2008 Arnold Blog

First I want to thank Bodybuilding.com for the privilege to tell their reading audience a little about Sunrider International’s participation both as a sponsor AND a competitor at the 2008 Arnold Sports Festival.

Sunrider as Sponsor

My name in John Teng and my official title at Sunrider is Sales Manager North America.  One of the main reasons Sunrider started sponsoring the Arnold Sports Festival in 2006 was to provide financial support to showcase top athletes from China.  This event would also provide a great venue to introduce the attendees to our very successful company that has been providing “Health and Wealth” to the world for over 25 years.

Sunrider was delighted this year to sponsor Zhang Jie and his teammate Lu Changliang, Junior champions from the Chinese Weightlifting Association.  Both of these amazing athletes wowed the crowds on center stage with their performances as shown below:

As the readership for Bodybuilding.com is obviously fitness oriented, I am very proud to announce that Sunrider International was also chosen as the sole nutritional supplement provider for the Israel Olympic team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  

When people ask me “What is Sunrider?” I often give them the following quick 30 second response:

• 25 years of stable financial growth
• Currently doing business in 42 countries
• Self manufacturer of over 400 exclusive products
• Own and operate over 2 million square feet of manufacturing facilities in 4 countries which house the finest pharmaceutical-grade machinery
• Opportunities to own a business system we consider to be better than a franchise.

Here are some approximate details about the newest addition to our manufacturing plants which is currently under construction near Los Angeles, CA:

• Nearly million-square feet of working space
• 150 million dollar estimated total investment
• Perimeter of the project is approximately 1 mile long
• Ribbon Cutting ceremony scheduled during our Worldwide Grand Convention in July 2008.

Sunrider as Competitor

Although I have always enjoyed bodybuilding as a hobby, I became really excited about competing in the sport because of Sunrider’s sponsorship presence at the event.  Being surrounded by thousands of athletes and fitness enthusiasts really gave me the inspiration to take my love for bodybuilding to the next level.  So last year I set a personal goal to compete in my very first amateur bodybuilding show and I took third place in the lightweight division.

A few months later I found out that my third place finish had qualified me to compete at the 2nd annual amateur bodybuilding competition during the Arnold Sports Festival!  Sunrider was already planning to send me back in 2008 as a sponsor representative anyways, so now I could also participate “on stage” instead of just watching the action from the expo floor- this was to be the perfect mix of business and pleasure!    

My exercise regimen consisted of working with a professional fitness trainer twice a week for about an hour, and then a one-hour per day work out 4 more days during the week by myself, and then resting on Sundays.  My dietary supplementation for this show came only from Sunrider’s exclusively formulated “foods” made with Sunrider’s own pharmaceutical-grade manufacturing equipment to ensure the highest quality foods.  From where I started before beginning this journey to compete as a body builder, I can enthusiastically say that I looked great and felt great on stage!  

Here is a shot of my “Archer Pose” that was taken after the prejudging competition:  

This next shot was taken of me with my exhibitor badge at the Sunrider booth after placing 5th in the amateur welterweight division.

All in all Sunrider was honored to participate both as a sponsor and as a competitor during this very special anniversary year for the Arnold Sports Festival.  More photos here:

http://sunriderintl.blogspot.com/2008/03/2008-arnold-sports-festival-was-big-hit.html

Photos courtesy of and copyright 2008 John Teng.