Athlete Blogs

[genex]

Hey a lot of competitors either have had journals or are utilizing blogs to journal with. We've started collecting links to various public journals and have posted them on our links page.

Here's where you can see who's got ones up and if you have or know of others, please share them with us.

http://www.ftvideo.com/links.htm#blog

Thanks,
gene

[t-bone]

I beleive Anne Sheehan & Raquel Oliver each have journals.

[Heather Lee]

My blog is in my members section, however I am adding a free section blog as soon as my webmaster reaaranges my site to accomodate it!!!

In the meantime, here is an excerpt from my latest diary entry today......

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3/30/2005
Hi Everyone~


Happy Wednesday!!! The week is officially halfway over!!! :)
Hope you are all well today! It is absolutely GORGEOUS outside...I just came from the park....I had to get outside today~the rain and nasty weather we have been having lately was really getting to me...I needed fresh air and sunshine!!!!

I finally went back to the gym on Monday~I needed last week off to recover from my Strongman competition....but I was itching to go back and train by Monday....I hit chest~and managed to kill myself in the process! LOL!!! My chest is tender to the touch! Last night I did shoulders, and tonight is big legs....Our first official night of our new squat program~We have been conditioning ourselves for this the last few weekd, so me, Elena, and Claudia are the new Wednesday night training crew! I have high expectations for us~~Should be good!!!

Coming into the world of Strongman has been great...It has opened my eyes to a lot of new training techniques and has made me aware of some of my weaknesses and my strengths....I realize that Strongman can tie into my bodybuilding training~not that I would be able to train like that all the time~but I can incorporate certain things into my workouts that would benefit me in both sports. I realize that Powerlifting is a bit closer to bodybuilding~Strongman is sort of an offshoot of the two! I also have had the great opportunity to meet some new people when I came into that sport~really spectacular athletes!!!! One is Julie Havelka...I remember seeing Julie in Monster Muscle Magazine the month before I was featured as the IronMaiden...Julie is a Strongwoman and Powerlifter~and a Wrestler!!! Some of her credits are...

2001 Beauty and the Beast WorldStrongman/Strongwoman Challenge 1st place
Strongest Woman in the West 2002 1st place
2003 Northeast X-tremeStrongman/Strongwoman Showdown 1st place
2nd Woman in the World to close theCaptains of Crush No. 2 Gripper

Her best competition lifts~Squat: 474 lbs~Benchpress: 308.5 lbs~Deadlift: 475 lbs...For a total of 1201 lbs!!!


Pretty impressive stuff!!!! Julie will be coming shortly to my Girlfriends section~and for those of you interested, Julie wrote a book~called Personal Best. It is pretty much everything you need to know to compete in Strongman~technique, workouts, visualization~you name it, its there...I ordered it a few days ago, and I am definitly looking forward to reading it!! In the meantime, check out her site...

http://www.juliehavelka.com/

Another great person I met is Stephanie Luther....she competed at the contest I did in Connecticut 2 weeks ago~she won the Lightweight class. Her credits include...


Fall Strength Fest 10-11-03 * 2nd place (trained only 3 weeks)
Battle of Bad Ass 5-22-04 * 1st place
RI state championship 6-19-04 * 1st place
Hudson River Strongman 8-28-04 * 1st place
Stronger than all 3-19-05 * 1st place


Steph is also coming to my Girlfriends section!!! :) She was really a sweetheart and was very helpful at the meet I did, offering advice to someone(me) who really had no clue what I was doing! LOL!!! Thanks to her!!!!

Well all, I am off for now...I leave you with the pics of the day!

I will be sure to stop in later tonight or tomorrow to let you know how the workout went tonight! Don't forget, Wednesday night updates later on tonight!!!

'Till next time, Keep pumpin' hard!!!
XOXO
Heather Lee

PS...be sure to check out the May 2005 issue of IRONMAN in the News and Views Section~Lonnie Teper did a nice writeup about me!!!

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:)
Heather
http://www.heatherleenj.com

[boomboomroom1234]

Great post heather... one of the best bbs out there...so super hot..love those new pics you have!!!!! :D

[Nath.]

Hey! thank's Gene for thoses links!! :D

[Liftingchic]

For some reason... I just love Blogs... I go to Amanda D. alot.. she is always up to something. and always posting in it... same goes for Gina D.


Lc

[genex]

Thanks to Andy for the heads up, we just added a link to Isabelle Turell's blog now too...
http://www.ftvideo.com/links.htm#blog

gene

[MikeEckstut]

hey Gene and James...mazeltov on opening your forum...I'm sure it'll be a great place and a nice addition to the web site

couple of blogs of note...

Cindy Phillips has a blog
http://cindyphillips.blogspot.com/
which can also be found at her www.cindyphillips.net website

Mindi Obrien has a blog
http://mindiobrien.blogspot.com/
which can also be found via her www.mindiobrien.com website

for a very extensive list of links to competitors with blogs, you can go to www.transvigor.com which is Lingster's blog and he's got a few dozen listed on his links on the right hand side of the page

[eseiple]

My website has 2 blogs. One in my free section for those that are not members and one in my members section . Both have different content and I post pics in them to let people.

In my members section I have the PHOTO Gallery with pics of me TONS OF PICS...and the FRESH FACES gallery where I post pics of other girls.

I have my VIDEO gallery where I post posing and training videos

I have my CHAT which is every Sunday night at 9:00pm EST

I have as stated my DIARY which I post pics and talk in and share training tips etc And you just get an inside glimpse of me.

Then I have my POWER SECTION where I have my POWERLIFTING VIDEOS ( squatting in competition 500 pounds, deadlifting 470, benching etc. ) I also have training for powerlifting and bodybuilding videos. this is all in my power section...Plus PHOTOS training here.

Then I have my Road to Victory where 4 years of dieting is documented with week to week pics. PLUS thsoe who I train pics as they Diet, IE Cindy Phillips and Jessica Rohm.


In the free section is a gallery and I post all the pics from NJ NPC shows here , men and women. i have a friends and fans section, I have a journal where I get more into my training here etc.


Please check it out!

WWW.ELENASEIPLE.COM

[genex]

Hey Mike and Elena, we've got both listed on the blog list and I think blogs are an awesome way to get more insight into what competitors are doing.

[eseiple]

Definately, you get a birds eye view of what I am thinking and the other girls in thier blogs. You get a feel for how they feel when dieting, and training. The ups , the downs...the good the bad.....:)

[Star Blaylock]

My Journal
Date: January 22, 2005


Today I’ve contemplated the subject of gossip. What is gossip? To me it’s entertainment exercised by both female and male for the purpose of a lack of conversation due to ignorance. Why do I choose the word ignorance? Most people have no idea what to talk to talk about, other than other people’s short comings or their excellence which they have no means to replicate. The short comings of another are easier to exuberate because it gives the person(s) the opportunity to give themselves a boost in their own self confidence by therapeutically consoling their own imperfections indirectly. I feel that by gossiping, a feeling of importance and dominance becomes a means of subconsciously excusing all human mistakes made by said gossiper. Am I at fault? Sure I am. All human beings are at some point. Does that make it right? No one in their right mind would say it would. Yet we all feel the need to do what we know is wrong. I can quote one of my favorite woman leaders, Eleanor Roosevelt, who said, “Simple minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.” I am no saint, but I will continue to try “shutting the hell up” if I have nothing of significance to talk about.

[Maxt]

Star you are a deep and cerebral contemplative thinker. Maybe a type A personality? I say that in a good way because of what I know type A personalities are best suited toward focusing and being almost perfect as well as being able to sustain long careers in bodybuilding. As far as gossip goes, yes I love ideas and philosophy like Nietzsche and Freud, but I also like gossip just to keep up with what everybody is doing. I don't have the family you do, all of my parents died already. I don't think gossip is a good thing in the strongest sense you describe where it is used to make one person feel superior to another. Yes indeed that is contributory to ignorance and worse intolerance.

[eseiple]

Gossip can destroy that I do know! Avoid it at all costs,

[Star Blaylock]

Star you are a deep and cerebral contemplative thinker. Maybe a type A personality? I say that in a good way because of what I know type A personalities are best suited toward focusing and being almost perfect as well as being able to sustain long careers in bodybuilding. As far as gossip goes, yes I love ideas and philosphy like Nietzsche and Freud, but I also like gossip just to keep up with what everybody is doing. I don't have the family you do, all of my parents died already. I don't think gossip is a good thing in the strongest sense you describe where it is used to make one person feel superior to another. Yes indeed that is contributory to ignorance and worse intolerance.

Thank you for taking time out to read my thoughts on the down side of gossip. I certainly haven't studied any philosophers like Freud or Nietzsche. I just know about them. So the type A personality that you describe is a new lesson for me...you learn something new every day. I wrote this in my journal after a party I attended. I noticed how everyone, like at most parties, gravitated into cliques. I have an introvert/extrovert personality, so at that particular party I was more of a "wall flower" that observed and listened to everyones different conversations. Some of them were interesting topics, others were belittling and cruel. I understand what you mean when you say you like gossip. I'm sorry to hear that your family is gone. Gossip is informative when it is based on facts, be it negative or positive. I just don't like the judgemental aspect of it when it's negative, but of course, we can't control that aspect. Cool chatting with you! Thanks again...Star

[Maxt]

Well, Star I think that we are in agreement on judgementalism and I like the way you took eveything in at the party. I just love to watch an entire social scene develop at a slow but comfortable pace. That is why I love chilled out lounges and oceanside cafes, although my lifestyle does not lend itself to this recreation as often as I'd probably like. That might be better for me too. If you do have time, look into both Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche's best work is a kind of very complicated language though, so you'd have to break it down to concepts while taking notes and outlining, whereas Freud is very psychological and reads well. Some of Freud's psychological theory you could find enlightening while probably not all of it. That Journal entry that you made was a very good one though. I enjoy your writing on Graphic Muscle where you mod.

[Star Blaylock]

Well, Star I think that we are in agreement on judgementalism and I like the way you took eveything in at the party. I just love to watch an entire social scene develop at a slow but comfortable pace. That is why I love chilled out lounges and oceanside cafes, although my lifestyle does not lend itself to this recreation as often as I'd probably like. That might be better for me too. If you do have time, look into both Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche's best work is a kind of very complicated language though, so you'd have to break it down to concepts while taking notes and outlining, whereas Freud is very psychological and reads well. Some of Freud's psychological theory you could find enlightening while probably not all of it. That Journal entry that you made was a very good one though. I enjoy your writing on Graphic Muscle where you mod.

I'll have to do a bit of research on those two guys! I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts on the IM forum...take care and I hope to chat with you again soon! :)

[Heather Lee]

As of 3 days ago, I now have a training journal added to my free section, in addition the the diary in my members section! Check it out!!!!!

http://www.heatherleenj.com/journal/journal.html

Thanks!!!!!!!
Heather Lee
http://www.heatherleenj.com

[Maxt]

Awesome Heather. You are totally awesome!

[genex]

Very nice Heather!

[rhysg]

Hey Gene,

I am aware that Giana has a website, www.gianaholder.com and she has kindly included a blog of where her fans can see her journal which she currently updates each week. Perhaps with her permission you maybe able to include this information on FTV's website.

Many thanks
Rhys :)

[Anne Sheehan]

Well HOPEFULLY...Mike E will get my site up and running soon and I will once again have blogs...

PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER FOR Anne-Sheehan.com


This webmaster is a JERK...he's not closing the site and he keeps allowing members to join!!!! I've yet to recieve payment!!!!! He's a thief!!!!

[ibarramedia]

Well HOPEFULLY...Mike E will get my site up and running soon and I will once again have blogs...

PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER FOR Anne-Sheehan.com


This webmaster is a JERK...he's not closing the site and he keeps allowing members to join!!!! I've yet to recieve payment!!!!! He's a thief!!!!
Damn Anne! That's pretty serious. Have you considered taking him to court? And who is this guy anyway? We want to know.

[Anne Sheehan]

He was my second try at getting a website. He told me he would get it up and running without any initial cost, that he would just take a percentage. He said he was Canadian. I haven't heard from him in months. All the pics on there are old. I don't even know how to get a hold of him or anything. He's just disappeared and is collecting funds off my hard work. I know because people keep asking me when I'm going to make updates. They would only know I haven't made updates if they've already joined. I get so upset. I don't know how to warn people other than posting not to join other than on other message boards. It's sickening! Hopefully, Mike will get the new one up and running and people will get referred there first when they do a search on my name.

[James]

I don't even know how to get a hold of him or anything. He's just disappeared and is collecting funds off my hard work.

Registrant:
Irongirls
8 Bathgate Drive
Toronto, ON M1C3H2
CA

Domain name: ANNE-SHEEHAN.COM

Administrative Contact:
Direct, Domain Email address protected from spam harvesters
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, ON M6K 3M1
CA
+1.4165312084 Fax: +1.4165315584

Technical Contact:
Direct, Domain Email address protected from spam harvesters
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, ON M6K 3M1
CA
+1.4165312084 Fax: +1.4165315584



Registration Service Provider:
Domain Direct
1-416-531-2084
http://www.domaindirect.com/supportform.html
This company may be contacted for domain login/passwords,
DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support questions.


Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 27-Jan-2005.
Record expires on 20-Oct-2005.
Record created on 20-Oct-2004.

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.ROUGEWEB.COM 216.127.78.41
NS2.ROUGEWEB.COM 216.127.78.156


Domain status: REGISTRAR-LOCK

[Anne Sheehan]

HOLY S@#T! lol How'd you do that?

Do you think there's anyway I can force them to shut the site down?

[A.J.]

HOLY S@#T! lol How'd you do that?


Hey Anne,

Didn't you know? James is the (Cue the blaring trumpets) "King of the Internet!"

:p

-Al

[fitkim]

I have a couple blogs one on my my website www.kimschaeferfitness.com and one at www.myspace.com/kimschaefer

[Norah]

hmmmmm....

I have 2 logs...

BLOG (http://www.motion-online.dk/fora/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=14&)

LOG (http://www.motion-online.dk/fora/index.php?showtopic=6964)

and when it is about 12 weeks from competition I have a weekly update on my website here (http://www.athletic.dk/konkurrenceforberedelse.php?go=info)


.... one problem - there are in danish :o

http://www.athletic.dk/norah/galleri/Rygaard/back_crop.jpg

[Halo]

He was my second try at getting a website. He told me he would get it up and running without any initial cost, that he would just take a percentage. He said he was Canadian. I haven't heard from him in months. All the pics on there are old. I don't even know how to get a hold of him or anything. He's just disappeared and is collecting funds off my hard work. I know because people keep asking me when I'm going to make updates. They would only know I haven't made updates if they've already joined. I get so upset. I don't know how to warn people other than posting not to join other than on other message boards. It's sickening! Hopefully, Mike will get the new one up and running and people will get referred there first when they do a search on my name.
Wow Anne. What a nightmare :(

[bigenginebb]

anne,
you cant take back the site name. it belongs to whoever registers the site. that is how people have made $$$ on the net is selling domain names. however, if you have not signed a release with him then you may sue him in civil court for using your photos. That part you may need to consult with an attorney probably canadian. I will tell that you continue to inform your fans about the hoo-doo. once you get the other site up and running it will be ok. Oh, when folks contact you about updates determine if they are paying members of the bogus site and inform them to cancel membership, payment, autodrafts. personally it would be more satisfying to spend less money go to canada and beat his ass.
Don & Tangela Morgan
www.tangelamorgan.com

[JTx]

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.ROUGEWEB.COM 216.127.78.41
NS2.ROUGEWEB.COM 216.127.78.156


Anne,

This is a good place to start. http://rougeweb.com. It where the site is hosted.

Inform them that the site this person has put up is NOT authorized by you, that he is profiting from copyrighted images that he does NOT have authorization to use and that he is in violation of US intellectual property rights laws. Also indicate that you are considering legal action. Leave that last part a little vague.

If they don't respond you may have to have an attorney write a letter. But generally, hosting companies do NOT want to get bogged down in this kind of action.

.

[rpflex]

I have one you can access from my web site or direct at: http://rpflex.blogspot.com/

It's been a while since I've updated, but I promise to add something soon!

[Claire Rohrbacker-OConnel]

Hi everyone, I have a blog on my website www.clairerohrbacker-oconnell.com

Claire

[ibarramedia]

How about these blogs:

Msmachine.blogspot.com
cindyphillips.blogspot.com
Brittmiller.blogspot.com
heatherpedigo.blogspot.com

[Norah]

Hi

I have just started an english blog at my site (12 weeks of contestpres to the WFF worlds - figure class)
... Trying to keep my grammar correct is a challenge - but I am I think you can understand :banana:

ATHLETIC.DK (http://www.athletic.dk)

[genex]

Thanks Norah, always love to keep up with what you are doing!

[fem_physique]

I use a blog - helps me keep perspective. And fans can see I am a real person.

http://fem-physique.blogspot.com/

[genex]

Thanks for that link Vicki!

[Morningstar]

I'd love for everyone to check out my blog!
http://dianatinnelle.blogspot.com/

[Ms.Machine]

Hey everyone!!

Wow, I guess I'm pretty late getting on this board, huh? I hope you all had a chance to check out some of the pics from my shoot with Gene - he did an awesome job!

Here is the link for my blog - I'm in contest-shape and have been posting some hot pics!!
http://www.msmachine.blogspot.com/

I also have a website up and runnning and I just updated the homepage with a nice nighttime (beach) bikini pic!
http://msmusclemachine.com/

Keep an eye on the calander on FTUltraCam to check me out up close and personal....

WELCOME...TO THE MACHINE!

xoxo
Bella Luvana

[femalemusclefan]

Damn your cute in glasses, Bella! :)

[Scott]

http://scottsspotlightbbathlete.blogspot.com/

there is my blog and i will be updating it frequently with fresh new faces and maybe occassionally some veterans too. :)

[kimferrell]

Melissa Dettwiller finished my site earlier this month and it also has a blog here:

http://kimferrelldiary.blogspot.com/

[grlslifthvy2]

Well, on my "almost finished" website, my blog is actually functioning...
http://www.heidibagwell.blogspot.com (http://)

or on the "almost finished" site...
www.heidibagwell.com (http://)

[genex]

We just updated the genextras blog and will be adding links to other athlete blogs on there:
http://genexmagazine.blogspot.com/

Check out the crazy before and now pix of Arnold in our latest posting...

[genex]

OF course that's totally fine!

[hans]

I'm not an athlete but I just starting blogging too - finally!

Hard Talk (http://hansk01.wordpress.com/)

Hans