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Brian Cannone (Promoter), Mike D’Angelo (Musclemania Pro), and Cathy Savage (Fitness Choreographer)

Dear Fellow Athletes

Hope everything is going well in your training!

I am very passionate about natural bodybuilding and fitness and glad to see you are too. I hope your experience competing in a contest is as good as mine - so let people know what you are doing so that they can enjoy it with you.

I remember when I was 20 years old and started training for my first competition. I remember how motivated and nervous I was and how I felt but I knew that there are only two options regarding my commitment. I was either in or out. There's no such thing as a life in-between. At 12 weeks out from the event I mailed in my entry form.

At that point people in the gym and my friends outside of the gym started to notice that I was carrying a gallon of water with me and bringing my Tupperware meals everywhere I went. What I saw then was that people were more encouraging than I had expected and I was the only person that may have felt any doubts. When people asked me what I was doing and I told them they were quick to say that they would like to come and watch the show. Now I knew that there was no backing out. I knew I had a lot of hard work ahead and I couldn’t be content to wait and see what will happen, but had to have the determination to make the right things happen.

When I had called the show promoter about tickets he had told me that when I was going to go to his gym and pick the tickets up that he would help me with mandatory poses. When I got there I met Fred Yale for the first time and he quickly took me through the poses and gave me a print out of how to do them. I really appreciated the fact that the guy that runs the whole show spent time helping me out because I wasn’t a top contender and I had no experience. This taught me that good promoters train contestants, care about them, and make winners out of them... and that if you treat the athletes’ right they'll come back.

In 1993 Fred Yale called me and told me he had decided to move on to other things with the A.A.U. Junior Olympics and asked me if I wanted to take over the A.A.U. Mr. and Ms .Connecticut event. I was surprised that he had called me and asked why and he told me that he felt I was the person that came to mind that could promote the event. Over the past 12 years producing bodybuilding and fitness events I still realize that it is the passion for the sports that make for a good show. I know that it is a small circle of people that are involved in our sports and that as a promoter you have to treat people fairly and put on the best show that you can. I realize that whether you are a competitor or a promoter of the show that it is a hobby and that you have to love what you do because otherwise you will not be successful.

In 1999 the Fitness Atlantic was the next transition from the state show to the regional event open to all competitors throughout the northeast and also anywhere in the United States. It is still run with the values I learned as an athlete in this sport myself and from my experiences. The show should be well planned out, organized, beautiful trophies and awards, run like a Broadway musical with a great stage and lighting so the people in the audience enjoy it too, but the most important is the respect for each participant.

We all share that motivation and drive along with the feelings of nervousness of actually committing and sending in the entry form to telling people what we are doing and why. You will find that most people will support you and your motivation will inspire others. People will want to come and watch you on stage and when you are 100% committed to competing it will inspire people.

Bodybuilding and Fitness most likely will become your lifestyle and a healthier way of life by eating well and exercising. All of the quick-fix programs and diets they sell of television are a joke but you will know how to transform your body in little time with the real deal of hard work through proper nutrition and exercise. The show is your deadline for a short-term goal and use it as your inspiration my committing yourself 100%.

Look forward too seeing you on April 23rd at the 7th annual

Musclemania, Fitness Atlantic Pageant, & Ms Bikini Atlantic

Thank You,

Brian Cannone

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