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[jwb]

hey vince didn't paul graham used to pose in gold glitter paint during exhibitions and arnold would be highly embarrassed about it?

[New Hank Wood]

Hey, Hank, the reason I piss so many people off is because I have a good memory and I recount all those embarrassing details that most want us to forget. I don't post lies nor do I speak untruths. I post my recollection of events and I never fabricate reality. Integrity and honesty go hand in hand. On Getbig it is quite reckless and almost suicidal to always tell the truth!

Yes, you do cop it from every side Vince.  I know i have grilled you from time to time.

Vince, just keep on doing what you are doing!  I find you entertaining most of the time!

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Are you serious?  What if I drop an object from my hand?  Will it hit the ground or stay in the air?

I'm not surprised that you're arguing with me over a hack squat machine and a calf machine.  After all, Superman has his Kryptonite and I'm sure you don't like any type leg machine. 



BTW, do your legs come with a biscuit??? 

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Vince, with all due respect the reason Arnold didn't want any advice was because too many people were giving it to him.  Fact is everyone was hanging on his coattails and was trying to get into Arnold's circle of real friends (not you) so they could get some fame in claiming that they were responsible for his success.

Arnold had already won the Mr Universe and had Joe Weider, Frank Zane, Jersop Wilcoz, and of course his buddy Franco Columbo. 

Truth be told, you're not even a footnote in bodybuilding history.  You are trying to get fame off Arnold's hard work and others.  To be, you are just a vulture.

You can call me a phony but at least I don't pretend I'm someone I'm not and I don't take credit for other people's work.  Cut out this talk about Arnold being a big oaf.  If he was dumb, then he would have never made so much money in his lifetime or even became Governer of California. 

Again Basile, cut out the bull.  You are just a nobody.  Your greatest achievement was a lousy Mr Canada title.  While you won that, Arnold won the Mr Olympia.  Who are you to give him advice???


Nobody, that's who

[bigmc]

Melvin Goodrum CSN MFT will surely be a footnote in Getbig history as the guy who entertainment so many with so little. Well done. Your serious posts are the best. Keep it up. I guess the Mr Canada is about on a par with the junior title in the hillbilly divisional contest.

When can we expect you on the Jerry Springer Show? I love it when they play that music for peope from the Carolinas.

 

[LLES]

Melvin Goodrum CSN MFT will surely be a footnote in Getbig history as the guy who entertainment so many with so little. Well done. Your serious posts are the best. Keep it up. I guess the Mr Canada is about on a par with the junior title in the hillbilly divisional contest.

When can we expect you on the Jerry Springer Show? I love it when they play that music for peope from the Carolinas.

Not all people from the Carolinas are like Vince, trust me.

[Stavios]

not to defend Vince B or anything, but winning the MR.Canada title is way more impressive than placing last at a local show goodrum

hope this helps

[Dave Baran]

Nobody, that's who

Sorry but, who are you? 

[knny187]

Lots of people tried to help Arnold. Sometimes he listened and sometimes he didn't. Now, either I am right about posing or I know very little about that art. Arnold seemed like the proverbial musclebound guy when he arrived at Golds and Vince's Gyms in October 1968. I arrived there during the same week Arnold did. Arnold posed for photos and he let me measure his biceps and around the shoulders. He said to come back in a couple of weeks before I could measure his calves. Arms were 21 1/2 and about 62 around the shoulders. He was quite approachable and always seemed to be the center of attention. He did his own thing in those days and had a lot of fun.

When he was at my penthouse in Manly in 1974 after giving posing displays and seminars at my gym and Tony's Gym we talked about bodybuilding, acting and other things. I told him he would never make it in the movies because even the great Steve Reeves didn't do that well and Steve was a hero because of his Hercules successes. Arnold literally thanked me because he said that makes him try harder. Who would have believed the success ahead for Arnold? They found the perfect vehicle for him. A role that was half man and half machine! That was believable and Arnold became a star.

I am still not happy that Arnold, who was the guest of honour, left the lounge room and was later found in a bedroom. There was no scandal because everyone bent over backwards to help Arnold.

Arnold shared a house with Paul Graham, Ken Moran and I think Bob Bruce in late 1968. This is what Ken Moran told me and Paul never denied it. Paul went to jail for exporting stolen cars to Australia. I was there in Honolulu when the FBI nabbed him. There was a cartoon in the Honolulu paper on the front page of "Mr Australia" lifting a car. Paul never won Mr Australia but came second. Ken Moran came to Vancouver with a red almost new Boss Mustang. Apparently he had to leave LA fast because he said he was in an accident for driving on the wrong side of the road. Amazing that he was rich enough to buy that car. Even though Paul spent over 2 years in jail in America he was allowed to be at Arnold's wedding years later. From what I read of the immigration laws that shouldn't have been possible for people convicted of crimes and deported from the USA. Paul is still the IFBB vice-president and no one can get rid of him in the Australian bodybuilding scene.

I had to be belittled by both Paul and Arnold in the 1975 Mr Australia contest. I protested at the judges meeting that Roger Walker had already won and someone else should have a chance like they did in the Mr America contest. No one supported me at the meeting. Roger won and I was put last. Paul gave me 25 points out of 100 and Arnold also put me last. Do you think I admire what Arnold and Paul did that day? They thought it was funny. I was blamed for booing at Robert Nailon the week before when many felt Hans Myer should have won the Mr NSW. I heard they were going to get even with me in Melbourne. I warned Frank Burwash that Paul was going to put me down. He did nothing and let it happen. I have a letter from Frank confirming what Paul and Arnold did. I was a fool to enter that show. It turned out to be my last contest because I tore a biceps a few years later.

Fast forward another 5 years and there is Arnold winning the Mr Olympia with mate Brendan Ryan, a junior competitor, judging while Peter McCarthy, many times Mr Australia, had to be the alternate judge because he mysteriously missed the judges meeting. Peter was there but didn't know the meeting was taking place. He got there late so wasn't allowed to judge. What a travesty. Arnold might have been the best bodybuilder on stage but there were irregularities in the judging process. I have all the score sheets somewhere so will write another story about that contest. No magazine would publish my story and I gave my copy to Mike Mentzer. I doubt it still exists.

I am writing these comments under my own name. Do you think those guys would do nothing if what I said wasn't true? They fixed the contest so that I would place last. That is a fact. Can anyone think of more despicable behaviour for a Mr Olympia than fixing a contest while he is judging? There was Arnold in Pumping Iron giving 'bad advices' to that hapless youth who was told to scream while he posed. Yeah, Arnold was a card. He knew he was going to win in 1975 in Pretoria. Do you honestly believe they would have allowed Serge Nubret to win that contest in a country ruled by apartheid? They wouldn't and they didn't.

Arnold is a good talker. I give him credit for being able to handle himself in crowds. He is motivated to a degree that few ascend to. How the hell did a big Austrian musclehead become reelected governor of California? The movie star feat was amazing enough.  

Now I both Love & Admire Arnold after reading this.

Man I hope he becomes President of the United States.  We need to have an amendment to get him in!

[pumpster]

Now I both Love & Admire Arnold after reading this.

Man I hope he becomes President of the United States.  We need to have an amendment to get him in!

"Knny" is basicaly a groupie to anyone he adores, otherwise it's basically attacks on others something like a rabid dog. Pathetic lack of objectivity; feast or famine.

[MikeThaMachine]

HAHAHAHA Basile is pissed cause Arnold placed him last in a show he felt he deserved 11th out of the 13 competitors.

[knny187]

"Knny" is basicaly a groupie to anyone he adores, otherwise it's basically attacks on others something like a rabid dog. Pathetic lack of objectivity; feast or famine.

thanks for the kind words sir

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

No recent pictures of me?  Psst.  Posting one from a show I screwed up in 2004 isn't a "recent picture" but then again I'm surprised that you can actually put pictures on the internet when you were born in the day of the cotton gin and telegram.

[onlyme]

No recent pictures of me?  Psst.  Posting one from a show I screwed up in 2004 isn't a "recent picture" but then again I'm surprised that you can actually put pictures on the internet when you were born in the day of the cotton gin and telegram.

psst.  you look like shit then and you look worse now.  post a pic of you on roids.  we would all love to see that one. 

[j3di3]

vince your posts are very educational, and that equipment looks great. its funny how some of the douchebags on here try to make fun of your achivement while havent achived anything remotely close themselves. epic jealousy

[MikeThaMachine]

vince your posts are very educational, and that equipment looks great. its funny how some of the douchebags on here try to make fun of your achivement while havent achived anything remotely close themselves. epic jealousy

If only you have seen some of his delusional retarded posts... I agree he has done some great stuff and has great input on some subjects but there is also a senile old man there too. If you have seen some of these post you would completely understand why he gets bashed by some people, he sometimes acts as if he's had a stroke or three, guy has some issues...

[pumpster]

Vince, with all due respect the reason Arnold didn't want any advice was because too many people were giving it to him.  Fact is everyone was hanging on his coattails and was trying to get into Arnold's circle of real friends (not you) so they could get some fame in claiming that they were responsible for his success.

Arnold had already won the Mr Universe and had Joe Weider, Frank Zane, Jersop Wilcoz, and of course his buddy Franco Columbo. 

Truth be told, you're not even a footnote in bodybuilding history.  You are trying to get fame off Arnold's hard work and others.  To be, you are just a vulture.

You can call me a phony but at least I don't pretend I'm someone I'm not and I don't take credit for other people's work.  Cut out this talk about Arnold being a big oaf.  If he was dumb, then he would have never made so much money in his lifetime or even became Governer of California. 

Again Basile, cut out the bull.  You are just a nobody.  Your greatest achievement was a lousy Mr Canada title.  While you won that, Arnold won the Mr Olympia.  Who are you to give him advice???


Nobody, that's who

Ridden with faulty logic. How has he been a "vulture"?

As far as Arnold, he may well have been as described early on.

Re: intelligence, you seem to be suggesting that this goes hand-in-hand with success. Two words: George Bush.

[Yorkie T]

Here is the first image online of the biceps-supinator

Im glad i was around to witness this day.

[D.L. 5]

vince,

very interesting story.

did u ever talk to mike mentzer, could u give a detailed opinion and account of ur interactions with him etc.

i believe h.i.t is the best way to train, i also think it is sad he died so young, he had so much to offer.

[D.L. 5]

cool. anything else on mike? 

[D.L. 5]

This system sure increases strength.

yes static contractions are great. mike lists it as an intensity technique in his books.

choose a weight u can hold in peak contraction position for 8-12 seconds.

[Hurricane Beef !]

How about some pictures from the 75 Mr. Australia contest? Of all the contestants.

The Beef

[knny187]

Bob almost threw me out of his gym because I told him he was fat

The next day John Terpak told me not to offend Bob or I wouldn't be welcome in their gym.

not surprised fat ass

[EL Mariachi]

Vince Basile has got 47 years of bodybuilding experiance, he is a true veteran that has a lot of knowledge regarding training.  He should get pro stars or expert stars, ron???

I was highly educated by the great Vince at the following thread: On the road to DOMS. 
Its destroys a lot of myths.

[knny187]

you pose like a moron

you actually think you know what you're doing?