I had to laugh while looking through Flex magazine today

[LurkerNoMore]

I noticed three things - sure there are more but I was in the grocery line - that was truly beyond the realm of Patheticness.

1 - Chris Cormier claiming "they judged me too harshly at the Olympia this year."  LOL  you looked like shit.  That's why.

2 - Gene I Failed My BenchPress getting ready in the picture... looking like Porky Pig in both body and face.  I mean, really.  Who wears shades to an INDOOR benchpress comp?

3 -  The two large pics of Gunter.  It was very obvious that a bad airbrush/photoshop job was done to eliminate those spaghetti veins on his inner thigh.    Whatever method they used certainly was a shit poor job.  Next time Feather with a Ratio of 4.1

Let the hate commence.

[Capt._America]

I too laughed, because after reading article and looking at pics, still not sure how Ronnie won, even Peter McGough would not admit that Ronnie won outright, so what do you think, he wins next year, breaks the record them miracuously retires, at bes Ronnie was third, maybe fourth, again I have stated:



1.  No claves

2.  Not the best back at that show

3. If his waist is mainstreamed, damn mine is invisible

4. Smooth hamstrings and glutes.




NOW LET THE HATE BEGIN!

[Coaltiger]

lol gotta have the indoor shadeage

[Dan-O]

It was very obvious that a bad airbrush/photoshop job was done to eliminate those spaghetti veins on his inner thigh.    Whatever method they used certainly was a shit poor job.  Next time Feather with a Ratio of 4.1

Actually if you read the Olympia article, they mentioned that Günter had the veins in his thigh removed.

[Loomis]

lol gotta have the indoor shadeage

In Gene's defense, I did read somewhere that he has an eye problem that makes him very sensitive to light. Not sure how much truth there is to that though.

[jaejonna]

Cormier should of been higher..... reports are that he was actually coming down  , when on stage

[ARTI]

2 - Gene I Failed My BenchPress getting ready in the picture... looking like Porky Pig in both body and face.  I mean, really.  Who wears shades to an INDOOR benchpress comp?

In Gene's defense, He's blind in one eye. I don't know, but I think he doesn't even have an eye. Sometimes he wears a patch.
Can't make fun of the guy for that. You'd be wearing sunglasses too, You'd also be dead so fast if 1000 was lifted off to you.

Don't get me wrong, I hate what he's doing to the sport just as much as anyone who knows what's going on and respects true strength.
What does he get out of that shirt? 350 lbs.!?!?!?!?

[ToxicAvenger]

Actually if you read the Olympia article, they mentioned that Günter had the veins in his thigh removed.

they can do that now? take out the damn circulatory system if it impedes looks?


and how the heck do ya type the G with the cool dots on top?

[LurkerNoMore]

they can do that now? take out the damn circulatory system if it impedes looks?


and how the heck do ya type the G with the cool dots on top?

Exactly.  Plus if you looked at the pictures, you could see where the spot was feathered and blended together.  Oh, you could still see a HINT of them around the edges where they did a bad job on the photos.

[LurkerNoMore]

so what is up with gene's shirt and why all the hate on it?  does it really add 300lbs to his bench?

[ToxicAvenger]

Exactly.  Plus if you looked at the pictures, you could see where the spot was feathered and blended together.  Oh, you could still see a HINT of them around the edges where they did a bad job on the photos.

in my experience its tren that causes as such...normal looking people all of a sudden become a jumbled mass of vains (   ) on the stuff..

[BayGBM]

they can do that now? take out the damn circulatory system if it impedes looks?

Yes.  Veins are routinely taken from the leg for coronary bypass surgeries.

[ARTI]

You can't really see it in this pic but he wears the sleeves illegally too low around his elbows and there's fabric his
elbows-armpit-body area that creates a gusset.
Not to mention it's like 4-ply, open backed and pulled down in the front so far it looks like a prom dress from hell.

does it really add 300lbs to his bench?

If he could bench more than 715 raw, he would to shut-up people like me. But he can't break that record.

[ToxicAvenger]

Ditto.


Yes.  Veins are routinely taken from the leg for coronary bypass surgeries.

i know this...

uncle is a cardiologist..i knew my body anatomy at 10     thanx to him..

except its BYPASS...lol which is kinda a life n death situation...

[Dan-O]

I had to laugh at the fact that you guys STILL read Flex magazine 

I do buy the annual Olympia issue.  But the rest of the articles on training, nutrition, etc....  yawn....

24 SET ARM BLITZ!!!  RESULTS GUARANTEED!!!

[LurkerNoMore]

I am not saying vein CAN'T be removed... I am saying the PICTURE in the magazine has a smudged look to it in the EXACT spot.  Maybe he did.  Maybe the mags airbrushed it.  Maybe by a fluke some pimple faced tweenager had the mag before me and drooled in that exact same spot.  The picture just looks fishy.


Now... about that damn bench shirt...   does have it open in the back increase the amount it assists?  I would think an enclosed one would offer more "bounce".  I don't know.

[Damian]

24 SET ARM BLITZ!!!  RESULTS GUARANTEED!!!   

Only a silly Doofus would believe that.

[Mars]

Also funny they bash steroid users in it, "You can do it without it" when a brocolli diet follows haha.

[ARTI]

does have it open in the back increase the amount it assists?  I would think an enclosed one would offer more "bounce".  I don't know.

The back of the shirt doesn't assist in the performance but the "neck" cut of open-backed shirts is way different. having no fabric around your shoulders because you pulled the "neck" down to mid chest level does alot! A well fitting shirt is so tight you can't put your arms down and it used to be difficult to breathe (now most companies have come out with either stretch backs or Velcro [open backs]). As you lower the bar tremendous force is building at your pec/delt tie-ins, this is where the push will come from. There's an imaginary bubble at nipple level, If you touch too high on your chest then the bar will deflect over your face, too low and you will have big trouble bringing the bar back into your groove, but right on the bubble (where it's most painful, btw) it will shoot right up.

Definitely takes some getting used to. I've only used single ply shirts, I can't get 315 down to my chest & I get 65lbs. out of mine.

His is 3 or 4 ply, he probably can't get 850 down all the way, and gets over 300 lbs. out of it.

[Dan-O]

Thanks for explaining that whole "bubble" concept.  I never understood what those shirt guys were saying about the bubble but now I do.

[Hulkster]

it seems that us canadians must really like the new flex, since I have been unable to find it anywhere.

I was looking foward to seeing Jay get destroyed in print.

[an123]

I think it is even more laughable some of you people are still wasting 7 bucks on flex magazine.

[Dan-O]

I think it is even more laughable some of you people are still wasting 7 bucks on flex magazine.

ahem, it's $3.99 US.  No way in hell would I pay 7 bucks for that.

[Damian]

I used to subscribe to all the mags with the same recycled information. I've learned to save my money.

I do read Flex once in a while and of course Asian Whore Weekly.

[phyxsius]

I thought Gene's excuse would be "I can't see shit!"