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Episode 255 of The Threat Podcast saw host Dennis James with regulars Chris Cormier and Milos Sarcev as they judged the 2025 Olympia event. While the gang didn’t feel like the Open division quite lived up to the night’s hype, Sarcev had high praise for the Men’s Physique group. During the show, Dennis “The Menace” […]
It’s been more than a week since Derek Lunsford became Mr. Olympia was crowned. And since things have settled since bodybuilding’s biggest event, there’s still plenty to talk about. I have to say that this year’s event was reminiscent of a real, live, old-fashioned bodybuilding show as a spectacle. Gone were the distractions of smoke, […]
While Joe Weider founded an American bodybuilding institute in 1965 with the arrival of the Mr. Olympia competition, the pop culture phenomenon has continued to grow under the leadership of current owner Jake Wood, who helps connect the Olympia event with its larger-than-life athletes, passionate partner brands and a growing number of fitness fanatics who […]
Samson Dauda was unable to defend his 2024 Mr Olympia title this year, instead suffering a significant drop to fourth place. Yet, rather than blaming others, the ‘Nigerian Lion’ has shown himself to be a true champion in reflecting on what went wrong, and it seems there is plenty of potential on the horizon. Dauda […]
Joe Weider’s 2025 Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend is now officially in the books after thousands of flex fans flocked to Resorts World in Las Vegas to see Derek Lunsford win this year’s Sandow Trophy. But while many people know the end result, there were some interesting statistics that came out of this year’s ‘O’ […]
Derek Lunsford capturing his second Olympia title last weekend was the final jewel in the 2025 bodybuilding triple crown. Add to this triple crown – which also included the Arnold Classic and Pittsburgh Pro wins – the fact that Derek’s 2023 Olympia win made him the only bodybuilder in history to win both the 212 […]
The bodybuilding action of the 2025 Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend is in the history books. The curtain fell on the annual tradition of crowning champions in Bikini, Classic Physique, Men’s Physique and the main event: the Mr. Olympia Men’s Open title. The Resorts World Theater in Las Vegas was buzzing from the […]
Traditionally, the annual kickoff to the Olympia Weekend was the Thursday press conference, which featured some of the elite competitors from each division in Las Vegas. This is the last chance for the superstars to share their thoughts with the fans watching online, and with each other, before the prejudice begins. Olympia President Dan Solomon […]
Blessing Awodibu may be known as ‘The Boogieman’ to bodybuilding fans, but the Irish powerhouse is a gentle giant when it comes to spending time with his little girl, as he recently demonstrated by performing hanging leg raises with his ‘Baby Boogie’. The Irish professional bodybuilder, who earned his IFBB Pro card in 2020 and […]
The biggest bodybuilding weekend of the year has arrived. The 2025 Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend returns to Las Vegas, NV, October 9-12, and the main event is the 61st edition of the Mr. Olympia competition. The Men’s Open competition will feature twenty athletes from ten countries. Four of these men have won […]
