Everyone is wondering what is happening with Victor Martinez. He has been locked up in a federal holding cell for 88 days, thus missing Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Yesterday, on January 6th, Victor went back to court. There has been some information made available about what transpired in court yesterday, but it’s vague and confusing, to say the least. I rounded up all my sources and have attempted to put together a complete picture of what I believe is currently going on with Martinez.
On December 22nd, the 2012 IFBB Arnold Classic & Ms International Invite list was officially released to the public. The list was issued by Arnold Sport Festival Communications Officer, Brent LaLonde. After reading through the names, I wondered how these athletes had been selected. Was there some sort of system in place. This year, I decided I would get to the bottom of it!
On December 10th, Jarka Lorie put on the IFBB Pro World Master’s Championship in Miami, Florida. For the men’s bodybuilding portion of the event, an unprecedented $220,000 in prize money was given away, with $100,000 of that money going to first place winner, Dexter Jackson. Everyone who had viewed Jarka’s contest website (www.jarkagym.com/ifbb.html) saw the prize pool was large, but almost no one realized that there would also be a $5,000 Best Poser Award and a $20,000 Biggest Comeback Award
Every week I have to find a story or some piece of, hopefully, juicy gossip that you all will enjoy. Often I hear a lot of negative stories that have potential to be huge, and I have to consider if it’s something I want to run. Even more often, I have a story that just isn’t positive. This week, I wanted to do something solely and unflinchingly uplifting. Something that could actually help people. In the world of bodybuilding, as with just about anything or anyone these days, that’s hard to find. This week I found the story I was looking for in Oscar Ardon. In case you aren’t familiar with Oscar, he is best known for training, coaching, mentoring, and befriending Kai Greene. Oscar works with many bodybuilders, from the local NPC level bodybuilders straight up to elite top 6 Olympians. When I think about combining the words, positive and bodybuilding together, I think Oscar Ardon.
Every year around this time companies start planning their advertising budgets for the upcoming year. They think about how they want to spent their money, and consider how the money they spent in the past year worked for them. This is the time to plan to advertising campaigns, re-sign, cut, and sign new athletes. The contest season is ending, but the business of bodybuilding is in full swing.
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