Cedric In 2014

[NVious]

[NVious]

Pepper yourself IFBB

[bartosh]

dominating this years' 3/4th place finishers at the O. yikes

[JD009]

With the full year he's taken off I hope Ced comes in and nails it, such a work of art!

[B-Neva]

he ****ing better be in condition his next show

[SammyJr]

neva is pissed today

[TropicalSunset]

He is ****ting all over Wolf there.

[RoroCwalker]

Cedric's back in the BDB is top 2-3 material.

[B-Neva]

neva is pissed today

****!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Patrick-DK]

Ced is the coolest guy out there, and def has a top physique. Can't wait to see how he will place in 2015. Cedric has a much more pleasing and impressive physique than Wolf IMO.

[PaLftr]

Laying the smackdown on Wolf and Rhoden.


Would make Phil Heath look like an ugly little troll.

[lukamura]

Once he shredded 1-3 places at the O.

He's like Arnold with *** genetics.

[Milone79]

all the tools to win the whole thing but needs to get his conditioning act right!!

[transformerchad]

Cedric suffers from the same issue as Beyeke , its always IF IF IF IF he comes in shredded

Its a big thing for Cedric to come in shredded , hardly ever happens . Can confidently say he comes in "off" more often than conditioned .

IF Cedric can nail his conditioning consistently and figure out the formula then he may have a shot at 1-3 no doubt in my mind . Age will eventually catch up to him he isnt young by any means , personally dont think he will ever win an O , BUT u never know with the IFBB these days .

[NVious]

Cedric suffers from the same issue as Beyeke , its always IF IF IF IF he comes in shredded

Its a big thing for Cedric to come in shredded , hardly ever happens . Can confidently say he comes in "off" more often than conditioned .

IF Cedric can nail his conditioning consistently and figure out the formula then he may have a shot at 1-3 no doubt in my mind . Age will eventually catch up to him he isnt young by any means , personally dont think he will ever win an O , BUT u never know with the IFBB these days .

Ehhh, he has pretty much always come in with shredded glutes/separated hammies and a Christmas tree (look at how he owns the back shots vs Wolf/Rhoden, not only as far as size, but head to toe conditioning as well). He does hold water from the front, but if you look at his overall conditioning, it's actually really damn good and even his quads have gotten feathered in recent times.

The IFBB just hates him for some reason, I've never seen a bodybuilder with:
Christmas tree back
Striated glutes/hammies
Separation in the chest/delts/arms
Quad feathering

Get hated on so much, buh buh his ABS AREN'T CRISP!!!! Lol look at your last Mr Olympia and that should tell you everything you need to know

[tom11]

Cedric has a good structure but I am not getting hyped for him again until I see him compete with a respectable conditioning.

[BOUNTYHUNTERMK2]

Please Ced come in crisp next year....

[letsthrive]

Cedric has a good structure but I am not getting hyped for him again until I see him compete with a respectable conditioning.

Striated lats from top to bottom, separated lower back, hamstrings separated from top to bottom, striated triceps in the BDB, and chest/delts striated top to bottom.

And this isn't 'respectable conditioning'. You are a prime example of how the false 'terrible conditioning' myth got perpetuated.

[Unbiasedfan]

Striated lats from top to bottom, separated lower back, hamstrings separated from top to bottom, striated triceps in the BDB, and chest/delts striated top to bottom.

And this isn't 'respectable conditioning'. You are a prime example of how the false 'terrible conditioning' myth got perpetuated.

That is when he won the nyp right? The hype increased at that show, he looked phenomenal. Faded quickly (baring in mind he still had the potential) after some bad showing iirc.

Even in the pics above he looks soft in comparison, even considering lower pic quality.

[letsthrive]

That is when he won the nyp right? The hype increased at that show, he looked phenomenal. Faded quickly (baring in mind he still had the potential) after some bad showing iirc.

Even in the pics above he looks soft in comparison, even considering lower pic quality.

Yep. 2012 NY Pro, he was very dry there. 2012 > 2013 but 2014 > 2012.

Still don't think he's far behind(if not equal/better) conditioning wise than Wolf and Rhoden, especially at the AC.
Not to mention being superior in everything else, besides quad sweep.

[bartosh]

Yep. 2012 NY Pro, he was very dry there. 2012 > 2013 but 2014 > 2012.

Still don't think he's far behind(if not equal/better) conditioning wise than Wolf and Rhoden, especially at the AC.
Not to mention being superior in everything else, besides quad sweep.

This is why i don't like the judging criteria of "shredded glutes > all"
branch has a watery back yet shredded glutes. Judges call him the best conditioned person. Cedric has a shredded entire body, dry glutes but no straitions in them but judges call him way off.

[Jonphinguyen7]

For some reason when Cedric poses alone his physique doesn't "wow" me. But put him next to the other competitors and he becomes amazing

[Gorky88]

When I saw Cedric live, I was like this man has all the tools to become mr.Olympia.

He beats Dennis and Shawn in poses. Yet, he still doesnt have the same conditioning, dryness, separation in some areas.

Until he flexes, he always looks a bit soft and he wasnt beating either of them imo in that Arnold but he was very close to them without a doubt. if he is on he is amazing and he can go toe to toe with anyone

[stealth_swimmer]

With the full year he's taken off I hope Ced comes in and nails it, such a work of art!

agreed. If he was in condition like Wolf, he would've won the whole show. That was the only thing holding him back there. Just seems to plague him.

When I saw Cedric live, I was like this man has all the tools to become mr.Olympia.

He beats Dennis and Shawn in poses. Yet, he still doesnt have the same conditioning, dryness, separation in some areas.

Until he flexes, he always looks a bit soft and he wasnt beating either of them imo in that Arnold but he was very close to them without a doubt. if he is on he is amazing and he can go toe to toe with anyone

agreed! if he comes in ripped, he could win the Olympia!

[hzx]

If he can nail his conditioning I can see him being a real threat

[RoroCwalker]

People honestly think that Cedric's conditioning is holding him back?
It's the dues bro, the dues, gotta pay the dues.

[tom11]

[img]http://kulturistika.ronnie.cz/img/data/clanky/normal/12148_15.jpg[img]

Striated lats from top to bottom, separated lower back, hamstrings separated from top to bottom, striated triceps in the BDB, and chest/delts striated top to bottom.

And this isn't 'respectable conditioning'. You are a prime example of how the false 'terrible conditioning' myth got perpetuated.

How many shows has Cedric actually showed up like this? And like it or not, glutes ARE being judged in today's bodybuilding whether we agree with that or not. So not having striated glutes does hold him back despite being entirely genetic.

Also are you aware that Kai had ALL those things you listed and it wasn't enough for him to win? Gotta "pay the dues" man...

[letsthrive]

Cedric has a good structure but I am not getting hyped for him again until I see him compete with a respectable conditioning.

How many shows has Cedric actually showed up like this? And like it or not, glutes ARE being judged in today's bodybuilding whether we agree with that or not. So not having striated glutes does hold him back despite being entirely genetic.

Also are you aware that Kai had ALL those things you listed and it wasn't enough for him to win? Gotta "pay the dues" man...

So first it's a matter of showing up lean, now it's a matter of consistency? Sick backpedalling.

Not having striated glutes hasn't held Dennis Wolf back.

Kai didn't win because he wasn't as lean as Phil. He was watery and soft.

[SammyJr]

^those are the only 2 pics that pop up when that argument is made

[letsthrive]

^those are the only 2 pics that pop up when that argument is made




[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/g4qsgnj.jpgMG]

Phil hasn't fully his this pose. Either way, Kai still looks watery.
I've already gone over this in my analysis, here are more than just 3 photos:
http://imgur.com/a/eGdUW#0

And my thread for reference:
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...&p=1296186011#