In life we get our market value. If bodybuilders don't get a lot, it is because they have little market value.
TA was talking about ways to make bodybuilding more popular. Truth is, it is boring to watch bodybuilding as a competitive "sport" - it just isn't exciting, even to me, who is a huge fan of bodybuilding.
Two years. Here are pictures from the first NY Pro:
http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/nypro2005updates.html
It was previously the "Night of Champions", but when Wayne Demilia left the IFBB he took the name with him. The venue is the same though, so it is basically the same show. New York still likes the freaks first and foremost.
If you read some of the posts on getbig, you would think we all hate bodybuilding and professional bodybuilders. The truth is, we on here, as well as tons of young men, like to go to the gym with the goal in mind to gain muscle, and often that is the extent of our appreciation of bodybuilding. That's not to say we (in general) like to see huge drugged up men in thongs pose for (little to no) pay. We are attaching ourselves to the "sport" which best represents a hobby that we enjoy.
The NOC was originally held at the Beacon Theatre, a 3000 seat venue. It has since moved to the Tribeca Performing Arts center, a 1000 seat venue.
To lift a line from the movie "This is Spinal Tap," "Bodybuilding's appeal has gotten more selective."
As far as hating bodybuilding, for me, that's not the case. It's more a matter of not being able to relate to what I'm seeing on stage. When a teenaged Thin Lizzy started lifting weights (the early 1980s), the pros had at least somewhat attainable looking physiques, and even the ones who didn't, like Bertil Fox, had physiques you wanted to have, if you could.
Does anyone in their right mind want to look like Markus Ruhl?
