Shawn,
You were/are known for not snapping your shit up from lifting, but you moved some impressive weights on video. What were your best training poundages?
Also, why do you rate Franco the worst Olympia winner? Even with his shitty quads and bitch tits in his comeback, his upper body was still killer. I think Dickerson is far and away the worst Mr. O...his arms were small, he'd torn a pec (and his chest was unimpressive to begin with), he had those retarded-looking elbows, weird abs, was narrow and just *small* overall. Great calves, outstanding quad separation, good triceps but only evident in the side tri pose, OK back thickness and he was ripped...that's really all I can say for him. Many guys in the early eighties destroyed him in most of the mandatories. How he beat Platz, Padilla, Callender, Viator, Zane, Mentzer, Boyer and Wilcosz (sp?) some of those years simply baffles me.
At the risk of sounding like a total kissass, I could say the same about your Arnold and Ironman platings in '96. I like Vince Taylor, but his pecs were pancake thin compared to his delts and arms, and even though you came in heavier than usual, you were still better conditioned. Then, Paul was lean as hell and gigantic, but from the waist up, he looked terrible from the back. You should have been second at the Ironman and battling Levrone for second at the ASC.
Fwiw, I also had you third in the '99 Olympia. I scored it Ron, Chris, you, Ken, Kevin and then your pal, Lee
, followed by your other good buddy Nasser.
