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Nick is one cool dude who has one of the best outlooks online you’ll find. Nick won the Rocky Mountain Wheelchair Bodybuilding competition. Check out the video along with the recent story on him:

One man is not going to let his disability stop him, he is an athlete and is trying to bring awareness to his unique sport.

Nick Scott is a wheelchair bodybuilder and when he was in high school, a car accident broke his back and left him paralyzed.

The doctors said he would never walk again.

But through years of rehabilitation he can walk short distances and competes as a wheelchair bodybuilder.

In the last two years, Scott competed and guest posed in 10 shows and recently beat out all able and disabled male bodybuilders at the Rocky Mountain Championship as Best Male Poser.

Scott hopes to soon go professional and is trying to turn his website, www.wheelchair-bodybuilding.com into a non profit organization so he can help fund the dreams of other wheelchair bodybuilders.

“I’m going to convert wheelchair bodybuilding into non profit so I can raise money to help,” Scott said. “A lot of the guys just don’t have the funds to be able to fly, or get hotel rooms to compete, so if I can help them with that, the sport will grow.”

Scott says that life is not about having a glass half empty or half full.

It is just having a glass that is enough to be thankful about.

This one isn’t really a quote but more of words of wisdom. Check it out over on the Transformation Challenge Blog. I will be doing the transformation challenge with the five competitors for the next 13 weeks.

The Cortez Journal has used one of my photos in their article on Rob Robson, a Colorado Bodybuilder and Powerlifter. Check out their story here.

From the Rocky Mountain Newspaper:

Recalling ‘a wonderful man’
Procession marks year since slaying of bodybuilder
By John Aguilar , Daily Camera

A year ago, Sergio Libman and Gail Dubois were in the process of simplifying their lives.

The couple slowly were selling off possessions so they could move to Chile - Libman’s native country - and open a bed-and- breakfast together.

Among the items they were unloading on Dec. 18, 2006, was Libman’s 2003 Porsche, which the 43-year-old roofer and competitive bodybuilder had listed for sale on the Internet.

Two men who responded to the online ad showed up at Libman’s roofing business in Boulder’s Steelyards neighborhood to supposedly make a bid on the vehicle. Instead, they tried to steal the car, shooting and killing Libman in the process.

On Tuesday evening, Dubois accompanied a group of 25 close friends in a candlelight procession down Carbon Place to the spot where Libman was killed a year ago to pay tribute to “a wonderful man.”

"The last year has been painful," Dubois said. "I’m not the type to carry a lot of anger, but I’ve had to try to find a place in which to channel my anger.

"Sergio gave me so much when he was here. Thinking of that man just takes me back and gives me a better place in my heart to deal with this."

Dubois, 47, said she finds going to court to watch the judicial proceedings against the men accused of murdering her partner the hardest part of the healing process.

"I have to believe justice will be served," she said.

Ryan Barry, the alleged gunman in the crime, was charged with first-degree murder. His trial is scheduled for next month.

Alfred Gusman, who police say stabbed Libman in the back after he had been shot, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is scheduled to be sentenced following Barry’s trial.

Kimberley Johnson, who was romantically involved with both men at different times, was sentenced in October to two years of work release and 10 years of probation for being an accessory to the murder. She drove the men to Boulder that night and then drove Barry to Kansas.

Rick Jones, owner of Customized Nutrition & Exercise, regularly sold Libman nutritional products out of his Steelyards shop.

"I just keep waiting for him to come in," said Jones, who hung a lighted neon "Sergio’s Gym" sign on the wall inside his store Tuesday.

Dubois, encircled by her friends on a bitterly cold night in Boulder, said the most important thing was to never forget Libman, the man with whom she hoped to grow old.

"Being here tonight is not a moment I want to remember, but it’s important to remember," she said.

“If you want to be the person you ought to be, you’ve got to welcome competition.”
–Bob Richards

“Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.”
–Johann Christoph Von Schiller

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."
- Soren Kierkegaard

Think about that one for a minute.

A great quote for today.

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what people think you are."

–John Wooden

Thanks to everyone who voted for me in the bodybuilding.com 2007 awards. I’m honored to gain the votes of the bodybuilding.com community and thank you for the support. I enjoyed covering the various events this year and look forward to covering more in 2008. The models and competitors I shot with this year were a joy to work with and look for new, creative and fun shoots with others in the New Year.

Congrats to all the award winners this year. You can check them out on the front page feature:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2007bbsiteawardinterview.htm

Yikes am I out of shape! Currently tipping the scales at 219.3lbs this morning; December 17, 2007. I’m back in the saddle of working out and realized how much my strength has dropped. I’ve only hit the weights a few times since July and it shows.

I just took my "before" photos and holy crap, I resemble Homer Simpson more than any other character. I’m disturbed and mortified at my current physical state. It is definitely go time for this cat.

This morning’s weigh-in.