Arnold 08 Expo Impressions
I want to start things off by saying that I never in my life thought I would ever meet Jose Canseco..I was a fan when he was with the A’s, and followed him with the other 6 teams too. I really wanted him to get to that 500 HR mark. I bought his book when it came out and just plowed straight through it..I don’t care that he juiced, he has always been bigger than life anyway..I don’t care that he is a whistleblower, he is entertaining to me. So when I saw him at the GAT booth, it was indeed a HOLY SHxT moment in my life.
Five quick things
- Joel Stubbs may be the largest man I have ever seen
- Evan Centopani is as wide as a house
- Alex Castro a.k.a Militia from American Gladiators may very well be the nicest guy ever.
- Dennis James may be a great guy, but I have never seen him look happy or enthused
- Something needs to be done about Muscletech
I will elaborate on that a little more now..absolute madness..that is the only way I can describe the area surrounding their whole block. There is just too much interest in their brands to have them that close together..MAP is a new exciting label for them, but really got paid NO mind being right across from the MT monster..the overflow line from the MT line pretty much pushed it’s way into the MAP booth, and you have them screeching to take off your shirts!! Plus you have a whole row of vendors behind the MT area that probably got avoided because the wraparound line from MT took up half of the walking area…it was just chaos..at least BSN and MT were away from each other this year.
Top Five Booths IMO
- ISS..always had plenty of “Oh Yeah” samples ready when you walked past…I mean Non-Stop!
- MAP..Good Samples, friendly people..Freak Fix tasted awesome!
- MHP..really nice sample packet of Dren, Trac, Probolic..Victor Martinez was a cool guy too.
- MD table..Evan Centopani, Jackie Haas, and Monica Brandt, and a free MD?? no doubt
- Bodybuilding.com..finally, a bodyspace shirt!!!
It was also a pleasure to meet Fern, (MsFitness to those that don’t know) she was as nice as could be. I was also fortunate enough to be introduced to a couple of very important people in the supplement business..(i’m not one to name-drop) who I hope to be working with in the near future. I am still in the process of scaling down some pics for posting..today is my last day of vaca, so I really want to enjoy it…back to Target tomorrow for the first time in 12 days..all good things have to end eventually…right?
WeB
May 29, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Canseco was my hero too. What a player. He was/is as good as Pete Rose in my book. They both had that star quality about them.