New OLYMPIA RULES AND ROUNDS

REA · Aug 21, 2004

ok, I picked up an M&F mag (not usual) and read up on the new changes for the olympia this year...
as you know the AMI/Weider has partnered up with IFBB at olympia.
the 1st change is will be addition of a scoreboard!!! (WE WILL KNOW THE SCORE BEFORE EVENING FINALS!!!)
the most muscular is now a mandatory pose....

and the weirdest... the "challenge" round..takes place during finals after posing routines. the top 6 will have the opportunity to call each other out and pose head to head...with potential to pick up points and move up in placing. the pro issuing the challenge will get to choose the pose the two men get to perform, resulting in one that will loose causing the score to change, then the challenger will have to hit a pose chosen by the other then changing the score again. imagine ronnie losing to dexter because he got his ass kicked on abs or quad pose??!!!!!

bigbadasian · Aug 21, 2004

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|--[\\\]>---------- Next they will issue a challenge to each other where the 2 competitors will race each other in the 50m dash, where the loser will mostly DIE b/c of the HUGE strain on the heart. If it were me, i'd just challenge each person to a Krispy Kreme donut eating contest...

muscle96ss · Aug 21, 2004

They're also charging $10 for the frickin expo this year.

TooPowerful4u · Aug 21, 2004

Its not a bad idea. Its just differrent from what were used to. I like the scoring system haha, its a little more fun than the old boring system where nobody knows whats goin on or anything. Ronnie wont lose to Dexter in ab n thigh cuase hel blow him away in everything else lol. It should be interesting to watch, we will see. . .

Maverick · Aug 21, 2004

I think personally this is a great idea. It allows individuals to showcase thier strong points and expose weaqk points in others instead of everybody staning up on the stage and having to decide between 5 guys at a time in a callout round. It think it will help to propel guys who might have got lower placing because they were overlooked into higher placings while other may actually go down in placing because thier name will not be able to carry them. I think this is a good change.

Maverick