{"id":9768,"date":"2026-01-14T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=9768"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:02:00","slug":"paul-krueger-looks-to-defend-natural-olympia-title-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=9768","title":{"rendered":"Paul Krueger Looks to Defend Natural Olympia Title in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"


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2021 Natural Olympia Paul Krueger plans to defend the Men\u2019s Bodybuilding title at 2022 Natural Olympia.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n

If you were tuned in for <\/span>2021 Natural Olympia<\/span><\/a>, you know Paul Krueger<\/strong>. He was 2021 Natural Olympia after clinching the <\/span>Men\u2019s Bodybuilding division<\/span><\/a>. What\u2019s crazy is that he <\/span>won just weeks after earning his pro card<\/span><\/a>. Well, the party didn\u2019t end there for this determined <\/span>INBA PNBA<\/span><\/a> athlete. One of his top New Year\u2019s resolutions<\/a> is to defend his title. On Instagram (IG), Krueger asserted:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cMy top 3 goals 2022:<\/span><\/p>\n

Return and defend the <\/span>@inbapnbaglobal_official<\/span><\/a> Natural Olympia title in November.<\/span><\/p>\n

Become completely debt free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

10X my YouTube channel to 26k subs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can see his full IG post below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Natural Olympia<\/b><\/h3>\n

Natural Olympia is the cornerstone natural bodybuilding event for natural bodybuilders. It\u2019s The Pinnacle of Natural Sports, and if there\u2019s a competition a competitor wants to win, this is the one. This past year (2021), contestants were representing 15 countries, including champions from all over the world, including Italy (<\/span>Angelo Mastrangelo<\/strong> \u2013 Men\u2019s Sport Model<\/span><\/a> ), Mexico (<\/span>Arely Ayala<\/strong> \u2013 Bikini Angels),<\/span><\/a> Germany (<\/span>Mirco Burger<\/strong> \u2013 Men\u2019s Bodybuilding Masters<\/span><\/a>), and Britain (<\/span>Claire Burton<\/strong> \u2013 Women\u2019s Physique Masters<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Competitors compete here for <\/span>a chance to win grand prizes<\/a>, and this\u00a0<\/span>upcoming <\/span>Natural Olympia added a new bodybuilding category<\/span><\/a>. Also, the <\/span>INBA PNBA has signed on a plethora of athletes to multi-media contracts<\/span><\/a> with Generation Iron, INBA PNBA, and <\/span>Iron Man Magazine<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The drug testing protocol is rigid for INBA PNBA competitors. The INBA PNBA league scans each athlete for banned substances on the most <\/span>elite drug testing standards \u2013 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Paul Krueger is the reigning champ, that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019ll stay that if he ever fails a drug test. Any INBA PNBA athlete who gets caught doping with a substance from the WADA list will be stripped of their title. For example, <\/span>Jill Kolivoski was the former Women\u2019s Bodybuilding champion until she later failed a drug test administered at 2021 Natural Olympia and was stripped of her title<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How Strong Is Paul Krueger?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Paul Krueger is insanely strong. Below, you\u2019ll find an IG clip of him dumbbell incline bench pressing<\/a> 200 lbs a few months before winning the 2021 Natural Olympia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Krueger focuses on lifting heavy weights. There are other IG clips of him repping 500 lbs on barbell Romanian deadlifts<\/a> and 405 lbs on barbell squats<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In an IG post posted on November 16, 2021, Krueger stated:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve only ever known lifting heavy\/scary af. I am one of the freaks that hogs all the plates, pushes through the weight with audible growls, and who is threatened to be removed from globo gyms on a regular basis for exceeding the designed capacity of machines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In addition, he uploaded a video explaining how the golden ratio \u2013 how the approximate number 1.618 relates to mathematics \u2013 can help your bodybuilding physique on his YouTube channel<\/a>. According to Krueger, following this principle will give you the perfect shoulder-to-waist ratio to provide you with the ideal V-taper for natural bodybuilding<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Generation Iron wishes Paul Krueger the best of luck in his <\/span>2022 natural bodybuilding season<\/span><\/a>!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow us on <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a> to see INBA PNBA athletes\u2019 workouts to succeed in the 2022 season! <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n