2006 Olympia Reflections By Layne Norton
Where to begin? I had a great time this year as I actually wasn’t dieting for a show so I was able to relax & enjoy the atmosphere.
The booth did really well and I had a lot of fun meeting many people. Particular highlights were meeting Bodybuilding.com forum members Zach, Alex (a client of mine for around a year now), seeing my buddy Brian Ahlstrom again (another client of mine who also won his class at the show where I won my NGA natural pro card), meeting John & the crew (LOL), and especially cool was meeting a young couple (the Millers) who were just married that day in vegas and still came by the expo and I was flattered to find out that one of the reasons they came was to stop by and talk to me. It was a joy meeting a young loving couple as Isabel & I recently got engaged! So everyone join me in wishing the Millers a lovely marraige!
The other highlights were training at the kickass Gold’s in Vegas. I could literally stay in there for hours and hours. Loved it! On Sunday, we were there while Victor Martinez was doing a shoot for MD, unfortunately I didn’t have my camera with me. Victor was extremely nice and we chatted about various things for around 20 minutes. He was very geniuinely excited about his placing and you could still see it in his facial expressions: ear to ear smile.
I would also like to congratulate Jay Cutler. He showed a ton of heart, losing 5 years in a row to finally topple one of the greatest Mr. Olympia’s in history. I am actually not a big Jay Cutler fan, and in all honesty I thought Ronnie had won most of the Mr. Olympia’s by a wide margin. But on this day Ronnie was off & Jay nailed it: kudos to him!
