1997 Finland Grand Prix Revisited - Savolainen Got Screwed! 

I'm only 2 minutes in and I'm already blown away at how insane these guys look. The 90's were ridiculous.

I totally see how he placed 7th, the judges must’ve been so distracted by his hair in the back shots that they forgot to judge them and afterwards judged it by memory. That’s the most plausible explaination I can imagine

Levrone's shape in this contest was god tier. His most well-rounded and refined presentation, in my opinion.

Levrone is one of my favorite BBs, Those round shoulders and triceps with his structure is just final boss material

You will truly be missed Tomn8er. Your legend will live on!!! Hope the next stage of life brings you love, happiness, and success.

Tom, it’s so funny that you say that you aren’t the best natural speaker. Your great speaking, light sarcasm, and phrasing is one of the main reasons I subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work! This lineup was insane! Nasser and Cormier look amazing!

5:15 I love how Dillett looks like he has 4 arms and he is doing a back double bicep and a rear relaxed hahaha

Just upload when you feel like doing it, we enjoy the videos anyways in the end

With that physique marko episode have won the 2018 and 2019 olympias

By this point you can really tell Ronnie was going places

You're killing it, man. Probably the best bodybuilding commentator on youtube.

Nasser is criminally underrated in bodybuilding history. The 90s were notably mass monsters. Show like this are deep as can be.

Quality over quantity dont change that Tom!

Best biceps ever! Too bad he couldn’t compete more

Look at Big Ron Woow he looks crazy good here. Wow

Finland has been mentioned, let’s meet at the square!

I feel like once the pandemic is over and bodybuilding gets back to its normal state then you will have a lot more to talk about and produce on your channel. You're on 64k subs and if you keep pumping out more videos you will reach 100k in no time. Other bodybuilding commentators aren't what they used to be (NSP), so we need people like you who focus on actual bodybuilding, not gossip and sensationalism.

As a finn its great to hear you agree that marko got shafted only placing 7th. I mean apart from Cormier and Levrone he probably had less flaws than the entire line up. Shame he couldn't compete more he's the only finn that ever had the potential to be a Olympia contender. He had an amphetamine addiction on top of taking PEDs so his kidneys gave out... Crazy thing is he told in his book (only available in Finnish I think) that while prepping for this show he couldn't really sleep or eat for days because of the addiction but shockingly still looked like he did

Ayyyy. I've wanted to see a recap of this show for a long time. Sure it'll be great!

Savoleinin could have won the show imo

Thank you for producing this quality content, your intro made me appretiate each of your uploads a bit more

Yet again excellent analysis Tom. I'm always happy to hear your voice, views and comments. Cheers Mick.

Heyo Tom, I just wanted to say that your commentary is appreciated at any rate you put it out. You always succinct and that comes at price of uploading frequently. Hopefully your gyms open up soon and I hope that it brings you joy for bodybuilding both as a hobby and as a RU-vid venture. Your analysis is unsurpassed and frankly I hope you get to enjoy it. Love from germany

Tom honestly your commentary is really good. I thoroughly enjoy it. Please keep making vids like this

Hey Tomn8er! Of all breakdowns covering the Finland Grand Prix you totally crushed it. Superb analysis!

Im glad you mentioned how recording is the hardest part for you making content. Same for me, I would be alot more comfortable making blog posts. But you are one of the best even with being introverted, thanks for the inspiration!

Best breakdowns I’ve seen ! Along with vast knowledge of physiology and bodybuilding.

Finally! As a finn I really waited and wanted you To do this video! Keep up going!

I really love your videos, your channel is one of my favourites of any content :)

I love your style of video bro. You never miss

What an awesome show that was.Funny how so many of those GP shows had such good lighting, in tiny venues all across Europe, and these days the Olympia lighting sucks....The last Olympia with great lighting was what, 2013? Kevin won this show on conditioning alone imo, he was hardly the most muscular or most symmetrical guy on stage.Also i feel 97 is the last time one can say he had great quads... Dillett placed high on name alone here, he was already past his prime. Chris Aceto said he always had very bad shoulders, maybe thats why he couldnt hit and hold certain poses well, or train back properly for that matter. Ronnie here, to my eyes at least is almost the same as 98 Olympia.He was a reported 255lb in the 97 O and a mere 249 lb in 98 so the main difference is conditioning.He didnt really gain much size, he couldnt considering he was competing so often and didnt have true 9 month off seasons.His overall dimensions, proportions and strengths /weaknesses are the same in 97 as 98.Maybe his quads got a tad bigger but thats about it.In fact i think Ronnies quads got bigger with every year from 96 to 2003 or so... His side chest is for my money kinda overrated.He has great body parts but execution is poor and he isnt symmetrical much.Remember waist calves and forearms are proly the most important areas for bodybuilding symmetry and he never excelled in neither of them. I had him in 3rd on the call-out with Cormier and Levrone for those reasons. Now that i think of it Ronnie was back then like Roelly was in the past couple of years.A big guy with some freaky body parts and a couple of great poses but almost never in shape...Placing rather well considering how stacked the era was but never developed a winning aura about him. Nasser was a beast but his so so conditioning and weak side and rear poses made him vulnerable.I think he lost to Levrone in many post Olmpia shows, spanning from 95 to 99 or so..quite baffling considering at the Olympia he was routinely beating him then. Markos biceps have to be the best ever, i mean he is literally smoking Coleman and we all know how great his bis were....But he was a relative unknown at the time and the judging panel was obviously largely American and biased toward Weider athletes...( one of the reasons Ronnie was placing so low at these 96-97 shows btw). And if I may give a little advice, dont mention glutes/hams much when you're analyssing 90s contests.Those guys just werent showing off those areas nearly as much back then.That trend started during Ronnies reign. Back then they hit the back poses with very different stance .If anything they were showing their calves, as head judge Wayne Demillia always asked for it when he was calling out the poses...

Nice video Tom thanks for the upload really good job.

Hey Tomminator, your awesome. Thank you for your content and great body of work. It's totally cool to be you man. Tired, enthused, energized I'm saying thanks to all you've done and have been doing. Vent if need to this is why we call it life. Anyhow just shouting you out bro. Thanks

Thank you for quality content, love the channel, I’m a subscriber from Slovakia

Savolanein in the back double looks like if Dorian had arms lol

hey dude thanks for even doing the few videos you do also thank you for being transparent about your situation. it is good for the fans to hear

Up front, Thank You Tomn8er for the Video 😇🙏 Greetings, from Finland 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 + Perfect pronunciation of Marko's Last name. Many other RU-vidrs get it wrong 🤓

Awesome quality footage brother !!

5:20-5:25 Paul Dillet looking like Machamp over there with the other bodybuilder’s arms behind him 💀💀💀

Bro I just love to see your video. And you are the best speaker i had seen.

Its ok tom we still wait for your uploads Great stuff bro 👏

Appreciate your honesty! Dw about the upload frequency, we enjoy what you are producing :)

Your videos are much appreciated.

Tom you're doing great in your videos man! don't talk yourself down!

We subscribers enjoy your channel, but you're correct, there's more to life than RU-vid. Post a video when you're into it, and we subscribers will certainly enjoy it when it pops up! 👍😁

Sorrry ya not feeling well, thank you for the content you do bring

We want more videos from you. You're great! In Germany also gim closed since end of October, insane!

Great video...Keep going man ✌️

OH man what a treat, I've only ever seen really bad quality photos and video from this show. Thanks for taking the energy to do this even though it's hard Tom, thanks for this vid however you managed to find the footage xD and take care!

Youre the best in what you do!

Your videos are rare, but I appreciate them more for some reason. Maybe its a sign of quality, who knows)

I was actually really interested in this show cause this imo was Kevin Levrones best and now I got a tomn8er vid to watch

To me kevin's physique here is the one i see as the perfect bodybuilder. So much simmetry, extremely well balanced, diced, full, huge and aesthetic af.

Best bodybuilder channel, by a distance. 👏👏👏

Great video! These old shows just hit hard how much the quality has dropped over the years Unless you can get Ramy, Kai, Phil, Rhoden, Curry, Winklaar, Hadi all on the stage together the quality just isn’t thefe

Tom, we love you, you're amazing

Holy shit Kevin was peeled ! Only time I’ve seen him harder was at the Olympia in 92

Yeah a surprise Tomn8er video 😀 Marko was pretty screwed though I would have had Marko no lower than 3rd place he was beating Ronnie who was 3rd and could have maybe even beaten Chris. They should have done another callout with Kevin, Marko, and Cormier so we could see how he compared he was definitely screwed

You may not like speaking but you’re good at it. Your subscribers love your videos because of it.

Over 20 years ago and the quality, lighting, production is so much better

I remember seeing in muscle & fitness an off season Marko and I was so impressed! Very competitive but also underlooked in this one. Cheers.

This lineup is probably better than the olympia for god sake

Not sure where you scooped up the footage but I appreciate being to see this

Wow what a lineup! You can thank Wayne DeMilla for organizing these events. If you watch the interview he did with valuetainement he talks about how he organized these european tours with all star lineups to make more people see these guys in flesh. I don't know why nobody does this nowadays.

I rather have less videos with better quality, than daily watered up content! Besides, I love rewatching your old videos.

Nice job friend!

You don't have to explain yourself, brother! Just keep doing what you're doing.

SUOMI PERKELE!!! TORILLE!!! MARKO MUKAAN!!! 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮💪🏆

Great video!!!!

Nice 👍 footage...keep the good work...

video quality is crazy, especially these closeups early

Very good video!

The amount of muscle Ronnie put on his legs even after training for several years is just incredible

Just started following you in InstaGram! didnt realize you had one!

Savolainen got absolutely robbed, dude was huge, full, and diced. That Christmas tree back is incredible! Wish we would have seen more of this dude.

Great video ! I make some bodybuilding comparisons on my Chanel sometimes and it can definitely be difficult Your the best in the game at it .

MARCO was very underrated also he never was consistent enough to overcome the politics I Think this was his best if I'm not mistaken. Just my opinion Awesome video!!!

Naseer as usual going with his best

Great video! I completely agree, I am not really sure how they justified placing him that low.

Totally Awesome 💪😇👌

Really interesting vedio..enjoyed it..

97 Finland GP Kevin Levrone is the Best Physique of All Time! Shape, Symmetry, Full, Conditioned, Posing, Presentation

Marko's conditioning was awesome.

KEVINS BEST SHOW EVER NO DICUSSION

Spot on 💯💪

Man ur right that dude was ripped and grainy w huge bis, looked epic

Marko looked amazing !!!

I came across the thumbnail without noticing that it was from 1997. I just stopped and stared and was like "when did bodybuilding get so good. Wow".

Man that Marco guy is Amazing - Those biceps are just mind boggling.

I'm so used to seeing bubble guts during the "transitions" in modern day bodybuilding, that I was actually looking for it in this video...lol. I saw zero abdominal distension - even during the transitions. Abs were definitely of a high caliber in this era.

Like your honesty...

Wow you actually almost read Miloš Šarčev right! NICE! Such a pain for the ears hearing it wrong for years now

Thank god for the 80s 90s bodybuilder it was incredible look at these guys you dont see this much talent in one show anymore

Savolainen and Ruhl had biggest biceps to this day.Crazy peaks like Arnold only even bigger.

I think you're doing an awesome job as a speaker, even if you don't like it.

Great Video for an Introvert. 😉

Wow I never even heard of Marco. The dude looked phenomenal.

Video or no video “I’ll be back” - Tomn8er

Gym's are back Up here in Quebec woooo!!!

These guys looked so good back in the days.