You Won Your IFBB Pro Card ....... NOW WHAT!?

[arce1988]

  Stan M.?

[arce1988]

[ESFitness]

ESFITNESS, Thanks! Great suggestions regarding self-marketing …. But most often harder than it looks or seems.

a.   Guest posing …..That’s difficult unless you are one of the better known ‘O’ contenders whose guest posing fees are usually $2,000 to $5,000 per event and sometimes higher. But guest posing could be a possibility for some of these brand new pros if they were to guest pose at events within their home town for considerably less than as shown above.

b.   Product endorsement ….. Twenty or so years ago, a contest winner would have a decent chance at endorsing a product for a small amount of income, but then the ecomony sunk and the money dried up and it became a damn near impossibility. Back in the day I was told that Weider would offer an upcoming bodybuilder (pro or amateur) $40,000+ a year to make that boybuilder available to guest pose at NPC/IFBB events and then offer the NPC promoters a guest poser free of charge in enchange for  placing the IFBB logo at the top of every contest ad and poster and entry form. Sad to say, but those were the good old days and have been long gone and won't be seen again.

c.   Your own product line …. A new business start-up in  today’s economy would be a risk in which these young pros would fear to tread. And would you buy a supplement product from a new start-up endorsed by someone you’ve never hear of before who happens to be a brand new IFBB Pro?

d.   New personal training clients …..I think this is your best idea but only if he/she can run this business outside of the gyms that take 60% of his daily income (more or less). There are individuals in the Hollywood area who run their own training business by training clients in the client’s personal residences and charge high figures to get the actors/actresses in shape for their next major appearance. A couple of PT’s even travel to exotic locations where the production is underway and make a very respectable income.

These past few years I’ve been encouraging the guys and gals who have SuperHero looks to do their utmost to find a Hollywood agent who would represent them. A difficult but not impossible task.

More on that subject later ….

Thanks, ESFit

well, the bad part is you'd need a decent business acumen to do any of that successfully.... but then again, with a decent business acumen, you'd be successful with or without bbing. the 'bbing' portion is just an asset you can leverage.

the 'good' money in personal training is with wealthy clients, sometimes doing the training in-home, as well as traveling with them.

launching a product line isn't that hard. the margin's are great and you don't need to move a lot of volume to be profitable... considering you never (at least if you can help it) invest with your own money, the risk to the bber is minimal. however, negotiating an agreement with your investor(s) is key. you don't wanna end up with 50% of the profit and 100% of the liability, buy-out clauses, owning your formulas, ect... (I've been doing this myself over the past year and a half... $$$ is there, just a matter of negotiation.. good thing I train lawyers. lol)

.. gotta client. gotta go.. i'll add more later..

[stuntmovie]

Some damn fine suggestions for these new IFBB pros from you GetBiggers. Some might read this and follow your suggestions.

The big thing that really surprises me is that the Hollywood movie inustry has yet to take an interest in the fitness and bikini contenders.

The majority of those ladies make Hollywood starlets look pretty bad if you've ever had the opportunity to see them in person.

Eventually some big time Hollywood agent will come around and start looking for a major star from among the fitness/bikini winners and break the ice so to speak.

And once that happens it will open the doors for talent among the physique contenders.

Sooner or later, it's gonna happen.

[claymore]

  Stan M.?

No lol not curly top lol....Stan Efferding

[Big Chiro Flex]

stuntmovie is a old queen and  schmoe


stop giving "warnings" to guys who come up  and and dream of being pro.

just go away and do your sick business in the dark, after all, thats what supports bodybuilding.

no one wants to see more of your epic novels of crap

Why the hate? Stunt has been a bodybuilder/lifted for longer than youve been alive and is always a cool poster, not a schmoe    This post surprises me because normally you post good shit.

[Teutonic Knight]

How about buying someones secondhand pro card 

[Lobstah]

I hope I don't sound like too much of a mushy after-school special here, but...

For a lot of competitors, competing is an enjoyable thing that's done a lot of good for us. I'm not talking about financially. I'm not saying "oh, I compete and now I'm going to be on the cover of Oxygen and be rich rich rich." But me, I was NEVER athletic, and I NEVER had a body I could be proud of. I kicked ass in school, I've done okay with my snotty artistic endeavors, and I've been told my writing is enjoyable to read, but I was young, antisocial, and depressed because of how shitty I looked and how shitty I felt. When I finally started exercising, I LIKED it, and when I met a figure competitor for the first time (Alicia Marie, for the record. My fat ass worked in the corporate office, and she taught a class. My eternal girlcrush...), I thought, "HOLY FUCK! She is smart, well spoken, kind of a nerd, AND STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL." I was there when she and Alicia Harris won their pro cards, and I remember my mind being absolutely BLOWN. Deciding to compete gave me something to work toward just like my runner friends had the marathon and my dorky ass martial arts friends had their muay thai fights. I know bodybuilding is not really a sport, but I'm not really an athlete, so IT FITS.

Anyway, the elusive IFBB pro card to me, has always represented a PERSONAL milestone, and I think it's that way for a good number of current competitors. We don't all have grandiose (and MISGUIDED) ideas that the pro card is going to somehow change our lives or make us wildly popular and successful. But what it DOES represent, for me anyway, is proof that I can not only do pretty much whatever the fuck I want, but there's the chance that I could be better at it than I ever dreamed. It represents the dissatisfaction I once felt, and is a tangible marker for how much things have changed. Looking decent is not a hobby that will solve ALL of my problems, but it solved ONE.

Sorry to get sappy on you guys. It won't happen again.

[Roger Bacon]

I hope I don't sound like too much of a mushy after-school special here, but...

For a lot of competitors, competing is an enjoyable thing that's done a lot of good for us. I'm not talking about financially. I'm not saying "oh, I compete and now I'm going to be on the cover of Oxygen and be rich rich rich." But me, I was NEVER athletic, and I NEVER had a body I could be proud of. I kicked ass in school, I've done okay with my snotty artistic endeavors, and I've been told my writing is enjoyable to read, but I was young, antisocial, and depressed because of how shitty I looked and how shitty I felt. When I finally started exercising, I LIKED it, and when I met a figure competitor for the first time (Alicia Marie, for the record. My fat ass worked in the corporate office, and she taught a class. My eternal girlcrush...), I thought, "HOLY FUCK! She is smart, well spoken, kind of a nerd, AND STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL." I was there when she and Alicia Harris won their pro cards, and I remember my mind being absolutely BLOWN. Deciding to compete gave me something to work toward just like my runner friends had the marathon and my dorky ass martial arts friends had their muay thai fights. I know bodybuilding is not really a sport, but I'm not really an athlete, so IT FITS.

Anyway, the elusive IFBB pro card to me, has always represented a PERSONAL milestone, and I think it's that way for a good number of current competitors. We don't all have grandiose (and MISGUIDED) ideas that the pro card is going to somehow change our lives or make us wildly popular and successful. But what it DOES represent, for me anyway, is proof that I can not only do pretty much whatever the fuck I want, but there's the chance that I could be better at it than I ever dreamed. It represents the dissatisfaction I once felt, and is a tangible marker for how much things have changed. Looking decent is not a hobby that will solve ALL of my problems, but it solved ONE.

Sorry to get sappy on you guys. It won't happen again.

WOW

[Bevo]

Some damn fine suggestions for these new IFBB pros from you GetBiggers. Some might read this and follow your suggestions.

The big thing that really surprises me is that the Hollywood movie inustry has yet to take an interest in the fitness and bikini contenders.

The majority of those ladies make Hollywood starlets look pretty bad if you've ever had the opportunity to see them in person.

Eventually some big time Hollywood agent will come around and start looking for a major star from among the fitness/bikini winners and break the ice so to speak.

And once that happens it will open the doors for talent among the physique contenders.

Sooner or later, it's gonna happen.

Yes these "fitness/bikini" girls might have the "look" but can they act? And we are not talkin about porn either

[Mr. Zimbabwe]

I hope I don't sound like too much of a mushy after-school special here, but...

For a lot of competitors, competing is an enjoyable thing that's done a lot of good for us. I'm not talking about financially. I'm not saying "oh, I compete and now I'm going to be on the cover of Oxygen and be rich rich rich." But me, I was NEVER athletic, and I NEVER had a body I could be proud of. I kicked ass in school, I've done okay with my snotty artistic endeavors, and I've been told my writing is enjoyable to read, but I was young, antisocial, and depressed because of how shitty I looked and how shitty I felt. When I finally started exercising, I LIKED it, and when I met a figure competitor for the first time (Alicia Marie, for the record. My fat ass worked in the corporate office, and she taught a class. My eternal girlcrush...), I thought, "HOLY FUCK! She is smart, well spoken, kind of a nerd, AND STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL." I was there when she and Alicia Harris won their pro cards, and I remember my mind being absolutely BLOWN. Deciding to compete gave me something to work toward just like my runner friends had the marathon and my dorky ass martial arts friends had their muay thai fights. I know bodybuilding is not really a sport, but I'm not really an athlete, so IT FITS.

Anyway, the elusive IFBB pro card to me, has always represented a PERSONAL milestone, and I think it's that way for a good number of current competitors. We don't all have grandiose (and MISGUIDED) ideas that the pro card is going to somehow change our lives or make us wildly popular and successful. But what it DOES represent, for me anyway, is proof that I can not only do pretty much whatever the fuck I want, but there's the chance that I could be better at it than I ever dreamed. It represents the dissatisfaction I once felt, and is a tangible marker for how much things have changed. Looking decent is not a hobby that will solve ALL of my problems, but it solved ONE.

Sorry to get sappy on you guys. It won't happen again.

Excellent post! You go girl!

[leadhead]

Haha I cannot believe you compared the UFC to bodybuilding. Fighting is engrained in males genetically. Posing in front of gays is not therefore, will never be as wildly successful no matter how much advertising they do. I'll use myself as an example- I've never watched a BB contest although I've been working out over a decade. I've never had an interest in amateur fighting but have seen plenty of UFC fights as they're entertaining to me.

[Parker]

Curly Top should show Kai how to build big traps.

[BigCyp]

I hope I don't sound like too much of a mushy after-school special here, but...

For a lot of competitors, competing is an enjoyable thing that's done a lot of good for us. I'm not talking about financially. I'm not saying "oh, I compete and now I'm going to be on the cover of Oxygen and be rich rich rich." But me, I was NEVER athletic, and I NEVER had a body I could be proud of. I kicked ass in school, I've done okay with my snotty artistic endeavors, and I've been told my writing is enjoyable to read, but I was young, antisocial, and depressed because of how shitty I looked and how shitty I felt. When I finally started exercising, I LIKED it, and when I met a figure competitor for the first time (Alicia Marie, for the record. My fat ass worked in the corporate office, and she taught a class. My eternal girlcrush...), I thought, "HOLY FUCK! She is smart, well spoken, kind of a nerd, AND STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL." I was there when she and Alicia Harris won their pro cards, and I remember my mind being absolutely BLOWN. Deciding to compete gave me something to work toward just like my runner friends had the marathon and my dorky ass martial arts friends had their muay thai fights. I know bodybuilding is not really a sport, but I'm not really an athlete, so IT FITS.

Anyway, the elusive IFBB pro card to me, has always represented a PERSONAL milestone, and I think it's that way for a good number of current competitors. We don't all have grandiose (and MISGUIDED) ideas that the pro card is going to somehow change our lives or make us wildly popular and successful. But what it DOES represent, for me anyway, is proof that I can not only do pretty much whatever the fuck I want, but there's the chance that I could be better at it than I ever dreamed. It represents the dissatisfaction I once felt, and is a tangible marker for how much things have changed. Looking decent is not a hobby that will solve ALL of my problems, but it solved ONE.

Sorry to get sappy on you guys. It won't happen again.

Calm down

[Big Chiro Flex]

The Male Sarah Palin still acting like he's on bodybuilding.com in this thread.

I'm not entirely sure what this post means but all I know is stunt movie is a cool bro. He's not a Schmoe.



"Leave stunt movie alone!"

[Ronnie Rep]

stuntmovie is a old queen and  schmoe


stop giving "warnings" to guys who come up  and and dream of being pro.

just go away and do your sick business in the dark, after all, thats what supports bodybuilding.

no one wants to see more of your epic novels of crap

Who pissed in your Cheerios? Stuntmovie is a Getbig treasure!

[Lobstah]

Excellent post! You go girl!

the great GM doesn't think I'm a sappy dork!  File that away under "w"  for " win!"