People who follow my stuff know that I generally write about nutrition, supplements, training and other issues that focus more on science than subjective topics such as what is covered in this article. I decided to peel my science geek personality and write about a topic that I know will be useful for thousands of serious and I want to be fitness models.
In addition to the science known "core" based on no BS writer, why do I write what some perceive as an element of "fluff"? Over the years, I have hundreds, maybe thousands of girls who ask me by email, letter or in person "How to become a fitness model Will? You have been in business for a long time to get to know." I get this the women who have been in it for a while but have not been able to "break in" effectively.
The fact is that I am in the gym, health and bodybuilding business for a long time, and although I am known as a science and nutrition-based "guru" type, I formed a lot of the fitness of the Athlete, and found fitness figure and / bikini show APN, fitness America, fitness US And other federations as well as marketing and business advice given to all types of athletes including fitness models. So it's not as far-fetched as it might look like I'm going to use this space to cover a non-scientific subject, that is, how are we going to be a fitness model.
This article will be useful for both experienced and novice guys who try to "go" in business. If you are a model of professional and successful fitness, I am sure you can still collect some useful information in this article.
First the bad news, there is no way to become a successful fitness model. There is no single magic path or secret. However, there are some important things a person can do to greatly enhance their chances of "doing" in the fitness business as a model, and perhaps use this success as a launch pad for more things like movies , Television, etc.
Many of the top fitness models (Trish Stratus and Vicki Pratt come to mind, but there are many others) have gone to careers in shows of all kinds. Simply put, although there is no magic secret to success as a fitness model, this article is going to be as close to a successful plan as you can find.
"Should I be involved?"
This is a question that I ask myself all the time and is not easy to answer. In fact, the answer is (drum roll) yes and no. The person must déicider by competing first to answer this question. For example, do you need to compete if your goal is to be a successful fitness model?
The answer is no. Many well-known fitness models today have never competed, and they competed in a couple of small shows and it was clearly not part of their success as fitness models. However, the competition has its potential uses.
One of them is the exhibition. At the top level, there will often be editors, editors, photographers, supplement companies to owners and other business people. Therefore, competition can improve your exposure. On the other hand, competition can make sense if you are trying to build a business that is related to your competitor or is going to win a show.
For example, suppose you have a private gym for the training you are trying to build. Of course, having the title says Ms. America Fitness, or winning the NPC Nationals and IFBB being a professional, will help your reputation and reputation for your business. There are many scenarios that could help you win a show for a company or other endeavors.
On the other hand, you have to realize that winning a show in no way guaranteed success at the end of the business (and is really a business) is a fitness model. The phone does not cancel the hook with great deals for contracts. In addition, it is very important to realize that it is common for the 4 or 6 or the 8th place finish in a fitness model or figure becomes more press than the winner. Why? While the winner may have what it took to win this show is often more publishers, publishers, supplement companies, etc., they feel more commer
Now. If you compete for the pleasure of doing so, then by all means go for it, but the above focuses on competition as it relates to the commercial side of being a fitness model.
The straight body, bad Federation?
Okay, so after reading the above, you've decided you're going to compete, or you'll compete again. If you are not attending, you can skip this section. The biggest mistake I see here is that many girls have the right body for bad federation. Each federation has its own judgment criteria and a competitor will do harm simply because they have not taken the research hassle they show would be more suitable for them.
I'll give you a perfect real-world example of this. Recently I came across a show whose criteria for the round face was the woman should be more on the curve softer side with a certain tone, vs. More muscular and athletic, with less body fat than other federations could afford. During the show, one of the most beautiful women that have ever arisen. She was very proportionate, great muscle tone and slim, and athletic form with narrow hips and broad waist and shoulders. How did this show? He did not even get into the top ten!
Why? Because it was not what we were asked to look at and did not meet the criteria. After the show, I told her she looked good, but she can not federate for her. He told her that he had a lot of an APN body type, where he rewards a little more muscle, athletic build, and less body fat.
The following week I was going to judge a gym, figure and bodybuilding APN program and there she was. As it did? She won the whole show with all the judges unanimously voting their number.
On the contrary, if your body type tends to be more rounded and toned, but with a little more body fat, wider (but not fat!) Hip measurement, you can compete better in the United States say that Gym parades If you want to compete
(1) to determine exactly which are the evaluation criteria of the federation and
(2) to watch these shows as spectator of several different federations and see which of their physique, style, etc., are part of the best.
(3) You need to decide if you really have the athletic ability to participate in a fitness contest (which requires a routine) or a figure / bikini competition.
I often see women who would do well in a show figure, but they do not actually have the athletic ability to perform the routines necessary to be competitive with other athletes on the show. Some programs allow you to do both competitions and other customs.
Networking 101: Do's and Don'ts ...
In many ways, this is the area that will do or undo in any business, and yet people in the fitness industry do a surprisingly poor job on it. If you do not have a network and marketed properly, you can almost forget to have a true success as a model of fitness or a success in virtually any business. For reasons of space, we will limit ourselves to fitness.
When I started, I was a self-marketing machine. It could be found at every show, I thought it might be an opportunity, walking island fairs, bodybuilding, entertainment, fitness demonstration, and others. I gave myself a trillion card and took a million-dollar house with me, and I am still in each and every one. I went to a larger number of meetings related to industry, outings, parties, etc. I could go on. Now I have the reputation and experience in the industry that I do not have to go to a show unless I want to, or have meetings, but they were very useful at first.
I am always amazed by the number of fitness models that I contact that have never been on the Arnold Classic fitness weekend, or the Mr. Olympia or venues like NNFA Expo West and others. If you want to do it in the fitness business you sure would have treated it better as a business.
I have seen many a pretty girl who wants to be a fitness model who think that if they are there to see long enough, someone is going to offer to put their face on the cover of a magazine. Breaking news, there are millions of beautiful women out there and getting noticed, there is that hussle I got
Another thing that always amazes me is the amount of fitness models that either do not have business cards or have cards that have printed their bubble jet printer at home! They ask me to help them or nothing and they tell me "give me your card" and they look at me like "I'm so nice that I would not need a card for that mistake." This attitude of editors, photographers, writers and industry people faster if They found out that it was really a transvestite.Not do.For every pretty girl there is that they think that the world owes them a favor, there are 100 who are willing to act as professionals.
Have you ever wondered why a fitness model you know better than you, even if you know it is prettier than it? Maybe that's why ... they never go to a show without good cards to the network, BIOS, and the fact professionally head and body shots that can be given to these editors, directors, photographers, types of industry, etc. Do not stand around looking pretty assuming you are going to find, find the first one and introduce yourself. And, of course, needless to say you should be in good condition and have some tan to look better.
Do you want to go to shows and for the party? Well, but do it privately after the job is done and do not make the ridiculous with a little sponsored by the industry you meet. Heck, I was pretty much dumped in a cab in the last few years Arnold Classic after visiting a sushi place with some well-known guys from the owners of industries and companies (you know who they are!), But at least nobody saw me! We had our own private small get together after the program to let go.
Let me give you one last example of the actual real world of how it should not be sold. Last year, he was selected as a consultant for a medium-sized company. The business owner asked me if I knew a couple of fitness models that could run their support for a living. In fact, he wondered "unknown, new faces that people had not seen but who presented real potential for growth now." I went to look for him and found two of the girls that I thought fit perfectly.
He offered to pay for his flights, accommodation and food over a thousand dollars for each of the weekdays. The two girls are said to be at 9 am sustained support. The day before at the hotel, I saw the two girls in a 23 hour cab more or less dressed to kill, clearly on their way to the party. The next day they showed up in the middle of the cabin one afternoon past and gifted! Which it was the result? (1) I was annoyed that it had no end as I had recommended it to the owner of the company (2) I would never get the job of this company again (3) I would never get any work done myself again and (4) Get a referral to any of us for other jobs.
I see these kinds of things all the time in the fitness business, and it is not limited to fitness models. Surprisingly, a few weeks after the fair, they sent me and the business owner wanting to know when their next job would be! Amazing ...
Who loves your baby?
If there is a universal truth, the camera wants you or not. All professional photographers will tell you. For some reason, some people are very photogenic and some are not. Truth be known, there are some well-known fitness models (which will remain nameless, as they probably hit me the next time they saw me) that are not so attractive in person. It's just that the camera loves them and they are very photogenic, but not terribly in person.
On the contrary, I have seen the reverse several times; A girl who is much prettier in person than in photographs. Such is the fate of the person who wants to be a model of any kind, including the fitness model. If you find that you are not very photogenic, continue to work with different photographers until you find one that really captures well and generously pays the photographer!
Now, to be honest frankly, there are also some want to be fitness models that are not "photogenic", they are just "fugly"! There are people out there who have nothing to try to be fitness models. It does not have bad people, it just means they have to get out of their illusions and find a profession they are best suited for, just like radio personality .
"How can I get magazines?
This section has everything I mentioned above, and adds some additional strategies. For example, as I mentioned above, competition in fitness and shows or shows on the bikini / graph can increase your exposure, thus attracting the attention of a magazine editor or photographer. Establishing a network correctly to the various trade shows can also have the same effect, and of course have a good portfolio made by a photographer that really captures their looks, a good website, etc., all increase their potential to enter magazines, Or get a job, and so on.
However, all these strategies are still a bit passive versus active in my opinion. It is always the model of fitness waiting to be "discovered". In my case, the expectation is that pregnancy tests and buses. Success does not wait for anyone ... or a woman like me. So after all the advice above is considered to have an additional effect on the cover of a magazine that, what can you do?
First of all, you should read and become familiar with all the magazines you want to be sure that you know who is who and what style of different magazines. I can say now, if I say the editor of a good bodybuilding or fitness-sized publications and says, "Hi, I'm Bob Smith, what's your name?" And the fitness model has no idea that Bob Smith, Knowing who are the key actors in the publications that you want to be seen by You do it favorably, not the other way around. You need to know who are the main actors and actively seek them out, Do not expect that they will "discover".
If you look at the header of any magazine, you will be told who the publisher is, who is the publisher and so on. The postal address of the magazine, and often the website and email, can also be found. What prevents you from searching for these names and sending them to your photos and resume directly? Nothing, that's all. If you see a photo propagation you seem to be very well done, which prevents you from discovering who the photographer is, and get in touch with them directly and submit your photos? Nothing, that's all.
My point is, you want to get a break from business, take a break, do not sit there thinking you're looking, because it's not. Be proactive, not reactive! Luck is the residue of purpose. Successful design. As my older brother told me when I was a kid when I told him I was too scared to ask a cute girl "what's the worst thing that can happen to Will? The only thing he can say is not". This is the worst thing that can happen to you too.
Watch out for the idiots web schlubs, nerds, perverts, foam bags and sleazoids!
This part is kind of self-explanatory, but worth mentioning. As in all industries that have to do with entertainment media (eg television, theater, modeling, etc.), the fitness industry attracts its share of idiot schlubs, web imbeciles, perverts, and foam bags Sleazoids, to name a few.
There is also the kind of person known as schmoe, but let's leave that for another place and time. The point is that you want to meet the right people, as long as you do not get involved with this group of worthless guys who are just going to drag you down, delay you, or simply flat screw you represent more.
For example, a guy walks in and says he wants to "shoot" for magazines, but is that what he really knows about this guy? Have a camera and business cards, what makes you a photographer? Wrong! If someone wants to kill you and they are not a well known name (and you should know that photographers are well known because they already researched!) Find out who they are. Do they have references that can be called? Girls who can be contacted, did not shoot before and were happy with the job? What do magazines publish? Is it done professionally or as a hobby? That kind of things.
Another thing I see is the Big Web Scam. I'm surprised how many girls get fooled by these idiots web. Lesson here is that you get what you pay for, so when a person wants to build a website for free, you get what you pay for. Yes, there is good money to be on the net, and the network can be great for marketing yourself and making contacts, but most of it is about one
