Nick Walker believes social media plays a big role in the relationship between competitors nowadays.
Nick Walker has been near the top of Men’s Open during the early years of his career. He continues to train in hopes of winning the 2024 Olympia competition. While training, he has kept in touch with fans via podcasts and social media. Recently, he let fans into relationships between competitors nowadays and compared it to the 1990s.
“Everyone is against each other, bro. That’s why. That was fine then. Now, I feel like because of social media, there’s more animosity between competitors.”
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Walker was victorious during the New York Pro, which was his second career win during this event. He is now qualified for the Olympia and plans to bring his best package yet. All eyes will be on Nick Walker as he prepares for the 2024 Olympia. He believe that he would have been a contender in 2023 but suffered a hamstring injury that kept him off stage.
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In all sports, the emergence of social media created many opportunities for growth. Whether it be in careers or to gain attention, social media has done a lot of good. On the other hand, it has also caused certain problems.
“God forbid I made a comment about a competitor, he took it personally. Guess what? He’s not going to like me now.”
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Bodybuilders are open to discuss competitions before taking the stage and it is often heard by opponents. Walker believes this is a major reason why there are some hard feelings.
“Back in the early 90s, you wouldn’t hear any of this. I feel like that’s what created a lot of separation between competitors. Even if I say I’m going to beat this motherf*cker next weekend on stage, guess what? That motherf*cker just took it sensitive and now he don’t want to talk to me.
If you say you’re going to beat somebody or say you’re going to win a show, nobody likes you now.”
There is a fire that is created by words of others in many sports. This should be used as motivation but Walker believes in bodybuilding it causes more harm than good.
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