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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Knoxville865 on November 01, 2007, 08:38:50 AM
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Does anyone know who he is currently training ?He seems to be an awsome trainer!
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I'm pretty sure he said on PBW that he is at Gold's Venice from 6AM-10PM or something ridiculous like that.
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lol I train people somtimes from 4-am to as late as 9 pm with breaks in between.My mourning have slowed down since the weather has gotten colder here in TN.I hope around new years Im fully booked again.I pretty much live off of Meal replacement shakes when I get that damn busy.Funny thing is I cant have a smoothy king cup on the floor while training?Guess they wanna sell there muscle milk rtd's lol.Charles seems like an awsome trainer.
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I know Charles, and at the "O" he was training I think he said Melvin Anthony, and someone else I forget. Charles is a relentless gym rat. He is the first at Golds at 4am, and the last to leave. He is also the nicest guy.
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he has a key...and gets there at 3am...and stays until 11pm
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he has a key...and gets there at 3am...and stays until 11pm
Does the man ever sleep?
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Mustn't get much sleep then.
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Does the man ever sleep?
haha, beat me to it.
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Does the man ever sleep?
he's to golds what i am to getbig. we're both considered the best in the business
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non of the real top guys need personal trainers, dorian, ronny etc etc i dont see why anyone does to be honest, i see why u might need a contest prep man who deals with diet and drugs
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non of the real top guys need personal trainers, dorian, ronny etc etc i dont see why anyone does to be honest, i see why u might need a contest prep man who deals with diet and drugs
you should tell em that, theyll thank you for all the money they will be saving
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somthing seriously lacking if your at an advanced level and u need somone to tell u how to trian or how hard to train
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somthing seriously lacking if your at an advanced level and u need somone to tell u how to trian or how hard to train
Yes. Imagine where they'd be if they came to terms with that.
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Bluto trains Glass
hope this helps
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I've taught him everything he knows. Including how to get those dreads
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you also taught him how to milk a banana
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Like I said, everything he knows
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....was taught by the master blupo ijit
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charles seems like a good guy and he has a wealth of knowledge.....this guy knows more about bodybuilding than reg park/arnold/haney/dorian combined......if there was 100,000 more guys like charles then bodybuiding could actually be a big sport.........ahhhhhhhhh h fuk it.....he knows the sport like kerry kays knows the sport like ronnie knows it like dorian knows it like demilia knows it like mcgough knows it ........he is practically bodybuilding royalty!!!
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he knows more than yates and arnold put together...realy????? i very much doubt it, he just takes charge of morons that cant think for themselves
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naaaaaa..... im just saying he knows and loves the sport as much as anyone ever has.........
he'll go down in bodybuilding history....he knows bodybuilding inside out
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naaaaaa..... im just saying he knows and loves the sport as much as anyone ever has.........
he'll go down in bodybuilding history....he knows bodybuilding inside out
thank you. ive taught him everything he knows
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He is also training Silvo Samuel
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The guy knows more than anyone and even a top pro could benefit from training with him.
Look at some DVDs, he has some good tips on training and i don't mean beginner advice. Check out 'Flex Wheeler Hard Body' Charles Glass trains him there.
If i was a top pro i'd want to train with him over any other expert/guru/pro.
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Bluto is a beast!!
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he has a key...and gets there at 3am...and stays until 11pm
Nope. Doubt it. He ain't that special.
BFTO '98 showed he and Flex Wheeler waiting outside Gold's/Venice with everyone else when they opened 10 minutes late.
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Bluto is a beast!!
I wanna be a beast. :(
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since when do u need to have a personal trainer to tell u how to train...as i keep saying, dorian, ronny, nasser, levrone, ray and preist to name but a few,never had one, neither did any of the past champs...how many of his trainees have won the top title? all you need help with is the diet and chemical side of things, altho most seem to gain that knoledge for themselves just fine too...
he'll go down in history for helping morons who cant think for them selves, wonder if theyve got personal dressers to get them ready in the morning too!
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I wanna be a beast. :(
Sorry mate.. You got to give credit to Bluto for his contribution to this board..
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Not to destroy the myth, but.....Charles can be a nice guy, with an absolute bent toward helping the black guys.
Who has charles taken from obscurity to a pro card? I cant think of anyone....what he does is take pros or near pros with exceptional genetics and cleans up the diet/training ....no magic....he was also the drug connection, which is why he was under house arrest for years.
If charles was such an outstanding trainer, why did Rico never amount to anything?...he was right there next to Flex and Chris the whole time.
How great a trainer do you have to be to take some one like Flex, with incredible genetics, with contracts, money, unlimited resources, motivated by the opportunity to win $100K at the Arnold/Olympia, and get them into shape?
And yes, i worked with Charles for a short time (years ago).....no info he gave me was earth shattering/anything Id not heard before....
Dont buy the hype...
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I agree 100% with insidescoop. Charles is highly overrated.
Anytime you have a chance to go to Gold's just sit back and pay close attention. He's always talking to others around him or on the phone while "training". It get's even worse when he trains his non-BB clients. He then pays no attention at all.
sixpackabs
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Glass is all class.
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I agree 100% with insidescoop. Charles is highly overrated.
Anytime you have a chance to go to Gold's just sit back and pay close attention. He's always talking to others around him or on the phone while "training". It get's even worse when he trains his non-BB clients. He then pays no attention at all.
sixpackabs
I dated a stripper who charles trained for $150 per session....once she was on the leg press in the first room, doing these sloppy half reps, while charles leaned on the machine and looked around the gym, and seemed least concerned with his client. Still, these people lined up to pay him for what i can only describe as mass hysteria
Same thing with "hany".....quincy taylor understood NOTHING about nutrition...he was dieting at McDonalds(no exaggeration)...hany convinced him to try grilled chicken and plain baked potatoes, Quincy got into shape finally, and people like lonnie teper lined up praising the new "trainer of champions"....btw, the funniest image I have from my bodybuilding days is 130 lb hany advising Lee Priest how to "supinate' his wrist to get more peak on his bi's at abarbeque...lees forearm was as big as hany's waist.....Lee acted interested in such a way that everyone knew lee thought hany was an idiot, except of course a clueless hany...
Once i asked Melvin about "so and so" saying he trained melvin for the USA....melvin's response was that as long as the "trainer"kept his "supply"going, he could say whatever he wanted
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I wanna be a beast. :(
pay me
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I dated a stripper who charles trained for $150 per session....once she was on the leg press in the first room, doing these sloppy half reps, while charles leaned on the machine and looked around the gym, and seemed least concerned with his client. Still, these people lined up to pay him for what i can only describe as mass hysteria
Same thing with "hany".....quincy taylor understood NOTHING about nutrition...he was dieting at McDonalds(no exaggeration)...hany convinced him to try grilled chicken and plain baked potatoes, Quincy got into shape finally, and people like lonnie teper lined up praising the new "trainer of champions"....btw, the funniest image I have from my bodybuilding days is 130 lb hany advising Lee Priest how to "supinate' his wrist to get more peak on his bi's at abarbeque...lees forearm was as big as hany's waist.....Lee acted interested in such a way that everyone knew lee thought hany was an idiot, except of course a clueless hany...
Once i asked Melvin about "so and so" saying he trained melvin for the USA....melvin's response was that as long as the "trainer"kept his "supply"going, he could say whatever he wanted
wow you are worthy of your name! i really got an inside scoop there :D
personal supplier trainer haha
who the hell pays $150 dollars a session to train with someone?!?!
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I think Glass' claim to fame just comes from his ability to take a guy who already is at the top of his game to yet another level, he can fine tune and tweak little things on an already great phyisque and that's where many fail.
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I like his dreads
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wow you are worthy of your name! i really got an inside scoop there :D
personal supplier trainer haha
who the hell pays $150 dollars a session to train with someone?!?!
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She only cared about the 'name' value of Charles Glass.....seriously...wh o couldnt train a black pro bodybuilder, with ungodly genetics, a work ethic, a supp contract, and the possibility of winning $100K and make them into a champ?
Ive been around most of these guys...the stereotype of a "musclehead" is more often true than not, and great genetics are no more evident than in bodybuilding...they have all of the above and a "trainer" comes in and has them diet the way most of the guys on getbig eat now, and they become a pro winners......these trainers dont pitch secrets, mostly common sense to a bunch of dumb jocks.
"Chad"....what a joke....drug connection all the way...again....
Have you seen what "jay" looked like when he was 18? Do you really think aceto has some secret? Apparantly many do......whats one of chris's "top ten" precontest secrets ....reduce carbs?....its really pathetic
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How much does Charles charge, and can anyone verify if he sleeps or not?
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Ive been around most of these guys...the stereotype of a "musclehead" is more often true than not, and great genetics are no more evident than in bodybuilding...they have all of the above and a "trainer" comes in and has them diet the way most of the guys on getbig eat now, and they become a pro winners......these trainers dont pitch secrets, mostly common sense to a bunch of dumb jocks.
"Chad"....what a joke....drug connection all the way...again....
Have you seen what "jay" looked like when he was 18? Do you really think aceto has some secret? Apparantly many do......whats one of chris's "top ten" precontest secrets ....reduce carbs?....its really pathetic
I have always wondered why anyone would need to pay someone to tell them what to eat and how, I mean just read a fucking book douche bag. My friend has about all the same resources I have but doesn't understand even the basics of anything, he always asks me the most basic questions and I always respond by asking if he actual reads the books, mags and stuff he has or does he just look at the pictures of half naked men. For example he has a Arnold Encylopedia of Modern Bodybuilding as do I yet he can't tell me one damn thing he has ever learned from it and I can recite quotes from it, I honestly think he just spaces out and looks at the pictures. Everytime he asks I can simply open his book and turn right to the page with the answer and wonder why he has trouble doing the same thing.
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and most of the pros the guys look up to rarely pick up a book....I mean, when someone like Bob C has a reputation as being a businessman and scholar...that sport is in trouble!
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jerom, Silvio and joel pop in my my mind
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wow you are worthy of your name! i really got an inside scoop there :D
personal supplier trainer haha
who the hell pays $150 dollars a session to train with someone?!?!
The same bone heads who would pay $300.00 hr to train with Milos :-X. On a side note, I get $225.00 per session or a negotiated fee for the season for pro-ATHLETES but that usually negotiated through their agents.
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lmao about the black thing
the one white client i've seen him with is that adam kerby (sevatase lookalike) dude on his podcast...and even that guy has a Jamaican accent for some reason.
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Charles Glass is old school and knows a lot of little nuances for each exercise...........also a great bodybuilder in his own right.
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Charles Glass is old school and knows a lot of little nuances for each exercise...........also a great bodybuilder in his own right.
he was a great bber ripped to the bone,did great job with gunter.
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I have to vouch for "Inside Scoop" on this...
As someone who religiously trains at the Mecca, I can say that Glass is a very lazy trainer. I do think that he is quite knowledgeable and if he wanted to really push someone he probably could, but he is simply content to go thourgh the motions and dick around.
Another interesting thing is I used to also go to Kolloseum around the time that Slivio was still training under Milos, and to see the difference between the two, (Glass vs. Milos), is like night and day. Milos would really push his clients and get in there for every set and rep for these crazy Giant set workouts. Glass will simply throw someon on a hammer machine, or set up an odd angle with some cables...at which point the client in question usually knocks out a half-assed set while talking for 5 min inbetween each one.
No doubt Glass deserves some respect for his logetivity in the game...but he is hardly worth $150 an hour IMO.
M!
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Charles Glass isn't there at 4am and he certainly doesn't leave at 10pm...
Instead, Charles has a one room shack in the basement at Gold's. All the man does is stay awake all night watching old Mr. Olympias while trying to beat his world record of most number of times viewing Pumping Iron...
Which reminds me of a story...
One night, a few of my friends and I were driving by Gold's gym. It must have been around 3am, we were just getting out of a club and decided to drive around, drunk as all hell, until the sun came out. Well, around close to 4am or so, it's so damn clear on my mind that I don't think I could ever forget, we see this black guy doing what appeared to be a break in into Gold's gym. He was outback with both his hands up against the wall while looking up and shaking his head. Oddly enough his pants were down to his knees and he had a pair of ReeBok pumps on. Most would have figure that he was maybe getting a blow job or maybe jerking off, but my boys and I figured that since he is black, there is no telling if it was a blow job or maybe a new technique to break into an establishment. It was too damn dark to be able to make out what the hell he was doing and the fact that he is a tinge black made it all the more difficult. Anyhow, after a few minutes of peeking at this guy, trying to figure out if he was trying to break in, one of my boys pulls out his cell phone to call the cops and all of a sudden we notice this guy turn around while zipping up his pants. To our surprise, it was none other than Charles Glass. The man had decided to step out of his car to take a leak, to then only go back into his car and get another hour of sleep or so until he started his day at 4am.
Glass is truly hardcore..
P.S. When he pulled away from the wall, he looked a little like this..
(http://www.phillevine.com/paintings/LeagueBlackGuy.jpg)
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Charles Glass isn't there at 4am and he certainly doesn't leave at 10pm...
Instead, Charles has a one room shack in the basement at Gold's. All the man does is stay awake all night watching old Mr. Olympias while trying to beat his world record of most number of times viewing Pumping Iron...
Which reminds me of a story...
One night, a few of my friends and I were driving by Gold's gym. It must have been around 3am, we were just getting out of a club and decided to drive around, drunk as all hell, until the sun came out. Well, around close to 4am or so, it's so damn clear on my mind that I don't think I could ever forget, we see this black guy doing what appeared to be a break in into Gold's gym. He was outback with both his hands up against the wall while looking up and shaking his head. Oddly enough his pants were down to his knees and he had a pair of ReeBok pumps on. Most would have figure that he was maybe getting a blow job or maybe jerking off, but my boys and I figured that since he is black, there is no telling if it was a blow job or maybe a new technique to break into an establishment. It was too damn dark to be able to make out what the hell he was doing and the fact that he is a tinge black made it all the more difficult. Anyhow, after a few minutes of peeking at this guy, trying to figure out if he was trying to break in, one of my boys pulls out his cell phone to call the cops and all of a sudden we notice this guy turn around while zipping up his pants. To our surprise, it was none other than Charles Glass. The man had decided to step out of his car to take a leak, to then only go back into his car and get another hour of sleep or so until he started his day at 4am.
Glass is truly hardcore..
P.S. When he pulled away from the wall, he looked a little like this..
(http://www.phillevine.com/paintings/LeagueBlackGuy.jpg)
Epic speechlessness. :-X
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Charles Glass isn't there at 4am and he certainly doesn't leave at 10pm...
Instead, Charles has a one room shack in the basement at Gold's. All the man does is stay awake all night watching old Mr. Olympias while trying to beat his world record of most number of times viewing Pumping Iron...
Which reminds me of a story...
One night, a few of my friends and I were driving by Gold's gym. It must have been around 3am, we were just getting out of a club and decided to drive around, drunk as all hell, until the sun came out. Well, around close to 4am or so, it's so damn clear on my mind that I don't think I could ever forget, we see this black guy doing what appeared to be a break in into Gold's gym. He was outback with both his hands up against the wall while looking up and shaking his head. Oddly enough his pants were down to his knees and he had a pair of ReeBok pumps on. Most would have figure that he was maybe getting a blow job or maybe jerking off, but my boys and I figured that since he is black, there is no telling if it was a blow job or maybe a new technique to break into an establishment. It was too damn dark to be able to make out what the hell he was doing and the fact that he is a tinge black made it all the more difficult. Anyhow, after a few minutes of peeking at this guy, trying to figure out if he was trying to break in, one of my boys pulls out his cell phone to call the cops and all of a sudden we notice this guy turn around while zipping up his pants. To our surprise, it was none other than Charles Glass. The man had decided to step out of his car to take a leak, to then only go back into his car and get another hour of sleep or so until he started his day at 4am.
Glass is truly hardcore..
P.S. When he pulled away from the wall, he looked a little like this..
(http://www.phillevine.com/paintings/LeagueBlackGuy.jpg)
i didn't even read this and im like wtf
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Glass seems like a good guy but he runs guys through workouts. Telling Flex Wheeler to contract his back during cable rows is hardly inside knowledge. For guys like Flex, Cormier and Dillet to not be able to train because they were lazy is pretty sad. We all know guys who train really hard and don't have the genetics to grow big (on gear). Wheeler's videos always cracked me up. No drive=Glass paycheck.
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It must have been around 3am, we were just getting out of a club and decided to drive around, drunk as all hell
Cool. A bunch of knuckleheads drinking and driving. ::)
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Hahaha, OneMoreRep, classic shit as always. :D
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Charles Glass isn't there at 4am and he certainly doesn't leave at 10pm...
Instead, Charles has a one room shack in the basement at Gold's. All the man does is stay awake all night watching old Mr. Olympias while trying to beat his world record of most number of times viewing Pumping Iron...
Which reminds me of a story...
One night, a few of my friends and I were driving by Gold's gym. It must have been around 3am, we were just getting out of a club and decided to drive around, drunk as all hell, until the sun came out. Well, around close to 4am or so, it's so damn clear on my mind that I don't think I could ever forget, we see this black guy doing what appeared to be a break in into Gold's gym. He was outback with both his hands up against the wall while looking up and shaking his head. Oddly enough his pants were down to his knees and he had a pair of ReeBok pumps on. Most would have figure that he was maybe getting a blow job or maybe jerking off, but my boys and I figured that since he is black, there is no telling if it was a blow job or maybe a new technique to break into an establishment. It was too damn dark to be able to make out what the hell he was doing and the fact that he is a tinge black made it all the more difficult. Anyhow, after a few minutes of peeking at this guy, trying to figure out if he was trying to break in, one of my boys pulls out his cell phone to call the cops and all of a sudden we notice this guy turn around while zipping up his pants. To our surprise, it was none other than Charles Glass. The man had decided to step out of his car to take a leak, to then only go back into his car and get another hour of sleep or so until he started his day at 4am.
Glass is truly hardcore..
P.S. When he pulled away from the wall, he looked a little like this..
(http://www.phillevine.com/paintings/LeagueBlackGuy.jpg)
Meltdown second to none
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onemorerep always with the inside scoop of all things gay in bodybuilding.
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onemorerep always with the inside scoop of all things gay in bodybuilding.
I wanna know if he painted that himself.
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Not to destroy the myth, but.....Charles can be a nice guy, with an absolute bent toward helping the black guys.
Who has charles taken from obscurity to a pro card? I cant think of anyone....what he does is take pros or near pros with exceptional genetics and cleans up the diet/training ....no magic....he was also the drug connection, which is why he was under house arrest for years.
If charles was such an outstanding trainer, why did Rico never amount to anything?...he was right there next to Flex and Chris the whole time.
How great a trainer do you have to be to take some one like Flex, with incredible genetics, with contracts, money, unlimited resources, motivated by the opportunity to win $100K at the Arnold/Olympia, and get them into shape?
And yes, i worked with Charles for a short time (years ago).....no info he gave me was earth shattering/anything Id not heard before....
Dont buy the hype...
He made immense strides with Gunter, remember that? He brought Gunter's back up considerably. It was actually because of him, that Guntermania (imaginary hype) took hold.
Combine the fact that Glass used to be a gymnast and used different angles to work the muscles differently, you say a different quality to the muscle that one didn't see when using conventional movements. Flex had said in his Hardbody video, that he was working the muscles differently.
Most of the top guys are black, and he made a name for himself with helping Flex Wheeler for free.
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Guntermania was a result of Gunter finally getting in contest shape...he was shredded
Gunter has tremendous physical potential.....charles didnt exactly turn an apple into an orange....Gunter, for one, is one of the most powder puff trainers out there, its a rare day to see him use freeweights at all...have him train hard/heavy for three months, and hed finally exhibit some density....it wouldnt mean that Im mr trainer of champions
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Guntermania was a result of Gunter finally getting in contest shape...he was shredded
Gunter has tremendous physical potential.....charles didnt exactly turn an apple into an orange....Gunter, for one, is one of the most powder puff trainers out there, its a rare day to see him use freeweights at all...have him train hard/heavy for three months, and hed finally exhibit some density....it wouldnt mean that Im mr trainer of champions
True, but why was Gunter praising at the altar of Charles Glass. He stated that it was glass that got him into shape. Maybe it was Glass that convinced him to go heavy and try different angles, and he was willing to do what Glass, said, because unlike Joe Weider, Glass IS the "trainer of champions" No?
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True, but why was Gunter praising at the altar of Charles Glass. He stated that it was glass that got him into shape. Maybe it was Glass that convinced him to go heavy and try different angles, and he was willing to do what Glass, said, because unlike Joe Weider, Glass IS the "trainer of champions" No?
Maybe Glass released his secret knowledge about free weights. ::) Seriously, Gunter trained like a puss just like Wheeler and needed someone to change his plates and tell him to keep lifting.
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Maybe Glass released his secret knowledge about free weights. ::) Seriously, Gunter trained like a puss just like Wheeler and needed someone to change his plates and tell him to keep lifting.
dont buy into the mythology that the magazines try to perpetuate
these guys are drug dealers at best.....
ya know how when you were young you wanted to be a pro bodybuilder and live the glamorous life...well, its not what youd hoped....
Go to any pro (or amateur) show and see who really has the power.....the BB's are at the bottom....youll see how they have to suck up to the promotors, writers, photographers, trainers, supp company owners, "trainers"/ drug dealers....its sad......youd see these little guys that look like rats who seem to be good friends with all the pros...remember those little persian idiots that Cormier used to pal around with?....youd think a pro athlete with 22" arms would be a powerful man, but actually at the shows they are the ones that make all the sacrifices yet still have to suck up to pretty much everyone else there!
Personally, there have been times when I was at the top of my game, and Id have to act like I gave a "flying fuck" what Jon Lindsay, (as bitter and ugly as they get) thinks.
Charles is an extension of that..seriously....do you guys think Charles has a special way of doing exercises?...there are only so many ways you can do a barbell curl!
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Charles is an extension of that..seriously....do you guys think Charles has a special way of doing exercises?...there are only so many ways you can do a barbell curl!
Yeah, watching many different videos shows that. He thinks that doing decline skullcrushers are something new and innovative, same with many of his ideas on pressing. You would think that Charles Glass invented stop presses (essentially lock outs used by PLs) and people like D James and Gunter made it sound like the best new invention.