{"id":15155,"date":"2025-09-17T23:24:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15155"},"modified":"2025-09-17T23:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:24:51","slug":"lauralie-chapados-goes-for-gold-again-at-2025-olympia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15155","title":{"rendered":"Lauralie Chapados Goes For Gold Again at 2025 Olympia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There are many reasons to be excited about the 2025 Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, NV. The fans are excited to see the athletes and the Olympia World Fitness Expo, the vendors are pumped to be there networking and promoting, and of course, the best physique athletes in the world are ready to showcase why they earned the right to be onstage.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Bikini Olympia Lauralie Chapados is pumped for all that, but she is also excited for another reason\u2014the swag that only Olympia competitors receive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/features\/feature-gear\/find-the-latest-fashion-in-bodybuilding-at-the-olympia-apparel-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Olympia track suits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting that track suit is when it gets real because only the athletes get those,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lauraliechap\/?hl=en\">Chapados said.<\/a> \u201cThat has been one of the biggest things for me and sets the tone because we don\u2019t see them until we get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If all goes to Chapados\u2019 plans, she will not just be wearing a new track suit but a new gold medal as a two-time Olympia champion by the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Chapados will once again be a part of the 2025 Olympia, her eighth overall. Most of the experience feels natural to her by this point. She knows the buzz and atmosphere, is very much involved with the fans through the Meet and Greet as well as making an appearance at the CELSIUS booth, and she likely has her own routine for the day of prejudging. The only difference for Chapados this time around is instead of chasing the title, she must defend it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrepping as champion has been different and given me perspective on how past champions did it. It\u2019s not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The role she plays this year may be different, but the prep has not suffered as a result. As a matter of fact, she shared that her training leading up to this year\u2019s contest has gone very much to her liking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrep has been absolutely fantastic, and only ascending, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/interviews\/bikini-champ-lauralie-chapados-is-focused-on-olympia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Lauralie-Chapados-at-the-gym.jpg?w=150&amp;h=84&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 280px\" alt=\"Lauralie Chapados at the gym\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" data-fallback-img=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Lauralie-Chapados-at-the-gym.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Her Greatest Challenge is as Champion<\/h2>\n<p>The roster of opponents reads like a Who\u2019s Who of the IFBB Pro League Bikini division. Three-time Olympia champion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/10-questions-with-ifbb-pro-ashley-kaltwasser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Olympia runner-up Ashley Kaltwasser<\/a>, 2022 winner Maureen Blanquisco, and rising superstars Jasmine Gonzalez and Aimee Delgado are a few of the over 60 competitors that will share the prejudging stage. That many competitors in one show means that the champ is in for a long day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means that prejudging will be over two hours, if everyone sticks to their times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the size and depth of the field, Chapados has been solely focused on elevating her own physique so she can hear Bob Cicherillo say, \u201cand still\u201d instead of \u201cand new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI intend to make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The qualifying system will change in 2026, which will result in a smaller field of contenders next year. That is not an issue for Chapados, who is now qualified for life thanks to her victory in 2024. However, she hopes that her fellow athletes will not see the new system as a barrier but rather a proving ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in the pack in 2018 when I first qualified for the Olympia. It really is going to elevate the division tremendously.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:55.36519386835%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-Bikini-Champion-Lauralie-Chapados-with-her-dog-and-holding-a-can-of-Celsius.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" alt=\"2024 Bikini Champion Lauralie Chapados with her dog and holding a can of Celsius\" width=\"1109\" height=\"614\" data-fallback-img=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2024-Bikini-Champion-Lauralie-Chapados-with-her-dog-and-holding-a-can-of-Celsius.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Lauralie Chapados\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>See the Champ On and Off the Stage<\/h2>\n<p>Chapados will join fellow pros Regan Grimes, Mr. Olympia Samson Dauda, and other CELSIUS athletes in their booth at the 2025 Olympia World Fitness Expo, providing fans an opportunity to see the greats during their competition weekends. It will be a busy weekend, but Chapados is excited to meet as many fans as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have chills just thinking about it. The energy in that place is so special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To keep up with the Bikini Olympia and the other 10 world championship events being contested in Las Vegas, follow us on Instagram @muscleandfitness and subscribe to the M&amp;F newsletter.<\/p>\n<h2>Train Like an Olympia Champion Lauralie Chapados<\/h2>\n<p>Chapados has shared her prep for the Olympia on her social media outlets, including this shoulder, chest and arms workout six weeks out from her title defense. She then went through posing rounds after the training session. Take this program to the gym so you know firsthand what it takes to prepare for the big competition.<\/p>\n<table class=\"tg\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"tg-7jts\" colspan=\"3\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Lauralie Chapados Olympia Workout<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-gmla\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Exercise<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-gmla\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sets<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-gmla\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Reps<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-fymr\"><strong>Seated Machine Press<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">2-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">10-12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Incline Flye Machine <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">2-3 <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">10-12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-fymr\"><strong>Seated Chest Press<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">2-3 <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">10-12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-dbtv\"><strong>Superset:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"\/>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-fymr\"><strong>A) Triceps Pushdown<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">2-3 <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0pky\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">10-12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">B) Machine Curl <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">2-3 <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">10-12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-x5q1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Superset:<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"\/>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A) Rope Cable Hammer Curl <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">2-3 <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">10-12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">B) Overhead Cable Extension <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">2-3 <\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"tg-0lax\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">10-12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*Focus on using a full range of motion, including a stretch at the bottom of each rep.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/training\/lauralie-chapados-goes-for-gold-again-at-2025-olympia\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many reasons to be excited about the 2025 Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, NV. The fans are excited to see the athletes and the Olympia World Fitness Expo, the vendors are pumped to be there networking and promoting, and of course, the best physique athletes in the world are ready to showcase why &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}