Haven’t seen all the poses or that great photos but I think Brandon looks on. His upper body probably looks a bit ahead of Ramy’s but Ramy’s legs are crazy. All depends on what Ramy brings tomorrow IMO. Last year he really got the second night right, if he does it again he wins IMO, if not Brandon a chance.
I would say, considering judging bodybuilding is subjective, there might be some subconscious bias hoping that Hunter can follow in his father’s footsteps.
That said, I’d like to see the variation of placement Hunter receives. Isn’t the head judge that makes the first callout, or do the judges have some discussion before making that first callout?
Ramy looks huge…but the videos are so, shall I say “not sharp”? Hard to really assess just how good the fellas are. I’ve heard youtubers and bloggers indicating the video just doesn’t do the athletes justice…being there to really see the shape these guys are in is the only way to really tell.
That being said, from pics and videos available that I have seen, Ramy looks huge but definitely NOT as sharp as last year. Then again…I actually think he looks better as I am more of an overall size and shape versus razor cuts. Not that I don’t like the cuts, but I don’t think conditioning wins over size and shape (not saying the winner should have NO conditioning mind you).
Brandon…now I am surprised as his improvements. To me his physique is what I personally think is Mr. Olympia. Size, shape, condition…sometimes a person’s genetic gifts just gives too much of an advantage. My opinion of course.
Hadi needs to be in the picture. I wanted to see the final 3 to be Ramy, Brandon, and Hadi. I think if they did that, Hadi’s conditioning and shape would have provided yet another option for the judges.
Exciting, exciting competition for sure!!!
Going in favorite though for me was Hollingshead. I LOVE his training style and personality.
Looking at higher quality pictures, I’d say he is the second best conditioned guy up there. Hadi is the most conditioned, he is shredded to the bone and so much more so than the others that he should have been compared to first a bit more.
The pictures must be way better than video because although Hunter is doing better than I thought he would, he looks the least conditioned to me. No separation.
