Hi everyone, today I want to discuss something not about racquet
sports but rather about bodybuilding. More specifically this years Mr
Olympia. For those who follow or pay attention to the scene you would
know that this years Mr Olympia was full of controversy, discussion and
speculation. Most of this uproar of attention was due to the friction
between Phil Heath and Kai Greene, the winner and runner up. Here is a
video of the prejudging where things between Phil and Kai got a bit
heated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWaXBzSbRgY
There are many speculation as to who was to blame for this conflict, now I'm going to be a bit biased here but during the prejudging posing it was clear Phil was not giving Kai enough room, they were all asked over and over again to shuffle over to give each other enough room. However Phil refused to move, intentionally or unintentionally could be further speculated but Kai was obviously frustrated because of this and was pushing onto Phil during the poses to get him to shuffle over. I'm not exactly defending Kai either, he wasn't smart with the way he dealt with the situation, that behavior on stage only makes him look like the bad guy and it did.
Finally I would like to talk about the results, (spoiler alert) 2014's Mr Olympia winner was Phil heath making this his 3rd consecutive win, and Kai obviously being the runner up. I know bodybuilding is basically a beauty pageant with muscly men so its all subjective and riddled with politics. However there is a certain criteria of which it is based upon so I think Kai Greene was better than Phil heath in many aspects. Probably the most noticeably thing that I could point out is Phil's stomach, it was out of control while Kai's stomach was in control, flat and abs were showing. Kai wasn't looking as dry and hard as he did in the previous Mr Olympias but he was definitely more conditioned then Phil is especially in the legs and back which are always Kai's strong points. I guess the point of this post is just for me to rant about the disappointment in the results, I felt Kai was robbed of the title of Mr Olympia. Here is a comparison photo, you guys be the judge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWaXBzSbRgY
There are many speculation as to who was to blame for this conflict, now I'm going to be a bit biased here but during the prejudging posing it was clear Phil was not giving Kai enough room, they were all asked over and over again to shuffle over to give each other enough room. However Phil refused to move, intentionally or unintentionally could be further speculated but Kai was obviously frustrated because of this and was pushing onto Phil during the poses to get him to shuffle over. I'm not exactly defending Kai either, he wasn't smart with the way he dealt with the situation, that behavior on stage only makes him look like the bad guy and it did.
Finally I would like to talk about the results, (spoiler alert) 2014's Mr Olympia winner was Phil heath making this his 3rd consecutive win, and Kai obviously being the runner up. I know bodybuilding is basically a beauty pageant with muscly men so its all subjective and riddled with politics. However there is a certain criteria of which it is based upon so I think Kai Greene was better than Phil heath in many aspects. Probably the most noticeably thing that I could point out is Phil's stomach, it was out of control while Kai's stomach was in control, flat and abs were showing. Kai wasn't looking as dry and hard as he did in the previous Mr Olympias but he was definitely more conditioned then Phil is especially in the legs and back which are always Kai's strong points. I guess the point of this post is just for me to rant about the disappointment in the results, I felt Kai was robbed of the title of Mr Olympia. Here is a comparison photo, you guys be the judge.
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