2024 Olympia - Nick Walker is OUT! Withdraws Oct 5

[BB]

He's done, he just doesn't want to admit it. 2 years off from the Olympia when you're barely a top three contender might as well be a lifetime. Same thing with the Arnold.

[Taffin]

Palumbo says it's fake gear LOL - the level of denial is unreal

Plus - Dave is 100% back on the juice - just look at him!

[joswift]

Palumbo says it's fake gear LOL - the level of denial is unreal

Plus - Dave is 100% back on the juice - just look at him!

Palumbo doesnt buy the story because he sold Nick the gear

[Dalnet]

I already posted last year that he would not be back.

He is done for. A bloated mess. Heading to Palumbosim fast, bubble gut is ginormous. Receptors fully blown. And yes, for sure he will have lasting health issues.

Exactly. He seemed to be so overhyped by the youth and yet all I saw was someone with shitty genetics and terrible proportions. Maybe we were spoilt growing up seeing the peak of the industry. The Classic division is far more interesting imo

[Flexacon]

Palumbo says it's fake gear LOL - the level of denial is unreal

Plus - Dave is 100% back on the juice - just look at him!

Nicks coach Matt Jansen has the connect to all the legit gear. That's the main reason guys go to him for "coaching".

[Van_Bilderass]

Palumbo reaching with that gear story imo. I'm pretty sure his camp is very familiar with who gets the raws and bottles it up, probably a real compounding pharmacy in the US. This is obviously just speculation on my part but to now suddenly having all fake gear doesn't seem plausible, I don't wth Palumbo is thinking, Nick's getting a bit of a natural look?

Looking at the video the gut is enormous. I was thinking the shirt must be bunched up lol. But he can't even sit straight with the gut there. Last show it was like not even a millimeter more width or it becomes intolerable and maybe the gut is not cooperating right now 

Nicks coach Matt Jansen has the connect to all the legit gear. That's the main reason guys go to him for "coaching".

Doesn't Jansen have interests in some HRT outfit with compounding pharmacy etc? Like I said, I don't know shit, but that's the ideal setup to make steroids, from China powders obviously. Order powders legally.

[Stephano]

I don't wth Palumbo is thinking, Nick's getting a bit of a natural look?

Looking at the video the gut is enormous.

I told you, that gut is unbelievable.

As for the "natural look"... you know how the modern "on" look is big delts + big traps?  Now take another look at Nick Walker.  Those muscle groups are AWOL.

[affeman]

Palumbo says it's fake gear LOL - the level of denial is unreal

Plus - Dave is 100% back on the juice - just look at him!

Making clicks trashing others with baseless untenable assertions, what a useless POS

[oldschoolfan]

Nick is the modern version of rich gaspari he burned out within 4 years now rumor has it Matt Jansen has a source for pharma grade hgh nicks receptors are fried I hope he saved some money and is ready to get a real job which is something he has never done also he is insane he moved 4 times this year that is. Not Normal

[Flexacon]

Doesn't Jansen have interests in some HRT outfit with compounding pharmacy etc? Like I said, I don't know shit, but that's the ideal setup to make steroids, from China powders obviously. Order powders legally.

Yeah something along those lines relating to a HRT clinic. I'd imagine China powders would also be tested before use too.

[Fortress]

It’s amazing the delusion and idiocy of so many, to not recognize Dick Cocker’s issue is extremely obvious.

His body is torched.

It’s turning against him.

Modern high-level competitive bodybuilding is outrageously destructive to an individual’s overall health.

These past couple decades we’ve seen it time and again. When the slide begins, it’s over. All the guy can do, if he’s honest (with himself) and smart, is to reverse the jets, get out, and attempt to restore/preserve his remaining wellness.

[Sandrock]

I'm pretty sure if Nick doffs the duds and shows his gut it will be the worst gut in the history of professional bodybuilding.  He already had shit proportions and super stumpy legs, his gut looks like it's gained 4 inches since the Arnold.  Hankins Training Principles of Peace.

[deadz]

Must have got a load of fake gear this time around.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOM!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Scott]

If anyone would know about trading on fake gear it would be Palumbo.

As for Palumbo's thoughts?  He's the f(l)ounder.  He should just sponsor "Telly-Tubies Nick" via his Feces Nutrition Company.

[Van_Bilderass]

As someone who's had it, his announcement video looks very much like he is in congestive heart failure.  The swell of the face/neck and that level of ascites in the abdomen. Interesting they didn't shoot his legs, those ankles and lower legs might have been huge.

I hope I'm wrong and pray the man's ok.

I missed this at first. You might be right. The gut is a bit too big even for him.

But then this would have shown symptoms for a long time previous, doctors correct me if I'm wrong. And you'd assume he actually does do very regular health check-ups. If he doesn't it's only because he actually wants to die for the Olympia.

I told you, that gut is unbelievable.

As for the "natural look"... you know how the modern "on" look is big delts + big traps?  Now take another look at Nick Walker.  Those muscle groups are AWOL.

To be honest it's hard for me to tell from this angle. And if he's lost significant muscle it would take a few of weeks to show, say with an acute kidney issue. But let's say he's signifcantly smaller because he just stopped all gear it would take time to show, like maybe a month where it's obvious he's losing. I think I remember gh15 saying you look your best 6 week after getting off, now "best look" may differ I don't know, but I bet he is as big as ever right now with something going on with the gut.

[efanhowz]

Personally I feel that Nick had a bloodwork/health problem. Something on his bloodwork might have been very dangerous causing him to stop whatever supplementation he was doing. On ther hand Nick might be having a problem with his health, kidneys, liver, spleen, blood thickness, etc. from whatever supplementation protocol he's following.
To have the IFBB let him out of a contract to do the Olympia he needs to show that his health was at risk.

One possibility would be that they already know his kidneys are in bad enough shape and that they couldn’t handle him dehydrating down for peak week. They probably tried to test out a peak week and his kidneys shut down and he ended up holding fluid. Maybe the got blood work after this and the doc said no go. A peak week dehydration protocol would definitely put Stressed kidneys in acute kidney injury (AKI) and then eventually acute renal failure (ARF) requiring emergent dialysis.

Another possibility is that they didn’t manage his potassium and it skyrocketed during a peak week trial, he got an arrhythmia, and now they’re too scared to risk it again.

Let’s hear from the getbig medical panel of experts

[honest]

I think he's suffering from his body no longer being able to control cortisol, I have seen it on other guys, have seen it before after guys hit their peak or body potential  and keep upping the dose, then the body says enough and your muscles just seem to lose shape and hardness and palumboism kicks in.  He's gone to hard too quick and and his bodies gone, same happened with Flex Lewis, Luke wood  etc you can no longer control the cortisone, cortisone is the greatest physique killer along with nerve degeneration in high level bodybuilding.

[njflex]

And to think Labrada thought it was a great idea for his son to follow in his footsteps. I’m not saying he
pushed him and tells him or advise him on how much to do or take, but the kid is twice the size of his father, and he pushes it as well.

[Irongrip400]

Would high estrogen and being off cause the soft look this close to competition? He should just jump immediately on ozempic and get down to his natural body weight as quick as possible. His bodybuilding career ist kapüt.

[Fortress]

The wave of catabolism that overcomes an individual like Nick who has heavily gassed for years is absolutely devastating to the muscular physique.

It’s like a literal cannibalism of the body.

The gear acts very much like a dam, holding back the cortisol.

When that dam “breaks” (come off), the result is nothing less than dramatic. Couple this with the body essentially no longer producing any T of its own.

[Lartinos]

Nick is turning into a modern day Buddha statue.

[BigRo]

Looks like he has been "dieting" on Mc Donald's for a month.

[Van_Bilderass]

I think he's suffering from his body no longer being able to control cortisol, I have seen it on other guys, have seen it before after guys hit their peak or body potential  and keep upping the dose, then the body says enough and your muscles just seem to lose shape and hardness and palumboism kicks in.  He's gone to hard too quick and and his bodies gone, same happened with Flex Lewis, Luke wood  etc you can no longer control the cortisone, cortisone is the greatest physique killer along with nerve degeneration in high level bodybuilding.

Cortisol may not be quite the bane it has a reputation for. Now this is complete speculation, but I've mentioned it on another forum(s) in the past. Fortress said that anabolics act like a dam against stress hormones and that's exactly right. Certain steroids like tren antagonise cortisol receptors (which is why it works so well on a diet preserving muscle. In theory) and even back then Dan Duchaine speculated this could be bad for health in the long run. Anyway, I had the idea that on longer cycles perhaps a little hydrocortisone could help in various ways and I was going to test it, just because, but the nurse who was going to get it for me grabbed a bottle of Prednisolone instead and that's seriously dangerous stuff to be taking regularly. Lots of guys also say when a roider gets off the estrogen is going to sky rocket causing havoc. But  actually everything is low post cycle and since male estrogen comes from test estrogen is at rock bottom after going off roids, and you need estrogen to feel good and for your dick to work.

Anyway guess is I think Nck is at his approximately biggest and leanest right now but he has some problem.

One guy on yt had an idea to get a good response to subsequent roid cycles and it was to get off completely and wait to clean out and bottom out the testosterone. At that point you would take a certain drug for a few days which blocks androgen receptors almost completely, zero androgen action occurring in the body, then you would be optimally sensitised again 

Just some speculation of little interest to most 

[Van_Bilderass]

Would high estrogen and being off cause the soft look this close to competition? He should just jump immediately on ozempic and get down to his natural body weight as quick as possible. His bodybuilding career ist kapüt.

Ozempic is highly likely to be in a precontest stack. Don't know about Nick but it's used 100%. But if there is a problem with estrogen it's that it's way low due to being so close to comp, it's the arimidex, letrolozole, nolvadex or all in combination 

[bhank]

There are so many variables. The guy is taking half a dozen compounds at least probably a dozen. Anyone of them could be mislabeled. It is not an exact science. Everything can look great on paper one cycle you get rock hard and vascular try the same thing next time and you are bloated holding a gallon of extra water. What went wrong? Who knows could be anything