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Muscle & Fitness used to be much more than the most reliable source of fitness and training information. It could also serve as a fortune teller because many of the athletes that graced the cover of past issues of M&F went on to become legends and icons of bodybuilding and beyond. If you need...

If you didn’t already know this past weekend was the greatest weekend in bodybuilding and bodybuilding history. Check out the full recap of the 2024 Olympia weekend, including winners in all divisions. Wings of Strength 2024 Olympia Results: Samson Dauda Wins Mr. Olympia! With 60...

2024 Mr. O Samson Duada shocked the world of bodybuilding when he beat out the favorites, Derek Lunsford and Hadi Choopan to claim his first Mr Olympia title, but the “Nigerian Lion” has shared that he almost quit bodybuilding before taking the industries most coveted crown. Now that he’s at the...

The Olympia stage is where dreamers become contenders, contenders evolve into champions, and champions transition to legends. The 60th edition of Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend featured all the above and then some. Fans that watched the action live on pay-per-view or in...

Confusion reigned over the weekend as one of the Open Division favorites, Andrew Jacked appeared to walk off stage unhappy with how things had played out during his posing session. Apparently, an audio malfunction had scuppered Chinedu Obiekea Andrew’s routine, but those who thought that he had...

Bodybuilding history was made on Saturday, October 12 th , 2024 when Samson Dauda stood center stage as the 19 th man to win bodybuilding’s biggest title – the Mr. Olympia. Dauda was one of 15 Men’s Open competitors posing down in Resorts World Theater in Las Vegas, NV as the main event of the...

Chris Bumstead is officially a six-time Classic Physique Olympia champion, and he is also officially retired from competition. The man known as CBum what is dominant as ever when he took both the prejudging and final stagesin Las Vegas, Nevada on the weekend of October 11th and 12th. He won...

The Las Vegas Convention center posted the Saturday morning events of the 2024 Joe Weider Olympia Fitness and Performance weekend. On the schedule today was the highly anticipated Classic Physique Olympia, Men’s Physique Olympia, Bikini Olympia, and both rounds of the 2024 Wheelchair Olympia...

Cydney Gillon surprised no one in the Resorts World Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada when she was announced as the winner of the 2024 Figure Olympia, the 8th consecutive world championship in her division. Gillon’s dominance in competition has been unmatched since she started winning her string of...

Cydney Gillon has reigned supreme in the Figure Olympia division since 2017, consistently displaying an elite physique that has raised the bar for competitors worldwide. At the Figure Olympia finals held at the Resorts World Hotel on October 11th, Gillon faced stiff competition from Padilla...

Most fans who attended Friday’s morning prejudging anticipated the Women’s Physique division of the 2024 Olympia would come down to two athletes. And both reigning champion Sarah Villegas and former titleholder Natalia Abraham Coelho did not disappoint when they stepped onstage during the...

The 2024 Mr. Olympia finals in the Men’s 212 Bodybuilding division concluded on Friday evening, October 11, at the Resorts World Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada. Following an intensely competitive contest, Keone Pearson emerged victorious, claiming his second title in the division. The stakes were...

If anyone had any doubts about whether Missy Truscott could return from a catastrophic knee injury, they were quickly put to rest on Friday. The two-time Olympia Fitness champion earned her third Olympia Fitness title with a dominating performance during Friday’s finals of the 2024 Olympia at...

Andrea Shaw has been the Women’s Bodybuilding queen ever since her first Ms. Olympia victory in 2020. This year however, the reigning champion faced her biggest challenge, as Angela Yeo, the 2024 Rising Phoenix winner, attempted to crack the foundation of Shaw’s time at the top. The champion...

The first day of 2024 Olympia final rounds went pretty much according to script. Isabelle Nunes, however, found a way to flip the script in perhaps the biggest upset so far in the 2024 Olympia Wellness division. The two-time runner-up dethroned three-time winner Francielle Mattos to become the...

There is nothing like Friday night at the Olympia, and that was amplified at the 60th edition of Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend. The Resorts World Theater in Las Vegas, NV was buzzing on Friday night, Oct. 11th as fans came in to see the best of the best in Fitness, Figure...

Less than 24 hours after a record-setting press conference and successful Meet the Olympians event, The 2024 Olympia kicks off with Friday morning free judging at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Thousands of fans sat in the seats and stood behind the seating area as their favorite competitors...

After months of buildup, promotion, and anticipation, bodybuilding’s biggest weekend has arrived. The 60th Olympia has begun at Resorts World in Las Vegas, NV, and the festivities began with the traditional Olympia 2024 press conference. Over 1,500 fans packed the room, leaving many having to...

1. Despite the addition of numerous divisions and weight classes since the Olympia’s inception in 1965, only the winner of the open bodybuilding competition can claim the title of “Mr. Olympia.” 2. The first Joe Weider’s Mr. Olympia competition was held on September 18, 1965, at the Brooklyn...

Pickleball has been around since the 1960’s, but it has seen a boom in popularity in this decade. It has been frequently compared to tennis, but there are several key differences. The courts are smaller, the racquets are smaller, and the ball is different. It can also be more intense and fun in...