Sports model John Quinlan has a big event coming up, the National Physique Committee (NPC) Jay Cutler Classic in Boston Sunday. He?s counting on ties to Lynn to inspire him that day.?It?s a huge bodybuilding show,” Quinlan said of the event, which will take place at John Hancock Hall on Berkeley Street. Its namesake, Cutler, a four-time Mr. Olympia, will appear as a guest poser.Quinlan, a 37-year-old Melrose native and former professional wrestler, will compete in the male physique category, “a little bit smaller than a bodybuilder,” he said.?The biggest thing for me is the exposure,” he said. “It?s a real big platform.”He said he is a “legitimate” 5-9, adding, “Most guys push up to 5-11,” such as for fashion shoots. He weighs 200 pounds, and with his six-pack, he said, “I feel confident. I feel good. Any athlete that steps on this stage is a winner.”He will dedicate his performance in the show to his late friend Manuel Catalano Jr., whom he said was a “lifelong Lynn resident.” Catalano died at 36 of a heart attack on Oct. 15, 2005.?He was the best workout partner I ever had,” Quinlan said.The two met at the former World Gym in Lynnfield, which closed in 2005. Quinlan trained at the gym for 10 years.?I was doing junior bodybuilding and I met Manny,” Quinlan said. “He was big and strong, built like a power lifter. I was only 22 and Manny started motivating me, what exercises to do, how to do them. He showed me how to do squats, dead lifts and shrugs.”He added, “That gym was cool. There were so many guys who?d go there, it was like a big family. There were 20 guys I knew (who were there) every day at the same time. Manny was part of that.”While Quinlan said that he trains “now all over the place,” one place he works out is at Mike?s Gym in Wakefield, where he has helped out another Lynner: Boston Marathon veteran Mike Derby, who is just a few years away from 25 consecutive Marathons. Quinlan has trained Derby for the Marathon the past two years.?Every time I go to the gym, when I talk to him, he motivates me,” Quinlan said. “Mike helps me and I help Mike. This guy?s a warrior, a total role model to his kids.”On Sunday, Quinlan will show up at check-in at 10 a.m. He said there is usually a weigh-in and pre-judging, with only judges and competitors in attendance.He said judges look to “see the guy with the best physique on the planet, the best athletic look in the world,” and competition consists of posing from the “front, side turn, back, other side and return to front.”He added judges want to find someone who will “look good in magazines, books, ads, the best overall look. Face, body, abs, shoulders. They analyze every little detail of your physique.”Quinlan is counting on what he describes as his “unique look” to reap dividends.?A lot of guys tell me I look a bit intimidating, a mean-looking person sometimes,” he said. “I have 15 individual tattoos, most of Celtic or Oriental themes.”He added, “I?m a former pro wrestler, a blue-collar-looking guy. All these guys have a Ken doll look, feathered hair, no tattoos. That?s not realistic.”While Quinlan said, “Ideally, you want to place well,” he also wants to land in the eye of “companies, casting agents.”He said he would be open to “any company, any company that?s interested.”He comes in under contract through December as an official image model/brand ambassador to Nutrabolics, a British Columbia-based company that sells supplements such as protein powders and pre-workout vitamins and is represented in 53 countries worldwide (including the US).?I am honored they selected me,” he said.The Boston show is one of about four or five contests Quinlan has lined up.?Since Jan. 1, I was watching Dick Clark on New Year?s Eve, I haven?t had a piece of junk food,” Quinlan said.He certainly sounds motivated by the memory of his friend Catalano.?He was taken from this world way too soon,” Quinlan said. “I can still see his smile, hear his voice, the echo of his voice saying, ?Never give up.?”Quin