Victor Martinez Answers: Can Nick Walker Realistically Win The Mr. Olympia This Year? | GI Podcast

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The Generation Iron Podcast, hosted by the dynamic team of Victor Martinez, Ehsan Farahi, Edwin Mejia Jr., and Vlad Yudin, continues to be a treasure trove of insights and humor for bodybuilding enthusiasts. In the latest episode, Victor Martinez tackled intriguing fan questions, dissected the politics of bodybuilding, and provided a comprehensive recap of the New York Pro 2024 Men’s Open Division – including a full review of Nick Walker’s physique and his chances at the 2024 Mr. Olympia. Here’s a detailed look at the episode’s highlights.

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[Music] [Music] what’s up everyone and welcome to this week’s Generation Iron podcast your host Victor Martinez here with BL Udin esan farahi and Edward Mahia what’s going on we’re going to start off first uh I got a gift uh oh yeah this is this is from our loyal listeners yeah first I made sure it was not from a woman so I’m good yeah so we have here um it says Dear Vicor Martinez I’m writing to express my deepest appreciation for the profound inspiration you have provided me in in my bodybuilding Journey from Dr Eric Williams wow thank you doc appreciate you too and I’m sure what’s in the sack with your job you you’re saving a lot of lives but uh this gift you took the time to actually send me something that’s beautiful rapping too yeah the rapping alone it’s like I want to keep the bag as a gym bag yeah exactly oh it’s the book W show it to the camera Vic all right look at that nice what does it say predictive modeling reducing emergency department wait times descriptive analysis of patients overcrowding public hospitals of Detroit Michigan that’s a long name for a book no this is great wait did he write the book book it’s his book oh he wrote the book Eric Williams there you go that’s him in the back look that’s his picture right here you go it’s him in the back right here and uh he looked like a Robbie Lopez I could probably read this is in a day or two between kids pick up but I’m definitely going to read it that’s a great J it’s informative and first yeah I hope you did did not oh doc you forgot to sign it DOC what’s going on to send it back to you Doctor so you can no I appreciate I’m sure I see you again in the circuit and uh definitely read it and see your Insight on predictive modeling reducing emergencies and Department wait times so this is a great thank you appreciate you recommend anybody to read this get informed let’s do the question you want to do the question of the day before we talk about New York Pro Yeah Yeah question of the day yeah so we had a great weekend here in New York at the New York Pro and uh as always you know Jenner Shan was present Victor was present and uh we all four us are there actually we had the GI crew there it was pretty interested packed house packed house great show I think one of the best people that wanted to agree could disagree but that obviously this is the best show outside of the Arnold and Olympia in the in the USA in my opinion but you know people could judge for themselves and have their own opinion so stacked it has the most categories and I have to say this year the most in shape people I’ve seen yes throughout every single category all athletes was in shape the athletes were not playing this year and uh it shows like I saw it and it was uh a lot of fun being there let’s talk let’s do a question of the day and we’ll talk about this week’s question of the day comes to us from Vincent cabayo 6041 I’ve actually I think we’ve uh answered some of his questions in the past actually Vincent loyal loyal that’s what I like yeah so his question is hey yo Vic I’m sweating this oily stuff thinking it’s my heavy trt with my with a splash of trend could it be that what is a cocktail it’s not uh a splash man he goes on to say he goes on to say it’s not my Guido gel our uncrown 07 oh bro tell us about politics and bodybuilding hot’s been posting more social media that’s why he lost he’s our 24 on Crown o West Coast guidos so he has two questions basically yeah yeah you took it from right to left middle but um so first thing is he’s sweating oily stuff could this be his heavy TR to use have you ever heard of oily sweat oily sweat only when I owe D on Fried Chicken only time I sweat oily orless you know you’re having one of those oily sex sessions you know too much baby oil that you sweat oily but uh maybe he should see a doctor then right if it’s I mean oily oily is just I have a lot steroids make you I have a lot of questions only because he’s saying you know he’s doing after his skin oily skin you know well he’s doing trt with a splasher trend you know I usually well I usually like my margaritas with a splash or grandar you know make it a Cadillac but but um man I don’t know if you’re doing too much trt you know could be the trend I would you know what was his age again he didn’t miss he say 37 years old 37 I recommend actually no he not 37 this is an old poster but he he didn’t say I think he’s in his 30s from last from the way you spoke I’ll have to say your late 30s definitely up there but um I would the only thing I would recommend is take out the trend stay on the trt and try to see if you’re still having this oily sweat what maybe see a doctor right at this point Victor can’t help you with everything yeah no it’s just the oily sweat I I don’t know um again what’s your body weight how much you weigh how long you’ve been training you know so that could be a factor as well you know yeah that’s true so I don’t know how’s how’s his diet yeah how’s your diet you know is maybe he’s in keto maybe keto with a splash of healthy food I don’t know a splash of pizza uh what about the second part of his question the second part tell us about politics politics bodybuilding he thinks cotti lost because of politics supposedly I mean mean again you know Hadi has his fan favorites he did come in great um Derek lfer was just you know Superior in some poses how had him in some poses again he’s going to sway either way was this a way to make the the Olympia more interesting possibly you know but you know I’m not going to say here and just you know defend hadi’s Olympia because he does have one unlike most St Crown missed Olympia so I’m not going to cry for him or [ __ ] for him you know but um the politics does it happen remember it’s just uh seven judges on the panel you’re going to have some that just like this body type another crowd that likes this other body type you know at the end of the day you know the president of the ipb the head judge who does he like the most you know if it’s the last vote is on him he’s GNA go with the one he likes the most but um remember it’s a beauty pageant a musclebound beauty pageant you know so he’s posting more maybe his his team wants him to post more maybe because he’s coming back you know with his Dukes up you know so this day and age social media being so relevant into how you’re going to affect you know your next boxing match look at the boxers now they’re all posting now yeah leading up to the the fight so you have to keep yourself interesting leading up to the fight it’s not the old 80s 90s early 2000 where you could just go hide away come out compete and go hide away again no you have to stay relevant you have to stay in the eyes you have to stay connected to those to the fan base but um politics I’m not going to say here and say it you know it’s just politics it’s so many things that can work against how not being Mr Olympia you know could it be a language barrier but he won already so that wouldn’t be politics then right yeah I mean come on there was a lot of other guys that that that you know spoke English that been up there before him they still didn’t win it so if it was politics if they were they played well for him when he won his first Olympia so I I can’t say so um it could be it has been and I’m not going to deny it over here so it’s one of those things that uh um it happens man I mean I don’t know what else question that was it he had two questions answer both of them pretty good yeah yeah you had me all over the place I wasn’t sure what’s the guy’s name again so Vincent caber are you this week’s winner of the muscle meds carnivore TD or carnivore beef protein your selection uh and thanks again for fitting your questions you guys continue to submit your questions for Vic and Vic will answer them if you get selected all right so New York Pro guys that was New York Pro was man it was stack that was a good show that was a good show it was stacked you had the uh predicted Nick you know it was a great show it was a really great show however was there were were there any real surprises they probably weren’t but it was a great show I mean Nick was the fan favorite to win definitely but then you had second place Martin Martin was just that was a surprise when I got to the venue I got there for the finals right and and I heard a few people say oh it’s super close it’s super close they are so super close they they The Shield say one point that’s I heard I heard they said that just one point is that actually on a scorecard yeah yeah yeah the score is one point so it was a close then yeah it’s very close but when I to my eyes on on stage I didn’t see that close yeah Martin is beautiful uh Budd because of the small wayte he’s young mean muscle it’s still you know when I saw Nick backstage after he did his routine he was super confident he was like I’m I I saw his in his eyes he knew that he was winning yeah even though they said it was closed but he was super confident I don’t think I don’t think that I don’t think that closed I just say Martin had such a beautiful no he looked good but it was Nick show to lose you know yeah it was Nick show to lose he uh he missed the Olympia due to injury so let that let his body kind of recover you know weit and rest didn’t do the Arnold mhm so he came in fresh man he came in fresh came in fresh to win and uh Martin I would have to say he’s somebody look look out for in the future because he’s definitely going to win a few shows yes he’s definitely a dark horse um I just hope he doesn’t put on too much muscle but he starts getting too distorted but right now he’s uh well balanced um good structure and uh you know Martin Fitzwater I mean he’s in Miss Olympia he won he won two weeks ago on the show uh I believe what was it two weeks ago before Pittsburgh it was the Pittsburgh and before Pittsburgh he won he won’t be for that’s so he got a qualification yeah he has a qualification for Mr Olympia so no matter what we saw Mar in Mr Olympia but I have a question for you if Nick comes to Arnold exactly same buddy what place he get um Nick compare with who compared to Hardy Samson the top the top of the top top top yeah Hardy hard’s just right now from the time I saw hottie and seeing Nick now I mean Nick still has has a little bit more conditioning and his condition was you know Supreme mhm but HTI is just uh different level yeah yeah hardi comes in crazy how about Samson how about Samson n Samson’s condition is still not there Nick next to the Samson Nick will probably would the same way he came in this weekend yeah he would have crushed him yeah yeah Crush Nick would have crushed Nick crushed Sams yeah he would have Crush sign do you think judges want Nick to be bigger or more conditioned for the for the olympi more conditioned really he has a lot of muscle he had he carry a lot of muscle he’s thick but I saw recent images of of video of L Derek lford he he got even bigger I thought he so he just start still in shape I thought he was still in shape yeah as a right now he start for Mr Olympia I think Martin Fitzgerald has a huge future because the guy’s waist was like so small yeah and he was so so dialed in in my opinion I mean I know it probably wasn’t close at the end of the finals but he looked he looked really I saw him backstage and he looked crazy he looked like no definitely uh you know then you had big sto he came back and uh Tony as well yeah Tony was good too yeah yeah ton he did a crazy routine right remember his routine with the music that was yeah that was good man Tony Tony was Tony has a beautiful physique yeah but Mar just uh snuck up there you know he knocked out you know big sto from last year yeah and uh but these guys are still they’re still young they’re still young Tony needs little B sweep of the legs for and hamstring yeah a little bit more if you catch up legs of lower body to upper body upper body well he’s got that good muscle he’s got that good mature muscle so any he puts on an ounce is going to be going to look like a pound you know he has that quality do you think Nick will potentially win Olympia this year or do you think he still got a couple more time to go he need time well you think so yeah well I can’t really say so I mean it’s the Olympia I mean it’s it’s the it’s the um what is the honey show Honey show it’s honey show so you know he’s got you mean you mean a honey honey or a honey rumo show no it’s a hone Rambo show because he has honey Derek and and yeah yeah so it’s it’s one of those I mean is Nick can Nick sneak in of course you know but is it going to happen I mean how you know the focus he’s got to have the mindset I just hope he holds it steady all the way through the one thing uh Dr lansor has which is uh how don’t have Dre start to get 3D muscle yeah Special from the back yes that looks like a exactly like a field hits 201 2012 yes pops up the the 3D yeah so Heidi yeah Heidi is wide Heidi is thick but he doesn’t have that 3D look yeah somebody said that somebody said Derk lford is in Newfield Heath bodywise uh J Cotler J Cotler he said that right yeah he said that yeah yeah okay and the last podcast he said that but the that offseason look we saw in Pittsburgh um from Dr LF for I believe he going to to four five Mr oia back to back in a row yeah in a row so he doesn’t try to put on more muscle cuz now he’s and and he has smart and he has a smart coach honey is very smart he has a good eyes I think he knows how to preserve them and keep them you know steady yeah where they keep you know staying in shape but we but Hadi doesn’t sleep Hadi is looking everyone from the far and he’s like a shadow we don’t know what’s going on with hardi I know and he has everything he has to just come as on point like 2022 yes I mean judging on Nick’s performance this past weekend would you put him up there in the top three I yes I would I would put him up there I mean from the whole lineup and again who’s going to be the dark horses this year you know is is Welly Keim be able to come back is Martin going to vindicate himself at the Olympia he’s going to keep a steady you know mindset to go in so it’s going to be interesting this Olympia especially being in Vegas man come on and this is the 60 years 60 this is the 60 years of Mr how they’re going to change it up let’s see what happens let’s see what Jake Wood brings on do you guys want to talk about the classic physique competitor classic man was probably one of my favorite um these guys look great I like uh my friend Eric got second you know he used to do uh physique he looked great but um the overall winner was um Matthew Matthew Matthew looked great Matthew was amazing um I always like Matthew’s physique starting when I first saw him yeah um he’s got a great physique he’s definitely classic all the way yeah you know he’s working with ciso yeah I I just want to see more the classic and it’s one of the things I always uh say is uh it is classic I just want to see a little bit better transitioning on the guys when they show their physiques you know up on that stage you know a little bit a better flow and just have more classic look you know but um we don’t have a classic wide all classic people you know you know the just Chris pomp is white yeah we don’t have a we don’t have any classic just luck Chris boms or why yeah why more pull-ups guys more pull-ups more pull more pull-ups not La pull down more pull-ups what do you guys think about ores the classic you know one of the best classic guys he he’s hting bear or is the bear he’s hinting that he might go to open have you heard that was it going a hint he said at some I hear that and he’s big enough he’s getting big too he’s getting bigger you think it’s a good idea I saw him next week last week on next to the open on Pittsburgh uh stage he looks good actually he doesn’t small next to the open people he looks big he need he need he need more he need more weight on muscle bit more muscle tissue on his frame because uh he’s been holding that physique look and eventually you got to remember yes these guys do are doing classic physique and uh eventually you keep training keep eating you’re going to get bigger yeah the size is going to come you know I think he don’t his problem is not just weight or category his problem is posing he has a beautiful shape and physic but he’s posing as a you know his physic is classic when your physic is classic you don’t have to standing or posing as a classic you’re you’re Classic you don’t need to be twist or waist you know you know what I mean especially he need he need a real he need a good eye and fix his posing if he fix his posing he’s dangerous in the classic and he’s a BRI Angley keeps talking about going to different division too right briy Bri I think he wanted to do what the open as well yeah I think so Brion be great for it who’s the biggest star in 212 right now Sean K Sean is the biggest Star Wars man that 212 class I say the top five look crazy at the New York pro at New York Pro all of them it was like a tossup man but all these guys were great good condition yeah great conditioning and uh you know and the bikinis I mean they all look great no need to get into that what am I looking at what am I looking at here but it was just uh I’m just proud to see uh one of the Dominicans got up there who’s that yeah Ramos oh okay yeah yeah yeah yeah she got second that was how did uh speaking of you said Dominicans how did how did the Justin Rodriguez how did he do what did he what did he Place VI what Justin rodrigus place um he didn’t get the top five no no he didn’t get the top five I didn’t see the places because all I have is the top five here I didn’t get to see any of it but um justtin he did improve he came a little bit better but still had to be dryer in the glutes hamstring area you know and also his midsection he still has to hold it in a little bit more but um other than that he’s he’s got freaking size I saw him standing next to Nick on the lineup yeah he’s a huge look no different really you know he need conditioning yeah but the problem for him if you go to that level of conditioning he’ll lose the swap of the legs it’s a little bit tricky for him yeah I mean if he just stops switching coaches I think he’ll have somebody to kind of you know recognize before we move to the next topic uh for for ORS do you think you guys think it’s a good idea for to go to open this year or no orus this year no not this year not yet but he could definitely do great in the open you know yeah I wantan I want to shout out to Ashley L lennet Jones the first woman bodybuilder in the New York Pro oh my freaking God yeah she came she’s a that person can can talking Mr Olympia she’s a short tank great physic great conditioning she was amazing and she come from nowhere wow well there’s a lot of exciting events happening this past week and I mean I know we covered we cover a lot of gym fails as well and I think you guys saw that did you see that video we’re going to put it out for the audience to see the guy in a powerlifting I guess was a competition he almost literally crushed his head oh my God yes I saw it it’s I don’t know it’s a school competition right it looked like it yeah like yeah it looked like it was in college or somewhere I think the bar got his like the bars that came out of the thing got him on the head a little bit yeah I think it crushed him a little bit I just hope uh he didn’t get a skull CR uh fracture or anything skull crusher well skull Crush Crusher but uh yeah I hope he didn’t get a fracture in there but um yeah terrible I don’t know I think they need to I think organize these guys better where they have you know kind of somebody better spotters hanging around so what happen if that way Landing is his head he would have died I think right it would have it would have cracked his skull he would have had some definitely brain swelling and it would have been a mess so literally a mess probably we only see the short clip so anybody out there knows him yeah give us a little uh feedback if he’s okay what happened the followup on this because that look freaking gnarly have you seen a crazy accident in the gym ever uh my friend Terry both his quads at the same time at the same time wow on the leg press not even on the squad what at the leg press yeah yeah my God wasn’t that heavy either so what happened well first of all I think he he took a shot on his quads too close to the knees and that created inflammation to the knees so basically his muscle didn’t recover you enough so he can get on the leg press oh my God so that I guess created a weaker tendon and by the time he tore one patella tried to hold the weight up with the one that was good and then that tore the other one the weight came down it’s uh that’s terrible man no he’s good now though he’s doing backyard fighting now he actually is he’s doing backyard fighting yeah martial arts speaking of backyard yard fighting did you see Tyson Fury lose oh my God that was crazy but he was winning he was winning all the rounds and close it was close it was close but that one round look at this after 25 years we have a heavy champion boxing with the four belts crazy how about that crazy four belts and four belts hanging with the grandpa yeah but but who who was his referee working forward man where’s he from man he’s you you think you don’t think Tyson deserved to lose that one I mean for one round I was literally watching you know all the rounds the only round I didn’t watch was because we were at the New York Pro mhm was it the same time yeah we were at the New York Pro and it was all going on and I think we got there I think it was already round six and he was winning so many uppercuts he was sneaking in so many uppercuts he was wearing him down I think but all his hits were just kind of TAPS and I think the strategy was to wear him down and the ninth round the guy just Unleashed on him he hit him with he hit him with the left I think and then he wobbled immediately after that it was hard that was last I don’t know but Tyson Fury I don’t know if he had the condition though to go he never looks like he has a condition he lost a lot of weight never looks like he comes in he’s a beast though man he lost he lost a lot of weight for this show he lost at least 20 pounds he was still like 20 lb he was still like he he was 260 lb I think right 30 lb heavier than the other guy damn yes he’s 69 he’s 69 the other guyy is 6’2 yeah yeah no these guys were freaking monsters man but um I don’t know I mean so just call the fight isn’t that funny that isn’t that funny that Tyson Fury 69 weighs the same even less than a pro bodybuilder like 5 seven that’s funny right you know what it is is they say muscle weighs more than fat there you go exactly you know I’m not calling him fat though you kind of are but but Fury is the Beast I can’t believe he lost he had a streak of of he was the favorite and I think uh you know for everybody out there that always goes for the favorite you know there’s nothing like the good Underdog Story all right guys uh first of all thank you Dr Eric Williams for the book I appreciate it and uh thank everybody for joining us in this week’s podcast please you want to see any of our prior podcast tune in to iHeart Radio Apple podcast or wherever you stream your podcast thank you no stop stop stop stop who are you I’m the guy that’s going to change your life introducing carnivore 100% beef protein zero sugar and lactose free which means it’s not going to upset your stomach like this you got to try this best part about it is beef builds muscle so you’re going to grow I’m just going to take this away you don’t need this man [Music]