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Re: I was thinking of working out, but why bother?
« Reply #125 on: September 18, 2012, 03:09:18 PM »
That must have broken your sweet old 68yr old heart Vince  :'(





Howard, back in the day....1971....I remember going to the Coogee Gym and looking forward to a good workout. I picked up the latest copy of Ironman with Casey Viator on the cover and Sergio Oliva inside. I thought to myself, 'what is the point?' No matter how hard I trained I was never going to get as big as those two giants. So that day I took a walk along the beach at Coogee and drove home without working out.

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Re: I was thinking of working out, but why bother?
« Reply #126 on: September 18, 2012, 08:53:37 PM »
Howie at his best! :D


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Re: I was thinking of working out, but why bother?
« Reply #127 on: September 19, 2012, 04:02:26 PM »
At around the 2 min mark , my fianace' Beth appears. We are getting married Oct 21.

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Re: I was thinking of working out, but why bother?
« Reply #128 on: September 19, 2012, 04:06:34 PM »
At around the 2 min mark , my fianace' Beth appears. We are getting married Oct 21.


Yeah you were pretty entertaining and funny in that video. Congrats on the marriage, she seems like a real nice girl.

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #129 on: September 19, 2012, 04:16:07 PM »
Fuck Howard....great pics from the past!

Thanks a bunch. I miss contest prep and being on stage despite what a pain in the stinkhole it can be hahaha.
I gotta hit the ol gym and do a chest ,tris and a routine.
How goes your training?

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #130 on: September 19, 2012, 04:50:10 PM »
Fuck Howard....great pics from the past!

X 2  I am really impressed Howard.  Those pics should be motivation enough for you to train your ass off and get back up onstage.

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #131 on: September 19, 2012, 05:08:09 PM »
You looked fukin good Howard. Got to give credit where it's  due.
I think you might just have shut a few fukers up who like to bust your balls.

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #132 on: September 20, 2012, 08:35:36 AM »





Waw! Very good. Classic line! Earned great respect!
Thanx Adonis!

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #133 on: September 20, 2012, 08:56:29 AM »
I`ve known Howard from the www for ten years....no tension between us,he`s a good guy who used to have an awesome physique and he still loves bodybuilding.


But,for 10 of those 10 years he has posted this same type of thread a zillion times.

Shit or get off the pot Howie you can do it,you used to look fantastic,better than most amateur bodybuilders in your day.


Peace and good luck until the next time you post this same thread again !  :D
  this!  (and i truly like Howie!)   

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Re: I was thinking of working out, but why bother?
« Reply #134 on: September 20, 2012, 01:01:24 PM »
I was  listening to Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber which got me hyped for the ol' gym.
Then reality hit me like a stinky, wet fart  , right in the face :o
Fantasy mindset - I could lean out and be the Jay Cutler of the NPC masters division.
Reality check - I'm a chunky 53 yr old who hasn't competed since the yr before Clinton's re-election.
I have osteo arthritis in my right shoulder and sacrum/sacro ( low back).

My most fit years are now seen clearly  in the rear view mirror. The poontang  I can get is like me, older and smells musky.
On the good side , I can still get around without a walker and don't need to wear Depends. I still have most of the hair on my head, despite more nose and butt hair. I'm getting married again for the 4th time and my fiance' still likes to "do it" ( or at least pretends to).
I can stand naked in the gym locker room  now with 1 foot up on the bench and say ;" Back in my day..."

Aaaaa screw it, I'm going to the gym  but I might not lift. I can at least ride the exercise bike for 30 min while I watch some cable news show.
I can mutter and mumble abut how the country is going to hell while I ride. Then I can go sit in the hot tub and do my best to look like the creepy older guy , waiting to hit on some poor female.

Well, I see no other option for you but to take the 333 route and post on GB 100 times a day.  Get cracking man, it will give your life meaning.

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #135 on: September 20, 2012, 02:21:59 PM »
  Go Howie

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #136 on: September 20, 2012, 05:04:25 PM »
You looked fukin good Howard. Got to give credit where it's  due.
I think you might just have shut a few fukers up who like to bust your balls.


Thanks and yeah I get some level of satisifaction by having some getbiggers seeing my old pics and realizing I walked the walk , NOT just talked the talk. Did just over 40 shows from 1978-1995.

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #137 on: September 20, 2012, 05:20:23 PM »
 this!  (and i truly like Howie!)  

Ya know Mike you are 100% right to point out my waffling over the past 10 plus yrs.
I last competed at a drug tested show in Texas in 1995.
In all modesty I got shredded and the most ripped look, I ever had on stage.
After the show, one judge  told me , I looked like  I was going to explode when I hit my most muscular pose.
To get like THAT,( without any drugs) I had to suffer thru some serious diet and contest prep.
Ok, this will sound odd, but right after the finals and looking at my trophy, I felt something "break" deep inside me.
No, nothing physical broke, it was something emotional or spritual or whatever?
After 17 yrs and over 40 shows, this last contest prep broke me. I knew ,deep inside, I couldn't suffer thru any more contest prep.
I simply wanted to train and ENJOY bodybuilding as a fun hobby.

Since that last show, I have judged , trained, attended shows and posted on various forums.
It has been fun, but sometimes I miss the feeling of being ripped  on stage.
I start thinking of doing a contest, but I just can't bring myself to stay the course and quickly abort .
Now, at 53 and several years removed from that last show, I am at a different place.
I am nearly recovered from my achilles heel tendon surgery from last June and am training hard again.
Who knows what the future will hold for the Howardbeast.

Hey Big Mike, how's your training and life after Laura.??????? ???

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Re: Serious thread for advice on training and diet after surgery
« Reply #138 on: September 21, 2012, 12:41:12 AM »
Didn't read all of this crappy thread but I will say this. Bob Paris in his book Flawless, says "be as perfect as you can be." meaning don't compare yourself to others just achieve what you can and be at YOUR best. Your best is better than your worst or avg right?

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Re: I was thinking of working out, but why bother?
« Reply #139 on: September 21, 2012, 06:22:18 AM »
Well, I see no other option for you but to take the 333 route and post on GB 100 times a day.  Get cracking man, it will give your life meaning.

I'm already on it!

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #140 on: September 21, 2012, 07:04:09 AM »
Thanks a bunch. I miss contest prep and being on stage despite what a pain in the stinkhole it can be hahaha.
I gotta hit the ol gym and do a chest ,tris and a routine.
How goes your training?

Contest prep sucks for me! The training becomes like a job and I feel like a pin cushion, but its a labor of love

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Re: thread for advice, believe it or not , I'm serious
« Reply #141 on: September 21, 2012, 07:19:09 AM »
Contest prep sucks for me! The training becomes like a job and I feel like a pin cushion, but its a labor of love

Yeah Mike, that g4p can make your butt feel like a dartboard hahaha.
It hurts when it first goes in, but we take it as a labor of love  ;)

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Re: Serious thread for advice on training and diet after surgery
« Reply #142 on: September 21, 2012, 07:38:00 AM »
crash course in brain surgery

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Re: Serious thread for advice on training and diet after surgery
« Reply #143 on: September 22, 2012, 09:24:01 AM »