2001 IFBB Iron Man Pro Invitational – Pump Room

This prestigious event was held in the superb Redondo Beach Performing Arts Centre in front of a sell-out crowd. John Balik’s Iron Man Pro Show kicked off the 2001 season with 24 fantastic competitors.  King Kamali said he would come into his first pro contest big and strong, and strong he did, scaring even the toughest around. However in the end, Chris Cormier repeated as champion of the first pro show of the year.

The DVD INCLUDES GREAT HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR CLOSEUP CAMERA!

As a general rule, GMV shoots most Iron Man event with 2 broadcast cameras.

You will see pump room highlights from both our cameras. Then we show, using the front central camera, the individual compulsory poses for the top 10 guys – a lesson for all competitors on how to really do these poses!! This is how the judges get to see and analyse each competitor’s strengths and weaknesses.

Next the side stage front camera takes over showing superb CLOSEUP posing routines from the top 5 competitors, namely, CORMIER, ANTHONY, KAMALI, DAWODU and TITUS.  Also includes the final posedown – IN MIND-BLOWING CLOSEUP!!

The DVD ends with the impromptu posing on stage of JAY CUTLER, future Mr Olympia!  Although LEE PRIEST placed 7th on this day, he stormed back in 2006 to win this Iron Man event.  It was a 3-peat victory for “The Real Deal” Chris Cormier, in the best condition of his life. In second place was the posing maestro “Marvellous” Melvin Anthony and in third place, newcomer “King” Kamali. The King also performed a wonderful routine that brought the house down.

This DVD includes key comparisons from the Prejudging; posing by all 24 competitors, the complete posing routines of the top 10; pose-down, awards and impromptu posing by JAY CUTLER.

Our thanks to Raymond Cassar of Muscletime for sharing with us the magnificent photos which were taken by him behind the scenes.

2001 Iron Man Pro Invitational Results

February 17, 2001 at Redondo Beach, CA
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Complete Results:

1 Chris Cormier USA
2 Melvin Anthony USA
3 Shari ‘King’ Kamali USA
4 J.D. Dawodu England
5 Craig Titus USA
6 Garrett Downing USA
7 Lee Priest Australia
8 Jason Arntz USA
9 John Sherman USA
10 Rodney St. Cloud USA
11 Charles Kemp USA
12 Marko Savolainen Finland
13 Rudy Soliman Canada
14 Dennis Francis England
15 Christian Lobarede Chile
16 Gustavo Badell Puerto Rico
17 Rod Ketchens USA
17 Hans Hopstaken USA
17 Ken Jones USA
17 Alessandro Komadina Italy
17 Lawrence Marshall Trinidad
17 Ali Malla Lebanon
17 Yohnnie Shambourger USA
17 Jerry Rodgers USA
Withdrew: Patrick Lynn USA