1.Products & services
The fitness sector, like any other industry, offers products and services to
its customers. For the most part the largest amount of financial
gains are made through sales of supplements, books, magazines,
clothes, gym memberships and personal training services. This is the
most profitable sector of the industry.
In
order for people to be attracted to the goods offered by the muscle
industry there must be an “explanation” why anybody would want to
be part of something like this in the first place. This is where
advertisement comes very handy.
2.Advertisement
Another
way for the muscle industry to generate revenue is through
advertisement. You could be a huge bodybuilder but that does not mean
that your career in advertising should be limited to the world of
heavy iron. It most likely will be, however, since the majority of
the population that is not involved in the sport does not find
extremely muscular men in miniscule underwear aesthetically pleasing.
At the same time large bodybuilding magazines are eager to sell
supplements and the best way to do it is to use bodybuilders and
fitness models with large following as cover faces. A contract with a
supplement company is something many are striving to achieve even if
it means “selling your soul to the devil”.
3.Prostitution
Since
the fitness maniacs are known for their muscular, toned and firm
bodies it is not uncommon for some of the athletes/models/posers to
make money by offering sexual related services like G4P (gay for
pay), exotic dancing, erotic movies, Web-cam dancing..etc. It happens
quite often. Bodybuilders and fitness competitors are notorious for
living for the moment. Therefor they never have enough savings to
cover their diet and steroids expenses as well as the party lifestyle
that is so common today. Extra income is welcome. After all money
does not stink.
4.Drug
dealing
Another
way to make a living in the fitness world is to go to the dark side
and become an illegal distributor of medical products that normally
require prescription from a medical professional. According to
underground sources there are famous people with well established
supplement lines who are also drug dealers and supply their clients
with growth hormone, anabolic steroids, pain killers and even
recreational drugs.