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Question for the IFBB pros (or anyone else)

There are 3 ifbb pros in a gym I train at. One is huge and pretty symmetrical and always lean as fuck. Looks like a pro bodybuilder. The other two are clowns that wear board shorts on stage and only train half their bodies. I call em half men half boys. They both walk around chest puffed out their little bird legs with their belt that’s says their name on it and IFBB pro. If there was no boardshort division they would be nobodies. The pro cards are handed out generously these days. They must be. Far cry from the 80,s and 90,s.
Man, do we go to the same gym and just not realize it? I recently witnessed this exact thing. I'd seen this perma-tanned guy who only wears stringers and does lame staged photos like stacking dumbbells in a pyramid pattern at the gym before and always rolled my eyes. Now his belt tells me his name: Greg LaChance.
 
I don’t know much about pro cards but reading this thread I’m surprised you don’t even have to compete to get one. So how do you get a pro card to begin with?
 
I don’t know much about pro cards but reading this thread I’m surprised you don’t even have to compete to get one. So how do you get a pro card to begin with?
You have to compete to get the pro card , first you have to compete in a regional show that is a national qualifying show , then compete in a national show like Nationals , USA , Jr National , Jr USA and several others. You have to win your class in one of those and that is how you win a Pro card
What's being talked about here is how people win their pro card and then never compete again as a pro
 
You have to compete to get the pro card , first you have to compete in a regional show that is a national qualifying show , then compete in a national show like Nationals , USA , Jr National , Jr USA and several others. You have to win your class in one of those and that is how you win a Pro card
What's being talked about here is how people win their pro card and then never compete again as a pro


Regarding pros who don't compete much after the card....Japan is cranking out pro cards thanks to Hide's efforts. 98% won't step on a pro stage - outside Japan. One I know did the NY Pro because it was a milestone. Ive beaten a couple of them in the two years I competed here.

I have been told you can get a pro card without winning by using IFBB offcial connections and was offered such a path but refused. Regardless of how they hand out cards like Skittles these days, doing something like that is obscene IMO.
 
Regarding pros who don't compete much after the card....Japan is cranking out pro cards thanks to Hide's efforts. 98% won't step on a pro stage - outside Japan. One I know did the NY Pro because it was a milestone. Ive beaten a couple of them in the two years I competed here.

I have been told you can get a pro card without winning by using IFBB offcial connections and was offered such a path but refused. Regardless of how they hand out cards like Skittles these days, doing something like that is obscene IMO.
Out of curiosity, how is the Scene in Japan? Is Tokyo the Hot Spot for Bodybuilding, and which Divisions are popular among the local fans? Different to the shows in the US and Europe, for example?
 
Out of curiosity, how is the Scene in Japan? Is Tokyo the Hot Spot for Bodybuilding, and which Divisions are popular among the local fans? Different to the shows in the US and Europe, for example?
It's grown tremendously in the past few years. Men's physiqur and bikini are far and away the most popular. There can be hundreds of physique guys and easily over 50 bikini girls in a Tokyo show. Classic has grown recently.

Japan has the JBBF which follows Ben Weider's ideas of IOC rules. It has loads of competitions, but no road to real professional shows. I competed in the league in 1997 when it wsas the only choice.

Japan also has the FWJ, formerly NPCJ, which is aligned with the IFBB and has offered pro qualifiers via Hide since 2018. I did four shows in the FWJ/NPCJ.

Hormones are legal to possess and use here, but no one admits to it as even the FWJ might ban them for harming the sport's "clean" image. Knowledge amongst the public is very low. People ask me how much protein I eat, etc.

Training and diet knowledge is very poor as few Japanese can actually consume English information with any skill.
 

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