Have not been on for months but interesting to read all the posts on the nationals. I was there about as close as u could get. The results were prety much exactly what I picked except for only a few people. The light master winner. I think I remember expecting him to get 2nd in masters and 3rd in the open class. Its totally different when ur getting compared to different people. In the audience for example when Mike the overall winner first came out I figured he would end up around 4th. Then whne he posed with the other guys he was just so much leaner in comparison. So basically he kept looking better> i expected him to be in the top 2 and so the judges went with conditioning over pure mass. Not that suprising really. At nationals they usually go for conditioning. In the overall it was very clsoe for the 3 top guys. Any of the 3 I could of seen winning. In light heavy martin allard dominated by more thne any other class, he was by far the best. Alot of people comented on the 2nd place light heavy, I had him in 3rd or 4th. For future pro contenders its clearly jerome and antoines to lose. They both just need to forget about mass and come in ripped. ANtoine looked way better at the night show then in the morning but judging is in the morning. The 2nd place heavy was really lean and could be pro in the future. The heavyweight class was the most competitive in my oppinion, just imagine if mike johnson had decided not to make weight and go super. would have been an even crazzier heavyweight class. the Womens overall winner absolutely killed it and should be a good pro from the get go. Mike johnson has really good genetics and a really good back and great conditioning and just needs another 3 yrs of good training and should be a good pro. He is only like 30 or so and I know has alot of good yrs to improve so I think down the road he could be one of the top pros in canada. Oh and a vote for best winner at nationals all time. I dunno but i liked freaky fready, I forget his full name but man i loved his physique the yr he won but he has not competed since. Mike plats I was a fan of for sure. As far as all the pro cards. I think they are just going about giving the pro cards the wrong way. We all no the their are 2 pro weight classes nezxt yr 212 and under 212. The heavyweight class should start at 212 and the winner get a pro card and the best guy under 212 get a pro card simple as that. Masters overall winner should get a pro card too I think. this elite showdown kinda waters down the competition. Id rather win a pro card by winning at nationals but Id probablhy do both shows for fun.