Pictures from Pre Judging of the Top 4

[Razorback666]

Take your pic, I still cant see Kai winning.

[Razorback666]

[balls2wall]

lol all these angles work against kai.

replay the webcast or post pics from front on

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That's a bad angle to judge. From left to right it looks like 1,2,3,4... but that's what angle does.

[Loctus]

That's a bad angle to judge. From left to right it looks like 1,2,3,4... but that's what angle does.

This lol. Dexter looks like the clearcut winner in those pics.

[Razorback666]

Well all the other pics were from the other side. Nobody has pics from front on.

[Razorback666]

Also: look at Kai's gut. That thing is massive

[Loctus]

Also: look at Kai's gut. That thing is massive

Find me a pic where kai is hitting a pose and his gut is massive. He did a very good job hiding it today.

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Find me a pic where kai is hitting a pose and his gut is massive. He did a very good job hiding it today.

He had his stomach under control today and what a difference it made.

At first I thought Phil won it, but the more I look at the photos Kai just out muscles him (except arms of course).

[MikeMurda]

Also: look at Kai's gut. That thing is massive

Its not as bad as it was at olympia. It was really out there at olympia.

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Also: look at Kai's gut. That thing is massive

He just needs some Metamucil.

[Penile_Dementia]

Its not as bad as it was at olympia. It was really out there at olympia.

i thought it was a lot better at the olympia. his gut hurt his double bi today. most particularly, it protruded much more at the top (Ronnie style) than it did at the Olympia.

[Fowles]

from this angle the placing shoulda went :
dexter, phil, kai, branch.

...duh

[NaturalLoco]

even though the angle is ****ed up, you can clearly see how conditioned branch is, i loveit

[Razorback666]

Branch looks bigger than everyone in these pics still lol

[NaturalLoco]

Branch looks bigger than everyone in these pics still lol

lol i agree

[NotYetThere]

he actually lost in the prejudging anyways so whats your point?

[balls2wall]

i thought it was a lot better at the olympia. his gut hurt his double bi today. most particularly, it protruded much more at the top (Ronnie style) than it did at the Olympia.

Disagree. I think his gut was best its ever been.

You need to look at shots taken front on to see. (not myspace angles)

[justin_smith850]

phil makes some funny faces....lol.

[Rsardinia]

He had his stomach under control today and what a difference it made.

At first I thought Phil won it, but the more I look at the photos Kai just out muscles him (except arms of course).

Although you are pretty much right, look at Kai's crab MM pose. His biceps are like ****ing baseballs and his tricep in the side tri pose is striated too. I think Phil's arms just look better from an aesthetics standpoint but Kai's arms are damn freaky too. Check his biceps in the RDB.

[Penile_Dementia]

Disagree. I think his gut was best its ever been.

You need to look at shots taken front on to see. (not myspace angles)

I'm not sure what to do with your lat spread pic. I'll focus on this shot.

Unfortunately, almost all angles are "myspace" angles. This was immediately noticeable in the videos of both events the second the fdb shot was hit, where perfect front on shots don't show up often enough to hide distention.

And his stomach is noticeably protruding and giving a rounded appearance in that FDB, despite being totally front on. Whichever you think looks better is one thing, but he clearly had more distention at today's show than at the Olympia.

2009 Olympia:



2009 Olympia myspace angles:





2010 Arnold:

[Penile_Dementia]

Despite the "myspace angle", Kai's taper is killer in this Olympia fdb shot. This was the same story in the Olympia webcast, and any picture I can find from any bodybuilding covering outlet. I would give him this pose.



Kai's taper is offset by his gut, despite the front on shot. This was the same story in the Arnold webcast, and most if not all pictures I can find from any bodybuilding covering outlet. Certainly more so than at the Olympia. I would place him last in the post this time.



The difference is only a slight bulge, but it changes the pose dramatically (how the lines converge, and thus the taper). People were praising Kai's fdb after the Olympia for a reason, and it is once again coming under fire, for a reason.

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Although you are pretty much right, look at Kai's crab MM pose. His biceps are like ****ing baseballs and his tricep in the side tri pose is striated too. I think Phil's arms just look better from an aesthetics standpoint but Kai's arms are damn freaky too. Check his biceps in the RDB.

Tis true...

[Razorback666]

Kai looked watery as **** in pre judging. I'm still gonna say that

[stealth_swimmer]

Kai looked watery as **** in pre judging. I'm still gonna say that

from those pics (and from the vid), I think Branch looked to be holding the most water out of all of them. Kai was full but he wasn't holding a lot of water. Mainly in his chest and delts, but not as much as you make it seem.