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Professional Bodybuilding as a career
Posted on 8/15/22 at 10:42 am
Posted on 8/15/22 at 10:42 am
Looking for some context
Can someone actually make a decent living as a professional bodybuilder? From what I've read, there is no real 'prize money,' but there are likely decent opportunities for big time show winners to gain sponsorship for supplement companies and whatnot, but then again, that will likely depend on how good you are at social media marketing type stuff.
I legitimately mean no disrespect here:
From my second had connection through some folks I care a lot about and my relatively limited research, it seems that anyone expecting to make a primary career out of this would be misguided. The sacrifice, discipline, dedication, and expense of chasing this seems to be way to high for a relatively small return even if successful. If someone has the spare time to pursue without sacrificing family and a primary career, then by all means, go for it.
Am I off base here?
Can someone actually make a decent living as a professional bodybuilder? From what I've read, there is no real 'prize money,' but there are likely decent opportunities for big time show winners to gain sponsorship for supplement companies and whatnot, but then again, that will likely depend on how good you are at social media marketing type stuff.
I legitimately mean no disrespect here:
From my second had connection through some folks I care a lot about and my relatively limited research, it seems that anyone expecting to make a primary career out of this would be misguided. The sacrifice, discipline, dedication, and expense of chasing this seems to be way to high for a relatively small return even if successful. If someone has the spare time to pursue without sacrificing family and a primary career, then by all means, go for it.
Am I off base here?
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Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:30 am to meAnon
pro bodybuilding as a career??? unless you are top 2 or 3 in the world...no
using it to open oppurtunities to be a trainer, write ebooks, online training plus sponsorships....sure.
for 99% its essentially a springboard for business opportunities.
using it to open oppurtunities to be a trainer, write ebooks, online training plus sponsorships....sure.
for 99% its essentially a springboard for business opportunities.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 5:05 pm to meAnon
If you are doing open bodybuilding, the only way you are making a career based on actual bodybuilding is, as said, by being in the top 5ish in the world.
Olympia pays what would amount to a comfortable annual salary to their top 3 finishers in Men's Open (Mr. Olympia takes home about $400k I think). Any other category is garbage. So if you can go take top 3 in Olympia, Arnold, and a few other big shows yearly you can make some coin. Probably never enough to retire off of and call it your 'career'. And the odds of winning Mr. Olympia are probably less than the odds of becoming a starting quarterback in the NFL.
All that being said, you can definitely use bodybuilding to make a career. But it will be in the social media influencer realm, not in actually 'competing'.
Olympia pays what would amount to a comfortable annual salary to their top 3 finishers in Men's Open (Mr. Olympia takes home about $400k I think). Any other category is garbage. So if you can go take top 3 in Olympia, Arnold, and a few other big shows yearly you can make some coin. Probably never enough to retire off of and call it your 'career'. And the odds of winning Mr. Olympia are probably less than the odds of becoming a starting quarterback in the NFL.
All that being said, you can definitely use bodybuilding to make a career. But it will be in the social media influencer realm, not in actually 'competing'.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 5:15 pm to meAnon
Lot of these guys are broke and living in shitty apartments and driving cars that can barely make it to the next stop light because all their money goes to food/steroids/hGH/recreational drugs. They do gay for pay or sell steroids/drugs to make money on the side.
A lot of these guys are just junkies with insane genetics.
I can’t fathom what these guys are paying just for food these days.
A lot of these guys are just junkies with insane genetics.
I can’t fathom what these guys are paying just for food these days.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 8:06 am to meAnon
Best bet is to have normal career or content creator on YT and do bodybuilding on the side.
Posted on 8/20/22 at 11:18 am to meAnon
Youtube and sponsorship money I'd imagine makes up a lot of their income.
Posted on 8/22/22 at 11:10 am to meAnon
Much easier and higher pay to be a fake YouTube fitness person.
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