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For anyone interested in the behind the scenes life of a amateur/professional bodybuilder and what it takes to compete need to check out this excellent series of documentaries based on Dave Pulcinella’s attempts at becoming pro. Haven’t seen this anywhere else, so let’s keep it here at The Place please.From the Sales PageThe Raising the Bar Trilogy is a ground-breaking documentary series that showed for the first time the gritty, day to day reality of what it means to live life as a bodybuilder.RTB1 was my first major project. It started out to be about my brother Dave’s attempt to win the Mr. Delaware State title. But it became much more than that. It was an inside look into what it takes to compete as a bodybuilder made at a time when this kind of honesty was rare for a bodybuilding DVD.RTB1 is a story of exhaustion, struggle, despair and ultimate triumph, told from the point of view of Dave, his family and his girlfriend Jenn who was also competing as a figure competitor at the same show. Despite its somewhat low tech origins, Raising the Bar went on to become a sensation in the bodybuilding world. Soon people were asking for a sequel.As Dave went on to compete at the national level I “raised the bar” for myself as well, getting new equipment and learning as much about video production as I could to produce RTB2. This DVD took the series higher in its frank depictions of the physical difficulties associated with this sport, including the tragic death of fellow competitor Anthony Darezzo the day before the 2006 Masters Nationals.In RTB3 I followed Dave during his final dramatic attempt to become a pro bodybuilder and his subsequent retirement from competition. RTB3 explores how a person reinvents himself and comes to terms with the end of a part of his life that has defined him a person for over 25 years.Taken together, RTB1, 2 and 3 are an intense, personal view inside a world that few people have ever seen. This is not a “sets and reps” kind of bodybuilding video, but a real life documentary that just happens to be about bodybuilding. RTB will make you laugh, cry and gasp. It is an unforgettable trip into the inner workings of a misunderstood sport and a powerful lesson in the sacrifices that are necessary to be the best at anything.