My placings if I had judged the O

[Phidias]

Honestly, this year sucked. If you haven't, go read what Iabadman has to say about it in his thread "My take on the O". Right on track...

1/ Dexter
2/ Wolf
3/ Victor
4/ Johnny Jackson
5/ Henry
6/ Gustavo
7/ Coleman

The others... well... I could name a few (a lot in fact ) of amateurs who would had deserved to be on the O stage in their places...

A lot of guys were soft and most had abused seo in their arms.

WORST CASE WAS SILVIO... look at his front double bi... the inflammation is so ridiculous Nobody told him he had to stop site injecting weeks before to make sure the swelling goes away

No disrespect meant here cause we all know how hard this sport is, but it really pisses me off to see guys with great lines/symmetry ruin their physique in a desperate attempt to look 0.005% better

 

[Phidias]

Something has definitely gone wrong with his overall physique, but at least you can see the difference between Ronnie's striated/non oiled arms and most other competitors...

 

[nosmas]

Phidas (or anyone that can tell) what does a novice need to look for to see the obvious site inject swell. I want to notice this on them but dont have the EYE for it.

 

[Phidias]

Nosmas,

In Silvio's case it's pretty obvious: his bis are so inflammated from the trauma that an oedema has formed at the end of the long portion, near from the elbow... notice how there is absolutely NO SPACE between the muscle and the elbow when he flexes... it's a "build-up" of water that normally goes away a few days after an inject.

On the contrary, when you look at Ronnie's pics, you can see at least 2 cm of paper thin skin between the biceps and the elbow when he flexes.

General signs are a lack of definition/separation and a swollen look.

Ripped legs/abs should mean ripped arms

 

[nosmas]

Thank you P.

 

[BULKING_N]

Nice post guys.. So far i havent seen anyone post about Darrem Charles. IMO I think he should have made it in the top 10 and he was overlooked big time. Not because he is from my home I support him 100%, but he is one of the very few competitors year after year and so many guys who were really out of condition were put ahead of him! Yes, Darrem got smaller legs and can be easily shadowed but hes not called the Sultan of Symmtery for nothing.