Test Out the Arm Exercise Samson Dauda Used Earlier than His 2023 Arnold Basic Win

The 2023 Arnold Classic topped a first-time champion in Samson Dauda on March 4, 2023, in Columbus, OH. The choice by the judges was a nailbiter between the “Nigerian Lion” and runner-up Nick Walker.

The commentary staff masking the Males’s Open on the Arnold Basic was torn on who introduced the higher bundle between the highest two athletes however agreed that it may have gone both approach. The judges on the day felt Dauda introduced a greater physique.

On March 9, 2023, Dauda revealed to his YouTube channel a video that displayed his remaining arm exercise earlier than pre-judging on March 3, 2023. Take a look at that video beneath, adopted by a breakdown of his arm routine:

Dauda’s Arm Exercise One Day Earlier than 2023 Arnold Basic

Whereas the variety of units and reps was not disclosed within the video, the workout routines carried out by Dauda are beneath:

For the preacher curls, Dauda’s coach Milos Sarcev positioned the burden plate on the best weight-sleeve on the machine. That meant extra rigidity was utilized to the biceps at peak contraction, coaching the biceps heavier of their shortened place.

Sarcev moved the burden plate to decrease weight sleeves after 10 or so reps. Whereas this seems akin to a drop set, the burden distribution all through the set biases the biceps all through their totally different ranges — shortened, midrange, and lengthened.

With out relaxation, Dauda superset the preacher curls with triceps pushdowns. The machine used appeared to have a slim grip in comparison with Dauda’s wider body, which compelled him to let his elbows flare outward. This wasn’t disruptive to his type, nevertheless, because the intention in triceps pushdowns is to realize as a lot elbow flexion as potential to place the emphasis of the concentric on the triceps versus the chest or front delts.

The third motion was a repetition of the primary, besides with weight evenly distributed alongside all three factors of vary. In an identical drop set style, after 10 or so reps, the underside weight plate was eliminated, adopted by the highest weight plate, after which Dauda took the burden within the midrange to failure.

One other working set on the triceps pushdown machine completed the superset earlier than hitting single-arm dumbbell hammer curls. For the curls, Dauda sat on a weight bench with a again pad relatively than carry out the reps standing. Sitting with a again pad supplied Dauda extra stability to maintain the load totally on the biceps and never enable any physique language to affect the motion.

The hammer curls had been superset with triceps extensions. For the primary set of extensions, Dauda used a slim grip attachment earlier than switching to rope for the next units.

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On to the 2023 Olympia

Though not everybody agreed with Dauda’s victory on the 2023 Arnold Basic, together with 1983 Mr. Olympia Samir Bannout, the scorecards stand. Other than the $300,000 check that accompanied Dauda’s victory, the most important prize was a qualification for the 2023 Olympia contest on Nov. 2-5, 2023, in Orlando, FL.

As Dauda simply ranked increased than the 2022 Mr. Olympia bronze medalist (Walker), we’ll see if he can additional enhance his physique to oust reigning Mr. Olympia Hadi Choopan to say probably the most coveted title in bodybuilding.

Featured picture: @samson__dauda on Instagram