Gotta agree, Wes. In terms of how good a bodybuilder he was; and his early interviews bigging up people like Francis Benfatto as inspirations: I think he had the right mindset for what bodybuilding was all about. And he did always respect the people that helped him; such as his choreographer/posing coach and others that helped him along the way. People assume he's always badmouthing every fucker but I think it's more complex than that.
His personal/family life: seems to me that he's raised some decent kids - isn't one of his daughters some famous/semi-famous singer with a huge following?
It's a shame he got a little fat. Would have preferred him to look just skinny and toned vs fat and bloated but at the end of the day it's his life - but doing bodybuilding chats/appearances online - you'd expect him to at least trim up in old age and say he eats healthy rather than looking fat.
Thanks,as Joe aka Coach alluded to earlier in the thread,he said Shawn not very approachable..........we
ll I met him on 3 occasions..........once in Orlando and twice in Pittsburgh.
Never talked to him in Orlando but in Pittsburgh I took lots on pics of him eating while I asked him questions (pretty rude of me looking back today but had had no problem with it.)
Then during the contest (Maters Nats where I was competing and he was guest posing,) he crammed into the shitty little area where they had us pumping up and shot the shit with all of us for at least 45 minutes or more.........good guy in my book,he could have told me/us to fuck off but he didn`t.
I gotta` find all these pics and get them on here.....I got some pretty good stuff.
