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Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« on: February 08, 2009, 12:37:33 PM »
Why does elite fitness charge money for joining their board for like gold and plat membership, do you get private sources or something for joining?  I don get it.

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 08:51:18 PM »
They have been charging for years!
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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2009, 05:34:22 PM »
Why does elite fitness charge money for joining their board for like gold and plat membership, do you get private sources or something for joining?  I don get it.

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EF was actually a decent forum before George Spellwin decided to become a total sellout.

Then he let sources sponsor the forum and all the Mods were pushing their products.

I did like some of the Milfs, though.

There was this hot, pale redhead in Long Island, NY........can't remember her name.

That bitch was absolutely delicious.......

Middle-aged white suburban housewives with ALOT of spare time on their hands.



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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 07:43:03 AM »
EF was actually a decent forum before George Spellwin decided to become a total sellout.

Then he let sources sponsor the forum and all the Mods were pushing their products.
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i totally agree about that comment.  it seems like every post on there has some mention of a product that someone is selling on there...i.e forum infomercials.  when i first signed up i was looking for some supps and got fished in to a product that someone was pushing in the forums.  although i was satisfied with the product, it took over 2 weeks and a few reminder emails to get the product to my door.  needless to say i will not buy anything on there again.  most of the mods and frequent users on elite are arrogant a-holes, and are quick to flame posts and threads... and thier little "karma" system is a total joke to say the least...not to mention the countless emails from "the desk of george spellwin" trying to sell you some bs product.

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2009, 08:46:16 AM »
i totally agree about that comment.  it seems like every post on there has some mention of a product that someone is selling on there...i.e forum infomercials.  when i first signed up i was looking for some supps and got fished in to a product that someone was pushing in the forums.  although i was satisfied with the product, it took over 2 weeks and a few reminder emails to get the product to my door.  needless to say i will not buy anything on there again.  most of the mods and frequent users on elite are arrogant a-holes, and are quick to flame posts and threads... and thier little "karma" system is a total joke to say the least...not to mention the countless emails from "the desk of george spellwin" trying to sell you some bs product.

They were doing that shit back when I was a member.

I bypassed all of that, but some of the info was good on there.

At the end, however, I was so disillusioned with the site, Mods, scamming that I was only there for the Milfs.

Sad to say, but true.   :P


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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2009, 11:32:25 AM »
Elite has a niche.  They are one of the oldest steroid boards on the net.  Their archives are definitely a MUST READ for people interested in real results, real research, and innovative experiments.  This was back before internet boards decided to be PC and protect a few fragile egos from their own insecurities.  It was like the Wild West out there.  While in today's steroid fitness board market, all the info is pretty much the same and regurgitated, the old days back there were something else when people were just beginning to try new things like fore runner to the PGCL peptide out today.  When paperbolics first came about and everyone was waiting to see actual feedback on whether or not they actually worked or were a complete scam.  (This was before the days when you could mail off a sample and $75 to RSCL to have it lab tested and the results mailed to you).  When people were experimenting with tren delivery methods of oral comsumption or crushing and snorting the pellets.   Back when DNP was first being brought back into the spotlight, I can remember a board full of people sitting around most of the night or waking up early to see if the 3 guys that decided to make the leap and try it would be alive the next morning.

You basically pay for the search engine feature.  And enhanced posting ability.  That's about it.  But nowday's there are no new compounds being experimented with, no new designer products on the market, and all the old research - whether it turned out good or bad - is available on other boards for free.

And really you don't even have to join to search the old archives.  Browsing the google cache is a bit more time consuming due to the indirect search nature, but it accomplishes the exact same thing.

And nearly every board out there is going to shill for their sponsors.  EF, AF, sology, Promuscle, MD, etc..  that is just the nature of the beast when running a business like this.  And that is what it is today.  A business.  The days of the boards that started off as simply a casual hobby and something residing on a person's 4 year old out dated server are gone.  Paul made everyone sit up and take notice about it with the success he had marketing his andro popper product way back then.  And can you blame him?  If the money is there and available, why not take it?  He did very well for himself.  Obviously.  Do you think he sits on Elite all day?  No, he has a core staff to run the site and perform the IT, Administrative, Financial duties, and he then selects the mods that the members vote for to run the boards so it keeps his paid staff free from having to do it.  Though some of the mods are paid staff as well.  A lot of the bodybuilding businesses existing today with their "cutting edge" products pretty much have Elite to thank for their start.  While they might not have directly researched the archives or such, many of the products out today are a result from someone at Elite attempting it first, transdermal delivery products, r-ALA, creatine EE, even the ancillary business have to thank the dudes on elite that researched and tried out many of the ancillaries first that they are selling.  A lot of new things entered the market from the guys behind AF although they did all the research, debate, trials, etc.. on Elite first.   I am surprised that Ron hasn't installed an aggressive sponsorship system here or an online supplement store.  He certainly has the web traffic for it.

In short, if you are new to the world of bodybuilding fitness boards, steroids, supplements, training, etc..  the paying money at Elite really makes no sense.  I wouldn't advise anyone to do that.  That is just a complete and total waste. In the past, the steroid board, the training board, diet board and the women's training board were the best on the net.  Now, not so much anymore.  The steroid board there is deeper and has more info than the one here.  But I come here for contest results, the humor of the G&O and to bullshit on the political forum.  AF has the best women's training board.  But only because the women that make that board what it is left Elite to go there.  Bodybuilding.com has a better supp board - from a user input stand point, EFs sucks because it is usually going to benefit whatever current sponsor is being promoted.  TSC has a better source related board.  EF's and other boards home chemistry forum sucks ass and there are 1 or 2 others out there that put it to shame.  So basically not a single board is going to be better in all aspects than any other out there.  You just find which board is the best that is relative to what you are searching for.  Training, AAS, women's issues, supps, etc...  whatever.  Try each one and see what is the best fit for you.

Also, another tidbit here is that the truth of the matter is that only a very very small percentage of the people that are Plat members or COTB members on Elite actually paid for that. 

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2009, 11:35:11 AM »

There was this hot, pale redhead in Long Island, NY........can't remember her name.

That bitch was absolutely delicious.......


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Stiletto.

Excellent powerlifter as well.  She does very very well outside Elite in her training programs.

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2009, 12:58:14 PM »
Stiletto.

Excellent powerlifter as well.  She does very very well outside Elite in her training programs.

You sure?

She was cute, but not a PL I believe.......

Just a housewife who lifted on the side.

Really nice face, dark brown eyes, pale skin.


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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2009, 01:05:32 PM »
You sure?

She was cute, but not a PL I believe.......

Just a housewife who lifted on the side.

Really nice face, dark brown eyes, pale skin.


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Bit titties too?

If so, then yeah, that is her.  Her company offered her the option of working from home so she moved her family out to some farm in the middle of nowhere in NJ now.  Still does her glass art work from home and runs a powerlifting training program by email.  She even got Habitaul Health up to a 135 bench before she went psycho and disappeared.

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2009, 01:23:00 PM »
Bit titties too?

If so, then yeah, that is her.  Her company offered her the option of working from home so she moved her family out to some farm in the middle of nowhere in NJ now.  Still does her glass art work from home and runs a powerlifting training program by email.  She even got Habitaul Health up to a 135 bench before she went psycho and disappeared.

I really liked her........

I rarely find pale redheads like that out here in Phoenix.

That girl was tasty.   ;D


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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2009, 01:28:42 PM »
She is Stiletto now.  She used to post as Carmen, but shit happened and she had to have the account killed.  Came back with a new name after a few months.

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2009, 01:33:16 PM »
She is Stiletto now.  She used to post as Carmen, but shit happened and she had to have the account killed.  Came back with a new name after a few months.

I do remember that.....

But enough of her, I can't have that girl on my mind anymore.

Pale girls do strange things to my mind.   :-\



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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2009, 01:40:09 PM »
I heard she had a hairy bush.  If you are still in that.

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2009, 01:55:07 PM »
I heard she had a hairy bush.  If you are still in that.

I wouldn't doubt that, but how would you know that, Lurker?

Do you  know someone who lurked between her asscheeks?

She's probably a good lay........


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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2009, 05:04:00 PM »
Most of the people at Elite Fitness are elitist assholes, at least in my experience. I have a premium membership there or whatever but I can't stand to go to that site. I've received tons of threads and outrageous demands from posters there, and I think I only have like 1 post. :-\

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2009, 07:18:56 PM »
Pubic hair so long you could floss with it......

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2009, 09:12:55 PM »
Pubic hair so long you could floss with it......

You're trying to get me hard for the bitch, aren't you, bro?

Have you fucked her?

Just out with it already.

How as the ass?

She doesn't strike me as a whore and I'm sure her asshole is tight and sweet.

The type of MILF you have a FWB with.......who can spot you on the side.   ;D

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2009, 08:58:37 AM »
No, never fucked her.

But there were pics... which is why she had to have that first account deleted after her husband found out about them.

She never went beyond E-flirting.  But it always seem that girls that post those kind of pics end up regretting them later.  smallmovesal, rocky road, HH, etc...  they never learn.

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Re: Whats up with elite fitness charging money
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2009, 07:35:16 PM »
No, never fucked her.

But there were pics... which is why she had to have that first account deleted after her husband found out about them.

She never went beyond E-flirting.  But it always seem that girls that post those kind of pics end up regretting them later.  smallmovesal, rocky road, HH, etc...  they never learn.

I never knew whether she was married or what......

She's the type of chick you fuck on the side......she was juicy and thick.

Prototypical MILF.

In terms of white women, she was exactly my type.



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