PD Devers and the North Americans

At the North America a couple weeks ago, someone asked me how long it took PD Devers to turn pro. You know, it was one of those disingenuous questions, “Hey PD Finally got it. How long did it take him? Twenty years?” I never met the questioner, but I looked him straight in the eye and told him, “ I think it was about 12 months- maybe 13.” You see the line is that it took PD 14 years to turn pro. However, and this is my reality, I only met him late last August only 9 weeks from last year’s Nationals. Both Troy Alves and Shawn Ray told PD, “Get with Chris.” The next thing I knew, I was on the phone floating around some ideas with PD. I have been in his corner since then and he went on to place 4th in the heavy’s in Miami before coming down a couple pounds into the light heavy’s for the North America.  And presto, a pro card in one year! That’s the express route.

Anyhow, congratulations to PD on both his class win of the open light heavy class at the North America as well as his overall win in the over 40 class. PD is one of those guys you see in the gym and he’s not all that impressive. Don’t get me wrong, he looks like a really good bodybuilder. However, if you see him in posing trunks, you can see he has shape and the small joints to make him look more impressive and, when his condition is good, that magnifies his shape and structure which pushes him ahead of guys who may weigh more, have more mass or the combination of the two. It’s this combo, good shape, small joints and good conditioning that really helped him win the North Americans. As fate would have it, PD nabs his pro card and there is a pro show – a 202 class pro show- 2 weeks after his North American win. At a minimum, he’s gonna be very competitive at this show and I feel  he has a good shot at winning. It wouldn’t be a bad story either. PD Devers, floats around the NPC for well, more than 13 months and comes up with a win his first time out. See you in the Motor City.