Fitness Cure

“Some succeed because they are destined to, most succeed because they are determined to” ~ Unknown

Fitness Motivation:
Happy Monday Everyone!! Not only are we starting a new week, but we are also starting a new month! It is now 3 months left until New Years 2008!! Do you know what that means? You have 12 weeks to get in awesome shape – This is the perfect time to take out your goal sheet, write new stats and envision bringing your best body into 2008! Life success is created from a balanced mix of destiny and determination. You’ve got to have ‘will’ behind your motive. SO get determined today by creating some aggressive goals for the rest of this year. Plan! Plan! Plan! And enjoy every moment on the way!

Greetings from Vegas! I’m here at the Olympia Show – all my predictions won! It is 5:30 am and I just took a shower from dancing all night at the voodoo lounge.

I found these clips of me when I was helping bb.com on their live webcast. For all y’all who haven’t met me in person – this is hilarious! Firstly, I didn’t know the audio was on when I was wearing it…so THAT was funny! This was cool since it shows the Expo from my experience. Check it out if you weren’t able to attend the O show!!

When I first met with the crew at the Expo.

Behind the Scenes with Will and Richard from bb.com

Visiting with Don Long at the Expo

So – it is 12pm in Vegas and I just recovered from a long day of

- Going to the Expo
- Watching prejudging for fitness and figure
- Hanging out with the bb.com crew and the live webcast
- Attending the Fitness Show
- Eating afterwards…

And coming home at 2am!
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And now! For the results! As predicted, Adela Garcia won. She performed her salsa routine (which she also performed for the Arnold) – she looked great, she performed well – and she was the natural winner from the beginning.

Other great moments:

- Kim Klein, (this year’s Arnold winner) looked beautiful. She had great transitions, an awesome physique and an “all American girl” look to her. She placed 2nd.

- I LOOOOVVVVEEEDD Jen Hendershot’s routine!! It was AWESOME. She had a great “Britney” routine where she had 3 wigs! She came out drunk, left drunk and was absolutely hilarious. She is a HUGE crowd favorite and despite her lackings in the ‘physique’ round, she managed to place 3rd.

- My favorite competitor, Tanji Johnson, received 4th place (as she did last year) with her Mighty Mouse routine. She had an awesome ‘not too hard, not too soft’ physique and stood out being one of two African American girls on stage. (Stacy Simons being the other one: btw – Stacy had an amazing routine too!! She is sooo flexible!)

- Other great surprises was this Russian competitor (forgot her name but will include it later) she had a ’slow’ routine and really showed her flexibility, strength and gymnastic ability. IT was my favorite routine!! (close 2nd is Jenny’s)

- Iris Kyle won Miss Olympia. She was huge. I’m not a big fan of that sport – but if I were to take away my personal judgements, I do have to say that she stood out amongst her competitors.

- I sat for a short while with the guy I met the other night (Gary) He had seats right across the aisle from me! It was interesting to talk with him since I constantly asked who his ‘favorite’ was and his answers were always: “I have no favorites. I can’t be onstage so I can’t judge them”

- The bodybuilding prejudging was lastnight. No big surprises. Jay Cutler was a favorite..but I have to say that the crowd really rooted for Ronnie Coleman. I was also REALLY impressed with Dennis Wolf and Victor Martinez. Putting politics aside, I think Jay and Ronnie don’t have the best physiques…it were up to me, I’d say Victor Martinez had a great presentation. Also – Hidetada was a HUGE crowd favorite! He brought a great physique to the stage…I will post pics later!

Gotta Go!

Hello y’all! I woke up early this morning to get ready for the expo – after trying to figure out what the heck I should wear to compete with half naked girls and lots of abs and boobs, I decided to wear a nice, white, ‘virginal’ dress. LOL! I definitely stood out!

The fitness show was awesome! All the girls looked tight and confident. They had an amazing 28 figure competitors! ALL of which have different body types…naturally, Jenny Lynn had the most admired physique…so it will be interesting to see who will be placed in the top 5.

MY PIC FOR FIGURE OLYMPIA:
1. Jenny Lynn

MY PIC FOR FITNESS OLYMPIA:
1. Adela Garcia

I did some live cam with bb.com – so check their site out! Also, there is a head camera (I also had fun playing with) being viewed on justin.tv/bbcom

I ran into some good friends like Scivation’s Marc Lobliner, ISSA’s Don Long and Natural Freaks crew! There were also beautiful fitness models like Jamie Eason, Brenda Kelly and Marzia Prince manning the booths.

Right now we are resting up and getting ready for the fitness show tonight – as well as the bb prejudging.

I will post pics later!!!

So I arrived in Las Vegas at 3pm yesterday (Friday) and met up with one of my favorite mentors: Mike Mahler!! I was able to see the great landscapes of Vegas via a dog park – which was awesome!

Afterwards I attended the ‘meet the Olympians’ events at the Mardi Gras Ballroom. It was interesting as I recognized good friends and acquaintances. The first man to greet was Bob Chicherillo – dressed in his best, and taking pictures. The hall was filled with tons of fans and bb enthusiasts with all the competitors lining the parameter of the room. Naturally, Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman had the longest lines, while other competitors were greeting their fans and posing their DARK, tanned muscles.

Some competitors seemed very anti-social and unapproachable – especially some who sat behind their tables and didn’t stand up and seem warm and talkative.

But in all honesty – it did seem like a ‘freak show’ – almost like a circus…where people were taking pics of the competitors eating, drinking…just absolutely amazed at their size and veins.

In fact, as I walked around, I heard a lot of people conversing about that ‘freak show concept’…so unfortunate since the competitors are human, they trained hard and they are more than just a body.

BUT THIS WEEKEND – it’s all about their bodies…!!

Afterwards I ate at “Fridays” and met another person who was dining alone! He is from Oklahoma and came for the show – but also to view Vegas. I ate a lean meal and called it a night!

BUT BEFORE I got to the hotel room, I ran into the men of bb.com! Richard and Will correspond with me frequently online – so it was nice to see these funny fellows in the elevator area!!

I was sooo annoyed when I found my camera was DEAD – so you won’t find any pictures from lastnight except for the one I’m posting below!

More pics coming soon! Richard is on my left. Will is on my right! Tyler is behind me!