This 
weekend marked yet another step forward for the IFBB Men’s Physique division. With one of the largest turnouts to date, the Houston Pro was a huge success for the division. Over 20 Pro’s put on the shorts and took the stage to battle for the win. Some were competing as a Pro for the first time whereas others have been very active on the circuit. Most notably in this contest were both Steve Cook and Alex Carneiro taking 1st and 2nd respectively after a long hiatus for each of them...
This
weekend Florida was home to the most recent MP competition at the pro level. Early on the MP division at the pro level had some sputtering moments primarily due to a lack of the total number of pro’s available to compete. It appears these growing pains are a thing of the past as we look at the showing at the IFBB Valenti Gold Cup.
A total of 14 pro’s showed up to display their hard work and board shorts in Sarasota. Many were on the stage before as pro’s while some were making their first appearance in a contest when money was on the line.
Taking 1st place was...
Pittsburgh,
PA played host this past weekend to the 2012 IFBB North American Championships. The size of this event was enormous, so the championships were held over two days. Saturday, September 1st had Men’s Physique take to the stage, with over 100 athletes in total representing this category. Many of us have all heard the results that Anton Antipov was the overall winner for Men’s Physique and Donta Tanner won the overall title for Men’s Physique over 35. In addition to these overall winners, there were six other Men’s Physique competitors that earned their Pro Cards on this day.
Filling the ranks of these elite level competitors, were a handful of Team Canada Men’s Physique competitors making the journey to vie for their shot at earning the coveted Pro Card. The top placing Canadian competitor was Mike Raso, from Ontario, who placed 5th in Class D...
This
past weekend the IFBB North American Championships were held in Pittsburgh, PA. Ladies competed on the first day. All men competed on the second day of the show September 1st. The North American Championships grew considerably from last year largely due to the continued growth of the Physique Division. When it was all said and done 8 pro cards were awarded to MP Competitors. Class winners in both Open and Masters were awarded cards. This was different than the North American last year when the top two per open class were awarded cards. It will be interesting to see how the cards are divvied up at this show in 2013. The pro card winners were...
This 
turned out to be a record setting show for the CBBF, with over 250 athletes competing in this year’s event, held at the Massey Theatre in New Westminster, BC. The show’s promoters Sandra Wickham and Ross Webb, put on an amazing event that was executed in stellar fashion.
As for Men’s Physique, 25 competitors faced off on stage with the hopes of taking home the one IFBB Pro Card that was being awarded to the overall MP winner...
This is one of the biggest weekends for the Men’s Physique division in history. At the Los Angeles Championships last weekend show promotor Jon Lindsay introduced the use of 6 Height classes in the MP Division. The turnout at that show certainly warranted the need for this many classes. He has brought the same number of classes to the USA’s this weekend in Vegas. This is the first Pro Qualifier to have as many height classes. Furthermore there will be two Pro Cards issued to the top two in each height class. That totals out to 12 cards for MP Competitors this weekend…the most in NPC/IFBB MP History!
This past weekend was another big one for the NPC and IFBB. On the UNLV campus around 150 MP competitors took to the stage in hopes of taking home a pro card. The reality is that 12 happy men achieved their goal. The rest stepped on stage with the best in the country.
Last year's USA show had only 3 height classes and 3 cards so the increase to 6 classes and 2 cards per class was a welcome change. With the added opportunity came more and more pro-caliber athletes.
Pre-Judging and finals for MP both took place on Saturday. In the evening all was revealed as we were let in on who our 12 new pro’s were going to be...
Another
big weekend in the Men’s Physique Division has just passed by. This was only the second chance of 2012 for National Level MP Competitors to turn Pro. This year they doubled the number of height classes up to four. The NPC also doubled the number of cards awarded this year at the Jr. National’s to four from only two cards in 2011.
There were 90 plus competitors spread over the four divisions. This is a monster turn-out for the Jr. Nationals and more than doubles last year‘s number of competitors. This is more proof that the division is continuing to grow. The IFBB MP Competitions have sputtered a bit as of late due to the limited pool of MP Pro’s we currently have. As the amount of Pro’s continues to grow, you will see the IFBB MP Competitions increasing in popularity and frequency similar to the way it has taken off like wildfire in the NPC. The new Pro's are...
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