90’s bodybuilding era things we miss

[BigRo]

I thought you were younger than that

First show in 1999.

[NaturalWonder83]

was there toilet paper in the john ?

No clue about the bog back then.

[Krankenstein]

Was it Troy Zuccolotto who supposedly came out with those egg white spring roll type of things in the 90's?

Also, the twin labs mass fuel bars - designed to crack teeth

[Rambone]

Things I miss:





Protein powders in a paint can





Shamelessly buying these at the grocery store

[NaturalWonder83]

Things I miss:





Protein powders in a paint can





Shamelessly buying these at the grocery store

VPX had great pre workouts. I remember NO Shotgun. There also was a VPX glycerol type pre workout which was great.

[Rambone]

VPX had great pre workouts. I remember NO Shotgun. There also was a VPX glycerol type pre workout which was great.

Definitely remember drinking some NO Shotgun. Think it was grape bubble gum flavored or something crazy (nh)

[BB]

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(Especially the super faggy hand drawn ad that was in Muscle Mag for years.)

4) The old gold wrapper ABB Steel Bars.

5) When Gold's Venice, World Gym, Bonham's Strong and Shapely, and a few others were really the Meccas of Bodybuilding. Gossip sucks now that everything is spread out.

[illuminati]

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The original ultimate orange was awesome the Best supplement ever sold 👊🏻

[youandme]

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(Especially the super faggy hand drawn ad that was in Muscle Mag for years.)

4) The old gold wrapper ABB Steel Bars.

5) When Gold's Venice, World Gym, Bonham's Strong and Shapely, and a few others were really the Meccas of Bodybuilding. Gossip sucks now that everything is spread out.

Haha awesome. Saw Duchaine and images of Underground and Muscle Media flashed back.

[beakdoctor]

Things I miss:





Protein powders in a paint can





Shamelessly buying these at the grocery store

FUCK AND YEAH !!!

[Methyl m1ke]

Things I miss:





Protein powders in a paint can





Shamelessly buying these at the grocery store

 

[Methyl m1ke]

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(Especially the super faggy hand drawn ad that was in Muscle Mag for years.)

4) The old gold wrapper ABB Steel Bars.

5) When Gold's Venice, World Gym, Bonham's Strong and Shapely, and a few others were really the Meccas of Bodybuilding. Gossip sucks now that everything is spread out.

Fuck yes
Would kill for a tub of original ultimate orange

[Chidoman]

I miss being young and stupid and believing that Cybergenics or Vanadyl Sulfate was going to change my life.

Fixed

[NaturalWonder83]

Fuck yes
Would kill for a tub of original ultimate orange

Do you recall what it was like? What kind of effects did you feel?  Did you have the original before Hi-Tech re-released it?

[BB]

Do you recall what it was like? What kind of effects did you feel?  Did you have the original before Hi-Tech re-released it?

It was great stuff. It's the only supp I've mentioned that everyone usually remembers fondly, and never found a good replacement for. You'd get this heat and kinda dirty stim feeling that was awesome. Tremendous focus and drive, I crushed many personal bests on it. I wish I had it now that I actually know how to train. The only bad part was it was a little expensive for a young lifter.

Label claim -

Ultimate Orange -

Carbohydrates - 16g
Protein - 25g
MaHuang shooting for a standardization of 8% - 415mg (about 33mg of Ephedrine)
Caffeine was around 300mg in the form of Gurana.

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Actual was a decent bit more -

"Concentrations of Ephedra Alkaloids and Caffeine in Commercial Dietary Supplements" -

https://academic.oup.com/jat/article/28/3/145/701845 .

Full download here -

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8598311_Concentrations_of_Ephedra_Alkaloids_and_Caffeine_in_Commercial_Dietary_Supplements?__cf_chl_tk=c1AeHshX9KzQJ1OftTJhdTQGKf5LyuLUu.XYzMd7dVE-1772752698-1.0.1.1-nLmNBtoUvzA19jiknzfMS.L2od5b_LNkBJ9NdYuJTNA .

You also got way more on the mix it yourself version, which makes sense. It looked like you just poured a bunch of Diet Fuel mix in a protein bottle when you opened a jug of it. I even found a tiny branch or two mixed in.

[BigRo]

Ephedrine was the biz.

[Krankenstein]

All of the 'carb drinks' you slammed after a workout

[tacobender]

How about Milo’s sarcevs power bars

[AbrahamG]

Miss these slacks.

[beakdoctor]

Yeah, 90's bodybuilding was pretty fucking awesome.  Pretty much most things that define some of the best aspects of western society, peaked in the 70's,  80's or 90's.  Bodybuilding definitely peaked in the 90's and its a joke now compared to what it was.

All these things cars, sports, music, movies, are all fucked now. But here's the thing, as fucked as bodybuilding is now, it's still less fucked than all those other things. Music? A disgusting parody of bloated whores screeching about how bad ass they are. Sports? A watered down pussified version of everything that was great about sports. Cars? They all look the same now. They all look like some sort of cross between a mini van and a station wagon, and draped in plastic. E vehicles? Hahahaha what a fucking joke. They're actually WORSE for the environment. Movies? Don't even get me started, cinema died sometime around 1999. It was already on its last legs for well over a decade. Now every film is a vehicle for perpetuating the destruction of western values with shitty, interchangeable talentless actors.

But bodybuilding and probably boxing, despite being shadows of their former selves are still relatively untouched compared to how everything else has been corrupted and perverted.

[Brenda Steunbeer]

[Brenda Steunbeer]

The nineties, when you could get on the cover of a BB mag with such a physique.....






never heard of this mag though:

[Methyl m1ke]

Do you recall what it was like? What kind of effects did you feel?  Did you have the original before Hi-Tech re-released it?

I used to buy ultimate orange when it has mah huang in it, then it was reformulated and wasnt as good. Switched to ripped fuel back when it also had the same ingredient, until eohedra products were all banned. Everything sucked since.

How did it feel? I think those were the years I made the majority of gains in strength. It was amazing, when it kicked in weights felt half as heavy. I was always able to lift more than the workout before. Like it made me superman and it lasted hours after the workout.

[Brenda Steunbeer]

No idea when that show was aired but looking back a very telling photo

[Van_Bilderass]

No one took as much ephedrine as me I thought. But then I saw a couple of powerlifters take 20 tabs with 20 Russian Dianabols at once before workouts LOL. I read in MMI that Dave Fisher took 8-10 with a pot of coffee before workouts while his training partner took 10-12. I was on ephedrine almost daily for maybe 15 years, never stopped working either. My friend had a supp company and I remember once buying 30 cheap tubs of ephedra/caffeine tabs but I mostly used Spanish and Turkish 50mg ephedrine. No one loved it as much as me and I've said a million times American lifters are idiots for not buying ephedrine instead of buying shitty PWOs. It really boosted motivation and aggression and lifting was way more fun on it. It used to be that absolutely no one dieted without ephedrine but now it's nowhere to be seen around here.

I remember the first Twinlab protein bars. They were hard as bricks, you could break your teeth on those. I bought many Twinlab gainers too. Twinlab had an great early RTD with 40 or 50 grams of whey protein and 100 grams of quick carbs. Crazy dose in a rather small bottle I thought.