George Rush St Pierre and Colorado Friends

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January 9, 2008: What a wonderful departure from my day-job when I received a phone call at my office from Dan Magnie, President of ColoradoFightEvents.com extending an invitation from Keith Schmelzer of Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz to interview George St. Pierre the next day at T sKO Fight Club in Wheat Ridge. WOW! Was it hard to concentrate for the rest of the day? Did I carefully choose what I was going to wear for the interview? George St. Pierre? What brought him to Denver? I couldn t wait to find out!

After a call to ensure local sports photographer Kathy Framarini was available, we agreed to meet at the gym at 10:30 on that Thursday. Trevor Wittman, the owner, head trainer and striking coach at T sKO had invited us for 11:00 but who could wait? The day before, not only was George St. Pierre working out at T sKO but also the ferocious Keith Jardine, Nate the great Marquardt, Duane Bang Ludwig, Diego Sanchez and Greg Jackson. For an MMA enthusiast, this was the Power Ball!

On our arrival at the Club, Kathy, Dan and I met with Keith Schmelzer who introduced us to former IBF middleweight world champion, Verno Phillips who had just arrived at the gym to train for a Madison Square Garden match scheduled for February. Verno had been slated to fight middleweight world champion Cory Spinks this month but for unknown reasons, that match-up had recently been scrubbed. I was fortunate to get an interview with the soft-spoken Verno who graciously answered my questions about his life and career.

Verno speaks with a gentle, lilting accent from his early years in Belize. He was brought to the United States with his family when he was 10 years old after already having had his first ring experience in Belize at the age of eight. His next fight came at age 14 and he has methodically built a sustained and successful career. Among his many accomplishments, he has been the recipient of over 1,000 trophies including the IBF Light Middleweight Championship and the WBO Light Middleweight Championship. Verno s parents are now deceased but would be proud to see that their son is a successful, thoughtful and strategic competitor who has a lovely wife (who is also his manager), a beautiful home in Parker and a seven-year-old son who is being groomed by his parents to make his way to the professional world rather than that of the ring. I was surprised to hear that the young-appearing Verno is 38 years old. When asked where he sees himself in five years, he gestured to his head and said that if he was still clean in the head , he wanted to still be competing. When he feels that he is jeopardizing his mental acuity, he will re-evaluate his future but for now, is confident that he has established the foundation to remain financially comfortable whatever career path the future may bring.

The interview with Verno was not without distractions. On the mats were UFC Greats: George St. Pierre, Nate Marquardt and Luke Cadillo. Local Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz belt-holder in the 145 weight class, Nic Buschman, had arrived to have GSP autograph his title belt (although he did confide to me that Matt Hughes is his idol). I did get a moment to talk with Nic and asked him what it was about Trevor Wittman s gym that drew such an elite group of fighters. He told me that it was all about inspiration. He takes his training only from Keith Schmelzer (who he refers to as Mr Schmelzer) and from Master Mike Silva. I have been a fan of Nic Buschman in the local fight scene and was pleased to hear that he will be turning Pro at the end of January 2008.

As I was about to try to grab yet another interview with local UFC star Nate Marquardt who was coming out of the mat area, George St. Pierre had showered and dressed and was ready for his designated appointment with me. All this to say: Check back for the Marquardt interview it is long overdue and one that I ve been looking forward to scheduling for nearly a year now!

As Kathy Framarini snapped some amazing portraits, GSP focused on my questions that, I admit, started out in a nervous celebrity-struck stammer! He was so gracious that it wasn t long before I ignored the prepared questions and really got to know this remarkable athlete.

As I have found with most professional, successful fighters that I have interviewed, George St. Pierre started at an early age in his case, age seven. His father was a black belt in karate and GSP found it necessary to learn to fight and defend himself after experiencing many playground toughs. George St. Pierre grew up in a remote area of Quebec Province and consistent education frequently meant having to change schools. He was the oldest in his family with two younger sisters.

Listening to GSP respond to questions in his heavy French accent made me ask him if it was challenging to have an interview in English. He laughed and said that three or four years ago, he hardly spoke any English at all so he thinks he has gotten much better.

I asked him about reports that he engaged the services of a sports psychologist to prepare him for his fight against Josh Koscheck after his loss to Matt Serra. He explained that this had been a very challenging time in his life where he was distracted by many difficulties including a car accident where family members died, business problems, government tax problems and physical injuries. The positive result of his time with the sports psychologist makes him a firm believer that the mental game is highly underestimated. He continues to use this tool to make him more focused and a more unpredictable opponent.

Although I had read that George St. Pierre had been born May 19, 1981, it was still surprising to me that this accomplished, composed man sitting with me was only 26-years-old. When I asked him if he was married, he smiled broadly and said that he was very single free as a bird . Ladies take note!

When asked what his goals were for the next five years, he stated without hesitation that he intends to be the undisputed champion. I asked him if he was considering changes in his personal strategy. He acknowledged that there might be but his first priority was to support the career of his training partner, Nate Marquardt. He proceeded to describe Marquardt as an excellent ambassador for MMA; that he was a well-spoken person, led a lifestyle that was a good example to others and even added, humbly: better than me . When pushed a bit further and asked if any of the changes he was considering involved a change in weight class, he gave me a small smile, a subtle nod and no elaboration.

I asked if he had any advice that he would pass onto a new fighter looking to enter MMA competition. He answered immediately that he would tell them: never let someone tell you that you can t do what you want to do .

As the interview was drawing to a close, I asked if he had a message to convey to his many fans. He said that he would want to wish them all a Happy New Year with health for them and their families. He went on to explain how important it was never to under-estimate how important health is as we appreciate our lives.

This answer made me ask him if he had ever experienced an injury that made this focus on health such a priority. He told me that he had once torn his ACL but it healed through a combination of rest and time rather than surgery.

For the critics of MMA that believe this is a sport of brutal bashing, akin to cock-fighting and a barely refereed melee, take note that the champions are true athletes of brawn through disciplined training and scholars in the science of strategic cage and life maneuvers.

Cut off all fat people have a nightmare - is not easy to get rid of the weight control, it may shake Not long after the rise of Swing, people angrily. So Liposuction, shrink the stomach, intestine has become the latest slimming many new targets.

However, the Associated Press reported on October 18, a new study found that in the year after surgery, weight loss surgery, the risk of death due to complications of expected higher level.

High degree of acceptance in obesity surgery

From a few years ago is not yet understand what is liposuction surgery, liposuction today to consult details of the reduction of gastric surgery, cosmetic plastic surgery Beiyisanyuan Dr. Xuehongyu told reporters that many people now see a simple obesity surgery the plastic surgery to outpatient consultation sounder not only their own right, the surgery is very firm determination. One to three most common: liposuction surgery. Narcotic state, the need to choose the site of fat removed by suction method, body fat aspirated.

Gastrointestinal obesity surgery. Currently the more popular is minimally invasive gastric reduction of forming and minimally invasive gastric bypass. European countries use more than the former, by decreasing the size of stomach, lower food intake, weight loss rate can reach 40% -72% of the latter trend in the United States, will be 1 / 6 to accommodate the stomach for food, most of the remaining stomach, duodenal contracts to 2 meters jejunum was idle, reduce food intake, weight loss rate higher than forming stomach reduction of about 20 percent.

Of the colon hydrotherapy. Will be 2-8 litres of water poured into the human body, can help defecation and digestion and the liquidation of the gastrointestinal At the same time, thin effectiveness.

Chu Yan stunning figures

As an operation, there must be risks, but Below this group of figures or truly amazing. The Associated Press reported on October 18, 1.6155 10,000 scientists in the various weight loss surgery patients were investigated and found in the 35-44 age group, more than 5 percent of men and nearly 3 percent of women in the postoperative died within a year in 45-54 years of age, the mortality rate slightly higher in the 65-74 years of age, about 13 percent of men and 6 percent of women died in the 75-year-old among those over the age of, half of the men and 40 percent of the women died.

Other obesity surgery, appeared in the news media or failures. This reporter has learned that in liposuction surgery, the most common being skin infection, necrosis of the flap, the District of numbness and unusual feeling less formation of the district, serious asymmetry liposuction site, and other issues.

In the stomach reduction surgery, a British woman this year, half less successful weight, body mass exodus due to protein and death. China s Guangzhou a boy also died surgical complications. According to the American Journal of Medicine in January of this year reported that overweight patients stomach reduction surgery, could easily trigger a sharp fall in blood glucose.

In the colon hydrotherapy, Colon has been the water could be broken, the stool into the abdomen, pelvis caused intestinal inflammation, had to rely on artificial anus life.

Washington University surgeon expert David Flum said: For those who are considering such surgery people, this is a bunch of black figures warned.

Life-saving surgery to lose weight

Xue said the doctor, would like to lose weight, the best approach is reasonable and proper diet movement. When BMI (body mass index), which is weight (kg) divided by height (in meters) squared the result of more than 21, and partial body fat accumulation Obviously, no surgery is not indicated, we can consider liposuction slimming.

BMI more than 30 people in the diet and physical exercise conditioning methods such as failure to consider slimming drug.

When BMI of 40 and above, accompanied by hypertension, diabetes or sleep apnea, and other diseases, and can not lose weight by conventional methods, acceptable stomach reduction surgery diet, but it is definitely not for beauty but for the sake of saving lives.n

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