Bodybuilding Reality show

[Phantomb]

5-10 years ago there was a documentary on TV about taking normal people and turning them into bodybuilders over 10 weeks or so.

Does anyone remember this or know what it was called?

I seem to remember it was a NZ show

[MasterTel]

Yes, I remember it, but I can't recall the name. My personal trainer loaned me a copy of it on video back in early 2001 when I was getting ready for my first comp. Perhaps it first screened back in 1999 or 2000?

It followed 3 or 4 people as they prepared for what was the first comp for all but one of them. From what I remember one didn't last the distance and Mike Allsopp-Smith was the one who had competed before.

I think they replayed it on TV again in 2002 - possibly TV1 or TV2.

I know there are far too many reality shows on these days, particularly concerning diets and losing weight, but I reckon doing another bodybuilding reality doco would be great to watch - as long as it portrayed "normal" people, not the over-juiced and synthol-filled freaks they tend to parade!

[tallulahangie]

I vaguely remember that show too...

[deegee]

Sounds like it might be worth watching especialy a NZ made one

[deeepsouth_nz]

It was part of the Inside New Zealand series which screened on TV3 - "The Private Lives of Bodybuilders"

An interesting programme but probably nothing that most of us dont already know.

[MasterTel]

Thanks, Deeepsouth - it's good to know the title of the doco.

Yes, it probably wouldn't be all that informative for an experienced competitor, but it definitely was educational for me when I first watched it (prior to my first comp).

Hey, perhaps we could suggest that TVNZ host a new reality bodybuilding show like "Bodybuilding With The Stars" and put some celebs on a 12-week comp prep and see how they get on!?

[Pseudonym]

Haha! Now that's one celebrity-reality show I'd watch!

[deegee]

Haha! Now that's one celebrity-reality show I'd watch!

I would prefer it if they made it as a doco. I cant stand thise reality shows

[blairandkelly]

would it be poss to get it out of their online archives? sound better the most of the shite they play these days

[Phantomb]

*brainwave* I'll head down to the Film and TV archives in Ghuznee St (Wellington). You can watch anything and everything produced in New Zealand

[deegee]

*brainwave* I'll head down to the Film and TV archives in Ghuznee St (Wellington). You can watch anything and everything produced in New Zealand

good idea, let us know if it works out.