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Title: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Tre on December 02, 2007, 11:34:29 AM

Discuss.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: danielson on December 02, 2007, 11:35:08 AM
Where does said bodybuilder live?
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: mass243 on December 02, 2007, 11:35:44 AM
Discuss.




Hummer and 26'' rims - spinning ones   ;D
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: tommywishbone on December 02, 2007, 11:37:39 AM


Hummer and 26'' rims - spinning ones   ;D

They spinnin' negro! They spinnin'!
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Rearden Metal on December 02, 2007, 11:38:17 AM
1. Single or married? Kids?
     a. does your spouse work?
2. Where do you live?
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Bast000 on December 02, 2007, 11:39:55 AM
A red hummer and wrestling sessions with BuffGoddess?
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Triple-H_2005 on December 02, 2007, 11:45:01 AM
A pro with that amount of $$$?

You can probably afford to compete 2x and pay to keep the lights turned on!
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: tleilaxutank on December 02, 2007, 11:49:49 AM
an escape goat?

Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: bigbobs on December 02, 2007, 12:10:12 PM
You wouldnt be able to afford a home like this:

(http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/images/2007/drobson324j.jpg)
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Lamplighterx on December 02, 2007, 12:13:00 PM
(http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/images/2007/drobson322_hsm.jpg)
Forget about getting a fine dog like this!
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Bluto on December 02, 2007, 12:14:27 PM
As long as you can post on Getbig I say you ain't doing that bad
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Meso_z on December 02, 2007, 12:15:47 PM
(http://www.hitechlive.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/lg-60pf95.jpg)
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Tre on December 02, 2007, 02:29:03 PM
Where does said bodybuilder live?

Single, no kids.

You can choose to live anywhere, but feel that being in southern California or Las Vegas would be best for your career. 
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: pumpher on December 02, 2007, 02:37:02 PM
Is this reported pre-tax income?
Does this figure include the unreported "sponsorship incentives" for private sessions with elderly rich males?  ;D





Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Alex23 on December 02, 2007, 02:38:12 PM
A red hummer and wrestling sessions with BuffGoddess?

Nope. For that you ought to be in the 150-175k range ;D
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: G o a t b o y on December 02, 2007, 02:40:40 PM
Single, no kids.

You can choose to live anywhere, but feel that being in southern California or Las Vegas would be best for your career. 


In SoCal, that might pay the rent.  In many other areas of the country you could live very well.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: beatmaster on December 02, 2007, 02:43:17 PM

well, in CA not much... everything is like 10x the regular price (house, condo whatever..)

else where a lot.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: tleilaxutank on December 02, 2007, 02:45:21 PM
consider the following:

$$ for drugs = 6k/yr (very conservative)
$$ for food = 10k/yr more than avg. person
$$ for supplements (vitamins, protein and other legal stuff = 5k/yr
$$ for tanning = 4k/yr

so you're down to 100k/yr

NOW

No health insurance = 20k/yr + much more later down the road
No 401k = 7k/yr (just company match and tax benefit; forget about massive interest accumulated over the course of your career)

73k/yr

with cost of living in southern california, 73k is=

43k in atlanta, GA and houston and austin, tx
60k in providence, RI


for a job with no sustainability...my recommendation would be to go back to school


Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Bast000 on December 02, 2007, 02:50:27 PM
consider the following:


$$ for tanning = 4k/yr




that's a lot of tanning or extremely expensive tanning places.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: G o a t b o y on December 02, 2007, 02:50:33 PM
consider the following:

$$ for drugs = 6k/yr (very conservative)
$$ for food = 10k/yr more than avg. person
$$ for supplements (vitamins, protein and other legal stuff = 5k/yr
$$ for tanning = 4k/yr

so you're down to 100k/yr

NOW

No health insurance = 20k/yr + much more later down the road
No 401k = 7k/yr (just company match and tax benefit; forget about massive interest accumulated over the course of your career)

73k/yr

with cost of living in southern california, 73k is=

43k in atlanta, GA and houston and austin, tx
60k in providence, RI


for a job with no sustainability...my recommendation would be to go back to school





You forgot that they are self-employed...  there is no employer to kick in that portion of the fica payroll tax.  So take another 7.5% off the top.  ;D
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Bast000 on December 02, 2007, 02:51:36 PM
Also, they have to pay for transportation and accommodation for competing.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Tre on December 02, 2007, 03:01:18 PM

You forgot that they are self-employed...  there is no employer to kick in that portion of the fica payroll tax.  So take another 7.5% off the top.  ;D

Self-employment tax sucks. 
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: triple_pickle on December 02, 2007, 03:31:04 PM
$$ for tanning = 4k/yr

::)

there are places that offer unlimited tanning for like $39.99 per month or maybe cheaper.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: danielson on December 02, 2007, 03:32:04 PM
::)

there are places that offer unlimited tanning for like $39.99 per month or maybe cheaper.

I don't know why more people don't get full body bronzing tattoos.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: tleilaxutank on December 02, 2007, 03:39:48 PM
::)

there are places that offer unlimited tanning for like $39.99 per month or maybe cheaper.

epic forest from the trees
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: jtsunami on December 02, 2007, 03:40:55 PM
around here unlimited tanning is 24 dollars a month that tanning fee is way over lol 4000! just buy a machine for your house then
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: noc on December 02, 2007, 05:46:59 PM
$$ for supplements (vitamins, protein and other legal stuff = 5k/yr

They would get all that shit for free.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: HTexan on December 02, 2007, 05:51:13 PM
http://www.cityrating.com/costofliving.asp
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Tre on December 02, 2007, 08:20:24 PM

Let's assume that our subject bodybuilder is 30 years old and let's assume that he can expect to earn at about the same level for the next 10 years, adjusted for inflation, after which he'd see a possible decline in his income...unless he's made good investments or launched a new business during his high-earning years.  His primary source of income now is product endorsements.       
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Rome on December 03, 2007, 04:52:47 AM
around here unlimited tanning is 24 dollars a month that tanning fee is way over lol 4000! just buy a machine for your house then
New York city is a pretty pricey place to live and there are tanning shops that charge $35 a month so i don't know where the $4000 figure came from either  :-\
My guess is that some of those other numbers are also just grabbed out of thin air.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: SteelePegasus on December 03, 2007, 05:05:32 AM
epic forest from the trees

isn't the saying "forrest for the trees"?

epic not knowing the correct saying yet insulting someone with it  ::)
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Stu on December 03, 2007, 05:31:01 AM
isn't the saying "forrest for the trees"?

epic not knowing the correct saying yet insulting someone with it  ::)

epic not knowing the correct spelling yet insulting someone with it ::)


"forrest"
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Below Me on December 06, 2007, 09:58:43 PM
rom everything discussed on these message boards, I was lead to believe only 10-12 bodybuilders make that much money annually.
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: oldtimer1 on December 07, 2007, 08:02:10 AM
If you're living in the NY/NJ area that 125K isn't a lot of money.  It really just a middle class income.  If you live in Wisconsin or Kentucky then you are living the life.  A modest 2500 sq ft. houses in NJ go for $400K to 500K.  I know in many parts of Texas you can get a new 2500 sq ft. house for 250K.  Everything is relative to the expenses of where you live.  Another thing is real estate taxes on your house.  A freind of mine pays 18K a year in NJ and he has a brother in another state with about the same size house paying 6K.  How about car insurance?  A real sample rate in the NY/NJ area is $1500 a year for a car.  In Wisconsin the same car and coverage is $400.  Again everything is relative to where you live.

In my employment field we get guys from other states because they hear about the high salaries.  To bad no one told them that it's taken away by the high cost of living. 

Only the top few bodybuilders are making any real money. If they don't invest wisely their supplement contracts will run out when they are forced to stop competing.  I wonder how much Flex is making in endorsements now? 
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: Thin Lizzy on December 07, 2007, 08:13:56 AM
consider the following:

$$ for drugs = 6k/yr (very conservative)





Wouldn't the amount for a pro be about 4 or 5x 6K?
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: The Wizard on December 07, 2007, 08:38:41 AM
Half the drugs needed in one year to be competitive in pro bodybuilding in the 21st century!
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: BigSexy50 on December 07, 2007, 08:48:01 AM
isn't the saying "forrest for the trees"?

epic not knowing the correct saying yet insulting someone with it  ::)

The saying is; "You can't see the forest throught the trees".
Title: Re: You're a bodybuilder bringing home $125,000/year - what can you afford?
Post by: The Wizard on December 07, 2007, 08:49:33 AM
The saying is; "You can't see the forest throught the trees".
It IS "You can't see the forest for the trees"