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Derek has a great structure but MAY not be conditioned and/or has some inflammation from the seo... its one or the other. or maybe both... looks a bit oiled up to me... his width is pretty damn sick but me thinks the oil took away his seperation and details. i dunno...
-F2S
Derek has a great structure but MAY not be conditioned and/or has some inflammation from the seo... its one or the other. or maybe both... looks a bit oiled up to me... his width is pretty damn sick but me thinks the oil took away his seperation and details. i dunno...
-F2S
What I cant get over is how the Mr. Olympia winner gets about 10x the prize money as the 212. its a shame it isn't a bit more even. I think the 4th place or even lower placer in the open Mr. Olympia gets as much or more than the winner of the 212. I guess the 212 guys figure they don't stand a chance in the open?
I was having problems finding the breakdown so only have 2013 here:
"TOTAL PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN
Mr. Olympia: $675,000
212 Showdown: $65,000
Ms. Olympia: $60,000
Fitness Olympia: $60,000
Figure Olympia: $60,000
Bikini Olympia: $40,000
Men’s Physique Showdown: $20,000
Women’s Physique Showdown: $20,000"
Im looking at my schedule
Mr. Olympia: Not Posted
212 Showdown: $90K
Classic Physique- $50K
Ms. Olympia: $
Fitness Olympia: $95K
Figure Olympia: $95K
Bikini Olympia: $95K
Men’s Physique Showdown: $63K
Women’s Physique Showdown: $80K
IMO Classic and MPD dollars are INSULTING..... ESPECIALLY Classic Physique....
Look at the difference now. Most likely misjudged diuretic/water/sodium etc. He is way drier now and everything is gtg. His stomach looks completely different and it's only been a few hours. I need to see the rest but going on now he should win it. Let's see how they judge it because he was really bad before.
Im looking at my schedule
Mr. Olympia: Not Posted
212 Showdown: $90K
Classic Physique- $50K
Ms. Olympia: $
Fitness Olympia: $95K
Figure Olympia: $95K
Bikini Olympia: $95K
Men’s Physique Showdown: $63K
Women’s Physique Showdown: $80K
IMO Classic and MPD dollars are INSULTING..... ESPECIALLY Classic Physique....
Im looking at my schedule
Mr. Olympia: Not Posted
212 Showdown: $90K
Classic Physique- $50K
Ms. Olympia: $
Fitness Olympia: $95K
Figure Olympia: $95K
Bikini Olympia: $95K
Men’s Physique Showdown: $63K
Women’s Physique Showdown: $80K
IMO Classic and MPD dollars are INSULTING..... ESPECIALLY Classic Physique....
I wonder what the 1st place Mr. Olympia pays now? It must be up around $800,000 now. Seems the 212 came up a bit more proportionately but is still way too low IMO. I thought the IFBB did away with women's bodybuilding? Is there even a Ms. Olympia now?
1st place in men's open was increased to $400,000 just 2-3 years ago. I don't think it's changed since.
IFBB still has women's bodybuilding, but not at the Olympia. The Wings Of Strength group are the main ones promoting it and they basically put on their women's bodybuilding Olympia last week in Phoenix.
Nobody should be surprised at the prize money. This is far from a mainstream sport - it doesn't even get casual fans for its biggest event of the year, and think of how many non-football fans watch the Superbowl, non-wrestling fans watch WrestleMania, etc. Yeah WWE's popularity has been falling off bad the last few years, but they still fill a football stadium every year for WrestleMania.
Neither the athletes or the Olympia organization do enough to get mainstream interest or sponsors. The Olympia organization doesn't even have a YouTube channel to promote stuff which is mind-boggling in 2019. The sport has always been behind the times and doesn't show signs of catching up.
It'll be very interesting to see how The Rock's event goes next year given talk of mainstream sponsors like Under Armour and more substantial prize money.