THE HEIR APPARENT
I asked, "Is this your year?" Jay Cutler smiled broadly, winked, and answered, "We'll see." He weighed 269 at Wednesday's competitors' meeting, on his way down to a target weight of 265-268 at Saturday's Olympia.
If the contest had been held Wednesday in shorts and short-sleeved shirts, Cutler would've won, as he made the biggest impression at the meeting, virtually dwarfing the slimmer Markus Ruhl seated next to him. "This year I diet for 17 weeks," Cutler said. "Last year I did about eight weeks. I've attained my best conditioning, mass and balance. Hopefully, it's enough to win."
In contrast to some surly sorts, he was nearly beaming with confidence. "The Olympia is my destiny," he pronounced. "It's the peak. It's what I started training for at 18. It's getting to be one of those things where if I win the Mr. Olympia my destiny is fulfilled."
We'll all find out on Saturday, October 15, if the heir apparent, presumed in the shape of his life, finally unseats King Coleman.
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"You've never seen anything like this before," exclaimed the reigning champ during this evening's athlete's meeting. "I've been training my abs all year long and stuck to my diet the whole year too. I ate less and didn't let my weight get too high."
Indeed, the clothed version of the world's baddest bodybuilder we saw today was as wide as ever, but with a noticeably trimmer midsection. Still, ropey veins streamed down from his shoulders, past his t-shirt sleeves, and into his wrists. In short, the man looked more like the Ronster of '98 and '99 than that of 2004 -- surely a chilling thought for those who will be standing on the Orleans Arena stage with him in three short days.
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