With the popularity of natural bodybuilding reaching new heights, the NPC and IFBB Pro League are making moves. In a recent announcement made by NPC/IFBB Pro League Vice President Tyler Manion, the organization is expanding further into natural bodybuilding by adding more shows worldwide.
“Tyler Manion here, NPC and IFBB Pro League Vice President. Today, I’m here with some breaking news about our NPC natural competitions. This goes for our NPC USA athletes and our NPC Worldwide athletes. For our NPC USA athletes, we’re going to have over 30 NPC natural contests here in the USA this year.”
Having recently teased interest in natural bodybuilding on Hany Rambod’s ‘The Truth’ podcast, Manion and the NPC/IFBB Pro League have immediate plans to host additional shows. Considering influencers are trending toward ‘natural routes,’ Manion thought an expansion would serve the sport well. To ensure athlete integrity, Manion revealed the league’s plan to implement urinalysis and polygraph testing.
Tyler Manion Announces NPC Is Adding More Natural Bodybuilding Shows in 2024/2025
The newly added NPC natural shows will serve as natural pro qualifiers for the Ben Weider Championships held in Virginia this November.
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“These will all be qualifiers to our natural Pro qualifier, which is the Ben Weider Championships in Virginia in November. We are planning on growing these opportunities even more going into 2025 and beyond.
So, here in the US, our goal is to about double that number of 30 for NPC natural contests. We will also be adding another natural pro qualifier in 2025,” said Tyler Manion.
In 2025, Manion revealed plans to add 10-15 IFBB Pro natural contests per division which will all lead to the IFBB Pro Ben Weider championships.
“Earlier in the year, the Ben Weider will be later in the year in November. For our NPC Worldwide athletes, we are continuing to look at different countries and adding more natural competitions throughout the world. Now, what is really exciting will be we are adding more opportunities for these athletes that are winning their pro cards at these contests.
In 2025, we want to add 10-15 IFBB Pro natural contests per division. Why this is important is because we are planning to add these in the US, Canada, Europe, and in Asia, to make these qualifiers, so the winners of these natural pro shows will qualify for the IFBB Pro Ben Weider Championships that are always held in November. Our IFBB Pro natural contest will qualify you and flow right into the IFBB Pro Ben Weider Championships in November.”
He adds that in most divisions, the winners of the IFBB Pro Ben Weider contest will earn qualifications to the Mr. Olympia.
“What’s also going to make this so exciting is for most of our divisions, the winners of the IFBB Pro Ben Weider contest qualify you for the Olympia. So, you will still have an avenue to compete in these contests and one day make it to the Olympia stage.”
In addition to talks about natural bodybuilding, fans, and athletes were recently left wondering if the IFBB Pro League planned to add a Men’s Wellness division after the newly formed category went viral on social media. Manion made it clear the IFBB and NPC had no interest in adding any new divisions and were happy with what they currently offer.
Fans look forward to the NPC/IFBB hosting more natural bodybuilding shows on the horizon. Tyler Manion is confident this worldwide expansion will only help grow the sport to a new level.
“I’m really excited for this continued expansion with these contests and I think it’s only going to make the sport of bodybuilding and our organizations stronger as a whole.”
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