Las Vegas Trip, 2002 Olympia by Siggi Segers

I was invited by Wayne Gallasch of GMV Productions to do a poolside photo shoot at the Mandalay Bay Hotel pool on Olympia Sunday.

So I went to Vegas with my girlfriend and after a 14 hour flight, we arrived at the Las Vegas airport. We went straight to our hotel, "Circus Circus", checked in and went to the buffet.  I was a little bit surprised when I saw the buffet. There was only junk food on the buffet and the only plain food was filled with salt and sugar.

So after the long trip and the bad food I had to cancel the photo shoot. I was holding more water than the Niagara Falls.

But that was the only bad thing in Vegas as next year I bring my own food with me.  Even in the supermarket I didn't find rice cakes or normal bread, so next time I know what to do.

The Expo was great and I saw a lot of old friends. Last year I did a few Expos and there you meet a lot of new people every time.

So now, when you walk around, you meet them again and always have a lot to talk about, because we are all in the same sport.  We have the same interests.  I was surprised to see Garrett Downing in a wheelchair after he busted something in his leg.  I hope he soon recovers so he can compete and promote the sport he loves.

He moved to Vegas, so he can focus more on his sport. I saw my old training partner Tommi Thorvildsen. I had not seen him since he left Belgium a few months ago.  He is living in California now, so his dream has come true.  He got a sponsorship contract with Weider, so I wish him all the best. The guys that I mentioned were last year on the Fit Form Expo in Barcelona and we all had a great time there.

So I hope I can come back next year to Vegas and do "the pool video shoot" with Wayne.

Marco Verhoek from Sport and Fitness and Raymond Cassar from Muscletime wanted also to take some pictures with me, so I can help them next year.

Now I know what to do and you learn from your mistake.

After the contest we had a great dinner with Juliette Bergmann and her friend Jim Lensfeld, together with Papa Mike and his wife.  I also want to congratulate Juliette on her second Ms Olympia title.

After a great weekend, we had to fly back to reality and work in the gym and train hard for the next season.

Take Care muscle friends
Siggi Segers