2011 IFBB "FLEX" Pro show - 1st show of the 2011 bodybuilding season

[ddragaon]

I got wolf second because he placed ahead of Rockel this past olympia though wold didnt deserve imo
1. Dexter Jackson
2. Dennis Wolf
3. Evan Centopani
4. Fouad Abiad
5. Ben White
6. Ben Pakulski

I agree 100%

I like Fouad Abiad, but there is no way he can beat Dexter,Dennis and Evan.

 

[tkD]

Re: 2011 IFBB "FLEX" Pro show - 1st show of the 2011 bodybuilding season

Dennis Wolf 3 weeks out from the Flex Pro, @ 290, training with DJ

 

[tkD]

Re: 2011 IFBB "FLEX" Pro show - 1st show of the 2011 bodybuilding season

Stan Efferding 3 weeks out

 

[pakiman]

Stan's looking great, best he has looked... them last are "Columboesque"!
Wolfe... I am not too sure except for the fact that his legs might explode any day! He looks too big for just a few weeks away from contest... lacks muscle separation BIG TIMES!

 

[Hypocrisy86]

Stans arms are kinda small,

 

[HeavyWeight_86]

I got wolf second because he placed ahead of Rockel this past olympia though wold didnt deserve imo
1. Dexter Jackson
2. Dennis Wolf
3. Evan Centopani
4. Fouad Abiad
5. Ben White
6. Ben Pakulski

Wait a minute man, you gotta be objective here.
Centopani despite all the "new promise" and future Mr. O hype, is not as balanced as Fouad. His upper/lower body lack of proportion and the back thickness are the areas where Fouad beats him without problem, not to mention Fouad is more wide. You place Wolf before Fouad too, but you forget Dennis calves have traveled to some other dimension, cause they disappeared, he lacks glutes, and despite the Olympia exploit placing 5th, in front of a better looking than him Ronny Rockel, Wolf is lacking thicknes on stage, NY Pro and Olympia showed he can't come in thick and conditioned at the same time. Not to forget, Wolf loses to Fouad in all the lower body area and back thickness as well. I'd be my money on a guy who's out from stage from one year but improved, instead on someone like Wolf, who went from top pro to NP at the 2009 O, coming back good this year, but not good enough imho, his weak points are the first thing judges are gonna look at. Wolf is wide as hell and looks thick in the pics, but stage time coming, depleted, his weak points will look even worst, that's a fact. I mean look at Dexter the guy has no calves, but he has all the rest, but when you lack more than 2 body parts, in the callouts you're getting screwed, no matter the momentum and fanbase you have

 

[pakiman]

Stans arms are kinda small,

his legs are even worse ... I like Stan and wish him all the best, though!

 

[dilatedmuscle]

Dennis James helped Melvin Anthony make a great comeback, lets hope he does the same for cookie monster.

 

[mvsf1]

Wolf looks 8 weeks out, not 3.

 

[nigster]

Wolf looks 8 weeks out, not 3.

Well, did you really expect something else? :icon_smile:

 

[dilatedmuscle]

Wolf looks 8 weeks out, not 3.

thats what people were saying about melvin when he was working with DJ

 

[mvsf1]

thats what people were saying about melvin when he was working with DJ

Sorry, but Wolf has had a bunch of disappointed conditionings in recent years... I don't expect him to look in shape.

 

[tkD]

Re: 2011 IFBB "FLEX" Pro show - 1st show of the 2011 bodybuilding season

February 02, 2011

So Close, But Yet So Far.

18 days. It seems so far but in actuality its right around the corner and nervous energy has set in. Unlike other years, it’s not a stressed out feeling it’s more of a, “get me to that stage aleady,” kind of feeling. A little more craziness has set in as well. Every year before each show as it gets closer and my cravings get worse I usually make a list of foods or restaurants to eat at after the show. The goal is to finish the list within one month of the shows and somehow it never gets done. I told my girl yesterday though I promise this year I am going to eat all the food on the list; I feel like it’s something I have to accomplish because I never have before..lol. Anyway enough of that, I could talk about food all day at this point so I don't wanna ramble.

Things with the prep are going good: Hany has just decided we're going to go up another level from where I am. I'm pretty sure I've never been here before while holding this much muscle. Some of you that have seen my pics in the past have seen me shredded and in good condition but I was much smaller, the goal this year is going to be to bring in a higher level of conditioning while keeping all the hard earned muscle I put on over the long time I had off.

Strength is up and down; some days I'm benching 405lbs and some days its 315lbs but I don't let that get to me at all because I know things like that happen as you get more depleted. The one thing I do try and do is always push as hard as I can. I always try and make sure I'm lifting as heavy as I can because I know my body and as soon as I start doing too many supersets or lifting too light my body gets stringy. Yesterday I trained legs and things felt really good, strong, endurance was good and separation is really coming in. Legs have always been a point for me to really improve on and I did have some quad injuries this year so the fact that I am squatting and staying full and round in the lower body means things are all positive going into the FLEX.

All in all this prep has been very good for me, the people in my life have noticed a change in me and I think it comes from experience. I think after years of training and competing I am finally starting to feel like a real professional in every sense of the word, not just in the physical sense. It’s important to me to go the extra mile and take care of fans needs and always give back. It’s important to be appreciative for the people in your life that are always there for you. Every last little detail of this prep has been thought of and nothing has been left to chance. Tanning, icing, physio, mental visualization, eating, sleeping, training, food prep, posing and all the extras like ab work, stretching are all being done for the first time in my career. I think I got by on whatever genetics I had and they got me to where I am today and I always thought I was working hard until I realized there is SO MUCH MORE that can be done. It’s not just doing but doing with 100% focus and intensity. In 18 days we're going to find out if putting all these pieces to the puzzle together will create the picture in my mind I have had for the last 14 months.

Sacrifice Without Regret,
Fouad 'Hoss' Abiad

 

[mvsf1]

^^ Again, great post by Fouad. BEst of luck!

 

[tkD]

Re: 2011 IFBB "FLEX" Pro show - 1st show of the 2011 bodybuilding season

Evan 2 weeks out

 

[mvsf1]

Holy f.ucken ****! Look at the mirror reflection!

 

[Natzo]

damn Centopani is on the money!

look at how his chest improved, and that calve looks like a little monster!!

 

[Workingroup]

****ing insane BRUTAL EVAN CENTOPAI GO UP BRO

 

[ironheart]

Evan looking swole as hell! cant wait to see him on stage

 

[dilatedmuscle]

This show is gonna be good