Ep 706: Mr Olympia's Ascension w/ Dan Soloman

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Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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President of Mr Olympia, Dan Soloman joins the Crew to share his journey from spectator to head honcho and how he's taken Mr Olympia from a weekend event to a year-round experience.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day.
0:08.9	Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more.
0:17.3	Joining him is everyone's favorite coach and hair model, Chris, aka Tex McQuilkin, Power Athletes
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0:25.3	So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt,
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0:32.7	Now with the warm-up done, let the gains begin.
0:35.8	Hey, welcome to another episode of Power Athlete Radio. I'm John Walborn, joined by Mr. Chris McQuilkin. Howdy. And we are joined today with Dan Solomon. Yes. CEO for the Olympia. Is that a good title? That works. All right. All right. Chief Olympia officer and friends with our dear friend, Mr. Fairfax Hackley, and I'm very gracious for that man to connect us.
0:57.0	The legend. The legend. Yes. And Dan, John and I attended the 2021 Mr. Olympia in Orlando, Florida.
1:03.5	And that was awesome. I think I was at the 2009 Mr. Olympia as well. So years ago when it was in Vegas.
1:12.4	I love that you guys have experienced the sensory overload that is Olympia weekend.
1:19.2	If you enjoyed the one in Orlando a couple of years ago, you're going to love what we're working on now.
1:24.5	Because now keep in mind that window of time when you attended the Olymp olympia in Orlando that was during sort of a COVID-ish environment right where we were
1:32.5	still navigating through all that so it was a bit of a watered down smaller experience than what we
1:38.7	are accustomed to presenting so we're uh we're excited now you know, we kind of have the freedom to do
1:46.4	things in a big way. And we're fortunate enough to have an ownership group that funds this thing in a way
1:51.3	that allows us to have a lot of fun. So hopefully you guys will be with us this November in Orlando
1:56.5	as we present Joe Wheater's Olympia number 59.
2:03.0	So for years it was always in Vegas.
2:06.0	Vegas was kind of a hotbed and then obviously it's moved down to Florida.
2:11.0	You know, I mean, Florida is so designed for these kind of large events and it has, you know,
2:15.8	hotels, much like Vegas, but I feel like for that type of stuff, Florida is such a natural place for it.
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