There are specific folks within the bodybuilding trade whose phrases and actions carry numerous weight. A type of folks is famend photographer J.M. Manion. The son of IFBB Professional League President Jim Manion was a visitor on the Match Rockstar Present, and he shared his opinions about a wide range of matters which have made headlines lately, together with the looks of Derek Lunsford on the Pittsburgh Professional in early Could 2022.
“He weighed 257 kilos on that day,” Manion instructed host Isabelle Turell. When requested if Lunsford ought to contemplate competing within the open, Manion didn’t hesitate along with his reply.
“I believe he might. You noticed him standing toe to toe with Nick (Walker) and Hunter (Labrada),” Manion mentioned. “To see him standing subsequent to these different ‘youngsters’ as we’ll say. As enormous as they’re, he held his personal.”
Manion is most well-known as a photographer, however he does excess of that behind the scenes and up entrance. As he instructed Turell, he’s not bored fairly often. One instance is his position with NPC Information On-line.
“Consider it or not, I began the NPC Information On-line web site again in 2001. It was nothing like it’s now. It was within the very early levels of the web,” he defined. “This 12 months, we lastly redesigned the whole web site from the bottom up.”
Manion additionally runs the social media for each the NPC and IFBB Professional League. Counting all accounts and pages, Manion oversees 27 totally different platforms on a day-to-day foundation. That’s on high of all of the journeys he makes to varied reveals for images and protection.
“I’ve been doing that now for 36 or 37 years,” Manion mentioned. He and Turell went lots deeper within the visitor’s life from childhood up till immediately. They cowl numerous floor on this can’t miss episode of The Match Rockstar Present. You may see all episodes of their entirety over at www.wingsofstrength.net, and you’ll comply with @fitrockstarshow on Instagram for previews of upcoming reveals.
