The 2023 Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend is in the history books, and it was one that bodybuilding fans won’t forget for a long time to come. New champions were crowned, dynasties were cemented, and emerging stars rose to the top. Before we close the book on the biggest weekend in bodybuilding, make sure you check out all the recaps on the Olympia TV and Muscle & Fitness YouTube channels because our experts provide the information you won’t find anywhere else.
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2023 Mr. Olympia Final Report
There was no Prime Time Muscle this week, but PTM co-hosts Chris Cormier and IFBB Pro League judge Terrick El Guindy provided their own special final report of the Olympia that recapped all the winners from Orlando, including now five-time Classic Physique Olympia champ Chris Bumstead, and the now 18th Mr. Olympia Derek Lunsford. El Guindy and Cormier were joined by Bob Cicherillo, Shawn Ray, and Flex Wheeler as they covered all the bases from all the men’s divisions, so don’t skip out on this video. You won’t get these perspectives anywhere else.
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2023 Women’s Divisions Recap
You gotta know what happened on the ladies’ side of the stage as well. El Guindy returned to YouTube with four of the biggest names in the sport to cover the six women’s divisions at the Olympia. Lenda
Murray, Camile Periat, Isabelle Turell, and head judge Sandy Williamson all had opinions about what happened in the Orange County Convention Center and also discussed how this affects bodybuilding going forward. Can Andrea Shaw keep winning at her pace? Where does Cydney Gillon rank among the best female competitors ever? Now that Jennifer Dorie has reclaimed the Bikini title, can she keep it? Where else can you learn how the results played out from the judges’ seat, audience, and stage all at the same time? Only on Olympia TV.
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The Menace Podcast
Fresh off the planes out of Florida, Dennis James, Milos Sarcev, and Cormier returned to the mics for their weekly episode of The Menace Podcast, and they all had their own opinions about the 59th Mr. Olympia contest. Was Lunsford winning the right call? Who had Hadi Choopan winning the show? Sarcev worked as Dauda’s coach during his prep. Was he satisfied with his appearance? Then, there’s the notable absence of Nick Walker. How would he have impacted the final placings?
While you’re on the M&F channel, go back and catch last week’s special edition of TMP live from the Olympia with special guest Dorian Yates. There are also other shows from the M&F booth featuring Frank Sepe, Don Saladino, and even myself all joining Zack Ziegler to fill you in on everything happening in the expo and throughout the Olympia landscape.
