"I'm gonna pump YOU up!"

This weekend we ventured to Columbus, Ohio to check out the Arnold Classic Sports and Fitness Expo. The expo is centered around different types of sports. They had areas for gymnastics, kickboxing, karate, boxing, board breaking (not sure of the official name), figure competition, and strength competitions. And in the middle of all that there were many vendor booth set up to try sample of various fitness nutrition products.

Tosca Reno, the queen of Clean Eating, was there...

Some guys got ego boost having the photo taken with girls in tiny outfits...

Other guys got ego boosts by having their "before" picture on their shirt...

Matt got his picture with Lee Haney- an 8 time Mr. Olympia...

I got to ease sore quads with "The Stick"...

Jay Cutler, a former Mr. Olympia...

After morning of walking all the isles we decide to take a break and head outside in search of a great place to eat lunch. We came across Betty's, and since we were sitting at the bar decided to start our meal with a drink.

I decided to throw caution into the wind and got a "PB & J" Cocktail. It contained peanut-infused Finlandia vodka, grape simple syrup, and grape soda. My taste buds were so confused, it was definitely an interesting drink!

The Surly Girl turkey wrap was full of flavor (and Gorgonzola cheese)...

A tasty meatloaf sandwich for my husband...

During lunch our two women next to us mentioned "interesting" ice cream at Jeni's- including chipolte ice cream- so we had to give it a shot. I did try a taste of the chipolte which was another taste bud confuser, but in the end I settle on a very chocolate choice.

The husband and I share a two scooper, one for him and one for me...

After all the eating we headed back to the fitness expo to make another round through the isles, and we came across Kai Green another professional body builder- the line for his autograph was quite long so we just snapped a picture.

Do you recognize this man? Think about it, think of the color green, shirts ripping. Did you get it yet?
If you guessed Lou Ferrigno, the original Hulk, you were right!

After visiting passing through the booths we decided to check out some of the actual sports going on around us including youth boxing. It was quite intense, and there was even a grandma judge that seemed to really be enjoying the match.

Men and women chopped their way through stacks of boards, quite impressive...

After a fun day of walking through crowds we met up with a friend for dinner at Bodega, starting things off with a round of beers. They had my favorite- Youngs Double Chocolate Stout- so I couldn't say no! We also ordered up a cheese plate...

And with cheese we also needed a hummus plate...

We spent a couple hours eating, drinking and catching up- it was a really great end to the day!

Does that sound like an interesting weekend? Well maybe it isn't your cup of tea, but it definitely worked for us. Plus we got some free stuff and we purchased a few things, which I'll tell you more about tomorrow.

What was the best thing you ate all weekend?

For me it was a tie between the Surly Girl wrap and Jeni's ice cream....