Matt Burzacott, the Iowa Muscle Machine

[columbusdude82]

Congratulations to my buddy Matt Burzacott on placing first in the heavyweights at the NPC Europa. Matt looked great, and did an awesome job in preparing for this show.

[Stavios]

he looks awesome

huge shoulders

[tweeter]

Looks better than most pros in my opinion. He could use a little more ab work possibly to make his abs deeper.

[columbusdude82]

Awesome shoulders on Matt.

His main faults are his calves and being an Iowa football fan.

He may not be able to do much about the former, but I am still hoping he will see the light and start cheering for the Buckeyes!!!

[michael arvilla]

Matt looks great

[Bast000]

bruising on the right biceps

[chaos]

bruising on the right biceps

torn right pec as well, still looks good though. congrats to him on his victory

[UpTheDosage]

bruising on the right biceps

no that is actually a scar from the incision they made to fix my torn pec.

[UpTheDosage]

Looks better than most pros in my opinion. He could use a little more ab work possibly to make his abs deeper.

You're exactly right. I don't know about looking better than most pros but I do need better abs.

[Sir William Idol]

fuck that would suck to tear a pec

[UpTheDosage]

fuck that would suck to tear a pec

Yes it really does. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. My right pec looks like total shit now and there's nothing I can do about it.

[Sir William Idol]

Yes it really does. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. My right pec looks like total shit now and there's nothing I can do about it.

that sucks man, sorry to hear that.  tear it in the belly or at the insertion? 

[UpTheDosage]

that sucks man, sorry to hear that.  tear it in the belly or at the insertion? 

In the belly and the tendon shredded.

[tweeter]

In the belly and the tendon shredded.

Were you doing flat bench when you tore it?

[UpTheDosage]

Were you doing flat bench when you tore it?

yeah. it was on the last set, on the sixth rep. shit snapped like a rubber band.

[tweeter]

yeah. it was on the last set, on the sixth rep. shit snapped like a rubber band.

I was just wondering bc it seems like most pec tears come from doing flat bench.

[The_Hammer]

Bro you look great.  Like said above you calves need a lot of work but gentics are a bitch aren't they.

Your conditoning doesn't look all that stellar.  If I had the physique to compete I'd only aim for Yates-like conditioning or I wouldn't step on stage. I may be mistaken, but isn't getting proper conditioning just a matter of dedication? 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=teq_cqDOJ_s

[Grundle]

Tearing your pec on the bench and deforming your physique, I'm sure that had nothing to do with gear    Was it worth it?

[KillerMonk]

You have a very big frame, get older and wiser fill out and better conditioning.Good job.
But please get that Pec fixed.

[kawaks]

yeah. it was on the last set, on the sixth rep. shit snapped like a rubber band.

Sixth rep of what weight? 315,415,515?

You still look better than virtually everyone on this board tho'

[KillerMonk]

Tearing your pec on the bench and deforming your physique, I'm sure that had nothing to do with gear    Was it worth it?

Use Hammerstrength equipment and get it fixed its a big blight on your physique

[kawaks]

Use Hammerstrength equipment and get it fixed its a big blight on your physique

A tear like that is 'unfixable' much like Federov's. Matt Devall's is worse.

[SWOLETRAIN]

Awesome win bro.. look great.

[KillerMonk]

A tear like that is 'unfixable' much like Federov's. Matt Devall's is worse.

Cant they rejoin the tendon to the bone if no then Matt Burzacott competition BBdays are over.

[kawaks]

Cant they rejoin the tendon to the bone if no then Matt Burzacott competition BBdays are over.

Sure, but trying to make it look "natural" is the difficult bit given the severity of the muscle trauma..

Plenty of physiques can still look great even with a tear ie. Tony Freemans comes to mind.