As you can see from the photos above I am not just another armchair thinker. I actually apply what I know to building machines.
I have invented a biceps-supinator machine. Arthur Jones pointed out that one of the functions of the biceps was supination or
twisting the wrists. He never made a Nautilus or Medx machine that would provide resistance for supination and flexion at the
same time. When I got the patent through in the USA I contacted Arthur in his home. I had to get his number from Ellington
Darden. Well, I talked with Arthur for over an hour and he didn't mind Roz listening in on another line. I told him I would set
him a photo of the machine and he declined in case I accused him of copying the design. We had a really good talk and what
a pity I lived too far away to visit him. It isn't often that one meets someone who we connect with on an intellectual level.
I have talked hypertrophy with Mike Mentzer at Golds in 1991. I was living at Ray Mentzer's place so he arranged for us to
meet. We didn't see eye to eye on anything that day. This was before my DOMS theory arrived. Mike had his ideas and I had
mine. I would read his excellent articles in the magazines but I didn't embrace them like some guys did. Ray gave seminars
and conducted training sessions twice at our gyms in Sydney. So we got to know a lot about how Ray trained. He was one
big and strong dude. I recall one day working up to 9 plates on the lying triceps machine. When I finished he figured he
could do the same weight so did many reps without warming up. That was a crazy thing to do. The elbows need to be flushed
with blood before using heavy weights. Ray rubbed his elbows after that effort. That was showing off. He did boast about doing
two deep squats with 925 pounds at his Muscle Mill gym in Torrance.
Ray influences several bodybuilders in our two gyms and I think everyone reduced the number of sets they were doing. We
trained three days a week and did one direct exercise for biceps, for example, and on another day did an indirect exercise for
that muscle. So we were training muscles twice a week. That is close to what I advocated...which is every third day.
What about that invention I came up with...a biceps supinator? It was a daunting machine to build. It has 21 pulleys.
I eventually bit the bullet and did everything myself and completed the first version in 2001, some 10 years after first
applying for a patent. I has been modified several times with the last major changed occurring last year. I finally
reinstalled the machine in our Melrose Park Gym in Sydney. Vince's Gym. I can tell you that this excellent machine
causes DOMS in my biceps every time I have a hard workout on it. That literally doesn't happen with other biceps
exercises. So now I can get both biceps and triceps sore in the same workout since I superset triceps and biceps.
Imagine the potential to build arm size with this knowledge and equipment?! What do the guys in my gym do?
The bodybuilders do mainly free weights. Ah, how I dislike the beliefs of muscleheads.
Sorry, no photo of the modified machine since I might be able to sell the design now.
