just for fun if i were to rank these in terms of who i thought was the BEST
1. dexter - his conditioning is unreal .. simply amazing and his physique is close to flawless
2. ronnie - the guy comes in shredded at 300lbs .. if it wasn't for his enormous gut he'd be number 1
3. cutler - another giant of human being that has SICK conditioning .. if he could ever just come in completely dry
4. lee - i think he is so underrated .. the latest pics i've seen of him from the ironman, arnold, and austraila shows he looks AMAZING .. finally dried up those glutes and hams .. unreal upper body
5. gustavo baldell - guy always comes in looking fantastic ... although watch out for his GH gut .. i think in the next few years its going to get BAD
6. troy alves - seriously WATCH OUT for this guy .. he's gonna be something special if he can put on some more weight .. and yes i want him placed up this high
7. chris cormier - AMAZING!! .. sometimes .. has to be more consistant
8. RUHL - ya gotta love markus SIMPLY ENORMOUS no two ways about it ... has to bring up his triceps and work on his lats some though ... conditioning needs to be slightly improved
9. darrem charles - sick conditioning, needs more muscle size though
10. melvin anthony - needs more size and to be more consistant .. i don't know if he'll ever look as good as he did at the 2005 NOC again
11. gunther - wow talk about hype over nothing (he's the olestra of the group)
12. federov - guys chest is TINY compared to his arms .. although he may have the best legs on the planet ... including ronnie .. too many flaws though ... his back symmetry is all fucked up as well
any one else have any thoughts ... i really don't want to get back to studying contract law so this seemed like a great excuse not to
oh and another guy to watch out for in the years to come .. david henry .. him and troy alves will do a lot of damage i assure you of this