Lee Priest Retiring ?

**EME** · 02-09-2006, 04:17 PM

Lee has posted on at least two boards, GetBig.com and BB.com in the last 24 hours that he is retiring from competition.

Here is the post at BB.com

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...5&postcount=92

- EME

Trick D · 02-09-2006, 04:26 PM

Wow... I could see where it would be appealing to him. He is doing well racing, he hates dieting, he has an enlarged heart (from MD interview a few months ago)... the post are really vague, but in a Lee Priest style. I would absolutely hate to see that happen though.

btw... on Milos Boards he started posting pictures of him at 208 pounds and he looks unreal!

**NNTB** · 02-09-2006, 04:27 PM

He's retiring this year... again?

Seems like he says this every year.

**EME** · 02-09-2006, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trick D

btw... on Milos Boards he started posting pictures of him at 208 pounds and he looks unreal!

I heard he was looking good. Not sure why he made this decision so close to the Ironman... but, then again.. he pulled out of the Olympia just a week or two ahead also.

btw.... did you see the pics of Troy Alves over on Mayhem 4 weeks out from the IronMan? Holy Smokes! Troy is looking incredible too.... I hope he can bring that to the stage. If Lee really is done, this could definitely be Troy's first Pro Win!

- EME

Trick D · 02-09-2006, 04:41 PM

I just posted them in the Ironman thread that you started... they are unreal. He could have stepped on stage 4.5 weeks out!

**EME** · 02-09-2006, 06:26 PM

Just conspiracy theory here, but......

It could be that Lee is going over to Wayne Demilia's new organization,
Pro Division Inc.

I bet Wayne would be willing to put out some mighty good incentives to get a few top Pro's over to get that org. jump started.

Things that make you say hmmmmm........

- EME

Trick D · 02-09-2006, 06:38 PM

Is there any truth to Pro Division INC? I haven't heard anything about a new organization for months.

**EME** · 02-09-2006, 06:50 PM

It appears to be going forward.

Note, this is NOT the Asian Federation.

Here are two press releases from Wayne regarding Pro Division Inc..

For Immediate Release - February 1, 2006

PRO DIVISION INC ANNOUNCES A SERIES OF COMPETITIONS FOR 2006

Pro Division Inc is proud to announce a series of Men’s Professional Bodybuilding competitions/events that will commence in the fall of 2006. This is action is due to the overwhelming requests from fans and athletes to provide an alternative to Professional Bodybuilders and their fans worldwide. The Pro Division Inc schedule of competitions/events will be released in late February.

Pro Division Inc is not a sport federation, but rather a corporation in the business of Bodybuilding entertainment. Our plan is to promote events by incorporating a high intensity of theatrical components, not only present the physique at it highest echelon but also to entertain the fans with veracity and excitement.
Pro Division Inc is not in competition with any other organization or federation. It is only to provide another avenue for the Bodybuilding athlete to compete on a professional level with different criteria and standards.

With the requests and comments from athletes received on a daily basis for the past year and a half, Pro Division Inc has been listening to the concerns of the competitors and will provide the following provisions requested by the athletes.
In the series of competitions/events for 2006, Pro Division Inc will guarantee the following for athletes:

1. For each competition/event, a minimum of eight athletes will receive full expenses.
2. The expense money for athletes will be $75.US per night.
3. Promoters will pay hotel costs for additional, if not all other competing athletes.
4. The minimum prize money per show will be $30,000.US
5. The prize money will be raised every two years.

The five year program of Pro Division Inc is to have by the 2010 season, a schedule of 25 professional competitions/events for men spanning the globe on every major continent. Pro Division Inc competitions/events are open to all pro athletes from any federation. For information on becoming a member of Pro Division Inc or being involved with any of our events, please contact us at prodivisioninc@yahoo.com

In addition, in subsequent press releases, details will be provided on the new judging system, contest schedule, medical benefits, affiliated federations, websites, amateur qualifying events, drug testing, etc.

**EME** · 02-09-2006, 06:52 PM

For Immediate Release
February 8, 2006

PRO DIVISION INC ANNOUNCES NEW JUDGING CRITERIA FOR 2006 SCHEDULE

Pro Division Inc has announced today the judging criteria for their 2006 competition/event schedule which commences in September.

Wayne S. DeMilia, CEO of Pro Division Inc states, “The main points in the judging procedure are the easily defined rounds and the rewarding of the athletes for aesthetics, symmetry, and entertainment value as well as muscle size and definition.“

Executive Judging Director John Calascione, who will serve as Chief Judge at all events, has formulated the groundwork to underwrite fair judging on all levels.

“The judges will be constantly rotated, not only to prevent the same judges from judging the same event every year, but also to insure that every panel will be different. Judges will be assessed every six months and judges who cannot meet the standards that are required will first be asked to attend additional judging clinics. If the judge is still not up to standard, he/she will not be included on future panels,” said Calascione at a recent Pro Division Inc. summit.

Both DeMilia and Calascione guarantee that any improprieties, connections, associations or collusion between judges and/or judges and competitors can result in the judge not only being removed from a panel but also removed from consideration from all future judging panels.

Any questions, comments or interest in the judging procedures and rules for Pro Division Inc should direct them via email to prodivisioninc@yahoo.com.

Pro Division Inc judging rules for 2006 are as follows:

JUDGING RULES

All competitions in Pro Division, Inc will be judged using the placement system. When there are more than 20 athletes in a competition, judges will judge from 1 to 15 with all other athletes receiving a 16. When there are 20 or less competitors in a competition, the judges will place them from 1 to 20 in each appropriate round.

Each competition will have a minimum of seven judges and an alternate judge. The alternate score will only be used is one of the seven voting judges is unable to continue in the competition.

In major competitions there will be eleven judges and an alternate judge. In major competitions, computer scoring will be used with the alternate score being determined at random by the computer in each round.

Judges will have the opportunity to call their individual comparisons in rounds one and two.

Judges will be instructed to mark down any athlete with gynecomastia. Any type of artificial muscle augmentation, either by implants or any other type of foreign substance to enhance the muscle size or shape will also be cause for the judges to lower the athlete’s placing.

The contest will be judged based on five rounds, with each round being an equal 20% of the score. The athlete with the lowest score after five rounds is the winner.

SCORE #1--ROUND 1—Symmetry & Aesthetics—20%

WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR:
The judges are looking for overall symmetry, aesthetics, balance and proportion. There should be a “V” taper from the shoulders to the waist. The stomach region should be muscular yet small and tight from all angles. From the front, the thighs should have an outer sweep and the calves should show an inner muscle belly. There skin should show an overall tightness from all angles.

Muscularity and size should be taken into account in this round, but the overall aesthetic look of the body should take precedence.

PROCEDURE:
In this round the athlete is viewed and compared from four sides, (quarter poses front, right side, back, left side), in the semi relaxed position. In all four positions knees are to be locked, feet are to be no more than 2 inches apart, and there is to be no twisting of the upper torso.

The athletes will come out in groups of no more than ten at a time to do the quarter poses as a group, and then compared 2 or 3 at a time. When all the judges are satisfied, athletes are placed, score sheets marked and given to the head judge.

SCORE #2--ROUND 2—Muscularity in the Seven Compulsory Poses—20%

WHAT ARE THE JUDGES LOOKING FOR:
The judges are looking for size, muscularity, definition and separation based just upon the seven compulsory poses.

PROCEDURE:
The athletes will be judged in the seven compulsory poses:

A. Front Double Biceps
B. Front Lat Spread
C. Side Chest
D. Rear Double Bicep
E. Rear Lat Spread
F. Front Abdominal & Thighs
G. Front Most Muscular Crab

The athletes will come out and do the seven compulsory poses individually (when there are more than 20 athletes in a competition, the athletes will be brought out 2 at a time), then be brought out and compared in groups of 2, 3 or 4.

SCORE #3--ROUND 3A--FREE POSING—20%

WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR
The judges are judging the overall physique on all points (aesthetics, muscularity, size, balance, proportion, and symmetry) but only what the athlete shows them. If an athlete hides his weak points, it is to his advantage and the judge will base the score on what is presented. This score is based solely on the body, not presentation.

PROCEDURE
Each athlete presents his body as he wants it to be seen, choreographed to music for approximately three minutes. . If he has weak points on his physique or weak poses, he is not required to do them He is to present his body to his best advantage to the judges.

SCORE #4--ROUND 3B—ENTERTAINMENT QUALITY—20%

WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR:
The judges will be giving a second score solely on the entertainment value of the posing routine. Props and special effects can be used, but the athlete must remember that if the body is covered too much or for too long, or if the effects prevent the adequate presentation of the body in the judge’s mind, it could effect the score in round 3A.

SCORE #5—ROUND 4—FINAL POSEDOWN—20%

WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR:
This is the judge’s final chance to assess the athlete’s physique. The judges are first looking at the physique as a whole, then breaking it down to symmetry, aesthetics, muscularity, size, balance and proportion.

PROCEDURE
The top six will come out as a group in numerical order. The judges can ask the head judge for repositioning of the athletes if necessary to aid in the judging. Athletes will first do quarter turns as a group, then the seven compulsory poses as a group. The head judge will then order the athletes to “posedown” and the athletes will break into free posing of their choice to out do the other athletes on stage.

Trick D · 02-09-2006, 08:35 PM

How do you become a pro in this new division? Are they going to utilize the NPC or some other amateur organization?

**EME** · 02-09-2006, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trick D

How do you become a pro in this new division? Are they going to utilize the NPC or some other amateur organization?

Currently it's open to any current Pro in any other organization.

I don't know if they are going to start their own amateur division or not.
I haven't heard about any plans for that yet.

"The five year program of Pro Division Inc is to have by the 2010 season, a schedule of 25 professional competitions/events for men spanning the globe on every major continent. Pro Division Inc competitions/events are open to all pro athletes from any federation. For information on becoming a member of Pro Division Inc or being involved with any of our events, please contact us at prodivisioninc@yahoo.com"

- EME

Trick D · 02-09-2006, 10:13 PM

There you go EME, we will see him fighting for his life next to LEE is a few years.

**EME** · 02-09-2006, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trick D

There you go EME, we will see him fighting for his life next to LEE is a few years.

LOL.... I guess technically I could.. hmmmmmm

Maybe in 5 years when I have 50 more lbs of muscle, if the federation is still around.

( They do say above that they have a 5 year plan! )

- EME

**EME** · 02-10-2006, 04:54 PM

It's going around some of the other boards that Lee was just F-ing with the people on the boards and that he isn't retiring.

He was just trying to stir things up......

He supposedly e-mailed some people who posted that he is NOT retiring and will be doing the Spring shows.

Seems a little messed up to actually go online with your own screen name and post a blatant untruth. I think it hurts a person's credibility down the road.

If someone wanted to start a rumor for publicity purposes you think they would have someone else start it so they could always come back and confirm or deny it later.

I have no idea at this point if he's retiring or not.. sounds like "Not"

I guess we'll know when he either shows up on stage.. or he doesn't!

- EME

**NNTB** · 02-10-2006, 04:57 PM

This isnt the first time he has done this...

02-09-2006, 06:26 PM	#6
EME Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,265 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 51	Just conspiracy theory here, but...... It could be that Lee is going over to Wayne Demilia's new organization, Pro Division Inc. I bet Wayne would be willing to put out some mighty good incentives to get a few top Pro's over to get that org. jump started. Things that make you say hmmmmm........ - EME __________________ PhysiqueFXonline - Online Nutrition and Training with Michael and Kendra Elias: www.MichaelandKendra.com Team Molecular Nutrition Creative Director FAME Media Group / World Natural Sports Organization Editor-In-Chief FAME Magazine www.FAMEWorldTour.com

02-09-2006, 06:50 PM	#8
EME Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,265 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 51	It appears to be going forward. Note, this is NOT the Asian Federation. Here are two press releases from Wayne regarding Pro Division Inc.. For Immediate Release - February 1, 2006 PRO DIVISION INC ANNOUNCES A SERIES OF COMPETITIONS FOR 2006 Pro Division Inc is proud to announce a series of Men’s Professional Bodybuilding competitions/events that will commence in the fall of 2006. This is action is due to the overwhelming requests from fans and athletes to provide an alternative to Professional Bodybuilders and their fans worldwide. The Pro Division Inc schedule of competitions/events will be released in late February. Pro Division Inc is not a sport federation, but rather a corporation in the business of Bodybuilding entertainment. Our plan is to promote events by incorporating a high intensity of theatrical components, not only present the physique at it highest echelon but also to entertain the fans with veracity and excitement. Pro Division Inc is not in competition with any other organization or federation. It is only to provide another avenue for the Bodybuilding athlete to compete on a professional level with different criteria and standards. With the requests and comments from athletes received on a daily basis for the past year and a half, Pro Division Inc has been listening to the concerns of the competitors and will provide the following provisions requested by the athletes. In the series of competitions/events for 2006, Pro Division Inc will guarantee the following for athletes: 1. For each competition/event, a minimum of eight athletes will receive full expenses. 2. The expense money for athletes will be $75.US per night. 3. Promoters will pay hotel costs for additional, if not all other competing athletes. 4. The minimum prize money per show will be $30,000.US 5. The prize money will be raised every two years. The five year program of Pro Division Inc is to have by the 2010 season, a schedule of 25 professional competitions/events for men spanning the globe on every major continent. Pro Division Inc competitions/events are open to all pro athletes from any federation. For information on becoming a member of Pro Division Inc or being involved with any of our events, please contact us at prodivisioninc@yahoo.com In addition, in subsequent press releases, details will be provided on the new judging system, contest schedule, medical benefits, affiliated federations, websites, amateur qualifying events, drug testing, etc. __________________ PhysiqueFXonline - Online Nutrition and Training with Michael and Kendra Elias: www.MichaelandKendra.com Team Molecular Nutrition Creative Director FAME Media Group / World Natural Sports Organization Editor-In-Chief FAME Magazine www.FAMEWorldTour.com

02-09-2006, 06:52 PM	#9
EME Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,265 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 51	For Immediate Release February 8, 2006 PRO DIVISION INC ANNOUNCES NEW JUDGING CRITERIA FOR 2006 SCHEDULE Pro Division Inc has announced today the judging criteria for their 2006 competition/event schedule which commences in September. Wayne S. DeMilia, CEO of Pro Division Inc states, “The main points in the judging procedure are the easily defined rounds and the rewarding of the athletes for aesthetics, symmetry, and entertainment value as well as muscle size and definition.“ Executive Judging Director John Calascione, who will serve as Chief Judge at all events, has formulated the groundwork to underwrite fair judging on all levels. “The judges will be constantly rotated, not only to prevent the same judges from judging the same event every year, but also to insure that every panel will be different. Judges will be assessed every six months and judges who cannot meet the standards that are required will first be asked to attend additional judging clinics. If the judge is still not up to standard, he/she will not be included on future panels,” said Calascione at a recent Pro Division Inc. summit. Both DeMilia and Calascione guarantee that any improprieties, connections, associations or collusion between judges and/or judges and competitors can result in the judge not only being removed from a panel but also removed from consideration from all future judging panels. Any questions, comments or interest in the judging procedures and rules for Pro Division Inc should direct them via email to prodivisioninc@yahoo.com. Pro Division Inc judging rules for 2006 are as follows: JUDGING RULES All competitions in Pro Division, Inc will be judged using the placement system. When there are more than 20 athletes in a competition, judges will judge from 1 to 15 with all other athletes receiving a 16. When there are 20 or less competitors in a competition, the judges will place them from 1 to 20 in each appropriate round. Each competition will have a minimum of seven judges and an alternate judge. The alternate score will only be used is one of the seven voting judges is unable to continue in the competition. In major competitions there will be eleven judges and an alternate judge. In major competitions, computer scoring will be used with the alternate score being determined at random by the computer in each round. Judges will have the opportunity to call their individual comparisons in rounds one and two. Judges will be instructed to mark down any athlete with gynecomastia. Any type of artificial muscle augmentation, either by implants or any other type of foreign substance to enhance the muscle size or shape will also be cause for the judges to lower the athlete’s placing. The contest will be judged based on five rounds, with each round being an equal 20% of the score. The athlete with the lowest score after five rounds is the winner. SCORE #1--ROUND 1—Symmetry & Aesthetics—20% WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR: The judges are looking for overall symmetry, aesthetics, balance and proportion. There should be a “V” taper from the shoulders to the waist. The stomach region should be muscular yet small and tight from all angles. From the front, the thighs should have an outer sweep and the calves should show an inner muscle belly. There skin should show an overall tightness from all angles. Muscularity and size should be taken into account in this round, but the overall aesthetic look of the body should take precedence. PROCEDURE: In this round the athlete is viewed and compared from four sides, (quarter poses front, right side, back, left side), in the semi relaxed position. In all four positions knees are to be locked, feet are to be no more than 2 inches apart, and there is to be no twisting of the upper torso. The athletes will come out in groups of no more than ten at a time to do the quarter poses as a group, and then compared 2 or 3 at a time. When all the judges are satisfied, athletes are placed, score sheets marked and given to the head judge. SCORE #2--ROUND 2—Muscularity in the Seven Compulsory Poses—20% WHAT ARE THE JUDGES LOOKING FOR: The judges are looking for size, muscularity, definition and separation based just upon the seven compulsory poses. PROCEDURE: The athletes will be judged in the seven compulsory poses: A. Front Double Biceps B. Front Lat Spread C. Side Chest D. Rear Double Bicep E. Rear Lat Spread F. Front Abdominal & Thighs G. Front Most Muscular Crab The athletes will come out and do the seven compulsory poses individually (when there are more than 20 athletes in a competition, the athletes will be brought out 2 at a time), then be brought out and compared in groups of 2, 3 or 4. SCORE #3--ROUND 3A--FREE POSING—20% WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR The judges are judging the overall physique on all points (aesthetics, muscularity, size, balance, proportion, and symmetry) but only what the athlete shows them. If an athlete hides his weak points, it is to his advantage and the judge will base the score on what is presented. This score is based solely on the body, not presentation. PROCEDURE Each athlete presents his body as he wants it to be seen, choreographed to music for approximately three minutes. . If he has weak points on his physique or weak poses, he is not required to do them He is to present his body to his best advantage to the judges. SCORE #4--ROUND 3B—ENTERTAINMENT QUALITY—20% WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR: The judges will be giving a second score solely on the entertainment value of the posing routine. Props and special effects can be used, but the athlete must remember that if the body is covered too much or for too long, or if the effects prevent the adequate presentation of the body in the judge’s mind, it could effect the score in round 3A. SCORE #5—ROUND 4—FINAL POSEDOWN—20% WHAT THE JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR: This is the judge’s final chance to assess the athlete’s physique. The judges are first looking at the physique as a whole, then breaking it down to symmetry, aesthetics, muscularity, size, balance and proportion. PROCEDURE The top six will come out as a group in numerical order. The judges can ask the head judge for repositioning of the athletes if necessary to aid in the judging. Athletes will first do quarter turns as a group, then the seven compulsory poses as a group. The head judge will then order the athletes to “posedown” and the athletes will break into free posing of their choice to out do the other athletes on stage. __________________ PhysiqueFXonline - Online Nutrition and Training with Michael and Kendra Elias: www.MichaelandKendra.com Team Molecular Nutrition Creative Director FAME Media Group / World Natural Sports Organization Editor-In-Chief FAME Magazine www.FAMEWorldTour.com

02-10-2006, 04:54 PM	#14
EME Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,265 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 51	It's going around some of the other boards that Lee was just F-ing with the people on the boards and that he isn't retiring. He was just trying to stir things up...... He supposedly e-mailed some people who posted that he is NOT retiring and will be doing the Spring shows. Seems a little messed up to actually go online with your own screen name and post a blatant untruth. I think it hurts a person's credibility down the road. If someone wanted to start a rumor for publicity purposes you think they would have someone else start it so they could always come back and confirm or deny it later. I have no idea at this point if he's retiring or not.. sounds like "Not" I guess we'll know when he either shows up on stage.. or he doesn't! - EME __________________ PhysiqueFXonline - Online Nutrition and Training with Michael and Kendra Elias: www.MichaelandKendra.com Team Molecular Nutrition Creative Director FAME Media Group / World Natural Sports Organization Editor-In-Chief FAME Magazine www.FAMEWorldTour.com

02-10-2006, 04:57 PM	#15
NNTB rEVOLutionary Join Date: May 2005 Location: FL Posts: 2,447 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 163	This isnt the first time he has done this... __________________ "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." Abraham Lincoln

02-09-2006, 04:17 PM	#1
EME Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,265 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 51	Lee Priest Retiring ? Lee has posted on at least two boards, GetBig.com and BB.com in the last 24 hours that he is retiring from competition. Here is the post at BB.com http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpo...5&postcount=92 - EME __________________ PhysiqueFXonline - Online Nutrition and Training with Michael and Kendra Elias: www.MichaelandKendra.com Team Molecular Nutrition Creative Director FAME Media Group / World Natural Sports Organization Editor-In-Chief FAME Magazine www.FAMEWorldTour.com

02-09-2006, 04:27 PM	#3
NNTB rEVOLutionary Join Date: May 2005 Location: FL Posts: 2,447 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 163	He's retiring this year... again? Seems like he says this every year. __________________ "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." Abraham Lincoln

02-10-2006, 05:15 PM	#16
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