Da Bullpen

By George ‘Da Bull’ Peterson III 

The Best George Peterson You’ve Ever Seen

What do you feel you will bring to the 212 Olympia stage that the other contenders are going to have a hard time competing with?

I believe I will bring a certain aesthetic look along with muscle density that can hang with anybody. Usually, it’s one or the other. You will see a guy with great aesthetics who needs a lot more size and thickness, or someone with plenty of mass but his shape and lines aren’t pleasing. I plan on bringing everything – aesthetics, mass, and crazy, gnarly condition. It’s going to be the best George Peterson you’ve ever seen. I know I say that before every show, but that’s because I mean it. My goal is to bring a better package every time.

The Great Rebound From Tampa Pro

I started my prep for the Tampa Pro at 250 pounds, which is the most I’ve ever weighed. It wasn’t a pretty 250. For my 212 debut in Tampa, I weighed in at 211. Instead of bingeing after the contest, I reverse dieted, gradually increasing the calories and carbs. This allowed me to have the best rebound of my career, getting up to a very lean and hard 240. Believe it or not, my glutes and hams were still tight at that weight. This put me in a perfect spot to start my prep for the 212 Olympia.

When Third Place Felt Like First

What was the first Olympia you attended, and what memories stand out the most about it?

Interestingly, I never went to an Olympia until I competed in one for the first time in 2017! The crazy thing was that I had struggled that season to qualify for the Olympia, missing the win on three occasions before winning the Tampa Pro. Then, I went to the Olympia and got third place, beating everyone who had beaten me in those three shows except for Breon Ansley. I was on cloud nine for a long time. Placing third that year felt like first place to me, because just one year before that, I had decided to do one last local NPC show before giving up competing for good.

Classic Rebuild for 212 Division

You have mentioned that your years in Classic groomed you for the 212 division. Can you explain that?

When I came back to the sport in 2016 and decided to try the new Classic Physique division, I looked nothing like I do now. I’d lost a lot of size that I’d had before, and I felt Classic would help me develop my physique and get it back. I knew the muscle memory would kick in and I would regain the mass I had when I competed as a heavyweight bodybuilder in 2012 and 2013. This time the mass would be better, more refined. It was like a total rebuild. Classic allowed me to reinvent my physique. I also feel I switched to 212 at the perfect time in my career. If I’d done it in 2017 or 2018, I wouldn’t have been ready to compete with the best men in the 212 division. After the 2019 Olympia, I knew I had peaked and maxed out in Classic. I knew I could not be any better at 192 pounds and it was time to make the move. I’d added mass and gained valuable stage experience in my four seasons in Classic Physique, and it was time to move on and go after a bigger title, the 212 Olympia.

Phil’s Return Tops Olympia

Who are you looking forward to seeing compete this year at the Olympia, in any division?

Phil Heath for sure. I feel he can get his title back. Like Giles, the callout I really want to see happen is the three former 212 athletes: Flex, Hadi Choopan and William Bonac.

212 Offers Better Chance for Win

Do you feel you have a much better chance at winning the 212 Olympia title than you did trying to win it in Classic Physique?

Yes. When Classic Physique first debuted, like any new division it took time to figure out and see what direction they wanted to go with it. You had all these different types of physiques that all made the weight limit, so which one do you hold as the ideal? Now they seem to have solidified the look they want, and it’s not me. 212 is just bodybuilding, and that’s what I am. I always considered myself a bodybuilder when I was in Classic. I also feel a bodybuilder can be Classic. Look at the men who they say inspired the division, champions like Arnold, Frank Zane, Lee Labrada, Flex Wheeler, Shawn Ray and Bob Paris. You have to concede that they all had classic physiques with excellent aesthetics, and they were also all bodybuilders. That’s why I never believed it was a problem that I “looked like a bodybuilder,” as long as I had the aesthetics too. I do understand that they want you to be able to tell the difference between the divisions, so it’s all good.

The Last Man Standing

What would it mean to you to become the 212 Olympia champion?

It would be an unbelievable feeling. Regardless if I win or lose, all that’s going through my mind and heart is that it will be God’s plan. If I walk away with the title, that was God’s plan for me. I would be grateful and appreciative to everyone who has supported me through everything. I’d be on top of the world knowing all the hard work paid off. But even if you’re not the last man standing, that doesn’t mean your hard work didn’t pay off. If you get on that stage looking the way you intended to, your work paid off. That being said, I do intend to be the last man standing and be crowned the 212 Olympia champion for 2020.

IG: georgep_dabull

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