Valliere seems very able to get a spot within the 2023 Olympia.
On Could 30, 2023, skilled bodybuilder Iain Valliere shared a collection of pictures on his Instagram web page the place the athlete’s legs look ripped. Just some days later, on June 1, 2023, the bodybuilder shared the same teaser detailing his evident progress within the gymnasium in only a few months. Whereas the connection isn’t fully clear, they look like a teaser about Valliere’s newest coaching positive factors as he prepares to compete within the 2023 Toronto Professional on June 4, 2023.
The 2023 Toronto Professional will likely be Valliere’s first aggressive look on stage in the course of the 2023 calendar yr. Extra importantly, the Canadian native will try to make use of the competition to qualify for the 2023 Mr. Olympia in Orlando, FL, in early November.
After the Worldwide Federation of Bodybuilding and Health (IFBB) made adjustments to the Olympia qualification system, Valliere — who completed in eleventh place within the Males’s Open division on the 2022 iteration of the flagship contest — has no selection however to win a major competitors to compete within the Olympia once more in 2023. Solely previous winners in any Olympia division, together with top-five finishers within the earlier version, have automated qualification. Rivals like Valliere want outright wins in any of the sanctioned IFBB contests in the course of the lead-up to this yr’s occasion.
This comparatively new impediment shouldn’t essentially be a problem for Valliere. The athlete gained his solely different non-Olympia 2022 contest, the 2022 Vancouver Professional. Per his web page on NPC Information On-line, the athlete can depend quite a few different notable IFBB victories from his profession. They embody wins within the 2020 New York Professional, the 2021 Tampa Professional, and the 2021 Texas Professional.
At this stage of Valliere’s skilled outlook, the principle place he’s doubtless looking for extra success is on stage on the Mr. Olympia. Valliere made his Olympia debut in 2018, the place he completed 14th. His best-ever outcomes on the competitors stay his two back-to-back seventh-place finishes in 2020 and 2021.
Valliere has beforehand made headlines for coaching Chris Bumstead, the reigning four-time Traditional Physique Olympia champion (2019-2022). The pair mutually parted methods when Bumstead started working with coach Hany Rambod within the fall of 2022. When it comes to opinions on the general bodybuilding sphere, Valliere acknowledged in February 2023 that he believes the Olympia must be extra streamlined, advocating for the removing of the 212 division.
Whereas seasoned, Valliere won’t be one of many largest stars on paper within the trendy bodybuilding pantheon. Bringing his ripped legs to a possible win within the 2023 Toronto Professional, adopted by customary preparation for enchancment on the 2023 Olympia, would possibly go an extended method to placing the athlete again on the map.
Featured picture: @iainvalliere on Instagram
