The Item: Career Updates, Special Appearances, Andrew Oye's IFBB Pro Athletes Roundup
The Scoop: Recently Reported: IFBB Pro League athletes had career updates or made
recent guest appearances at various sports, bodybuilding, physique and
fitness events. The latest "Andrew Oye's Pro-Muscle Report" Pro Athletes
Roundup includes an ode to "brawn and benevolence" and a posse of pros popping up in places with positive
purposes to their appearances.
The "So What?": Over the weekend, dressed in superhero garb as usual, IFBB Pro Andy
Haman made a guest appearance at the fitness expo in Mexico City held in
conjunction with the IFBB Mr. & Ms. International Mexico
Championships. The previous week, Haman (a powerlifter and former collegiate wrestler) visited Bogota, Colombia, for an
appearance at the South American Bodybuilding Championships (Campeonato
Sudamericano de Fisico Culturismo y Fitness). In both cities, Haman's tours
included gym sessions, in-store photo ops, and feel-good children's
hospital visits. Retired IFBB Pro Johnny Stewart hosted his annual NPC
Stewart Fitness Bodybuilding Championships in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
IFBB Pro Lee Banks guest-posed at the NPC Royal Palm Classic
Bodybuilding Championships in Fort Myers Beach, Florida.
Several
pros made appearances at the grand opening of a sports-nutrition shop in
West Chester, Pennsylvania, including first-ever Arnold Classic
Champion and retired IFBB Pro Rich Gaspari; Olympia 212 Showdown
contender IFBB Pro Guy Cisternino; and 2014 Mr. USA, rookie IFBB Pro
Nick Trigili, with proceeds benefiting a strength foundation and a
dog-rescue group. Keeping with the good-cause appearances, a week prior,
4-time Mr. Olympia IFBB Pro Jay Cutler made a military meet-and-greet
visit to see troops and their families at Marine Corps Base Camp
Pendleton in San Diego County, California. This follows a similar stop
Cutler made at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada in July.
Andrew Oye's Verdict: Jay Cutler has more time to make such appearances. While he still has
yet to make an official (but widely expected) retirement announcement,
it appears his competitive-bodybuilding days have come to an end. If I'm
not mistaken, as an Olympia titleholder, Cutler is forever qualified to
compete at any future Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend (and is not subject
to the IFBB Pro Olympia Qualification Series); however, he will not challenge
3-time Mr. Olympia IFBB Pro Phil Heath, IFBB Pro Branch Warren, IFBB
Pro Mamdouh Elssbiay (a.k.a. "Big Ramy") and IFBB Pro Dennis Wolf
(winner of the Arnold Sports Festival's 2014 IFBB Pro Arnold
Schwarzenegger Classic Bodybuilding Championships) at this month's 50th
Anniversary Mr. Olympia Championships. Cutler will settle for meeting
his many fans at the Olympia Weekend Expo.
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