olympia

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...

Since its founding in 2012, the International Sports Hall of Fame has recognized an impressive list of legends for their contributions on and off the field. It is the only major hall of fame that includes multiple sports and considers community service to others as part of its evalution process...

There’s a buzz around Hadi Choopan as he heads into the 60th Mr Olympia event in Las Vegas. Having won the 2024 Arnold Classic and Arnold Classic UK, he has every chance of dethroning Derek Lunsford and claiming his second Olympia title, and it looks like the smith machine has been an important...

In bodybuilding, Joe Weider’s Olympia is the ultimate proving ground. With the Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition looming on the horizon, we look at 13 legendary bodybuilders. Men who seized the opportunity of a lifetime, immortalized their names, and in the process, helped us remember that...

If you were to pay a trainer, nutritionist, or coach to help you reach your fitness goals, then you would have to invest in that expert to help you. Imagine how much it would cost to hire someone that is established as one of the premiere experts in the world. The cost would increase...

Every sport has its pinnacle — the ultimate test. In bodybuilding, that apex is unequivocally the Olympia. For the last 60 years, the Mr. Olympia competition has reigned supreme, crowning the undisputed kings of physique development every year since 1965. Only two iconic sporting events — the...

As we count down the days to the 2024 Olympia competition, many of the combatants are taking to social media to show how they are preparing for the most important date on the bodybuilding calendar. With $400,000 in prize money at stake in the Open Division, every training decision is serious...

Having won the Mr. Olympia Classic Physique trophy every year since 2019, many observers and competitors are making bold predictions that Chris Bumstead is going to be toppled on bodybuilding’s biggest stage in less than 2 weeks, but if 2024 is going to be the year that the chiselled Canadian is...

Martin Fitzwater, aka “The Martian,” has two of the most impressive pins ever displayed on a bodybuilding stage, but it took trial and error to get there according to a recent Instagram post. Now, the man that Jay Cutler has tipped as a sleeper in the 2024 Olympia Men’s Open division is sharing...

When bodybuilding fans and fitness enthusiasts think of an expo, they mostly think about a massive showcase of nutrition, apparel and equipment brands coming together, passing out swag and unveiling new products, along with an endless supply of influencers and celebs. The 2024 Olympia World...

The 2024 Olympia Weekend is set to take place at the incredible Resorts World in Las Vegas, NV on the weekend of Oct. 11-12, 2024. The IFBB Pro League has held numerous events around the world offering the greatest physique athletes on the planet the opportunity to showcase themselves by winning...

Olympia fans were in for a treat recently as Hany Rambod trained his legendary clients; Derek Lunsford and Hadi Choopan in the same epic session. As expected, they demonstrating some monster muscle by executing machine incline barbell rows. Here’s what went down, and why you should follow your...

With just weeks to go until Olympia weekend kicks off from October 10 – 13, the great and the good of gargantuan muscle now have bodybuilding’s most prestigious stage firmly in their crosshairs, but one contender that won’t be under the brightest spotlight in Las Vegas will be men’s open...

Have you ever thought about walking onto the Olympia stage but felt that you could never put yourself in a position to do so? If so, then the 2024 Olympia Model Search, presented by Buff Bunny Collection, may be of particular interest to you. Karah Jones and JoAnna Pope are handling this new...

It’s one thing to be a world-class athlete, and it’s another to be successful on the media side of sports. Imagine doing both at the same time. That has been what Wendy Fortino has been doing for the last couple of years now. The IFBB Pro League Figure competitor has been a host of several shows...

The 2024 Olympia Weekend at the Resorts World in Las Vegas, NV on October 11th and 12th will feature all 11 of the IFBB Pro League divisions. The most inspirational competition of those 11 for many fans must be the Men’s Wheelchair division. The athletes who will face the judges and spectators...

Since his first Olympia title in 2011, fans and followers have admired Phil Heath enough to memorize his Olympia-winning arms workouts or maybe dabble in some of his pre-contest diet prep. But now that his onstage competition days have come to an end, the Gift feels it’s time to explain the...

Seven-time Mr. Olympia, Phil “The Gift” Heath has unveiled the trailer for his forthcoming documentary film titled Breaking Olympia: The Phil Heath Story, and if this sneak peak is anything to go by, bodybuilding fans are in for a treat. “Phil led an era of bodybuilding that we may never see...