Natural Bodybuilding is its own WORST ENEMY--Time to put my friends on BLAST!

The Daily Blast
--Natural Bodybuilding is its own WORST ENEMY--Time to put my friends on BLAST!

Marc Lobliner


November 14 is an insignificant day. Other than being exactly a week before yours truly's birthday, it is a nothing day. Not anymore. Now, it is the ultimate representation of how natural bodybuilding would rather have a big ego than gain an audience. It is bad enough that natural bodybuilding is a small niche of a niche industry, IFBB/NPC bodybuilding, which also happens to be a small, dying "sport". But what if we took what is arguably natural bodybuilding's strongest area, the upper east coast of the USA, and forced these loyal natural bodybuilding fans to decide if they want to see the biggest pro shows in the WNBF OR IFPA instead of being able to go to both, since they are within a 5 hour drive of eachother? This would be like holding two Nascar championships on the same day within driving distance. Stupid idea, right? Welcome to Natural Bodybuilding. Time to cut our nose to spite our face!

Sponsorships suffer. It is hard enough finding anyone to give a crap about natural bodybuilding. Having two marquee, franchise shows on the same weekend forces the sponsors to choose between the two or just say, "Heck with it, we will pass on both," or, take the money that would have gone to one show and split it with both. I will point out, however, that Scivation has sponsored BOTH shows generously. We support and appreciate our natural bodybuilding customers more than any other company. Heck, our Director of Sales is WNBF Pro Rob Moran!!

I am good acquaintances and really like Rich from the WNBF and know and like Matt from the IFPA immensely, but my friends, today you get put on BLAST!

Please, for the sake of the fans and competitors, change this crap! This year is too late, but when planning for next year, use your dome, Son!!! Natural Bodybuilding needs to work together to grow and fill seats. We don't need to work together per se, but at least don't work against eachother.

This blast is a PLEA for you two to take off your panties and stop this catfight so we ALL can win--athletes and the organization.

"Fightin' like schoolgirls lookin' boy."