Author Topic: Chick's Olympia Thread (Read 32904 times)

Chick · « **on:** September 29, 2009, 06:46:44 AM »

Back from Vegas...any RELEVANT questions of the Olympia can be asked here, I'll do my best to answer....anything else will get deleted.

The Showstoppa · « **Reply #1 on:** September 29, 2009, 06:47:38 AM »

Bob, who was the biggest surprise to you in regards to higher placing than expected and lower placing than expected?

Chick · « **Reply #2 on:** September 29, 2009, 06:49:14 AM »

Easy call....Branch and Wolf

The Wizard of Truth · « **Reply #3 on:** September 29, 2009, 06:50:29 AM »

Regarding Phil Heath,why were emergency medics called to his room? Is he ok?

Meso_z · « **Reply #4 on:** September 29, 2009, 06:51:14 AM »

Because you were on stage with the athletes,

who where the most unhappy about their placings?

Chick · « **Reply #5 on:** September 29, 2009, 06:52:39 AM »

Quote from: Okami on September 29, 2009, 06:50:29 AM

Regarding Phil Heath,why were emergency medics called to his room? Is he ok?

Food poisoning...got some bad fish, or chicken...was basically in the bathroom for the better part of thursday night/ friday morning. It's amazing he still looked as good as he did for the PJ

No Patience · « **Reply #6 on:** September 29, 2009, 06:53:47 AM »

Quote from: Okami on September 29, 2009, 06:50:29 AM

Regarding Phil Heath,why were emergency medics called to his room? Is he ok?

word is, "the gift" got too large of a dose of reality on saturday and his cocky
genes couldn't handle it

Chick · « **Reply #7 on:** September 29, 2009, 06:53:47 AM »

Quote from: Meso_z on September 29, 2009, 06:51:14 AM

Because you were on stage with the athletes,

who where the most unhappy about their placings?

Wolf...because of HIS conditioning, not the judging.

Melvin/ Silvio...because of the judging

RagingBull · « **Reply #8 on:** September 29, 2009, 06:54:20 AM »

Your top 5?

No Patience · « **Reply #9 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:03:09 AM »

Quote from: Chick on September 29, 2009, 06:52:39 AM

Food poisoning...got some bad fish, or chicken...was basically in the bathroom for the better part of thursday night/ friday morning. It's amazing he still looked as good as he did for the PJ

no pun on you chick, but i am calling BS on this one

how many times do we hear this same story about guys days before competitions???

these bb's must have the worst luck in the world with food poisoning, or it is a cover up

Chick · « **Reply #10 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:03:36 AM »

Quote from: RagingBull on September 29, 2009, 06:54:20 AM

Your top 5?

Jay
Dex
Branch
Kai
Phil

Chick · « **Reply #11 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:06:27 AM »

Quote from: No Patience on September 29, 2009, 07:03:09 AM

no pun on you chick, but i am calling BS on this one

how many times do we hear this same story about guys days before competitions???

these bb's must have the worst luck in the world with food poisoning, or it is a cover up

It's not BS, it's called REALITY. Why does it happen so much? Simple...The body is in a very fragile state when you have been dieting for 12-16 weeks and dropping your BF to 2-3%, thus making your resistance very low, you're beat up from low carbs, cardio, etc. Add to that the travel and stress of competing, and it's very probable that you can get sick....obviously, this it the extreme, but trust me...Phil had his eye on the prize.

The Wizard of Truth · « **Reply #12 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:08:21 AM »

Quote from: Chick on September 29, 2009, 06:52:39 AM

Food poisoning...got some bad fish, or chicken...was basically in the bathroom for the better part of thursday night/ friday morning. It's amazing he still looked as good as he did for the PJ

Thanks Bob
If judging was based on Saturday night alone,how would you have called it?

just_a_pilgrim · « **Reply #13 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:08:48 AM »

Can you see why judges put Branch over Dex?

Meso_z · « **Reply #14 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:09:22 AM »

Quote from: No Patience on September 29, 2009, 07:03:09 AM

no pun on you chick, but i am calling BS on this one

how many times do we hear this same story about guys days before competitions???

these bb's must have the worst luck in the world with food poisoning, or it is a cover up

seriously, food poisoning is very common at this stage of depleting/loading.

Chick · « **Reply #15 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:09:59 AM »

Quote from: Okami on September 29, 2009, 07:08:21 AM

Thanks Bob
If judging was based on Saturday night alone,how would you have called it?

Jay
Dex/ Phil
Branch
Kai
Vic/Toney

Chick · « **Reply #16 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:11:24 AM »

Quote from: just_a_pilgrim on September 29, 2009, 07:08:48 AM

Can you see why judges put Branch over Dex?

Yes, a case can be made..he carries as much muscle as anyone on the stage and was ripped to the bone. That said...it was only a 1 POINT decision, could have easily gone the other way.

jayfromeurope · « **Reply #17 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:13:04 AM »

Hello Chick, What did u think of Ronnie Rockel ?Thanks

Determinator · « **Reply #18 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:14:51 AM »

Chick, you mentioned on the radio show major(ish) changes to the schedule etc next season. Sounds interesting. Can you forward how things are looking?
Thanks.

Chick · « **Reply #19 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:15:13 AM »

Quote from: jayfromeurope on September 29, 2009, 07:13:04 AM

Hello Chick, What did u think of Ronnie Rockel ?Thanks

Awesome...his best presentation to date. If he had a better back, he could even place higher. Could be a guy to take a few titles should he compete more on the circuit.

240 is Back · « **Reply #20 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:15:48 AM »

Chick,

Would ben Pukalski have broken the top 15 in this lineup? How about Faoud?

KevinP85 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:16:10 AM »

Quote from: Chick on September 29, 2009, 06:53:47 AM

Wolf...because of HIS conditioning, not the judging.

Melvin/ Silvio...because of the judging

Really? Do you think they should have been top 10? Of course it's different being there and looking at pics, but I think they got what they deserve. Silvio, imo, out of all people should be happy about his placings. Dude has gotten a lot of "gift," placings.

Karpaasi · « **Reply #22 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:16:17 AM »

Bob - what's your opinion about the prejudging scoring system? We are used to getting two set of points.

Old system: Winning with perfect points - 5+5=10
New system: 5=5

New system reduces the meaning of prejudging from 50% to 33%. What do you think about that?

KevinP85 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:17:01 AM »

Also why is it the 202 class and not 200??

Chick · « **Reply #24 on:** September 29, 2009, 07:17:17 AM »

Quote from: Determinator on September 29, 2009, 07:14:51 AM

Chick, you mentioned on the radio show major(ish) changes to the schedule etc next season. Sounds interesting. Can you forward how things are looking?
Thanks.

Biggest change will be to the posing round, which will no longer be scored as such...and that the judging will be much harder on saturday night and count more in the final tally, as the points system will be changed to accomodate giving guys a chance to catch up.