Bodybuilding has turn out to be a worldwide sport. Once you watch the Olympia, there are a lot of nations from world wide represented by the athletes in all 11 professional divisions. One instance is the “Nigerian Lion” Samson Dauda. He lives in the UK now, however he’s from Nigeria initially. He instructed Isabelle Turell on the Match Rockstar Present that he really had no consciousness or information of it when he determined to compete for the primary time.
“I used to be taking part in rugby for the city I used to be dwelling in on the time, and the blokes I used to be within the altering room with would say ‘wow, you could have a fantastic physique on you. Have you ever ever considered competing?’” Dauda recalled. “I used to be like, ‘what are you speaking about?’”
After quite a few strategies from quite a lot of folks, Dauda spoke to native fitness center proprietor Chris Jones about it. After Jones defined the prep course of, Dauda opted to not pursue it at the moment. Then, he noticed the 2013 Mr. Olympia contest, which was gained by Phil Heath.
“I used to be simply blown away by it. I used to be like oh my god,” Dauda instructed Turell. “It simply sort of caught me at that time, and I used to be like ‘okay, you understand what? I need to do that.’”
His first present got here in April of 2014, and he instructed the host that it was a giant occasion for his city. Dauda competed within the beginner competition early within the day. It took him a number of minutes to undress and take the stage. As soon as he did, it didn’t take him lengthy to really feel at dwelling.
“It simply felt so pure to be on there, you understand,” stated Dauda. After successful the present he initially entered, the promoter invited him to compete with the principle class of that present. Dauda agreed, despite the fact that he had doubts of success.
“One of many promoters got here to me and stated ‘I feel you may win this class.’ I used to be like ‘are you out of your thoughts?’”
The promoter wasn’t out of his thoughts, and he was right in his evaluation. Dauda gained that contest, and the remainder could be historical past. Dauda is now considered as a attainable Mr. Olympia contender, and his fanbase is rising by the day. Dauda shared extra about his story and profession to this point within the sport on this episode. You possibly can see this and all episodes of the Match Rockstar Present by going to www.wingsofstrength.net.
