Walker made this lift look way too casual.
On July 19, 2023, Nick Walker shared a video of himself successfully ending eight reps of an incline dumbbell press with 68-Kilogram (150-pound) dumbbells in each hand. The athlete controlled the burden with relative ease, taking three seconds to lower each repetition (the negative or eccentric phase) before briefly pausing at the underside, and showed minimal struggle in each of his lockouts.
The upper body demonstration of strength, performed during a chest/shoulders/triceps workout, is an element of the superstar bodybuilder’s ongoing preparation for the 2023 Mr. Olympia. That contest will happen on November 2-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL.
“Nice push day today!”
Walker finished in third place to Hadi Choopan (defending champion) and Derek Lunsford (runner-up) through the 2022 Olympia.
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This shouldn’t be the primary instance where Walker has used a pair of dumbbells to showcase his unique power as the most effective energetic bodybuilders on the planet. If anything, this set was just one other example of what Walker is able to once he gets a pair of weighted “hammers” in his hands and an incline bench to work on. Other specific examples include Walker pressing 83.9-kilogram (185-pound) dumbbells for 10 reps in late April 2022 and the athlete pushing up 90.7-kilogram (200-pound) dumbbells for 10 reps in mid-August 2022.
Walker normally makes it some extent to share training updates on his media platforms, and this incline dumbbell press set works is aligned with that precedent.
From a competitive perspective, it’s been a tricky 12 months for Walker. After constructing upon a top-five finish on the 2021 Olympia but failing to secure the title through the 2022 iteration, Walker took home runner-up in his return to the 2023 Arnold Classic (AC). On condition that the 2021 AC was originally how Walker burst onto the skilled scene, the latter result could’ve been jarring for an athlete of his caliber.
Nonetheless, Walker continues to push forward. He vowed to return stronger after his runner-up result on the 2023 AC and has said he thinks he left something on the table through the 2022 Olympia. If that’s the case, Walker is likely to be more of a person on a mission than the remaining of the Men’s Open field is ready for.
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Walker faces a tall order to finally break through with an Olympia title later this fall. Beyond Choopan and Lunsford, the Men’s Open class seems more stacked than ever and appears like a greater on-stage challenge than prior to now. Walker, like his peers, actually understands this reality. Nothing ever said climbing bodybuilding’s highest mountain can be easy.
Featured image: @nick_walker39 on Instagram