Nick Walker

up in one of like the balcony section bits looking down and I remember thinking this was so cool and you didn't have to pay like £50 per criteria to get a ticket to come in either

I know this is like this is on top of obviously everything that's the direction of bodybuilding you touched on there about open and I actually had a discussion I know I won't mention names but I had a discussion with someone about when Nick Walker's on stage and One of the people was like, I'd be really nice to see him sort of show a bit of flair, et cetera, with posing.

And the other person said, it's Nick Walker.

You don't fucking need to.

Look at him.

And then at the same time, Samson was way off.

Nick was off.

Hottie was slightly off.

Andrew wasn't the Andrew of 2026.

Like he really loves to compete.

And a lot of people aren't a big fan of his physique, but he doesn't come out of shape.

He's got a little bit of an awkward physique, and he doesn't come in diced like a Nick Walker or an Andrew Jack.

But he doesn't disrespect the sport, put it that way.

An entrepreneur straight out of New York City, Michael Chernow.

What's cracking? [upbeat music] Nick Walker, what's up?

Not much, dude.

I'm excited to be here.

There's just zero way.

Do you think, you know, the top IFBB pros, Samson, Nick Walker... they're going to main gain the weight of 300 pound push on stage, it's like, come on, like, the proof is in the pudding, but there's so many real world applications of it, and I just think it's, you're a great example of it mate, to put on 50 pounds of lean tissue, that's like, that's a lot of muscle tissue to slap on a frame, and you're not doing that, eating that maintenance year round, you're just not,

No first of all mate I really appreciate that you know I've basically put my heart and soul into it across the last I started sort of seriously taking training seriously in 2013 in the March is when I changed gym and it sort of went up a level from there but that just came from you know giving it my all in terms of my eating and my training recovery all that sort of good stuff and And that's what it takes, unfortunately, to get that muscle on, especially if you're a hard gainer.

You need to push the boundaries a little bit.

I don't even think I watch any of the videos.

And I'll let you know that Nick Walker is the first bodybuilder I saw on stage.

Yes.

And then I'll say, hey, you can edit that out.

We don't need to edit that out because...

That's our drinking game.

When you say Nick Walker or...

I know.

for it was opposite you train your ass off and take this stuff to recover I just think it's a little more of a laid-back approach, but I still train fucking hard

Seriously like you you watch You watch Nick Walker

Yeah, dude, Nick trains hard, dude.

He trains instinctive.

I

mean, really, you watch Nick Walker, even Derek, you know.

Honestly, the top five guys.

Yeah, top guys are going at it,

That's his biggest flaw.

Kind of like a Nick Walker.

He does do a tremendous job of, you know, hiding it.

And I think that's one thing that he's been actively working on.

Yeah.

I'm not gonna lie guys he hasn't really done too well on the posing you know improving that he needs to improve that coming into this year's Olympia and if he does that he's still like being in Antonio but I think it could be for sure in like the top seven and then you got obviously I know I don't want to throw another name out there I want to get his opinion on this but I think Barry Ruth has someone who could stand next to him and when you get these guys man you get the top 10 and their small-ass waist, yours kind of sticks out.

And this is what we're seeing with Nick Walker, except Nick Walker is just an absolute god.

I mean, the guy is just – he's built for this sport.

You can pick those guys and say, this pose looks best on you.

Like, what if a guy has crazy strided glutes? What if he doesn't? What if his lower back, he's got crazy fibers, and another guy, like a Nick Walker, doesn't have, like, it's just big muscle there, right? Do you have them...

accentuate anything like that.

So it depends, right? So

And once Tonio hits his mark, he's going to be.

What was

he last year? Seventh or eighth? Was he behind Nick Walker?

He was eighth.