Arnold Expo, just the beginning…
All day I’ve been trying to figure out where to start on the Arnold Expo/AKC Event that occurred this past weekend in Columbus. 
It’s an amazing spectacle as those Coaches that had not been before now know. You just never know who or what you will see at any given moment. Go get Tshirts, and you miss Scott Sonnon who stopped by to see the Coaches. He was very busy himself over in the Anti-Aging “wing” of the Convention Center. It’s ok, I ended up seeing him after “bumping” into Arnold on my way out. Actually, I couldn’t get but a few phone shots over the mob from about 10 feet away, but the Terminator was there! Late Sunday was just as eventful as Prime Time Saturday. We found our Mens Winner in Brian Schoonveld, Worlds Strongest Man Competitor, who happens to be one of the best Pressers in the World it seems. He got 129 reps within 10 minutes in our Overhead Lift 
Contest with a 32kg/70lb Kettlebell! Last years winner was also a Strongman Competitor, so there is a trend forming. Valery wanted me to make sure I explained to “Schoonie”, as they call him, that we aren’t trying to turn him into a Kettlebell Lifter, but even if he learned one small point that accounted for just a few % of his training, it would be worth it at his level.
There’s just too much to talk about in one Blog, so I’ll post some pics for now and figure something out in the meantime. Most of all we want to thank the 21 AKC Coaches who helped run the booth and the others that stopped by and hung out. We’re building quite a Community of Kettlebell Lifters in this Country! More to come…
Eric Liford, Editor
