Saturday, March 12, 2005

Arnold Expo 2005

Hi Everyone!!! man o man... finally back from 6 days out at the Arnold in Columbus, OH. Thanks to all the great Photographers and other Fitness folk I met and shot for!!! Mike Eckstut- www.herbiceps.com, Juan Carlos Lopez- www.hardbodeez.com, Eric Lemke- www.boomerflex.com, www.transvigor.com, www.onemodeplace.com , RG. Lohre - www.julielohre.com, Steve from S&D clothing and many, many more. You all contributed to one heck of a weekend. I really enjoyed my time, especially at the Her Biceps dinner on sat nite!! There was a great Arm Wrestling competiton . We had the Womens World Champ down from Canada to show us how to wrestle correctly then we all had a go at it! I was a bit reserved and nervous at first especially when I saw my competition. I started out wrestling my friend Julie Lohre and she KICKED MY ASS!!! then I came back for a second time and beat her. To make a Long story short I slammed my way up to the 2nd place lightweight and took home a little prize money.... But the little ego boost was worth way more!! Thanks MIKE!!!
You should keep a look out for the photos I shot on the websites above... as well as updates to my own when those crazy photographers send me my CD's.
In the mean time I'm a week away from the NPC NEW YORK METROPOLITAN show at the Bourough of Manhattan Community College in Tribecca , Manhattan on March 19th. I am coming in great and hope to do well. The beginning has been a bit rough this season. The dieting has hit me especially hard but the 'show must go on' I mean us competitors are crazy right?... Im weak, cranky, emotional, dizzy, incoherant and down right exhausted and I LOVE IT!!!. Thanks ahead to all my friends for buying out the orchestra pit at the BMCC...see you all front row...
Love, AJ

9 Comments:

At 9:54 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

AJ, Good luck at the New York this weekend. We'll be rooting for you here in Northern Kentucky! Julie says hello. Kick some ass girl.
Rick
PS-As soon as I sort through all of the photos from the Arnold I will send them your way. To be honest I haven't even unpacked my camera bag from the trip.

 
At 2:20 PM, Blogger AJ said...

Rick you rock!!! Don't worry about it...
2nd place baby!!! The girl who took first also won the overall.. not too shabby eh?
Yeah my crazy hordes of fans are asking for some new material... :) see you guys soon!!
AJ

 
At 12:31 AM, Blogger Lingster said...

C'mon, Allison - we need to see more frequent posting here. Aim for two or three times a week.

 
At 7:46 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

2nd place...congrats..I bet you should have won. Maybe jr nats!!!!!

 
At 4:32 PM, Blogger AJ said...

Well, geesh LINGSTER< i was only training 3x a day , preparing to compete, hair, nails, chiro appt., meals, WORK, OH AND UM sleep!!! sorry for the infrequency LOL... Im back and focused now.
"anonymous" I hope to do better at Jr. USA's next month in South Carolina. I messed up a bit at the METS.. .my fault I'll be bigger and badder next month i PROMISE...
Keep checking in, Mr. RIck Lohre will be puttin up new material as soon as he is done preparing his georgeous wife Julie for competition.
Pump hard!!
Aj

 
At 7:54 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm sure you will do great AJ, you know what to do, just be focused in doing it!!!!!

 
At 1:17 AM, Blogger Lingster said...

Excuses, excuses. Write it up on the PATH train and then type it in quickly once you get home.

 
At 2:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

More arm wrestling pix! How did you manage to beat Julie? We saw her win on video; now we have to see yours.

 
At 1:49 PM, Blogger AJ said...

WEll, since Rick IS my webmaster maybe he is withholding!!! LOL.... just kidding, the material will be coming soon... everything costs money.. buy some photos , support the cause! LOL thanks for visiting my site, look for new material in May...
Aj*

 

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