The 2024 bodybuilding season has been on hiatus for the vacations, however it is going to be again earlier than we all know it. The Arnold Traditional is in lower than two months, and athletes around the globe are already in prep with hopes of qualifying for the sixtieth version of Joe Weider’s Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, NV on Oct. 10-13.

The easiest way to remain within the loop is to be paying consideration now, and we obtained you lined because of Olympia TV and the Muscle & Health YouTube channels. Right here’s a glimpse at what it’s important to look ahead to this week.

Prime Time Muscle

It’s been over two months since Derek Lunsford turned bodybuilding’s first champ-champ by profitable the 2023 Mr. Olympia, however followers are nonetheless speaking about who ought to’ve been the winner of that historic contest in Orlando, FL. Tim WIlkins, Terrick El Guindy, and Chris Cormier returned for a brand new season of Prime Time Muscle, and so they instantly held El Guindy’s toes to the hearth by asking him how Lunsford was awarded the Sandow Trophy. The IFBB Professional League decide gave his full evaluation as to why Lunsford was the higher man that weekend, and he backed his claims up with data that followers gained’t get anyplace else. Do the quarter turns actually make that huge of a distinction? Watch and be taught for your self.

Andrea Shaw Interview

The women of Femme Flex Friday and Isabelle Turell of The Match Rockstar Present wanted per week off after doing heavy lifting for a number of weeks, however the followers of the ladies’s aspect of the stage have been handled to a particular interview of none apart from four-time Ms. Olympia Andrea Shaw. Shaw joined eight-time Ms. Olympia Lenda Murray, Bob Cicherillo, and El Guindy for this unique hour-long dialog protecting a wide selection of matters. Proper off the bat, Shaw shared that she loved the vacations, however she was excited to “unofficially” be in prep for her run at Olympia quantity 5. Will she do some other reveals as effectively? In addition they cowl different matters reminiscent of Detroit and Michigan sports activities and opinions in regards to the males’s aspect of bodybuilding.

The Meance Podcast

Over on the Muscle & Health YouTube channel, Dennis James, Milos Sarcev, and Cormier held one other legends roundtable on this week’s episode of The Menace Podcast, and so they have been joined by 2014 Arnold Traditional champion Dennis Wolf. Wolf offered updates on his life, mirrored again on an incredible profession, and he even shared his ideas in regards to the present state of bodybuilding. Which new execs does he have his eyes on, and who does he see profitable the 2024 version of the Arnold? Save a cardio session for this one as a result of it is going to be an awesome hear.

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