Matt C. interviews Lee Labrada.

[Matt C]

I just posted a tribute article to Lee Labrada as well on my site:

http://tinyurl.com/39l4z7j

Lee Labrada and Rich Gaspari both have a similar story in the way that they placed as high as 2nd in their era and were two of the best bodybuilders of the time who later went on to become ultra-successful in the supplement industry.  I'm unsure of what Labrada Nutrition does each year in sales but the company did $18 million in sales in 2001 and has no doubt grown since then.  The company made the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies in 2002, only six years after launch.  Lee has a degree in Civil Engineering and his intelligence has obviously translated to great success in the supplement industry after he retired from bodybuilding.  Rich is hugely successful as well.

Both are Italian...coincidence?  

I was very pleased with the Olympia experience overall.  I'm not sure whether or not I will pursue covering the bodybuilding expos or not but if I do I want to learn from my experience and not repeat past mistakes.  One thing I really want to do is make sure the focus of the interview is on the person being interviewed and to try to keep the questions concise.  I want to be able to catch myself if I'm yapping when I shouldn't be and stop myself from doing so.

Some more notes:

1. Keep hand out of pocket as Swede noted.
2. Consult a gay guy to get some sense of fashion.
3. Fire Kill my barber.
4. Put on 40 pounds of pure mass before even thinking about attending another expo.

[Army of One]

Why would anyone waste their time watching that infomercial for Labrada Nutrition, Matt you should be ashamed of yourself.Next time try getting a real "interview".Can I have my 3 minutes back?

[Matt C]

Why would anyone waste their time watching that infomercial for Labrada Nutrition, Matt you should be ashamed of yourself.Next time try getting a real "interview".Can I have my 3 minutes back?

This is a fair question.  Alex23 said no one really watches these interviews anymore.  I wanted to keep them short because people tend to have a lower attention span online.  But I think it is a good opportunity for people to find out what new products are out if they are interested.  Plus a huge sum of bodybuilding is marketing.  A friend of mine said that for some beginners the ads are more appealing than the content of bodybuilding magazines.  Back in 2000 when I first got interested in bodybuilding, I would always read the MuscleTech ads.  Like so many other beginners, I actually believed them, at least to some extent.  One said that Greg Kovacs had put on 23 pounds of pure muscle thanks to MuscleTech.  Don't get me wrong, I think there are supplements that work, but claims like that border on fraud.

I swear not a lot of my friends sound as Canadian as I do.  Can this be fixed?  

PS: The Wiggs interview is coming.  

[Kim Jong Bob]

he looks to be in great shape, looks so much healtier than gaspari who looks like hes going to have a heartattack everytime he trains

[KevinP85]

Ahhhh, Labrada is Cuban???

[Matt C]

he looks to be in great shape, looks so much healtier than gaspari who looks like hes going to have a heartattack everytime he trains

Yes he is.  And Lee is 50!  I have to say that being at the expo didn't motivate me as much as it would have when I was younger, but it did make me realize that I want to stop powerlifting and go back to bodybuilding.  I am pleased with my lifts and I want some size.  Why be strong if you don't look it at all?  I like having muscle and being 185 or so is hardly going to kill me.  I'm going to start training again tomorrow after taking this month off and I want to make it a goal to gain some size, and leave powerlifting alone for now.

[Matt C]

Ahhhh, Labrada is Cuban???

Good note!  I initially thought Labrada was either Spanish or Italian but thought it sounded a little more Italian but I was wrong about that.

Looking back at the Spanish empire and the expanse of the Spanish language is really something:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language

Back when White men were fierce conquerors and not pacified by political correctness.  

[gib]

Just wondering - why is Hugh Grant interviewing Lee Labrada...??

[Matt C]

Just wondering - why is Hugh Grant interviewing Lee Labrada...??

Because I plan to kill my barber soon. 

But really it's funny because I hadn't heard that comparison since 2000 and I had heard it independently a couple of times since going to the Olympia.  I have to say, I really stopped caring about bodybuilding personally these past few years especially now with family, but I want to get into it again.

[gib]

Because I plan to kill my barber soon. 

But really it's funny because I hadn't heard that comparison since 2000 and I had heard it independently a couple of times since going to the Olympia.  I have to say, I really stopped caring about bodybuilding personally these past few years especially now with family, but I want to get into it again.

LOL

[Matt C]

LOL

Next expo: Peter North pompadour, no exceptions.

I will try to upload the Wiggs interview and the Layne Norton interview tomorrow.

In the Layne interview I poked fun at getbig legend THE TRUE ADONIS, but decided to remove the footage from the interview [Wiggs and I poked fun at him enough in our interview  ].

My reasoning is that Layne is above a lot of the message board bickering and I don't want to put Layne or Scivation in a negative light.  Layne conducted a VERY good interview in my opinion.  He is a good representative for bodybuilding.

Layne's 18" arm compared to my 15" arm [my arms have been bigger in the past and will be again in the future  ]:

[Matt C]

    

[Bix]

Why do I hear only the intro and not the voices?

[jaejonna]

Jeezus you look like shit

[G_Thang]

Ahhhh, Labrada is Cuban???

isso sim.

[dr.chimps]

The Top Gun theme is your intro!? Really? Come out of the closet already.

[StanZoLOL]

Terrible interview.

[io856]

[myt1]

You did fine, but did Labrada snap at you for vouching for his product after the camer was off?   

[_bruce_]

Labrada also wants to talk.

[saucetradomous]

Next expo: Peter North pompadour, no exceptions.


In the Layne interview I poked fun at getbig legend THE TRUE ADONIS, but decided to remove the footage from the interview [Wiggs and I poked fun at him enough in our interview  ].

My reasoning is that Layne is above a lot of the message board bickering and I don't want to put Layne or Scivation in a negative light.  Layne conducted a VERY good interview in my opinion.  He is a good representative for bodybuilding.

Then why tell us about it? you already casted him in a negative light, now give us the unedited version!

[saucetradomous]

This is a fair question.  Alex23 said no one really watches these interviews anymore.  I wanted to keep them short because people tend to have a lower attention span online.  But I think it is a good opportunity for people to find out what new products are out if they are interested.  Plus a huge sum of bodybuilding is marketing.  A friend of mine said that for some beginners the ads are more appealing than the content of bodybuilding magazines.  Back in 2000 when I first got interested in bodybuilding, I would always read the MuscleTech ads.  Like so many other beginners, I actually believed them, at least to some extent.  One said that Greg Kovacs had put on 23 pounds of pure muscle thanks to MuscleTech.  Don't get me wrong, I think there are supplements that work, but claims like that border on fraud.

I swear not a lot of my friends sound as Canadian as I do.  Can this be fixed?  

PS: The Wiggs interview is coming.  

I've never read those things because even from day 1 i knew they were bullshit, I thought this was common sense?

[Pollux]

MattC...

Why do you always look uncomfortable when you interview these people?

[w8m8]

MattC...

Why do you always look uncomfortable when you interview these people?

It's the nervous sexual excitement of wanting to touch them so badly ... very much akin to how girls used throw their panties on stage to the Beatles

 

Also the reason his hand is in his pocket



5-4-3-2-1 till Matt cries and gets this deleted

[Evo]

It's the nervous sexual excitement of wanting to touch them so badly ... very much akin to how girls used throw their panties on stage to the Beatles

 

Also the reason his hand is in his pocket



5-4-3-2-1 till Matt cries and gets this deleted

Couldn't have put it better myself.....imagine if matt ever met failcan face to face?  I think he would literally jizz his insides out!