Kevin Mattson Inspiration BodyBlog

(Summer of 2008)

When I was a young cub ha ha hhhaaa…

(July 1st, 1983)

I was considered stronger than average back when the Dinosaurs roamed the earth … I was very much into weight lifting, benching a clean 350 pounds, & was very much into boxing & martial arts, although I never performed professionally.

(May 31, 1985)

I was also very quiet & very shy, did not talk much, except when I was in my comfort zone among a close pack of friends. They even called me smilely in 8th grade, & was told I was too nice. Up until my preditors started taunting & trampling in my territory wanting 2 test my strength & capibilities. I did not want 2 engage in attack, but had no choice & was forced 2 do so … but it never took much, & I was always able 2 defend my territory well… They called me BEAR!!! Name stuck well, in fact, it stuck so well that it is permanately embedded on my left knuckles !!! Well, that is how BEAR came about.

(July 4th, 1993)

Now, when I grew up, I was always close with my Grandpa, we always did everything together, from helping him fix & build things, he was an AMAZEING Craftsmen/Carpenter, 2 a sweet relaxing day of fishing … he called me his lil’ partner… I called him PAPA, {pronounced Baw-Paw } My Grandpa, PAPA, passed away about 12 years ago now, I took it very hard, & still miss him so much… I tattooed myself again, w/ his nickname, PAPA, on my right knuckles …

(August 14th, 2009)

Now in February 2007, I found out from my oldest daughter Crystal that I was going 2 b a Grandpa!!! My own Father, being very Ill @ the time, fell prey from his sickness, & the angels took him 2 his eternal home in heaven on April 15th, 2007… but not before he knew that he was 2 b a Great Grandpa himself… he was very excited & glad 2 know this. My Granddaughter, Maddison, has been a blessing & healing joy 2 us all. I call her, Grandpas lil’ jumpin bean ,,, she calls me PAPA BEAR !!!

        My youtube video, “Summer Fun / Promise IV” , September 19, 2009, Enjoying a nice Summer Day…

It was the end of January 2008, in the middle of winter with freezing cold temperatures, & everything was covered in a frozen blanket of snow. I was getting near to my final 40 mile round trips to moveing to our new home. Ya see, to understand this move, I will have to say it was the biggest & hardest move I have ever made! 

It took me well over a Month to move, working at it everyday, without missing a click, from morning till night. I was moveing into the home in witch I grew up in. That had been cluttered with a wide variety of collectable junk over a period of over 45 years! Along with family & relatives thinking that my parents home was a storage dumping ground for there unwanted, out dated & never to be used again cluttered junk!!! So in order to be able to move my family in, I had to juggle stuff around, go through junk, figure out what was good, what needed to be stored away, shuffle things around, get rid of unwanted & unused clutter, giveing alot away to charity… it was not an easy thing to do! I was elected & givein the unwanted task to do & perform these duties, & make the best judgement, & decisions, I’ll tell ya, this added more heartache to my already heavily burdened heart & soul. But non the less, it had to be done!

So, as ya might already have an idea of how my day’s were planned & scheduled. Depending on where I was at, at the time. I would load up either in the evening or the next morning my F-350 4 wheel drive pick up, & closed in 12′ trailer. Then make my 20 mile trip to our new home, to make a full day of unloading, loading, going through stuff, rearrangeing things to make room for our stuff. While we ourselves sacrificed so much of our own as well. (I consider “Moveing” one heck of a cardio/workout!!!). ;)

Yea, I know, what does all this have to do with the title of my blog??? …lol… Well, I was always told, & now I see it in me. That I have alot of my fathers personality traits in me! My dad would always explain things/stories in great detail, always makeing sure not to miss a click! & I believe that the details leading up to my miracle hold a valueable significance, & is an important lesson that I wanted to share about haveing patience & virtue.

Well, my old home held alot more yard than the one I have now, & oh, how I enjoy working on my yard, designing & createing landscapes, benches & planter boxes, patios & decks, putting water fountain decorations & ponds, bird baths & houses, gardening & so on… (I even had my own little pumpkin patch! That did very well, I might add!) o.k yea, I lived in a mobile home park, on a court in the back next to the woods with a small creek & a pond. Our 2004 manufactured home had a little more than 2000 square foot. Yea, alot of people said, why do I spend so much time trying to fix up my yard so much??? Its only a trailer park!!! My answer was simple, I said, Just because ya live in a “trailer park” does’nt mean ya have to live like “trailer trash” Ya see, I have always looked at life different then other people, always looking for the good & positive things in life. Looking at people for who they are on the inside.

As I said, it was was the middle of winter, it was freezing outside, everything was frozen in the ground covered in a blanket of snow, like the frozen candy coated topping on an ice cream cone! I had been prayin long & hard, that I might be able to take some of my landscaped bricks, stones, rocks, & different decorative landscapeing decor. I tell ya…for 3 days, (3 days!!!) there was a miracle!!! The weather had warmed up just enough to thaw the frozen ground, so that I could take the things that I wanted out of my yard. To be able to take everything that I wanted & transport it to my new home, took me 3 days!!! By the end of the 3 days, & I had all my stuff I wanted & needed to get, the weather again turned bitter cold, & everything froze back over!!!

Just to let ya know…as my miracle happened, I also endured more set backs with my truck. Prior to the surge of warm weather, I had to put my truck in low 4×4 gear, so I could back up the trailer in my slightly sloaped driveway. Not haveing used low gear since I owned my truck since 2004, it got stuck in low gear!!! Not haveing the funds to fix it, & not being able to get a replacement vehicle, I had to endure the rest of my trips in low gear, makeing my 20 minute trips turn into 1 hour dragging rides at 20-25 miles per hour tops!!! Yea, I had tried several different ways of getting it freed up, includeing backing up, & hitting the brakes, & several different untold ways…

That is my story of the miracle of my Cross Designed 12 x12 patio, that I created & made. You can see my design & some of my landscape creations in my pics…

Yea, I have some meaning behind this video too…actually, all the videos that I do, I have & put "hidden" messages in em’ they may be insignificant to others, but hold place a special meaning for me, & those that pick up on em’ & or are going through similar problems dealing with there own adversities…or, going through their own private hell…

When this video starts, I am portraying & depicting the hardship of going through the bills that r behind & pileing up, from the lay offs of an unfruitfull economy that seems to be draining us all. As the video camera focuses in on my cap, "Detroit Muscle", in this video depicting Detroit as the core & muscle of the auto industry, throughout America, & just one of the hardest hit for gut wrenching & rippleing effects of economical hardships… as I get up, full of disgust & rage, I throw the bills in the air, & walk over to my hyperextension, take my cap off, & start to perform some concentrated ab exercises, one of the bodies most crucial muscles, that are said to be the bodies core strength!!! Focusing in & concentrateing on strengthening & improveing the crucial core to maintain the proper strength & balance of the rest of the body!!! …hhhmmm… sounds like I am depicting a hidden message here!!! Did ya notice I did not get up & start gripeing about it, or grab a bottle or junk food to defile & corrupt my core, but instead went right to work on trying to fix & strengthen the weakened & damaged core!!!  

So yea, this video goes out to all of you that are feeling the effects & going through hard times, whatever they may be… to all of you that r going through hell…keep holding on to yer faith, don’t slow down, if yer scared don’t show it, face that fire, just walk right through it… theres Angels out there to help you back on yer feet!!! Just hold on my friends…

This is my youtube video, "If you’re going through hell"…

Happy Fathers Day 2 all you Dads out there… Yea, I was Inspired to write this blog telling about my recent video, "My lil’ Buckaroo". Ever since I heard this song "Watching You" by Rodney Atkins, well, this song touched my heart, & fits the relationship of my son & I. Yea I’ll tell ya, I was excited & could’nt wait till Fathers Day to make this video. Cause to me, makeing it on Fathers Day makes it all the more special!!! As ya watch the beginning, I have to refer to the level, (my Dad, & Grandpa had pride & craftmenship in there work & always made sure everything was plum & level). My son has always taken a interest helping me, learning how to construct & fix things, & following also in my footsteps as his interest for bodybuilding turns into a passion as well… Now as we walk to the picnic table & sit down, I say a little prayer before we eat. (My dad & I would go out to breakfast alot! & no matter where we were, we always prayed before we ate). & as we eat our protein fortified egg, drinking "Absopure" Distilled water, my younger daughter Rebecca, (she is a tomboy fer sure:) !). has a hard time to keep her giggles under control, as my son & I spew water at each other…lol… & as ya notice shortly before the camera goes down on the picnic table, my daughter zooms in on the flower pot, the white one inside the blue one, has a picture of an old church in a meadow w/ a steeple & cross on it w/ the words under it, "Amazeing Grace", that was one of my fathers favorite songs that he sang solo, so well in church. (sorry that my focus got messed up on my video camera). We then venture in front of our pond for some ameature BodyBuilding entertaining poses, & as I look toward the sky, I invision Gods Grace in the heavens, & the angels & all there glory & my dad & my grandpa smileing down at us… & as we come toward the ending of this one take video, we play it for what it is, & flip off our boots & jump right on in!!! The pool was just like warm bath water, it was so refreshing…it felt great!!! Splashin around, & picking up my lil’ Buckaroo, who is not so little anymore…lol… this will be a Fathers Day I will long remember, & I know we will both cherish for life…

This is my youtube video, "My lil’ Buckaroo" …

"This is my MuscleTech II Contest Essay"

This is my final day of my MuscleTech Body Transformation Contest. I have thought long & hard what to say, but how do you put down in words the kind of grueling sacrifices that one must endure to make the transition into a lean shredded hard body. They say a person’s metabolism starts to slow down at the early age of 30. I have fought my way through this & have endured many obsticles. When you hunger after something so bad, you learn to make those sacrifices & appreciate them all the more. I have poured my heart & soul into this contest. My MuscleTech products, Anabolic Halo, & NaNoX9 Hardcore caplets,  along with my determination, dedication & focus on my training & nutrition has helped me blast through my obsticles & achieve a new leval, & yet another chapter in my life. I have also found much encouragement & inspiration through my friends on BodyBuilding.com. Shareing a common interest in BodyBuilding, health & fitness. Reading, & seeing there stories, goals, & accomplishments. Bodybuilding, for me, it is a lifestyle, it is my passion. I encourage anyone who is interested or desire to transform there body, to get up & do it, it is never too late, & the health & fitness benifits alone are priceless.
 I will be 42 next Month, & my energy level is through the roof, life for me has never been so crisp, & clear, I feel on top of the world!!!