[quote]jacross wrote:
I saw a video of this fat guy going for a PR on the bench. He got the bar down fine (for a second), then all of a sudden he went from fat to very very thin. It was hilarious, then extremely disturbing, then hilarious, then disturbing, then hilarious (with a slight tinge of curiosity as to whether he was dead). It’s like the bar went right through him. The bastard committed seppuku on the bench press.
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Here is ur “fat guy”
Hooray for bench shirts!
[quote]Miserere wrote:
The Real Deal at 13th. That says it all. No GH guts this year, and X-frames will be rewarded. Yeah, right.
The biggest gut I can find asthetic is Victor Martinez’s, anything bigger than that I don’t believe should belong in a BB show. Where was Melvin Anthony? 7th.
I can just imagine Lee Priest sitting at home enjoying a bucket of KFC watching the Mr O and laughing his head off.
I think the way to make the Mr Olympia more appealing is to split it into two different competitions:
Mr Olympia: A show for bodybuilders like Melvin Anthony, Lee Priest, Chris Cormier, etc.
Mr Freakia: A show for bodybuilders like Ronnie, Jay Cutler, Gunter, Markus, and the king of overhyped BBers, Gustavo Badell. Here they would be free to compare distended bellies, where points would actually be awarded to their guts according to the apparent month of gestation, so, say Gustavo looks like he’s 4 months pregnant; he gets 4 points for it.[/quote]
I agree with you on almost everything, except Gunter. Look at the pix of him from this year: he looks better and less blocky than he’s ever looked.
The sad truth, however, is that when I wanted to find out the Olympia results, only bodybuilding websites had any information at all. BB’s “world series” wasn’t mentioned on any mainstream TV, print, or web media. No Sportcenter, nothing.
The World Series of Poker gets a mention on the news. So does the kid who wins the Spelling Bee every year. Fuck, there’s even a blur about the biggest pumpkin!
Is it that the country sees pro BB as fixed, disgusting, or both?
(I think both, too.)
[quote]Viking69 wrote:
jacross wrote:
I saw a video of this fat guy going for a PR on the bench. He got the bar down fine (for a second), then all of a sudden he went from fat to very very thin. It was hilarious, then extremely disturbing, then hilarious, then disturbing, then hilarious (with a slight tinge of curiosity as to whether he was dead). It’s like the bar went right through him. The bastard committed seppuku on the bench press.
Here is ur “fat guy”
Hooray for bench shirts!
http://media.putfile.com/BenchPress25
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And the dipshit MC asks whether he will have another try!
He didn’t seem in a good way, ol Gene. Is he okay?
[quote]Miserere wrote:
The Real Deal at 13th. That says it all. No GH guts this year, and X-frames will be rewarded. Yeah, right.[/quote]
Chris Cormier was sadly out of shape(in comparison to other pros on stage). You can see he looks flat with very little striations and detail…that is why he placed 13. Having an x-frame is great but you still have to show up in shape to place higher.
Ronnie and the others look better this year ,having reduced there waists substantially. I mean lets face it when your over 300lbs…everything is bigger,even your waist.
The contest on whole definitely could be presented better however.
[quote]Viking69 wrote:
Here is ur “fat guy”
Hooray for bench shirts!
http://media.putfile.com/BenchPress25
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For the record i think Gene R is awesome, but the bench shirt thing has gotten out of hand. That was some funny shit when the MC says “Is he going to try it again”(What an idiot!) . Then triple H says “I don’t think so, he just had his spleen squished
by over 1000lbs!” That was Funny!
[quote]Viking69 wrote:
jacross wrote:
I saw a video of this fat guy going for a PR on the bench. He got the bar down fine (for a second), then all of a sudden he went from fat to very very thin. It was hilarious, then extremely disturbing, then hilarious, then disturbing, then hilarious (with a slight tinge of curiosity as to whether he was dead). It’s like the bar went right through him. The bastard committed seppuku on the bench press.
Here is ur “fat guy”
Hooray for bench shirts!
http://media.putfile.com/BenchPress25
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Was that Josh Koscheck(sp) from TUF one?
[quote]MarcAnthony wrote:
How tall is ron coleman?
I never thought I’d say this but he’s being dwarfed by Ben Weider and some other schmoe in that pic.[/quote]
Are you blind? Dwarfed by Ben weider. Ronnie looks maybe an inch shorter, big deal. He’s bare foot and Ben Probably has those shoes that add an inch to your height they used to have ads for in their magazines, LOL!
[quote]harris447 wrote:
Miserere wrote:
The Real Deal at 13th. That says it all. No GH guts this year, and X-frames will be rewarded. Yeah, right.
The biggest gut I can find asthetic is Victor Martinez’s, anything bigger than that I don’t believe should belong in a BB show. Where was Melvin Anthony? 7th.
I can just imagine Lee Priest sitting at home enjoying a bucket of KFC watching the Mr O and laughing his head off.
I think the way to make the Mr Olympia more appealing is to split it into two different competitions:
Mr Olympia: A show for bodybuilders like Melvin Anthony, Lee Priest, Chris Cormier, etc.
Mr Freakia: A show for bodybuilders like Ronnie, Jay Cutler, Gunter, Markus, and the king of overhyped BBers, Gustavo Badell. Here they would be free to compare distended bellies, where points would actually be awarded to their guts according to the apparent month of gestation, so, say Gustavo looks like he’s 4 months pregnant; he gets 4 points for it.
I agree with you on almost everything, except Gunter. Look at the pix of him from this year: he looks better and less blocky than he’s ever looked.
The sad truth, however, is that when I wanted to find out the Olympia results, only bodybuilding websites had any information at all. BB’s “world series” wasn’t mentioned on any mainstream TV, print, or web media. No Sportcenter, nothing.
The World Series of Poker gets a mention on the news. So does the kid who wins the Spelling Bee every year. Fuck, there’s even a blur about the biggest pumpkin!
Is it that the country sees pro BB as fixed, disgusting, or both?
(I think both, too.)[/quote]
This is spot on, The Spelling Bee winner is mentioned, but nothing of the Olympia winner! Something needs to be done and Fast!
[quote]SWR-1222D wrote:
randman wrote:
Did Ronnie add another 40 lbs of lean muscle tissue this year again? What is he now? 400lbs, 1.5 % bodyfat 
I wonder what his body-internal-organ percentage is?
He might have a world record.[/quote]
LOL! He might make it to the ripe old age of 45, then again he might not…
[quote]Ironlung wrote:
Viking69 wrote:
jacross wrote:
I saw a video of this fat guy going for a PR on the bench. He got the bar down fine (for a second), then all of a sudden he went from fat to very very thin. It was hilarious, then extremely disturbing, then hilarious, then disturbing, then hilarious (with a slight tinge of curiosity as to whether he was dead). It’s like the bar went right through him. The bastard committed seppuku on the bench press.
Here is ur “fat guy”
Hooray for bench shirts!
http://media.putfile.com/BenchPress25
Was that Josh Koscheck(sp) from TUF one?
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Guys, guys…we’re all happy that there was a moment for the powelifters out there, but this is professional bodybulding. So, the question isn’t: did he lift the weight?
The question is: did he have striated glutes? 
Anybody hear exactly what happened to Gene? I guess he is out of the hospital, but what happened?
[quote]D-Rock112 wrote:
Anybody hear exactly what happened to Gene? I guess he is out of the hospital, but what happened?[/quote]
he’s going for 1025 next week.
his new quintuple steel ply’s gonna help.
[quote]wufwugy wrote:
D-Rock112 wrote:
Anybody hear exactly what happened to Gene? I guess he is out of the hospital, but what happened?
he’s going for 1025 next week.
his new quintuple steel ply’s gonna help.[/quote]
hahahahaha. that was funny.
[quote]Viking69 wrote:
jacross wrote:
I saw a video of this fat guy going for a PR on the bench. He got the bar down fine (for a second), then all of a sudden he went from fat to very very thin. It was hilarious, then extremely disturbing, then hilarious, then disturbing, then hilarious (with a slight tinge of curiosity as to whether he was dead). It’s like the bar went right through him. The bastard committed seppuku on the bench press.
Here is ur “fat guy”
Hooray for bench shirts!
http://media.putfile.com/BenchPress25
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Gene is still the man.
Sorry guys I should have explained. The video I saw was not at the Olympia, just something the original poster said jogged my memory. In that video the guy gets squashed a little bit. In my video, the bar goes in about 3 times that and his legs fling up.
To the guy that had a go at me crapping on about blah blah you don’t know about powerlifting…I apologise, I should have made it clearer, you are a human being just like others and I wish to spread joy and good vibes into your life. You are not my enemy brother…by the way fuck you.
I’ll see if I can find my video. Gene is one tough bastard, I don’t think I’d have the courage to try something like that, let alone the strength, hell 200 pounds scares me at the moment
Is it me or was the spotter on Gene’s right a little slow in seeing the severity of the situation?
But I guess it’s a tough call.
[quote]jacross wrote:
To the guy that had a go at me crapping on about blah blah you don’t know about powerlifting…I apologise, I should have made it clearer, you are a human being just like others and I wish to spread joy and good vibes into your life. You are not my enemy brother…by the way fuck you.[/quote]
instant classic … i like your style!!!
Bastard
[quote]Natural Nate wrote:
Is it me or was the spotter on Gene’s right a little slow in seeing the severity of the situation?
But I guess it’s a tough call.[/quote]
Maybe a little bit but what can you really do. He’s either going to make that weight, or get hurt. The speed of the spotter just dictates how hurt he gets.
OK, what the heck is a thread on the Mr Olympia doing on the Strength Sports forum?
[quote]sharetrader wrote:
OK, what the heck is a thread on the Mr Olympia doing on the Strength Sports forum?[/quote]
It’s just to piss you off. Working?