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They always say you shouldn\u2019t live in the past. You should never look back \u2013 you should always look forward. But the people that say that, don\u2019t do so with the knowledge of a Wesley Vissers. Because Wesley Vissers was able to build a physique that won him the very title for what he\u2019s prepping for as we speak. Back in 2024 Wesley was able to win the Arnold Classic in an upset against Ramon Dino. Ramon Dino was considered to be a far superior athlete, no offense to Wesley, but at that given point in time such a victory was the farthest thing from everyone\u2019s mind. Nobody thought it could be done. And that\u2019s why you call it an upset because Wesley went in there with a phenomenal look and was able to do the unthinkable. That is what makes bodybuilding such an exciting sport. It\u2019s not like when you\u2019re dealing with amazing football teams against total underdogs where victories are seldom if ever the case.<\/p>\n
In the sport of bodybuilding, if you are the best guy on game day you\u2019re going to win. It doesn\u2019t matter how big your social media following is or how many people you have in the crowd. None of those matters, the only thing that matters is the quality of your muscle, how you present your muscle to the judges, and how you stack up to the competition. Just two years ago, Wesley was able to walk away with the second biggest title in physique-based sports and now he wishes to do the same thing in 2026.<\/p>\n
Would I call Wesley a long shot? I wouldn\u2019t. I would say that based on his consistency in posting updates throughout this prep, that that has earned him the respect of a lot of critics. The progress photos were not crisp and defined, rather they were very blurry, but that\u2019s part of the teasing factor. So, in this article we\u2019re not just going to talk about a determined athlete looking to do what he did 2 years ago, rather we\u2019re talking about an athlete that also understands the importance of social media. Currently, bodybuilders that are on the ball understand that clicks and engagement go hand in hand. To just get a click isn\u2019t enough. You want someone to click and stay for a while. You want fans that are going to follow your journey. As soon as you have fans that do that, now you can properly call yourself an influencer. Anything short of that, you\u2019re either buying your followers or you\u2019re in denial. Wesley has a massive army of followers and friends. They want to see him succeed and he made do just that in a couple of days in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n
Now he\u2019s always been separated and he\u2019s always had good vascularity but I think one of the knocks that he\u2019s received over the years is the lower body. You have some competitors that are top-heavy strong other competitors or bottom-heavy strong. Some competitors aren\u2019t really strong in their physique, but they understand the value of condition. Everybody sort of has their specialty in the sport of bodybuilding but in order to win, Wesley\u00a0 is going to have to do a lot more than just his specialty. Everybody knows he comes in separated but the problem is the volume. The problem is classic physique and bodybuilding alike are sports that really like massive looking bodies. And unfortunately, I think that classic gets a little bit more emphasis on the lower portion than bodybuilding because of the fact that classic has one foot in men\u2019s physique and one foot in bodybuilding. Men\u2019s physique is a division that doesn\u2019t even look at the legs much less score them. So, I feel that they want classic competitors to be completely balanced. They don\u2019t want another \u201clawn dart division\u201d to quote the Great John Romano. What they want is sort of like a bodybuilding-lite division even though they\u2019ll never admit it. Classic physique is supposed to be what bodybuilding didn\u2019t get wrong, it\u2019s supposed to be the perfect division, but they want size, too.<\/p>\n
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