The lighting and background were horrendous why can't they have red curtains and some sick down lighting like back in the day

If they add the lat spreads, Chris will be champ until he retires. His lats boom like Dorian. Does anyone else love how smooth he hits the side chest, as well?

Breon is 42 and still looks like he is 25 is kinda insane

These videos are the ones I look forward to the most

Urs deserved 4th for his presentation. It was practically flawless and extremely impressive for his age. He always did smile, had everything under Control and did very pleasing and consistent transitions in between poses. Also while everyone on Stage really did relax with their hands on their hips breathing through their bellys when they said Gentleman relax , Urs did always Hit the front relax pose.

How can they not show cbum hitting abs and thighs. Joke of a broadcast

Yeah I agree on Urs. He is an incredible poser and has everything he needs to become an absolute top competitor in the future. But right now he is just too small to hang in with the big guys. But I see a ton of potential in him as he is only 23 years old.

The prize money was increased last year as well as this year. I’ve heard next year will be more again.

You are the sole reason i got in to professional body building. The first ever exposure i got was i think the "cedric vs phil, genetic showdown" video. And you've been the goat for me ever since. We appreciate the content a lot.

To me, Ramon Rocha was the standout of the whole show. Incredible package, amazing performance, outstanding potential. Id love to see him compared for a top 3 spot next year.

I'm a simple man, Tome8er uploads - I give a like.

Just started watching Body building videos and I love the way you break the video down, simple. Efficient and easy to understand for a newcomer

Ramon just need to be a good poser like urs!

That Ramon dude definitely has potential. His physique reminds me of Phil Heath's.

Honestly, I think Ramon should be on top 4

0:14 ramon omg this pose perfect

Other channels are for news related to bodybuilding, which is fine. But this is where you come only for the sake of pure bodybuilding, the art it represents.

terrence is so underrated, the darkness of his skin hides all of his great work

Breon should have been 2nd tbf

Bumstead scared of Ramon for future year

Ramon top 3 next year MINIMUM

I agree with you both this year and last year that Breon, should have been second. Not a robbery though, all the guys brought a great physique!

I gotta agree with you. Ruffin is fantastic, but I think Ansley should have been second the last two years. Maybe they look different in person, though? Idk

Cbum missed peak IMO, he looks diced in his Olympia videos but looks totally different on stage, or maybe the lighting just sucks so bad🤷

Talk about Ramon please!

I love how they all looked like they had a lot of fun posing with each other, really cool stuff

The lighting was so much better at the finals, Chris' back actually has detail here

i'd love to see your input on Ramon, the 5th place! His Olympia debut, also

Those Brazilians sure like Ramond Dino haha *🇧🇷🦖*

I think Terrence was a comfortable second this year honestly

Love these videos and couldn’t agree more with your opinions. Zero sense of surprise anymore and I get the feeling Terrance is going to be the Rich Gaspari to Lee Haney. No hate on him he’s got one of my favourite bodybuilders of all time but it’s just how I see it and it’s unfortunate.

To me, Ruffin is the definition of classic. He could have won this year.

i just want you to know i love your videos and appreciate all the work. best bb channel hands down.

Breon being the age he is and being in this condition and shape is unreal. I truly wonder if he was 10 years younger what would be going on. Same thing can be said about the future of Bumstead though. I'm so excited for the future of this division

I was waiting for this video. Greetings from Brazil🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

I have a strong suspicion that the poses they chose to be mandatory for this division are just the ones that Arnold looked good in, shots of him in the front lat spread or side tri are rare. He's somewhat aesthetic but he wasn't even the most classic looking guy in the actual classic era, if anything he was the mass monster of his time. Let's see a Serge Nubret style side tri for the mandatories!

Ramon Dino in the crusifix pose is like GAME OVER!

Classic physique is low-key becoming more popular 🔥🔥✨✨

My god, Ramon is the best potential there

Nicht vergessen ! Urs ist noch ein Baby , er wächst noch! ☝️🤘

Breon should have been 2nd again imo

6:47 - That's the most aesthetic shit ever from Terrence. I think he wins the favourite pose by a mile.

Lmaoooo “ by a country mile” 😂😂😂 the way u said that killed me

Breons vacuum in the ab, and thigh is amazing. Beautiful lines

Ramon has some good forearms

I honestly like Breon's physique alot more than Chris's but since he is forced to be so much smaller he will lose every time to a good Chris Bumstead

Agree about Breon being 2nd and Terrence 3rd. Difficult for Breon to improve he’s old and no weight room either

I dont think it was "very predictable" to have two first timers on the top 5. Everyone thought Chris would make the other guys look like kids, but that didn't happen. Wish Ramon had a top 4 callout for us to compare

Breon Ansley smokes Chris in the front double what is wrong with people, Chris’s biceps are lagging especially in the front double, I do have Chris winning tho.

Omg I understand why you made top 4 analysis, but I would really loved if you did it top 5 beacause of ramon 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Terrence getting closer to cbum

Honestly Urs is way better than Bumstead in FDB pose. Look at that shape and thickness

Urs Future Mr Olympia ‼️💯it was his first Olympia and he is only 23 years old 💪🇩🇪

Man u should have reviewed the callout with Ramon, he’s for sure better than Urs

Excellent opinions on making the Classic Class more interesting! Thanks buddy

Breon's a beast. More quality muscle than anyone up there. Bum just has height, but Breon's has a better overall package, with better muscle bellies. He looks more like a bodybuilder. Everything flows damn near perfectly.

Urs has some amazing insertions, especially in the arms, and along with that tiny waist I can see him doing even better in future

Been waiting for this

Biggest surprise was actually top 4 and 5, both debut, and top 4 with 22 years and top 5 with 25, i mean.. amazing kids

Amazing video, I m a new subscriber

Breon was the true second...

Excellent work Tom

Why not include Ramon in the comparison? He was top 5

One thing is for sure, the camera man sighed when he realized that they where going to have a bright screen as a backdrop of the competitors. If these shows are going to find a big online PPV crowd they need to ask the camera guy how a camera work! The stage probably was lit, for human eyes, but if the competitors on the stage is darker than the background you as the camera man is royally fucked. Unless they can film, process and stream in HDR in real time. But that would probably be a pain to get right too. Agree on everything BTW. Great videos as usual!

I think that actually with Bumstead moving into #1 so commandingly that it brought a lot of the needed attention to Classic and those up and comers are only now starting to hit that stride competitive enough for the class. For instance, I don't think we would have seen any better posing, newer faces, or what not to make this Olympia more competitive even if the prize money was quadrupled and everyone watched it because "Bodybuilding" takes yearrrrrrs and no one is gonna hit the stride Chris has RN but that doesn't mean they aren't coming. Seeing those new amazing faces in 3 and 4th makes me really happy because obviously, they have a longggg way to go but that's okay because they just started, imagine those physiques more filled out or even like if Robbert Tims gets his lower body to match the upper he will be dangerous I feel. Same with Brian Jones given a few more years to get conditioning and muscle maturity under control. Overall I'm very excited to see where Classic is going and I'm hoping to see it overtake the Open, even Arnold talked more at the Arnold Classic about pushing the IFBB this way by offering more money and better rewarding Classic Physique.

16 was looking on point tbh. I love the posing in classic physique 16 nailed the frank zane pose.

Love your vids bro thanks

1:45 Front relaxed shows Breon's flaws in size compared to the rest of the field. Urs front relaxed pose is insane, needs some more arms and forearms, lats to take #1 spot in future

I gotta say, Terrence simply looks better than Breon in my opinion. I don’t see how you can give it to Breon over him.

Such a pity you wouldn't comment with Ramon on screen (top 5 guy). Most people are saying he was supposed to be 4th but lost because Urs posed so much better than him. I'd loved to see your comments on his physique.

Thanks Tomn8er, good to have you back buddy!

Can you talk about Ramon? 5th place.

The background at these shows have gotten so out of control it’s a complete eye sore and totally undermines the physiques

They look like dudes randomly posing for no reason 😂😂

Always look forward to your videos. I agree with Breon taking second. Have always felt he fills out his physique just a little better then Terrance. Nick vs Hunter will be interesting but I feel it was gifted to Hunter as Nick was just way sharper in just about every pose. Am pretty sure you'll be coming to similar conclusions but lets see :-).

Surely Ramon Dino and Chris will be the future of this category. They represent the real Classic Pysique, Ramon Dino manages to surprise more because of remembering the golden times. Com toda certeza Ramon Dino e Chris serão o futuro dessa categoria. Eles representam o verdadeiro Classic Pysique, o Ramon Dino consegue surpreender mais por conta de lembrar os tempos dê ouro.

Chris is just on a different level! And you love to see!!

Ruffin is so small it looks like a candid camera when they put a regular guy between bodybuilders.

that guy in 5th has mad potential

cant wait for the hunter vs nick video! I had nick beating him so I'm looking forward to seeing your input. I also had breon in 2nd this year as well as last year. And lastly, ashley k fit got robbed too lol.

Yeah give them boys a little more money for their hard work appreciation like 50k for bumstead is nice but 15k for second come on! Give the top 5 a little more in general 80k for the winner 40-50k for second 30k third or something would be a good start increasing every year it is a growing division more and more in popularity too!

So. I'm a huge CBum fan. (Fellow tall Canuck.) But I've been saying for a year now that winning down the road is going to be nigh on impossible, because there are guys...Urs, Ramon, Logan, et cetera...who have far more room to improve. What's CBum going to improve on his physique that will keep him ahead of these young(er) bucks? He came in heavier this year, was confident that he was bringing his best package...and yet I saw at least two channels that, after the pre-judging were asking the question "Was CBum better _last_ year...?" I'm not sure what else there is for him to prove; he's pulled the division forward by being a latter-day Steve Reeves. The division will continue to evolve. But can CBum?

I love how these guys mix it up with each other by shaking hands and then having small pose offs with each other (@0:24) If nothing else, these guys all look good.

Hey Tom! Thank you for covering the O, it's always nice to hear your insightful analysis! You know that I'm a man of a 1000 words and I don't want to spam all your videos with my longer comments, so I've decided to go here. Hope you can take it, haha! So as for the Open, I think it was a rather underwhelming Mr. O. I've discussed this with Michael @ThisIsBodybuilding who sat behind the judges' table and he confirmed that most guys came in off. I think Hadi was the most shredded and if I can recall Steve's famous "conditioning, conditioning, conditioning!" quote, then I truly don't understand what else shall Choopan do in order to have at least 2nd. I guess he's too far behind in terms of mass. Ramy has good enough conditioning with his 295-300 lbs so no one can hope to take him down. But it was altogether a lackluster and rather boring open olympia and I've never thought I would feel like this but at one point I started to miss Heath and the usualy quality he brings. 212 on the other hand brought the goods. That division became a quality stuff especially how it featured puffy water buffalos few years ago. The top 3 all looked great and amazing in their own right. Derek was - similar to Ramy - just as sharp that his _incredible_ structure gave him the nod. He looked larger than life and I think he has the best structure in any male division currently (maybe Chris comes close). Clarida would have been a legit choice also and Kamal does not get enough praise for turning up looking like that when he is 50 yo! Classic was a mix of the previous two: predictable and boring but very quality also! I think Breon was vastly underestimated by the "fans" and internet trolls. He is rightfully 3rd and the difference between 3rd and 4th was night and day. Chris can be Mr O as long as he wants to unless some guy with a larger frame comes in peeled and dense. As good as Terrence is - he may be even better than Chris, proportionally! - he has no chance to dethrone Bumstead unless Chris comes in off, because when you talk about similar stuff your eye will naturally draw to the big guy. The rest of the divisions I had little interest towards. But for the production, i must say it was quite a letdown after last year. The lighting sucked, the backdrop, especially during prejudging with those flashing colours was an insanely poor choice. Sometimes I feel that the same guy does the lighting who does the music and they feel it is a disco/rave/whatever party and not a physique contest. Just utter crap. The stage production was also letdownish, no matter how many times Bob told us that this is the biggest stage in history. PPV also had major issues early on but thankfully they fixed that at least (still missed half of pre-judging for 212). The new WWE-format of the "press" conference was silly and cringe and it is not a press conference when the press and the fans have no chance to ask questions. I expect better next year! The judges' had some interesting decisions and I still cannot comprehend the scorecards with a single slot for a two part event (like classic or 212). Which day they score? Would it be difficult to show how they have seen them pre and finals separately? So it was just your average olympia experience. I hope next year will be better! Thanks for your coverage and work, anyway!

I'm looking forward to Urs and Ramon's growth in the next O. I firmly believe that it's going to be Chris, Ramon, and Urs duking it out for Mr. O '22. I'm as much of a fan of Bumstead as the next guy, but hot damn did Ramon look good. Urs has a shit ton of potential being 23 and his first time being in the Olympia. It's gonna be an interesting Classic battle.

I look forward to seeing the first time competitor in future 👊🏻so much potential

If the add the FLS and ST Chris will dominate even more since I’ve seen him hit those poses and he’s amazing in them

I think they should do a(n) all white background just in case if the black background hides any detail if at all. Just to be completely fair

Make the vaccum a mandatory pose, itll help keep this division aesthetic

Ramon Next Champion!💪👏🏻

Ramon beat Urs in every aspect of the game...that's some BS!

I am glad someone agrees Breon is closer to Bumpstead than Terrence, he seems to be ignored by many other commenters.

Had no idea how breon lost to ruff

So far I haven't seen anyone do an athletes pre-judging vs finals comparison to show if each athlete tightened up or got worse. I think Chris tightened up a lot between the shows.

1:23 when you walk outside and smell that zaza

Excellent analysis

Although it was unpredictable, the top 3 hasn't changed in a while. It was Breon, Chris and George then when George left, Terrence took his place. I don't get a) why Breon didn't have at least straight 3rd's, he ended up with 18 pts and I don't see how Urs beats him in a single pose but I do see how a case can be made for him beating Terrence b) how Alex ended all the way down in 6th

Breon doesn’t get the credit he deserves this guy came to win even though we know Chris is the king of classic. Position matters whether 2 & 3

Tom, Chris has a once in a decade type of build. He will be hard to beat for quite sometime sir!

Tom it’ll be dope if you start doing weekly videos on updates from body builders. You have some nice ass commentary bro.