naturalguy
03-07-12, 9:53 am
The Arnold weekend is a long one for me, it's actually almost a whole week but it is inspiring and motivating.
I'll give you my perspective on the weekend. For me it started Tuesday night flying out from Newark to Columbus with Aggression and we met up with G Diesel when we landed, he was coming from Philly. Wednesday morning we walked into an empty expo hall and started to build The Cage.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0568.jpg
Putting The Cage together is no easy task, there is a lot involved and some heavy equipment to move in and it requires a lot of logistics. There are many people who are involved in making it go smoothly from corporate all the way to Ghost who helped us with some last minute things (thanks again Rob).
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0569.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0574.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0589.jpg
It takes two full days and many hands to put this together, on Thursday we got reinforcements from J-Dawg, JUGGERNAUT, C.Coronato, The Big O & CP3. Friday morning The Cage was ready to rock. Thursday night we grabbed some grub and headed to Metro Fitness, which turned out to be the only night I got to train. I hit shoulders with J-Dawg and The Big O.
Friday felt like the busiest Friday for the Arnold weekend that I can remember, we sold almost all of the black limited edition shirts, by Saturday morning they were all gone. The limited edition gear and products were flying off the shelves.
All the guys working The Cage from internal staff to athletes to the interns worked really hard and everyone puts a lot of love and passion into the weekend. It rubs off on you, I feed off the energy from everyone. I am always impressed by the passion and enthusiasm from the fans of our brand. Friday night I had to go to the women's finals were I handed out two awards for bodybuilding and figure on behalf of Animal. It is a very cool experience. After that I met up with the guys and got a great meal in at Barley's which is the best kept secret in Columbus.
Saturday is well known as the busiest day at the expo, it's also the longest as far as expo hours. Saturday is just non-stop action, the shop was cranking, the lifts in The Cage were nothing short of amazing. Around 2:45 Arnold came by, he does every year and takes a picture at the booth but it's usually quick and he runs out. This year he spent some time, he made Wrath flex his forearms and he introduced us to his son.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0597.jpg
After an exhausting day on Saturday I headed to the finals. I was going there as an award presenter for Animal but I was there as a fan and rooting on Ox. I gave out 3 awards, one for strongman, most muscular I gave to Branch Warren and a great moment was giving out the check to Ox (although I wanted him to win and get 1st):
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/AnHH2f_CQAAbibz.jpg
cont.........
I'll give you my perspective on the weekend. For me it started Tuesday night flying out from Newark to Columbus with Aggression and we met up with G Diesel when we landed, he was coming from Philly. Wednesday morning we walked into an empty expo hall and started to build The Cage.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0568.jpg
Putting The Cage together is no easy task, there is a lot involved and some heavy equipment to move in and it requires a lot of logistics. There are many people who are involved in making it go smoothly from corporate all the way to Ghost who helped us with some last minute things (thanks again Rob).
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0569.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0574.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0589.jpg
It takes two full days and many hands to put this together, on Thursday we got reinforcements from J-Dawg, JUGGERNAUT, C.Coronato, The Big O & CP3. Friday morning The Cage was ready to rock. Thursday night we grabbed some grub and headed to Metro Fitness, which turned out to be the only night I got to train. I hit shoulders with J-Dawg and The Big O.
Friday felt like the busiest Friday for the Arnold weekend that I can remember, we sold almost all of the black limited edition shirts, by Saturday morning they were all gone. The limited edition gear and products were flying off the shelves.
All the guys working The Cage from internal staff to athletes to the interns worked really hard and everyone puts a lot of love and passion into the weekend. It rubs off on you, I feed off the energy from everyone. I am always impressed by the passion and enthusiasm from the fans of our brand. Friday night I had to go to the women's finals were I handed out two awards for bodybuilding and figure on behalf of Animal. It is a very cool experience. After that I met up with the guys and got a great meal in at Barley's which is the best kept secret in Columbus.
Saturday is well known as the busiest day at the expo, it's also the longest as far as expo hours. Saturday is just non-stop action, the shop was cranking, the lifts in The Cage were nothing short of amazing. Around 2:45 Arnold came by, he does every year and takes a picture at the booth but it's usually quick and he runs out. This year he spent some time, he made Wrath flex his forearms and he introduced us to his son.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/IMAG0597.jpg
After an exhausting day on Saturday I headed to the finals. I was going there as an award presenter for Animal but I was there as a fan and rooting on Ox. I gave out 3 awards, one for strongman, most muscular I gave to Branch Warren and a great moment was giving out the check to Ox (although I wanted him to win and get 1st):
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/er1994/AnHH2f_CQAAbibz.jpg
cont.........