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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => History - Stories - and Memories => Topic started by: bigmikecox on August 25, 2006, 02:59:20 PM
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So, I started training and competing in 1989 and there has been a LOT changed in the "sport". There was no Hammer Strength, Creatine, Glutamine, or Strive. There were no diet guru's. Flex, Muscle and Fitness and Ironman all covered women's bbing. MuscleMag and Muscular Development were like 80 pages long. Flex profiled amatuer bbers. I sat in the LAST row at the 1st ASC and watched GAspari defeat Robby Robinson, Gary strydom and Bob Paris (who had the BEST routine i've ever seen).
1989 Mr Olympia:Lee Haney (1), Lee Labrada (2), Vince Taylor (3), Rich Gaspari (4), Mohammed Benaziza (5), Mike Christian (6), Mike Quinn (7), Brian Buchanan (8), Samir Bannout (9), Ron Love (10), Bertil Fox (11), Francis Benfatto (12), Andreas Munzer (13), Bob Paris (14), Albert Beckles (14).
Of those men, 2 have died and 2 competed this year and one is serving a life sentence.
Cybergenics was HUGE.
Oh have things changed.
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2 are dead....1 is serving life in prision for a double murder...& of that list....only one is still competing.
But....you forgot alot of stuff.....
baggy pants.....fag bags....mullets...work boots......walkmans..... .etcc..... ;D
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That's not "old school". The 70's and early 80's.
CHrome Universal Machines, Nautilus was popular, 100 CIBA D-bol were $25, the bench press had those close stands so the bar bounced and bent when you took it off and put it back on, the only cardio was a bike that you twisted a little wheel to tighten the band around the front tire, index cards were the only things a front desk needed for membership, no personal trainers (you just ask someone to work in), gang showers (coed too), lots of clanging of weights (no plastic or rubber), deep knurled handles so you got nice big callasses, that leather band thing you put around your waist and it wiggle the fat off, the wooden seat that rotated around to make your ass small. Simple. Workout, sweat take shower. Your name shows up on the chalk board behind the front counter alongside Arnold S.,Lou F, Franco C. telling everyone in the gym you are late with your $150 per year membership.
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That's not "old school". The 70's and early 80's.
CHrome Universal Machines, Nautilus was popular, 100 CIBA D-bol were $25, the bench press had those close stands so the bar bounced and bent when you took it off and put it back on, the only cardio was a bike that you twisted a little wheel to tighten the band around the front tire, index cards were the only things a front desk needed for membership, no personal trainers (you just ask someone to work in), gang showers (coed too), lots of clanging of weights (no plastic or rubber), deep knurled handles so you got nice big callasses, that leather band thing you put around your waist and it wiggle the fat off, the wooden seat that rotated around to make your ass small. Simple. Workout, sweat take shower. Your name shows up on the chalk board behind the front counter alongside Arnold S.,Lou F, Franco C. telling everyone in the gym you are late with your $150 per year membership.
:'( i wish i was around for those days. :'(
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That's not "old school". The 70's and early 80's.
CHrome Universal Machines, Nautilus was popular, 100 CIBA D-bol were $25, the bench press had those close stands so the bar bounced and bent when you took it off and put it back on, the only cardio was a bike that you twisted a little wheel to tighten the band around the front tire, index cards were the only things a front desk needed for membership, no personal trainers (you just ask someone to work in), gang showers (coed too), lots of clanging of weights (no plastic or rubber), deep knurled handles so you got nice big callasses, that leather band thing you put around your waist and it wiggle the fat off, the wooden seat that rotated around to make your ass small. Simple. Workout, sweat take shower. Your name shows up on the chalk board behind the front counter alongside Arnold S.,Lou F, Franco C. telling everyone in the gym you are late with your $150 per year membership.
You are describing my current gym! Right down to the index cards. Not the Dbol though.
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70s, early 80s:
Arm blasters, chrome dumbbells, collars that wouldn't stay on, great custom-made leverage machines before there were any brand names, Universal machines (great leg press + calf raises done on the shoulder press station), pec decks, vertical leg press, flat leg curl machines, roman chairs, headbands, short shorts, good music playing on the radio, liver tablets.
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70s, early 80s:
Arm blasters, chrome dumbbells, collars that wouldn't stay on, great custom-made leverage machines before there were any brand names, Universal machines (great leg press + calf raises done on the shoulder press station), pec decks, vertical leg press, flat leg curl machines, roman chairs, headbands, short shorts, good music playing on the radio, liver tablets.
Man I forgot the Liver tabs. 50 to 80 a day. Those big ass horse tabs. And real Roman Chairs. Thebest way to do abs. Vert. Leg Press was awesome. I never used the flat leg curl. It just seemed uncomfortable looking at it.
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unitard cameltoes and moustaches
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Francis Benfatto and Vince Taylor both competed this year.
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That's not "old school". The 70's and early 80's.
CHrome Universal Machines, Nautilus was popular, 100 CIBA D-bol were $25, the bench press had those close stands so the bar bounced and bent when you took it off and put it back on, the only cardio was a bike that you twisted a little wheel to tighten the band around the front tire, index cards were the only things a front desk needed for membership, no personal trainers (you just ask someone to work in), gang showers (coed too), lots of clanging of weights (no plastic or rubber), deep knurled handles so you got nice big callasses, that leather band thing you put around your waist and it wiggle the fat off, the wooden seat that rotated around to make your ass small. Simple. Workout, sweat take shower. Your name shows up on the chalk board behind the front counter alongside Arnold S.,Lou F, Franco C. telling everyone in the gym you are late with your $150 per year membership.
Damn,your talking about the gym i own! All iron plates,no membership cards and i even have the jiggle belt and the wooden rollers! ;D For sure one of the last of its kind here in my country! I will try and post some pics later.
Val
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Damn,your talking about the gym i own! All iron plates,no membership cards and i even have the jiggle belt and the wooden rollers! ;D For sure one of the last of its kind here in my country! I will try and post some pics later.
Val
very cool, yes lets see some pics!!
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ImageShack is not working for me today ??? Know any other free ones where you donīt have to sign up?
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Chalk is ok.No aerobics.No classes.Chains and rubberbands for powerlifting.
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Dude i wanna train at ur gym, or infact any gym that dedicated to old school. My current gym is 'one for the masses' and has wee free weights section with alright stuff, but if u hjappen to go wen the other 'proper' lifters are there aswell, u cant get a bench.
All dance music and at certain times of the week they run classes in there wer u lift to music ahhhh,.
ONLYME, do u ever miss the old hardcore days? Has ur training changed alot since back in the day wen u trained with the pro's?
I hope ur gyn ur opening is old school lol.
davie
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Great thread!!!The old days were awesome.The attitude of people in the gyms back then were much more relaxed (everybody would help anyone).Also, don't forget the godawful protein powders back then lol.Even if you placed them in a cement truck mixer (unless you had a blender) there was no way you were gonna get a shake w/o a lot of clumps!Which also brings up the fact there was no "shakers" in them days.
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Valhalla, i have question for u bro. In the 2nd picture, what is the thing in the middle of the room which has what looks like a high pad to lie on with loaded BB under it, also has what looks like 2 white foot plates??
Awesome looing gym, wer u liv bro??
davie
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ha ha ha, the fat roller thingie, that is old school
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Valhalla, i have question for u bro. In the 2nd picture, what is the thing in the middle of the room which has what looks like a high pad to lie on with loaded BB under it, also has what looks like 2 white foot plates??
Awesome looing gym, wer u liv bro??
davie
Itīs a high bench for doing rows and rear lateral raises. I live in Denmark. I gotta tell you guys that it is hard work owning a gym like this! No money in it,but i refuse to change it! :D
The equipment and atmosphere must work though,because a guy from my gym just won his class at the Danish Nationals.
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Itīs a high bench for doing rows and rear lateral raises. I live in Denmark. I gotta tell you guys that it is hard work owning a gym like this! No money in it,but i refuse to change it! :D
The equipment and atmosphere must work though,because a guy from my gym just won his class at the Danish Nationals.
Cheers, what about in 2nd last pic, i thought it was for deads wen u didnt wanna do them from the ground, but whats with the big handle?? (sorry to sound stupid)
davie
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Barbell lifter..for easy plateloading when doing sets of heavy deadlifts.
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That's not "old school". The 70's and early 80's.
CHrome Universal Machines, Nautilus was popular, 100 CIBA D-bol were $25, the bench press had those close stands so the bar bounced and bent when you took it off and put it back on, the only cardio was a bike that you twisted a little wheel to tighten the band around the front tire, index cards were the only things a front desk needed for membership, no personal trainers (you just ask someone to work in), gang showers (coed too), lots of clanging of weights (no plastic or rubber), deep knurled handles so you got nice big callasses, that leather band thing you put around your waist and it wiggle the fat off, the wooden seat that rotated around to make your ass small. Simple. Workout, sweat take shower. Your name shows up on the chalk board behind the front counter alongside Arnold S.,Lou F, Franco C. telling everyone in the gym you are late with your $150 per year membership.
dont forget the calf machine that had nothing but a rope and pully and you had to load the weights on hahah.
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Barbell lifter..for easy plateloading when doing sets of heavy deadlifts.
very cool thanks for the pics valhalla.
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The old gymI trained at back in 1973 or so some great inventions. The guy who owned was an older man who built a building behind his house for the gym. Had a ground level boxing ring too. He worked at a steel place. And allot fo the weight were gears and metal wheels that he would cutoff pieces to make them weigh what they should. Then he painted the wieght on them. So when you benched you could have maybe a couple 45's along with a gear and a steel plate and whatever else there was. The pulldown was a cable with a handle. The cable went up into the rafters and around a bicycle rim and then connected to a rod with a hook. To load weight, you would have to unclip the cable hold onto it and grab a weight and slide it on the rod then reclip the cable.
We also had a neat poster that had a picture of Arnold on it. It had his measurements too. In additon there was a chart that had different heights on it. What it did was it would tell you what measuerements you needed at your particualr height to be in proportion to Arnold. SO if you were 5'8" you could see how big your arms, chest, thighs, calves, neck, waist, forearms and other parts would have to be to be proportionate to Arnold. It was neat.
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Eleiko....haven't seen stuff made from that company in awhile.
What the hell is that wooden roller thing?
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Eleiko....haven't seen stuff made from that company in awhile.
What the hell is that wooden roller thing?
Its like a massage machine, the wooden things spin around.. real eighties stuff
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Its like a massage machine, the wooden things spin around.. real eighties stuff
More like the 70's. People on here who live in LA know the Oakwood Apartments in Marina Del Rey. My Uncle owned them back in the 70's. I remember he showed us the gym and he had a couple of those machines in their. My mom sat on it and she went flying off falling on the ground. It was funny as hell. They had the ole leather belt thing too.
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ha ha ha, the fat roller thingie, that is old school
What the hell is that wooden roller thing?
quoting myself to show that I knew that one, knny
before there was Curves, there was Woman's World
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Eleiko....haven't seen stuff made from that company in awhile.
What the hell is that wooden roller thing?
About 6 months ago I bought Ivanko plates for my home gym. They are kind of wild, large holes in them which make em eazy to pick up. I wanted the Eleiko or Ivanko bumper plates but they are very expensive!
http://www.eleikosport.se/eng/Product.asp?PageNumber=100&Product_Id=243
http://www.ivanko.com/products/prd_text/ROEZH.html
The Beef
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anyone remember the magazine Strength Training for Beauty?
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One of THE originals, and still around. Draper trained here in the early 60s, before moving to California. When in NYC..
http://www.midcitygym.com/main/gateway/gateway.asp?GID=502&CID=203&URL=http%3A%2F%2Flocator%2Fcustompages%2Fpage.asp%3FlocID%3D100889%26cpid%3D1
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About 6 months ago I bought Ivanko plates for my home gym. They are kind of wild, large holes in them which make em eazy to pick up. I wanted the Eleiko or Ivanko bumper plates but they are very expensive!
http://www.eleikosport.se/eng/Product.asp?PageNumber=100&Product_Id=243
http://www.ivanko.com/products/prd_text/ROEZH.html
The Beef
True.
Did you get rubber, cast steel, or urethane?
Bumper Plates are cool, but unless your into Olympic style lifting....they are unnecessary for the price
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True.
Did you get rubber, cast steel, or urethane?
Bumper Plates are cool, but unless your into Olympic style lifting....they are unnecessary for the price
Go to www.rebarfit.com
They make great stuff and the price is awesome. Tell them I sent you. I just all the weights, plates, barbells and other stuff from them for two gyms. Wyatt has been in the business a long time
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And donkey calf raises with two SOB's sitting on your lower back ;)
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True.
Did you get rubber, cast steel, or urethane?
Bumper Plates are cool, but unless your into Olympic style lifting....they are unnecessary for the price
I bought the rubber coated ones, 4 x 45, 4 x 35 & 4 x 25. The shipping almost doubled the priice and killed me.
These are them . . . I wanted the bumpers' because I had this pic in my mind of Tom Platz benching in a gym in Europe. I had seen it as a kid ( he had his feet wrapped aroung the benches legs ) and was wearing a yellow track suit ( if I recall. ) He was using Eliko plates on the bar.I was trying to relove my youth I guess, lol. In the 80's Ivanko also had gold colored dumbells I wanted for my home gym, but I don't think they make them any longer. The goal was to have all my equipment with white frames, light yellow for the padding, the gold bells and bumper plates.
My next move is to get a Zane leg blaster, if I ever find a good job again.
The Beef
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They www.rebarfit.com have some sweet plates. I would love to have gone that route and kicked in for the custome logo.
A fantastic company.
The Beef
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I bought the rubber coated ones, 4 x 45, 4 x 35 & 4 x 25. The shipping almost doubled the priice and killed me.
With weights, ALWAYS try to find a local distributor, which eliminates the shipping. It's usually possible to find a source somewhere within reasonable driving distance.
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I bought the rubber coated ones, 4 x 45, 4 x 35 & 4 x 25. The shipping almost doubled the priice and killed me.
These are them . . . I wanted the bumpers' because I had this pic in my mind of Tom Platz benching in a gym in Europe. I had seen it as a kid ( he had his feet wrapped aroung the benches legs ) and was wearing a yellow track suit ( if I recall. ) He was using Eliko plates on the bar.I was trying to relove my youth I guess, lol. In the 80's Ivanko also had gold colored dumbells I wanted for my home gym, but I don't think they make them any longer. The goal was to have all my equipment with white frames, light yellow for the padding, the gold bells and bumper plates.
My next move is to get a Zane leg blaster, if I ever find a good job again.
The Beef
Those are cool....only sucky part is they don't make any colored ones or anything to match the smaller sizes 10's, 5's, & 2.5's.
Always thought that was weird.
The Zane leg blaster.....why?
I never liked it too much
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One of THE originals, and still around. Draper trained here in the early 60s, before moving to California. When in NYC..
http://www.midcitygym.com/main/gateway/gateway.asp?GID=502&CID=203&URL=http%3A%2F%2Flocator%2Fcustompages%2Fpage.asp%3FlocID%3D100889%26cpid%3D1
Ahhhhhh....Mid City Gym. I know it well. I trained there in it's heyday. Unmatched dungeon gym, filled with the wierdest characters you'll ever meet. My old post on strongman Paul "Zazu" Bruno showed pictures taken at Mid City, where he worked the front desk (R.I.P.).
What about that old forearm thingy with the handles and dirty rope attached?...
Donkey raises off of the lower staircase...
Hoffman protein powder...
then, finally! amino acid tablets, only 1mg per horse-sized pill...
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guess no one knows what I am referring to
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With weights, ALWAYS try to find a local distributor, which eliminates the shipping. It's usually possible to find a source somewhere within reasonable driving distance.
I wish that was the case. One thing though my shipping isn't to bad from China for a 20' container which is big enough for allthe plates and bars and stuff. It was just over $5,000 which is good. I have 9 40' containers coming from Long Beach, CA though
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I wish that was the case. One thing though my shipping isn't to bad from China for a 20' container which is big enough for allthe plates and bars and stuff. It was just over $5,000 which is good. I have 9 40' containers coming from Long Beach, CA though
$5000 for the shipping from china?