This weekend John Berardi and I set up a booth at the Texas Shredder Classic, an all-natural pro bodybuilding competition in Austin.
Thought I'd share some pics from the weekend:
John Berardi at the booth, promoting products. Books were on sale for $20 cash, or a 16 oz salmon steak. Hey, you get hungry sitting around a bunch of recipe books all day.
Sorry ladies, no shirtless photos of JB. You'll have to wait until next weekend in Little Rock.
He now lives in NJ, but he just moved there from Haiti 2 1/2 years ago. He told me that he's only been working out during those past 2 1/2 years. Holy crap.
I forget who won the men's competition. I know the Haitian guy came in 3rd. After a watching so many oily dudes flexing the eyes start to glaze over.
But I can tell you who won the women's figure competition:
Nice. I'm glad she won; she was one of the few with a natural look. Notice the massive implant beside her.
Ripped, but not freaky.
Another beauty who talked to us for a while at our booth. Sorry fellas, she's married.
ahem
Overall it was a great show and a fun weekend. After a very long day Saturday, we all went to eat at some Mexican restaurant with many of the competitors.
By the time JB and I got there, the bodybuilders had eaten the restaurant out of all of their food except for chicken enchiladas, with green sauce. We passed on the food and opted to cook some omelets back at the pad.
So a few of us went back to JB’s condo and watched Napoleon Dynamite on his big screen projector. There’s no better way to top off a day of watching oily tan people flexing than a dose of Napoleon Dynamite.
The show was sponsored by Hyde Park Gym, which is one of the best gyms I've ever seen. They put on a very professional show - I'll definitely be going again next year. Here's the official competition website.
P.S. What do they feed those guys in Haiti anyway?
Good question. Someone should do a study on fried plantains
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P.S. What do they feed those guys in Haiti anyway?
Ha, not quite. They lose interest when I start talking about hunter-gatherers. [/quote]You should try talking to them about stones and tires and logs. They really get into it.
It looked like a pretty cool time. That dude was huge, if he learns how to prep right he could be really really good. Or a better option would be to switch to the darkside and lift heavy things for fun.
Danny
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Originally posted by Q.: When you said Texas, I was wondering if you meant Hyde Park Gym. I've worked out there a few times but it's too far to go on a regular basis.
Have to show the front of the building:
So, John, how come that one picture is titled "stripper" ... is there more to the story???
Yea, that huge vascular arm jutting out of the gym leaves quite an impression.
Sorry, no juicy story on the 'stripper' pic; just my supposition.
quote:Originally posted by Mahler: So will you be bringing one of the ladies to the Fitness Weekend?
Mahler
JP told me that it would be against the rules, since it's men only [/quote]Usually when you get a group female bodybuilders together, a few of them could qualify as men in my opinion. Just something to think about. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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