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Legitimacy of IFBB Judging at Stake - At Least Three Competitors *Should* Place Ahead of Jay Cutler
 Written by Muscletime Staff   
Saturday, 27 September 2008



Several questions have been answered with the conclusion of the prejudging portion of the 2008 Mr. Olympia. The most pressing question was whether or not one of the Olympia challengers would be able to end Jay Cutler's continued reign as Mr. Olympia. Just like last year at the 2007 Mr. Olympia, no less than three competitors should place ahead of Jay Cutler!

Jay Cutler is in better condition than last year but failed to bring a physique of the requisite caliber to overtake the much improved Phil Heath, Dexter Jackson and Dennis Wolf. Any one of these competitors deserves to end Jay Cutler's Olympia streak at two. All of them should place ahead of Cutler. If one of these challengers does NOT win the 2008 Mr. Olympia, the credibility and legitimacy of IFBB judging will be irreparably damaged.

Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia after prejudging on Friday night. You would not believe how many people told Phil Heath as much backstage; this is particularly telling since backstage access was highly restricted to contest officials and bodybuilding insiders. There could be some reasonable justifications for declaring Dexter Jackson or Dennis Wolf as the new Mr. Olympia ahead of Phil Heath; we would be forgiving of such judging discretion due to the fact that they were 50 feet from the stage. But under no circumstances does Jay Cutler deserve to win the 2008 Mr. Olympia if judging in the sport of bodybuilding is anything but farcical.








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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2008, 07:47:17 AM »
I will admit that in the front relaxed, and front double biceps pose Jay Cutler's waist is MASSIVE, he has not V-Taper in these poses what so ever. But he kills, slaughters, a lot of these dude's from back shots like the back double biceps and lat spread. He came in pretty good condition, pretty full and his asymmetry should be balanced by his size and thickness.
  Just like you BASh Cutler for lacking a small waist you could just as easily bash Dexter for being smaller and having extremely high lat insertions, yet you rarely hear anyone talk about that. Symmetry is extremely important but so is size, Cutler lacks a small waist (symmetry) and Dexter lacks (size) which makes them even to judge fairly

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2008, 07:51:56 AM »
Have to agree----Heath looks the best

great separation, size and conditioning

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2008, 07:54:54 AM »
Muscletime is right, Jay should not be anywhere near the top 3.  Good for them for calling it the way they see it.

Jay's physique is a complete mess.

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2008, 08:01:20 AM »
The Muscletime guy(s) have the best eye for bodybuilding in the industry, IMO. 

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2008, 08:05:01 AM »
taking in consideration who runs muscletime, this article isn't a surprise.

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2008, 08:10:29 AM »
taking in consideration who runs muscletime, this article isn't a surprise.
Who ???
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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2008, 09:15:57 AM »
heath has no business in the top 3 with his shoulder width.  it kills so many of his poses.

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2008, 09:18:42 AM »

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2008, 09:20:16 AM »
I agree with muscletime.

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2008, 09:24:00 AM »
His shoulder width is as big a problem as Cutlers waist, finally someone realized this.

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2008, 09:30:03 AM »
heath has no business in the top 3 with his shoulder width.  it kills so many of his poses.

Thank you.  This is Dex's O.  He has paid his dues.  Phil is nice to look at ala Flex but he f##kin arms and delt kill his whole upperbody esp from the front.  Of course his over size delts and arms look good from a back dble bicep shot.  That's a no brainer...but no width to him at all.  But he is a good second, three if you acct for Freeman's hardness. 
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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2008, 09:31:18 AM »
Muscletime is right, Jay should not be anywhere near the top 3.  Good for them for calling it the way they see it.

Jay's physique is a complete mess.

His physique is hardly a mess, but I would have him in 5th myself behind Freeman, Dex , Wolf and Heath

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Re: Muscletime.com :Phil Heath is the clear winner of the 2008 Mr. Olympia!
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2008, 09:42:35 AM »
http://www.muscletime.com/news/latest/phil-heath-should-win-the-2008-mr-olympia/

Legitimacy of IFBB Judging at Stake - At Least Three Competitors *Should* Place Ahead of Jay Cutler
 Written by Muscletime Staff   
Saturday, 27 September 2008



Several questions have been answered with the conclusion of the prejudging portion of the 2008 Mr. Olympia. The most pressing question was whether or not one of the Olympia challengers would be able to end Jay Cutler's continued reign as Mr. Olympia. Just like last year at the 2007 Mr. Olympia, no less than three competitors should place ahead of Jay Cutler!

Jay Cutler is in better condition than last year but failed to bring a physique of the requisite caliber to overtake the much improved Phil Heath, Dexter Jackson and Dennis Wolf. Any one of these competitors deserves to end Jay Cutler's Olympia streak at two. All of them should place ahead of Cutler. If one of these challengers does NOT win the 2008 Mr. Olympia, the credibility and legitimacy of IFBB judging will be irreparably damaged.


Really? You mean because they didn't do a horrible job of judging in any of the previous Mr. O's? The judging is already damaged and the past 20+ years shows that it's not going to improve this year or next. They were wrong in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004-2007 and I'm sure they'll be wrong this year too.