Hey Guys,
So seeing as Las Vegas is going to post at least a few pictures of hot chicks, the least I could do is get back to my Mr. Olympia reporting.
Let me break up my topics so as to make it a bit easier to understand:
2105 212 lb. Division- Mr. Olympia:
Ok, so taking into account that my Training Partner of 17 years and one of my very best friends is Craig Richardson who competes in this division, I
am going to be as unbiased as I can.
1) When the hell is the IFBB going to stop playing that music during both the Pre-Judging and Finals? Most of the audience was not interested in rap or
hip hop music and the worst part is, that you can't hear the competitors, the fans or the judges. We don't need deafening Notorious BIG at a time we could
be listening to what is actually being said by those who matter.
2) It is hard for fans to see when the first 7 rows are allotted to photographers and video guys who stack their equipment so high that it interferes with the view
of those behind them.
3) So Craig isn't called out in the top 6??? Really?? My idea of bodybuilding is size with aesthtetics minus big guts. If that is your ideal then how can you possibly
reward Jose Raymond? Sure, I admire what it took to achieve that conditioning but as I was yelling at the top of my lungs, "Really? Who wants to look like that?"
That's right, I yelled just that at the top of my lungs. And who was the short black guy who was called out in the top 6 who stood all the way to the right? Is that what
we call a pleasing physique? I understand the days of Zane, Bennfatto and Paris are over but seriously, can't we stick to our word and not reward guts that resemble
serious beer consumption rather than weight training?
4) Edward Corriea- I spoke to his family as they are Brazilian and I took some photos for them but as per him? Do you want to look like that? Insane conditioning for sure
but when the shoulders and waist are of the same width, we have a problem. No one would ever choose to make a statue from his build. Did anything pop out when he posed?
Did he come out and make your jaw drop? Did you say, "That is what I aspire to"?
5) Guy Sisternino- Ok, I am biased because I don't like him and I don't like his trashing Craig. But let me ask you this? Do you want to look like him? He is muscular and his
conditioning was good but was he hard from behind? No. Did he have any body part which drew the attention of your eyes and then kept them there?
The judges spend NO time seriously looking at the guys when they FIRST come out. They know the names and the sponsors and that is it. How much money do you think Hide's people
put into the show? He wasn't soft from behind? He impressed you? He had a single body part to DISTINGUISH him from anyone else? The judges are NOT EVEN LOOKING when guys
first come out. I was yelling, "Hey, at least look up and make it look like it's real and not fixed".
6) I am NOT saying Craig should've won or that it as close. I am not. I am saying that if you put aside names, sponsorship and the other politics, is that the true result you are going
to get? Why can't it just be about physiques and not the other crap?
7) I think Craig could easily have been in 6th place to 8th but 9th place?
How many of the guys ahead of Craig had glutes and if they even did, how many were more etched than Craig's.
9) Did you see any synthol or infections on Craig?
Harley
