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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Frank Clairmonte on September 02, 2013, 02:22:11 PM
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Last year I started thread about him before 2012 Olympia. Getbig saw him coming and he placed 3rd!
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=442065.msg6328454#msg6328454
Shawn Rhoden 4 weeks out from the 2013 O. With this conditioning he looks already ready to step on stage. He looks bigger than last year.
This Olympia is going to be the best one in last decade!
This is also my 1000 post and I dedicate it to all bodybuilding fans around the globe and wish good enjoyment of 2013 MR OLYMPIA!! 8)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1146439_516610608427627_648196015_n.jpg)(http://cs323625.vk.me/v323625154/1d1f/EiPRFlyPOHk.jpg)
With Aceto, 2012 season.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1236445_513387738749914_1336440746_n.jpg)
"The ones who say you can't and you won't are probably the ones scared that you will ..."
(https://sphotos-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/998942_513375768751111_1078831292_n.jpg)
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I think he looks like Flex
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3rd? LOL
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Last year I started thread about him before 2012 Olympia. Getbig saw him coming and he placed 3rd!
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=442065.msg6328454#msg6328454
Shawn Rhoden 4 weeks out from the 2013 O. With this conditioning he looks already ready to step on stage. He looks bigger than last year.
This Olympia is going to be the best one in last decade!
This is also my 1000 post and I dedicate it to all bodybuilding fans around the globe and wish good enjoyment of 2013 MR OLYMPIA!! 8)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1146439_516610608427627_648196015_n.jpg)
With Aceto, 2012 season.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1236445_513387738749914_1336440746_n.jpg)
"The ones who say you can't and you won't are probably the ones scared that you will ..."
(https://sphotos-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/998942_513375768751111_1078831292_n.jpg)
Hope he surprises people.
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Damn, he looks very good. almost like a poor man's 99 Flex. His problem is gonna be his back. can it compete with Phil's and Kai's.
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almost like a poor man's 99 Flex.
^
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Damn, he looks very good. almost like a poor man's 99 Flex. His problem is gonna be his back. can it compete with Phil's and Kai's.
are you implying abusing synthol is that expensive?
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If Rhoden can get his back to Phil and Kai levels, he's Mr. O. He's structured like Flex on one other person has been structured close to that and that was Melvin. From the front, he can compete with Phil and Kai and pose and beat them both in Abs and Thigh. His side poses he can compete with but it's his back poses where Phil and Kai just run him over.
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Undeniably a very Good Physique,
I just don't see the hype about him
or as a top 3 in the Olympia,
maybe top 6. He may look a lot
Bigger & better in real life tho.
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If Rhoden can get his back to Phil and Kai levels, he's Mr. O. He's structured like Flex on one other person has been structured close to that and that was Melvin. From the front, he can compete with Phil and Kai and pose and beat them both in Abs and Thigh. His side poses he can compete with but it's his back poses where Phil and Kai just run him over.
funny, how some people don't see that Melvin was structurally similar to Flex. The thing about Rhoden is, he doesn't have Flex's roundness, especially to his triceps.
I agree with you on the back part. He needs more back detail. He is/was shallow back there.
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From what I remember also. There not much separation in between his bis and tris in the front double bicep pose which means hes using a swelling agent. That's not good because that lack of separation takes away from the pose.
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From what I remember also. There not much separation in between his bis and tris in the front double bicep pose which means hes using a swelling agent. That's not good because that lack of separation takes away from the pose.
His delts look "swollen" too. I agree with this assessment and what you said about his back. Great overall aesthetics and conditioning four weeks out.
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he looked great at that arnold showing once
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Dude looks great, but his weak point is his back. He's battling for second place with Kai and Ramy. The only way they'll hand the Sandow to someone other than Phil is if he comes in extremely soft and that's just not gonna happen.
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funny, how some people don't see that Melvin was structurally similar to Flex. The thing about Rhoden is, he doesn't have Flex's roundness, especially to his triceps.
I agree with you on the back part. He needs more back detail. He is/was shallow back there.
Oh yeah, of course Melvin was the original poor man's Flex. LOL. Even though Melvin is a couple inches shorter, very, similar to Flex. And very good assessments. Flex had great arms especially triceps. Everything on Flex was round. Rhoden doesn't have that in his triceps. In addition, Flex had great Bis. Rhoden's using something in his to point of blurred separation. Flex used oil later in his career but with or without oil his arms always looked better than Rhoden's. And yes you made a great point I failed to mention. Rhoden's back is very shallow. He didn't have the thickness last year to compete with Phil and Kai. I'm sure he knows this and I'd like to see his improvements. I'm 100% he will be improved.
People obviously wanna know the outcome of the biggest storyline, Phil and Kai! But a very intriguing one will be Rhoden and Jay! Then throw Ramy in there and Dexter and Branch (yeah, yeah I know) and Wolf and Curry it's gonna definitely be one of your more interesting Mr. Olympias!
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Oh yeah, of course Melvin was the original poor man's Flex. LOL. Even though Melvin is a couple inches shorter, very, similar to Flex. And very good assessments. Flex had great arms especially triceps. Everything on Flex was round. Rhoden doesn't have that in his triceps. In addition, Flex had great Bis. Rhoden's using something in his to point of blurred separation. Flex used oil later in his career but with or without oil his arms always looked better than Rhoden's. And yes you made a great point I failed to mention. Rhoden's back is very shallow. He didn't have the thickness last year to compete with Phil and Kai. I'm sure he knows this and I'd like to see his improvements. I'm 100% he will be improved.
People obviously wanna know the outcome of the biggest storyline, Phil and Kai! But a very intriguing one will be Rhoden and Jay! Then throw Ramy in there and Dexter and Branch (yeah, yeah I know) and Wolf and Curry it's gonna definitely be one of your more interesting Mr. Olympias!
The most impressive thing about Flex was that he was at his best when he was only 210-215 lbs. He was raping guys 20-30 lbs heavier.
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The most impressing thing about Flex was that he was at his best when he was only 210-215 lbs. He was raping guys 20-30 lbs heavier.
Yeah. I love Lee King Lee Haney and Even 98 Ronnie was the nastiest of nasty. But I mean this 100% no homo. Flex Wheeler in 1993 and 1998 was the most perfect I've ever seen a human body. It wasn't nasty it was physical perfection that every bodybuilder seeks but everyone defines differently. To this day, and I've even said it. I'd rather look like Flex and than other bodybuilder in the history of bodybuilding. If he had a Lee Haney or Ronnie mentality towards things, thinks had turned out alot different than they did.
Now even I can pick apart "perfect " Flex and say he could have been wider and his chest could have been bigger and of course his conditioning. But from what we've seen, Flex is the closest to perfection.
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The most impressing thing about Flex was that he was at his best when he was only 210-215 lbs. He was raping guys 20-30 lbs heavier.
And in some cases, more than 30 pounds. In 97 Flex was 224, Nasser 280, you do the maths.
Like Wiggs had said, Melvin and Shawn are close in structure---shape wise, but they lack the full roundness of Flex's muscles. Melvin had one bicep that had two peaks, like Ronnie's biceps, and Melvin's back detail was not as good as Flex's, plus he tended to look like a Big headed baby--a large head.
Another person who was structurally like Flex is Jojo Ntiforo, from Ghana. All seem to have the problem areas of lower back-glutes-hams. And all seem to look their best at lower bodyweights. And all seem to have light-weight structures that are meant for carrying under 240 pounds, aesthetically. Above 230ish, is pushing it.
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I think he looks like Flex
No he doesn't
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is Roden a baby?
why is he wearing white diapers?
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And in some cases, more than 30 pounds. In 97 Flex was 224, Nasser 280, you do the maths.
Like Wiggs had said, Melvin and Shawn are close in structure---shape wise, but they lack the full roundness of Flex's muscles. Melvin had one bicep that had two peaks, like Ronnie's biceps, and Melvin's back detail was not as good as Flex's, plus he tended to look like a Big headed baby--a large head.
Another person who was structurally like Flex is Jojo Ntiforo, from Ghana. All seem to have the problem areas of lower back-glutes-hams. And all seem to look their best at lower bodyweights. And all seem to have light-weight structures that are meant for carrying under 240 pounds, aesthetically. Above 230ish, is pushing it.
Cormier is the only one out of Melvin , Shawn and flex that could carry tons of mass and still look good , good structure and good mass
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Dude looks great, but his weak point is his back. He's battling for second place with Kai and Ramy. The only way they'll hand the Sandow to someone other than Phil is if he comes in extremely soft and that's just not gonna happen.
Is everyone counting dexter out??
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thats one ripped and muscled brutha......8th is all his
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Is everyone counting dexter out??
Dex is not top 3 material anymore.
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Dex is not top 3 material anymore.
I agree and neither is Vic
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From what I remember also. There not much separation in between his bis and tris in the front double bicep pose which means hes using a swelling agent. That's not good because that lack of separation takes away from the pose.
Didn't hurt Flex!
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2nd place is his .
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Didn't hurt Flex!
Flex in the front double biceps pose almost always had separation between bis and tris. Even with the use of Syn.
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5th place
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5th place
I see him placing behind Phil, Kai, Dennis, Jay and Rami,
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Waist is too small, hasn't fucked a grapefruit, he will not place in the top 10.
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Incredible. He should beat Jay, from the pics we've seen of each. He should defeat Jay soundly.
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8-10 weeks out
His did a smart move, kept his small waist and added quality mass. Shoulder waist ratio is just insane.
still 4 weeks to add little bit of mass.
(http://cs323331.vk.me/v323331316/a14d/L2eZOznFeLU.jpg)
his waist wasnt always small... 8)
(http://cs323625.vk.me/v323625154/1d18/fCNIr5eJuhc.jpg)
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8-10 weeks out
His did a smart move, kept his small waist and added quality mass. Shoulder waist ratio is just insane.
still 4 weeks to add little bit of mass.
(http://cs323331.vk.me/v323331316/a14d/L2eZOznFeLU.jpg)
his waist wasnt always small... 8)
(http://cs323625.vk.me/v323625154/1d18/fCNIr5eJuhc.jpg)
Overall, solid physique. Though his arms look strange. Its just "one" big arms. Really cant differentiate the bicep from the tricep.
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he will suprise a lot of people
you guys write him off too quickly
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he's complete shit, doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the top five
are you implying abusing synthol is that expensive?
;D
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8-10 weeks out
His did a smart move, kept his small waist and added quality mass. Shoulder waist ratio is just insane.
still 4 weeks to add little bit of mass.
(http://cs323331.vk.me/v323331316/a14d/L2eZOznFeLU.jpg)
his waist wasnt always small... 8)
(http://cs323625.vk.me/v323625154/1d18/fCNIr5eJuhc.jpg)
That's a top physique?? ::)
Curry and Lionel Bukake are much better
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Looks really good. Super dry he is gonna be.
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Too thin to win. To light to fight. Out of the top 5.
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lol you fellas... this is straight out top 5 material IF he comes in sliced and diced.. very nice structure and flow, symmetry is there... don't know about his back though, haven't seen it,,
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Flex in the front double biceps pose almost always had separation between bis and tris. Even with the use of Syn.
That's because Flex's arms and delts were very round! Rhoden's are long and flatter!
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8-10 weeks out
His did a smart move, kept his small waist and added quality mass. Shoulder waist ratio is just insane.
still 4 weeks to add little bit of mass.
(http://cs323331.vk.me/v323331316/a14d/L2eZOznFeLU.jpg)
his waist wasnt always small... 8)
(http://cs323625.vk.me/v323625154/1d18/fCNIr5eJuhc.jpg)
The 'finishing touch' right there.
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Is everyone counting dexter out??
basically yeah. he could get third if Jay is off.
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That's a top physique?? ::)
Curry and Lionel Bukake are much better
I agree, especially upper body!
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Nice lines but he's going to always look less dense and stringy standing next to a Kai or Jay.
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Nice lines but he's going to always look less dense and stringy standing next to a Kai or Jay.
He is slightly overhyped because he came off with a good placing.
He has good shape but struggles in both conditioning, thickness, separation and the back has not proven itself yet from what I've seen.
Where does those tubby man photos come from? Was he obese at one point or something ???
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He is slightly overhyped because he came off with a good placing.
He has good shape but struggles in both conditioning, thickness, separation and the back has not proven itself yet from what I've seen.
Where does those tubby man photos come from? Was he obese at one point or something ???
Unless he really has the total package finishing 3rd again or higher with improvements will be tough due to jay and the rami there ,and if dex is on par he could be 6th rhoden .
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in person this isnt small....
short...
his arms lack seperation.... roundness peaak... and hang on the long head of the triceps....
arms kinda suck
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Never underestimate Shawn. The man is quiet out here in California, but man, if he continues his training, another top three finish may just be in the works for him. See you at the O!
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Pretty sick, but as others have pointed out the bi/tri lack of separation gives a druggy look to the whole physique.