Isaac Hinds - LIFTstudios Blog

‘FLEX’ APPEAL A ‘BEEF’ ENCOUNTER WITH A MUSCLE-STUD
By MANDY STADTMILLER
May 9, 2007 — This guy is HUGE. In fact, Victor Martinez, the only professional Dominican bodybuilder, is being eyed as a possible next Mr. Olympia and has his sights set on a future career as an action hero in the movies.

I wrestled my entire life and was always right around the 130-140lbs class. The team’s 103lb wrestler was DJ Skelton. We always used to pummel him and said it was for his own good. He took it in stride and was a pretty good wrestler. D.J. left the small town in South Dakota and eventually found his way to becoming a West Point graduate. A Captain for an infantry platoon leader of the infantry division in Fallujah, Iraq. He was wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade and lost his left eye, suffered major damage to both of his arms, his leg and his palate. He spent six weeks on life support at an Army medical center.

I remember my parents telling me about it and he was on the local news when I was home for Christmas, he was in tough shape and it was a mircale he was still alive. He is now giving back and helping other wounded soldiers through sports. He was on Fox & Friends morning show to discuss that even though soldiers may get injured it shouldn’t stop them from following their dreams.

It’s guys like D.J. who are the true inspirations in life.

Twerdy is getting a big head.

This morning Robert Kennedy’s wife Tosca Reno appeared on the Fox morning show to talk about how she lost 70lbs and her new book. She looked great and did a very good job of speaking on the show.

Check out the extensive coverage of the NPC JR USA from last weekend. Lots of photos, report and videos at:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/isaac118.htm

Be sure to download the latest wallpaper of the week, the overall winner from the NPC JR USA, Mike Horn. Photo by yours truly. Hold your applause, really it’s ok…

I was visiting friends a couple weeks ago and they had the Nintendo Wii. I’d been living in my cave, or office however you see fit, and hadn’t checked it out. Let me tell ya you box or play tennis on the Wii and you’ll sweat your butt off. This is a great way to combine exercise with video games and keep kids from becoming chunky lil punks. If you’re going to buy a system and want exercise - get the Wii.