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What a whirlwind after that squat!!
Check part 1 out here
Dr. Ken asked if Ken Whetham would set up his mono in the lobby so people could take their photos with it. He of course said yes as Ken can't say no to anyone. That's why I always stay in his bed in Oshawa 😉
So, Jeff, Matt, Ken, myself and a dude with a sweet neck tattoo managed to get it out with out too much difficulty.
At this point my head was spinning. Everyone was buzzing! The squats went great and the speakers were about to start!!!
I went up to my room to shower and get more food. I missed the first round of speakers, but ran into Donnie Thompson who was scheduled to speak in the second block of presenters. Oh, we were also talking to Brad Gillingham and Bill Kazmaier
(I was pretty pumped about this picture 🙂
Donnie asked if he could use me to demonstrate the X wife and his body tempering. I said hells yes.
It was great and awful at the same time lol. Getting rolled by a 150 lbs steel roller has it perks. It felt amazing after. During the calves it was pretty bad. I thought I might throw up.
After that was all said and done, Shannon and I got a chance to chat a bunch with Donnie. He is an amazing person and really just wants to help everyone!
At this point I was exhausted. We went upstairs and had a nap. Napping is a sport that I miss being a part of haha.
My boy Dave Sandler had a presentation about the good, bad and ugly side of the supplement industry. It was very insightful and Dave is very funny! I learned that carbs are awesome.
I honestly have no idea what happened after Dave's presentation. I think that I went back up for another nap.
Friday night finished off with some food with Jack, Aneta and Shannon. It was great.
Saturday morning, the gang went to McD's for some of their fantastic breakfast wraps. I got 8.
We then went to Dave Tate's talk on business. It was truthful and very well done. I'm not just saying that to kiss his ass either. My favorite thing he said was:
In porn you know you're going to get fucked. In this industry you don't know until you are already fucked - Dave Tate
Dave is an incredible speaker. YouTube him and you will see. Dave come on our podcast!!! Then it was that time again. Nap time. We went up and had a 3 hour nap. That was grand. The last round of presenters were on the stages when we got back down. Karen, one of the volunteers that made this whole weekend happen, was collecting the schedules. I asked if I could keep one (Jack I know you still have it!!). I was going to get the presenters to sign their spot on the schedule. I saw Joe DeFranco. Got him to sign it. Then got to small talk with him and I mentioned that Donnie Thompson was at the end of the hall. He was pumped! He wanted to meet him. By this time, most of the Ottawa crew was there. Brenda Banning, Heather Leitch, Aneta Wilga, Shannon, Jack and myself. Well we were treated to Donnie showing Joe how the x wife works and why it works.
Big @thompsonfatpad showing @defrancosgym what time it is with body tempering #SWIS2015
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We got to see first hand one of the greatest powerlifters of all time work with one of the best coaches of all time. For about an hour. It was amazing. I even got to work on Joe showing him the pain the step child can bring a tight IT band haha.
I name dropped Paul Valliancourt and was instantly in Joe DeFranco's good books. "Paul is the fucking man" was his actual quote.
After that was supper.
Shit. I'm going to need a part 3. Supper and after supper are worthy of there own post!