Well, we will just call that a little “hiatus”. Figured I have so much on my brain and so much on my plate that I at least better get in here and update a bunch of things for the people that actually do read my drivel. No, I don’t have anything profound to post this time but things are finally slowing down enough to the point that I will be back in here on a regular basis to give my unsolicited opinions and advice. Thank me later.
First, anyone that owns a legitimate business in this industry knows how tough this time of the year can be. I say “legitimate” because most just pretend to own one – make up a stupid name and then proceed to pretend it is a real business entity. Taxes are very time consuming so to finally get them out of the way for this year is a blessing. Tax note: Obama isn’t big on capitalism. That is all I will say at least publicly.
Second, Jimmy Kennedy arrived last Sunday to train here in Denver with me for 8 weeks. After destroying a Snooze breakfast and moving into his apartment with the company Sissy works for, we are off and running and things are going well aside from the gay waiter singing to him when he served us our pancakes. Jimmy says he didn’t look the waiter in the eye but Jimmy was blushing so …. you make the call. There is nothing more precious than a 110 pound gay man, gayly singing a pancake song to a 6′5″, 330 pound defensive tackle that gets paid to rip your fucking head off and then dance about it. He was a good sport and admittedly, we laughed long and hard (ouch, that didn’t didn’t sound right). I should also note that when the line to be seated at Snooze is around the building it is a really good thing to be an NFL player. It took us about 3 minutes to be seated and the look on the faces of the others that were waiting was not one saying “can I have your autograph”. Secretly, I admit that I was hoping they couldn’t figure out which black guy was the important one.
Third, the DVD is moving along well with test footage out of the way and training footage will start filming in about 5 weeks. We plan to film the training footage for all workouts over a 2 week period. I was holding off and waiting for Jimmy to get to town because most of the training footage will be training with him at Armbrust Gym here in Wheat Ridge, a suburb of Denver. For those that haven’t heard I will be putting out a training and nutrition DVD that will focus on the theme of longevity in this sport. How to train well into your 40s and compete while remaining as injury free as possible, how to work through or around injuries, nutrition and supplementation, advances that I have been working on with skiploading and shitloading as I have gone back to using both instead of just skiploading, etc.. We will be filming the training footage over the last 2 weeks that Jimmy will be here in Denver because he doesn’t want to look like a fat pig in the DVD. I am paraphrasing but you get my point and I would appreciate it if you didn’t mention that little “fat pig” comment if you see him. Remind yourself of your loyalties, here.
Lastly, a “small world” story that I have to throw in here for your entertainment/pleasure: My youngest daughter needed to go to the ER with a pretty bad cut on her thigh last Monday. It was a pretty rough situation and after declining the ambulance I drove her to the hospital, myself. After getting a quick check in we were taken back to a room and the Doctor came in a few minutes later. Nice guy and I told my daughter, Reese, that he looked like he worked out too. The Doctor kind of scoffed, playfully, and said that he “lifted a little”. While he was sewing her leg up we got to chit chatting and he asked what I did and I told him. He looked up kind of quick and said that he had a bunch of certs and yet felt that handing his nutrition and training over to someone else was a Godsend and he asked me if I knew Layne. I said “Layne Norton?” and he said yes. I told him who I was and that I owned IntenseMuscle.com and we both got a laugh out of it. I went on to tell him how much of a steroid and nubain user Layne was but he didn’t seem to care. I even told him he was gay but that didn’t seem to affect him, either. Loyalty can be a bitch, sometimes. My point? Shit, I don’t know. I guess that it is a small world. Either that or I am just REALLY famous – yeah, that must be it.
Lastly, I will be heading to the Colorado Season opener: The Northern Colorado, this Saturday with Jimmy to check that out. Always a good show and he wants to see what a show entails so it should be fun. I always like to see the good peole of the sport but, of course, with the good come the douches. I am sure that I will have to bite my tongue on more than one occasion this weekend. If you are in Boulder this weekend for the show and you see a big, good looking, black man…. it’s me. Jimmy should be close behind, though.
Ahhhh… It’s good to be back…..

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