2008 Arnold Blog

Wondering who is going to work the Bodybuilding.com booth at the 2008 Arnold Expo?  Well, wonder no more!

Here’s the official (yet tentative) list:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2008arnold_booth.htm

This great video interview just came in of über-lovely fitness model, Jamie Eason at the Bodybuilding.com booth during the 2007 Arnold Expo!  Hear Jamie’s thoughts about Bodybuilding.com…  Thanks, Jamie!

Video courtesy of Dean Marini of Image Video in Canton, Ohio.

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Travis Chapman and the gang, including the lovely Jamie Eason (!), have produced yet another stunning episode of The Fit Show, capturing highlights from the 2007 Arnold Classic, Sports Festival, and Expo!

Check it out!

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/fitshow/episode54/fsi_4everfit.htm

Colorado’s own Christine Pomponio-Pate was working the Vyotech booth at the Arnold Expo. Ms. Christine has shot to the top of the figure ranks over the last couple of years and is a favorite of many photographers. She’s appeared on magazine covers, layouts, ads and can be seen in a few commercials in the Denver area. I’ve been friends with Christine for a few years now and we always joke around like a couple of dorks. I ask her about her photos, tigers and more on this video.

Watch the amusing video:

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/2007arnold/LIFT_GETBIG/videos/christine.mov

We stopped by the Champion Nutrition booth to meet the girls and what’s new with them. We do a little sampling of their protein bars and they were quite delicious.

Check out the Footage:

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/2007arnold/LIFT_GETBIG/videos/champion.mov

At the Ironman Pro, I indulged in the Muscle Milk Shot Challenge, but this time around the lovely and always divine, Ms. Dina Al-Sabah joined me. We decided to go shot for shot on CytoSport’s energy drinks XCYTO. I had the regular and Dina went with the sugar-free (cause she’s a lightweight).

I’m not exactly sure how many shots we each took but I would not recommend doing shots of an energy drink to anyone as you will come crashing down hard about 3 hours later. It was fun and the Muscle Milk ladies are some of the sexiest and friendliest at any expo.

Check out the Footage:

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/2007arnold/LIFT_GETBIG/videos/xcyto.mov

Okay, I think this should be the last of the Bodybuilding.com booth footage you’ll see from me. (Whew!)

Yes, we love our booth (as if you couldn’t tell by all the footage we shot there!), but enough is enough already!  LOL

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Just when I thought I had emptied out all of the random crowd footage, I found this "lost" random footage still lingering on my hard drive.

I know this guy is someone famous, but I honestly have no idea who this is…

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Yet more random "I feel like a slab of meat" crowd footage.  On some aisles, I know we stood pretty much motionless for 5-10 minutes…

Anyone up for a steak?

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Here’s some more random "wandering around in the crowd" footage.  Gotta love B.O.

Moo!

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Very few people know that I went to a Rascal Flatts concert last night (and oddly enough, the band members are from Columbus, Ohio!), but the whole experience got me thinking about this next video clip.

At certain points during the Expo, it’s hard not to feel like you’re being herded around like cattle…

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I ran into natural bodybuilding competitor and BB.com writer, Hugo Rivera at the Prolab booth at the Arnold Expo, and did a quick interview with him.

See what the hot products are at Prolab, learn more about Hugo’s new book/DVD combo, and find out who Hugo thought would win the Arnold Classic!

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