Sharon asks…
Menendez Brothers?? Who were they?
My dad and my family wa stalking about them and my dad said that one of their wives trained at my dads fitness place ‘Savvy Fitness.” We live in Cali, so I assume that they did something in Cali. What was it? Are they in Folsom, or San Quentin? My dad said since the brothers were sent to prison..the wife never came to train anymore..I wonders which of the brothers her husband was. Thanks!
admin answers:
The Mneendez Brother killed there parentThe evening of Sunday, August 20, 1989 was warm in Beverly Hills. The maid had the night off and the white, $4 million, 23-room Mediterranean-style mansion at 722 Elm Drive was quiet. The owners of the home, Jose and Kitty Menendez were in the family room dozing while a James Bond thriller, The Spy Who Loved Me, played on the VCR. The couple’s sons, Lyle, 21, and Erik, 18, had gone out for the evening.
Although she was 47 and a little overweight, Kitty was still attractive. She had blond hair and green eyes. At 44, Jose could pass for someone much younger. He still had a full head of thick black hair and was in good physical shape from playing tennis.
Around 10:00 p.m., a teenage girl was outside her home, located down the street from the Menendez mansion, waiting for her boyfriend. The girl noticed a small car drive up and stop in front of the Menendez home. There were two men inside the car. The men exited from the car. One man went to the trunk and the other walked toward the house. The girl lost interest and looked away.
The Menendez mansion was set back from the street, shaded by dense foliage and protected by an elaborate security system. The house had previously been rented to a succession of business and entertainment people, including the artist formerly known as Prince and Elton John. A high iron fence surrounded the mansion and there were iron gates barring the entrance to the semicircular driveway in front of the home. On this evening, the gates located in front of the driveway were open and the security system was off.
The men entered the home through the french doors in the study. They walked down the hallway toward the family room, located in the back of the house. The men entered the family room, which was illuminated only by the light coming from the television screen. Jose was dozing on the tan leather couch, sitting at the end nearest the door leading to the hallway. Jose’s legs were stretched out in front of him; his feet were on the coffee table along with two dishes that contained the remains of a berry and ice cream snack. Kitty was lying under a blanket, her body stretched out across the couch, her head in Jose’s lap.
One of the men pointed his twelve-gauge Mossberg shotgun at the couple and squeezed the trigger. Two shots were fired at Jose; one shattered the glass and splintered the wood of the french doors behind the couch where Jose was sitting. One pellet struck Jose in the left elbow; another struck him in the right arm, followed by another. The shots immobilized Jose. One of the killers walked behind Jose and placed the shotgun against the back of his head and fired. The shot blew off the back of Jose’s head. Jose’s lifeless body came to rest on the couch, slumped slightly to the right. His hands rested on his stomach and his feet on the floor.
After the first shots were fired at Jose, Kitty became alert. She woke up to find herself spattered by Jose’s blood and body tissue. Kitty stood and began to turn away from her attackers, taking a step or two before being shot in the right leg near her calf and in her right arm. Kitty fell between the couch and the coffee table. She struggled to stand again and tried to regain her balance, but she slipped as she stepped into her own blood. She stood long enough for her blood to flow vertically down her leg. She tried desperately to walk away, but another shot was fired, which brought her down. Now that she was on the floor, her killers fired indiscriminately, riddling her body with shotgun pellets. Kitty was hit in the left thigh from a range that was so close that the paper wadding that contained the pellets caused her leg to break. She was shot in the right arm, then the left breast, which perforated her left lung. A quart of her blood flowed into her chest cavity. Kitty was not dead. She continued to breathe and tried to crawl away from where she was felled, but could not.
The killers were out of ammunition. They paused, unsure of what to do next. They probably wondered if Kitty would be able to identify them and tell the police who they were and what had happened. They decided they could not take a chance on this happening and ran to the car to get more ammunition. They reloaded their shotguns with birdshot, instead of the ball-bearing sized pellets that they had used before.
One of the killers ran back inside the house and into the family room where Kitty lay dying. The killer leaned over the coffee table and placed the shotgun against Kitty’s left cheek and fired. Kitty’s body was shot ten times. Her head had been struck four times. Her skull was shattered.
The killer was not finished. He shot both Jose and Kitty near the left knee. The final act the killers performed was to carefully gather the shell casings from the spreading pools of blood that now covered the couch, floor and rug under the coffee table.
This was the scenario that the police and medical examiner pieced together about the murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez. Years later, the killers would provide an entirely different account of the murders.
Menendez home at 722 Elm Drive in L.A.
Lisa asks…
16 bar songs? (audition)?
I’m trying to audition for a play, but I can’t think of any 16 bar songs. Can someone give me a list of 16 bar songs?
Thank you 🙂
admin answers:
There is NO SUCH THING as a “16 BAR SONG” because songs don’t COME in SPECIAL 16 BAR VERSIONS so that someone with NO TALENT and NO TRAINING and NO EXPERIENCE can just pick one to audition with, especially when they know so LITTLE that they don’t know 16 bar versions of songs DON’T EXIST.
If you want 16 bars of a song, then YOU have to take a song you like and CUT IT DOWN.. Something that should be very easy for ANYONE who thinks they are such a great natural talent they are ready to AUDITION to be in a play or a musical or a talent show.
Here are some great FEMALE SOLOS for Auditions and Shows,
A BRAND NEW DRESS… Coco
A FOGGY DAY IN LONDON TOWN. Damsel in Distress
A JOURNEY TO A STAR.. The Gang’s all Here
A WAY BACK TO THEN.. Title of Show
A WEEK-END IN THE COUNTRY.. A Little Night Music
ALL MY LOVIN’… Across the Universe
ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE.. Company
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST… We Will Rock You
APPLAUSE… Applause
AROUND THE WORLD… Grey Garden
BACK TO BASE… Closer than Ever
BACK TO BEFORE.. Ragtime
BACKWOODS BARBIE.. 9 to 5
BE MY HOST… No Strings
BE ON YOUR OWN… Nine
BEFORE I KISS THE WORLD GOODBYE.. Jennie
BLESS THE LORD.. Can Do
BOUNCE ME BROTHER.. Swing
BREATH… In the Heights
BUENOS AIRES… Evita
CAFÉ CONTINENTAL… Big
CANDLE IN THE WATER.. Pete’s Dragon
C’EST MAGNAFIQUE… Can Can
COLORED WOMAN… Memphis
COWBOY TAKE ME AWAY… Urban Cowboy
DANCE 10, LOOKS 3… A Chorus Line
DAY BY DAY.. Godspell
DIVA’S LAMENT.. Spam
DON’T STOP BELIEVIN.. Rock of Ages
EASY TERMS.. Blood Brothers
ESCAPE… Escape
EVERY STORY’S A LOVE STORY… Aida
EVERYTHING’S BRIGHT.. Dance of the Vampires
EVERYTHING ELSE.. Next to Normal
FEELINGS YOU’VE GOT TO HIDE… Sideshow
FIFTY PERCENT.. Ballroom
FLASHDANCE…WHAT A FEELING.. Flashdance
FLY ME TO THE MOON.. Come Fly Away
FLY ME TO THE FUTURE.. The Vanities
FOLLOW YOUR HEART… Urintown
GET HAPPY… Everyday Rapture
GIMME LOVE.. Kiss of the Spider Woman
GLITTER AND BE GAY … Candide
GRAND AVENUE… Flower Drum Song
HAPPY EASTER… Easter Parade
HELL NO.. The Color Purple
HOLDING TO THE GROUND… Falsettoland
HONEY, HONEY.. Momma Mia
TEACHER DON’T TEACH ME NO NONSENSE… Race
HOW LUCKY CAN YOU GET.. Funny Lady
I AIN’T GOT TIME.. Zanna Don’t
I HATE MUSICALS… Ruthless
I NEVER SAID I LOVE YOU… Dear World
I WANT IT ALL.. Baby
I WAS WAY AHEAD AND SEESAW.. Seesaw
I’LL BE WAITING THERE… Kristina
I’M A WOMAN… Smokey Joe’s Café
IMAGINE… Lennon
INSIDE YOUR HEART.. Bad Boy
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING… State Fair
IT NEEDS WORK… City of Angels
IT WON’T LET US LEAVE… Evil Dead
JUST AROUND THE RIVER BEND.. Pocahontas
IT’S NEVER ENTERED MY MIND..Higher and Higher
JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY.. Big Deal
KEYS .. Passing Strange
LADY’S MAID… Titanic
LAY DOWN YOUR HEAD.. Violet
LIGHT… The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
LOOK FOR A SILVER LINING. Till the Clouds roll by
LOVE… Love me Tonight
LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND.. Carnival
LOVE NEVER DIES… Love Never Dies
LULLABY OF BROADWAY… 42nd Street
MELTING MOGGY… Honk
MISTER RIGHT… Love Life
MOLL’S SONG… The Cradle Will Rock
MY FUNNY VALENTINE… Babes in Arms
MY OWN MORNING… Hallelujah Baby
NO OTHER LOVE.. Me and Juliet
NOBODY’S SIDE… Chess
100 WAYS TO LOSE A MAN.. Wonderful Town
OOH! MY FEET… The most happy fella
ONE NIGHT ONLY.. Dream Girls
PARIS BY NIGHT.. Victor Victoria
PASSONATE and TRUE..The Addams Family Musical.
PROMISES PROMISES, Promises, Promises
PURLIE… Purlie
RAGS… Rags
RAIN ON THE ROOF.. The Wild Party
ROLL IN THE HAY.. The Young Frankenstein
RUNNING IN PLACE… Steel Pier
SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT… Peter Pan
SCARLETT O’HARA AGAIN.. Gone with the Wind
SEPTEMBER SONG… Lovemusik
SHINE… Billy Elliot
SOME DAY.. The Wedding Singer
SON OF A PREACHER MAN… Enron
THANK GOD I’M OLD… Barnum
THE BARE NECESSITIES… The Jungle Book
THE CALLING.. Altar Boyz
THE GARDEN RAM… Two by Two
THE MAN I LOVE.. Strike up the Band
TRY TO REMEMBER.. The Fantastics
U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D…. Starlight Express
UNDER THE TREE.. Celebration
WAITING FOR LIFE…Once upon this Island
WITH ONE LOOK.. Sunset Boulevard
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.. Witches of Eastwick
YOU’LL NEVER BE ALONE.A Tale of Two Cities
Mark asks…
Wide grip bench press: Should I lower the bar to my chest?
After years of lowering it to my chest I was interrupted by a certified personal trainer ‘CPT’ and told that it was bad to do this. I’ve never felt like I was hurting myself and after switching to only going down 90 degrees on this exercise I feel like I’m not even working anything. Even if I really load it up to 80% of my max I still don’t feel sore or really that fatigued when I finish.
admin answers:
Hello!
I can speak from my experience in weight training since 7th grade (thrower in track & field), i’m 26 now, and my brother has been a professional body builder for about 15 years.
Honestly, there aren’t THAT many great reasons for bench pressing. I have always used it as a means of stretching the chest out before or after a work out. The reason, b/c it can cause long term injury to your shoulders. I should know, b/c i used to use the bench as a power lift (low weight with a pop-up lift) exercise per my track coach and my shoulders have never been the same.
If you are looking for strength and cut in your chest, then i would recommend using dumbells. This way, you are working more at controling your movement and isolating those working muscles. I assure you, that if you start using dumbells for your presses, you will gain more control over your muscle groups and you will feel that muscle fatigue that is soooo addicting:)
also, with the dumbells, you can have more variation on your movement and you can easily move from an incline, to a flat press and even lower the dumbells for a great stretch across your chest.
As for my brother’s take on benching….
Well, he primarily uses dumbells when working out….imagine a 265 pound 6’4″ guy with little body fat. He is a true power house.
When people ask him how much he benches, well, he kind of grins and tells them that he doesn’t bench anymore.
He doesn’t get too involved with other bodybuilders unless they ask his opinion.
Take care and i wish you much health!
Richard asks…
Strength training using pull-up bar for rock climbing?
This last Christmas my brother received a pull-up bar that he can install and mount above a door way. I’ve recently begun rock climbing and noticed that my lack of upper body strength is prohibiting me to advance quickly. Ever since I started rock climbing I have noticed I’ve become stronger just by climbing, but I’d like to train to become even stronger.
How should I begin using this pull-up bar if I’m going to train (how many reps, etc.)?
Are there any variations on a standard pull-up that I can do to target more muscles, etc.?
All answers are appreciated!
admin answers:
I would think this would be a good training device. That particular motion… The “pull down”, is very hard to duplicate any other way.
If you go to a gym, you can use the “lat pull-down” machine. The “lats” or Latissimus Dorsi muscles, are the primary ones used in this motion.
Also, I saw a thing on rock-climbing training on one of those extreme sports things… A lot of guys do fingertip-hanging exercises as well… Hanging by just the first joint or two joints of the fingers.
Michael asks…
Snack recipes for a soldier?
My brother is training for his third deployment and so he’ll away for a couple of weeks and he wants some homemade snacks to take with him, but they have to be able to last for a couple of weeks in an airtight container. Does anyone have any good suggestions or recipes that I could make for him? Thanks!
admin answers:
Bar cookies are by far your best bet. Here are a couple of GREAT ones for you.
Oatmeal Carmelita Bars.
CRUST:
2 Cups all purpose flour
2 Cups quick cooking rolled oats. (not instant oatmeal)
1 1/2 Cups packed brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 Cups butter
FILLING:
1 Cup caramel ice cream topping
3 Tb flour
1 Cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 to 1 Cup chopped nuts
Heat oven to 350 degrees
Grease a 13X9 pan. ( I lined mine with parchment paper)
In a large bowl of a mixer, blend all crust ingredients at low speed until crumbly.
Press 1/2 the mixture, about 3 Cups, in the bottom of the prepared pan. Reserve the rest of the crust mixture for the topping.
Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine caramel topping with 3 Tb flour.
Remove partially baked crust from oven; sprinkle with chocolate and nuts. Drizzle evenly with the caramel mixture; sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture.
Bake at 350 for an additional 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until filling is set. Cut into bars.
Magic Cookie Bars. Also called 7 Layer bars
1/2 Cup butter
1 1/2 Cups graham cracker crumbs
1 can 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk..NOT evaporated milk
2 Cups semi sweet chocolate chips
1 1/3 Cup coconut
1 Cup chopped nuts
Pre heat oven to 350
In a 13X9 pan melt the butter in the oven.
Sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs over the melted butter.
Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the crumbs.
Layer with the rest of the ingredients; press down firmly. This is important, you don’t want them to crumble
Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool. Chill if desired. Cut into squares.
Toffee Bars
1 Cup quick cooking oats
1/2 Cup flour
1/2 Cup packed brown sugar
1/2 Cup finely chopped walnuts (or nut of choice)
1/2 Cup butter, melted and divided
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 Can 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)
2 tsp vanilla
2 Cups semi sweet chocolate chips
Additional nuts if desired
Pre heat oven to 350
Grease a 13X9 pan
In a large bowl combine oats, flour, brown sugar, nuts, 6 Tablespoons of butter and baking soda.
Press firmly on bottom of prepared pan.
Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned
Meanwhile in a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine remaining 2 Tb of butter and sweetened condensed milk. Cook until mixture thickens slightly, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
Pour evenly over baked crust.
Bake another 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Let stand 1 minute; spread chips while still warm. Garnish with additional nuts if desired; press down firmly. Cool completely. Cut into bars.
These can all be stored at room temperature. Most make about 3 dozen bars, that does depend on how big you cut them though. They are all pretty sweet and rich.
Happy Baking. He’ll love you for these…well he’d love you anyway..His buddies will fall at your feet for more though!
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