Increasing Strongman Money

[craig kruse]

There is always talk about how to increase the financial part of our sport. One big thing that I think is lacking is training books and dvds. I would think it would be pretty easy to produce an average quality series of training dvd's that would go over gym training (powerlifting and olympic lifting) and event training. There are enough events that there could even be 2-4 event dvd's.

I know I would pay $100 to have a series of training dvd from the top US pro's (especially Jesse). I would imagine most people on this forum would buy some of them also.

I always complain there are not events on ESPN. If the big contests produced their own dvd's and sold them on websits like Jesse's, there could be more prize money. I think this could snowball into increasing the popularity of our sport. If there was more prize money, there theoretically be more top athletes, then better produced dvds, more people buying them, more money, etc.

If athletes also committed to purchase most of their supplements from one supplier (Vitamin Shoppe, FitRx, etc) and that supplier committed to help promote contests and increase prize money. That supplier's name would be all over the contest and dvd. More athletes would buy from them. More sales, more prize money, bigger contest, more frequent contest, More US contests, etc.

[Adam Keep]

I though the same thing a while back. I guess when Phil comes out with his DVD we will see how it goes.

[craig kruse]

I feel for it to grow, we need to commit to make it grow. We need to put our money into the sport by purchasing dvd's, books, equipment, protein, etc. We spend money on these things already. To get organized as amateurs and pros and grow it ourselves is important.