I think the competitions pretty old? I've seen quite a few bodybuilders with builds like that and tbh, I have no idea how different they are most of the time, they all just look in general pretty amazing to me like sheesh, I sometimes wonder how the human body can have that much content in their body sometimes.

I think the most memorable one I remember about it was the Japanese one? IIRC it was tied to a dumbbell anime which had a catchy opening hence why I remember it.

Isn't the prize pool dependent on the type sport? So even if it was THAT hard, if it wasn't appreciated by the general public I reckon they'd only ever get amounts like these. Plus there's probably sponsors and stuff as well anyway so I reckon in total it's still pretty big.