The 2025 Pittsburgh Pro will feature a Men’s Open competition for the first time!
The Pittsburgh Pro has always featured some of the top Men’s Open competitors in the world. This event has become known as the biggest guest-posing event ahead of the summer. In 2025, Open Bodybuilding will now get a chance to compete in the show.
On Thursday, IFBB Pro League Vice President Tyler Manion announced that Open Bodybuilding will be apart of the Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival and Pittsburgh Pro next year.
“The major announcement is for the first time ever, we are bringing Open Men’s Bodybuilding to the Pittsburgh Pro.”
The Pittsburgh Pro is a notable pro bodybuilding competition for being run by IFBB Pro and NPC president Jim Manion himself. Due to this, the Pittsburgh Pro always has always had a star-studded roster of elite IFBB Pro competitors take the stage to guest pose. Brandon Curry, Nick Walker, and Hunter Labrada have all taken the stage to guest pose in recent years.
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In 2022, Derek Lunsford appeared in Pittsburgh as a guest poser and showed off an insane increase in size from his 212 physique. He successfully made the jump into Open and finished second to Hadi Choopan in his first Olympia competition. Lunsford would go onto be crowned Mr. Olympia in 2023.
Men’s Open Coming To Pittsburgh Pro
Newtech Strength Equipment and Axe & Sledge Supplements will be presenting sponsors of the event. There will be a total of $200,000 awarded to winners in Men’s Open.
The breakdown is as follows:
- First Place – $100,000
- Second Place – $50,000
- Third Place – $25,000
- Fourth Place – $15,000
- Fifth Place – $10,000
“Not only are we bringing it for the first time ever, we are bringing it with some major prize money. A total of $200,000 will be awarded for this division. I am insanely excited about this.”
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Manion continued to explain that there are other additions coming to the division.
“This is the first of many exciting announcements about the Pittsburgh Pro and the Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival for next year.”
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