Vince Basile?

[mame09]

hey vince i am from sydney can u pm me your gyms address so i can check it out

[gatrainer]

Most people Google themselves to see what is online in those search engines. We search for information about other people. Sometimes there are other people with the same name. All through my years in the Iron game there haven't been too many Vinces except Gironda. I met him in 1968. I had just picked up some photos from the drug store that had some images of Arnold. I mentioned this to Vince in his gym when I visited there for a work out. Must have been about 6 pm in October that year. Vince Gironda suggested I fetch the photos so that they could see them. I was proud of my photography so brought them in for him. He glanced through the pile of photos and then said out loud: "Here's a guy who carries photos of guys around in his wallet!" He must have been pleased with his wit because he repeated that again but the second time much louder so that everyone in the gym could hear. In that instant I knew he was an        . I looked around his gym and all the photos had him in them or were dedicated to him from famous people who trained there. In 1980 I returned to his gym but he wasn't there. I did call him on the phone and asked if it was okay to use the gym name for my gym in Australia, Vince's Gym. He was flattered that another gym used that name so gave me his blessings. I asked what he was doing and he said he was writing articles for some magazines. We subsequently changed the name to Vince and Roz's Fitness World in an attempt to let people know we cater to women and things other than          training.

While I was in California several times since 1967 I must have been inspired to have a better gym than either Joe Gold or Vince Gironda had. I think I can safely state that my gym is one of the best in Australia and perhaps one of the best equipped in the world. By best equipped I mean having the best equipment not having the heaviest dumbbells.

If someone here wants to take a shot at me and they are witty then so be it. I could probably give better than I get but I have a rule that I don't attack other people online. I am sure other people will not think this is so because I can be ruthless when it comes to statements and theories. I believe everyone is entitled to find the truth and sometimes you have to kill false theories to have better ones. I have studied the philosophy of science and I must say bodybuilding is a pastime that has more false theories than religion. You would think that in a scientific age people would stop believing nonsense but there has been a proliferation of false theories about training and nutrition instead of a convergence towards a true theory of hypertrophy. My gym in full of guys who believe nonsense and because of it cannot make the gains they should. Do they believe what I tell them? Nope, they plod on as if they were on a treadmill and stay on plateaus indefinitely until they hang up their posing trunks. Well, it is the rare person who actually competes. The vast majority just train to get bigger and stronger but most never reach their potential.

Vince, since your replies are so long winded and discuss what happend 20+ years ago...I think you should consider hanging out more in the Getbig Forums > Getbig Main Discussion Boards > History - Stories - and Memories.

[bmacsys]

Mike, I don't get it. You WORK is a gym. Vince OWNS one of the best gyms in the world. He makes some of the best gym equipment in the world. He was Mr. Canada. I don't see how you measure up well enough to break his balls.

[michael arvilla]

Mike, I don't get it. You WORK is a gym. Vince OWNS one of the best gyms in the world. He makes some of the best gym equipment in the world. He was Mr. Canada. I don't see how you measure up well enough to break his balls.

I don't want to hear some old fart telling campfire stories about the 1970's!
he won the MR CANADA 40 fucking years ago...........move on!
if I'm in my 70's flexing in my avatar on GET-BIG..................shoot me!
i hope at his age ill have moved on and won't be posting gym shots of me posing/flexing
He is a has-been
To put it in perspective....if Mike Matarazzo came on here and in his avatar was a pic of him flexing
with the caption"MR USA 1991" don't you think that would be sad?
what people have accomplished in the past is great.......let people ask about it tho
"didn't Mike Arvilla win the Mr Upchuck 2007"?
life is too short.............i don't want to hear long winded diatribe from someone who "ain't got no more"

[G o a t b o y]

if I'm in my 70's flexing in my avatar on GET-BIG..................shoot me!

Uhhhh, Mike.....   it your case, that's not too far away.  Are you forgetting you're a couple of decades older than the 20-somethings who post here?

[michael arvilla]

Uhhhh, Mike.....   it your case, that's not too far away.  Are you forgetting you're a couple of decades older than the 20-somethings who post here?

My time is comming to an end.............(i got a few shows left in me)
when it's time.................... ill bow out with fucking dignity!

[Vince B]

Hey, Mike, come to my gym and see who has the best grip! You can have my gym if you can break the record on the pinch machine first time you try it. How about that?

I wonder why Zane and the other smart guys don't post online? Well, anyone who posts on Getbig either is nuts or has a thick skin or both! I post because I am interested in bodybuilding and gym equipment. If I can get along with guys like Milos and Lee then that is good enough for me. I don't complain about what others post or use for avatars and neither should anyone else unless it is particularly offensive. I have paid my dues and I can honestly say that no one comes to my gym and puts me down. I think my brain is more formidable than my body nowadays. Online is another reality altogether and Mike is right, I spend too much time online. I guess that goes for most of the heroes on this site.

[Vince B]

There is not much dignity left in bodybuilding. Back in the good old days there was still some integrity doing the sport. Today................... ......

[michael arvilla]

There is not much dignity left in bodybuilding. Back in the good old days there was still some integrity doing the sport. Today................... ......

your showing some right now old timer................... ..............

god bless

[Vince B]

You know, Mike, no one thinks of themselves as being old. I look okay for my age and I look around me and see a lot of people ageing quicker than me. I think trying to grow muscles all the time helps stay young. Too bad more people don't do bodybuilding. I don't compete because most older guys don't look too good on stage. I don't like hearing people say I look okay for my age in the lineup. I know better. When you stop competing it really makes training hard because half the motivation has gone. If I have the time I want to do an experiment and see if I can get my arms bigger than ever even at my age. That would be a significant result and drug free. No supplements, either. I think it is possible and I think I know enough to get bigger very quickly. I just need a few idle months to do the experiment.

[Laura Lee]

Vince, do you have any pictures of when you competed?

[Vince B]

Here you go. I haven't put many images up on my Smugmug site yet.

http://ovincez.smugmug.com/gallery/1337225

[Vince B]

From the back.

[ohiobbfan]

wow mike, i hope that is just the diet or the back or something like that coming out

[brian36]

Were you natural then? Also how many meals a day and how much protein do you advise eating.

[Laura Lee]

How come you don't have this pic with Paul Dillette posted there as well?

[240 is Back]

IMO, and I very rarely say this...

Vince Basile is a blessing to getBig.  Most guys wouldn't tolerate the BS that getbig throws - the insults, the rants, ownings, etc.  So score one for the guy for having thick skin and going at chic on relevant issues.

Second, Basile talks a lot about solutions to this current chemical warfare mess that pro BBing has become.  How many current pros you think will live to see 70?  The sport is unhealthy, and that should probably be the biggest thing that we focus upon.

Third, his history and knowledge of the sport is something we can all learn from.  The guy is old, sure.  But I think any of us will be very happy to still be ALIVE, much less look at good at age 70. 

I say the guy deserves some props.  I hope he sticks around. 

[pumpster]

he won the MR CANADA 40 fucking years ago...........move on!
if I'm in my 70's flexing in my avatar on GET-BIG..................shoot me!
i hope at his age ill have moved on and won't be posting gym shots of me posing/flexing
He is a has-been

Showing yourself flexing in your avatar is junior-league, especially when older. In addition, those 1960s pics only confirm that Mr. Canada didn't mean much back then IMO.

Mike, I don't get it. You WORK is a gym. Vince OWNS one of the best gyms in the world. He makes some of the best gym equipment in the world. He was Mr. Canada. I don't see how you measure up well enough to break his balls.

Yet another case in which he doesn't get it. Another nutty idea, this one that someone has to "measure up" whatever that means, to make reasonable observations. Absurd.

[Laura Lee]

IMO, and I very rarely say this...

Vince Basile is a blessing to getBig.  Most guys wouldn't tolerate the BS that getbig throws - the insults, the rants, ownings, etc.  So score one for the guy for having thick skin and going at chic on relevant issues.

Second, Basile talks a lot about solutions to this current chemical warfare mess that pro BBing has become.  How many current pros you think will live to see 70?  The sport is unhealthy, and that should probably be the biggest thing that we focus upon.

Third, his history and knowledge of the sport is something we can all learn from.  The guy is old, sure.  But I think any of us will be very happy to still be ALIVE, much less look at good at age 70. 

I say the guy deserves some props.  I hope he sticks around. 

I thought he was 63.

[gatrainer]

I thought he was 63.

cmon Cheri....you and mike need to get a GRIP....as in "grip machine"....hahaha....now that was some funny sh*t!

[sgt. d]

cmon Cheri....you and mike need to get a GRIP....as in "grip machine"....hahaha....now that was some funny sh*t!

ahahahaha im getting tired of this vince guy myself

[dr.chimps]

IMO, and I very rarely say this...

Vince Basile is a blessing to getBig.  Most guys wouldn't tolerate the BS that getbig throws - the insults, the rants, ownings, etc.  So score one for the guy for having thick skin and going at chic on relevant issues.

Second, Basile talks a lot about solutions to this current chemical warfare mess that pro BBing has become.  How many current pros you think will live to see 70?  The sport is unhealthy, and that should probably be the biggest thing that we focus upon.

Third, his history and knowledge of the sport is something we can all learn from.  The guy is old, sure.  But I think any of us will be very happy to still be ALIVE, much less look at good at age 70. 

I say the guy deserves some props.  I hope he sticks around. 

I wholeheartedly second this. I have no idea what set Mike off;seems very unlike him. Maybe he's having a bad week. 

[Laura Lee]

cmon Cheri....you and mike need to get a GRIP....as in "grip machine"....hahaha....now that was some funny sh*t!

What the hell did I do?? 

[The True Adonis]

What the hell did I do?? 

Mike is 40 some years old and is a part time personal trainer.

Vince Basile is a Successful Business owner with Real Bodybuilding Titles under his belt.

Draw your own conclusions.

I don`t mind either of them but I think Basile owns Arvilla for sure.

[Laura Lee]

Mike is 40 some years old and is a part time personal trainer.

Vince Basile is a Successful Business owner with Real Bodybuilding Titles under his belt.

Draw your own conclusions.

I don`t mind either of them but I think Basile owns Arvilla for sure.

I was wondering when you were going to "chime" in Adam. 

Did you miss me that much?