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MAMDOUH ELSSBIAY
slipped to eighth, tying (for the
third time) his best placing. Head
judge Steve Weinberger told me,
“He was phenomenally
conditioned, but he’s missing
size. His legs need to grow.”
SECOND CALLOUT
Left to right: Josh Lenartowicz,
Winklaar, Rhoden, Curry, Nathan
De Asha, Cedric McMillan. Both
Lenartowicz and De Asha looked
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better from the front than the
rear— the former because of an
absence of rear striations and
the latter because of his lagging
lats. In fact, De Asha’s front
double biceps and front lat
spread were two of the most
amazing poses of the weekend
and surely helped him climb
through the ranks to seventh. As
he came off his seventh in last
year’s O and his victory at this
RAMY EXERTED HIS
WIDTH ADVANTAGE
OVER THE OTHER TWO,
SEEMINGLY TAKING UP
TWICE AS MUCH SPACE
WITH HIS HANG GLIDER
REAR LAT SPREAD.