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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Michaeloz on October 04, 2007, 04:12:20 PM
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Archers gym on the Gold Coast was torched by arsonists last night. The gym was a Gold Caost icon and had seen the likes of Arnold train there.
Sad state of affairs, why would anyone want to torch a gym? ???
GOLD Coast gym once visited by "Governator" Arnold Schwarzenegger has been hit by arsonists.
Archers Gym, a Southport health and fitness institution since 1970, was torched in the early hours of yesterday morning, with firefighters taking two hours to contain the blaze.
Surfers Paradise CIB boss John Hartwell said there appeared to be no chance of the fire being accidental.
"There are three separate locations where the fire has been lit and we have found two melted containers which possibly contained fuel," he said. "Definitely an accelerant has been used."
More than $200,000 damage was caused by the fire, mainly to gym and computer equipment, while structural damage to the two-storey commercial building, which also housed other businesses, was minimal.
Detective Inspector Hartwell said witnesses reported seeing a man in dark clothing carrying a torch, while another saw three youths riding from the scene on push bikes before the arrival of firefighters.
Archers Gym, called Bob's Gym when it opened in 1970, was a mecca for bodybuilders and played host to a visit from Arnie himself when he was at the peak of his bodybuilding powers in the early 1980s.
Investigations are continuing.
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Exactly what I was thinking.
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Could very well be. The price of real estate on the Coast is sky rocketing. The Gym opened in the early 70's, and if I remember correctly Lee Preist filmed a training video there looking very fat.
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It they had replacement value insurance...SCORE.
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the only thing that would burn is the pads on the benches....the weights are still ok.
bring a pillow and get back to pushin' iron!!!
HARRRRDCORE >:( >:(
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the only thing that would burn is the pads on the benches....the weights are still ok.
bring a pillow and get back to pushin' iron!!!
HARRRRDCORE >:( >:(
LOL ! YEAH ... FEEL THE BURN, BABY !
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the only thing that would burn is the pads on the benches....the weights are still ok.
bring a pillow and get back to pushin' iron!!!
HARRRRDCORE >:( >:(
but all the swiss balls and rubber bands are burned up. :'(
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Will we going to see Arnold making appearance at the burnt site, saw a couple of dumbbells and curls them?
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That's one of Lee Priest's favourite gyms. :'(
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That's one of Lee Priest's favourite gyms. :'(
Not anymore... $200,000 in damage.
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/10/04/3438_gold-coast-top-story.html
Deliberately lit by the looks unfortunately.
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but all the swiss balls and rubber bands are burned up. :'(
tommy, you gotta keep that shit in your trunk dude!!!
i made a bosu ball backpack.... just in case i feel the need to train my "core" ::)
as in HARRRRDCORE!!!!
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Squad is probably right, they lit that bitch on fire themselves for the insurance money. I did construction for a summer job a few years back and some douche we were remodeling a house for burnt his own place down. He claimed he had rags that had gas and terpentine on them in the same bucket, and the fire marshal determined the cause was spontainious combustion ::)
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Could very well be. The price of real estate on the Coast is sky rocketing. The Gym opened in the early 70's, and if I remember correctly Lee Preist filmed a training video there looking very fat.
NO IT WAS FILMED AT THORS IN BRISBANE...BUT ARCHERS GOLD COAST WAS A GREAT GYM..I TRAINE DAT ARCHERS IN BRISBANE
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Husband stabbed for demanding sex
A WOMAN who stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife after refusing to have sex with him was yesterday allowed to walk free from court without a conviction after agreeing to conditions in a three-year probation order ;D
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Archers gym on the Gold Coast was torched by arsonists last night. The gym was a Gold Caost icon and had seen the likes of Arnold train there.
Sad state of affairs, why would anyone want to torch a gym? ???
I heard a gang of "Tap Out" clad MMA beasts was seen in the area and were overheard as threatening to destroy anything they deemed lacking in intensity or discipline.
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I heard a gang of "Tap Out" clad MMA beasts was seen in the area and were overheard as threatening to destroy anything they deemed lacking in intensity or discipline.
the building was probably so terrified it burned itself down
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NO IT WAS FILMED AT THORS IN BRISBANE...BUT ARCHERS GOLD COAST WAS A GREAT GYM..I TRAINE DAT ARCHERS IN BRISBANE
Thanks for the correction Lee. I have the dvd at home in oz, not on hand here to double check.
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I heard a gang of "Tap Out" clad MMA beasts was seen in the area and were overheard as threatening to destroy anything they deemed lacking in intensity or discipline.
This could be true as 3 teenage boys on bmx bikes were seen fleeing the seen. Sounds like a mma badass to me.