"Sponsoring" a body builder

How is one "very straight"?

Cute.

he's hot but sounds like such a douche! It seems weird that a straight man would sponsor a body builder but if he tells you about it, I guess its not a big deal to him or his wife.

Male bonding. It's a guy thing.

Yes it's gay, OP. I'm surprised you needed to ask.

Enough, R4.

Weird as shit. "I am saving for my kids' college tuition, but please take my money to buy Muscle Milk because it gives me pleasure to see you morph into human livestock."

I have seen him on Youtube.

There isn't anything a heterosexual man can gain directly by sponsoring a male bodybuilder so it becomes unlikely one would sponsor one. It is always more likely that a homosexual man can sponsor a male bodybuilder and not necessarily in exancage of physical sexual favours. It can simply be the enchantment of the homoerotic act of seeing a muscular body in display.

Many (heterosexual) bodybuilders are opportunistic and always ready to prey on gay men's money.

It's not like a heterosexual man can't sponsor a male bodybuidler, but there are substantial reasons for them to do it in the same way there aren't good reasons for a gay man to sponsor a female bodybuilder.

I don't understand at all. How is it any different than prostitution? Who would want to give a stranger money to buy a shitload of food and move around like a gorilla?

Nice masturbation material y'got there, sponsor-man!

Pathetic.

I hope someone sponsors me!

This is like paying for a chick's boob job, except, isn't she usually your chick?

I suppose there are philanthropists out there that are fine with paying for the boob jobs of females, knowing that they'll never be able to fondle them. Is it that the sponsor just thinks there should be bigger-titted females traipsing around?

Beer can at 1:27.

The boy in the video is sexy, but his commentary while he flexes and poses also point out the sad narcissism of anyone who invests so much time in competitive bodybuilding.

Straight men sponsor bodybuilders if they think the bodybuilder is going to win competitions.

Managers can charge fees if the bodybuilder wins.

Also, many companies want to sponsor athletes in order to advertise their brand to all the fans of the sport. So all kinds of bodybuilding supplement, equipment and fitness companies sponsor guys with real potential to win and make the bodybuilder flaunt and plug their brands.

Believe it or not, straight guys value strength, fitness and athleticism without having to fuck it. SHOCKER!

Enough, R16.

R16 Still fucking weird. Product endorsements make sense. Some random old daddy--actual daddy--giving money to a 20-something dude to bulk up because he "values strength and fitness" is bullshit. If he values strength and bullshit he will work out. If he values seeing a mostly naked muscleboy preen and wiggle and pays for it, he's getting off on it. Look at that guy's video: he's not wearing super-flimsy underwear that shows his dick to show off his athleticism to his sponsor. He's showing his dick to his John. Can we please just call a spade a spade?

I think most of the sponsor get access to nude posing sessions. I would suspect that the sponsor j/off while the muscle dude gets off on being worshipped.

R19 Closer to reality. More like the bodybuilder busts a nut in the sponsor's mouth or on his face and picks up the money off the dresser like any other prostitute.

Yes, r20.

That Anthony Sanchez is a pretty boy. Wonder if he has an IG.

As of two months ago you could:

[quote]email for custom vids sanchezanthony1122@gmail.com

Found it:

So someone is paying for his roids?

Sex is involved-either through real life or vid.

Actually I met a guy (chub, never worked out) who sponsored a body builder. For him it was not about jacking off. Sure he got an erection but he just liked having his throbbing dick beat against his pants as he watched this man stretch and flex. It was more about worshiping masculinity than it was his body. He tried to explain it by saying it was like commissioning an artist to paint something and witnessing their craft. But let's call bull shit and just say what it actually is. I also wonder if him being closeted was part of it. Like anyone who was in his circle knew he was gay but he mostly kept it to himself. He hired a beard one time. She openly mocked him behind his back that she was getting paid weekly to escort him. I met her again after the arrangement broke off and she said they never had sex but they did fool around because he could never get an erection and she didn't want to do "butt stuff" on him like he requested.

There was another guy who sponsored a young man. Much older and also closeted. I don't know what he got from it but he would get videos sent to his phone and would send him socks and underwear he wanted to see him pose in. One of them was a Super Mario outfit. He as well did not masturbate although he did sext him after every video. I never talked with him directly about it so I don't know all the details.

Bodybuilders are not athletes and it is not necessary about strength. As matter of fact, their muscles tend not to be that strong.

This is a new form of escorting.

He has a great, well-defined body, but he needs to get rid of the nerdy black glasses and develop a more shapely ass.

R30, he's trying to emulate Clark Kent.

I heard a ping at about 6:10 which reminded me of the chatterbate guys (whenever someone would donate)....is this that guy's show?

In another video where he initially asked for sponsors, he (Sanchez) specifically said he doesn't do "private" shows nor porn.

Oh, honey...

45 year old "Slave4Muscle" seemed to fail in his bid to become a sponsor of a young hot muscled brah, judging by his "banned" status and lack of replies.

Damn, if you look he posted that in the "Teen Bodybuilding" section. Is he a Datalounger?

Everything that r8 says. I have been around many bodybuilders and there is a very palpable undercurrent of homoeroticism in the whole culture. Guys who would never fuck another man appear to satisfy something innately fetishistic about watching and being watched by other men. It is kind of twisted.

And alot of bodybuilders are hustlers at heart. Much like personal trainers.

Yes r30 - his ass is shockingly undeveloped for his muscle mass. Poor dear just doesn't have the genetics to have a prize-winning bum.

And r28 they usually have zero flexibility, which make them nothing more than lunks with bumps. And fucking poor lovers.

Bodybuilding really is not about being healthy.

I don't like labels.

I have sponsors, not johns.

Clark Kent models his Super Body like he's at a slave auction and he's the auctioneer.

I'm sponsoring a horse-hung cuban.

And people think only the gays like Tommy and Gio are narcissists

The entire purpose of building muscles is having people look at your body. There is a degree of exhibitionism required to bea bodybuilder so, flaunting it for a sponsor is not really a big deal because it satisfies the bodybuilder's need for attention and validation.

Yep, he's a douche. The pseudo-inspirational gibberish that this shallow dork spews is emphasized on his InstaTwit page by the shrewd addition of his middle finger. No doubt denoting his I.Q..

R39 Not necessarily about being healthy? It seems to me it would be implicitly unhealthy. These people ingest thousands of calories of protein--very hard on organs in the long run--and fats for the sake of growing. They may or may not use good form when lifting and have to be prone to injury. They tan as if they are 65 year-old Floridian ladies who work at the Waffle House to pay for their Marlboros. And after putting on all that bulk with chemical protein, creatine and other supplements, they then dehydrate themselves to get "ripped," as the guy in the video said was a payoff of being sick for a month.

Bodybuilding is a celebrated form of an eating and exercise disorder fueled by innate insecurity and narcissism--these people either are in crisis mode because they're not being worshipped enough or else they are manic because they are being worshipped.

I recently worked with a competitive weight lifter. A woman. She's incredibly good at what she does (policy analysis), but also type AAA. She HAS to control every aspect of the world with which she interacts. She eats eight meals a day--literally just meat and kale--and she is obviously afraid to be pressured to eat anything like birthday cake. She's got zero self-control. She found a mistake (someone else's) in one of her reports at a conference, and as any normal and sane 30-year-old professional would do, she screamed WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKK, actually screamed it, in a ballroom with hundreds of people. You'd think someone had died. Another time she found another mistake, hers, ans she broke down sobbing. Everyone else was like, Jesus Christ, calm the hell down. Just calm down. People speculated that her rages and breakdowns were due to chemical supplements and hormones used for bodybuilding. Possibly. I think it's a far deeper level of insecurity and narcissism though. This person absolutely had to be the best person in the room in all situations--and mind you, she often was!--but failing that, she felt utterly worthless and enraged about it.

[quote]he needs to get rid of the nerdy black glasses

Oh, NO. The glasses are sexier than the panties. The panties are the thing he needs to take off NOW.

Freakish, might as well be fat. In fact, fat would be more fun and more healthy.

His ribs stick out like mine. I've read it's a posture issue, but feel like a hunchback when practicing proper stance.

Nice try, OP (aka Anthony Sanchez). How many more "sponsors" did you collect off this thread?

And he is cut too 😀

There would need to be dong, either IRL or on camera.

Anybody who thinks a body builder is leading a healthy life style is seriously deluded, as is the body builder.

Yes, R53. We are all gathered here to behold Mr. Sanchez because we're concerned with whether his lifestyle is healthy.

I would only be a body builder if I was staring with a huge dong and bull nuts, so I could deal with the inevitable shrinkage.

Hey asshole at R54, sorry I interrupted your extremely important beat off session. Do carry on but remember mom wants you to cut the grass sometime today.

[quote]In another video where he initially asked for sponsors, he (Sanchez) specifically said he doesn't do "private" shows nor porn.

For the right amount of money, anyone will do ANYTHING.

Obviously there is some degree of homoerotic appeal for all men who are so into bodybuilding even if some of them try to deny it. The whole culture revolves simply too much around the nearly naked male body and one that is all about enhacing secondary sex traits.

Like you more or less said, it is not that they want to have sex with other men; but they seem to enjoy the homoerotic connotations on a visual level as well as the idea of other men looking at them. R37

I found this video and there are some homoerotic hints in how and what the bodybuilder says.

It does seem unusual that a married man with children to raise would be sponsoring a young muscle man. I guess he's got his own young bitch.

I guess as long as he doesn't say anything homophobic things will be OK.

I had a dream about this last night.

That Sanchez reeks of a gay bashing ready to happen ...

By whom?

Makes it sound like they are sponsoring some kid in Africa for a charity or something

"For just 10 cents a day, you can buy protein shakes for a deluded Muscle Mary....."

I think no one should really care how he makes the money as long as he is respectful to his sponsor and the people who actually pay attention to his body which for the most part is gay men more than anybody else.

In the end, bodybuilding needs this kind of aid to survive because it is not a real job. It gives not no knowledge or skills that can be exploited professionally. The purpose of a bodybuilder is to be an object for display and it all ends there.

gaaaaaay

"an object for display"

SEXY!

Once the middle finger goes up, there's no going back. You are officially a douchebag and not worthy of anybody's interest.

Thread closed.

This ironic fascination from hetero men wanting to replicate a homosexual ideal of male beauty :P

What B wrong R68?

I've sponsored a young body builder in Romania for the past 3 years. Abut $230,000 worth. I'm finally flying over there to meet him next week. I'm so excited! He said he loves me.

Wow, R71. I envy you $o. Truly an in$pirational $tory that $how$ love doe$ indeed conquer all.

Get back to u$ with frequent update$.

Oh my go$h.

Nice looking knob in the video. Probably cut.

R39 is correct. Body builders have no flexibility. I'll take Kelly Slater any day. He can bend over backwards and touch his nose to the ground. Maybe I can sponsor a surfer?

"Many (heterosexual) bodybuilders are opportunistic and always ready to prey on gay men's money. " A few years ago on Youtube, an absolutely brilliant troll posted a video where he had solicited a bunch of youtube and bodyspace "workout models" for sponsorship deals. (this was probably just before instagram got big) He posted a response from each of them, holding a sign with his screen name IIRC, meant to prove they were enticed by the offer. A huge number of them fell for it: the fake premise was he was a gay man who would sponsor them with quite a lot of money if he would pay them money for the best supps including ones that require a doctor's prescription, probably. In return for them giving him body-worship sessions or videos. Of course the video was taken down after a few days but the point was made. Most of them are straight but willing to do whatever it takes to get the physique they want.

[quote]Once the middle finger goes up, there's no going back.

Depends on what the middle finger goes up in ... and there may be no going back from that, either.

What is all the fuss with the middle finger thing? I don't understand.

r71 = a future DATELINE episode.

This won't end well.

The middle finger says: "Fuck you for salivating over my manly, musky hotness. Now, bend over."

Looking for a sponsor sounds such much better, and more masculine, than "looking for a sugar daddy". And that's what they are looking for. Someone who pays the bills while they can look pretty.

Take a closer look at his Instagram feed and his physique. He's got all the raw material of a young Arnold and clearly both of them see that. Sponsorship now could actually reap huge rewards for both of them later if Sanchez is able to parlay his physical resemblance into something, if only a Mr O title.

Being honest, the dream of a bodybuilder is not working like everybody else. There's a glorified dream among them to live a glamorised life where people look at their bodies and praise their muscles and all they do is showing them off. That is usually the type of lifestyle that is portrayed about bodybuilders and men who get hooked by that idea expect to live that life where they don't have to work and the world surrenders before them.

And that is one of the many reasons why it seems so common that bodybuilders avoid working normal jobs or even studying. Yeah, some work or study, but a great number of them don't really desire that. Webcam shows, sponsors and all tht stuff allows them to experince that glamorised life to some extent because they don't have to do nothing but to show off. They don't have to get up early in the morning to go to work, they don't have to study any books for class; they they do is working out, sleep, eat and bewitch gay men to spend money on their bodies.

I highly doubt any of these "sponsors" seek or receive financial profits from their investements. Unless you count a pearl necklace as profit.

Extreme bodybuilding is about receiving positive feedback from others like being worshipped. Who gets worshipped? Gods. They want to be more than just humans, they want to be Gods getting praised and worshipped. Their lives revolve about becoming a superior being worthy to be worshipped, because they don't want to be regular people who they consider inferior.

Usually men who have felt inferior to otheRs embrace unrealistic thoughts of grandeur R84

[quote] Sponsorship now could actually reap huge rewards for both of them later

For "both of them"? You think there's some contract that the sponsor gets a percentage? No.

Depending on the nature of the sponsorship it will usually mean some kind of sexual reward for the sponsor that can range from basic private posing sessions to sex.

r81 needs to get out more.

r84, it actually comes down to a massive inferiority complex. Guys who build themselves up outside their own natural frame feel small inside.

There are many reasons why men build muscle, but many of them don't make them better people in many cases. One of the reasons is inferiority complex and many other times it is insecurities with their own sexuality, that's why homophobia is so prevalent and they are so overly aware of homoeroticism.

And then you have happier motivations like some men being natural exhibitionists and more sexual and, bodybuilding is the perfect showcase for them in those areas.

He thanks his sponsor by flexing on Youtube.

Come to me, Clark Kent.

R92 I already fucked him. You can have the sloppy seconds.

An updated progress report.

Good stuff at 2:12.

If you could remove the fact that muscles make you more appealing sexually, how many men would actually do bodybuilding?

Obviously not many.

R17 "enoughs" any matter of fact that doesn't serve his sexual agenda: to make every man gay.

Enough!

R18, what you say happens does indeed happen.

Lots of gay men, myself included, like to pay bodybuilders in exchange for sexual favors -- as little as voyeurism.

But you don't have proof that that's what OP's friend is doing, and you need it.

I have read a few times that some bodybuilders also look out for gay men that they can talk them into sponsoring them. At competitions of muscles expos a few bodybuilders may show signs of "I'm willing to be sponsored" or they just go directly towards their prey.

It is not always the gay man who takes the first step, but sometiems it's bodybuilders themselves.

R94 He still needs to work on his ass - doesn't have that muscleman bubblebutt yet.

Thank YOU, R68. What is it with this requisite millennial-gives-you-the finger picture motif?

The number of amateur bodybuilders exploiting gay men financially via Youtube is huge. And they even start as young as 14 or 15 years old.

He is improving. At least he isn't wearing the ridiculous 1970's vintage man panties.

You sponsor bodybuilder? R97

Anything interesting that you have found out about or seen about the bodybuilding sphere in terms of sexuality?

How's the sponsoring going?

Swimmingly.

The video at r58 is great.

r18, you're right about the video, but we don't know shit about OP's friend.

We need more evidence.

Dear r29,

This is by NO MEANS a "new form of escorting." It's the oldest form.

Ancient Greek and Roman records show that male prostitutes were legal, in legal brothels as well as street corners and temples where gay men cruised. Many were athletes, slaves and gladiators.

Many, many tales of Greco-Romans going "gay for pay" or "gay as slaves" are on the historical record.

Most famously is Zoticus, a peasant athlete from Smyrna, who was wooed, sponsored and promoted to high office by Elagabalus — the teenage, tranny Emperor of Rome.

Where does one find bodybuilders to sponsor?

R16, is spot on. I get more straight dudes complimenting me about my bodybuilding physique than women and bi/gay dudes combined. Straight dudes admire big buff dudes even more than gay guys because they value strength and power. It's not sexual. It's admiration and inspirational

Are all sponsors called "Schmoes?"

www.muscleservice.com, R109. But you have to be "invited to join.

With all the stigma associated to men who "sponsor" these muscle "athletes" hasn't anybody ever thought that perhaps many bodybuilders actually like the idea of people fantasising with them sexually, regardless of sexual orientation and gender?

Do you really think bodybuilders are not sexual creatures?

They are whores, darlin'

Hawt

Because of the nature of bodybuilding it's obvious that many of them lose some degree of inhibition. You may say that bodybuilders enter gay porn purely out of financial needs, but that's actually not the only reason; there is also the need for admiration, becoming someone else's fantasy, their own need to satisfy exhibitionism. The taste of knowing someone is desiring you sexually may be too delicious and addictive, especially f you never felt that way before and now bodybuilding is providing you with it.

A few naked posing sessions for a "sponsor" privately is nothing for them. Iy just gives them ego boost and money for nothing.

Interesting

Used to work out hard in the 80s and 90s. That kind of morphed into bodybuilding. What no one mentions here is that it is a costly pursuit but, for the vast majority, unlikely to lead to any real cash at all...unless they sell themselves in one way or another. There was a group of us, both gay and straight. We would get the occasional legit modelling job for a magazine ad or in a music video, occasional p.a's. Most of them didn't pay. One of the bunch started an escort agency. Only myself and one other were openly gay but there were never female punters. Some of the blokes claimed all they did was pose. That said, it was the 80s and AIDS had hit hard. I'd only ever get blown and never reciprocate in any way. You could get away with doing very little and that was at £100 an hour then. The agency took £30. That way we had plenty to spend on food, supplements and, yup, steroids. Most importantly, it also allowed us the hours in the gym each day. Some of us became personal trainers but that was before it became regulated and so on.

Steroids or not it takes a lot of time, dedication, determination and money.

There was always a homoerotic undercurrent and, depending on the person, no exact line drawn in the sand. There were obvious situations with other bodybuilders my age that could have gone somewhere .

I trained with two older married men ( both in their fifties ), both in good shape and I had sex with both of them. One said he had never been with another man before and his nervousness alone convinced me he was telling the truth. He told me his wife had got fat and that all she did was spend his money. They moved to Australia, otherwise it would probably have carried on. He certainly lost his nervousness. The other was divorced and eventually married a woman much younger than him. She was very fit , had a short boyish haircut and...well...

I wonder if it is different now though as so many men work out hard. When I started it it was still something of a small, esoteric world.

You don't really acquire skills that can be exploited for a relgular job from bodybuilding. The only value comes from sex appeal that muscles provide ad that's why many of them end up doing sex-related stuff. Not thta many will complain either becase it is a relatively easy life being paid for being naked, posing or having some sex with someone.

R119...dont mean this in a 'poor me' way but having sex with someone for money isn't always that easy. I did have friends who were really good at it ( which mostly meant getting more cash out of them for very little ) and one went on to be flown all over by and for clients etc.

But, mostly, if you don't have the right mind set it is creepy and depressing and, beyond that, occasionally a little dangerous. The is a reason many people who sell sex develop drug problems.

Ironically, it encouraged me to get a regular job.

That's why I said "relatively easy life". R120

Besides, whether or not you are naturally a lustful person, bodybuilding does make you more lustful due to having more testosterone in the body so it all plots to sex when it comes to bodybuilding. There's a reason why there are so many sex sotries that surround the world of bodybuilding.

Not true

Fccc

That's actually a very interesting topic for discussion. Can we really deny there is some degree of pleasure in being watched by other people as you pose and flex naked for them?

As with many things in bodybuilding there is always a veil that doesn't allow you to see things with complete clarity because there is shame attached to everything homosexually related, and where there is shame people will keep their true feelings and desires to themselves.

Hmmmm

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By chance I found there is a video of him on Pornhub. I didn't watch it but I saw the preview when you put the cursor over the thumbnail and he shows underwear and stuff. It looks at least slightly homoerotically intended. It must have been taken from his YT channel.

Link R127?

Anthony Sanchez offers to do "private shows"

[quote]There's a guy in my office who mentioned he was sponsoring a young body builder.

Your friend is bi.

That's the video R129

But there ain't no nudity in that Pornhub video. False advertising.

Cute face, grotesque proportions.

Obviously the video was taken from his YT channel because the person found it at least minimally homoerotic, suitable for Pornhub.

I live a pretty boring life in NYC. Back when Splash Bar (I know I know) was still open I became friendly with one of the (straight) bartenders there with the obligatory amazing body. A very nice and intelligent guy but he was aware that hanging out and working at a gay bar got him more attention/opportunities than at a straight bar. He amassed a few dozen training clients that were well off there. Was very open w me that he was looking for a sponsor. I loaned him a decent amount of money but no more. He never messed around to my knowledge (the others def would have told me/bragged). As someone wrote, it is expensive to be full time bodybuilder. He had about a half dozen covers/articles in Exercise Men Only, Men's Exercise etc (those thinly veiled gay mags). But real $$$ was through sponsorship. I liked the guy and sure I was attracted to him but nothing ever happened sexually. He still runs his website (totally legit bodybuilder crap w youtube vids).

[quote] I loaned him a decent amount of money but no more

Actual "loan" or you just gave it to him to stare at him at the bar?

I can't lie, yeah I probably liked being able to talk w him at bar and stare. Free beers too.

It was this handsome guy.....

It looks like without the help from rich gay men bodybuilding would collapse and would have to shut down.

An industry that cannot capitalise beyond men's insecurities and sexual attractiveness. Not all men are strongly insecure to rely on bodybuilding and most men are obviously not attracted to the male body to make bodybuilding big without sex appeal involved.

HMmm

Yeah, I don't really buy it. If he's breaking off cash to "sponsor" a body building, he's hoping for — or getting more — than just the satisfaction of being an athletic supporter.

UH huh

The world doesn't need bodybuilding. Bodybuilding provides nothing that human civilisation needs to progress or to keep it going. The value of bodybuilding boilds down to sexual pleasure both as a performer (bodybuilder) and as an onlooker. Not that a bodybuilder bodybuilds exclusively for sex but sex is a great component in the overall fascination with wanting to become muscular. Let alone sex drive increases through exhaustive physical exertion.

Uh huh

This is one idea I am very keen on.

Bodybuilding and indeed the explosion in fitness models on social media would struggle to survive without the input of a supportive gay fanbase.

We are their greatest admirers their fuel to pursue that kind of work. 😍

Hgfdd

Pardon? [R146]

Lots of bodybuilders ae gay and bi too.

Even at fitness modelling competitions most of the people in the audience who have paid for tickets are gay men.

I wonder exactly how an unsure bodybuilder or fitness model would go about approaching a prospective sponsor or schmoe? What would they say? How would they subtely word it and broach the subject?

Why be subtle? "Give me money" works well enough.

Subtle can be more charming than bossy [R150]

Work whatever vibe you got going on. But no American ever went poor being bossy, charmless and crude. One even got himself elected President.

There are a few threads that I have found on bodybuilding forums with men who "sponsor" bodybuilders and they tell all their years of experiences in the field and the stories that you read tell you how blurry the line between heterosexuality and homosexuality is among bodybuilders.

[R152] Well I suppose the thought of a gorgeous hunky muscular and very masculine bodybuilder bossing me about a bit or being very direct with me is kind of sexy 😍😘

R49, if they tried to "subtely word it" then it would look like a gay hook up for money. They simply say they are looking for a sponsor, which is broad enough to mean something completely platonic and commercial.

[R155] But how to approach the subject of sexual stuff as a sign of gratitude for financial sponsorship. Tricky.

Some bodybuilders may approach you if they think you have money...

Some may use the experience to experiment sexually, to give themselves the opportunity to try something somehow ignored about themselevs but others are simply leeches.

More details, R153?

I would only be interested if the bodybuilder was really dumb and oblivious but open to showing off his body and unaware that he was hypnotizing me with his good looks and man fumes. If it became overtly sexual, he’d just be another thot and I wouldn’t be interested.

I need to find a big dumb hunky lug. That’s what I need.