[Flex-Appeal]

I agree for the most part reed, dex is not going to do as well as I thought.
I can't believe wolf!? WTF dude! He was suppose to give jay a run for his money.
Wolf does have the smallest waist size though.
Jay's sheer size is supperior to all what's new.

[Reed]

Yeah, Jay should not in anyway place ahead of Phil, Dex, or Wolf. The judges legitimacy will be in question IMO if Jay wins but then again thats just pre-judging.

Wolf did make slight improvements in the back but in seems to me he lost some sweep and quad size, or maybe the added size gave the illusion of such. But due to his over dieting and being flat I'd have to but freeman ahead of him.

Imagine if Branch, Kai, and Victor were in this line up!!!! Hopefully next year it would be like this
But IMO Phil Heath was the winner of the Olympia after prejudging.

[Reed]

Surprised we don't have more bodybuilding fans on this site though.

[novastepp]

silvio samuel, looked really good. i'm just now going through the guys' prejudging. he looked good.

[novastepp]

not a fan of dennis james this year.

[novastepp]

heath looked good, but is lacking in the wheels category.

[Reed]

heath looked good, but is lacking in the wheels category.

To who?? I really don't see that at all. They could use some improvements and get bigger but they are equal to the rest of his physique. Travel to md.com and they have all the pics you need. Heath's wheels are better than dexters and freemans. And his hamstring drop is better than Wolf or Jay. Look at his definition of his hamstrings from the back. Its insane

[novastepp]

dude, might not be a top 5er for sure, but ronny rockel looks awesome.

[Reed]

Yeah and Rockel looked really really good, his height in the judging is what I believe does him in. I think Silvo was the best conditioned athlete in the show, definitely better than at the Arnold

[novastepp]

no posts??

[novastepp]

jay
dexter
freeman
heath
wolf

[novastepp]

it keeps messin up. i cant explain anything

[Reed]

Its cool, Heath has flaws, narrow clavicles, lacking size in chest and I see what your saying with his legs from the side, they could get bigger def but compared to the other potential top 6 IMO they are on point. But you can't give the most prestigous title in bodybuilding to someone with HUGE aesthetic issues and that is Jay.

[Fat Guy]

Anyone got any pics or coverage of some of the events? It would be great to see some of it… thanks

[Reed]

Go to md.com but you may have to sign up to continue to look at the pics. I haven't found a link that works for the webcast

[Reed]

A quote that might stand true:

Judging a bodybuilding show has got to be one of the most difficult and thankless jobs on earth. But, I gotta tell ya, if the judging is really that bad two years in a row there is going to be a freakin' riot in that building. Given that most of the audience is jacked, that's not a very comforting thought. So, either Mr. O shows up looking like the champion he is, or someone else is taking his place. I just can't see it happening any other way. Not if we still want to have bodybuilding on Monday morning.

[Reed]

Edit

[novastepp]

i got through almost the entire prejudging w/o a skip or a single stall. now i cant even move a second...

[Reed]

So who you got in your top 6 nova??? I might have to re do mine.

[Reed]

Here this is mine and I'll leave as is. Dexter was off during pre judging so thats why I have Phil above him.

1. Phil
2. Dex
3. Freeman
4. Wolf
5. Fridge
6. Silvo

[Reed]

Who you got in your top 6 Mr. Carlos

[Carlos_E]

Who you got in your top 6 Mr. Carlos

I'm still trying to watch the replay. I watched the presidential debates last night.

Judging by photos, Jay looks awful!

[Carlos_E]

If you want to see picts, Graphic Muscle's photos are much higher quality than MD.

http://contests.ironmanmagazine.com/...testYearID=819

Also great photos on Flexonline.com. Scroll down for the Men's prejudging photos.

http://www.flexonline.com/2008_mr_ol...dging/news/583

[Flex-Appeal]

jay dex and heath look like a solid place in the top 4

[Flex-Appeal]

dex has better striations then jay but then jay has more size/mass then dex

this contest is based on sheer size/body mass