Vince Basile 65 years young today!

[Faust]

Make that Happy birthday you BIG Fucken idiot.

Wow. That's a classic physique right there...

[Bluto]

no u cannot both be right.

This very question is why i have begun my quest to seek the ultimate method for hypertrophy. i believe it is h.i.t until i find anything which is better to my mind.

hit for hypertrhopy! NOT ENOUGH VOLUME DUDE!

[D.L. 5]

hit for hypertrhopy! NOT ENOUGH VOLUME DUDE!

I am conducting my personal studies....once i am in calorie surplus we will see the true results of h.i.t

[Bluto]

I am conducting my personal studies....once i am in calorie surplus we will see the true results of h.i.t

good

keep us informed!

[WOOO]

good

keep us informed!

 

[D.L. 5]

good

keep us informed!

cant wait, if i didnt have alot of fat to lose, i would begin now, but need to get lean first.

it will be interesting to see how the results go.

[Mars]

he looked awesome in that picture.

[knny187]

I always wondered what it would be like to be old age pension age. Well, folks, I don't feel any different so these are still the good old days. Being a gym owner I am self-employed so don't qualify for that pension or any other perks.

Like most people who age are getting older I was going to try to get in shape for the occasion. However, I competed in athletics last March and ended up with sore knees and elbows from the hammer throw which I had never done before. I won the javelin, discus and shot against almost no one else. It pays to pick the right year to compete so that the best guys are in different categories. I learned this trick from my mate Melvin Goodrum! My knees and elbows have healed now. Takes longer to heal as we age.

The interesting thing is the muscles still respond to hypertrophy training. I posted my ideas here and that thread broke the record for a serious theory discussion on this gossip board. Why some moderators feel I have an obligation to post details of what I believe here is rather ironic. No one else does that and I might put my ideas into a book in the near future. It is possible to grow big muscles rapidly at just about any age. That is the closest to the fountain of youth we are going to find. I don't believe in supplements and drugs so the iron pills are the only ones I take. Well, I hardly use free weights and am still amazed at the dumbbells who think they are better. Old beliefs just never die in bodybuilding. I prefer to cast false theories aside instead of taking them to my grave.

One thing about being a gym owner who has his own engineering factory. I hardly get time to train because there are always things to do at the gym. This week I have to modify a huge Nautilus double chest machine. I will see if I can get rid of those blasted chains that Arthur Jones stuck us with. His machines still work but Arthur is no longer with us. Some of my machines should be still working in a gym somewhere in perhaps 200 years.

Thanks to all who posted good wishes.

Vince...do you know why Arthur used chains?

[biceps]

I guess most older bodybuilders would call me crazy to post on this forum. It is a challenge to stay but I can stir with the best of them. Where are my contemporaries? They all talked big in the old days when they were winning but hardly anyone has anything to say nowadays. Seems to me they are paper tigers. If you want to stay young hang around a gym. The majority of people there are under 40. Train for hypertrophy and not health or fitness. I could never understand those guys who, like Zabo, did all that ab work for hours. I am too damn lazy to duplicate those long sessions. What you need to do is do lots (more than 5) of maximum sets to the limit with as much as you can lift for about 10 to 15 reps. In the old days we didn't know about the muscular endurance requirement of muscles. Arthur Jones influenced all thinking bodybuilders and we all reduced the number of sets. This is a huge mistake. Doug Hepburn knew more about how to get big than Arthur did. Not that any of the young guys here have a clue who to believe when it comes to training advice. I respect the knowledge that Milos has but my method is not anything like his. Surely we both can't be right?

It is rather sad that the sport has become what it is in recent decades. Drugs have been used since the 1960s and perhaps before that. However, it was hidden then and most were ashamed to be using anything. Nowadays it is absolutely insane and I wonder how many of the current professionals will celebrate their 65th birthday? Professional bodybuilding is now a dangerously high risk and an extremely low return activity. Lifting weights to look better has always been looked down on. Today it has become even lower in the minds of most intelligent people. When the 'experts' do not need to be highly educated is it any wonder that the blind lead the blind?

I picked the two activities where everyone is an expert. Bodybuilding and philosophy!

[octobermajik]

Happy birthday Vince, here's to many more. Enjoy!!!!

[pumpster]

Vince...do you know why Arthur used chains?

Chains were a revision to the original design, to remove momentum.

[Vince B]

Arthur was a smart guy but using chains in gym equipment was not one of his best engineering solutions. Oh, I read about the supposed superiorty of chains. Let me tell you as a designer and gym owner that solution is dirty, requires lots of maintenance and is often difficult to get right. Cables and pulleys are much more gym owner friendly. He could have used much heavier chains in most of his equipment. The single half inch chains are not strong enough. Had he used 5/8th inch chains it would have been better. The machines that have double link chains such as the duo squat are strong enough and the chains last a long time. What happened with many of the Nautilus machines was that bodybuilders exceeded the capacity of weight stacks and added additional weight. Soon enough those chains and sprockets wore out. Quite amazing what the human body can do to steel chain. Gym owners don't help when they don't lubricate them frequently enough.

Carrot cake with strawberry wine!

[MikeThaMachine]

Who in the hell wears their sweater underneath their t-shirt





What kind of cake is that anyway?

[Mars]

space cake.

[Vince B]

Even in this thread is proof that nothing has changed in the 48 years I have done bodybuilding. Everyone is an expert. Even guys starting out again after figuring out what to do. Why not listen to someone who has tried most of the methods? Guess that is the easy way. Muscles are part of the brain, anyway. If you don't have the right method then you won't succeed. The vast majority of guys who lift weights never win a bodybuilding contest. Heck, most are too scared to even enter one. Guys like Goatboy wouldn't dare post a photo of himself on Getbig. Paper tigers, dreamers and wannabes are everywhere.

[The Ugly]

Sad pic. Photographer Tripod at least sing 'Happy Birthday'?

Fixed.

[Mons Venus]

Happy Birthday old fart. 

[nycbull]

Paper tigers, dreamers and wannabes are everywhere.

Good quote.


You look great in that pic..

have a happy birthday.

[knny187]

Arthur was a smart guy but using chains in gym equipment was not one of his best engineering solutions. Oh, I read about the supposed superiorty of chains. Let me tell you as a designer and gym owner that solution is dirty, requires lots of maintenance and is often difficult to get right. Cables and pulleys are much more gym owner friendly. He could have used much heavier chains in most of his equipment. The single half inch chains are not strong enough. Had he used 5/8th inch chains it would have been better. The machines that have double link chains such as the duo squat are strong enough and the chains last a long time. What happened with many of the Nautilus machines was that bodybuilders exceeded the capacity of weight stacks and added additional weight. Soon enough those chains and sprockets wore out. Quite amazing what the human body can do to steel chain. Gym owners don't help when they don't lubricate them frequently enough.

Carrot cake with strawberry wine!

I just didn't understand it.

I never liked feeling the chain & sprockets through the range of movement.

[Voice of Doom]

Happy Birthday...and keep on lifting!!!!!!

[D.L. 5]

Carrot cake with strawberry wine!

lol. t-shirt is classic.

also, you're saying nautilus equipment used chains?

that sounds stupid.

[ozman]

happy birthday mate

i hope i can still lift at 65

[Vince B]

Everyone thinks 65 is old. Believe me it is just another year for me. I haven't seen a doctor in years and years. My advices to others is to stay out of hospitals and courts! I don't use recreational drugs and never have. Steroids are best left with the underground dealers. It isn't necessary to use anabolic steroids but hardly anyone believes that. Think for yourself and research everything. Believe only what you have found out to be true and remember believing something doesn't make it true.

Bodybuilding should be a noble enterprise. Competing can be done in natural events. Leave the gear to the lunatics. Can anyone know how desperate and crazy most professionals must be to fool around with the body like they do. Instead of trusting medical people they listen to gurus who are expert in nothing at all. I say no thanks to that. Life is short. Very short. Before you know it your youth is gone and so is your motivation. Trophies and titles seem important but look at the way some treat anyone who won things in the past. They mean very little but I guess they help us transcend mediocrity. It is all an illusion.

When I was young an old man recommended that I read the best books first. Ah, but how does one know which books are the best ones? The book that had the biggest influence on me was 'Zorba the Greek'. Grasp what is important and celebrate every day that you are alive. Let other tongues praise you and honour those who love you. Don't stay on line too much or you will become like those who annoy you! Discussion boards are an epic waste of time. You won't convince anyone of anything at all that is important.

Thanks to all those who sent good wishes to me. Be good to your family and relatives, and don't waste mirrors!

[WOOO]

Even in this thread is proof that nothing has changed in the 48 years I have done bodybuilding. Everyone is an expert. Even guys starting out again after figuring out what to do. Why not listen to someone who has tried most of the methods? Guess that is the easy way. Muscles are part of the brain, anyway. If you don't have the right method then you won't succeed. The vast majority of guys who lift weights never win a bodybuilding contest. Heck, most are too scared to even enter one. Guys like Goatboy wouldn't dare post a photo of himself on Getbig. Paper tigers, dreamers and wannabes are everywhere.

 


go change your diaper

[dr.chimps]

Hey Vince. You talk too much. I do a bit of scribbling myself and if there is one thing, it is: talk less. Maybe GIS Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of writing. Can't go wrong there. ,