Bodybuilder Nick Walker is pulling out all the stops to ensure he presents his best physique at the nearing 2024 Mr. Olympia contest. In an Instagram reel published on July 30, 2024, ‘The Mutant’ discussed how he significantly improves weaker body parts with focused effort during training.
Having secured as high as third on the prestigious Mr. Olympia stage, Nick Walker has been on an upward trajectory since joining the IFBB Pro League Men’s Open class. His ability to blend freak factor with bursting fullness has led to an insanely successful career.
Despite the hype surrounding Walker, he was forced to bow out of the 2023 Mr. Olympia contest just days before the event took place. He revealed that he suffered a devastating hamstring and calf tear, which prevented him from walking temporarily. Instead of vying for gold, he watched Derek Lunsford become the sport’s first two-division Mr. Olympia champion.
Bodybuilder Nick Walker Lays Out Process to ‘Significantly Improve’ Weaker Body Parts
Familiar with adversity, Walker bet on himself and competed at the recent 2024 New York Pro. While he entered the event as a massive favorite, Martin Fitzwater gave him a run for his money, however, it wasn’t enough to stop ‘The Mutant’ from obtaining gold. With his Olympia qualification in tow, Walker opened up on how he addresses issues with his physique.
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“I’m not forcing my triceps to bring them forward. I’m more imagining my chest forcing the weight up and my hands are just here to help guide it. And that’s where the connection will come into play. And that’s why people say, ‘Oh, lifting’s not really much of a skill.’ It actually is. I mean, it sounds dumb to say because you’re just lifting, bro, but to be able to connect a muscle a very certain way, I think takes skill and practice over time to develop that.”
Nick Walker uses a common exercise, the shoulder dumbbell press, as an example to illustrate how he approaches physique flaws.
“Do you see what I’m saying? It’s like a shoulder dumbbell press. Your first thought when you come down is you want to force it, you want to bring it up with your triceps. You want your triceps to be involved to help you get it up. I almost close my eyes and just force my shoulders to bring it up, and that’s it” Nick Walker explained.
“It sounds really ridiculous, but trust me, it works.”
Walker shared that by lowering weight and focusing on achieving a full range of motion, weaker muscles can be drastically improved.
“Now im not saying other body parts wont get involved but you want to truly try and limit those as much as possible, if need be, lighten the load, get the full range of motion, slight pause in the stretch, explode up and slight hard squeeze at the top, and repeat, once I started doing this my weaker body parts did significantly start to improve.”
Addressing physique weaknesses remains atop Nick Walker’s list of priorities as a thriving Pro. Last year, he was criticized for his lack of leg fullness, which prompted him to carefully build his lower body with intense and methodical training sessions. In addition, he has made strides in bringing up his chest and especially his back detail, to contend with Derek Lunsford, whose posterior chain is among the best in the league.
Sporting considerable momentum and more hungry than ever, time will tell if Nick Walker has the firepower to take out Lunsford and Hadi Choopan on the sport’s greatest stage. One thing is certain: Walker understands his weaknesses and plans to turn them into strengths when the curtains rise in Las Vegas, Nevada for the highly anticipated 2024 Mr. Olympia extravaganza.
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