{"id":10908,"date":"2023-02-09T22:04:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T23:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=10908"},"modified":"2023-02-10T00:28:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T00:28:12","slug":"hunter-labrada-isnt-aiming-for-sheer-size-plans-a-streamlined-physique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/hunter-labrada-isnt-aiming-for-sheer-size-plans-a-streamlined-physique\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Labrada Isn\u2019t Aiming for Sheer Size, Plans a Streamlined Physique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a disappointing seventh-place finish at the <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/hadi-choopan-wins-2022-mr-olympia\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"2022 Mr. Olympia (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\" data-lasso-id=\"202146\">2022 Mr. Olympia<\/a>, Hunter Labrada seems to be in <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/hunter-labrada-2022-mr-olympia-reflection\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"a state of frank reflection (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\" data-lasso-id=\"202147\">a state of frank reflection<\/a>. In mid-January 2023, the elite bodybuilder disclosed he was so upset by his latest Olympia results that he was doing a temporary social media blackout to avoid negative commentary on his performance. At the same time, he vowed to rebound as best as possible, revealing some of his plans to help along that path. <\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 8, 2023, Labrada posted a testimonial to his YouTube channel, where he broke down some of his upcoming plans. Within it, he revealed he would no longer be strictly aiming for <a aria-label=\"size (opens in a new tab)\" data-lasso-id=\"202148\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/how-to-build-muscle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">size<\/a> in his <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/powerbuilding\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\" data-lasso-id=\"202163\">training<\/a>. Instead, <strong>the athlete maintained he wants to &#8220;minimize his waistline&#8221;<\/strong> as he focuses on other details of his physique during the 2023 competitive year. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Olympia Recap | What&#039;s Next | Hunter Labrada\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-cqDpMLj0mg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"is-layout-constrained wp-block-group is-style-call-out-bm-icon\">\n<p><strong><em>More from Breaking Muscle:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/reverse-biceps-curl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\" data-lasso-id=\"202150\">How to Do the Reverse Biceps Curl for Complete Arm Development<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/dumbbell-split-squat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\" data-lasso-id=\"202151\">How to Do the Dumbbell Split Squat for Single-Leg Size and Strength<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aside from tightening his waistline, Labrada was explicit about all of his new goals. He wants to hit the ground running with his off-season, and he wants better digestion as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/best-back-workouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"bigger back (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\" data-lasso-id=\"202152\">bigger back<\/a> in the process. <\/p>\n<p>A world of possibilities might open up for a bodybuilder when they&#8217;re not pursuing sheer overall size. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Everything needs to be thicker, but that is a main area [his back] of focus,&#8221; Labrada said. &#8220;In addition to that, I&#8217;m definitely placing a huge emphasis on this \u2014 this is going to be my first off-season, where everything else is big enough. I don\u2019t need to be chasing size to the point where I\u2019m hanging over the kitchen sink sick from how full I am all day. This off-season we are going to place a huge emphasis on eating more whole foods and supplementing in a way that we really optimize my digestion and minimize my waistline.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for specific ways to improve his physique otherwise, Labrada didn&#8217;t mention too many details. He did, however, maintain that he&#8217;ll focus on polishing up his <a aria-label=\"abs (opens in a new tab)\" data-lasso-id=\"202153\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/best-ab-workouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">abs<\/a>, specifically with vacuum poses \u2014 where an athlete contracts their abs to target the deepest muscles. It&#8217;s a thought process that apparently began after his latest Olympia result. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to continue <a aria-label=\"training abs (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/dumbbell-ab-workouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"ek-link\" data-lasso-id=\"202164\">training abs<\/a> like I have been,&#8221; Labrada started. &#8220;It&#8217;s something [vacuum poses] that I started doing after the Olympia. I noticed it made a huge difference already &#8230; I\u2019ve been doing them every single morning and it&#8217;s made a big difference already in a month. So I\u2019m going to continue beating that drum and checking all the boxes daily, and doing what&#8217;s in my control as well as I can do it. 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At the same time, he&#8230;<br \/>\nThe post Hunter Labrada Isn\u2019t Aiming for Sheer Size, Plans a Streamlined Physique appeared first on Breaking Muscle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":""},"categories":[20,1,21,22,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10909,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10908\/revisions\/10909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}