Arnold Classic 2015 discussion

[Scaglietti]

way too much branch hate in here, his conditioning is Dorian-esque... it has to be rewarded strongly.... look at his quads in the pics above, no-one else on stage is in the same ballpark

[GreatDutchHope]

I really wish they would make scoring and judging these things more transparant.

[flangmasterj]

[AniMaLizTik]

If Beyeke just dieted an extra 2 months, he would be in a whole another league

[microspot]

way too much branch hate in here, his conditioning is Dorian-esque... it has to be rewarded strongly.... look at his quads in the pics above, no-one else on stage is in the same ballpark

I agree, condition and legs are amazing. that's half a body though, not 1st spot worthy when compared to Dexter who is complete for instance.
I just can't make sense of him placing ahead of Dexter but we shall see

[flangmasterj]

Rest of the pics here: http://gallery.rxmuscle.com/index.php?comparison=27842

[NVious]

I agree, condition and legs are amazing. that's half a body though, not 1st spot worthy when compared to Dexter who is complete for instance.
I just can't make sense of him placing ahead of Dexter but we shall see

Agreed, his conditioning and leg is amazing, thus we can forgo assymetry, torn muscles, no arms and a muddy back. After all it is called conditionlegbuilding.

[AniMaLizTik]

I agree, condition and legs are amazing. that's half a body though, not 1st spot worthy when compared to Dexter who is complete for instance.
I just can't make sense of him placing ahead of Dexter but we shall see

Branch is by far the most conditioned. Using the past 5 years of judging, I have him with the win. Dex and Ced in 2nd and 3rd, either way

[bartosh]

I see compton winning every pose other than rls. His legs from the front are winning that lineup

[flangmasterj]

It's......glorious.

[bubba289]

Branch is clearly not even in the same league as the other 3 up there. His physique is just plain ugly. Great conditioning, terrible physique.

[IBench5Pounds]

Don't like Branch's torso. It's like compressed or some chit. and the way his chest is makes it look out of proportion to the rest of him

[TheIronAsylum]

your Arnold classic winner on the right

[bartosh]

1 compton
2 ced
3 dex
4 branch
5 roelly

compton isn't as short as i was thinking thankfully

[RobberBaron13]

I agree, condition and legs are amazing. that's half a body though, not 1st spot worthy when compared to Dexter who is complete for instance.
I just can't make sense of him placing ahead of Dexter but we shall see

Having sick wheels doesnt cancel off having the worst midsection of the 4 guys in these pics.Or the least impressive back in the bdb.
Dex and Cedric look the best.

[SammyJr]

Branch second? you wish
top spot baby, contest are won from hamstrings

we hammies now

[whiskeyjackie]

Dexter has this.

Tonight = BB history. You will tell your grandchildren "yeah, I saw Dex winning his 5th Arnold".

[microspot]

Branch is by far the most conditioned. Using the past 5 years of judging, I have him with the win. Dex and Ced in 2nd and 3rd, either way

agreed, I expect from the judges

1.Branch
2.Dexter
3.Justin
4.Cedric

I think Branch conditioning should be rewarded as it is amazing, top 4 is reward enough for it imo and the more complete package of the others should prevail in my opinion. But that's me.

[extricate]

Branch is by far the most conditioned. Using the past 5 years of judging, I have him with the win. Dex and Ced in 2nd and 3rd, either way

Okay on the conditioning, now what abut all the other criteria?

[Unbiasedfan]

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your Arnold classic winner on the right

sigh

[flangmasterj]

So pretty.

[RobberBaron13]

Branch is clearly not even in the same league as the other 3 up there. His physique is just plain ugly. Great conditioning, terrible physique.

Bb is not about who has the prettiest phisique man.
Yates was also but ugly compared to Wheeler,Levrone or Ray.Still beat their ass.

[whiskeyjackie]

So pretty.

Legs looking great, no doubt about it

[flangmasterj]

Bb is not about who has the prettiest phisique man.
Yates was also but ugly compared to Wheeler,Levrone or Ray.Still beat their ass.

Don't compare Branch to Dorian please.

[RoroCwalker]

You're right, but you know how unpredictable and partisan the judges can be.

Indeed.

judging is actually going good IMO. How many hours until the finals? 4 ?

@roro.. will that chat still be up ?

Yes, it's still up.

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The top 3 should be between Dex/Cedric/Justin, IMO.

Dex's FDB/FLS/BDB gets overshadowed by Cedric's.

Dexter's side poses, MM and possible RLS, is what's going to hard to contest.

Compton's size, from the front, gets overshadowed by Cedric's as well, but his back impressively held its own against Cedric's, despite not being as vast.

Cedric's conditioning from the bottom rear, gets exposed by Justin's and Dexter's. Also Cedric is a little too dark and oily, IMO.

I could see any of them taking it, it's very close, from the footage we've seen.

Let's wait for the Team-Andro pictures.

Branch's asymmetry and lack of lat flare in the FDB + lack of size, is simply too disadvantageous compared to the other's flaws. His conditioning is great, but he only holds his own against the others in the side poses.

[TheIronAsylum]

1 Beyeke
2Bpak
3Evan centopanties
4 the Italian NAtural
5 Torn outerQuadMCgee

[203mh]

Bb is not about who has the prettiest phisique man.
Yates was also but ugly compared to Wheeler,Levrone or Ray.Still beat their ass.

Dorian also didn't look like a midget in the lineup with a torn quad, torn lat, a back that looks like it was liquified on photoshop, torn triceps and a massive gap in the chest either.

[DOC]

Great show I think branch has it though, minus 1 or 2 poses he looks really good.

[myProgress]

Dang wtf. They aren't natty I guess?

[bubba289]

Great show I think branch has it though, minus 1 or 2 poses he looks really good.

I can't even tell who's trolling and who's not anymore.