I truly don't understand this shit...clearly Wolfe bested everyone on that stage
why isn't he the winner?
Can someone who understands the scoring system explain to me on what grounds Culter beat Wolfe
I know everyone gets excited about Wolf and think he's the clear winner but he's NOT his placing was accurate although I would have placed him above Coleman
there are technically fours rounds in a competitive bodybuilding contest the muscularity round , symmetry round and the posing rounds 99% of the time contests are won in the prejudging ( muscularity & symmetry rounds ) only in extreme cases have contests been decided in the posing rounds ( Ronnie 2001 )
This is the gist of the judging criteria
The comparisons of the compulsory poses cannot be overemphasized
as these comparisons will help the judge to decide
which competitor has the superior physique from the standpoint of
muscular bulk, balanced development, muscular density and
definition.Now there is the symmetry round and the muscularity round but they are NOT judged as separate entities meaning that because Wolf has better ' symmetry ' than Cutler he would win this round , in every single pose and every single round they judge the above mentioned criteria , who is superior from the standpoint of muscular bulk , balanced development , muscular density and definition
The judges wont give the muscularity round to a really big muscular guy who is lacking in symmetry and conditioning on the same token they wont reward a guy in the symmetry rounds because he's symmetrical but lacks size and conditioning and density in each round they judge who has the best of all the criteria
Comparing Wolf to Cutler its looks like Wolf is leaps & bounds better but he's not , Wolf is clearly better in the symmetry department , well at least one aspect of it which is Wolf has a great natural structure , he has very wide clavicles and a naturally small waist & hips and small joints this very desirable in bodybuilding but on the flip side Wolf's balance & proportion are not as good as Jay Cutlers
Wolf's calves are to small for his quads throwing off his lower balance , you don't see this with Jay his calves are proportionate to his quads , Wolf has a relatively long torso judges can be critical of his you don't see this with Jay , Wolf's forearms aren't proportionate with his biceps/triceps throwing off the balance of his arms , Jay's are more evenly matched compared to Wolf
Now you move onto muscular bulk this is where Jay clearly separates himself from Wolf , Jay is huge he's about 5'9" and competes at 270-275 thats insanely big for someone his height , Wolf is 5'11" and 250 pounds so this is a clear advantage for Jay but not in all poses because because of Wolf's better symmetry he can appear just as big as Jay in some poses and others no
Density neither one of these guys are Dorian Yates in the density department which means how hard the muscles are , when a guy's really dense that means his conditioning is so good that even the intramuscular fat is removed from the muscles , so neither have a clear advantage in this part of the criteria
Conditioning , when all other things are equal conditioning or the lack there of will separate a winner from a loser , Ronnie Coleman won in 1998 because his hams & glutes are much sharper than Flex , Jay this past weekend has holding water he was a tad smooth at the prejudging however as it progressed his conditioning improved slightly , Wolf's conditioning was good however he was the victim of to many contests this years and its really hard to peak more than once so the difference between their conditioning may be negligible
So Jay basically beat Wolf because he was bigger , better balanced is a tad more complete ( calves and forearms , lower lats ) and had good conditioning . can Wold beat Jay? absolutely he has the structure he looks great from all angles , he just needs to get some more size maybe 20 pounds he needs to improve his conditioning and needs to do a ton of deadlifts and calf raises he's young , still improving and if his drive is there he will be Mr Olympia and a multiple one at that ! he's still has room for improvement but he's doing damage already just wait until he hits his prime.
