Top-of-the-line posers within the lineup still has it.
IFBB Pro League Masters bodybuilder Fred “Biggie” Smalls is most famous in bodybuilding circles for his entertaining, dance-based posing routines while competing in the game from 2011 until 2018. Those skills earned him the perfect poser award at three separate Arnold Classic competitions.
The Delaware native shall be performing at the least yet one more routine when he takes the stage on the 2023 Masters Olympia on the weekend of Aug. 26-27 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. On May 4, 2023, Smalls gave the fans a sneak preview of what they might expect when he shared an Instagram reel of himself training biceps and triceps.
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Through the session, Smalls performed dumbbell spider curls, machine preacher curls, rope hammer curls, and lying single-arm triceps extensions within the clip. Details of the complete workout weren’t shared within the caption of the post, nevertheless it’s clear that Smalls has been training hard and staying in superb shape since his last contest in 2021.
When he flexes those arms in Romania, he’ll be one in all 19 pros competing for the primary Masters Olympia championship since Dexter Jackson won the title in 2012. To qualify for the Masters division, athletes have to be at the least 40 years old. Here’s a have a look at the complete roster.
- Vladimir Agrinskiy
- Slavoj Bednar
- Robert Burneika
- Maxx Charles
- Philip Clahar
- Kamal Elgargni
- Michael Ely
- Vinny Galanti
- Ken Jackson
- Rusty Jeffers
- Tony Lagrene
- Joshua Lenartowicz
- Sergio Lima
- Michael Lynn
- Marek Olejniczak
- Joseph Piersante
- Logan Robson
- Fred Smalls
- Ron Stevens
All 19 of those men shall be trying to impress the judges enough to win the Masters Olympia title, a 2023 Mr. Olympia qualification, and $20,000 in first-place prize money. The highest five finishers within the Men’s Open division will even take home financial rewards. The prize breakdown is below.
1st place — $20,000
2nd place — $10,000
third place— $5,000
4th place— $3,000
fifth place — $2,000
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Smalls turned skilled on the 2010 NPC Nationals championships and he began competing in 2011. While his only pro win got here on the 2015 Europa Dallas Pro in Dallas, TX, he qualified for the Mr. Olympia contest 3 times (2012, 2014, 2015) — his best finish in the game’s biggest show was thirteenth in 2014. Smalls most recently returned to compete within the 2021 California Pro, where he finished in eighth place.
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