Well, here we are in sunny Madrid, it's pretty darned warm here I'm glad to say...
Arrived a few hours ago to the 2nd of the three main hotels (Hotel AC Marriott Feria), bumped into my good friend and Arnold Classic amateur competitor (90kg class) Simon Fan (and Temple chums) who is the co-organiser of the British Grand Prix and owner of Britain's infamous Temple Gym...
We sat down for a cold drink and I couldn't resist taking a sneaky shot of his huge freakin' calves! Check 'em out...(taken with Iphone)

Never seen him this hard and dry before, told him head has shrunk away to nothing!
Sent me these two sneaky shots on my phone which he took in his room today...Not bad Mr Fantom Sir, not bad at all...Says it's going to be a good warm-up for the British finals in two weeks...


Went for some food, problem with Madrid is hardly ANYONE speaks even a word of English, all the menu's are in Spanish! We somehow managed to order though...Simon certainly enjoyed his burger, fries and cheesecake...
Downstairs in the hotel I bumped into some of the Dutch guys, who amongst them was IFBB pro (7th in the New York Pro this year) Khalid Almohsinawi who was looking pretty beastly, nice chap, thanked me for putting him in my Euro-Muscle Scene column a couple months back...He just told me he is doing the 212 class next year, at the New York pro he was just 205lbs!! Show's you most pro's lie about their bodyweights as that guy is a MONSTER!!

Just my first entry to this thread folks, wanted to get the ball rolling, tomorrow will be manic, I'm gunna shoot as much of the amateur event as I can and post the notable competitors on here for you to all check out...
Also, will be hooking up with Mr Wheeler to plan our work schedule this next few days, lots of video interviews too and a preview/predictions video with (if I can arrange) Flex, Sibil and either Simon Fan or Neil Hill...
Keep checking back to MD folks, there's a TON of coverage coming from our Madrid MD team...
See you tomorrow!
Special note - Oh, and especially for Mike Cox, got an interview and sneaky posing preview from ladies physique competitor LISA CROSS who I'll be interviewing on video with Simon Fan, stay tuned!
Arrived a few hours ago to the 2nd of the three main hotels (Hotel AC Marriott Feria), bumped into my good friend and Arnold Classic amateur competitor (90kg class) Simon Fan (and Temple chums) who is the co-organiser of the British Grand Prix and owner of Britain's infamous Temple Gym...
We sat down for a cold drink and I couldn't resist taking a sneaky shot of his huge freakin' calves! Check 'em out...(taken with Iphone)

Never seen him this hard and dry before, told him head has shrunk away to nothing!
Sent me these two sneaky shots on my phone which he took in his room today...Not bad Mr Fantom Sir, not bad at all...Says it's going to be a good warm-up for the British finals in two weeks...


Went for some food, problem with Madrid is hardly ANYONE speaks even a word of English, all the menu's are in Spanish! We somehow managed to order though...Simon certainly enjoyed his burger, fries and cheesecake...

Downstairs in the hotel I bumped into some of the Dutch guys, who amongst them was IFBB pro (7th in the New York Pro this year) Khalid Almohsinawi who was looking pretty beastly, nice chap, thanked me for putting him in my Euro-Muscle Scene column a couple months back...He just told me he is doing the 212 class next year, at the New York pro he was just 205lbs!! Show's you most pro's lie about their bodyweights as that guy is a MONSTER!!

Just my first entry to this thread folks, wanted to get the ball rolling, tomorrow will be manic, I'm gunna shoot as much of the amateur event as I can and post the notable competitors on here for you to all check out...
Also, will be hooking up with Mr Wheeler to plan our work schedule this next few days, lots of video interviews too and a preview/predictions video with (if I can arrange) Flex, Sibil and either Simon Fan or Neil Hill...
Keep checking back to MD folks, there's a TON of coverage coming from our Madrid MD team...
See you tomorrow!
Special note - Oh, and especially for Mike Cox, got an interview and sneaky posing preview from ladies physique competitor LISA CROSS who I'll be interviewing on video with Simon Fan, stay tuned!
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