I'm looking for a sponsor to become a bodybuilder

turkeyno1

As I say I'm looking for a sponsor to become a bodybuilder ,I'm doing weights about 6-7 months and I've decided I want to take it very serious so here's the idea.
I'm offering myself as either a spokesman or marketing tool to show before and after but I'd need some serious cash to be a bodybuilder so if any company or gym out there would like to help I'd love it . I would love to compete professionally within 1-2 years I would work for what ever sponsor for free all I need is finance to fulfill my dream.

COH

turkeyno1 wrote: »

As I say I'm looking for a sponsor to become a bodybuilder ,I'm doing weights about 6-7 months and I've decided I want to take it very serious so here's the idea.
I'm offering myself as either a spokesman or marketing tool to show before and after but I'd need some serious cash to be a bodybuilder so if any company or gym out there would like to help I'd love it . I would love to compete professionally within 1-2 years I would work for what ever sponsor for free all I need is finance to fulfill my dream.

Keep dreaming

Hanley

COH wrote: »

Keep dreaming

...and if you do get a sponsor, let him know I'm a bridge salesman who can fulfill all his river and gorge crossing needs.

ferike1

I know ON and Maximuscle sponsor fitness models but yeah as COH said good luck with that

Gummy Panda

turkeyno1 wrote: »

As I say I'm looking for a sponsor to become a bodybuilder ,I'm doing weights about 6-7 months and I've decided I want to take it very serious so here's the idea.
I'm offering myself as either a spokesman or marketing tool to show before and after but I'd need some serious cash to be a bodybuilder so if any company or gym out there would like to help I'd love it . I would love to compete professionally within 1-2 years I would work for what ever sponsor for free all I need is finance to fulfill my dream.

If you're lucky a supplement company might give you some store credit if you say good things about their products after you have won something.

COH

On a serious note - on the off chance that you are actually being serious...

There's no money in bodybuilding. You can train for years, take all the PEDs, spend thousands upon thousands on food, change your lifestyle, dedicate yourself 100% and maybe just maybe eventually if you make it to a good level you could win say the Mr Ireland competition. The prize for that is an entire 5lb tub of protein. No joke, that's it. That doesn't earn you a pro card either by the way...

Some of the top Irish guys get some free supplements, some food, but thats it. You are looking for financial aid to become a professional, having spent a couple months lifting weights, looking for training advice on a free forum. Do you know how many Irish pro's there are competing at the moment? Or have evr made it to that level even? Its a very small number!

Please, keep training if you love it.. good things might come of it, but for the love of god grow up!

brian ireland

COH wrote: »

Keep dreaming

Hanley wrote: »

...and if you do get a sponsor, let him know I'm a bridge salesman who can fulfill all his river and gorge crossing needs.

Good look with that OP. Ignore comments like COH & Hanley they havent even seen you and they put you down. If you are serious and put the time and effort in you can move mountains and get a sponsor. Feck the naysayers. You are as good as the effort you put in. Good luck

Transform

brian ireland wrote: »

Good look with that OP. Ignore comments like COH & Hanley they havent even seen you and they put you down. If you are serious and put the time and effort in you can move mountains and get a sponsor. Feck the naysayers. You are as good as the effort you put in. Good luck

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Scioch

If only life were that simple. "I want to be a bodybuilder, who wants to pay for it?"

Good stuff

Hanley

brian ireland wrote: »

Good look with that OP. Ignore comments like COH & Hanley they havent even seen you and they put you down. If you are serious and put the time and effort in you can move mountains and get a sponsor. Feck the naysayers. You are as good as the effort you put in. Good luck

That's exactly how it works.

Hey everyone...

POSITIVE THOUGHTS!!

Try a local store/gym, perhaps?


This is a friend of a friend of a friend story, so take it with a pinch of salt (though it does sound somewhat credible). For the sake of handiness and to save time, I'll write it as though it's my story (rather than referring to friend of friend repeatedly, but it's not, so as I say, pinch of salt);


I know a person who was a fairly heavy guy, and I know a gym owner who wanted to appear more local and engrained with the local people and etc. etc.

Anyway they somehow ended up together in a situation where the heavy guy got a free gym membership if he signed a release form saying that the gym could follow his little success story in local media (local papers and such, obviously touting the gym as the reason he was doing so good).



Now I don't know if that's ever really happened, but the theory behind it is sound. It's not costing the gym anything to have one extra person there (in fact I imagine they'd save money as they won't have to pay outright costs for advertising space as they'll have a local interest story in the papers/radio instead) and he got a free gym membership indefinitely.


If you've already been working out for a while, though, it's probably not gonna happen. I'd imagine most places would want an obesity-to-Stallone body type story.

Mauricmo

Hanley wrote: »

That's exactly how it works.

Hey everyone...

POSITIVE THOUGHTS!!

OMG IT WORKS!! I can feel my muscles expanding and a basket of money just arrived at the door.

ferike1

Well if the dude looks like Rob Riches sure why not. But if he is someone who just started no way.

Hanley

Deleted User wrote: »

Try a local store/gym, perhaps?


This is a friend of a friend of a friend story, so take it with a pinch of salt (though it does sound somewhat credible). For the sake of handiness and to save time, I'll write it as though it's my story (rather than referring to friend of friend repeatedly, but it's not, so as I say, pinch of salt);


I know a person who was a fairly heavy guy, and I know a gym owner who wanted to appear more local and engrained with the local people and etc. etc.

Anyway they somehow ended up together in a situation where the heavy guy got a free gym membership if he signed a release form saying that the gym could follow his little success story in local media (local papers and such, obviously touting the gym as the reason he was doing so good).



Now I don't know if that's ever really happened, but the theory behind it is sound. It's not costing the gym anything to have one extra person there (in fact I imagine they'd save money as they won't have to pay outright costs for advertising space as they'll have a local interest story in the papers/radio instead) and he got a free gym membership indefinitely.


If you've already been working out for a while, though, it's probably not gonna happen. I'd imagine most places would want an obesity-to-Stallone body type story.

Youre perfectly correct. this stuff happens for sure. But it's entirely different to what the OP is after!!

brian ireland

Hanley wrote: »

That's exactly how it works.

Hey everyone...

POSITIVE THOUGHTS!!

Mauricmo wrote: »

OMG IT WORKS!! I can feel my muscles expanding and a basket of money just arrived at the door.

As I said feck the naysayers.

GASMANN

close your current boards.ie account. change your username on new account and pretend it never happened. problem solved OP.

COH

brian ireland wrote: »

As I said feck the naysayers.

Its nice to be nice and all that.. but seriously... deluded. Have you any concept of what the OP is actually asking for? I'm all for people training, but to just decide to be a pro is nuts, but not nearly as nuts as asking somebody to pay for it

brian ireland

GASMANN wrote: »

close your current boards.ie account. change your username on new account and pretend it never happened. problem solved OP.

I don't post here much but is always this negative?
You posters need to get a bit more positive and support each other.

Gummy Panda

brian ireland wrote: »

Hanley wrote: »

That's exactly how it works.

Hey everyone...

POSITIVE THOUGHTS!!

Mauricmo wrote: »

OMG IT WORKS!! I can feel my muscles expanding and a basket of money just arrived at the door.

As I said feck the naysayers.

Well if Kai Greene is broke and living in a rundown apartment block, I think the OP will have great success

Dathai

turkeyno1 wrote: »

I would work for what ever sponsor for free all I need is finance to fulfill my dream.

That's not working for free though..

Hanley

brian ireland wrote: »

I don't post here much but is always this negative?
You posters need to get a bit more positive and support each other.

Do not confuse realism with negativity.

Not everyone is as a unique snowflake capable of greatness, especially in bodybuilding.

You call us negative, I call you ignorant, because you clearly have no concept of what the OP desires. Bodybuilding is perhaps the most unpure meritocracy there is. Without the most exceptional of genetics, no amount of drugs or hard work will get you there.

Kev M

brian ireland wrote: »

I don't post here much but is always this negative?
You posters need to get a bit more positive and support each other.

To be positive and supportive in this thread would actually be trolling

Tom BJJ

:eek: Jump on the new guy!

You'll catch more flies with honey than derisory comments lads. Maybe try not being assholes for five minutes and explain to thew OP the error of his ways rather than laughing at his naivety.

Mods often ask (but rarely listen) 'how do we make the fitness forum better' or 'how are we doing'? Well this thread is a great example of the barriers that new posters need to break down to post here. Take your thumbs out of your asses and do something about it.

g'em

Tom BJJ wrote: »

:eek: Jump on the new guy!

You'll catch more flies with honey than derisory comments lads. Maybe try not being assholes for five minutes and explain to thew OP the error of his ways rather than laughing at his naivety.

Mods often ask (but rarely listen) 'how do we make the fitness forum better' or 'how are we doing'? Well this thread is a great example of the barriers that new posters need to break down to post here. Take your thumbs out of your asses and do something about it.

See, taking pot shots at the Mods is just rude.

If a new poster had come along to this thread and said "I'm really overweight, I have three stone to lose in time for my holidays in August, what do I do?" and COH (or anyone else) had said "keep dreaming" then I might agree with you.

But here's the thing. COH works in the industry. He works alongside amateur and professional boydybuilders. Hanley is a Personal Trainer/ ex-Powerlifter/ Healer/ goodness-knows-what-next who pretty much knows most of the people worth knowing in the inudstry and has tried his hands at most things. I have never seriously tried to be a bdoybuilder but trained alongside them for a few years and am now involved in Weightlifting, albeit at a coaching angle now that I'm old and decrepit.

I had ridiculous notions of being something big at one point. Sure I thought with a bit of sponsorship and hard work I could make it. Sweet jebus I wish someone had been as real with me as those guys are. There's nothing wrong with dreaming, nothing at all, but it's the people who understand the logical and practical limits of their asks and then say "fcuk them all, I'll do it anyway" who will be most likely to succeed.

You know a lot about the way things work around here for a guy who only signed up recently and has a handful of posts. I'll be the first to admit that the Fitness Forum isn't entirely the most welcoming place on boards and yes it's frustrating at times to see the size of the ego's floating around (I'll include myself in that btw, you don't get to be Admin without a touch of self assurance) but I also know how frustrating it is to see people come along who obviously haven't done their research, obviously haven't read the stickies, obviously haven't spent 5 seconds using the Search function before taking the easy option and asking other people to do their hard work for them.

So, tl;dr reported post noted, no action needed.

Tom BJJ

g'em wrote: »

See, taking pot shots at the Mods is just rude.
.

So is taking potshots at a new guy who doesnt know any better.

So what if someone works in the industry, that doesnt excuse cuntishness.:rolleyes:

g'em

Tom BJJ wrote: »

So is taking potshots at a new guy who doesnt know any better.

So what if someone works in the industry, that doesnt excuse cuntishness.:rolleyes:

I suggest you take a weeks' ban to review the rules. I'd pay particular attention to the primary boards' doctrinate that advises against being a dick.

Don't insult the posters. It's not big, it's not clever.

ferike1

Yeah I mean if its hard to make it in US where at least there is a larger industry it would be next to impossible to make it here where it's almost non existent. I'd say you have a better shot of becoming a sponsored x-fit athlete what with it becoming soooo global and mainstream

squod

turkeyno1 wrote: »

As I say I'm looking for a sponsor to become a bodybuilder ,I'm doing weights about 6-7 months and I've decided I want to take it very serious so here's the idea.
I'm offering myself as either a spokesman or marketing tool to show before and after but I'd need some serious cash to be a bodybuilder so if any company or gym out there would like to help I'd love it . I would love to compete professionally within 1-2 years I would work for what ever sponsor for free all I need is finance to fulfill my dream.

If it means that much to you get a job in the civil service or in a bank. The hours are better. Failing that, security in nightclubs. Like people said after you win mister O the cash will come rolling in.

squod

http://www.officialkaigreene.com/my-life/

Kia Greene, 5'8'' 22 stone. 37 years. I'd read his story for inspiration. He just about did anything to get to the top of his game. OP there's no way to afford a PT and enough calories to achieve this without a decent job IMO.

ferike1

squod wrote: »

If it means that much to you get a job in the civil service or in a bank. The hours are better. Failing that, security in nightclubs. Like people said after you win mister O the cash will come rolling in.

Unfortunately like anything you have to win before the cash comes in. There is only 1 winner and many losers!

Gummy Panda

squod wrote: »

http://www.officialkaigreene.com/my-life/

Kia Greene, 5'8'' 22 stone. 37 years. I'd read his story for inspiration. He just about did anything to get to the top of his game. OP there's no way to afford a PT and enough calories to achieve this without a decent job IMO.

Did you ever see Dave Palumbo's video about him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tddkr7Oxf8U

metamorphosis

Gonna close this thread for a bit, it might have just ran its course tbh

If anyone thinks there is a great reason for it to be opened, PM.