31: Meet The Federations Part 1: ”The OCB” With Guest Sean ”Sully” Sullivan

Welcome back! This new podcast series I am doing is called "Meet the Federations." My goal is for you to learn first hand all the different options there are in the sport of bodybuilding by highlighting people in the different federations that know each of them the best. Today we are talking all about the OCB federation.

My guest today, Sean "Sully" Sullivan, has been affiliated with the OCB federation since it’s inception 20 years ago. He is also a head judge, a promoter, and a part owner of the federation. In addition to talking all about what makes the OCB different from other federations and answering some key questions about what is considered "natural," Sean shares some real cool stories that I think you are going to love.

We had a bad signal that day so some parts are a little choppy but you can still make out the message... so go easy on the feedback, lol.

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Key Takeaways (and minute markers):

*Meet Sean Sully Sullivan & why he chose to compete and promote with the OCB(2:22) *The surreal moment Sean was introduced to bodybuilding as a teenager and ended up at the Olympia as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s guest (6:45) *Sean keeps running into Arnold Schwarzenegger in Massachusetts and gives back to him in a quiet way to thank him for changing his life (14:56) *Sean asks Arnold how he got people to love him? And Sean describes how the Arnold Sean met is different than the one portrayed in Pumping Iron (17:55) *Why Sean decided to promote in a drug tested federation (26:57) *What was the WHY behind Sean’s competition goals (37:11) *What does "natural" mean according to the OCB federation? (45:47) *Is hormone replacement therapy a blanket “no” in the OCB for men and women including women during menopause (53:27) *Information on Waivers in the OCB (55:33) *The time that Sean was duped by a contestant that faked a doctors note and an illness to get a waiver for testosterone supplementation (57:52) *The process of urine testing in the OCB and how it affects when contest results are posted (1:00:00) *OCB adopts some new positions including with the masters divisions (1:03:47) *Why Sully thinks the bikini division is the most difficult to judge and some insight on how Sully teaches how to score this division (1:07:12) *What are the requirements and the process to becoming a judge in the OCB (1:19:27) *Why The OCB removed the rule that pros cannot compete in non drug tested federations and why the rule was adopted in the first place (1:26:42) *Future Goals and planned improvements of the OCB (1:31:08) *Sully’s two podcasts, the Zen of Bodybuilding and Chevrons (1:37:00)

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