While I guess I don't understand the SUBJECT: Coming To Save Figure, I think this is some good discussion and a lot of valid points that seem to sum up what Figure/Fitness/BB is about in the NPC/IFBB.
Dina - "
No one wants the girls they way they look on stage..." I second that - All my friends that know about what Julie does say, Man I need to find a gal to tan up and help get ready for a show! Go for it, you all know how bad the tan smells, how nasty the oil is and not to mention the beautiful bikini bite marks that are left behind after a show! Not to mention, a skinny-bony behind might be attractive to some...well I'm not gonna go there...
"... they made it in other orgs and went mainstream from other orgs. Only reason to cross over was to get into the mags that cover ifbb/npc athletes (because we still dominate in that field) and rack up tear-sheets"That is a Fact! Tear sheets, publicity etc. generated in mags by the IFBB/NPC athletes is where these women can make their money back from their hobby. Money is not necessarily made by doing the shoots (often times the pay comes by the appearance) financial benefits only come by how well you can capitalize on that publicity.
"... and lets not insult everyones intelligence when claiming who is natural and who is not... we are not retards."Agreed.
Fit -
"Lets all look forward not backwards." While I agree with you,
"look forward", I think that's what people who are competing for themselves are doing...
I don't think it ever as exciting as say a ND football game. The sport was a totally NEW 5 years ago and it allowed a lot of women to participate in a sport that they otherwise didn't have the opportunity to. That in an of itself was exciting, but as a spectator sport, it's just not there!
I don't think the trash talk is all that interesting, in fact, I have gravitated away from many of the boards just because I'm kinda sick of it. I do like to keep up with who's doing what and think it's a neat place to "congregate" and talk to folks you only see 3-4 times a year. I honestly think the trash talk and petty BS before a contest is a joke.
Give me one of Lift's "Preview Articles"
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/isaac104.htm and that's noteworthy. Interesting facts about competitors and where they are coming from before a show. Not who thinks who's getting a break at a show because of who they are sponsored by etc....
Nancy - "It is an aquired taste ... The point is the journey, the dance, the challenge ...
this is a hobby, to think of it any other way is barking up the wrong tree, if you do not like the sport get out. "
NUFF SAID! WELL PUTRick Lohre
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