This weekend thousands attended the huge TheFitExpo convention in San Clara, Calif. -- Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th -- just as I attended the impressive Los Angeles TheFitExpo back in January. (I went to meet the incredible Lou Ferrigno, and he's turned into an article unto himself!) TheFitExpo is a massive show, packed with exhibitions and competitions, including bodybuilding, Olympic lifting, sculpting of just about every part you can imagine, workout fashions, designer supplements, exercise seminars, dance, gymnastics, loads of free samples, and even jiu jitsu and new Parkour Olympics.
Permit me one warm-up act for this piece. As a prime example of TheFitExpo fun, I had a blast chatting with L.A.-based global dance guru Milo Levell -- dubbed the King of Hip Hop -- who has taught funky moves to Jessica Alba, Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts. Mr. Levell jovially reflected of his career path's origin in a Hollywood fitness studio: "I didn't have any students for two weeks, and then all of a sudden I had a student, and everybody was excited, because it was some woman named Julia Roberts! Next thing you know, Julia and I turned around, and we had a full class." Mr. Levell even trained Diana Ross with some "old-school funk" and -- get this -- danced for Pope John Paul II during Jubilee 2000. Milo Levell has put Hip Hop dance in the Vatican and in over 30 countries. Props! (And big thanks for the jams.)
More at
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gregory-weinkauf/fitexpo_b_3522713.html
