Please forgive me for being late in writing this I have been quite sick since I returned home from the Arnold I actually just got back to working out today.
Where should I start?
I left South Jersey on Wednesday morning headed for Trebin's house. About a 9 Hour drive. I stopped for gas and to use the restroom two hours away from Trebin's and dropped my iPhone 5 in the parking lot, it shattered but luckily still worked. I called Trebin and asked him to find out if the Apple shop was open, please keep in mind we had not yet physically met. I picked him up at his house and we made it to the Mac shop with 20 minutes to spare. I was able to get a new phone and to learn abit about Trebin's plan for the Arnold.
We had dinner at the Tilted kilt and then went to his house where I met his wife and children. He had to work for Slater's Hardware the next morning setting up for the strongman contest at the Expo. We got there on time, they were like three hours late...I helped him unload the Austrian Oak and other strongman implements it was very cool to see this stuff firsthand. We stop by the cage and saw Josh, Josh, juggernaut and G-Diesel. Then headed to the airport to pick up the altered beast. It was freezing outside and he was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt clearly from Texas.
We went to some old military bunker place for a meal. We all ordered the same thing, we all agreed it was delicious. Then the indecision's began.
Shall we cook for tomorrow shall we not cook for tomorrow.
That same evening that we picked up altered beast we picked up Higa,Seath and his girlfriend at the airport and we met Eric Spoto, Altered beast was starstruck. In the car I used Google maps to find a place to eat Higa didn't trust me so he had to use his inferior android phone, result? His GPS said the same thing. We went to a wing joint called roosters it was 100 times better than I thought it would be.
We decided to buy food and cook. I think it was Trevins 11th Arnold, mine and altered beasts first. We had no idea what to expect. I surrendered to Trebin for I felt he knew better than I. Altered beast likes to go over and over the game plan perhaps over thinking, but hell I'm guilty of that often myself. Trying to leave the house in the morning was a difficult task Beast thanks Trevins wife ad nauseam for allowing us to stay, a class act the Beast is. We arrived at the expo, so much was happening.
I wanted to see the amateur strongman the pro strongman,Higa versus P-Diesel, Ben Seath, Richard Hawthorne, everything on the list. I had no idea it would all be happening in the same room. Up until this point I had only seen the live webcast of the cage it was much bigger and much more real in person. I will not even attempt to try and explain the energy, the feeling, the smell the taste of the cage. The cage is an experience....
Driving to and from The convention center and Trebin's house the three of us ran the gamut of conversation. We left no subject to speculation, no stone un-turn, we debated everything, there was clearly a mutual respect we never argued never yelled though we were very passionate. Having only lived in the states for almost 2 years now much of which we spoke about was new to me.......
To be continued
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