[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Stronghold wrote:
And his arms aren’t big enough? He’s carrying the same amount of size there proportionally as Jay.
I had Branch and Dex at the top. Couldn’t decide where to put them as they were pretty equal in terms of conditioning with Branch carrying muscularity and Dex carrying aesthetics. Branch had Jay matched on muscularity (coming in around 10 lbs lighter than Jay, but being significantly shorter) and much more aesthetically pleasing with that dense look, full delts, and a tighter waist. I had Jay at 5th at best. I just don’t see how he didn’t get docked for his 42" waist and thick, striation less skin. Perhaps these are just things that the judges have come to expect of Jay in the 8 years of lackluster showings since 2001 (arguably the best Cutler we’ve seen) so they just don’t dock him for his rather obvious flaws.
Did you watch the vids, or did you just look at the pictures? I often thought that the pics looked like they were taken at a completely different show…
Just saying. Branch has certainly brought up his arms and back, but they still didn’t cut it.
Especially evident with the arms in his most-muscular.
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I watched the video first actually and came to the same conclusion. Pics are easier to post for illustration though.
If Branch taking 2nd is a step back from the supposed increasing emphasis on aesthetics, then what the hell is Jay getting 1st? A giant leap?
[quote]Stronghold wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Stronghold wrote:
And his arms aren’t big enough? He’s carrying the same amount of size there proportionally as Jay.
I had Branch and Dex at the top. Couldn’t decide where to put them as they were pretty equal in terms of conditioning with Branch carrying muscularity and Dex carrying aesthetics. Branch had Jay matched on muscularity (coming in around 10 lbs lighter than Jay, but being significantly shorter) and much more aesthetically pleasing with that dense look, full delts, and a tighter waist. I had Jay at 5th at best. I just don’t see how he didn’t get docked for his 42" waist and thick, striation less skin. Perhaps these are just things that the judges have come to expect of Jay in the 8 years of lackluster showings since 2001 (arguably the best Cutler we’ve seen) so they just don’t dock him for his rather obvious flaws.
Did you watch the vids, or did you just look at the pictures? I often thought that the pics looked like they were taken at a completely different show…
Just saying. Branch has certainly brought up his arms and back, but they still didn’t cut it.
Especially evident with the arms in his most-muscular.
I watched the video first actually and came to the same conclusion. Pics are easier to post for illustration though.
If Branch taking 2nd is a step back from the supposed increasing emphasis on aesthetics, then what the hell is Jay getting 1st? A giant leap?[/quote]
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Stronghold wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Stronghold wrote:
And his arms aren’t big enough? He’s carrying the same amount of size there proportionally as Jay.
I had Branch and Dex at the top. Couldn’t decide where to put them as they were pretty equal in terms of conditioning with Branch carrying muscularity and Dex carrying aesthetics. Branch had Jay matched on muscularity (coming in around 10 lbs lighter than Jay, but being significantly shorter) and much more aesthetically pleasing with that dense look, full delts, and a tighter waist. I had Jay at 5th at best. I just don’t see how he didn’t get docked for his 42" waist and thick, striation less skin. Perhaps these are just things that the judges have come to expect of Jay in the 8 years of lackluster showings since 2001 (arguably the best Cutler we’ve seen) so they just don’t dock him for his rather obvious flaws.
Did you watch the vids, or did you just look at the pictures? I often thought that the pics looked like they were taken at a completely different show…
Just saying. Branch has certainly brought up his arms and back, but they still didn’t cut it.
Especially evident with the arms in his most-muscular.
I watched the video first actually and came to the same conclusion. Pics are easier to post for illustration though.
If Branch taking 2nd is a step back from the supposed increasing emphasis on aesthetics, then what the hell is Jay getting 1st? A giant leap?
Now you get it.[/quote]
X How does judging work in the IFBB? Are the same judges hired for the biggest shows? or is there some sort of specificity? Any idea?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
red04 wrote:
waylanderxx wrote:
Jessica Putnam at the Olympia. Still fucking hot when she’s shredded.
I came to the conclusion watching the show that their coloring throws me off more than how lean they are in most cases, at least for the figure girls. The fitness girls definitely could use some softening up, especially in their faces, but Trish Warren was fucking banging even in contest condition.
Oh god, some of those girls were just total tens.
I just pictured buying them hamburgers and chocolate milkshakes so their asses would come back the whole time…
That must be awesome by the way…watching an ass grow? I could do that for months at a time.
Fit fine women with magical growing asses yet they stay in shape? That’s better than crack.[/quote]
That is the main reason I would be supportive during the diet down stage, to watch that shit rebound.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Professor X wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
red04 wrote:
waylanderxx wrote:
Jessica Putnam at the Olympia. Still fucking hot when she’s shredded.
I came to the conclusion watching the show that their coloring throws me off more than how lean they are in most cases, at least for the figure girls. The fitness girls definitely could use some softening up, especially in their faces, but Trish Warren was fucking banging even in contest condition.
Oh god, some of those girls were just total tens.
I just pictured buying them hamburgers and chocolate milkshakes so their asses would come back the whole time…
That must be awesome by the way…watching an ass grow? I could do that for months at a time.
Fit fine women with magical growing asses yet they stay in shape? That’s better than crack.
That is the main reason I would be supportive during the diet down stage, to watch that shit rebound.[/quote]
My gf has been training for a marathon for the last 6 months or so. the marathon is in about a week, and then it’s time for the badonk to make a triumphant comeback.
