Archive for September 2009

Arnold EXPO Registration Downloads

Most of the information you need for Arnold EXPO registration information is now available online.
The series of PDF forms may be downloaded and completed to apply for Arnold EXPO booth space.
Go to the Arnold Sports Festival EXPO page. Look at the hotlinks box at the top right of the page and download the appropriate forms. [...]

Ohio State and Great Lakes Bodybuilding Championships

Congratulations to the winners of this weekend’s Ohio State and Great Lakes Championships in Columbus.
Look through the Photo Album at the Arnold Sports Festival Facebook Fan Page to see if you or your favorite amateur is there.

Ultimate Fighter Wes Sims Debut

Mixed Martial Arts fighter Wes Sims made his debut on Spike TV’s Ultimate Fighter last night. Sims, a long-time friend of the Arnold Sports Festival, joined 15 other fighters in a six-week stay at a Las Vegas penthouse where they worked before the reality tv cameras of  The Ultimate Fighter.
Finals for the series are Dec. [...]

Jen Hendershott Makes MTV’s MADE

Jen Hendershott’s coaching of Carter, a 90-pound student who wants to transform his lifestyle to impress his girlfriend, is now showing on MTV’s MADE. The first showing was last Saturday.
The show’s rerun schedule showing Jen’s reaction to the very reluctant bodybuilder are found on the MTV site.
My favorite quote from Jen is when she reacts [...]

Firecrackers Performance at 2010 Arnold EXPO

One thing the Arnold Sports Festival is known for is the top level athletic entertainment it brings to the weekend. You’ve watched as the Alexis Brothers wowed the Arnold Classic crowd on Saturday night during intermission at the mens bodybuilding finals at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. You’ve also seen Flattop on the Arnold EXPO stage and [...]

Mike Davies’ Westerville Rams Defense is Perfect

Mike Davies instructs one of the defensive players for the Westerville Rams of the Junior Football League of Westerville as they prepare for their next game following the Labor Day break.
The Rams go into the third game of the season undefeated. The defense has yet to be scored on and has limited opponents to -18 [...]

Derek Poundstone Gets His Own Arnold Wallpaper

The Arnold Sports Festival celebrates Derek Poundstone’s training success, as we mentioned earlier, with the first of a new series of images from the weekend to be used as desktop wallpapers. The first of the planned wallpapers shows Derek during the Arnold Strongman competition on the Arnold EXPO stage.
Download this 1024×768 wallpaper for your desktop. [...]

Derek Poundstone pulls 59,600 pound fire truck – Three Times!

Derek Poundstone, winner of the 2009 Arnold Strongman Contest, accomplished the hat trick of strength with three 150-foot pulls of a 59,600-pound fire department tanker down the flattest street in Prospect, CT, last Thursday. Between breaks of 15-20 minutes, the 320-pound police officer kept his head low to the ground and used a two-inch rope [...]

Arnold Sports Youth Athletes at the Columbus Clippers

On the next to last home game for the season for the Columbus Clippers, youth athletes from the Arnold Sports Festival greeted baseball fans with demonstrations and free tickets to the festival weekend in March 2010.
Just a test!
It is possible to lift
Yes, it’s heavy!
Everyone was interested
Youth DanceSport on display
At the Arnold:
Youth DanceSport
Arnold Gymnastics [...]

Julia Richey – Fencing Champion at the Arnold Sports Festival

It’s a great week for Julia Richey to celebrate. She’s opening a new fencing academy this weekend in Columbus and she celebrates her arrival in America from Russia ten years ago.
The last year was also a highlight for the 13-year member of the Russian National Fencing Team and chairwoman of the Arnold Fencing Classic at [...]