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 By: Brenda Kelly
The exciting 2006 Mr. Olympia weekend is a bodybuilding and fitness extravaganza whirlwind year after year held this year in opulent Las Vegas. Fans, friends and family come to enjoy the contests for the crowning of the Olympia titles for the Mr. Olympia, Ms. Olympia, Fitness Olympia and Figure Olympia.
Right at the top of the Olympia weekend "Must-Do" list is attending the 2-day Olympia Expo. In fact there are many who travel from far and wide to visit the Expo specifically... foregoing the evening contests held at night in trade out for a night out on the town or to attend the many star-studded Olympia After Parties in Sin City! The Expo started in the morning at the Hilton Convention Center on both Friday and Saturday and went on until 5 PM.
  Click Image To Enlarge. The Expo Stage. The Mr. Olympia Expo is a sight to see filled with high tech booths from the top supplement companies in nutrition, fitness apparel, extreme sports, new training devices and everything and anything related to health and fitness. You can get personal autographs from Pro Athletes and your favorite sexy Magazine models.
 Click Image To Enlarge. Jay Cutler & Hollywood Producer Stephen Huntsman. Attendees all are carrying stuffed, packed bags full of free samples (in Hollywood we call it "SWAG") and if that weren't enough, there are and tons of beautiful bodies everywhere you look to inspire you to look after your physical self for the entire year.
The Bodybuilding.com booth rocked the Expo with a line-up of top industry representatives and the best and most sample give-aways ever!
 Click Image To Enlarge. Christina Lindley, Lauren Powers, Brenda Kelly & Fawnia Mondey. We had IFBB Masters Pro winner, Bob Cicherillo, Cover Models Timea Majorova, Christina Lindley, Fawnia Dietrich and myself. We also had beautiful bikini and figure models Ginger Redeker and Gina Lara.
 Click Image To Enlarge. Timea Majorova & Brenda Kelly. IFBB Olympia weekend competitors Valerie Waugaman - who placed 12 in the Ms. Olympia Figure and Dayana Cadeau - who placed 2nd in the Ms. Olympia stop by to sign autographs for the fans. Congratulations to both and to all of the athletes! Russ Deluca our Buff Daddy Boss came from the home offices in Boise along with CEO Ryan and Jeremy Deluca to check out the action and meet and greet.
 Click Image To Enlarge. Bob, Ryan, Russ & John. Also from the home offices were Head Webmaster Will, Richard, Gary and marketing director David Middleton. We needed all of the help we could get, as the Bodybuilding.com booth is always a favorite for all to visit and there is never a lull in the action.
We handed out more samples fromm the top supplement companies than any other booth at the Expo. Bodybuilding.com was incomparable for traffic and the always-popular Olympia T-shirts were on hand for free for those who entered their E-mail addresses at the computer stations right in the booth. Another main attraction at the Bodybuilding.com booth was the media section where the Chapman Media Group taped webcast shows throughout the weekend.
 Click Image To Enlarge. Setting Up For A Webcast.
I had a spectacular show on Saturday afternoon called Brenda Kelly's 2006 Olympia Expo Girl Power Hour. It was an awesome array of the best female bodies and athletes that were there for the Olympia weekend. There were 4 separate interview sessions that came in to join me for the webcast.
Interview #1 was with "The Nutrition Magician" Kim Oddo and 5 of his 7 Olympia Figure athletes who were competing that very night. It was so exciting to hear their thoughts and meet them all right before the big show.
Kim is definitely their coach, support system, guide, spiritual advisor, counselor...you get the idea. Kim is the rock these women can depend on to bring them through some of the toughest times and the best of times.
 Click Image To Enlarge. Kim Oddo & His Olympia Figure Athletes.
Interview # 2 was with my longtime friend the newest TV star trainer from "The Biggest Loser" Kim Lyons! She is so positive, motivating and friendly as always and it is not hard to see why Kim has been put in this position of media stardom.
 Click Image To Enlarge. Brenda & Kim Lyons.
Interview # 3 was a mix of fit and sexy women with Olympia Fitness competitor, Julie Shipley-Childs who just placed 7th on the Olympia stage the night before. Julie was joined with Ms. Olympia Bodybuilding competitors and figure models. I wanted to represent the many types of beautiful women at the Expo.
 Click Image To Enlarge. Julie, Brenda, Timea & Christina. Both Timea Majorova and Christina Lindley 2 of the hottest models on the fitness circuit were there straight from the Bodybuilding.com booth! I love how all of the different physiques are represented for women at the Olympia.
Interview # 4 was with my 2 dear friends, Lauren Powers and production partner Ms. Olympia competitor Gayle Moher who placed 9th the night before.
 Click Image To Enlarge. Lauren Powers & Gayle Moher. Lauren and Gayle are set to shoot a documentary with a camera team following them throughout Europe! The show is about women bodybuilders and the men who love them. How exciting! It will air in the UK on the Discovery Channel. There is definitely something for everyone's women physiques tastes at the Olympia Expo.
 Click Image To Enlarge. Brenda Kelly, Steve Huntsman & Lauren Powers.
The latest greatest news flash talk at Bodybuilding.com was all about BodySpace. BodySpace is the newest grooviest way to meet health and fitness minded people. Go to Bodybuilding.com and sign on for your very own page. It's free and only takes minutes to create your fitness profile.
This is a chance to strut your stuff worldwide, promote your personal website, learn the secrets from the best bodies in the world, post PICS, get connected with others who have achieved their fitness goals and get noticed where it counts. Check it out and say hello to me there under DivaBK.
Bodybuilding.com also had its own annual supplement awards presentation during the Olympia Expo right in the Bodybuilding.com booth. Check out who won! This is your chance to see what's new, tried and proven to really work for you!
 Click Image To Enlarge. Ryan Deluca, Bob Cicherillo & Christina Lindley Present The Supplement Awards. View More Pics From The 2006 Supplement Awards Here.
The 2006 Olympia Expo at the Bodybuilding.com booth was completely excellent. I recommend it to all who want to experience the pursuit of bodybuilding, health, fitness and the need to be on the cutting edge. See you at next year's Olympia! Take care of yourself. You're worth it.
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