Oldest age you have to start if you want to become a professional?

[horrowitz]

What's the oldest age any bodybuilder ever started bodybuilding and still became a professional bodybuilder?
If somebody is 28 and weighs like 140lb is there still a chance he can become a pro if he starts working out?

[Carlito1980]

140 lbs is just fine at 28 if your a woman....j/k.Ed Corney didn't start bodybuilding til his late 20's.At age 33 he entered and won his first contest in 1967,Mr.Fremont weighing 160lbs.Lee Priest along with many other professionals started at a very early age.

[horrowitz]

.Ed Corney didn't start bodybuilding til his late 20's.At age 33 he entered and won his first contest in 1967,Mr.Fremont weighing 160lbs.Lee Priest along with many other professionals started at a very early age.

Yeah!!! This means I still have time and can even wait a few more years before getting serious about hitting the weights. Awesome.

[Dbol26]

^^^
im detecting patmuscled here

[LUKEDEICHER]

^^^
im detecting patmuscled here

1 of his last two created threads is already closed.

Only reason this is open is probably because it is a little on topic for the section.

[horrowitz]

What!?

[Dbol26]

What!?

[GETURSWELLON]

At this day and age i would say 20 years old is a late start LMFAO

[Vadim Beliaev]

if your genetics are up to par you can start at 40 and get there

albert beckles and don youngblood ring a bell?

[scottmowry]

Also do not forget that Toney Freeman took many years off and restarted in his mid thirties.

[horrowitz]

albert beckles and don youngblood ring a bell?

No. Who diz is?

[LUKEDEICHER]

Also do not forget that Toney Freeman took many years off and restarted in his mid thirties.

I think Bob Chick won the 2000 USA at around 35 to get his pro card and years later won the IFBB Masters Pro World title.

[horrowitz]

I think Bob Chick won the 2000 USA at around 35 to get his pro card and years later won the IFBB Masters Pro World title.

Who's Bob Chick? Do I need to know him as a bodybuilding fan and future bodybuilder?

[Carlito1980]

1 of his last two created threads is already closed.

He was also Banned,finally.

[wookalark]

Don Youngblood didn't start training until his early thirties.

[horrowitz]

Don Youngblood didn't start training until his early thirties.

Why so late? Didn't he have time to train?

[cyberdome82]

I heard Joel Stubbs didn't start until he was about 28. Don't quote me on that though.

[Flex500]

What's the oldest age any bodybuilder ever started bodybuilding and still became a professional bodybuilder?
If somebody is 28 and weighs like 140lb is there still a chance he can become a pro if he starts working out?

there is absolutely no way to tell. You do realize there are guys who compete, I'm not talking about just training, I'm talking compete for 20+ years and never go pro. You know that right?

And look at many of the guys who didn't train for bbing that long before they became pro. Many were already VERY VERY good athletes in high school and at the collegiate level. It's not like they did cardio once a week and thought "eh time to train hard and become a pro bber"

[horrowitz]

there is absolutely no way to tell. You do realize there are guys who compete, I'm not talking about just training, I'm talking compete for 20+ years and never go pro. You know that right?

And look at many of the guys who didn't train for bbing that long before they became pro. Many were already VERY VERY good athletes in high school and at the collegiate level. It's not like they did cardio once a week and thought "eh time to train hard and become a pro bber"

I guess then it doesn't look good for me cause I'm neither an athlete nor muscular.

[wincjw]

I believe Yates started at 21, and then of course overtook guys who had been training for years.

[MS3212]

To dominate I'd say late teens, but there are exceptions.

[CloudSurfer]

if your genetics are up to par you can start at 40 and get there

albert beckles and don youngblood ring a bell?

Albert Beckles was bodybuilding since the 60's he didn't exactly start at 40