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FlexB Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 934) |
posted August 15, 2000 01:00 AM
   Two weeks ago, around August 1st, the bodybuilding world got an incredible jolt, as Ben Weider's dream of full recognition in the IOC came true. According to sources, Ben Weider received a phone call from someone in the International Olympic Committee (IOC), congratulating him and informing him of the IOC's decision to grant the sport of bodybuilding full and final approval. After 54 years, since 1946, of 'blood, sweat, and tears', the impossible dream is finally coming true. Bodybuilding is now recognized in the same manner as the rest of the approved Olympic sports. This is truly a great time for the sport of bodybuilding. So how does Ben Weider feel after this momentous time. Ben feels like he is flying around without an airplane, like he is on Cloud 9. However, there two stages in getting to the Olympic games in Athens in 2004. The first stage was that you needed to have full and final approval from the IOC. That stage was just completed. The reason for that is that you can't deal with anyone in the IOC until they recognize you as one of the Olympic federations. The next step that is needed is to work towards demonstration status in which the IFBB and Ben Weider are working on now, so that the sport of bodybuilding can participate as a demonstration sport in the Greek Games of 2004. That step will start by making a presentation to the Greek Organizing Committee, So what was the difference between the original letter and breakthrough 2 years ago and this time. The original letter gave the sport of bodybuilding what they called a 2-year temporary recognition. Now, bodybuilding has full, absolute recognition which cannot be revoked. The official confirmation letter from the IOC is on the way!!! So let's say congratulations to Ben Weider for all of his hard work and determination. All the people who did not believe in Ben Weider and his dream, especially ones who called it 'The Impossible Dream'; especially writers who ridiculed him; especially magazines which showed a sketch of Ben hugging and kissing the rear end of an IOC official; all of them should publicly apologize to be Ben for being wrong. Because Ben made the impossible dream happen!
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Recoome Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 171) |
posted August 15, 2000 01:18 AM
How the hell is anybody going to get past the strict doping tests? Maybe it'll become a sport again... IP: Logged |
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Warik Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 49) |
posted August 15, 2000 01:23 AM
What? Bodybuilding becoming a sport? No way dude that's crazy talk... but if it does, I wonder who's going to volunteer to confiscate everyone's gear - I'm sure not gonna volunteer. -Warik IP: Logged |
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bouncer Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 318) |
posted August 15, 2000 02:05 AM
Yeah saw a report on it on www.getbig.com last night. Bouncer ------------------ IP: Logged |
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MrMuscle Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1782) |
posted August 15, 2000 02:51 AM
I can just see it now...FLex and ROnnie battle it out in Athens..and my whole family sitting beside me going "eeeeeewww..", "groooooooose..", "so what? i could be that big to if id just take lots of drugs"...looking forward to that. ------------------ "...damn you for not giving my TEST" - Metallica "After this show i'll be fat and happy again.....If i make it to the show...." - Lee Priest "Lets put some weight on the bar.." - Shawn Ray "IT DOESN'T MATTER" - The Rock IP: Logged |
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The Whole F/N Show Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 497) |
posted August 15, 2000 03:48 AM
I remember hearing talk about this a while ago. Bodybuilding as we know it won't be in the Oympics. Several legal OTC bodybuilding supplements aren't even allowed by the IOC like ephedrine. And you can forget about drugs. And they test for EVERYTHING not just diarectics. We truly could see 3 school of bodybuilding develop. Olympic - You just take in just food and certain supplements This may be a good thing. Finally bodybuilders may be able to make a living from their sport without destroying their health. Time will tell. [This message has been edited by The Whole F/N Show (edited August 15, 2000).] IP: Logged |
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MrMuscle Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1782) |
posted August 15, 2000 04:19 AM
So you are telling me that I might have a shot at the Olympics..hehe..that would be cool  ------------------ "...damn you for not giving my TEST" - Metallica "After this show i'll be fat and happy again.....If i make it to the show...." - Lee Priest "Lets put some weight on the bar.." - Shawn Ray "IT DOESN'T MATTER" - The Rock IP: Logged |
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Vanguard Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 266) |
posted August 15, 2000 06:36 AM
BB has no place in the Olympics IP: Logged |
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Vitaman Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 719) |
posted August 15, 2000 06:52 AM
I am curious to see about the doping issue. I imagine that many of our top bodybuilders will not even have a slim chance of passing a drug test. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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MrMuscle Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1782) |
posted August 15, 2000 07:15 AM
Well that CAN be a good thing man..i mean, the drug free bb then have a chance to earn some money on the sport as well. ------------------ "...damn you for not giving my TEST" - Metallica "After this show i'll be fat and happy again.....If i make it to the show...." - Lee Priest "Lets put some weight on the bar.." - Shawn Ray "IT DOESN'T MATTER" - The Rock IP: Logged |
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havoc Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 791) |
posted August 15, 2000 07:44 AM
I have a question, what type of people are we expecting to see in this Olympic bodybuilding shit, people like Coleman, Ruhl, Nasser or regular mofos , will there be any type of "freak representation" or the supposed "all natural" competitors. I guess the drug testing will be strict or not, let me know what you think. IP: Logged |
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MrMuscle Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1782) |
posted August 15, 2000 08:38 AM
i think the bodybuilders we will se onstage will be the more "ahstetic" (sp?) ones. smaller verisons off Flex im guessing..i dunno..maybe ven as small as modells and shit.. ------------------ "...damn you for not giving my TEST" - Metallica "After this show i'll be fat and happy again.....If i make it to the show...." - Lee Priest "Lets put some weight on the bar.." - Shawn Ray "IT DOESN'T MATTER" - The Rock IP: Logged |
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bikinimom Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 516) |
posted August 15, 2000 09:08 AM
Interesting concept - Brotha Show. Could it ever really happen, I wonder? Mr M - I would fly to wherever and cheer you on!!!! And when you medal I could say, "Yea, I know that guy!" IP: Logged |
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Thick dog Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1741) |
posted August 15, 2000 09:09 AM
The more exciting sport will be seeing who can pass the drug test. Talk about a challenging event. IP: Logged |
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bikinimom Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 516) |
posted August 15, 2000 09:37 AM
Ha Ha Brotha TD! IP: Logged |
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The Whole F/N Show Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 497) |
posted August 15, 2000 09:48 AM
Like I said Bikinimom, I think that's the way it may happen. Honestly, it's the only way I really see it could happen. The IOC isn't like the IFBB. The International Olympic Commitee really tests for all sorts of drugs. If we are to see bodybuilders on an Olympic stage, 90% or more them will be people we've never heard of. Look at the pros today. They don't even know how to train natural. Now they gonna enter a competition where they can't even take epherine? I don't think so. It would take a different type of bodybuilder mentally and physically to be able to compete under Olympic guidelines. [This message has been edited by The Whole F/N Show (edited August 15, 2000).] IP: Logged |
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Gilbyag Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 474) |
posted August 15, 2000 10:08 AM
I think this could be very intersting, I mean we got mofos right now and in the past who have been using who knows what. Proof of that are the ones that get caught. Let alone those that dont. I think we will see more of a nat look on the olympic stage, that should be cool. Alot of here talk about how we like the "old school" look better anyhow, Arnie, Frank, Lou. Plus then maybe the natties here may get a little respect. If done properly and ALOT of hard work and scrafice you can and that my friends is my .02. IP: Logged |
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TRIHARD Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 97) |
posted August 15, 2000 10:30 AM
A friend of mine at the gym ,was telling me about a new testing procedure he heard about,which was developed recently in Switzerland.Apperantly it can determine if a person has ever taken steroids in their life, but is still at an early stage.I don't know if he was taking out of his ass, but if such a testing procedure became available, it would make the olympics very interesting.Anyone else heard about this? is it possible for a steroid taken a couple of years ago to leave a trace at the celluler or molecular level? IP: Logged |
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havoc Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 791) |
posted August 15, 2000 10:36 AM
If Trihard is correct and they go by if someone has ever used roids making them inelligible then that would mean one thing, I will win hands down, no arrogance involved just truth. IP: Logged |
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Thick dog Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1741) |
posted August 15, 2000 10:40 AM
Havoc, you'd have to dump Mary Jane. Would you be willing to do that for your country? IP: Logged |
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havoc Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 791) |
posted August 15, 2000 10:43 AM
Drop my girl? Guess I wont be participating then. Fuck the fame , give me my gold bong instead. Thanks for pointing that out THICK DOG. IP: Logged |
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Thick dog Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1741) |
posted August 15, 2000 10:46 AM
Damn Skippy. No country is worth that. They can stick their medals up their asses. IP: Logged |
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EliteLifter Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 160) |
posted August 15, 2000 08:59 PM
Who said BB was a sport??? It hasn�t movement, doesn�t require coordination, its just about seing who has the bigger muscles and a better looking six pac... I don�t believe that idea will go through... ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Stillhere Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 86) |
posted August 15, 2000 09:29 PM
Great news. I myself have been waiting for this for a while. IP: Logged |
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Frackal Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 771) |
posted August 15, 2000 10:38 PM
I guess that would depend on the definition of a 'sport' EliteLifter. IP: Logged |
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The Whole F/N Show Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 497) |
posted August 15, 2000 11:03 PM
Hey if skeet shooting is in the Olympic then why not bodybuilding? IP: Logged |
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MS Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 699) |
posted August 16, 2000 04:08 PM
Sure you won't see the freaks on stage, but this kind of testing has been in place in my country for the last 2 years, in our equivalent of the NPC. The only real difference it has made is that competitiors go onto quick clearing stuff for their dieting phase, stuff like test suspension, oral Winny and Anavar, hGH, clen etc... then stop taking everything 3-4 weeks out form the comp. Even ephedrine will clear in 10-14 days. Sure, those last few weeks are a bitch, but most of the gains seen on stage are still not 'natural'. Now they're talking about out of competition testing. To be considered for any international event you have to put your name forward at least 6 months before the event and make yourself available for random testing. If that happens then the Olympics really will be close to natty. I don't think that's a bad thing though. Natty's have always looked better to me anyway, and it makes me a lot more competitive! IP: Logged |
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MattTheSkywalker Moderator (Total posts: 1336) |
posted August 16, 2000 04:24 PM
There are always ways around the drug test. Now it looks likesome new ones are going top be developed. Drugs aren't coming out of bodybuilding anytime, reagrdless of what agency is in charge. The IOC is corrupt too - just pay them and your city can host the Games. This is a dumb idea. Matt IP: Logged |
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Twisted_Steel Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 555) |
posted August 16, 2000 04:41 PM
IOC AND PRO BODYBUILDING???? UMM, isnt this the biggest contradiction of terms you have ever heard? How in the hell can professional Body Building enter an athletic venue with the IOC governing when they are SO STAUNCHLY AGAINST PREFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS??? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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E2 Moderator (Total posts: 3727) |
posted August 16, 2000 04:47 PM
HOneslty i can't believe that this has happened, i'm sorry but i don't consider bodybuilding to be a sport at all. At least not at the pro level, it's nothing more than a pharmaceutical competition, that won't change at all, it will now become who can mask the drugs the best. IP: Logged |
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MrMuscle Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1782) |
posted August 16, 2000 05:01 PM
I think many of these opinions are hurtful to natural bodybuilding. to me, bodybuilding IS a sport..i work damn hard to get where i am...and so do all you guys and gals..if you use drugs or not doesnt matter to me, but it would be cool to get contests where we could be certain that no one had a "manufactured" head start..you know? i know this is an utopian thought...but it would be great. ------------------ "...damn you for not giving my TEST" - Metallica "After this show i'll be fat and happy again.....If i make it to the show...." - Lee Priest "Lets put some weight on the bar.." - Shawn Ray "IT DOESN'T MATTER" - The Rock IP: Logged |
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MS Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 699) |
posted August 16, 2000 07:11 PM
Bodybuilding is as much a sport as gymnastics or ice-skating. It's even harder when you think about it. It's not just about training hard a few hours a day, the diet aspect of it (always bulking or cutting) makes BB the most demanding sport ever concieved. And what's wrong with seeing how big and cut someone can actually get without the drugs. We've come a long way from the pre-drug days of BB in terms of training and nutrition. I just wonder how they're gonna police the use of aids like Synthol and implants? IP: Logged |
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Dirk Diggler Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 130) |
posted August 16, 2000 07:27 PM
i cant fucking believe bodybuilding is gonna be an olympic sport what about powerlifting IP: Logged |
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FlexB Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 934) |
posted August 16, 2000 08:17 PM
Powerlifting is an Olympic Sport. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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MS Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 699) |
posted August 16, 2000 08:53 PM
?FlexB?? IP: Logged |
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FlexB Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 934) |
posted August 16, 2000 08:58 PM
Yes....it is. As a matter of fact..Bev Francis used to be an Olympic Powerlifter back in the day. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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the truth Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 700) |
posted August 17, 2000 05:01 AM
Powerlifting is NOT an Olympic sport (it is an event in the Special Olympics, but I don't think that's what you meant). Bev Francis never competed in the Olympics. Powerlifting will probably never make it to the Olympics, either, largely because of bench shirts and supersuits. The only element of the iron game that is currently in the Olympics is Weightlifting (or Olympic lifting, the name by which most people know it). As for bodybuilding in the Olympics, IMO it's a joke. For the record, I also feel that way about gymnastics, synchronized swimming and figure skating (Winter Olympics). IP: Logged |
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EliteLifter Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 160) |
posted August 17, 2000 07:12 AM
Well if powerlifting isn�t an olympic sport it should be... its all about physicall (sp?) performance... IP: Logged |
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the truth Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 700) |
posted August 17, 2000 07:33 AM
Agreed--powerlifting should be in the Olympics. If there were an influential governing body that sanctioned "raw" competitions, ie, no aids except wraps and chalk, it might have a good chance. It's definitely a sport. IP: Logged |
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FlexB Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 934) |
posted August 17, 2000 09:57 AM
Oh....well...that's what I meant, weightlifting. Since I am not a fan of Powerlifting (weightlifting), I don't know the correct terminology. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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