[JoeFlexYourself]

Prejudging begins 12:00 pm EST. Watch it live over at:

2007 Arnold Webcast Main Page.

Most are building this as the Dexter vs Phil show, but I feel it'll be the Dexter vs Victor show. If both Vic and Dex look like they did at the Olympia, then Vic is a no brainer. But the few pics i've seen so far of Vic, he looks really small in them.

Anyone know the actual weigh-ins for this afternoon?

[tjbentham]

dex wasnt at his best in he O either, really exciting show cant wait!

[JoeFlexYourself]

Yeah i'm very excited, this is gonna be one of the best Arnolds in a long time. I just watched the ending to the very emotional Arnold Classic 2000, where Flex Wheeler broke down and cried.

Good stuff. Flex is the best ever IMO.

This was the call I made last night on a different post.

1. Vic
2. Dexter
3. Heath
4. Freeman
5. Branch
6. Gustavo

http://www.bodybuildingdungeon.com/f...tml#post349217

Anyone seen prejudging pics yet?

[tjbentham]

i watched the prejudging, i have it like this :

1) dex
2) vic
3) tony
4) phil
5) gustavo

vic looked bit watery, freeman and gustavo seemed to improve the longer it went on

How did Branch look?

You're right. Vic looks like he's holding some water.



Rockel looks really sharp and dense. I'd put him ahead of gustavo and branch. Branch doesn't look as dry as last year.

Bodybuilding.com - Bodybuilding Contests - 2007 Arnold Classic Picture Gallery - Men's Pre-Judging Comparison Round!

[tjbentham]

not at his best, conditioning good by most standards, but not his, and his right lat seems to have lost some mass...i was most impressed by tony freeman he fared really well in the final comparision with vic and dex.
vics biceps were suspicious sythol or such

[tjbentham]

and yes rockel looked really good, his back seems to have been brought up i have he as a fantastic physique, but he didnt get called out early enough imo, that said there were a decent amount of comparisons

Rockel is 2nd from the left. Legs look great.

[tjbentham]

branchs tan is way too light

Originally Posted by tjbentham

not at his best, conditioning good by most standards, but not his, and his right lat seems to have lost some mass...i was most impressed by tony freeman he fared really well in the final comparision with vic and dex.
vics biceps were suspicious sythol or such

Yea Freeman's definately got the total package and he's on a roll this year. Interesting about Vic. Question, what is it exactly that indicates synthal use? The muscle shape, lumpiness??

yes, branch messed up his tan at the olympia too ... you think he would have fixed it. Are you at the classic right now? Did you see any of the other events, arm wrestling, etc?

[tjbentham]

unnatural shape, size when relaxed often lumpiness. Am having to watch webcast, not at the event :( im sure lighting etc looks different at the event. there are a bunch of events ill have to make sure i go next year.

Yea I'm thinking about making the drive out there next year. My brother in law was at the arnold last year and he said its was crazy. Yea, the pics on bd.com don't have great lighting either. I'm sure better quality pics will be out tomorrow.

[JoeFlexYourself]

Victor looked good, but his stomach looked bloated, he was in better condition at the Olympia, I guess he was good enough tonight. Also his Arms weren't as seperated as they were at the O, and his Bicep's looked funny.

Dexter on the other hand faces a huge problem, show after show he looks pretty much the same, while that isn't a bad thing, he isn't improving that much and he isn't adding any size. Clearly he needs more size and width if he ever wants to win an Olympia.

Some guys are just happy at being 2nd. Maybe Dex is one of those guys.

Overall I was very impressed with Tony Freeman, after 2 pro shows in a row, (Arnold his 3rd) he has managed to come in better at each show.

Phil Heath is the next big thing, but again that is NEXT not Today.

Men's Results:

1. Victor Martinez
2. Dexter Jackson
3. Toney Freeman
4. Gustavo Badell
5. Phil Heath
6. Silvio Samuel Saviour
7. Branch Warren
8. Ronny Rockel
9. Markus Ruhl
10. Vince Taylor
11. Mark Dugdale
12. Marcus Haley
13. Hidetada Yamagishi
14. David Henry
15. Sergey Shelestov
16. Luke Wood

[Sean1211]

Originally Posted by JoeFlexYourself

Yeah i'm very excited, this is gonna be one of the best Arnolds in a long time. I just watched the ending to the very emotional Arnold Classic 2000, where Flex Wheeler broke down and cried.

Good stuff. Flex is the best ever IMO.

...I remember that! That particular Arnold Classic was one of my fav's. (the 1998 Arnold is a very, very close 2nd.)~

[Mygeeto]

awesome.