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Since my training partner Armin Scholz has went back to Germany I started training with the other 300lb Germany Aiman.  Today while training legs I saw Hidea who is now a regular at Golds Venice.  Hidea I met last year when him, Silvio and myself went to a contest in Hawaii where they both guest posed at.  I really enjoyed traing and talking with Hidea while we were in Hawaii.  After that he was supposed to move to the US but then he had his problems with US customs.  Well that didn’t keep this champion down as now he’s back living in Cali and looks great.  Both him and Aiman are now training for the 2009 Ironman so turn up intensity as the Pro’s are coming back to Venice.

Today at Golds Venice I saw my good friend Silvio who is still looking unreal.  He had just finished training so we sat down and talked for awhile.  He said he has missed some training as he’s in the process of buying a house here in Cali.  Looking at Silvio you could never tell that he missed a single training session.  He said he wasn’t training with The Master Charles Glass right now as he is using this time to rest but he will be back hitting it with Charles soon.

The murder of Melissa James will be the focus of CBS’ 48 hours show this Saturday. Kelly Ryan and Craig Titus were once on top of the bodybuilding world but currently serving time behind bars for their involvement in the crime.

In the past I wrote about Thai Fighter John De Beer from Holland and fitness model Dave of Austria who both now make LA their home.  These two guys along with a lot of other ex bodybuilders and fitness models are in the new show called Superbodies that if picked up by Sony or MGM or any of the other companies then you’ll see very soon.  I was at a few of the series as they filmed and this was a great time with all the crew.  Well next week these guys will be going to Mexico to judge the Superbodies contest along with meeting the President of Mexico.  If the show get’s picked up then you’ll see the live interview I did last month on location with bodybuilding.com.

I was have a workout today at Gold’s talking to Hidea when a rather thick bodybuilder came in who I thought I had seen in the magazines before.  The guy was rather reserve but not stuck up.  After a while when he was in a tank top with Gaspari Logo on it I went to talk to him asking if he was with Gaspari like my friend Shavis Higga.  I was surprised to find out this guy was a friend of mine on my myspace list, it was Mark Alvis.  Mark said he was 3 weeks out from the Nationals and he was here in LA for a few photo shoots.

After talking to Mark not only was I impressed by his massive size but also his shape and his down to earth attitude.  Mark will be in the Heavyweight class where if he comes in alittle harder it might be his this year.  See you on stage in 3 weeks Mark!