• Bill is back! (09/21)
  Bill Wilmore’s bodybuilding triumph came last year when he stepped upon the IFBB stage and finished within the top 5 of his first two professional shows. Although this was a significant milestone, people have since written him off as a flash in the pan and a fly by night of the pro league. In 2007 Wilmore kicked sand in the critic’s faces by coming back at the Europa Super Show, taking names and a third place finish which guaranteed him an Olympia placing, and some lost respect of his peers.

  “I’m feeling good after the Europa and I am confident with my Olympia preparation. Hany Rhambod (Bill’s nutritionist) has everything mapped out for me who takes off a tremendous amount of pressure and makes the whole scenario a lot easier to deal with,” said Bill.

  Now the critics have failed to demise Wilmore’s good will, they will more than likely come out and dismiss his Olympia appearance as a fluke. Let’s hope he comes out with those massive guns blazing to shoot down anyone who attempts to play down his game face.

• German Invasion (09/21)
  As we went to press, four athletes representing Germany have qualified for the 2007 Mr. Olympia.

  Dennis James who has finished as high as the top 5th on this stage in the past qualified by taking second to Branch Warren at the New York Pro and will be looking to redeem his disappointing 7th place at the Colorado Pro several weeks later.

  Finishing one place behind Dennis James at the New York Pro was Dennis Wolf. Wolf went onto the Keystone Classic one week later to claim his first win of his professional career and in doing do has inflicted a turn of direction that the bodybuilding world could be well received. 28 year old Wolf’s good looks, small waist, flaring shoulders and fantastic symmetry could be a promotional poster for the outside world.

  The German giant Markus Ruhl will be creaking the Olympia stage once again when he steps up to stand shoulder to shoulder with the mass monsters. The thorn in his side will be his lack of condition through his back, hamstrings and glutes that has yet to adequately sliced for Olympia company. His recent pec tear will also be something that can pose a problem if he wants to “Ruhl” this world.

  Ronny Rockel, much like Wolf has nice flowing lines balanced upon a muscular frame that is structured well for his height. His overall muscle balance is even better than Wolfs who lacks the calve, hamstring and back thickness that the rest of his body posses, but Rockel pretty much has it all. His back could use a shallow more thickness but other than that this guy has all the tools to crack the top ten given the right judiciary treatment.

• Coleman Vs Cutler (09/21)
  Have you ever noticed that the people who cry about everyone’s conception of the 2007 Mr. Olympia as being a two man show is the…………other competitors. Some say it is boring but the media are having a field day with it. It is like a show in itself and I for one, speaking on behalf of a fans perspective see nothing wrong with it at all. After all, we are speaking of the two largest Olympian athletes, one a former Mr. Olympia, the other our current champion.
  As much as this dual is physical, it is also mental. Fear has the universal advantage of making one fight or flee. On September 29th we will find out which of these universal out comes match up with Cutler and Coleman.

  Last year Ronnie was clearly holding a huge amount of water where as Cutler wasn’t. The notion of that small mishap could be enough to give Coleman the motivation to take back what he feels is rightfully his, but I am sure Jay will have something to say about that. Cutler is now the new champ and feels very comfortable where he is sitting and has done everything he could this past year to prevent any retaliation to second position where he has found himself standing on many occasions.

  The dual between these two titans will be a battle that you wont want to miss and will go down as one of the most supreme in bodybuilding history.

• Eddie Ready to Obliterate (09/21)
  Eddie Abbew is bigger than ever. At four weeks out from his Olympia debut he was weighing in at 290Ibs, looking full, healthy and very hard. “My goal is to use the same formula that I followed this year which got me my podium finish at the Ironman,” the Englishman told Prosource.

  A third place ranking at the Ironman Pro Show secured Eddie his Olympia invite which he has been vying for since joining the pro ranks 10 years ago. He sought the assistance of fellow IFBB Pro – Ernie Taylor which gave him the tools to come in absolutely peeled when he walked onstage earlier this year.

  Eddie is a registered nurse in his native England and hopes that there will be many wounded at the 2007 Olympia following the torment and thrashing he will implement on his competition.

• Cormier CAN’T comeback (09/21)
  As I reported last week in the gossip column titled “Can Comier Comeback,” I asked if Chris Cormier could in fact fill out and sharpen up from his fourth placing at Montreal in time for the Atlantic City Pro which was held the following week. The answer was no………for this year at least. Chris missed out on his Olympia qualification for 2007 and was relegated back to 7th place in a field that was much more competitive than the week prior. Melvin Anthony, David Henry and Craig Richardson all entered the fray with the contestants of last week to justify Cormier’s placing. The size that Chris is holding at this moment of his career isn’t nearly enough to mix with the big boys and I fear that father time has a different path to take than a successful and rejuvenated Pro career.

  Cormier has been a formidable force in bodybuilding and I have learnt never to count him out even with his chips down but with his setbacks as of late I fear we have seen the best of this bodybuilding legend.

• Johnnie Reverses his Role (09/21)
  One of the bridesmaids of last weeks Montreal Pro became the bride in Atlantic City and stole the show from a hugely competitive field all wanting to catch the bouquet.

  Johnnie Jackson, who finished third behind Darrem Charles and Quincy Taylor in Canada last week managed to tighten up considerably and pulled on the reigns to bring the Atlantic City Pro title within striking distance. He was much fuller and considerably more shredded than seven days prior which was enough to surpass the monster of mass – Quincy Taylor and the king of condition – Darrem Charles.

  This is Jackson’s second pro win of his career which is a huge contrast the earlier segment of the 07 season where he finished eighth at the Keystone Classic and ninth at the Colorado Pro following a lengthily layoff. This result will surely provide him with the much needed confidence to crack the top eight at the Mr. Olympia which is now less than two weeks away.

• Melvin loses his Momentum (09/21)
  Although Melvin Anthony had already qualified for the 2007 Mr. Olympia, he decided to enter the pre show fray by entering the Atlantic City Pro to take home some pocket change along the way. That literally did turn out to be pocket change as he was relegated out of the top three which has devastated the momentum of his fifth place finish at that was carrying him as a favorite challenger to climb mount Olympia.

  Several inside experts such as Bob Cicherello and Allan Donelly of FLEX magazine warned that Melvin had much more to lose than to gain by taking this show in his stride. Now, Melvin will have to contend with Darrem Charles, Johnnie Jackson and David Henry, who all beat him over the weekend, before he can get his teeth sunk into his previous Olympia threats.

• Taylor trips up (09/21)
  “There is no way I will compete in the Olympia without a win, I will get my ass handed to me without a victory under my belt”. These are the words that Quincy Taylor spoke going into the Europa Super Show in Texas this year where he was favorite to snatch his first win. As we all know by now things didn’t go as planned for the big Q.T., and a disappointing fourth place in Texas forced Taylor to sharpen his game plan and vie for his win in Montreal two weeks later. Darrem Charles showed up and spoiled the party by relegating Quincy to second and then a week later his hopes were destroyed when he finished a lowly 6th place behind Craig Richardson at Atlantic City over the weekend.

  So the question remains, will Taylor stick to his first gun and pull out of the Olympia due to his vacant victory, or will he battle for supremacy within the top 10 in Vegas where he believes he so rightfully belongs. Stay tuned to Prosource to find out.

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