Author Topic: Eat your heart out, Melvin Goodrum! (Read 11197 times)

Vince B · « **Reply #25 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:19:36 PM »

You can ask Onlyme about how strong Ray was. The guy was very strong. He would max out on most Nautilus machines and add big plates. He could use the whole stack on the leg extension with one leg! No doubt he was big and strong. Not sure how Mike compared but Ray was bigger and stronger from what I could tell. He also had longer muscle bellies. If Ray had a physically smaller head he would have appeared much larger. Sergio was blessed with a head in proportion to his body.

Yev33 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:20:27 PM »

Vince not embarassing himself on this board would be an accomplishment all in it self.

Vince B · « **Reply #27 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:23:23 PM »

Another gym photo. Imagine working out in a place like this? Women didn't go to bodybuilding gyms in those days. When we introduced women on alternate days there was almost a riot! Eventually we made a separate gym for the women and today we have co-ed. There are chains for ladies only even here in Australia. One is called Fernwood. We had a women's only gym back in 1976.

Vince B · « **Reply #28 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:25:38 PM »

I don't comprehend why references to gay is considered an insult in this day and age. Poofter bashing was something only lowclass ignorant people used to do. I don't anyone having a go at me but keep my family out of it. Fun is fun but my family is precious to me and I think we should never trespass in that area on line.

Hurricane Beef ! · « **Reply #29 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:28:47 PM »

Vince, you must have shot dozens of pics of Sergio when you had him down there. Can you post them along with a few detailed stories on IronAge?

The Beef.

Vince B · « **Reply #30 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:29:52 PM »

We used to have contests at our annual Christmas party which is mid-summer in Australia. Here are the Miss West Ryde girls from a contest in the late 1970s.

Vince B · « **Reply #31 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:34:17 PM »

I bought a Rollex 2 1/4 SLX camera with special lenses to shoot Sergio. He wanted $1,000 up front and was not in good condition when he was here so I didn't take many shots of him. I will post what I can. I will archive these at the Ironage forum later. The lads here need to see another side to bodybuilding from the rot posted here daily.

ozman · « **Reply #32 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:34:38 PM »

is that gym on Victoria rd

Vince B · « **Reply #33 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:37:36 PM »

Bev Francis posed with Sergio in 1981 and what a sight that was to see. Perhaps the best bodybuilder of each sex was up there on the stage posing together.

Vince B · « **Reply #34 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:39:01 PM »

We used to be on Victoria Road until we moved in 1992. Then we moved to Meadowbank in 2002. We are at 37 Narcarrow Ave, Ryde, near Meadowbank Tech.

shiftedShapes · « **Reply #35 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:41:52 PM »

Quote from: Vince Basile on September 13, 2006, 10:39:01 PM

We used to be on Victoria Road until we moved in 1992. Then we moved to Meadowbank in 2002. We are at 37 Narcarrow Ave, Ryde, near Meadowbank Tech.

Is that anywhere near the Gold's gym where Billy Smith gave Flex Wheeler a skin caliper test at and he measured 0.0% BF, the lowest reading ever recorded at that time. At least this is what Jim Quinn reported during the telecast of the 93' O

Vince B · « **Reply #36 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:42:04 PM »

Larry Scott is a natural teacher and perhaps the best technician as far as exercises are concerned. He won the Olympia with the least gifted genetics of any of the winners. Here he is demonstrating how to do biceps to get the long head developed close to the elbows.

Vince B · « **Reply #37 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:45:07 PM »

Sorry for the confusion. I called my gym Vince's Gym after Gironda's gym in North Hollywood. He gave me permission to use the name when I was at his gym in 1980. He was at home working on articles so I missed seeing him but I did talk to him on the phone. One of my ambitions was to build a better gym than Golds, Vince's and Loprinzis. I think I surpassed all of those gyms by a wide margin and am still designing and building new equipment. My gym is in Sydney Australia. Those locations are suburbs in Sydney.

Vince B · « **Reply #38 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:48:27 PM »

Look at my assisted dip and chin. Stainless handles, steady steps with handrail, bottom out escape bar, counterweight, quarter plates, etc. The Rolls Royce of gym equipment. Well, not quite, but better than any other equipment I have seen.

240 is Back · « **Reply #39 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:49:47 PM »

Quote from: Bigger Business on September 13, 2006, 09:58:02 PM

this thread is gayer than two guys sharing a STRAWBERRY milkshake

shiftedShapes · « **Reply #40 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:50:59 PM »

is it better than the equipment that Billy Smith used to give Flex Wheeler a skin caliper test at Golds Gym where he measured 0.0% BF, the lowest reading ever recorded at that time, at least that's what Jim Quinn reported during the telecast of the 93' O.

Vince B · « **Reply #41 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:55:30 PM »

Sorry, here is the escape bar which was added after those photos were taken.

rocket · « **Reply #42 on:** September 13, 2006, 11:01:55 PM »

Interesting thread

And I saw a fernwood in brisbane has been swallowed by fitness first. Another gym chain "goodlife" has started get bought out by ff too..

Vince B · « **Reply #43 on:** September 13, 2006, 11:11:45 PM »

Fitness First haven't made us an offer yet. We are forging ahead anyway and trying to do the best we can and provide a great gym and services to the public. We cater to bodybuilders but not exclusively. No one can and survive. Those days are gone.

shiftedShapes · « **Reply #44 on:** September 13, 2006, 11:12:47 PM »

Quote from: Vince Basile on September 13, 2006, 11:11:45 PM

Fitness First haven't made us an offer yet. We are forging ahead anyway and trying to do the best we can and provide a great gym and services to the public. We cater to bodybuilders but not exclusively. No one can and survive. Those days are gone.

Yep it isn't like back in 93 before the O.

Vince B · « **Reply #45 on:** September 13, 2006, 11:13:58 PM »

View of part of the main room at our gym. Those weight stacks are 150 Kg or 330 pounds. The other machine has stacks of 300 pounds. I have another 4-way I need to install soon.

shiftedShapes · « **Reply #46 on:** September 13, 2006, 11:15:00 PM »

Quote from: Vince Basile on September 13, 2006, 11:13:58 PM

View of part of the main room at our gym. Those weight stacks are 150 Kg or 330 pounds. The other machine has stacks of 300 pounds. I have another 4-way I need to install soon.

if you did enough sets on those machines you could probably get your BF pretty low. Maybe all the way down to 1% or even lower. who knows?

JOHN MATRIX · « **Reply #47 on:** September 13, 2006, 11:15:53 PM »

thanks for sharing the old pics of arnold and oliva, its rare to see ones i havent seen before.
did ray mentzer really squat 925 for 2? wouldnt that make him stronger than all the PL'ers of the era?

jwb · « **Reply #48 on:** September 14, 2006, 12:05:21 AM »

Rays arms look massive...

I like the old gym... how about the lat pull attached to the roof!

shiftedShapes · « **Reply #49 on:** September 14, 2006, 12:08:22 AM »

Quote from: jwb on September 14, 2006, 12:05:21 AM

Rays arms look massive...

I like the old gym... how about the lat pull attached to the roof!

old gym's are cool. I like the way they used to be back in 93. That was a Gold age for gyms. 0.0 gyms are that cool now.