And The Winning Number is…

Well guys, it looks like the 1.6 billion dollar jackpot has been given to three people – dashing the dreams of millions of hopefuls wishing to become billionaires. Next time we guess (unless you are the lucky 3).

But look, a common complaint of bodybuilders is that there’s not much money in the sport. It’s hard to maintain the hours and nutrition needed to compete in the sport as well as work a 9-5. Though it’s a labor of love, bodybuilding is time consuming and expensive which is why many builders  go the entrepreneurial route.

But what if? Forget about three winners – what if you were the ONLY person to win the jackpot? How would you spend 1.6 billion dollars? While everyone has their own unique vision for how they would spend the jackpot, I’m sure as builders we’d have somethings in common. So for good fun, this is what we think a 1.6 billion dollar bodybuilder would spend his money on. Let’s get inside the head of the richest bodybuilder ever lived…
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Buy supplements, sell supplements, become a supplement mogel.

What used to be a drain on the wallet is now pure joy. I would surely get a lifetime supply of everything from protein powders to glutamine, I’d pretty much have my own GNC… come to think of it, that’s a good idea. Why not just start your own supplement company? Bring in more money and still have an unlimited supply of supplements. Win/win. Unless you go out of business…

Buy A Chicken Farm

Tired of going to the store for chicken breast? I’m not, because I just bought a hundred acre chicken farm, straight cash. I’ve hired a team of people to get me the freshest chicken every day – and I only eat the breast. The double whammy is that I also get an unlimited supply of egg whites – genius. Why only chickens on a hundred acres? Because then there would be no need for my hundred acre cow farm.

Rent Arnold Schwarzenegger for a Day

Okay the title of this one is  a little deceiving because I’d rent Arnold and “Big” Ronnie Coleman, and it wouldn’t be a day, it would be every weekend. We’d workout, play golf, and just shoot the sh*t. They’d give me all their training tips and we’d do special posing routines until sundown. When it was time for them to leave we’d develop a secret handshake. Ronnie would say things like “damn, we lift some heavy ass weights” and whenever Arnold left he’d say “I’ll be back”…why? because they’re on my payroll.

Hire A Team of Trolls

You heard right. I would hire a team of trolls to cruise the internet start trashing every other bodybuilder that wasn’t me. That’s right, thanks to scrawny nerds, I would be the biggest thing in the sport! All joking aside – one of the biggest problems with this industry is the lack of transparency. Athletes can’t always speak their mind in order to keep their integrity (rightfully so). But if if you could hire a legion of fans to upend the sport. Actually bring about change… that would be a good use of 1.6 billion for sure.

Buy ESPN

What’s America’s number one sport?  You guessed it, bodybuilding! Well, it will be after I own the entire network . I’d buy ESPN and make bodybuilding America’s new favorite pass time. Niche sport no more, college gyms everywhere would be packed with jack monsters working on their delts and traps trying to make it to the pros. Like Phil Heath said – ESPN shows cup stacking competitions over bodybuilding. I’d change that.

Buy Monday

Every hates Mondays anyway, why not make it awesome. I’d buy monday and name it “Leg Day” so that way we’d have something to look forward to. Sure everyone will be flapping around like a newly born calf for the rest of the week, but it’s worth it. Plus it would be entertaining to watch. There’d be no more excuse for anyone to skip leg day. Ever.

Have My Own Bodybuilding Show

You’ve heard of Mr. Universe, and The Arnold Classic, now make room for the Generation Iron Classic, it has a certain ring to it. Equipped with a strongman portion and a screaming pose portion, it would be bigger than Mr. Olympia and I’d use my newly bought station, ESPN to report it.

Okay, well I think after all of that I’d be in debt again. So back to trying to win the lottery. Hopefully it gets back up to a billion soon…

So what do you guys think? What would YOU do if you had 1.6 billion dollars to spend on your wildest bodybuilding dreams? Let us know in the the comments below or hit us up on Facebook and Twitter. Stay pumped!