Olympia Expo Thoughts: Good or Bad?

[Lift Studios]

The expo was great. It was much larger this year and had more vendors.

Allow me to share a few of The Ron. More are up on www.bodybuilding.com

[stuntmovie]

And here's a photo of one of the screens which allowed those half way back in the arena to see what was happening up on that stage. Kind of like going to a football game and watching it on TV to get a better view. These were huge screens and did the job they were supposed to do.

[stuntmovie]

another shot of Wolfe but on the giant screen this time

[stuntmovie]

Looken good, Ron! How come I didn't see you Lift?

[Vince B]

SM you are a brave man to take a brand new camera to a big event! These digital cameras are complex. You will find that you have to read the manual at least twice to get the hang of the damn things. Always stuff to learn about them. The main trick is to review every photo and make sure it is sharp. The setting for focussing can be altered and is crucial for sharp photos. I use the center weighted option then focus on a face and then keep the shutter half way down then shoot the pic. The smaller compacts use live view on the LCD screens and the center rectangle goes green when it is in focus. The big 3 inch screen of the G9 would help heaps for group photos. There are also several options for reviewing images. Usually you click the review button and zoom in on important images to make sure they are sharp. I do that with the eyes of people I am shooting. If I can see the colour of their eyes clearly that is great.  Anyway, you will get the hang of it soon enough. Get out there and shoot more photos.

Thanks again for posting your images.

[Lift Studios]

Looken good, Ron! How come I didn't see you Lift?

You did you blind old bat. LOL! I talked to you for a few minutes while in front of the booth Dina was at. 

[Stavios]

Ron is a pussy magnet 

[stuntmovie]

I met many people from Europe at the Expo and all of them were having a great time. Didn't see anyone there who looked disappointed in the least. Even Vince!

Here's a shot of the Expo crowd at its least busy period during the early part of Saturday afternoon. I don't recall any lull at all on Friday. Why was Friday busier than Saturday? You'd think it would be just the reverse.

All in all it was a hell of a great time!

[stuntmovie]

NO, Lift! My eyes are perfect! Must be my mind that is screwing up. Sorry about that.

Met Dan Solomon walking around with Bob and that was a real pleasure. I want to use his voice in the next movie we make. Very unique voice to say the least and he could capitalize on that in Hollywood.

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And here's my final photo of the evening...... A great couple I met at the Expo who have the potential to be winners in the not too distant future.... Good luck to ya both!

[just_a_pilgrim]

Find Noah ..... definitely one of the greatest guys in the game......

Noah Steere is a goddamm fucking freak.


Someone has to tell that guy on the left to have some breaks from the sauce!! Every photo i've ever seen of him his head looks like it's going to explode. It's not worth it for what he's got either.

[HUGEPECS]

The Expo was like a ghost town. Nothing at all like the Arnold Expo.

you damn right Special Ed. Olympia expo sucks. Arnold's is all dat and mo'

[Tre]

you damn right Special Ed. Olympia expo sucks. Arnold's is all dat and mo'

The Olympia Expo used to suck.  It was pretty damn good this year.

Are you guys pissed because there are no teen cheerleaders at the O?   

[Lift Studios]

Stunt's photos of the different booths were taken before the doors opened.

[slaveboy1980]

maybe it was good and bad.

[nycbull]

do you guys think Ron even owns a long sleeve shirt?

[slaveboy1980]

do you guys think Ron even owns a long sleeve shirt?

ron has mastered the Oneness

[chainsaw]

There appeared to be much fewer vendors than last year.  The equipment companies were not in abundance like last year.

There were fewer Signings than last year.

There were not very many new supplement and vitamin companys.  There were way fewer samples given out.

Everyone and their mother was promoting N Oxide. 

There were way better representatives that were hired to represent the companies last year than this year.

The setup was basically the same as last year, but more spread out to make it look larger.


Anyone else feel the same way!

The Olympia was great as well as the press conference. 

[Bluto]

my suggestion is put the olympia same weekend as halloween and you kids can go trick or treat

[Chick]

There appeared to be much fewer vendors than last year.  The equipment companies were not in abundance like last year.

There were fewer Signings than last year.

There were not very many new supplement and vitamin companys.  There were way fewer samples given out.

Everyone and their mother was promoting N Oxide. 

There were way better representatives that were hired to represent the companies last year than this year.

The setup was basically the same as last year, but more spread out to make it look larger.


Anyone else feel the same way!

The Olympia was great as well as the press conference. 

Appreciate the props on the Press conference...

"appeared" is the key word...we actually had MORE vendors and booths....what we did was expand the size as well as the aisle width to accomodate the amount of people attending and the massive bags being carried. Anyone who has gone to the ASC will tell you, it's complete gridlock and very annoying when you cant get from A to B because of the crowded areas...

As for samples...that's up to the individual vendors

[genrommel74]

There appeared to be much fewer vendors than last year.  The equipment companies were not in abundance like last year.

There were fewer Signings than last year.

There were not very many new supplement and vitamin companys.  There were way fewer samples given out.

Everyone and their mother was promoting N Oxide. 

There were way better representatives that were hired to represent the companies last year than this year.

The setup was basically the same as last year, but more spread out to make it look larger.


Anyone else feel the same way!

The Olympia was great as well as the press conference. 

I personally liked this years better, only because i got to chat with most of the top pros. But it was the same setup and the same products as last year. And no strongmen at all. And no arm wrestling

[Jerryme7]

I looked through my goody bags and found out I hardly have any meal replacements in there! Without EAS there to give out Myoplex mrps, it sucked!!

The girls at the ISS booth were cool as hell..they let me eat all the bars I wanted....Spike girls were coll as hell too as well as the SANN girls who gave me a lot of those energy drinks....

Those SANN girls were sexy as fuck and I loved the yellow outfits that showed off their curves...wish I had pics of them..they had the best women!

But there were some girls at the other booths who were very skimpy on the samples when I asked if I could get another bottle of this for a friend.

ALRI chicks were cool as hell and sexy as hell...they gave me so much supplements (Venom, WTF...)

Labrada nutrition....they were  giving out just samples of the bars and a quick mini energy drinks. They didnt give any MRPs like last year...

There werent many big name name booths....mainly muscletech was big....they had Six Star, Muscle Asylum...other big booths (somewhat) were Labrada, VPX , Met-RX, GNC....

Vyotech wasnt there, EAS wasnt there....

There were giving out mini samples this year

Muscletech gave out a big bottle of nano x9 in the goody bag! Got 3 big bottles!

Last year's was better ...last year walked away with so many mrps that it lasted me for over 2 weeks taking them 3 times a day..

Shirt designs were better last year too. There werent many contests...bench press reps contest, bucket contest to see how long you can hold a lateral raise...these were non existant for some reason....

Scantilly clad women were very scarce...remember last year had those painted women?  I wish they had them this year.

[tfalce]

Tony from PTA Las Vegas; I agree, we had a great turn out. I think on Saturday everyone was waiting in line for an autograph maybe thats y the feed back.

[Tre]

I've been one of the biggest Expo critics the past few years, but this year's edition was excellent.  It was just 2 years ago when fans were walking out with huge bags that contained almost nothing, but this year, guys (and the girls, too!) were dumping loads in their trunks and then going back for more!

If you didn't get tons of free stuff this year, it's because you weren't trying.  

I agree 100% with Chick - it's good to have more room to move about.  I don't know what makes people think that 'so crowded you can't move' = a good thing.  

The Expo organizers did a terrific job and there were more booths than they've ever had since AMI took over and many of the women looked great.  

Look - if I come out of the Expo with nothing to complain about, then you know it was a good event.  

 

[Chick]

I've been one of the biggest Expo critics the past few years, but this year's edition was excellent.  It was just 2 years ago when fans were walking out with huge bags that contained almost nothing, but this year, guys (and the girls, too!) were dumping loads in their trunks and then going back for more!

If you didn't get tons of free stuff this year, it's because you weren't trying.  

I agree 100% with Chick - it's good to have more room to move about.  I don't know what makes people think that 'so crowded you can't move' = a good thing.  

The Expo organizers did a terrific job and there were more booths than they've ever had since AMI took over and many of the women looked great.  

Look - if I come out of the Expo with nothing to complain about, then you know it was a good event.  

 

All true..If Tre is impressed, we did our job...!

[Bluto]

I looked through my goody bags and found out I hardly have any meal replacements in there! Without EAS there to give out Myoplex mrps, it sucked!!

The girls at the ISS booth were cool as hell..they let me eat all the bars I wanted....Spike girls were coll as hell too as well as the SANN girls who gave me a lot of those energy drinks....

Those SANN girls were sexy as fuck and I loved the yellow outfits that showed off their curves...wish I had pics of them..they had the best women!

But there were some girls at the other booths who were very skimpy on the samples when I asked if I could get another bottle of this for a friend.

ALRI chicks were cool as hell and sexy as hell...they gave me so much supplements (Venom, WTF...)

Labrada nutrition....they were  giving out just samples of the bars and a quick mini energy drinks. They didnt give any MRPs like last year...

There werent many big name name booths....mainly muscletech was big....they had Six Star, Muscle Asylum...other big booths (somewhat) were Labrada, VPX , Met-RX, GNC....

Vyotech wasnt there, EAS wasnt there....

There were giving out mini samples this year

Muscletech gave out a big bottle of nano x9 in the goody bag! Got 3 big bottles!

Last year's was better ...last year walked away with so many mrps that it lasted me for over 2 weeks taking them 3 times a day..

Shirt designs were better last year too. There werent many contests...bench press reps contest, bucket contest to see how long you can hold a lateral raise...these were non existant for some reason....

Scantilly clad women were very scarce...remember last year had those painted women?  I wish they had them this year.

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you're both dumpster divers living off hand outs