FAME Expo Toronto 2005

John in downtown Toronto

I was proud to be one of the featured guest speakers at the recent FAME Expo in Toronto, Canada on June 11-12th. The FAME Expo is a huge event featuring natural bodybuilding competitions, figure competitions and model search contests. In addition to the contests, the expo had a full schedule of seminars slated for the whole weekend. Celebrities in the bodybuilding world who attended the FAME Expo that weekend to give seminars included Lee Labrada, Robert Kennedy and Monica Brant.

I was working at the Human Kinetics – Canada booth signing copies of my new book, “Natural Bodybuilding”. I got to meet many of the competitors that weekend who stopped by the booth to introduce themselves and ask me questions about natural bodybuilding. Some of these bodybuilders were in fantastic shape and it was obvious that they had really made the sacrifice to compete in their best condition.

I gave two seminars over the weekend at the FAME Expo. On Saturday, I talked about training for mass in regards to recuperation and recovery. So many natural bodybuilders are confused on how many days per week to train for building maximum muscle mass. Many bodybuilders mistakenly train every day with too many sets. This confusion originates from reading about the training routines that many of the professional bodybuilders perform to build their physiques. A natural bodybuilder, however, needs to take into consideration the role of recuperation and letting the body rest before more muscle mass gains can take place.

With Lee Labrada and his new book "The Lean Body Promise"	Bob Kennedy from MuscleMag International is an icon in the industry.
The bodybuilders in the FAME competition were ripped and ready!	67 year old Masters competitor David Smith was on hand.
My bodybuilding seminar was well-attended on Saturday and Sunday at the FAME Expo.

The following day, I gave another seminar at the FAME Expo. This seminar was on Contest Preparation for the Natural Bodybuilder. Since the bodybuilding competition was held the day before, there were several natural bodybuilders in the crowd hoping to expand their knowledge on the contest preparation aspect of natural bodybuilding.

Sunday’s seminar on Contest Preparation focused on the training and diet program I used to compete successfully again in 2004. I handed out sheets that detailed the complete exercise and nutrition regimens I followed to reach peak condition. There were lots of questions from the crowd which made the seminar even more informative.

I was glad to see bodybuilding legends Lee Labrada and Robert Kennedy at the FAME Expo. Lee was in fantastic shape as he was on hand to give a seminar and promote his new book, “The Lean Body Promise”. Although it’s been 10 years since Lee retired from competitive bodybuilding, he obviously practices what he preaches in his book as he doesn’t look any where near his age of 45 years old. He is still lean and muscular and his arms look as impressive now as they did when he was winning titles over 10 years ago. Lee’s supplement line, Labrada Nutrition, is growing every year and it now one of the most successful and biggest supplement lines in existence. Congratulations Lee!

It was also fun visiting with Bob Kennedy again. Bob has been publishing the magazine, MuscleMag International, since 1974. He is a true survivor in the bodybuilding industry with many other magazines following in the successful footsteps of MuscleMag. Bob is also a successful publisher having written more than 20 books on bodybuilding and fitness. He also runs the popular MuscleMag International stores which feature weight training equipment, workout clothes, supplements, books and much more.
I talked with Bob about many of the recent happenings in the world of bodybuilding including all of the recent tragic deaths including Paul DeMayo, Anthony Clark, Don Youngblood and Charles Durr.

Bob’s beautiful wife, Tosca Reno, was also on hand to give a seminar and promote her new book, “The Butt Book”. Tosca was getting lots of questions from the women at the Expo who were interested in reducing and developing their own gluteus maximus.
All in all, I had a great time visiting the city of Toronto for the FAME Expo. I met a lot of new friends and really enjoyed talking about natural bodybuilding with so many men and women who have made this sport an important part of their lives. I look forward to attending the next FAME Expo and hopefully presenting another seminar.