Showstopper Invades LA
Ben "The Showstopper" White is a little more than 3 weeks away from invading the Santa Monica Civic Center Auditorium. Last season, Ben proved that he's for real by winning the Tim Gardner's IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Tampa Pro and placing a controversial 3nd a week later at Ed and Betty Pariso's IFBB Europa Battle of Champions. In essence, Ben qualified twice in 2 weeks for the 2010 Olympia. As we all know, Ben made the decision to forgo the Olympia to focus on gaining muscle and competing in the World's Strongest Bodybuilder Contest. Since he was able to start bulking up right after his last stage appearance, Ben had a tremendous jump on adding new muscle. "By skipping the O, I have had a chance to gain more muscle and make more gains than any other off-season since I began bodybuilding," says White.
With three weeks left till Ben's triumphant return to the stage, I want to make some predictions...
Here is the safe bet Top 5 (if you factor in Olympia placings and past contest history):
1) Dexter Jackson
2) Dennis Wolf
3) Evan Centiponi
4) Ben White
5) Fouad Abiad
Here are my predictions (based on pictures, gossip, and info):
1) Dexter Jackson
2) Evan Centiponi
3) Ben White
4) Dennis Wolf
5) Fouad Abiad
I'm including several 23-day out photos of Ben White at approximately 260lbs. I expect Ben will be an all-time granite-hard 250lbs come contest time. I know Ben badly wants to place higher than Evan Centopani since he's never beaten him before. Likewise, Centopani is looking to ruin Dexter Jackson's party in California. On the flip side, I'm hearing Dennis Wolf will need to lose a substantial amount of weight in the next 20 some odd days to be at around the same contest weight he was at the Olympia. Hopefully, he's gained a significant amount of muscle since then or, I fear, my prediction will come true and Dennis' stock will drop once again. Regardless, Dennis (along with the rest of the top 5) will have an extra 2 weeks prior to the Arnold to tighten up and come in better than ever.
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