OLYMPIA RECAP | ATHLETE POTENTIAL & PLACINGS | COACHING SCOPE | BODY FAT % | EP#190

After recapping Perth and Wayne’s latest win, the boys break down the Olympia before getting into athlete potential, disappointing placings, coaching scope, and whether extremely low body-fat levels are actually sustainable for female athletes.

We cover:
✅ Perth State Show recap and Wayne’s latest win
✅ Managing a peak remotely across prejudging and finals
✅ Olympia Open Bodybuilding reactions, including Nick, Samson and Derek
✅ How much a physique can change between prejudging and finals
✅ Bikini Olympia observations and the value of seeing the world’s best athletes in person
✅ When a coach sees more competitive potential in an athlete than the athlete sees themselves
✅ Why you can’t make someone want competitive bodybuilding
✅ Handling disappointing placings without negatively influencing the athlete
✅ Why a placing doesn’t determine whether an athlete presented their best-ever look
✅ Accepting the subjectivity of judging and focusing on what you can control
✅ Whether Bikini should include a judged walk to the rear
✅ Where coaching ends and the role of psychologists and other professionals begins
✅ Recognising when something is outside a coach’s scope and referring out
✅ Whether 10% body fat is sustainable long term for a female athlete
✅ Why body-fat percentages shouldn’t be confused with a particular “look”
✅ Building enough muscle to maintain an impressive physique at a more sustainable body-fat level

🎧 Olympia reactions, athlete potential, judging, coaching boundaries and female body-fat sustainability.

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