competition photos

[brojm]

here are some pics from this past weekend....im in the baby blue trunks...i got 6th. I think it was terrible judging...tell me what you think. The first pic is 1-6th place, with me bein 6th.

 

[brojm]

heres a few more....my downfall is my back detail....i have tried everything to bring more out...i just don't know what else to do...i think that and bein a little undersized is what the judges looked down on. My conditioning and symetry looked the best its ever looked tho

 

[Amazon Doll]

Congratulations on your show! You looked great!

I'm sure some of the folks here with a better eye on competition will chime is on why you didn't place well. They are brutal here

Did you get a chance to ask the judges?

 

[Gunsmith]

I think you looked great but i'm certainly not one to judge.

That stage look framiliar , is that the Southern Classic show in Jackson , MS?

I had some friends compete in that one this weekend

 

[db006]

you look great. but i dont think your back has a lack of detail, i think its more a lack of muscle and thickness.

 

[mountaindog1]

you look great. but i dont think your back has a lack of detail, i think its more a lack of muscle and thickness.

x2

 

[Thick1]

you look great. but i dont think your back has a lack of detail, i think its more a lack of muscle and thickness.

x3, yes you need to develop your back, deadlifts and heavy bent over rows along with pull-ups to build up your back.

If I were a judge I would have had you in 4th, looking at the pictures you had the only hamstring development. Good job and you do look good.

 

[brojm]

I think you looked great but i'm certainly not one to judge.

That stage look framiliar , is that the Southern Classic show in Jackson , MS?

I had some friends compete in that one this weekend

yes that was the Southern Classic....It was a real competitive show...thats for sure....Thanks everyone for the input...I know i have some work to be done. Im happy i was able to half way hang in there with this bein my first show in the open division...I weighed in at 189.6 and alot of them guys was pushin 198 in the light heavy...I think once i can get to the top of the class in weight, i will give them boys hell

 

[chris250]

You looked really good.. Tough show...

I would focus on the back, more thickness....Seems to be what held you back...

 

[GerryT]

Very good showing. With a few more pounds of muscle and more back development (as the others said), and a couple of posing adjustments, you could be a force. Hard to tell from photos, but I think 4th would have been a more accurate place.

Best of luck. Want any posing advice, just holler. I've coached several competitors.

 

[oldfella]

You could have been leaner/harder. You were holding too much water/fat and you still had 3 weeks of diet left in you. I would get to work on that back and get some thickness going on. Nothing speaks louder than a powerful back. Also you closed yourself in on your front lat pose. You need to open up. Place your hands out behind your hip pointers and pull your lats out by pulling elbows forward and shoulders down. This is all a learning process and use this to build on your future. You looked good but could have been much better. Pay closer attention to your diet and maybe give yourself more time on diet to get that extra lean/hard look. Good job bro and keep at it.

 

[suparay]

heres a few more....my downfall is my back detail....i have tried everything to bring more out...i just don't know what else to do...i think that and bein a little undersized is what the judges looked down on. My conditioning and symetry looked the best its ever looked tho

i sooo took that pic of u and ya girl lol

 

[ojs]

I like your hamstrings. They have a nice belly to them. But your back over all is a bit weak. I'd be suggesting T-Bar Rows, Deadlifts, Heavy Bent-Over Rows & Weighted Pull-Ups.

...just my 0.02 cents

 

[roddy]

yes that was the Southern Classic....It was a real competitive show...thats for sure....Thanks everyone for the input...I know i have some work to be done. Im happy i was able to half way hang in there with this bein my first show in the open division...I weighed in at 189.6 and alot of them guys was pushin 198 in the light heavy...I think once i can get to the top of the class in weight, i will give them boys hell

quality and quanity...size does not mean shit if its not conditioned. i have you at 3rd. 6th place was b.s. hitting at 189 that close you could of went to top of the middles. devote you back workout with deads and rows.

 

[brojm]

thanks fellas for the tips....i thought 3rd would have been a good placing to...and i even talked to one of the judges at my gym today and he said he placed me 3rd....I dunno...Just gonna put sum serious mass on my back and come in next year and hopefully be better.

 

[mexbeast]

i do not agree with the decision [based on pics] but time to move on no complaining, learn to feel your back, and maybe instead of doing 20 sets on 5 movements why not try 10 movement[exercises] 2 sets each? also always remember to pull with your elbows not your palms!

 

[winnivee]

Hey bro, we had a booth set up at the southern classic, i am from Jackson and the southern classic has become really competitive in past few years you looked good though. The guy who won over all had tons of mass on a small frame and came in super dry.

 

[brojm]

thanks bro...yea don't know if he should have took overall...but he took my class pretty easy...im still wondering how he made light heavys......of course i didn't see him weigh in....cuz i kno he was every bit of 210 on stage..if not more

 

[winnivee]

Yeah there is no doubt he was 210 or better... I knew several of the guys in your class. Buddy of mine took that class last year but placed 3rd in open this year.

 

[Mike Hunt]

here are some pics from this past weekend....im in the baby blue trunks...i got 6th. I think it was terrible judging...tell me what you think. The first pic is 1-6th place, with me bein 6th.

hard to tell from the pic of all you together, seems too far away but you individually could have been a little tighter and definately harder.

you have a nice build, legs are big, i noticed them first