MrO 2025 thread

John Smeton

John Smeton

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What do you see?

I have Andrew Jacked winning. He is not in the top four , it appears. Andrew clearly looks fuller, more conditioned, and appears to have much more muscle than Samson

Nicks gut is sticking out too far. Martins shape beats Nicks. Hadi appears maybe a bit sharper than Derek, making the illusion of him being way more conditioned , which would beat Derek. What did you see?

Looking forward to tonight and see how everyone stays the same or changes. I suspect many will for the better change 100%. All Andrew really needs to do is hold this nand or tighten up, even more, and keep the fullness and its his. That said O judges didnt seem to agree with what I saw
 
Just saw the top 6 photos from Flex, Hadi and Andrew really look impressive. Obviously a lot of buzz has been around Samson and Derek, plus Nick. But Samson looked really smooth in the video I saw posted, will need to really come in drier. Samson & Andrew's height though really come into play when looking at them next to the other shorter guys.
 
My money is on Hadi for the judges pick. Andrew has the aesthetics but there is usually some politics in the Olympia judging and with all the talk on Hadi recently I think the judges will go that way. Not saying Hadi isn't impressive but I'd place Andrew a bit above him.
I think Pearson did deserve the 212 class win.
 
Andrew is in top four

I saw a different video the first time, idk

Derek won. Andrew fourth. I had Andrew winning, would much rather be tall and have that body than Dereks

Maybe it was Dereks smile that judges thought he'd make a better ambassador or the sport idk

Not the first time Ive diagreed with the overall Mr O decesion, been watching it every year for the past fifteen years and follwing it back about twenty three years
 
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Watching the final I think Derek did beat out Hadi. The legs did it, look at the side pose Derek had a bit more seperation and size. I get what you are saying but I'm not in total disagreement with this years win.
Honestly I prefer the Classic Physique division a bit more, the shorts are stupid but overall it's a good balance of mass and style...kind of its purpose. I remember back to the days of Lee Haney though.
 
ironviking said:
Watching the final I think Derek did beat out Hadi. The legs did it, look at the side pose Derek had a bit more seperation and size. I get what you are saying but I'm not in total disagreement with this years win.
Honestly I prefer the Classic Physique division a bit more, the shorts are stupid but overall it's a good balance of mass and style...kind of its purpose. I remember back to the days of Lee Haney though.
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Classic physique wear 1950 style swim trunks, showing most of the legs

I know bc I competed and did seven competitions in six years, 2016-2021, and did jr nats in Chicago, 2017

Shorts are physique. For Classic physique winner, Ramon looked incredible this year
 
Derek: Bigger and fuller than Hadi, great back.
Hadi: Ripped and shredded all over, ridiculous serratus.
Andrew: Literally a physique out of a superhero comic. Amazingly full and round.
Samson: Seems to come in downsized to get more ripped, which cost him the 'wow' factor.
Nick: What the hell went wrong here? He looked flat and depleted.
 
John Smeton said:
Classic physique wear 1950 style swim trunks, showing most of the legs

I know bc I competed and did seven competitions in six years, 2016-2021, and did jr nats in Chicago, 2017

Shorts are physique. For Classic physique winner, Ramon looked incredible this year
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Agree on Ramon dude looked phenomenal. Maybe "stupid" was a bad choice of wording. I think the shorts should have less length, a lot of leg development gets covered by them. I could be biased though, the one BB comp I did back in 2008 my legs were my best bodypart size and symmetry. Symmetry everywhere else sucked though :)
 
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