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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => History - Stories - and Memories => Topic started by: funk51 on February 23, 2013, 01:53:37 PM
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The Charles Atlas ad is probably the best-known solicitation of that genre.
But, has anyone ever seen the actual course? I'm curious what it contained.
WWF spoofed the ad in pimping one of their products. I forget what they were even selling, but the ad featured Macho Man. It was around the time that Ico-Pro was on the market, but I don't think that is what the ads marketed.
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The Charles Atlas ad is probably the best-known solicitation of that genre.
But, has anyone ever seen the actual course? I'm curious what it contained.
WWF spoofed the ad in pimping one of their products. I forget what they were even selling, but the ad featured Macho Man. It was around the time that Ico-Pro was on the market, but I don't think that is what the ads marketed.
my kid remembers the ad it was in one of his old wrestling magazines, i'll let you know if he finds it. as far as the atlas course i know it contained exercises pitting one muscle against the other as atlas said when he saw a tiger stretching in the zoo he got the idea for the system.
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^^ I think stuntmovie once remarked on that stuff. If I recall, he said it was out around the same time as the liver protein powder. Both smelled and tasted like ass.
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they say this protein from the sea was some really raunchy stuff never tried it, only the protein pills and honey peanut butter and sawdust protein bars,
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^^ I think stuntmovie once remarked on that stuff. If I recall, he said it was out around the same time as the liver protein powder. Both smelled and tasted like ass.
they used to sell this stuff at the just-b-natural stores in the area, it was serviced by boss enterprises the one and only bobo'leary from scranton wilkes barre area.
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they used to sell this stuff at the just-b-natural stores in the area, it was serviced by boss enterprises the one and only bobo'leary from scranton wilkes barre area.
Mmm...desiccated tuna!
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hey funk!
do you have that advert by Mentzer that he had in the marvel comics back in the 70s/80s?
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hey funk!
do you have that advert by Mentzer that he had in the marvel comics back in the 70s/80s?
no but would like to see them, i was already out of comic books by then. pic'd are a few of my early comics i have left.
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damn! nice ass :P (no homo)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=461027.0;attach=506768;image)
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:P after seeing this ad had to run right out and get one.
still got it and still in good shape, the bar at least. :D :D :D :D :D
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damn! nice ass :P (no homo)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=461027.0;attach=506768;image)
looks like his big boy butt came in massive american dad reference, also no homo not that there's anything wrong with it{massive seinfeld ref]
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still got it and still in good shape, the bar at least. :D :D :D :D :D
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still use my expanders... ;)
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still use my expanders... ;)
you used to be able to buy those expanders or cable exercisers from york two ways metal cables or rubber strands, not sure if the price was different will have to check.
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olympus was the george snyder co the same guy who put out the three more reps bk1-3 line with rick wayne.
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i mean who the hell would buy this ??... ??? sort of Buck rogers ... :o
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i mean who the hell would buy this ??... ??? sort of Buck rogers ... :o
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oooh...she is my taste Funky Bro,,,,nice tight waist. long hair to play with.. ;D
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these old barbell, Dumbbell sets look great and i am sure better quality than some today. Funky i want to steal your York squat stands.. and your Husky... ;D
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these old barbell, Dumbbell sets look great and i am sure better quality than some today. Funky i want to steal your York squat stands.. and your Husky... ;D
if you look at it i wonder why they put the plates on in these old sets the opposite of the way we do today?????
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don't know what arnold was selling here but when hoffman saw it he tried to get weider in trouble for pornagraphy. than later hoffman put out the first nude mainstream musckle mag nude cover
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if you look at it i wonder why they put the plates on in these old sets the opposite of the way we do today?????
yes i always wondered why too.. did they feel it was somehow better balanced ?? i mean itīs the same weight but feel ?
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The reverse loading of plates in the barbell ad might just be a advertising ploy to catch the eye of people. Something different in showing their product. Probably a lot of competition (as there is today) in the fitness/health business, back in the day. Doubt that the Schmitt company was big time (guessing again) so needed a different approach to sell their stuff. The DB's & BB's, in the ad, do look slick, and kind of cool, compared to a lot of the other older barbell ads, at that time. Would not think anyone is going to workout that way the BB/DB's are shown. Starting with 1 1/4 plates, and working up from that, is defeating the whole purpose of the progressive load idea. But who knows, other crazy stuff out there.
We are still using some Vic Tanny and Paramount plates, where I workout at. Bars break but plates never seem to die. Those iron shoes (don't know the right name for them) are really something else.
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Just guessing, don't really know:
The reverse loading of plates in the barbell ad might just be a advertising ploy to catch the eye of people. Something different in showing their product. Probably a lot of competition (as there is today) in the fitness/health business, back in the day. Doubt that the Schmitt company was big time (guessing again) so needed a different approach to sell their stuff. The DB's & BB's, in the ad, do look slick, and kind of cool, compared to a lot of the other older barbell ads, at that time. Would not think anyone is going to workout that way the BB/DB's are shown. Starting with 1 1/4 plates, and working up from that, is defeating the whole purpose of the progressive load idea. But who knows, other crazy stuff out there.
We are still using some Vic Tanny and Paramount plates, where I workout at. Bars break but plates never seem to die. Those iron shoes (don't know the right name for them) are really something else.
i hate those iron shoes, still have a pair from when i was a kid keep them around as a collector item. actually more like a torture device if you use them
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I got a pair of iron shoes from a martial arts mag. I had a knee op in 1999. I did leg abduction and aduction and it did help me. Never used them again. was good in building the vastus lateralus and medialus. very simple but worked.
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still do not believe in expanding the rib cage...
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still do not believe in expanding the rib cage...
i used to do the squat/pullover combo to stretch my ribcage cartlidge (sp?). they said it was only possible as a teen. not sure if it made any difference.
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:D lot of old-timers[i should talk] did this squat pullover combo and they had unusual rib boxes.
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:D lot of old-timers[i should talk] did this squat pullover combo and they had unusual rib boxes.
Nice!!
Also, just having that anatomy is not enough. There is a very specific way to hit that pose, and it's not easy.
It's impressive, but not something I would aspire to have in the extreme as depicted above.
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This site is about old school ads..so keeping it short about rib box expansion.
The cartilage expands between the ribs and the center of the chest, not the rib bones themselves. The average of human cartilage becoming fixed or harden is around 24 to 26 years of age. After that not much more expansion is possible. Getting serious about pullovers, with heavy breathing compound exercises like squats have increased men's total chest measurements from 2 to 3 inches..and in a somewhat short period of time........if within that younger age group. Probably thousands of men, past and present, have accomplished this.
Pullover's alone (straight or bent arms) can also give a larger rib box, but more dramatic results is with a heavy breathing combo exercise. The moon and half moon benches where used quite a bit back in the day. Along with the regular flat bench.
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This site is about old school ads..so keeping it short about rib box expansion.
The cartilage expands between the ribs and the center of the chest, not the rib bones themselves. The average of human cartilage becoming fixed or harden is around 24 to 26 years of age. After that not much more expansion is possible. Getting serious about pullovers, with heavy breathing compound exercises like squats have increased men's total chest measurements from 2 to 3 inches..and in a somewhat short period of time........if within that younger age group. Probably thousands of men, past and present, have accomplished this.
Pullover's alone (straight or bent arms) can also give a larger rib box, but more dramatic results is with a heavy breathing combo exercise. The moon and half moon benches where used quite a bit back in the day. Along with the regular flat bench.
that's what i always heard except maybe the cutoff was arround 21 years old for most.
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a good read...
http://www.drdarden.com/readTopic.do?id=436676
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a good read...
http://www.drdarden.com/readTopic.do?id=436676
good link he uses george eiferman as an example and millard williamson two guys i often picture to illustrate the point.
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ok, it's only 25 years old, does that qualify?
i will start scanning some really old ones if you guys want.
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here's an ad from 1948 Muscle Power. if you can't make out the price it is $38 for a 235 lb. Weider gym set.
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ok, it's only 25 years old, does that qualify?
i will start scanning some really old ones if you guys want.
for sure , these are always interesting, if nothing else to see the prices and who gets used for the varioud ads.
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ok, it's only 25 years old, does that qualify?
i will start scanning some really old ones if you guys want.
scan them up man 8)
and maybe you can find the old Mentzer heavy duty marvel muscles advert he ran in the marvel comic books back in the late 70's?
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i love these old ads.. the old barbell sets, squat stands....benches. Quality kit. The thousands of young guys pumping up in their bedrooms/basements... ;D
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ok, these aren't actually ads, they are the actual products designed and sold by none other than Eugene Sandow. the box, which is almost powder, is the actual box they were shipped in from Europe to America in the late 1800s
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very interesting funky bro..
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so really Moores Squat Bar was an early invention Funk like the Squatters "Magic Circle" which became a trap bar..
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so really Moores Squat Bar was an early invention Funk like the Squatters "Magic Circle" which became a trap bar..
i think they improved it and had frank zane for a spokesman.
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holy shit, that looks exactly like the one i built in high school shop. best one i ever used.
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holy shit, that looks exactly like the one i built in high school shop. best one i ever used.
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;) not bad and all i ever made was a serving tray and a trash can in hs metal shop. shop class was sometimes a horror show for some. i actually enjoyed it. never thought to make a t-bar row however.. :( :( :( :( :( :(
I made a shitty lat machine that worked ok, and a set of solid dumbells that I still have today.
that t-bar row was the best one I ever used. but since it was the first one I ever used, I didn't realize how functionally well it was built until long after it was gone.
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I made a shitty lat machine that worked ok, and a set of solid dumbells that I still have today.
that t-bar row was the best one I ever used. but since it was the first one I ever used, I didn't realize how functionally well it was built until long after it was gone.
how did you make the dumbells, did you actually make a cast and pour molten metal. ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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Best ad ever...thank you Funk.
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Best ad ever...thank you Funk.
^^ What my friend said. 8)
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The last ad made me chuckle....he-man body.....
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one of the most awe-inspiring ads ever.
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one of the most awe-inspiring ads ever.
There's a depressing story behind that poster of Gragam and the tiger, but I can't remember it.
Funk?
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There's a depressing story behind that poster of Gragam and the tiger, but I can't remember it.
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graham actually owned a lion in real life used to take it to bars and around to scare people but that's another story.the story behind the tiger poster is that graham sunk a ton of money into making and distributing the poster and pretty much no one bought it, at a time when he was asked to invest money in gold's gym before it took off.
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graham actually owned a lion in real life used to take it to bars and around to scare people but that's another story.the story behind the tiger poster is that graham sunk a ton of money into making and distributing the poster and pretty much no one bought it, at a time when he was asked to invest money in gold's gym before it took off.
Wow, and he was by then a former champion? Did he honestly believe that poster would make more money than "a" gym, much less a very popular (at the time) gym?
It must suck knowing you could have owned a share in what became the most famous gym chain ever.
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Wow, and he was by then a former champion? Did he honestly believe that poster would make more money than "a" gym, much less a very popular (at the time) gym?
It must suck knowing you could have owned a share in what became the most famous gym chain ever.
there's another one out there about the bodybuilder who was asked by a friend to invest in a coffee shop business he declined. turned out to be starbucks bber was tom platz. :o :o :o :o :o
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there's another one out there about the bodybuilder who was asked by a friend to invest in a coffee shop business he declined. turned out to be starbucks bber was tom platz. :o :o :o :o :o
Dammit! I like Platz, too.
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Some of these bring back memories.. :)
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Some of these bring back memories.. :)
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Some old school adds I remember.
These were from the Mid to late 1970s
Advertising in the 60s and 70s was always interesting.
RZ
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A few more shots.
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Grand Opening Posters
Zuver's Gym El Toro
Mid 80s
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some nice pics on here..great thread guys... :)
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nice i probably would have bought some pieces if i didn't live on the other side of the usa. most of my stuff was jubinville, york and ferrigno that's lou's father and brother andy's stuff.
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All the stuff you had and still have got the job done. You would have liked pop's equipment. It was well built and built to last. Had you bought a Zuver's Bench or two you would have a piece that most likley was built by me. Not that that means anything.
I can't help but believe that somewhere, in some old gym, or even packed in the back of someone's home garage gym that there is still Zuver's equipment being used today. They probably don't even know that it was built by Zuver. But out of the thousands of bench press we sold back then there must still be a few still around.
I've been looking and asking around for the last couple of years now if anyone has any pieces from The Zuver Line. So far I've only located one bench press and a small amount of Zuver's weights. I just don't beleave that everything got scrapped.
So if anyone here on GetBig.Com has or know's anybody that has a bench,rack,weights,dumbbell's Zuver related please contact me.
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some nice pieces there, the best bench i had and still have was one i had custom made in the 70's by a co. called gymbatics it still is in great shape,thanks to some duct tape etc. maybe some of your equipment might turn up at yard sales or the play it again chain. i had it made up with a narrow grip to accomidate both an olympic bar and an ez curl bar plus dipping bars at top.
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It for sure looks well used.
A little more duck tape and its good to go for another 20 years.
Funny thing about steel, it just doesn't go bad.
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Here are a few more different Zuver Ad's from the early years.
They include the Bill Pearl & Zuver's Ad.
The Famous Weider Zuver's Ad.
And some different Zuver's Equipment ad's.
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Mr Funk
You've been busy with that scanner agin between GB and Facebook. Do enjoy
Your effort.
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Mr Funk
You've been busy with that scanner agin between GB and Facebook. Do enjoy
Your effort.
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if it's iron related i enjoy it. also big sports and music fan.
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if it's iron related i enjoy it. also big sports and music fan.
That bench looks familiar. That's the way a home gym should be.
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That bench looks familiar. That's the way a home gym should be.
And that's you?
no that's funk jr aka john one of your friends on facebook. he was about 180 lbs than went up to 230 before the accident.
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he's hanging in there seems to be making improvement, he's down like 80 lbs to 151 but hopefully his strength will come back soon. he's starting comeback number 3 just recently. really tough year and a half. thanks for asking.
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no that's funk jr aka john one of your friends on facebook. he was about 180 lbs than went up to 230 before the accident.
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In that pic he looks a bit like you.
I wish him the best in his recovery.
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he's hanging in there seems to be making improvement, he's down like 80 lbs to 151 but hopefully his strength will come back soon. he's starting comeback number 3 just recently. really tough year and a half. thanks for asking.
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not 100 percent on this but i think the 39 dollar price is from a much older mag...... so it went down in later years.hard to believe.
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not 100 percent on this but i think the 39 dollar price is from a much older mag...... so it went down in later years.hard to believe.
Maybe there down to $10.99 by now.
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Maybe there down to $10.99 by now.
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Yep old school ads.