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A couple hundred muscle magazines (thousand?) that I had in my garage at my town’s recycling center this morning. I started buying them in 1983, but would get back issues from as far back as the 70s in the second hand bookstore when I was a dopey kid. I bought them all every month through the 1990s. The workers were definitely thinking I was some sick gay pervert.
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A couple hundred muscle magazines (thousand?) that I had in my garage at my town’s recycling center this morning. I started buying them in 1983, but would get back issues from as far back as the 70s in the second hand bookstore when I was a dopey kid. I bought them all every month through the 1990s. The workers were definitely thinking I was some sick gay pervert.
.......So did you get any action from them?
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You should have sold them or given them to a collector.
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.......So did you get any action from them?
Haha. It was embarrassing
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You should have sold them or given them to a collector.
Too much work to sell them for the likely return and you’d be surprised at some of the other stuff that I’ve tried to give away recently and found no takers for.
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Too much work to sell them for the likely return and you’d be surprised at some of the other stuff that I’ve tried to give away recently and found no takers for.
DVDs?
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You should have sold them or given them to a collector.
Exactly .Even if only for some gas and lunch money still better then just tossing them. There has to be meat head collectors who would take them
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DVDs?
Those are next for the trash dump. I don’t even think we have a DVD player anymore.
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DVDs?
LMFAO.
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What’s OP going to jackoff too now?
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A couple hundred muscle magazines (thousand?) that I had in my garage at my town’s recycling center this morning. I started buying them in 1983, but would get back issues from as far back as the 70s in the second hand bookstore when I was a dopey kid. I bought them all every month through the 1990s. The workers were definitely thinking I was some sick gay pervert.
funk51 definitely taking the redeye to said recycling center as we speak
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funk51 definitely taking the redeye to said recycling center as we speak
I don’t believe public transportation stops at the recycling center at this hour.
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I still have over 2,000 magazines stored.... one day will bring them down when people have no idea what a 'magazine' is
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Got rid of all mine when I was drinking heavy.
I had tons of Flex,old Peary Raders Iron Man,Muscle Digest,Muscle Builder/Power,Mr. America,Muscle-Up,Strength & Health,Muscular Development,Reg Park Journal, and many more.....needed money to drink so SOLD them to my gym owner for $25.00.....when I cleaned up my act and started training again the mags were strewn all over the place....ripped to shit etc.etc.
When I gave them to him they were in pristine condition............wha t a waste of many years....wish I never started drinking.
But that chapter of my life has been closed for decades so fuck it......still wish the prick would have lent me 25 dollars instead of taking advantage of me....but I wouldn`t have paid him back even if he did the fuckhead. :D
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I still have over 2,000 magazines stored.... one day will bring them down when people have no idea what a 'magazine' is
Most don`t know these days anyway Ron....show a kid a rotary phone and he has no clue what it is.....ask him if he ever played hide and seek as a kid and they stare blankly at you. :(
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Too much work to sell them for the likely return and you’d be surprised at some of the other stuff that I’ve tried to give away recently and found no takers for.
Same here. Dumped hundreds years ago after seeing them go for pennies on Ebay. Not worth the effort.
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Same here. Dumped hundreds years ago after seeing them go for pennies on Ebay. Not worth the effort.
Just for nostalgias sake not long ago I bought "Beef It"...."Reps" and a slew of other BB books....no magazines, but over 20 or more books.
The pics are more inspiring than anything seen today.
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A couple hundred muscle magazines (thousand?) that I had in my garage at my town’s recycling center this morning. I started buying them in 1983, but would get back issues from as far back as the 70s in the second hand bookstore when I was a dopey kid. I bought them all every month through the 1990s. The workers were definitely thinking I was some sick gay pervert.
If you added up the cover/purchase price of each magazine how much had you spent on the whole collection?🤑
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Got rid of all mine when I was drinking heavy.
I had tons of Flex,old Peary Raders Iron Man,Muscle Digest,Muscle Builder/Power,Mr. America,Muscle-Up,Strength & Health,Muscular Development,Reg Park Journal, and many more.....needed money to drink so SOLD them to my gym owner for $25.00.....when I cleaned up my act and started training again the mags were strewn all over the place....ripped to shit etc.etc.
When I gave them to him they were in pristine condition............wha t a waste of many years....wish I never started drinking.
But that chapter of my life has been closed for decades so fuck it......still wish the prick would have lent me 25 dollars instead of taking advantage of me....but I wouldn`t have paid him back even if he did the fuckhead. :D
mopping sick up? ;D
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I lived close to Weider's HQ in Jersey when I was a kid. In the mid 1960's when I walked past the place I would stare in the window of all the equipment for sale and supplements. One day I asked her if I could go in. The smell of the freshly painted benches and supplements was strong. I was always the smallest kid in every grade. I was maybe 8 years old. The workers would give stacks of expired magazines. Even saw Joe Weider one day. Taking them home I thought there was magic in lifting. Thought if I could get my hands on weights I could be a muscle guy too.
I had a ridiculous amount of magazines that I got for free and those I bought from the 60's, 70's and 80's. When my father suddenly died my mother was forced to sell the house and we moved into a small apartment. I threw a huge portion of the mags in the garbage. In a few years what I had remaining during college I was embarrassed by at the time. They ended up in pile on the curb for garbage. Wish I had them now. For some reason the only ones I kept were the old Iron man magazines. I have a huge collection sitting in a big container in my basement that I never look at.
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mopping sick up? ;D
:D
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funk51 definitely taking the redeye to said recycling center as we speak
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D If I was close by, I probably would, of course I'm mostly stuck in the 60's.
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I lived close to Weider's HQ in Jersey when I was a kid. In the mid 1960's when I walked past the place I would stare in the window of all the equipment for sale and supplements. One day I asked her if I could go in. The smell of the freshly painted benches and supplements was strong. I was always the smallest kid in every grade. I was maybe 8 years old. The workers would give stacks of expired magazines. Even saw Joe Weider one day. Taking them home I thought there was magic in lifting. Thought if I could get my hands on weights I could be a muscle guy too.
I had a ridiculous amount of magazines that I got for free and those I bought from the 60's, 70's and 80's. When my father suddenly died my mother was forced to sell the house and we moved into a small apartment. I threw a huge portion of the mags in the garbage. In a few years what I had remaining during college I was embarrassed by at the time. They ended up in pile on the curb for garbage. Wish I had them now. For some reason the only ones I kept were the old Iron man magazines. I have a huge collection sitting in a big container in my basement that I never look at.
Glad you made it through that period. Must have been very difficult for you and especially your mom.
You stayed strong and made it. This proves you are a winner. Many (most) would have fallen.
I had a subscription to Ironman for a few years back in the 80s.
Ironman was the best mag in my opinion.
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Got rid of all mine when I was drinking heavy.
I had tons of Flex,old Peary Raders Iron Man,Muscle Digest,Muscle Builder/Power,Mr. America,Muscle-Up,Strength & Health,Muscular Development,Reg Park Journal, and many more.....needed money to drink so SOLD them to my gym owner for $25.00.....when I cleaned up my act and started training again the mags were strewn all over the place....ripped to shit etc.etc.
It's a shame you didn't hold on to them.....
.....they'd probably worth at least $26 now.
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It's a shame you didn't hold on to them.....
.....they'd probably worth at least $26 now.
I would trade wes my junker bike.
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I would trade wes my junker bike.
He could deliver the magazines to you with it
(https://i.etsystatic.com/23059083/r/il/1ee992/3772316663/il_fullxfull.3772316663_4e88.jpg)
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In the mid '60s through the early '80s s I bought and read bodybuilding magazines. I remember ordering my Weider Weight Gain 10,000 (or whatever it was) and finally picking it up from the health food shoppe. When you are 6' 1" and 120lbs. and want muscles you tend to believe everything.
Imagine my disappointment upon hearing my dad tell me that it was pretty much overpriced Ovaltine. Sugar. A couple of years went buy and I would be buying TUBS of desiccated liver tablets and taking 60 or 70 per day. That along with a ton of other pretty much useless crap. I had a couple of stacks of magazines from Iron Man, Weider and Lurie and more. I had tried Bob Kennedy's Muscle Mag International but didn't care for the last page of the magazine that was called "All of Us" and was some naked bodybuilder doing "tasteful" artsy poses with some fake Greek columns or by a pool.
One day I looked at the magazines and decided I wasn't going to be a "Mr. Anything" and threw them all away. I decided I would try school again as being a bodybuilder was not a way to make a good living and I wanted more than muscles. I wanted a good job and to find and marry a good woman and have children of my own. Hanging out at a gym wasn't going to get me anywhere.
The magazines and the movies of the Sword & Sandals genre were inspirational and I have trained for decades because of them although not so much now, dammit! ;D
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He could deliver the magazines to you with it
(https://i.etsystatic.com/23059083/r/il/1ee992/3772316663/il_fullxfull.3772316663_4e88.jpg)
Is that an "Electra" brand bicycle?
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You should have sold them or given them to a collector.
I tried that. One guy in Louisiana bought one magazine and the shipping cost more than the sale price. Dumped all of mine too.
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I tried that. One guy in Louisiana bought one magazine and the shipping cost more than the sale price. Dumped all of mine too.
PM Bay - he probably knows some clubs that would scatter these around the premises for the patrons to "warm up" with.
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Glad you made it through that period. Must have been very difficult for you and especially your mom.
You stayed strong and made it. This proves you are a winner. Many (most) would have fallen.
I had a subscription to Ironman for a few years back in the 80s.
Ironman was the best mag in my opinion.
I called Peary Raders Iron Man...."Bibles Of Bodybuilding"....just great basicslly sound info.
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It's a shame you didn't hold on to them.....
.....they'd probably worth at least $26 now.
Probably closer to $26.50 ;D
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I would trade wes my junker bike.
I`d take it, as it`s more than likely worth more than my car. :D
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I lived close to Weider's HQ in Jersey when I was a kid. In the mid 1960's when I walked past the place I would stare in the window of all the equipment for sale and supplements. One day I asked her if I could go in. The smell of the freshly painted benches and supplements was strong. I was always the smallest kid in every grade. I was maybe 8 years old. The workers would give stacks of expired magazines. Even saw Joe Weider one day. Taking them home I thought there was magic in lifting. Thought if I could get my hands on weights I could be a muscle guy too.
I had a ridiculous amount of magazines that I got for free and those I bought from the 60's, 70's and 80's. When my father suddenly died my mother was forced to sell the house and we moved into a small apartment. I threw a huge portion of the mags in the garbage. In a few years what I had remaining during college I was embarrassed by at the time. They ended up in pile on the curb for garbage. Wish I had them now. For some reason the only ones I kept were the old Iron man magazines. I have a huge collection sitting in a big container in my basement that I never look at.
I thought Weider’s HQ was in Canada or California .Had to google it after your post lol.
And agree with IroNat , you’ve made it trough tough times ,respect!!
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I thought Weider’s HQ was in Canada or California .Had to google it after your post lol.
And agree with IroNat , you’ve made it trough tough times ,respect!!
He was located in New Jersey for a long time. He had a warehouse in Jersey city and his HQ in Union city, NJ. He then moved to California. Harold Poole, Dave Draper and a few others lived near Weider's place. His place in Union city was on 32nd Street.
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A couple hundred muscle magazines (thousand?) that I had in my garage at my town’s recycling center this morning. I started buying them in 1983, but would get back issues from as far back as the 70s in the second hand bookstore when I was a dopey kid. I bought them all every month through the 1990s. The workers were definitely thinking I was some sick gay pervert.
I would have paid for some SR covers and covered shipping.
1st Flex College cover and Mishay Santos IM cover.
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Glad you made it through that period. Must have been very difficult for you and especially your mom.
You stayed strong and made it. This proves you are a winner. Many (most) would have fallen.
I had a subscription to Ironman for a few years back in the 80s.
Ironman was the best mag in my opinion.
It was a tough time. My father came to this country through Ellis Island with nothing. I came home from college and found my father in an alley on the side of my house. I did CPR on him till the cops arrived. He was the sole support of my mother and I. I worked nothing but minimum wage jobs in high school and college wondering what my future would hold. Suddenly the future looked very dark. Soon I would drop out of college my senior year to get to work. It worked out in the end. I have a loving wife and family. I live in a big beautiful house that is soon to be paid off. I'm retired but doing well financially but I'm not rich.
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It was a tough time. My father came to this country through Ellis Island with nothing. I came home from college and found my father in an alley on the side of my house. I did CPR on him till the cops arrived. He was the sole support of my mother and I. I worked nothing but minimum wage jobs in high school and college wondering what my future would hold. Suddenly the future looked very dark. Soon I would drop out of college my senior year to get to work. It worked out in the end. I have a loving wife and family. I live in a big beautiful house that is soon to be paid off. I'm retired but doing well financially but I'm not rich.
You are rich in the important things.
Also you are Rich. ;)
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It was a tough time. My father came to this country through Ellis Island with nothing. I came home from college and found my father in an alley on the side of my house. I did CPR on him till the cops arrived. He was the sole support of my mother and I. I worked nothing but minimum wage jobs in high school and college wondering what my future would hold. Suddenly the future looked very dark. Soon I would drop out of college my senior year to get to work. It worked out in the end. I have a loving wife and family. I live in a big beautiful house that is soon to be paid off. I'm retired but doing well financially but I'm not rich.
Good on you my friend.
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He was located in New Jersey for a long time. He had a warehouse in Jersey city and his HQ in Union city, NJ. He then moved to California. Harold Poole, Dave Draper and a few others lived near Weider's place. His place in Union city was on 32nd Street.
Appreciated the answer and knowledge you are sharing.
When I’ve lived in East Rutherford I used to train few times in Union city . Next to the movie theater used to be Bally’s .
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I need to go through some of mine and throw the ones with sticky pages away. Ironman and MD’s fitness modeling spreads not guys in thongs, just needed to clarify on that.
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Appreciated the answer and knowledge you are sharing.
When I’ve lived in East Rutherford I used to train few times in Union city . Next to the movie theater used to be Bally’s .
Then you know how urban Union city is then. Use to have the distinction as the most densely populated city in the country. Now they can't get an accurate census count with all the foreigners. You can circle block after block for 20 minutes and not find a parking space. Rutherford has some expensive real estate being so close to Manhattan. The small houses go for a mint.
I spent the first 27 years of my life in Union city. Then moved to Bergen county and now Ocean county. The first time I pulled into my driveway of my first house to park it was culture shock. I was use to parking blocks away from where I lived many times and never knew the luxury of parking by my front door.
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In the mid '60s through the early '80s s I bought and read bodybuilding magazines. I remember ordering my Weider Weight Gain 10,000 (or whatever it was) and finally picking it up from the health food shoppe. When you are 6' 1" and 120lbs. and want muscles you tend to believe everything.
Imagine my disappointment upon hearing my dad tell me that it was pretty much overpriced Ovaltine. Sugar. A couple of years went buy and I would be buying TUBS of desiccated liver tablets and taking 60 or 70 per day. That along with a ton of other pretty much useless crap. I had a couple of stacks of magazines from Iron Man, Weider and Lurie and more. I had tried Bob Kennedy's Muscle Mag International but didn't care for the last page of the magazine that was called "All of Us" and was some naked bodybuilder doing "tasteful" artsy poses with some fake Greek columns or by a pool.
One day I looked at the magazines and decided I wasn't going to be a "Mr. Anything" and threw them all away. I decided I would try school again as being a bodybuilder was not a way to make a good living and I wanted more than muscles. I wanted a good job and to find and marry a good woman and have children of my own. Hanging out at a gym wasn't going to get me anywhere.
The magazines and the movies of the Sword & Sandals genre were inspirational and I have trained for decades because of them although not so much now, dammit! ;D
You were 120 at 6'1? Were you a long distance runner like me?
My normal weight ranged from 130-135 at 5'11 but I did bulk up to 160 my junior year in high school using the advice of the universal bodybuilding system featuring Brian Eastman, he had a great aesthetic physique, I ordered it from a marvel comic book I had
Later when I was 24 I bulked up from 144 to 190 in 10 weeks following JM Blakeley"s advice as he was training me and a friend, he told me some of the guys there accused me of.being of gear and asked him what he put me on, he said he put me on a 5000 calorie a day diet which was the truth
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Then you know how urban Union city is then. Use to have the distinction as the most densely populated city in the country. Now they can't get an accurate census count with all the foreigners. You can circle block after block for 20 minutes and not find a parking space. Rutherford has some expensive real estate being so close to Manhattan. The small houses go for a mint.
I spent the first 27 years of my life in Union city. Then moved to Bergen county and now Ocean county. The first time I pulled into my driveway of my first house to park it was culture shock. I was use to parking blocks away from where I lived many times and never knew the luxury of parking by my front door.
You are 100% correct on everything. If you do not speak Spanish in Union city then you are stranger .
Parking was disaster all over places close by Lincoln tunnel /Hoboken,Weehoken etc./
I’ve moved from Bergen county to Monmouth which is close by Ocean county .IMO central or South Jersey are totally different ,better places then North Jersey .Even going to mall in Freehold was much better experience then one in Paramus .Paramus mall parking was clusterfuck .
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I need to go through some of mine and throw the ones with sticky pages away. Ironman and MD’s fitness modeling spreads not guys in thongs, just needed to clarify on that.
Clarification overruled, generally on the very same page
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You are 100% correct on everything. If you do not speak Spanish in Union city then you are stranger .
Parking was disaster all over places close by Lincoln tunnel /Hoboken,Weehoken etc./
I’ve moved from Bergen county to Monmouth which is close by Ocean county .IMO central or South Jersey are totally different ,better places then North Jersey .Even going to mall in Freehold was much better experience then one in Paramus .Paramus mall parking was clusterfuck .
I'm pretty familiar with all 21 counties in NJ. I worked in Monmouth for 8 years after I retired. So many rich people live in Monmouth county like Springsteen, Governor Murphy and Bon Jovi. Yes, Paramus was insane with the traffic. It seemed everyone in Manhattan was there. Yes living in Central Jersey is a dream compared to North Jersey. I still miss Manhattan but I refuse to go there with liberal Democrats running the place.
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I'm pretty familiar with all 21 counties in NJ. I worked in Monmouth for 8 years after I retired. So many rich people live in Monmouth county like Springsteen, Governor Murphy and Bon Jovi. Yes, Paramus was insane with the traffic. It seemed everyone in Manhattan was there. Yes living in Central Jersey is a dream compared to North Jersey. I still miss Manhattan but I refuse to go there with liberal Democrats running the place.
I grew up in central jersey - 7th grade through HS.
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I grew up in central jersey - 7th grade through HS.
I once went to a wedding in Jersey and they played a lot of Bon Jovi while singing along to it.
I’m from across the river originally so it was interesting to see.
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I once went to a wedding in Jersey and they played a lot of Bon Jovi while singing along to it.
I’m from across the river originally so it was interesting to see.
I was in a BB contest in Amboy Park N.J......won 4 trophies that day, but was very disappointed.... Springsteen and Southside Johnny were no shows! :(
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Just for nostalgias sake not long ago I bought "Beef It"...."Reps" and a slew of other BB books....no magazines, but over 20 or more books.
The pics are more inspiring than anything seen today.
Yes, I had those along with "Psychoblast" and many others. When I opened my mail in front of my mom and pulled "Savage Reps" out of the package my mom thought it said "savage sex" and freaked out! ;D
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Yes, I had those along with "Psychoblast" and many others. When I opened my mail in front of my mom and pulled "Savage Reps" out of the package my mom thought it said "savage sex" and freaked out! ;D
LOL ;D
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This thread makes me so sad. All that inspiration and info sent to the dump. I think there is a market for this or some consignment shop or old bookstore that would have taken and maybe even thrown you a few bucks. But finding such places is a huge hassle. It's probably all on the internet now anyway.
If this ever happens to anyone again here, I'd be willing to bid on 50 or 100.
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You were 120 at 6'1? Were you a long distance runner like me?
My normal weight ranged from 130-135 at 5'11 but I did bulk up to 160 my junior year in high school using the advice of the universal bodybuilding system featuring Brian Eastman, he had a great aesthetic physique, I ordered it from a marvel comic book I had
Later when I was 24 I bulked up from 144 to 190 in 10 weeks following JM Blakeley"s advice as he was training me and a friend, he told me some of the guys there accused me of.being of gear and asked him what he put me on, he said he put me on a 5000 calorie a day diet which was the truth
Yes, I ran cross country as well as the mile and two mile races. Skinny. 5' 9" and 90lbs in 9th grade. J.C. Hise breathing squats and milk program did it for me. It took years but I made it to 250lbs. and fairly strong on the squat but my bench and deadlift were nothing to write home about. I competed in a few bodybuilding contests but decided that was not a good "career" so I went back to school and did my best there and at work. ;D
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most of the later mags were 50% adverts
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and you made a career here
your parents would / must be so proud of your getbig work
Probably not so proud as yours are. After all, you work at the British Broadcast Corporation!
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to misquote Kevin Johnson:
Bodybuilding , I gave you all the best years of my life
All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the moon-lit summer nights
I was so busy in the back room reading muscle mags
While you were changin' your direction, and you never even knew
That I was always, just one issue behind you
Cool Quote!
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Yes, I ran cross country as well as the mile and two mile races. Skinny. 5' 9" and 90lbs in 9th grade. J.C. Hise breathing squats and milk program did it for me. It took years but I made it to 250lbs. and fairly strong on the squat but my bench and deadlift were nothing to write home about. I competed in a few bodybuilding contests but decided that was not a good "career" so I went back to school and did my best there and at work. ;D
Wow! 5'9 and 90
I'm curious what did you weigh on stage and how tall were you for your BB comps?