Phil has been consistent when it came to conditioning...like Shawn Ray or Dex. Take a look at him from his rookie yr to now, adding weight little by little, a la the same two I mentioned before.
Curry has a better structure, and maybe doing it like Ronnie, and who knows, he may leap frog over a lot of guys. Branch, Wolf, seemed to be burnt out. Dex, well he is threat, but he will be fading, Toney is hit or miss, Flexitron needs some back mass, Big Ben needs to lose the gut. Kai, well he is the uncrowned King. And Curry needs more cuts and a tad bit more mass.
You: Phil is what Wiggs: Kai.
I mean he is Mr. Olympia so I can't blame you but he's already getting gifts after his first Mr. O. The 2nd Mr. O was a gift. Can't wait to see what this year brings. The only thing Phil can do at this point to improve, is improve on his conditions and tighten his waist. He got bigger last year and it didn't do him any favors. He stated he was 241 on stage. Of course he can put size on but will it be beneficial for him? I'd say no. As he gets older his skin will get thinner and he won't have that bloofy look as much anymore. It already started last year. He still doesn't look like other guys though. He's a mutant for sure BUT his lack of width will always be a problem. Victor is Phil with width and less conditioning. If Victor had Phil's conditioning, he'd be better than Kai and Phil, but we know how that goes. Putting Phil next to Victor because their bodies are so similar really highlights phils weaknesses. His other being this bloofy look to his muscles. As I forementioned, he starting to lose it a little because of muscle maturity. It going to be a helluva Olympia Because more than likely you'll Have Phil, Kai, Jay, Dexter, Victor, Wolfe, Curry, Rhoden, McMillan, Branch, (Can't remember his name but the Candadian that looks like James Carvell), and others one I can't think off.That's a stacked lineup just for those top ten in no order given. Phil better bring his best because every show since Kai has warked with Farrah he's dramatically better. I can only imagine what we'll see in Sep, because he's leaner than Jay and Ronnie was during the offseason but still absurdly huge but with much better taper (Everything flows) and improved conditioning. I think this year he'll bring something so special, so insane that even the haters will say, "yeah he fucked a grapefruit and had some disturbing videos, but he's taken bodybuilding to the next level Ronnie level but with extreme conditioning on a Kai body, they'll have no choice but to give it to him. Even Phil will know, and have to give Kai props on changing the game. This gay thing even though I think he's probably bi would be a huge Marketing Tool and Kai would get rich beyong believe on that. Mr. Olympia, the man that's supposed to have the ultimate masculine idea for a body...A homosexual. That shit would go mainstream in a heart beat these days and don't think they don't know this. So anyone thinking otherwise is out of their minds. They'd love to have Kai represent the Mr. O. That's big money these days and take his story coming up from the gutter and all I see is $$$$$$$$$$. That's what I'm betting will happen. Phil will would have to be better than his 2011 win and he's gotten bigger his his lines have changed.
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