{"id":23723,"date":"2026-07-02T01:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=23723"},"modified":"2026-07-02T01:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:40:00","slug":"anwar-jokes-its-time-to-hit-the-gym-after-meeting-mr-olympia-legend-dexter-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=23723","title":{"rendered":"Anwar jokes it\u2019s \u2018time to hit the gym\u2019 after meeting Mr Olympia legend Dexter Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 \u2014 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday shared his excitement over meeting world bodybuilding legend Dexter Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, Anwar also shared a photograph of himself shaking hands with Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMet world bodybuilding legend, 2008 Mr Olympia champion and 2012 Masters Mr Olympia champion Dexter Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am inspired. Looks like it\u2019s time for me to hit the gym,\u201d he wrote in the post.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, 56, holds the record for the most Arnold Classic titles, having won the competition nine times. \u2014 Bernama<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaymail.com\/news\/malaysia\/2026\/07\/02\/anwar-jokes-its-time-to-hit-the-gym-after-meeting-mr-olympia-legend-dexter-jackson\/226015\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 \u2014 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday shared his excitement over meeting world bodybuilding legend Dexter Jackson. In a Facebook post, Anwar also shared a photograph of himself shaking hands with Jackson. \u201cMet world bodybuilding legend, 2008 Mr Olympia champion and 2012 Masters Mr Olympia champion Dexter Jackson. \u201cI am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":960,"featured_media":23724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-olympia-winners"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anwar jokes it\u2019s \u2018time to hit the gym\u2019 after meeting Mr Olympia legend Dexter Jackson - World Bodybuilding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=23723\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anwar jokes it\u2019s \u2018time to hit the gym\u2019 after meeting Mr Olympia legend Dexter Jackson - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 \u2014 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday shared his excitement over meeting world bodybuilding legend Dexter Jackson. 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