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Ronnie Coleman’s Self-Proclaimed Son Goes Through Punishing Back Workout With Mr. Olympia Derek Lunsford

Published 03/30/2024, 7:15 AM EDT

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Jesse James West is a well-known figure in both the fitness and bodybuilding worlds. A fitness and wellness content creator with over a million followers on Instagram, West is famous for his playful nature and the pranks he plays on bodybuilders.

Recently, the young fitness influencer uploaded a video on his official YouTube channel of working out with the open division Mr. Olympia winner Derek Lunsford. During the intense back session, Lunsford also shared how he prefers doing his workouts.

During the off-season, Lunsford only takes a a couple of exercises till failure

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Lunsford and West started their workout with a wide-grip lat pull-down exercise. After a few sets, West asked the Mr. Olympia about his mindset on training close to failure or if he wanted to focus on more pump and contractions. Lunsford replied, “Right now, no. Right now, I’m just kind of warming up, typically when I’m getting ready for the Olympia, yeah.” He added that he takes two sets to failure or even does a drop or back-off set when he’s preparing for Olympia. While off-season, he only takes one or two exercises to failure. 

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Then they moved to the V-Grip pulldown and performed two to three sets of the exercise. The Mr. Olympia checked West’s lats after the sets. After this, the Olympia champion moved to machine rowing, focusing on the lower lats of the body. West mentioned how Lunsford focuses on sculpting specific areas instead of just training to get bigger for better results. Lunsford also did the single-hand machine rowing and pumped West along the sets.

The next exercise they did focused on their mid-back. They did variations of both hand and machine rowing. In the last exercise, they used the T-bar machine, and West asked the Olympia winner for “a secret of bodybuilding”. “Row to grow, baby,” Lunsford replied.

This is not the first time James has done a workout with the best in the bodybuilding realm. He previously did an arms workout with the former Arnold Classic Champion, Ramon Dino.

Dino puts on a show of sheer strength alongside West

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In an earlier video, the former Arnold Champion challenged the young fitness influencer to perform bicep curls with maximum weight. James lifted a 70-pound dumbbell and did 4 to 5 reps. Then Dino performed a warmup set with a weight that was actually the young fitness infleuncer’s PR

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While doing triceps pushdowns with a full stack, West challenged Dino to perform the exercise with a full stack. To which the former Arnold Classic champion replied, “Let me humiliate him now” and lifted the full stack with just a single arm, leaving West stunned by his immense strength.

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Instead of focusing only on size, both Lunsford and Dino work on specific portions of their bodies to ensure overall development. What are your views on this? Let us know in the comments.

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Karan Yadav is a Bodybuilding writer at EssentiallySports. His journey to the bodybuilding realm started during the lockdown, where he found inspiration and dedication from those engaged in the sport. A stickler for fitness tips, Karan keenly follows his idols Chris Bumstead and Mike O’Hearn for covering the information they give out through their social media.
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Abhishek Manikandan