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www.MOSTmag.com || FITNESS MAG A ZINE || 133on stage in the right poses, at the right time. It%u2019s basically stage management. You take full control of the operation.%u201cAs head judge, Gary is looking for a nice balanced looking physique, sort of %u201cGQ look with a bit of muscle%u201d to be exact. He precedes,%u201cthe men%u2019s division has become incredibly competitive and we%u2019ve done a great job of keeping it from turning into another bodybuilding contest. If folks get too big, they get marked down accordingly. The main thing is presentation. When you have 10 guys pop on the stage in great shape, they all look the same. It is the presentation that sets them apart.%u201d When asked how the sport of bodybuilding had changed, Gary replied, %u201cThe sport has exploded from the days of doing our contests. We were literally in gymnasiums with a single light hanging off a basketball hoop and that was strictly bodybuilding. We only had men%u2019s bodybuilding back then. There was no music during the posing routines so you had to bring a lot of your friends with you to the finals.%u201c He continued,%u201cThe routines were 90 seconds, but you didn%u2019t have music so if you didn%u2019t have a lot of friends there it was a long 90 seconds. Then obviously, slowly but surely, Jim Manion started to add things. First there was fitness, then there was figure, then it was bikini and now the addition of physique competitions.%u201dAccording to Gary, Jim Manion first instituted the figure division, the next progression in devising a division for every body type. This division completed the gap for women you had sustained injury or were feeling the limitations of age. They could no longer perform the grueling routines but harbored the desire to compete. Figure was fitness without the routine. Apparently Jim did not stop there. He had the desire to create a division to promote less muscle and more figure but in a cool, sexy sassy way. Thus, the bikini division was created. Besides Gary%u2019s involvement with the NPC and IFBB, he has many other side businesses. He has been a personal trainer for over 30 years. He is the owner of GMU Productions and other endeavors that are not affiliated with the sport of bodybuilding. He strives to keep everything in a balance. Gary%u2019s renowned clinics have produced many athletes ready for the stage. Gary reports he has witnessed a difference in those athletes attending his clinics. They perform >>>