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2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« on: September 24, 2010, 06:43:58 AM »
what's your take on it? nobody even mentioning him?
hard days for bodybuilding...maybe he should start penetrating fruits?

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Re: dexter jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2010, 06:56:18 AM »
The cameras missed him because they were aiming too high to catch juiced up midgets.

I wonder if this is one of mon_of_steels much anticipated gimicks?    :-\

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Re: dexter jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2010, 06:59:11 AM »
I wonder if this is one of mon_of_steels much anticipated gimicks?    :-\

Whoo! That was fast! Attention seeking musclepost-Gimmick is gone in matter of seconds!

Thank you who ever did that.

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2010, 07:02:24 AM »

Dexter Jackson's line at the Meet the Olympians was probably the third or fourth biggest - much respect for the man who has been training feverishly at Gold's Venice and looks to be in great shape for the contest. 

Lots of pics of Dexter, from the Press Conference pics to the Meet the Olympian pics.    Dexter is normally just quieter than other, but still has the respect of fans.

Problem is - Kai Greene, Phil Heath, Jay Cutler, Branch Warren - this years competition is not going to be an easy one at all.

Pics from the 2010 Olympia are at this link

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2010-mr-olympia-photo-galleries.htm

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2010, 07:44:49 AM »
what's your take on it? nobody even mentioning him?
hard days for bodybuilding...maybe he should start penetrating fruits?

Why is it that, when it comes to the Olympia, you have to be on one of two extremes? Either you have to win the title multiple times, or you have to some oh-so-close (i.e. 2nd place)-but-no-cigar multple times (Wheeler, Levrone, Gaspari, Ray).

But, if you just win it once, you get little or no props (i.e. Bannout, Dickerson, Jackson).

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2010, 06:08:53 AM »
Dexter Jackson's line at the Meet the Olympians was probably the third or fourth biggest - much respect for the man who has been training feverishly at Gold's Venice and looks to be in great shape for the contest. 

Lots of pics of Dexter, from the Press Conference pics to the Meet the Olympian pics.    Dexter is normally just quieter than other, but still has the respect of fans.

Problem is - Kai Greene, Phil Heath, Jay Cutler, Branch Warren - this years competition is not going to be an easy one at all.

Pics from the 2010 Olympia are at this link

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2010-mr-olympia-photo-galleries.htm

This was a tough one. Dex got fourth; but he looked great.

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2010, 07:35:18 AM »
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Why is it that, when it comes to the Olympia, you have to be on one of two extremes? Either you have to win the title multiple times, or you have to some oh-so-close (i.e. 2nd place)-but-no-cigar multple times (Wheeler, Levrone, Gaspari, Ray).
But, if you just win it once, you get little or no props (i.e. Bannout, Dickerson, Jackson).

Dexter was royally screwed over both this year and last year.

As for your question, I wish I knew how to answer it but the only thing that comes to mind at the moment is that bodybuilding competition is weird. It really is.

Take Dickerson for example. The guy competed successfully in the 60s, 70s and 80s. He won titles in all of the major organisations. Was one of the most professional athletes ever, one of the best posers ever, had one of the most classically balanced physiques in the sport, dominated the professional ranks in the early eighties, and yet despite all of this, he is considered to be a nobody by most current fans.

As a sport, bodybuilding really doesn't know how to tap into its own history. It seems to instead spend most of its time jerking off to whatever it is that it imagines itself to be in its mirror.

Bodybuilding is weird...

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2010, 08:34:07 AM »
Dexter was royally screwed over both this year and last year.

As for your question, I wish I knew how to answer it but the only thing that comes to mind at the moment is that bodybuilding competition is weird. It really is.

Take Dickerson for example. The guy competed successfully in the 60s, 70s and 80s. He won titles in all of the major organisations. Was one of the most professional athletes ever, one of the best posers ever, had one of the most classically balanced physiques in the sport, dominated the professional ranks in the early eighties, and yet despite all of this, he is considered to be a nobody by most current fans.

As a sport, bodybuilding really doesn't know how to tap into its own history. It seems to instead spend most of its time jerking off to whatever it is that it imagines itself to be in its mirror.

Bodybuilding is weird...

The reason he's considered to be a "nobody", because they only count the Olympia. But, that's why I made the point earlier (and agree with yours as well). Why is it that even bodybuilding historians hyped up guys who NEVER won the Olympia (Platz, Mentzer, Robinson, Padilla, et. al.), yet gloss over Dickerson WHO DID WIN IT?

Same goes for more recent times. Ray, Levrone, and Wheeler (who didn't win it) get more props than Dexter Jackson (who DID).



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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2010, 04:46:42 PM »
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Why is it that even bodybuilding historians hyped up guys who NEVER won the Olympia (Platz, Mentzer, Robinson, Padilla, et. al.), yet gloss over Dickerson WHO DID WIN IT?

Same goes for more recent times. Ray, Levrone, and Wheeler (who didn't win it) get more props than Dexter Jackson (who DID).

I wish I knew.

You have to give respect to Ray because he was always in shape. Same too with Labrada. Dickerson was always in shape as well. I mean, he won a slew of contests in the early eighties and if anyone in the history of the sport can claim to have been screwed over it would be him, considering the circumstance of his second place finishes in 1980 and 1981. The tragedy with Dexter is that he is ALWAYS in shape. Always! The guy is incredible and has done it all.

And yet, no props.

It's almost as if you are not big-man-on-campus for a long time, you deserve jack. Bodybuilding is definitely alpha-male in that regard. Instead of developing the pack, bodybuilding seems to need a leader of the pack.

Bodybuilding competition is weird.

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2010, 10:15:08 PM »
Dexter Jackson's line at the Meet the Olympians was probably the third or fourth biggest - much respect for the man who has been training feverishly at Gold's Venice and looks to be in great shape for the contest.

Ron, an industry insider told me there were only three people in Dexter's line at the same time Jay and Kai had lines to the door.  Is that true?
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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2010, 11:05:28 PM »
 ;D  ;D  ;D

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2010, 03:40:20 AM »
done, he is the 4th best bodybuilder in the world

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2010, 04:23:31 AM »
Dex is done, no matter how good he shows up. He is never going ot place top three again. Same for Vic, he might place top 6 but judges seem to have got the info. Phil is probably the next Mr 'O unless he screws up royally. Wolf s back on the map. The question is Kai.

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2010, 04:26:45 AM »
Dex is done, no matter how good he shows up. He is never going ot place top three again. Same for Vic, he might place top 6 but judges seem to have got the info. Phil is probably the next Mr 'O unless he screws up royally. Wolf s back on the map. The question is Kai.


thats like saying, "if you cant be tiger woods, there is no reason to be a professional golfer"


being 4th best in the world at something is not a bad career..............espe cially if it is still monetarily rewarding for you

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2010, 04:27:10 AM »
Dex should feel pissed because if they used this years judging system last year he would have been 2nd in 2009 not 3rd.

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Re: 2010 Olympia - Dexter Jackson? no pics? no hype? is he done?
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2010, 04:45:51 AM »

thats like saying, "if you cant be tiger woods, there is no reason to be a professional golfer"


being 4th best in the world at something is not a bad career..............espe cially if it is still monetarily rewarding for you

I'm just saying he deserves better. Just my opinion. He's been fucked (or he fucked himself) these past two years. He's still the best next to Jay. And they need new faces. I wouldn't be surprised if Jay is shown the exit door also pretty soon.