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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE WHACK PACK COVERAGE OF THE 2009 OLYMPIA WEEKEND.
Dexter Jackson, Jay Cutler, Kai Green, Victor Martinez, Phil Heath, Dennis Wolf, Branch Warren, and 
Toney Freeman comprise the most anticipated Olympia top Olympians, since the infamous showdown in 1998 that began King Ronnie's reign. Vegas is battening down the hatches for the rest of the storm our industry is bringing, and that includes RXMUSCLE's wall to wall coverage of the O. Be on the lookout for Jimmy "the Angry Bull" Pellechia and Jeff "the Producer" who will be roving all over Vegas getting into trouble and filming it for posterity. Add a little beer to the mix and I shudder to think of what's going to come out of that camera. Whatever it is, I'm sure you guys will love it. A huge thanks to Brutal Alchemy for supporting that cause, and sponsoring RXMUSCLE's coverage of the big show.
Dave, Big Sean Andros, Nick "the Stick," and Dan "the Photographer" Ray, and I will be doing what we do best: Bringing you the highlights of the weekend as close to real time as our technical and access limitations allow.
The weekend will kick off on the RXMUSCLE website with coverage of the Mr. Olympia press conference, which starts promptly at 1:00 PM on Thursday, at the Orleans Hotel showroom. Later that evening, at 7:00 PM, we will all be on the concourse level of the Orleans hotel for the annual "Meet the Olympians." Look for tons of paparazzi pictures and interviews from everyone we can get our hands on.
First thing Friday morning, the Olympia expo kicks off at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Jeff and Jimmy "the Bull" will be crawling all over that place looking for victims to interview and Lord knows what else. At 10:00am, BSN will be presenting "Olympia's Muscle Pit" in the South hall. Whatever that is, I'm sure it'll be good; and best of all, it's free!
At 11:00am, women's prejudging gets underway for the Ms. Figure, Ms. Fitness and the Ms. Olympia. Look for the usual stellar play-by-play by Dave, Sean and myself on the RXMUSCLE main forum. Immediately afterward, everyone is heading over to the ALRI booth to meet up with all of the RXMUSCLE forum members who are attending the Olympia. There will be plenty of paparazzi pics from what is sure to be an auspicious event!
From 1pm to 4pm, the 2009 Olympia's Strongest Man challenge begins. Hopefully, Jimmy "the Bull" will have sobered up by then to get some coverage.
At 2pm the judging for the Flex Magazine Bikini model Search begins. I'm sure Sean will be there at 1:30, just to make sure he gets a good seat. Afterwards, we'll stick around for the Women's Battle of the Biceps. Following that event, it's straight back to the hotel rooms to upload the content so you guys can get a good a look at what's going on. At 7:00pm RXMUSCLE jumps back on the play-by-play thread for continuing coverage of the Fitness Olympia finals, Ms. Olympia finals, and the hotly anticipated Mr. Olympia prejudging.
Saturday morning, the Olympia expo opens back up promptly at 9:30am at the convention center. At 10am we'll head back over to the Olympia Strongest Man and BSN Muscle Pit events. At 10:30am, we'll head back over to the play-by-play thread for the Olympia 202 Showdown. Dave, Sean and I will be breaking the 202 down, along with near instant photos from the team of Dan Ray and Nick "the Stick." At 1:00pm, stay tuned for the finals of the Flex Magazine Bikini Model Search.
At 3:00pm the Olympia Power Lifting Super Show begins. This is where Johnnie Jackson and Ben "The Showstopper" White will put up or shut up over who's the world's strongest IFBB Pro bodybuilder (next to Stan Efferding, of course). Keep an eye out on the Play-by-Play thread to see who wins the battle.
At 7:00 PM it's time for the Big Show! The Play-by-Play thread will contain full coverage of the finals for the Figure Olympia, 202 Showdown and the Mr. Olympia. The excitement by this time will be at a fever pitch when we finally find out who is going to walk away with the coveted Sandow trophy, and a check for $200,000!
After some uploading, we're all heading out for a night of debauchery hosted by Mr. Debauchery himself, Author L. Rea. The festivities will be held in conjunction with Flex magazine at club Mix on the 64th floor of The Hotel at Mandalay Bay. I'm sure we won't stay until the 3:00 AM closing, but we'll be there long enough to blow off some steam and take some really incriminating shots that probably should stay in Vegas; but won't because you'll want to see them. In true Rx Muscle fashion, the Whack Pack will speed back to the hotel room and start uploading photos and video for your viewing pleasure. Don't worry, we have enough ALRI Poison on hand to keep working right up until the plane leaves Sunday morning!
Don't forget to tune in Monday evening at 7:00 PM for Heavy Muscle Radio for a recap of the entire weekend and the contests along with some special surprise appearances.
