5 Weeks out from the Olympia!

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Mr. Olympia is coming up in 5 weeks! (Hardcore fan, I get excited for it every year)

I know we say it every year, but I feel like this is going to be a great line up. Derek coming to defend his title, Nick is back this year and hungry, Hadi wants redemption, Samson has his eye on the Sandow and Andrew Jacked is coming in fresh from his win at the Texas Pro looking insane. Did I just call the top 5? LOL

Anyone else watching? I've only been once in person, but I get the PPV every year.

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Re: 5 Weeks out from the Olympia!

Mr. Olympia is coming up in 5 weeks! (Hardcore fan, I get excited for it every year)

I know we say it every year, but I feel like this is going to be a great line up. Derek coming to defend his title, Nick is back this year and hungry, Hadi wants redemption, Samson has his eye on the Sandow and Andrew Jacked is coming in fresh from his win at the Texas Pro looking insane. Did I just call the top 5? LOL

Anyone else watching? I've only been once in person, but I get the PPV every year.

going to be a tough one to call since derek and hadi both always come in in condition. nick will be in shape and a freak but funky looking and the rest is always had to guess. seems like the other guys are big hype and then dont make the mark with conditioning. if they all show up in shape it will be interesting but if history is our teacher, the vast majority will not come in conditioned and it will be a repeat of last year with nick in the mix this year. going to be a good one for the top 3 for sure though

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Yeah that's so true lol. I get excited every year thinking about how great it will be if everyone comes in shape, but that never happens. If everyone actually brings their best package, it'll be a hell of a show.

It'll be great watching the battle between Derek and Hadi. Also seeing where Nick comes in. We'll see how everyone else stacks up. Maybe someone will surprise us.

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Yeah that's so true lol. I get excited every year thinking about how great it will be if everyone comes in shape, but that never happens. If everyone actually brings their best package, it'll be a hell of a show.

It'll be great watching the battle between Derek and Hadi. Also seeing where Nick comes in. We'll see how everyone else stacks up. Maybe someone will surprise us.

they are predicting that andrew jacked is going to be the dark horse but again his condition is always wishy washy and he has only nailed it once. we will see but we know that most likely derek nick and hadi will all come in in shape. so what direction the judges go is always a guess. will they let derek slide since he is the defending champ like in the past? or will they give it to the best on stage? o camt wait either

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Yeah I'm excited to see Andrew. I was listening to Chris Aceto talk about his improvements and adding quite a bit of size. Although, of course Chris is going to talk good of his athlete. He and Palumbo were breaking down their perspectives of the potential top 5. I can't wait to see Samson too. He always seems to miss the mark, but man if he and Andrew came in at their best, that would a hellacious clash of the big guys.

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I'm definitely liking the little drama building up between Nick and Derek.

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I'm definitely liking the little drama building up between Nick and Derek.

it always brings entertainment as the shows get closer. the problem is that they both have polar opposite physiques going on. derek has the tiny waist and joints almost like the black bodybuilders do and nick is just massive and nasty peeled. the sad thing about our sport is judges favor stuff differently from year to year and most of the time it is never consistent. they are both insane in their own right but the judges are the one that give the nod and we all have our favorites and preferences.

i can say this and i have met in person marcus rhul branch jay ronnie phil, jose raymond derek anothony lee priest and a bunch of other pros over the years and besides a wwe/stronman i met 20 years ago, the two biggest guys i have ever met in my life are marcus rhul and nick walker. marcus on top of being insanely big had shoulders that were bigger than basket balls but nick being a tad bit shorter still blew him out of the water. i was 2 people back from him in line to weigh in at the north americas and i was blown away at how big he was. when i went up to get my first coat of spray tan applied, the lady doing my tan asked me if i wanted to see something crazy? of course i said hell yeah. she showed me that they had to cut two of the tanning tents up and piece them together to get him in to tan him properly. she said in 20 years of doing tanning at both npc and pro shows she had never seen anything like that before. i was also right behind the guy that got 2d and the dude that got 3d at that show in the supers and when nick stripped down to weigh in they both started shaking their heads and said well i guess we will be fighting for 2d place on now.

[rocky83]

Sommerfield looking like he's gonna repeat!

[rocky83]

His win from The Arnold Classic that is.

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Sommerfield looking like he's gonna repeat!

he tore up those last two shows for sure. i dont think a lot of people had him on their radar going in