THE IRON NATION

  Hadi Choopan posted his physique update where he is looking to be in very good shape. This Olympia we haven't seen a lot from Hadi but he looks to be on track for the Olympia. Hadi is not the biggest body builder but he is the most conditioned athlete on the Olympia stage. It is going to be interesting to see whether he will be able to better his 3rd place finish or retain his 3rd place because there are a lot of new upcoming guys who will be trying to get into the top 3 like Nick Walker and Hunter Labrada. He did mention in the post that it was not recent but is definitely from this prep itself. If he was looking this way earlier itself, it goes to show that he is going to bring his trademark crazy conditioning. Hadi is already in the US prepping with his coach Hany Rambod. This year's Olympia is certainly going to be an interesting one as the line up is highly competitive. Do let me know in the comments where do you think Hadi will place in this years Olympia.

Nick Walker has posted his recent physique update going into the Olympia. In this update he is showing his upper body and especially his abdominal region. His waist is looking small compared to his huge size. His abs separation looks very deep as well as his condition looks to be on point. Nick Walker has been doing a great job at keeping his mid section in check and not letting it spill out or having a bubble gut. He does not have a very aesthetic looking mid section but he has great control over his mid section and even during the poses he does a good job of controlling it and making sure mid section looks tight. Talking about his overall physique he looks to be in great shape and there is no doubt that he is going to be in top 5 in the Olympia but will he able to get into the top 3 is not a certainty and will he able to get past Hunter Labrada, still remains to be seen. He has been posting updates where he looks huge and freaky. He did not compete this year including the Arnold Clas...

  Highly anticipated NY Pro wrapped and Nick Walker has won this show. People were eagerly waiting for this show especially for the "Nick and Blessing" showdown , which actually didn't take place as Blessing couldn't make the first callout. Here now as for Nick's physique he looked absolutely fantastic. He has always had this mass and the only thing which got him 4th place at last years chicago pro was his conditioning which he nailed it this time. More importantly he looked significantly improved from his last showing of which most impressive was his control over his mid section. It was very much clear from the pre judging itself that he was going to win this show. Justin Rodriguez was the runner up and Hassan Mostafa took the third place. Hassan's only issue  was that his conditioning was not up to the mark. All in all Nick looked to be in really great shape and was the clear winner without an iota of doubt. All that beef between him and Blessing should be o...

 Ryan Crowley unfortunately has suffered another pec tear. If you do not know who Ryan Crowley is , he is the same guy whose pec tear video with Larry Wheels had gone viral. According to his recent post he has suffered with a second pec tear. As mentioned in his recent insta post he tells that he was recovering well but he tore that same pec again. Now this could prove to be career changing injury because he might have to sit on the sidelines due to this but let us all hope that recovers quickly and we all get to see him on the bodybuilding stage. Right now he has to stay positive and give ample time for the injury to heal. This is what he stated regatding his second pec tear. Let us hope we see him on the stage at the earliest and in his best shape.  

 Most of the bodybuilders when they retire they usually lose a lot of muscle mass but this isnt a case for branch warren. Although he did not announce his retirement officially but he hasnt competed since olympia 2015 and it is as good as considering him retired. His recent post shows that he is in really good shape and he isn't going light be it diet or training. Now this post has started  a speculation among his fans that he might be returning to the stage but it his chances of returning to stage seems very slim. The amount of excitement in the fans regarding his comeback shows how badly they want him to get back on stage. Also we cannot completely rule out the chances of his return to the stage. Now let us see if we get to see him on stage another time or it was just one of his casual physique update.

 Blessing Awodibu who is also known as the boogeyman is all set to make his IFBB pro debut .  Blessing is already an internet sensation but it remains to be seen how well he performs on the pro stage. At present he is about 14 weeks out from the show. Actually he was supposed to be making his pro debut last year at arnold australia , but it got postponed due to the virus thing and hence his debut got delayed. Blessing's debut is one of the most anticipated debut's in the body building world. Looking at his last arnold prep photos he looked to be in very impressive shape and hopefully he gets it right this time too. Although he carries a lot of mass on his physique but still he has that small waist which gives that aesthetic look to his physique. According to nick walkers post it can be speculated that we might see nick walker vs blessing in coming time. If that happens then it is going to be very interesting to watch who comes out on top.