Nick Walker 6.5 weeks before Mr. Olympia 2022

American bodybuilder Nick Walker had a particularly successful season last year. First, he managed to win his debut victory at the New York Pro 2021, then he dominated the prestigious Arnold Classic 2021, which is considered the second most prestigious competition in the world of professional bodybuilding after Mr. Olympia.

And it was at Mr. Olympia, the peak of every competition season, that he not only performed, but also managed to win a very respectable fifth place, which meant an automatic ticket to this year's edition!

Not only the successes of last season, but also the fact that Nick is a very ambitious athlete, lead him to want to not only improve this year's results, but even fight for victory!

Although Nick is a really massive fighter, as evidenced by the recent photographs of him posing at around 126 kilograms, he is not exactly the owner of a twice as impressive physique. Aesthetics and symmetry are not his forte, so he has to rely on mass and final readiness. Whether that will be enough to place even better at this year's event than it did last year, we'll have to wait a week or so.

This year, he will also meet other, no less powerful fighters on stage, who, unlike him, offer symmetrical figures. Apart from Hunter Labrada, who finished fourth last year, his most notable opponents will surely include Indy Pro 2022 and New York Pro 2022 winner Blessing Awodibu, and Arnold Classic UK 2022 winner Andrew Chinedu, Yamamoto France Pro 2022 winner Patrick Johnson, Tsunami Cup Pro 2022 winner James Hollingshead, Slovakia's Michal Križánek, winner of the EVLS Prague Pro 2022, and even Derek Lunsford, winner of last year's 212 Olympia, who this year received special invitation to participate in the Mr. Olympia!

Below you can see more of Nick's chest and biceps training, which took place seven weeks before the Olympics. In them, Nick proves that even though his body is already feeling exhausted due to the strict diet, he still maintains a very decent strength when he's messing around with 80kg one-arms.