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I'm a musician, singer/songwriter, blogger, writer, poet, bodybuilder, movie lover, music lover, video gamer, history/political buff, conservative/republican, etc. I like to do a lot of things.
Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: Jack Lalanne 1914 – 2011

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Jack Lalanne, the man who started it all. The King of Fitness, the master. The one who is responsible for making bodybuilding & fitness mainstream. How did Jack get inspired into fitness? Well as a kid, he was addicted to junk food just like any kid would be. He also had a violent temper back in his childhood. Jack started learning from Paul Bragg, a pioneer at nutrition & wellness, so Jack decided to change his lifestyle at age 15 to eat better and exercise more. After graduating from high school, he took night time classes at Oakland Chiropractic College in San Francisco, and graduated with a Chiropractic Degree.

He invented a bodybuilding machine, called, the Smith Machine, which can be seen in all gyms all over the world to this day. The Smith Machine is used for squats and various other exercises. It was made so it can be safe to use without a spotter. Later in the years, Jack Lalanne hosted his own TV show for 34 years titled, “The Jack Lalanne Show” which he taught fitness, health & nutrition on the the show. He marketed a variety of vitamin supplements, he also invented special devices called, the “Juice Tiger” and “The Power Juicer”.

Later in the years, Jack was inducted into the California Hall of Fame by Governor Schwarzenegger (pictured above). Jack also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Over the years, Jack continued to workout every single day, non stop until the last day before his death.

He is such a hero and inspiration to the fitness world. He is the real hero in fitness. Not Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris or Jillian Michaels. It was all about Jack. Jack has been doing bodybuilding and fitness way before the days of the supplement industry got too commercial. Think about this. If Jack wasn’t around to do what he did for us, there would be no bodybuilding. There would be no Arnold, Sly, Flex Wheeler, Jillian Michaels, Lou Farrigno and all those other fitness people in the media. Jack is responsible for bringing us this. Without him, none of us would be hitting the gym on a regular basis right now.

Bow down to Jack Lalanne! King of Fitness! Thanks Jack. In honor of Jack, I will continue to do my workout routines the old school way like how I’ve always been doing this ever since I started. Even though these video lessons are very old, they CAN still be very useful to this day!

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Have a lot to catch up on for this site…

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I have a lot to catch up on in the news. Yes I know Jack Lalanne died yesterday, so I will have a tribute for him later today. The reason the blog was slow over the weekend ‘case not much news to post and I pretty much stayed away from the computer, doing other things. I will get back to posting today.

I didn’t post at all yesterday ’cause I was too busy watching NFL Football all day long. 🙂 Yes, I watched both Green Bay Packers/Bears and the Jets/Steelers game. Both games were really good. I’m disappointed that the Jets didn’t make the Superbowl this year, I was hoping they were going to make it too. Oh well, the Jets can always give it another try next year.

Kev

movies

Thought: Who will be the main villains for Zack Snyder’s “Superman”???

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Now that we know the main villains for Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight: Rises”, we will soon know the villains for “Superman: The Man of Steel” by Zack Snyder, Christopher Nolan/Warner Bros. I remember a while back they won’t be using General Zod, ’cause they shot down the rumors of General Zod this past year.

Look at this list of Superman enemies…

Predict which villains you think they will use. Here are my picks…

  • Brainiac
  • Doomsday
  • Lex Luthor (again)
  • Darkseid
  • Eradicator

I personally would like to see them use, Darkseid, the most. Imagine what Zack Snyder could do with the Darkseid character.

They haven’t even casted anybody for Superman yet, so we will know who will be playing Superman first before we know who the villains are. They’ll give us more Superman news soon, I hope.

Kev

WWE news

Thought: Who will the Undertaker face against @ Wrestlemania 27???

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For the first time and in a long time, the WWE is having trouble trying to find a great opponent for the Undertaker for this year’s Wrestlemania. All year long, the WWE have been trying to get Brock Lesnar to wrestle against him at WM-27. Brock is out ’cause he’ll be coach for the TUF 13 show this year. So WWE is currently trying to get someone else. Rumors hit the net that Undertaker might go against Triple H again.

If that doesn’t happen, I would like The Undertaker to fight against Kane again. Yes, Undertaker already wrestled Kane at Wrestlemania two times in the past. The first time it was at Wrestlemania 14 and the second time was at Wrestlemania 20.

It probably won’t be Kane but it would make a bit of sense.

It’s going to be interesting who WWE will pick for the Undertaker. Usually the WWE is quick on picking an opponent for ‘Taker for Wrestlemania, but they are finally stuck this year. Really weird. It’s understandable. They need to find an opponent for ‘Taker that is worthy of keeping his undefeated streak going. I wouldn’t want Triple H for this ’cause no one wants to see Triple H lose on a Wrestlemania.

We’ll know who Undertaker’s opponent is very soon. They’ll do it quick ’cause this year’s Wrestlemania is on April 3rd.

Kev

Health and Fitness

Role models and inspirations in fitness & bodybuilding…

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When you get into fitness and bodybuilding, you must have role models. What famous professional bodybuilders in the national media inspired you to get into fitness? Having a role model and hero who you look after is important. Having a role model can also help achieve your dreams and goals. You can be like them in your training and you can look like your heroes that you look after.

Who are my role models and inspirations? Here are 5 famous people who are responsible for getting me into fitness & bodybuilding. I’ll name them right now. You probably already know who I’m going to name anyway.

  • Sylvester Stallone – He’s my #1 hero and inspiration for getting me into fitness. After watching all the Rocky & Rambo movies, and his other action movies. I all of a sudden, had a vision in my head, that I will look like this guy someday. He’s an inspiration ’cause he proves that age doesn’t make any difference to get into this sport. It doesn’t matter if you’re 50, 60 or 100 years old. You can have a jacked body at any age. Thank you Sly. I wouldn’t have gotten into this if wasn’t for him.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger – He’s my #2 hero. I’ve always admired how he did things. Now that I have his “Bodybuilding Encyclopedia”, as you can see, I try to make my workout routine very similar to Arnold’s. I try to do workouts and nutrition the Arnold way. He’s another one I can be thankful for.
  • Dolph Lundgren – I admire him for mixing martial arts and fitness into one. Plus, he’s in amazing shape and am a huge fan of his action movies as well. I also admire how he’s willing to help others make their transformation dreams come true.
  • Lou Farrigno – It isn’t easy being green. I admired the Hulk for a long time. He’s inspirational in so many ways. He’s another one who stays in great shape even if he’s aging.
  • Dwayne Johnson – The Rock is another inspiration. I admire his workout routine and how he trains, plus he seems to be getting bigger every time quickly whenever new pics surface the net. Keep up the great work Dwayne. Not bad for a guy in his 30’s.

So those are the guys that got me into this. After seeing how they did things, I thought to myself, “Hmmm, I want to be a bodybuilder just like those guys”. As you can see, I like the movie star bodybuilders more. I don’t care for Flex Wheeler and all those other fake competitors, this whole bodybuilding competition is not my thing.

Kev

music

Report: Billboard finally gives opportunity to unsigned artists, they announced an “Uncharted” chart…

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Billboard magazine announced that they have created a new chart called, “Uncharted”. It’s for unsigned and signed artists who have the most plays on the internet whether it’s on myspace, youtube or twitter, they get listed in this chart. Signed artists can be on the chart, but they can’t be listed on any other Billboard chart.

Read more about it, here.

Yes, there are plenty of unsigned artists and bands out there, that gets a lot of plays. Maybe someday, I will get listed on this chart, somehow, lol. Ya never know. Good idea Billboard. It’s about time!

Kev

Politics/war

Report: Osama Bin Laden still out there, threatens France…

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Osama Bin Laden released a new audio message, saying that he will kill two journalists if France doesn’t leave Afghanistan.

Read the full story, here.

A lot of people online are saying, that they didn’t know that Bin Laden is still alive. Really? Of course, he is. Bin Laden haven’t been caught yet, because like I keep saying here in this site, that he’s in an area where it’s tough to find. He’s like hiding out in a top secret area. I’m sure he’s being protected by armed men, so to go after Bin Laden and take him won’t be easy. The U.S. Army can’t just go to his hideout and grab him or they’ll be killed immediately.

Catching Saddam Hussein was easy because Saddam was hiding out at a place without security or protection. Bin Laden is being protected. As long as Bin Laden’s still alive, he can keep sending us and other countries threats, and he can still attack if he wanted.

I would like Bin Laden to be caught like everyone else, but it’ll be a long time for that to happen. The war in Afghanistan won’t end until he and Al Qaeda are caught. How is Bin Laden able to send out his messages via audio/video? He does that through anonymity. If he uses the phone to call a radio station or call the TV news, he could be easily hunted down that way.

Bin Laden is a coward.

Kev

Politics/war, TV

BREAKING NEWS: Keith Olbermann leaves MSNBC, ends “Countdown” immediately…

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After Keith Olbermann’s suspension with MSNBC just a while back, you know things will get worse with Keith and the network up ahead. Well, things have gotten worse. Keith announced today that he has quit MSNBC’s “Countdown”. He didn’t say if he quit or got fired. He apologized to fans of his show, but didn’t apologize to the network.

The Associated Press, reports.

Fuck MSNBC, Keith. You’re better off else where!!!

A different network will be interested in hiring Keith for a new show, I’m sure! Maybe FOX or NBC will get him. I’ll admit, that I’m a Keith Olbermann, fan. I actually watch his show sometimes.

Kev

movies, music

Report: Clint Eastwood set to direct his first ever musical film for the big screen, starring Beyonce…

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This maybe hard to believe, but it’s true. Clint Eastwood is set to direct his first musical film for the big screen, he will do “A Star Is Born” remake. Beyonce Knowles is set to star the leading role. Many people don’t know this, but Clint Eastwood is a music lover and musician himself. Yes, that’s true. Eastwood composed music for his own films. Eastwood wrote the scores for “Mystic River”, and “Changeling”. He also wrote the song for the end credits of his own film, “Gran Torino”. That’s probably why Warner Bros. hired Clint to do the film because of his knowledge with music. Clint will probably write the music for “A Star Is Born” too.

Clint’s never done a musical before, so this is something new definitely. With the success of musical films such as “Chicago”, “Mamma Mia” and “Burlesque” winning awards, maybe Clint is trying to get into the award thing.

This may seem weird that Clint is doing this, I think he signed on to this project because this is something he always wanted to do. Make a musical.

Read the story here, at Deadline.

Kev