Gare Circuito PRO e aggiornamenti atleti Open e 212 libbre

[marcu9]

Beyeke finalmente un po' in forma..

[Alberto84]

Ricordatevi cosa diceva qualcuno di voi in merito a Lewis,parlando del Mr.O

Non è nemmeno paragonabile a Beyeke come qualità e quantità,e Beyeke è spesso nelle posizioni di rincalzo del MR.O

Senza voler essere offensivo. Ma oggettivamente la tua osservazione e sbagliata. Flex Lewis e' in off-season e Beyeke e' sotto gara, come puo' paragonarli. Beyeke oggi, se lo paragoni a Heat e' meglio di Heat, ma questo vuole dire che Beyeke e' Mr Olympia?
C'e' da ammettere che Beyeke pero' sembra piu' in forma del solito.
Flex Lewis cosi' come e' nella 212, farebbe top 6 nella open.

[Raizen]

top 6 forse anche grazie al nome, imho

[Gore]

io dico spesso che vorrei vedere flex lewis di fianco a heat.....
penso che l'unico gap da colmare sia la schiena .... ma nella top six penso farebbe diverse "vittime"

[personaltrainer78]

io dico spesso che vorrei vedere flex lewis di fianco a heat.....
penso che l'unico gap da colmare sia la schiena .... ma nella top six penso farebbe diverse "vittime"

Non so...se addirittura potrebbe stare vicino a Heat come dici l' avrebbe già fatto il salto,se non l' ha fatto secondo me è perchè sa che una top 6 non è poi così sicura,e nell' ultimo anno non è che sia migliorato come tutti si aspettavano,anzi...

[BB_Zon3]

Quoto personaltrainer78.

Heat,Greene,Wolf,DJ,Big Ramy,Mc Millan,Roden,Warren....

Questi sono solo i primi 8 nomi che mi vengono in mente che starebbero sicuramente davanti ad uno che pesa almeno 10 kg meno come Lewis.

Per cui ribadisco il mio pensiero,ovvero che Lewis non è al momento in grado di fare il salto nella open e finirebbe dietro persino a Victor Martinez,Beyeke,Centopani,Compton...

[marcu9]

Ma anche se fosse da top six....dunque 6° , massimo 5° ...
Non avrebbe solo svantaggi da tale prestazione, anche se in open?
Intendo sia a livello economico e pubblicitario.
PENSO che ora, essendo il RE della 212...abbia guadagni notevolmente maggiori come premi, sponsor, pubblicità varie rispetto un "anonimo" 5° posto in open..
Ma magari mi sbaglio.

[AndryPata90]

Lionel Beyeke



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Per chiarire la questione su Flex Lewis...resterà nella 212 lbs per difendere il titolo.

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Ifbb Pro Akim Williams - 11 weeks out. update at 275lbs - Looks like the legs came big too!



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Flex Lewis: Where You Going?

212 or not 212, that is the question

Flex Lewis has consistently been about the best-conditioned athlete at the last couple of Olympia Weekends.

The career of three time 212 Showdown champ, Flex Lewis, may, or may not be, approaching a crossroads. The truth is the Welsh Dragon has just about maxed out at 212 pounds and any improvements will paradoxically make him ineligible for that class. There may be a call for him to concentrate on refinement rather than muscle accumulation, but the truth is that for the past two or three years he has been the leanest and most conditioned athlete of the Olympia weekend (open and 212 class) so it doesn’t really appear that there is excess tissue for him to lose. Of course there will be a school of thought that asks why would he want to leave the success he has built in the 212 division behind and gamble on holding his own with the bigger boys; more on that point later? Because of his achievements he has very lucrative publishing and supplement sponsorship deals, a massive fan base (with his equable and friendly persona he is one of the most popular bodybuilders on the current scene) that will buy his photos and other merchandize, and the demand for paid guest appearances outstrips what he can actually accommodate. All sounds very cozy but Flex Lewis is a blue collar, in-the-trenches, take-no-prisoners, can-do-will-do, (you getting the picture) kind of guy. Improvement for him means growing, and that may mean being in contest ready condition at a weight greater than 212 pounds.
So it may be that to realize his ultimate bodybuilding ambition – of being the best he can be – he will have to at some point leave the 212 division behind and venture into the open class. The boy from Swansea turned 31 last November, so he has a few more years – barring injury – left to proceed on an upward curve. With him having the potential of several years left to continue getting better, how could he do that and still weigh 212 pounds?
Lewis remaining in the 212 class could be like asking Usain Bolt not to try to run any faster and be content with his current times. For a gym warrior like Flex how could he adopt to working out with less intensity knowing that any gains would have to be shed come weigh-in time? Not only that I don’t think this passionate man could cope with the prospect of surrendering to the thought that he will reach the end of his career, thinking, “Could I have been better?”
AN OPEN QUESTION

The thought is that the current 212 champ could add another ten pounds or so and widen and thicken his upper body while keeping the same waistline and contest winning condition.

There are those who would say that despite his excellence at 212 pounds he would just be overpowered by the leading protagonists in the open class. Let’s speculate that Flex Lewis could compete in condition at 220 pounds and that that additional muscle would thicken and widen his upper body and leave his waistline as is. Some would say that his 220 pounds would be no match for the 250 pounders (never mind the 270 pounders) who hulk around in the open class. Well, it’s condition – in which Flex excels – that is the great leveler. Exhibit A: Shawn Ray, who gained 12 successive top five Olympia placings (1990-2001) and was twice runner-up (1994 and 1996). During that remarkable run the Shawnster’s bodyweight was usually around the 205-pound mark. At that bodyweight he regularly beat 260 pound plus monsters like Nasser El Sonbaty, Paul Dillett Jean Pierre Fux and Kevin Levrone, and twice ran a close Sandow race with Dorian Yates. He did this because of his balance and super condition. It is this humble scribe’s premise that similar credentials would apply to Flex Lewis. Think of the condition he brings to the contest stage and compare it with the top six from last year’s Olympia? Thus it’s not impossible to envisage a bigger Flex making the top six at the Mr. Olympia, where a sixth place would earn him $35,000 compared to the $25,000 the 212 winner takes home. Flex did enter an open show, the 2011 Arnold Europe, where he finished fifth, but he was just over 202 pounds for that contest. If he does make a future foray into the open class he’d probably be another 18 pounds heavier while maintaining excellent condition.
To add another 10 or 12 pounds to his frame Flex would probably have to have a year free of contest dieting. He’s done that before with spectacular results. Let’s rewind a little. In 2007 he earned his pro card by winning the light heavy and overall titles at the British Nationals. The following year he won the 202 class at the Europa Supershow and was third in that division’s finals at the Olympia weekend. By then he had been under the tutelage of fellow Welshman, IFBB pro and contest prep advisor Neil Hill for a few years. In 2009 he slipped to fifth at the 202 Olympia weighing 192 pounds. He and Hill re-evaluated and decided he had to skip competition in 2010 in order to make the gains necessary to be competitive with 202 champ Kevin English and Co.
In this age of gurus there’s probably no closer relationship between a competitor and his guru than the one that exists between Flex Lewis and Neil Hill. They are both working class, no frills “Boyos” from Wales, and have a mental empathy that fuses their partnership together. Hill is a former British champion who has his own gym in Tenby, in south west Wales, which is renowned as a blood and guts workout emporium reserved for only hardcore bodybuilders – none of that health and fitness nonsense. When this duo set a goal they achieve it.
Now let it be said, it’s common for a bodybuilder to say they’re going to take a year out to make major improvements, and then when they re-appear it’s the same old, same old. Lewis is different. Such is his ability to deliver Fed-Ex are talking sponsorship. From that 202 fifth place in September 2009, he was away from contest action for 18 months returning in March 2011 to win the 202 class at the British Grand Prix. He had gained 10 quality pounds, which meant bigger arms, a new back, and improved chest plus a dry and crisp conditioning. With that extra ammunition he went into the 202 Olympia and on that 2011 day many thought he had toppled the champ, Kevin English, but it was not to be and he had to wait another 12 months to take top prize in the division.
THE BRIDGE OF SIZE

Will the current Olympia champ, Phil Heath, and the 212 champ, Flex, eventually compete in the same contest?

So the year ahead may be one of contemplation for Flex Lewis and Neil Hill. Making crucial decisions at certain times has marked his career. The first time was in 2004, when, with the goal of attaining all round balanced development uppermost, he concentrated on bringing the rest of his body up to the level of his renowned leg development. Thus he basically did hardly any legwork for many months, using the time saved on legs for lagging areas like chest and back. In 2011 he made the decision (as detailed in the main story) to miss out on contest activity for 18 months to make improvements. Both decisions worked out for the best. Flex will enter this year’s 212 Showdown at the Olympia. But after that? As 2015 closes, maybe another fateful decision needs to be made by Flex Lewis – 212 or not 212 indeed?


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Articolo di Peter McGough...

[AndryPata90]

Foto guestposer alla Loaded Cup 2015: Raymond, Bonac, Wolf

Jose Raymond






William Bonac




Dennis Wolf

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Amit Sapir - Offseason



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Kai Greene

[marcu9]

Non capirò mai cosa c'è di bello nei costumi di kay.

[Ozn]

Gli coprono la faccia

[AndryPata90]

ecco i video:

[menphisdaemon]

Ma Vaillant fa a fare i Physique?!?

Comunque Pica con Tour

[AndryPata90]

yess confermo la notizia di Marco, già vista ma non pubblicata qui:

Patrick Tour: "Shout out to my friendGian Enrico Pica IFBB Pro..."did you forget about him?...mistake!...he's coming "



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Vaillant da quanto dichiarato vuol fare il Nordic Pro il 10 Ottobre...


Intanto Alex Fedorov....