{"id":1636,"date":"2025-12-30T08:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:23:39","slug":"terrick-el-guindy-says-hadi-choopan-needs-balanced-legs-and-conditioning-to-beat-derek-lunsford-at-2026-olympia-fitness-volt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=1636","title":{"rendered":"Terrick El Guindy Says Hadi Choopan Needs Balanced Legs and Conditioning to Beat Derek Lunsford at 2026 Olympia \u2013 Fitness Volt"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Can Hadi Choopan win back the Mr. Olympia title? This question was posed in a recent episode of Prime Time Muscle<\/em> on Dec. 26, 2025. Terrick El Guindy and Chris Cormier discussed what could prevent him from becoming a two-time champion.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hadi Choopan<\/a> and Derek Lunsford<\/a> squared off for gold at the 2025 Mr. Olympia<\/a>. By the slimmest of margins, Lunsford secured the victory. He became only the second bodybuilder since Jay Cutler<\/a> to win the Olympia title back after losing it onstage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The results have been heavily debated since Lunsford\u2019s win. Thus far, Lee Priest<\/a> and Shawn Ray<\/a> have both suggested that Choopan could have gotten the nod. Having taken runner-up at the Olympia for the past three years, El Guindy and Cormier broke down what lies ahead for Choopan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Terrick El Guindy Says Overdeveloped Leg and Condition Could Hurt Hadi Choopan at 2026 Olympia\u00a0<\/h2>\n

In the video, Cormier pointed out that Choopan trains too heavily. He believes \u201cThe Persian Wolf\u2019 could find more success onstage with a new training strategy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s got to be the training. I think he goes too heavy for a lack of better terms,\u201d said Cormier. \u201cYou don\u2019t know when you have a good muscle connection when you have six or seven plates on the squat. That\u2019s not where you have a good connection.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as a bodybuilding competition, you got to bring more than that. You keep knocking your hand on the same door over and over again, but you\u2019re not getting through that door, you got to do something different. I think that\u2019s going to be his training. I think he\u2019s got to change his training.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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