Samson Dauda will take the stage during the 2024 Tsunami Nutrition Showdown in France this weekend.
Samson Dauda has made a decision that very few, if any, bodybuilders make this close to the biggest show of the year. Dauda is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Tsunami Nutrition Showdown in France this weekend just three weeks away from the 2024 Olympia. During a recent interview, he explained what went into this decision.
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“We were going through it and Mel popped up and she was like ‘I’m not putting it out there but there’s a show in two weeks in France before the Olympia’ and I was like ‘huh, France.’ She was just saying that. I was like’ France, Olympia, two weeks. I’m going to do it.'”
Dauda has finished as high as third at the Olympia and is a former Arnold Classic champion. He is expected to compete for the title once again this season, despite many thinking he is on the second tier behind Derek Lunsford and Hadi Choopan.
The overall experience Dauda has on stage will help him know what it takes to prep for two separate shows.
“It takes a lot of time and a lot of things for me to know. One thing for me I’ve always been good at myself is to look and take stock and to know my weaknesses and know things I’m good at and things I’m flawed at.”
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The thought of competing this close to the Olympia is a foreign concept in bodybuilding today. Samson Dauda keyed in on social media being one of the biggest impacts.
“Social media was literally the biggest one. Now, it’s almost like okay. We are like you said, it’s something that’s not done and every single time we try to step out of the mark, we’re not going to follow the status quo.”
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Ultimately, Samson Dauda made the decision based on his thought that competitors can peak multiple times. He disagrees with the notion that athletes build momentum leading up to a certain show.
“You can look absolutely amazing but if you haven’t stood next to the top guys yet. You can look amazing by yourself standing next to some guys. Some guys can look but on stage standing next to others.
This idea of building momentum into a shot, I think it’s absolute rubbish. It doesn’t work that way.”
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