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SweetDaddySiki

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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #25 on: January 10, 2025, 07:24:54 AM »
Quote from: Sandrock on January 09, 2025, 08:16:34 PM
Incredible facility.  Even a restaraunt in it!

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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #26 on: January 10, 2025, 07:25:22 AM »
This article is from 2023 when Lerille was 87.
Says he works out 4 times a week at 1-2 am.

https://newspub.live/fitness/now-at-age-87-red-lerille-can-still-work-a-12-hour-day-he-refuses-to-retire/
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #27 on: January 10, 2025, 08:20:03 AM »
Quote from: Vince B on January 09, 2025, 08:39:57 PM
No disrespect to Lerille but the Mr America from 1959 for several years wasn't judged as a pure bodybuilding contest. Black guys could win only Most Muscular back then. Larry Scott competed in the IFBB and not the AAU. Guys who I didn't think were the best:  1959: Harry Johnson

1960: Lloyd Lerille

1963: Vern Weaver

1964: Val Vasilieff

1965: Jerry Daniels


I think we can all read between the lines here Vince, so I will ask this for you.

Does Red have a bicep supination machine in his gym? If so who’s the manufacturer?
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #28 on: January 10, 2025, 08:36:40 AM »
Quote from: Vince B on January 09, 2025, 08:39:57 PM
No disrespect to Lerille but the Mr America from 1959 for several years wasn't judged as a pure bodybuilding contest. Black guys could win only Most Muscular back then. Larry Scott competed in the IFBB and not the AAU. Guys who I didn't think were the best:  1959: Harry Johnson

1960: Lloyd Lerille

1963: Vern Weaver

1964: Val Vasilieff

1965: Jerry Daniels
        Harry should have won way back in 1955, but they wanted to give it to the first guy who graduated from college at the time. what do you think of bob gajda over sergio a few years later. 
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #29 on: January 10, 2025, 08:55:10 AM »
Quote from: IroNat on January 10, 2025, 07:25:22 AM
This article is from 2023 when Lerille was 87.
Says he works out 4 times a week at 1-2 am.

https://newspub.live/fitness/now-at-age-87-red-lerille-can-still-work-a-12-hour-day-he-refuses-to-retire/

I thought Bill Pearl was hardcore at 4 am but please post up his workout
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #30 on: January 10, 2025, 10:05:01 AM »
Quote from: Sandrock on January 09, 2025, 08:16:34 PM
Incredible facility.  Even a restaraunt in it!

Yeh - it was awesome to train and then relax and eat an amazing meal.

The thing is - Lafayette in the 60’s was a VERY SMALL town (it may not have even been an actual incorporated city back then. I lived there in the 90’s and it was still just a small town. I don’t think anyone would say it’s a big city even now.

Red is a helluva businessman to grow that place in such a TINY market.


Red - and Don Smith in Baton Rouge (was good friends with Dons and author=Donny link=topic=696286.msg10341690#msg10341690 date=1736528110]
I thought Bill Pearl was hardcore at 4 am but please post up his workout
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #31 on: January 10, 2025, 11:34:49 AM »
63$ a month apparently, is this a good price?
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #32 on: January 10, 2025, 11:54:28 AM »
Quote from: Hendrixian on January 10, 2025, 11:34:49 AM
63$ a month apparently, is this a good price?

Lots of cheaper options for just weight training like 24 hour fitness, SNAP, but they are about 5% the size of Reds and you obviously won't get the swimming pools, sauna and other amenities. You might think it is a good price but that depends on what you want out of the gym.
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #33 on: January 10, 2025, 12:05:40 PM »
Quote from: SweetDaddySiki on January 10, 2025, 07:24:54 AM


Guy I used to work with married Al Copeland ex wife. He doesn’t work anymore - lol

BB related because Al was a juice head - lol
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #34 on: January 10, 2025, 12:10:34 PM »
Quote from: GymnJuice on January 10, 2025, 11:54:28 AM
Lots of cheaper options for just weight training like 24 hour fitness, SNAP, but they are about 5% the size of Reds and you obviously won't get the swimming pools, sauna and other amenities. You might think it is a good price but that depends on what you want out of the gym.

If I was still around I would definitely train there. You really can’t compare that to any of the chain gyms
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #35 on: January 10, 2025, 07:17:23 PM »
Quote from: Hendrixian on January 10, 2025, 11:34:49 AM
63$ a month apparently, is this a good price?

For what they got it's really good but understand some things cost extra.

Keeps out the riffraff.

Crossfit gyms charge over a hundred a month.
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #36 on: January 11, 2025, 12:19:24 AM »
Quote from: funk51 on January 09, 2025, 08:33:24 AM
;D ;D ;D ;D and viator before arthur jones.
Viator had freak genetics. :o
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #37 on: January 11, 2025, 01:46:59 AM »
Quote from: IroNat on January 10, 2025, 07:17:23 PM
For what they got it's really good but understand some things cost extra.

Keeps out the riffraff.

Crossfit gyms charge over a hundred a month.
Shit I paid around $765.00 a year to train at St, Lawrence Universitys gym for 12 straight years,and that was years ago,and  I`m riff raff!   ;D
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #38 on: January 11, 2025, 07:07:56 AM »
Quote from: wes on January 11, 2025, 01:46:59 AM
Shit I paid around $765.00 a year to train at St, Lawrence Universitys gym for 12 straight years,and that was years ago,and  I`m riff raff!   ;D

No way, Bro-wes.

You are top-shelf.

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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #39 on: March 14, 2025, 02:29:15 PM »
He passed today per the gym Facebook
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #40 on: March 14, 2025, 02:45:21 PM »
Quote from: GymnJuice on March 14, 2025, 02:29:15 PM
He passed today per the gym Facebook
That sux!!

RIP   :(
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #41 on: March 14, 2025, 07:33:28 PM »
Last week he was inducted in the fitness hall of fame and passes away this week. He was a young 89 yr old
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #42 on: March 15, 2025, 08:03:48 AM »
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Re: Red Lerille's Gym in Louisiana
« Reply #43 on: March 15, 2025, 10:12:34 AM »
Quote from: jude2 on March 14, 2025, 07:33:28 PM
Last week he was inducted in the fitness hall of fame and passes away this week. He was a young 89 yr old
He was waiting to get in before he died. RIP
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