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[tiramisu]

Who's your favourites tonight? I'm cheering for Hanshaw but Burneika looks pretty darn good.

[JonnyO]

Kuclo or Hugh in the Supers from the pics I seen of weigh-ins this morning.

[gettinbigger]

I just saw some comparisons...Jason Huh looks really good, huge hamstrings, great condition. But can't tell if he was in the first call out or if Hanshaw/Burneika/Kuclo/Mone/Allan are.

[MuSuLPhReAk]

Can anyone provide pics. Not to familiar with the npc shows and competitors....yet

[Prisoner#22]

pics can be found both on musculardevelopment.com and flexonline.com.

my take: Superheavies... they gave it to the only guy deserving of the win. Alot of Big men in that class, but also a lot of ugly physiques. When you are 250-260 lbs on stage but you just don't have that 'pro' shape you are never going to get your procard, as there is always someone else who is gonna come along and surpass you. Burnika, and Handshaw are good examples of this. As big as impressive as Robert Burneika looks in the gym, when he puts on posing trunks there are obvious structural flaws with his physique... ie his legs don't match his upper body, very side in the midsection, and shapes are not visually appealing... looks great in a tanktop though, or firing an automatic ak-47 lol

Dusty Hanshaw.. another good example... he should just quit. hes not wide enough in the clavicals, wayyyyy to blocky in the waste, which makes him look like he has little legs (which really isn't the case) but its all structural... and there will always be somebody up and comming or a few up and comming to keep him from top placings.

Keith Williams: (second place) meh! big guy...call him the best of the big men but shape wise...for his size he's definitely NOT nor does he have the potential for someone like ED NUN.

Brian Yersky... you should see the improvements this guy has made in his physique since NorthAmericans 2007!!! this is a testimony to what hard work and hard dieting will do. The guy definitely doesn't have a physique that'll take the show, but he brought good symetry, and conditioning and was able to surprise a lot of people with his placing.;

Jason Huh: What can you say! the guy definitely has a freaky set of legs. I don't like his big ass from the back, then narrow waste with higher lat attatchments... but he definitely has a thick back... looks like another Ben Pakulsky... only a little better shaped. I don't think he has the genetics, shape wize though to be top 5 at the olympia.. his shapes are just a tad bit off, compared with say a phil heath or a Role Winklar... e.t.c.

Heavy Weights:

1. Vladimir Sizov --testimony to what hard work does!! it pays off.. the guy beat two other guys that had the ability and should have beat him... but he worked his ass off in the gym over the past year, and came in dialed and dry... also doing the splits, a few flips and inverts from his gymnastic days certainly must have paid off.
2. Jonathan Delarosa ... very nice shapes but inferior I believe to Fred, if Fred was in simmilar condition.
3. Fred Smalls ... I can't believe, I can't fathom, there must be an explaination for this, how someone with this much potential, and this good of a physique shape, symetry and size wize would/ could allow himself to show up so out of condition!!! If he would have showed up in shape he very easily would have had one of the procards in my view.... maybe he is trying to peak for the Nationals or the North Americans for all I know.

Light Heavyweight:

Al Auguste ... could have been in better condition, but his combination of shape, symetry, and size were really just unbeatable... hes like a minny flex wheeler/ ronnie coleman in the makeing.

[Prisoner#22]

Originally Posted by JonnyO

Kuclo or Hugh in the Supers from the pics I seen of weigh-ins this morning.

Kuclo looked hard in the photos and vid prior to Friday, but looked smooth on stage. The guys huge, has lots of muscle in the right places, but also is very thick-boned, which takes away from his size. I also notice him to be too narrow in the clavicals...he looks like he is 'hunched in' for a lot of his pozes.

[JonnyO]

Originally Posted by Prisoner#22

Kuclo looked hard in the photos and vid prior to Friday, but looked smooth on stage. The guys huge, has lots of muscle in the right places, but also is very thick-boned, which takes away from his size. I also notice him to be too narrow in the clavicals...he looks like he is 'hunched in' for a lot of his pozes.

i AGREE, Kuclo never has dialed it in properly. The funny thing with him, for me anyways, is he does not look as heavy as he is onstage for some reason. He doesnt look like hes over 250 at all.

Huh looks great, just needs to dial in the lower back and hams/glutes to compete in the pros and he will be a decent pro once he does that and brings up his back. Already has a set of the best wheel in the pros for sure.

Yesrky was a disappointment. He has great shape, classic lines, just needs thickness. But his conditioning looked bad to me. His skin on his stomach and lower abs looked odd to me, like something youd see on an older BBer that had a gut for years before.

That Vladimir guy was awesome and hell do well in the 202's thats a great class because ALL the guys are peeled in that class. So mnay good 202's in the pros now...cant wait to see how Feroce does here soon.

[tiramisu]

In the end Al Auguste was my pick for overall. Great Physique. Huh deserves the SHW win but it wasn't exactly a tough field. Huh won by being the only one not to have glaring flaws.

[Prisoner#22]

Originally Posted by tiramisu

In the end Al Auguste was my pick for overall. Great Physique. Huh deserves the SHW win but it wasn't exactly a tough field. Huh won by being the only one not to have glaring flaws.

yup, i agree 100 percent with that..... hmm a lot of these guys are guys Im gonna have to compete against when i go to northa americans... i have a decision to make... shw, or hw? im thinking probably hw, as even though i am very small boned, i don't want to go up against guys in the 250 - 260 range..
thats of course if i don't win a procard in two weeks ! who knows?

[C.Cruise]

[QUOTE=Prisoner#22;392161]pics can be found both on musculardevelopment.com and flexonline.com.


Dusty Hanshaw.. another good example... he should just quit. hes not wide enough in the clavicals, wayyyyy to blocky in the waste, which makes him look like he has little legs (which really isn't the case) but its all structural... and there will always be somebody up and comming or a few up and comming to keep him from top placings.


There you go again. so you believe he should quit. maybe we can get him on here to address your concerns with his physique. I would like to see you go up against him.