Mr. Olympia 2025

Yeah, the “fridges” are still flexing up there. Hoping Hadi takes the crown, guy’s dialed in and sharp. But man, Andrew’s looking incredible too, just needs a touch more size in the legs. Still, he’s bringing serious shape and flow. Can’t wait for the real bodybuilding show to start, the classic physique guys, that’s where the art begins.
 
So the guy I had in 3rd or 4th won? Interesting.

What a charade, he was soft af.. Lats from the front, arms and chest looked horrible perhaps from the SEOs. Hadi was way better. Also, in my inexperienced eyes i had Andrew second behind Hadi and third Derek or Samson.

Instagram goes nuts with this outcome, no one had him first.
 
What a charade, he was soft af.. Lats from the front, arms and chest looked horrible perhaps from the SEOs. ...
Instagram goes nuts with this outcome, no one had him first.
I reserve my judgement for when I see some proper unfiltered high-resolution photos, but usually, if a guy looks, let's say.... smooth, in the stream, while the others don't -- he usually also is.
From the front Hadi simply eviscerated Derek, and while certainly not on par with Derek, I think this is the best overall backside we have seen from Hadi.

Also, in my inexperienced eyes i had Andrew second behind Hadi and third Derek or Samson.
I am not sure if I would do so otherwise, but I would not put Andrew in 2nd, just because of the his terrible posing. You need a physique worthy of being a Mr. O to get away with that and still place that high.
If he works on that, and puts on another 7+lbs, with an improved back (especially traps), he will be a certain contender for the title. Just look at the arm/shoulder separation.

Have not seen much from Martin, but what I have seen looked tremendous, could probably have beaten Derek IMO. Hope he gets a bit more coverage over the next few days.

Nick, not sure what to say. Feel bad for the guy, but this show exposed his structure so bad - not sure what to say. Those quads will never look good, his back is just structurally not pretty to look at, and the waist is so blocky, even his insane shoulder width can't hide that.

Brandon looked like held up pretty well, I didn't expect him to be this good. Working with Justin Harris seems to still pay out.

I haven't seen much from him, but I think Good Vito could have been placed a couple of spots higher.

I have barely seen any coverage of Behrooz, but he seemed to have missed his peak, sadly.

Would have liked to see a bit more of Sasan, I assume he also could have been placed a spot or two higher.

I feel bad for Akim, not sure what happened. Have not seen any footage or photos of him yet.

Not sure what to say about Rubiel - does he even diet?


Ramon apparently deservedly won, but I must also admit that Mike rubs me a bit the wrong way. Ramon's physique is just pretty and clean. I still would like to see him gunning for a Top10 spot in the open class, haha.
 
So who's gonna be tuning in this weekend? Who ya got? I like Mike Sommerfeld for Men's Classic Physique and Nick Walker for Open. Nick has gotten freaky deaky this offseason but watch out for Hadi too, he's doesn't have as much of social media presence as the other guys so people tend to forget about him but he is as yoked and peeled as ever.
I was rooting for Samson and Andrew jaked. I think Derick looked good but I don't think he should of won. Hadi looked better but this is BB and it's very subjective and political
 
I reserve my judgement for when I see some proper unfiltered high-resolution photos, but usually, if a guy looks, let's say.... smooth, in the stream, while the others don't -- he usually also is.
From the front Hadi simply eviscerated Derek, and while certainly not on par with Derek, I think this is the best overall backside we have seen from Hadi.


I am not sure if I would do so otherwise, but I would not put Andrew in 2nd, just because of the his terrible posing. You need a physique worthy of being a Mr. O to get away with that and still place that high.
If he works on that, and puts on another 7+lbs, with an improved back (especially traps), he will be a certain contender for the title. Just look at the arm/shoulder separation.

Nick, not sure what to say. Feel bad for the guy, but this show exposed his structure so bad - not sure what to say. Those quads will never look good, his back is just structurally not pretty to look at, and the waist is so blocky, even his insane shoulder width can't hide that.

Have not seen much from Martin, but what I have seen looked tremendous, could probably have beaten Derek IMO. Hope he gets a bit more coverage over the next few days.

I haven't seen much from him, but I think Good Vito could have been placed a couple of spots higher.

Would have liked to see a bit more of Sasan, I assume he also could have been placed a spot or two higher.

Not sure what to say about Rubiel - does he even diet?


Ramon apparently deservedly won, but I must also admit that Mike rubs me a bit the wrong way. Ramon's physique is just pretty and clean. I still would like to see him gunning for a Top10 spot in the open class, haha.

Haha, Andrew's presence on stage is like someone put a gun in his head and said to him go out and do it, i get it. He will never be "good" at this, same with Krizo, Vito and same as Paul Dillett back in the day. You either have it or not, obviously someone can improve it but doubtful if ever gonna be good.

Although, he maybe looks like he's bored, i don't mind it too much to place him lower. Strictly because we talk about open. On the other hand if we talked about classic i would 100% agree with you, posing and stage presence count way more for me in that division but not so much in open or 212 for example.

I'm very happy for Ramon Dino, he deserved it. Now that Mike downsized due to all that shitstorm with height/weight stuff he actually fits more ln the classic division but Ramon was better.

Martin was phenomenal, one of the most peeled guys up there. I saw a pic of his back double and he was peeled af, from traps to glutes to calfs. I wasn't expecting TBH to look so good based on his previous updates with some pics in clothes, he was looking so small like he had lost a ton of size, almost smaller than Brett Wilkins and in the same level with Nihat Kiya from 212 but on stage he fakkin delivered, props to him..overall a great package.
 
Haha, Andrew's presence on stage is like someone put a gun in his head and said to him go out and do it, i get it. He will never be "good" at this, same with Krizo, Vito and same as Paul Dillett back in the day. You either have it or not, obviously someone can improve it but doubtful if ever gonna be good.
Although, he maybe looks like he's bored, i don't mind it too much to place him lower. Strictly because we talk about open.
I wasn't talking about his "stage presence", while I agree that you will likely not learn to have the same presence as the guys that have it [insert whatever name that comes to your mind], what I meant is his objectively terrible posing. He could look so much better, if he actually knew how to hit a pose right, and even more, if he knew how to pose to accentuate his insane physique.
Side chest is terrible, side triceps could be done a lot better, back let spread is done with shoulders too much forward (IMO), making his back look wide but also a bit flat.
Arguably the front double biceps could be executed better as well, but his arms might look a bit too thin, if he pushes back his elbows a bit more.
Legs from the back and front might also look a bit better, if posed differently. Look at how Ramon and Mike execute the back double totally different to get an idea, how this influences the overall look. He also doesn't (know how to) fully contract his legs in the ab and thigh pose, watch how they look right afterwards in the most muscular shot.
 
i think hadi was robbed, derek looked terrible

ah i hate watching this shit, its just me getting mad every time.
I saw you posting the links to that streaming site. and then contemplated for one second to stay up even later, but then said to myself "Nah!".
 
from complete noob in this sport:

im glad that nick didnt win. he looks terrible. midsection is huge, legs are looking real bad and he is kind of shaped like fridge.

samson was best look imo.

but i dont care about that. one thing tho...

mens physique guys. holyshit they look incredible. that is pinnacle of look for me personally. not TOO big but still big enough to stand out anywhere irl. hopefully i can get close one time in future with my build.
 
mens physique guys. holyshit they look incredible. that is pinnacle of look for me personally. not TOO big but still big enough to stand out anywhere irl. hopefully i can get close one time in future with my build.
I will never have any respect for a guy posing in Hawaii shorts, that doesn't really train legs as one should. Never.
I have to meet anyone who started training for that class, that would have done so without social media.
Many guys in the other classes are still like that.

Also, don't train to stand out, do this sport for yourself.
 
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I will never have any respect for a guy posing in Hawaii shorts, that doesn't really train legs as one should. Never.
I have to meet anyone who started training for that class, that would have done so without social media.
Many guys in the other classes are still like that.

Also, don't train to stand out, do this sport for yourself.

i understand leg part. but again, if i wanna achieve any particular look, its that one, legs or not (i have better lower than upper body)
 

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