Damn, that is some ridiculous ass strength right there! There are a lot of freaks in body building, but Kai is the freakiest bodybuilder ever, IMO. I'm not saying that he's the best ever, but from head to toe I don't see anyone beating him in the freak factor department. His back is just truly unbelievable. The dudes lat insertions literally go all the way down to his waist. Although I think others have better backs than him, his back is the thickest I've ever seen.
As far as Phil vs. Kai from the back, I think Phil wins and by a long margin. Yeah, Kai's back is much thicker, but as others have said, Phil's detail is out of this world and his thickness is impressive as well. The only thing I think Kai has better than Phil is his legs.... Well and over all thickness.
This might be giving Ramy too much credit, If anyone beats Phil at the O then I think it will be Ramy. There is no doubt that Kai should win at least one Mr. O, but unfortunately his personal life will keep him from putting a Sandow in his trophy room. His personal life doesn't bother me one bit..... Gay or straight, fucking grapefruit or any other produce, I don't care, but we all know how much politics rule this sport and they won't allow him to win bc of it unless he just comes in 110% and the other guys are only 80% which I don't see ever happening.
There are more politics in bodybuilding than in politics itself. If everyone comes in dialed in then I believe that your top 3 at this years Mr. O will be
1. Phil Heath
2. Big Ramy
3. Jay Cutler.