Post by Joey Smith on Jan 27, 2008 20:50:00 GMT -5
After these last three weeks I have enjoyed watching, handling, helping, coaching, cheering, and meeting so many new people at these meets....I have traveled my butt off these last three weeks and they have been well worth it....but I think this weekend was the best due to it being here in NC and being able to be with my fellow NC lifters and watching their progress....I take much pride in watching each of you guys success....I am very proud of our state and our lifters here....each meet everyone continues to push themselves....I admire that....I also must say that I have gained a great ally this weekend as well. We were already friends and training partners but after this weekend we have become even more....Brett Rapp and his wife Hillary became people that I consider family now....their graciousness to me and to everyone they hosted at their house this weekend speaks volumes about the people they are....they treated us all like kings and queens....they willingly took it upon themselves to house 5 people for the whole weekend, feed us each day and treat us like we really were family....these kinda things can become overlooked or not spoken of....but not by me....I want to sing my praises for Brett and Hillary from the bottom of my heart and thank you guys for taking care of us and showing me the best hospitality I have ever been shown....it meant allot bro....I can never thank you enough....me and Rodney talked about it at length th whole way back....Brett if there is anything I can ever do for you do not hesitate to call or ask my friend....
Onto a something eles now....I can remember not so long ago when allot of us trained together weekly....I can remember each of us pushing each other coaching each other and basking in each others success....unfortunatley that all went wayward for multiple reasons....I am not going to get into that but we all know some of them....I was informed this weekend as some of you already know that Chris Mason and Mike White are investing in the new ECBB....Well I don't know about yall but I am very excited about this....I told Chris this was very good news and I could not wait....I remember the line ups of lifters each week:
Travis Mash
Chris Mason
Barry Williams
Chris Cooke
Chris Clarke
Tim Higgins
Hanna Johnson
Barry Wood
Ben Hooker
Cheryl Clodfelter
Kristy Mason
Joey Smith
Rodney Coates
Steve Maxon
Lynn Hodges
Mike White
Chip Stewart
Mike Schwanke
and the list goes on and on. I know when I read those names in attendance it gets me pumped up....do we really realize what we have here in NC?....I hope so....because I know united and helping each other and supporting one another does nothing but help everyone involved....
Greg Crook
Sharon "Crook"
Tez Wright
Brett Rapp
Mark Schott
Derek Wilcox
Joey Moose
Levan Clement
Brian
Team Torture members
and more added to this workout crew adds even more intrigue and a success rate that climbs even higher....I know it is hard sometimes for some to commit due to certain schedule conflicts or for some drama conflicts....or whatever but I really hope that this ECBB part 2 plus Gym 365, Hickory, and all the other places we all train can start to come together again....I hope this makes some since to yall....
Together we can get better....
Congrats to all the lifters this weekend....I was very happy to see each of you perform....I want to thank Brett, Hilary, Greg, Sharon, Rodney, Wendy, Brian, Charlotte, for a great time Friday....I really enjoyed it....see everyone again soon....
Swallow the pride, egos. drama, diversity, and other stupid things and lets get stronger together....NC POWERLIFTING....NOTHING STRONGER....
Onto a something eles now....I can remember not so long ago when allot of us trained together weekly....I can remember each of us pushing each other coaching each other and basking in each others success....unfortunatley that all went wayward for multiple reasons....I am not going to get into that but we all know some of them....I was informed this weekend as some of you already know that Chris Mason and Mike White are investing in the new ECBB....Well I don't know about yall but I am very excited about this....I told Chris this was very good news and I could not wait....I remember the line ups of lifters each week:
Travis Mash
Chris Mason
Barry Williams
Chris Cooke
Chris Clarke
Tim Higgins
Hanna Johnson
Barry Wood
Ben Hooker
Cheryl Clodfelter
Kristy Mason
Joey Smith
Rodney Coates
Steve Maxon
Lynn Hodges
Mike White
Chip Stewart
Mike Schwanke
and the list goes on and on. I know when I read those names in attendance it gets me pumped up....do we really realize what we have here in NC?....I hope so....because I know united and helping each other and supporting one another does nothing but help everyone involved....
Greg Crook
Sharon "Crook"
Tez Wright
Brett Rapp
Mark Schott
Derek Wilcox
Joey Moose
Levan Clement
Brian
Team Torture members
and more added to this workout crew adds even more intrigue and a success rate that climbs even higher....I know it is hard sometimes for some to commit due to certain schedule conflicts or for some drama conflicts....or whatever but I really hope that this ECBB part 2 plus Gym 365, Hickory, and all the other places we all train can start to come together again....I hope this makes some since to yall....
Together we can get better....
Congrats to all the lifters this weekend....I was very happy to see each of you perform....I want to thank Brett, Hilary, Greg, Sharon, Rodney, Wendy, Brian, Charlotte, for a great time Friday....I really enjoyed it....see everyone again soon....
Swallow the pride, egos. drama, diversity, and other stupid things and lets get stronger together....NC POWERLIFTING....NOTHING STRONGER....
