2009 Olympia Blog

We caught the shuttle from the hotel over to the convention center. We had gotten some VIP wristbands with our ticket package so we got to avoid the ticket lines and made a beeline for the entrance. Wanting to see the whole expo we decided to start to the right and work our way around. We first noticed the Thermolife booth and their topless girls (their breasts were spray painted with tigers, oh my!). This startled the mom next to us, who was quick to cover her child’s eyes.

Next we were off to see the BSN booth, never to be out done they had some of the hottest booth girls around, on Friday they were in these silver little space-like outfits, I even got Richard’s friend Will to take a pic with them. The girl who we talk to explained what exactly Endorush does and loaded us up with some full size samples; this is heaven for a caffeine addict like me. You couldn’t walk through the expo without seeing the sparkly silver/red bags.

The Promax booth had some wonderful samples and well informed booth girls, nothing turns a consumer off more than asking a question about a product you’re putting into your well tuned body than the person looking at you and saying, “ask the person over there. I bought a box of their cookies and cream bars for my post workout meal. They also were giving out samples of their product Oat-Rageous bars.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/promax/promax.html

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/promax/oat.html

There are 2 kinds of people that attend expos, people who LOVE all the free samples and leave with 2-3 bags full of goodies. Then there are people like me who already push the weight limit on my bags when I fly so I only go for the samples of things I already use or if it interest me as a future product.

One such future product I found not for me but for my fianc©, was New Whey Liquid Protein, it comes in 25 grams and 42 grams servings and with a range of flavors. They are in what looks like shooter tubes and actually taste pretty good. I threw a couple in my purse for the judging that night and when you need to eat every two hours like he does they made going out even easier.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/ids/new.html

Who could miss the Women’s prejudging going on in the back of the expo.  They looked awesome and it was great too see how the general public reacted.

Next I had to look for the booth my trainer, Ali McKnight, was working, Ultimate Nutrition. I had to let her know I had just seen her face on the outside of the transfer bus we came over on.  The booth looked great! All of the reps behind the counter were well informed on their products and even showed me a few I have never tried.

I tried to get into the EAS booth “arena as it had been one of my favorite booths at Europa, but that wasn’t happening. Needless to say with the dancing girls on the platform in the back throwing t-shirts it was a fan favorite.

Twinlab came to the rescue with giving me a few new shakers after the evil TSA lady took mine while flying out here. I got the chance to sample their new citrus flavored energy drink, I really liked it. Kind of reminded me of like a Sunkist soda flavor.

The Bodybuilding.com booth was awesome, I got the chance to meet up with Richard and Ian again and take some cool pics. I also got an awesome license plate cover that said ” Kiss my abs this thing is totally going on my new car.  They were also giving out 10% off coupons for their store, anyone who orders knows with their already low prices this is a deal! I got the chance to meet and take some pictures with Bob Cicherillo!

Another product I discovered was Syntrex Nectar “to-go size, basically single serving size. My favorite protein ever is the Fuzzy Navel flavor so the idea of being able to mix it in a simple water bottle really excited me! Needless to say this was a booth I hit both days!

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/syn/grab.html

Last but not least on new products, Java Fit. They make a gourmet coffee that also has an additional fat burner and appetite suppressant. After trying a sample I had to have it and bought 3 bags! As a coffee lover, my eyes lit up like Christmas morning at the thought of a super coffee.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/jlu/diet.html

Many people are lactose intolerant so I was really excited about getting the chance to try Vyo-techs new “Oryx Goat Whey, It brags to be 300% greater absorption, 100% lactose free & sugar free, but the important thing was does it taste good, the true test was Bryan who hates all chocolate flavored protein and he actually thought it tasted good, me on the other hand, I have no access to chocolate so I thought it tasted awesome.

I was a little disappointed that they weren’t selling any, the rep told me it should be out in about 3 weeks, I will all over that. To top it off I asked her if she had any of the “GO GOAT shirts I had read about and she had two left and gave them to us. As a matter of fact I am wearing it right now as I type this up!

While I know I missed a lot of booths, give a gal a break, there were what seemed like over a hundred and all were well ran and packed!
  
Something that ran through my head on the shuttle ride back today was how much fun the expo was. All the athletes and booth personal were super nice. Even better was I always ask a salesman who carries their product or the easiest way to get it. 9/10 times I heard, oh you can go on www.bodybuilding.com and get it for a really good price!