Hadi Choopan is preparing for a major 2024 bodybuilding season beginning in Columbus.
2022 Mr. Olympia champion, Hadi Choopan was unhappy with the result of the 2023 Olympia and is working to regain his title this year. Before the Olympia board the end of the year, Choopan will hit the stage during the 2024 Arnold Classic. In this post, we detail how the Iranian bodybuilder, Hadi Choopan has been sharing updates on his physique and details a posing video showing off progress.
Choopan was victorious after many years during the 2022 Olympia and considered the favorite once again back in November 2023. As the competition went on, it was clear that it was going to be a battle between Choopan and Derek Lunsford. Once the final came around, the judges opted for Lunsford as the 2023 Mr. Olympia champion.
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Choopan has shared videos posing and speaking on his journey back to the top of the sport.
Hadi Choopan Shares Posing Video
On Thursday afternoon, Hadi Choopan shared a bit of an inspiration video from the gym. In between sets on barbell lunges, Choopan spoke on what it takes to return to form. The video was translated at the bottom.
“Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards. It’s like propelling your experience infinitely forward. So all that, the reversals, aren’t used as an excuse for your progress later.”
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“If you see the roads of your life, your goal is so small that you have to move beyond your purpose elsewhere in life, get out of that and start moving.”
Choopan will enter the Arnold Classic as one of the favorites to win the entire thing. It is a loaded group that will take the stage, minus Andrew Jacked and Rubiel Mosquera, who recently pulled out of the show for various reasons.
It is clear that Hadi Choopan is using his 2023 Olympia finish as motivation moving forward and this means we might see the best version we have ever seen.
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