‘True Life’ on MTV
So, one of the last things I did before I left Florida and pro-wrestling was to appear on MTV’s ‘True Life’…
The episode was on Season 7 and is called, ‘True Life’ “I’m On A Diet”…
I never fail to get a call from some smartassenheimer buddy of mine who tells me, “Hey, they’re replaying that damn show you were on again”…
Funny thing is, I’ve had ppl I’ve never met before approach me, recognize me, and ask if I was on that show, and hit me up for some workout/diet advice, so it must have been somewhat memorable…hahaha…
Hooray for repeats, huh??…But seriously, that’s pretty good exposure over a 2 year span of time…
Despite what I was warned, MTV portrayed things well and didn’t ‘edit monster’ things incorrectly…
Pics #9-12 are from our segment
The way it went down was that my friend Kelly Hallermeier had an opportunity to be on the show after she and several friends had contacted MTV about doing a contest to see who could lose the most weight before Spring Break…The bird who lost the most would go on the trip scot-free…
Simple enough premise until the other friends dropped out of the picture…
MTV pre-interviewed Kelly, liked what they heard and her “Jersey Attitude”, so she was on…Problem being, she needed a trainer and a nutritionist for the program…
***Cue Mighty Mouse music here***
Yep, so I appeared as her trainer and my tag team wrestling partner was on the show as her ‘food dude’…
The thing that most ppl don’t realize about filming anything for tv is: IT TAKES NUMEROUS HOURS TO GET A LITTLE MINUTE OF FOOTAGE…
We had about 2 months of Mondays involved in MTV filming grocery shopping, workouts, dinners, cooking, etc. to get the 10 or so minutes that ended up on air…
Our segment was sandwiched b/n a Lehigh University collegiate wrestler making weight and a Miss Teen Texas beauty pageant competitor’s prep…
Lots of dramatic moments for the camera, a couple tears here and there, a bit of resistance to the workouts and diet, but after it was all said and done, she did her part and dropped a lot of weight…
Try 30 lbs. in 4 wks, and then an additional 10 or so after about 3 more weeks…
She went through a lot and I was pretty rough on her, having her hit the workouts hard and making her eat plain boiled chicken breast and brown rice…
Coulda added some salsa to that dry mess now that I think about it…haha…
But, after some tough times, she now has a beautiful new daughter and a happy family life w/her man…Good for her!…
If ya happen to see the rerun on MTV or MTV2, take a peek and lemme know what you think…
October 30th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Hey, Aric! Me and my brother used to watch you and Adam wrestle in Valdosta, GA. We went there just for you guys. We were the ones holding up the “Windsor For President” sign, if you remember. Anyway, we don’t go to Valdosta anymore since you left. I am starting to train in Tifton with Jake Slater. I really want to finally do this.Do you have any tips or suggestions? I would appreciate them. Anyway, good luck with MMA. You look great. I didn’t know you were a pharmacist. That’s cool! Take care!
P.S. Me and my bro taped the MTV show when it came on. I thought it worked out well. I thought they were gonna make a show out of you guys? Anyway, good luck!!