Dan Solomon, the President of the Mr. Olympia competition, is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast. Dan talks about the events that will take place for the 60th Mr. Olympia competition which will take place in Las Vegas on October 10-13, 2024. Dan gives the details on the new venue for the Mr. Olympia and what goes into putting on the biggest bodybuilding competition in the world. At the end of the interview, host John Hansen reads three articles from some old bodybuilding magazines including the 1968 Mr. Olympia report from Muscle Builder magazine, the first article written about Arnold Schwarzenegger written by Joe Weider in Muscle Builder magazine and a great article from Rick Wayne about Arnold's only real competition from a 1975 issue of Muscle Mag International. (Time Stamps below)

Time Stamps:

3:25 - Emails to the Podcast

8:08 - Interview with Dan Solomon about the 60th Mr. Olympia

10:40 - Remembering Joe Weider

14:08 - Former Mr. Olympia champions onstage this year

17:10 - Bodybuilding is bigger than ever

19:00 - Mr. Olympia back in Vegas

25:40 - Gold Sandow Statue

26:30 - The power of social media

28:50 - No one person is bigger than the sport

31:18 - Current Olympia Champions

33:00 - Future goals for the Mr. Olympia

39:58 - Mr. Olympia Watch Party

43:55 - John Hansen reads the article "The Frosting on the Cake" written by Dick Tyler about the 1968 Mr. Olympia contest from the January, 1969 issue of Muscle Builder magazine.

50:40 - John reads the article "Arnold Schwarzenegger" written by Joe Weider for the May, 1969 issue of Muscle Builder magazine.

1:12:42 - John reads the article "Don't Kid the Kid" written by Rick Wayne for the Summer, 1975 issue of Muscle Mag International magazine.

Links:

Mr. Olympia website

John's Training and Diet Programs

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