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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Ron on April 27, 2010, 01:06:45 PM
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A lot of manufacturers and supplement companies are headed to Sydney, Australia for the 2010 Australian Fitness & Health Expo, including Optimum and ISS. Should be interesting, coming off FIBO in Germany (which is the largest fitness expo in Europe).
More information
http://www.fitnessexpo.com.au
With more than 15,000 visitors and over 270 exhibitors, the Australian Fitness & Health Expo is not just the biggest, it’s the best – and it’s your opportunity to keep up to date with industry trends.
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wait 'till you see the Body Science three story stand!! an Aussie owned and run company.
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Should be interesting, coming off FIBO in Germany (which is the largest fitness expo in Europe).
FIBO is the largest fitness expo in the WORLD, rookie. ;)
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i will be there hoping for free stuff
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I will be heading up for Saturday, so if any getbiggers are there, come up and intro yourself.
TD
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I will be headin there on Sunday! I meet Lee preist last year as well as Luke wood. Plus they give away heaps of free stuff!!!
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freestuff meaning you convicts shop lifting again, always amazed me the saying its Unaustralian when someone steals or robs someone, Its a former penal colony, it is Australian to steal rob, its in your DNA. ;D flame on.
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hahaha sad thing is that ya right!!! :D
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wait 'till you see the Body Science three story stand!! an Aussie owned and run company.
Neil
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Tony when will max muscle tv be back? And are you going there because ruhl is?
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Tony when will max muscle tv be back? And are you going there because ruhl is?
We will start filming series 4 in June. If you would like all of series 3 on DVD, PM your address and I will send it to you.
I am not going because of Ruhl, however I am looking forward to catching up with him. Both Markus and Monica Brant are going to be in my Brunswick gym the following week anyhow.
I am going mainly to get business cards from every single exhibitor, to build a data base of potential booth holders for my sport and fitness expo to be held with next year's pro show in Melbourne. Although my expo will be way different to Filex, I am looking forward to seeing what they do well and not so well.
It is also a chance for me to meet up with my long term sponsors and catch up with industry friends and fans from around Oz.
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thanks for the kind gesture, but it is okay (all the eps are on youtube and a number in my HDD DVD recorder)
i contacted channel 9 (ronnie was on the NRL footy show i think 6 years)and they want $66 - $120 for it LOL..
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I will be heading up for Saturday, so if any getbiggers are there, come up and intro yourself.
TD
Mr Doherty,
where shall i send my job application to....
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tony doherty promised me a prize package from his gym and did not pull through
epic fail
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tony doherty promised me a prize package from his gym and did not pull through
epic fail
good things take time Josh, I have been away for a couple of weeks,so don't give up just yet.
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good things take time Josh, I have been away for a couple of weeks,so don't give up just yet.
and.... and..... (perhaps a reply to my question)
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Mr Doherty,
where shall i send my job application to....
tony@dohertysgym.com
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tony@dohertysgym.com
:o
I feel like Bud Fox when Gordon Gecko finally allowed him into his office!!!
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I might go if i don't have anything better to do...
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I might go if i don't have anything better to do...
I'm sure the fit whores are dying to be penetrated by a brutal aryan beast like yourself.
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yes you bring up a fair point. I would be doing them a favour.
Plus Markus Ruhl will be there........ :o
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The event caters to all manner of fitness people and goodness knows who else. It is nothing like the IRSA conference in America. Not many of the major equipment companies have displays which is disappointing. You walk around and see all these gym people who look like they never did resistance training. These shows are quite popular with the public and are always interesting to visit. It is quite sad how bodybuilding has been overtaken by fitness and crap training. Balls, Pilates and all manner of bullshit apparatus and gimmicks. Women have always been anti weights so they buy what these people are peddling. We see fad after fad come and go. At the seminars there is almost nothing re resistance training. The industry has been invaded by fitness people and they are running it and changing what is done in gyms. Even Golds Gym at Venice has Zumba classes.
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The event caters to all manner of fitness people and goodness knows who else. It is nothing like the IRSA conference in America. Not many of the major equipment companies have displays which is disappointing. You walk around and see all these gym people who look like they never did resistance training. These shows are quite popular with the public and are always interesting to visit. It is quite sad how bodybuilding has been overtaken by fitness and crap training. Balls, Pilates and all manner of bullshit apparatus and gimmicks. Women have always been anti weights so they buy what these people are peddling. We see fad after fad come and go. At the seminars there is almost nothing re resistance training. The industry has been invaded by fitness people and they are running it and changing what is done in gyms. Even Golds Gym at Venice has Zumba classes.
What could possibly be made to justify a fitness expo now? I mean, free weights are perfect, we have everything I need. Nautilus machines were good, but Hammer strength put an end to the need to build a better machine.
Without all of the nonsense, what would be on the show floor? Maybe new machines to work around injuries? Fitness is so simple that you don't have yearly advances to justify an expo.
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I design and build gym equipment and see improvements every year at these trade shows. There is always some new way of solving equipment problems or making them better. Equipment has improved a lot over the decades. The Aussie builders have a long way to go, however, but are innovative which is good.
Hammer make a few excellent machines and many that are not so great and some that are bad. Eg., the seated calf machine. I wouldn't put one in my gym. The incline, bench and decline are excellent and give the whole line a boost. Muscleheads like them so tell gym owners who often install a whole line. Foolish. I so dislike having those plates banging around and being left on the machine or the floor. Hammer make a line with weight stacks but gym owners in Australia buy the cheaper plate loading ones. By the time these machines are imported to Australia they cost twice what the Americans pay for the same thing.
The general public have plenty to see. Lots of people go to gyms so there is widespread interest in this industry. People sell supplements, clothes, watches, apparatus, and much more. You can walk around and see different things every time you go. You can try the machines which is what I like.
There are displays that are interesting to the public. Bodybuilders, fitness girls, aerobics, etc.
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I look forward to catching up with ya TD!
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great pic
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I design and build gym equipment and see improvements every year at these trade shows. There is always some new way of solving equipment problems or making them better. Equipment has improved a lot over the decades. The Aussie builders have a long way to go, however, but are innovative which is good.
Hammer make a few excellent machines and many that are not so great and some that are bad. Eg., the seated calf machine. I wouldn't put one in my gym. The incline, bench and decline are excellent and give the whole line a boost. Muscleheads like them so tell gym owners who often install a whole line. Foolish. I so dislike having those plates banging around and being left on the machine or the floor. Hammer make a line with weight stacks but gym owners in Australia buy the cheaper plate loading ones. By the time these machines are imported to Australia they cost twice what the Americans pay for the same thing.
The general public have plenty to see. Lots of people go to gyms so there is widespread interest in this industry. People sell supplements, clothes, watches, apparatus, and much more. You can walk around and see different things every time you go. You can try the machines which is what I like.
There are displays that are interesting to the public. Bodybuilders, fitness girls, aerobics, etc.
In your opinion, who makes the best machines? Out of all I tried:
Leg Ext: Nautilus (circa late 70's)
Leg Press: Hammer
Leg curl: Any of them really
Standing calf: Any of them, but particularly the really heavy ones from the 1970's
Pec Dec: Again, anything recent
Seated Bench press: Hammer
Cable station: Again anything with enough resistance, not that crap where anyone can use the whole stack.
Back: It all goes to Hammer outside of any lat pulldown that feels heavy and has 300 pounds of resistance.
I left out arm machines since I don't like to use them, but throw your opinion on those. I really liked the old Nautilus machine where you did curls with your arm straight, but I hated the handle less triceps extension.