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Height decides more in bodybuilding than anyone likes to admit. A 5-foot-9 competitor can carry 300 pounds and still look proportioned. A 5-foot-5 competitor cannot. Samson…
Wellness is the newest division on the Olympia Weekend lineup, added for the 57th edition in 2021 and received with more enthusiasm than any new category…
Classic Physique exists because Arnold Schwarzenegger complained about guts. “We need to do something about the judging and stop just rewarding guys with the biggest muscles…
The 2024 Mr. Olympia Men’s Open division featured a stacked lineup of 15 elite athletes. Derek Lunsford, Hadi Choopan, and Samson Dauda emerged as the clear…
For years the Olympia Weekend offered female pro athletes three categories: Ms. Olympia, Fitness and Figure. In 2010 the IFBB added a fourth: Bikini. It became…
Between 1980 and 1994, Ms. Olympia was the only division open to professional female bodybuilders. Fitness, added in 1995, was the second. It works differently from…
Ask any bodybuilding fan which is the most inspiring division on the Olympia Weekend and you will get the same answer: Wheelchair Olympia. Harold Kelley won…
Mr. Olympia is the biggest show in professional bodybuilding. Joe Weider created it in 1965 so that Mr. Universe winners had somewhere left to compete, and…
The IFBB added two divisions to the Olympia in 2013: Men’s Physique and Women’s Physique. The second of those opened the weekend to a group of…
Until 2003, female competitors had two titles to aim at on the Olympia Weekend: Ms. Olympia and Fitness. Figure was the third. It is judged on…
The IFBB added two divisions to the Olympia in 2013 to make room for more pro athletes: Men’s Physique and Women’s Physique. Men’s Physique came with…
The Olympia took 15 years to give women a contest. Mr. Olympia started in 1965; Ms. Olympia debuted in 1980. It has not been treated well…
