TheBodyguard’s BodyBlog

I have started watching the video series Battle for the Olympia. These DVDs are documentaries of a sort which follow the Professional BBs through their contest prep for the upcoming O each yr. I will refrain from making in depth critiques of the DVDs as I believe whether their style suits your taste or not they are an intersting watch as they give a glimpse into the lives of the Pros.

This particular DVD is filmed both in B/W and color and features interviews and training footage, there is no contest footage as these are all about the process leading up to the big day. This being the first DVD in the series they obviously had not quite got down the format but this is still as good a starting point as any for beginning watching this series.

Synopsis:Some of the world’s top professional bodybuilders pose and flex their way to the pinnacle of their sport in this full-bodied video featuring plenty of backstage action. Preparing to flaunt their fabulous physiques as they face off in the 1996 Olympia competition

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Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.

Those of you who have of late encountered gym ettiqette faux pauxs, uh ok  BS from Dumb Asses!

Feel my pain I had another misguided individual mucking up my training again.

I was preparing to do Barbell Curls which I normally do by just laying the bar over the end of the flat bench so I laid my training log on the bench and removed my watch and laind it on the bench and I laid my wrist roller on the bech IE I filled the bench up with my stuff I was obviously using this bench!

Oh yeah did I mention I was 2 feet away from the fixed barbell rack?

At any rate I walked over grabbed the 95lb Barbell and turned around and there she was standing two inches directly in front of the end of the bench I was going to lay the bar across doing some half assed upright row type movement with a 15lb EZ Bar.

I am standing there with a 95lb barbell in my hands and she is still doing her weird little move in slow motion grunting with every rep! I could feel my face getting red and not from the strain of holding the barbell!

Excuse me please I sad and stepped directly in front of her inbetween her and the bench I should say and went right back to training.

I heard her mumble something and she moved away…. not far away but a couple of feet behind me and just kept doing her combo hang clean upright reverse curl crap move!

Good God! WTF! Come on is cadid camera following me around these days or what? You have got to be kidding me!

The amount of people who think the world owes them something or are entitled to something or who are just Ass Backward is obviously increasing!

Once again my little man who was in day care at the time was waiting patiently for me and as usual had so much to tell me about his adventure in the climbing castle that I simmered down pretty quick and realized the sun really was shining and it was a pretty good day after all!

The past few months have been very busy for me and today is no differant so this time around rather than individual whishes to my Bodyspace friends, I am sending this whish for a safe and healthy holiday through my blog to the entire BB.com staff all my new and old friends and to my very special friends whom I have become very close with through Bodyspace you know who you are as we speak in depth often.

Very Respectfully Yours in Good Health The BG