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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Hendrix on October 06, 2006, 10:53:31 PM
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Enjoy reading your posts and wonder if you could give us some stats on your poundages you have lifted,getting a bit sick of a fool TA and his delusional strength and physique claims and some of his gimmick accounts.I Know your strong and clean and could give us some stories on other guys you have witnessed in the past and give this delusional idiot and his deciples a reality check.
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Well I don't if my poundages as a natural are anything great. But I do know TA is WAY OFF on his theories of natural strength and many other theories. I personally think he is just doing this for fun. I am pretty sure he watched Pumping Iron a few too many times and got the idea of saying ridiculous things like Arnold did to get a psychological advantage over his competition. Like the ice cream and junk food diet. But I guess everything is all relative. A perfect example of raw strength is a guy at our gym just left for Nebraska on a scholarship in football. He is only 5'6" and weighed last week before he left 185. This little fucker was unreal. He would take 315 pounds and do step-ups onto a 2' high set of steps. And do 10 reps. He would do hangcleans with 225 fairly easy. He deadlifted 405 for 8 reps very easy. He could bench 315 for 4 or 5. Plus he ran 4.4 40. He was all-state here in football and wrestling. Tough little bastard strong as hell and completely natural. Just 18 too.
I was definitely stronger during the 6 months I took test cyp back in 1986 then I ever was but I also think it was because I trained the hardest then. When I started training seriously in 1979 at the original World Gym my thing was to get my bench to 500. And finally I did at a bodyweight of 247 completely natural and Joe Gold was the guy pushing me to do this the most. In fact my training partner and Tony Pearson had me on tuna and lettuce and lots of liver tabs.
For me personally I attribute every I have done by how hard I train. The harder I trained the stronger I got and stayed. I mean almost 10 years after my last shot I did my highest incline bench of 505 at The Gym when I training with Francis Silva (who benched 600 at just over 200 lbs.) and Joe Onasai and others. In fact I would do my first set with 405 and those guys couldn't believe it. I just am used to not having to warmup. Ray Mentzer and me did this. And I still do this. you can ask the two guys I was training with before I got kicked out of the gym a month ago. I would warmup with 315 on the bench and incline or 225 on the military. I just don't warmup. And I have been roid free for 20 years.
And I am nearly the strongest natural guy I have seen. Come to the gym here and you see more 400+ benchers than at any single gym except maybe in Honolulu. The fucking Samoans are superhuman. Sepo is a true natural and can bench pretty dam close to 600. He does 505 for 4. And he weighs 360 lbs. at about 5'11" and he can slam dunk a basketball and plays outside linebacker on the semi-pro football team here.
Very simple, you train heavy you will get strong. No if's ands or but's about it. Eat your protein.
And also, I know guys like my good friend Art who was a wrestler. He was so fucking strong. If he got a hold of you, you weren't going anywhere. He came to the gym one day to watch me and I wanted to see how strong he was. He could barely and I mean barely bench 135. But his functional strength was unreal. I do attribute allot of my strength because of gymnastics. I competed up till 8th grade where I won the So. Cal Jr High Gymnastics Championships in Manhattan Beach. I went to Dana. I loved the bars and rings. I was doing iron crosses in elementary school and giants. No one was doing that. 30 pullups for me back then was nothing. Doing dips in the parallel bars for 30 reps was nothing. I wanted to do gymnastics when I got to high school but we didn't get them till I was a senior. I was 130 as a freshman. I graduated at 210.
So any of the crap TA says about natural are so off base it is funny but I really think he knows that and he is just fucking with us. He is rather smart and knows what he is saying and doing ( I mean consciously) and Vince is just delusional and absolutely knows nothing.
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Thanks onlyme ;D
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what got you booted outta the gym?
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He threw a 250lb dbl at a guy and killed him.
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what got you booted outta the gym?
Yar, I caught this too. Now what did you do, bro? Installing mini-cams? ;)
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Adonis is a nutjob. What else can you say about a Jewish guy who posts photos of himself doing the Hitler salute? I'm no psychologist, but he obviously has a very psychotic and antisocial personality. He shows the extreme egotism, exhibitionism, and lack of a empathy characteristic of people with antisocial personalities. Just look at how he's always wishing death on drug users. Sane people simply don't act like that, even on the internet.
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what got you booted outta the gym?
There is a new owner who bought the gym on June. He is an asshole. He knows nothing about the gymbusiness. He was a landscaper from Northern Cal. He backstab me. He wanted me to be partners and asked me all kinds of questions about the gym and how it ran then went and bought it himself. So now myslef and BJ Penn's family is opening a Temple Gym and everyone is talking about it. He got tired of everyone talking about it me recruiting people from the gym sohe kicked me out. He knows nothing about this industry. He actually fired the childcare girl who worked there for 10 months because he found out she was bringing her own child. What an asshole
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There is a new owner who bought the gym on June. He is an asshole. He knows nothing about the gymbusiness. He was a landscaper from Northern Cal. He backstab me. He wanted me to be partners and asked me all kinds of questions about the gym and how it ran then went and bought it himself. So now myslef and BJ Penn's family is opening a Temple Gym and everyone is talking about it. He got tired of everyone talking about it me recruiting people from the gym sohe kicked me out. He knows nothing about this industry. He actually fired the childcare girl who worked there for 10 months because he found out she was bringing her own child. What an asshole
People in this line of business are notorious for bringing people on as partners just to obtain information & then boot them
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People in this line of business are notorious for bringing people on as partners just to obtain information & then boot them
It's okay cause now I got great people and a great gym going up with Temple and Dorian.
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It's okay cause now I got great people and a great gym going up with Temple and Dorian.
Thats right....don't let it bother or stop you.
Just keep progressing forward.
Chances are....you'll put them out of business & they'll be claiming you stole their clientele. Funny how someone would leave one gym to go to another & immediately they look at it as stealing clientele. They never look at why the left in the first place & if they took care of people right (good customer service) it would never give people a reason to leave in the first place.
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How does the franchise work with Temple Gyms? Do you get gauranteed seminars with Dorian and a discount on buying equipment/supps?
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How does the franchise work with Temple Gyms? Do you get gauranteed seminars with Dorian and a discount on buying equipment/supps?
you get that guy whos shouts all the time in his video aswell, "come on dieself lets load those magazine" "come on yates kick it"!!!!!
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How does the franchise work with Temple Gyms? Do you get gauranteed seminars with Dorian and a discount on buying equipment/supps?
Not sure with everyone but I do know with us. Beside having a full on gym the two we are developing now will also have a BJ Penn MMA Training Center. SO we cover allot. And I do predict I will close that scumbag down with a year. He is stepping on allot of peoples toes and they are calling me now. Two front desk people quit today I heard, so the manager is working from 7 to 7. Temple Gyms are far better than Golds Gym I have been with Golds forever and Pete is my kids godfather. But the new owners are ruining it. The franchise fees are ridiculous and now they take a percentage of your GROSS. From what I understand there are allot of Golds and World gyms converting over. The cusomter service at Temple so far in incredible.
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But the new owners are ruining it. The franchise fees are ridiculous and now they take a percentage of your GROSS. From what I understand there are allot of Golds and World gyms converting over. The cusomter service at Temple so far in incredible.
In the northeast many old Golds and World gyms have either went out of business or changed into Planet Fitness gyms.
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In the northeast many old Golds and World gyms have either went out of business or changed into Planet Fitness gyms.
:'(
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onlyme your stories are a great contribution to this board
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onlyme your stories are a great contribution to this board
Agreed.
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There is a new owner who bought the gym on June. He is an asshole. He knows nothing about the gymbusiness. He was a landscaper from Northern Cal. He backstab me. He wanted me to be partners and asked me all kinds of questions about the gym and how it ran then went and bought it himself. So now myslef and BJ Penn's family is opening a Temple Gym and everyone is talking about it. He got tired of everyone talking about it me recruiting people from the gym sohe kicked me out. He knows nothing about this industry. He actually fired the childcare girl who worked there for 10 months because he found out she was bringing her own child. What an asshole
Fired her?...he is a real asshole...what goes around comes around, his karma will even out someday.
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Fired her?...he is a real asshole...what goes around comes around, his karma will even out someday.
How about this. It shows he doesn't know shit about the gym business or customer service. To save electricity he turns off the hot water heater at night. It is 150 gallons and doesn't provide hot water in time for the early morning crowd before work. He has risen the A/C to 75 and ultimately wants it at 79 to help save electricity. Today I had lunch with a PT who just moved here from Florida. This guy has two Masters and is very smart. Plus he knows so many people I know. Well the owner hired him last week. Spent some time with the guy to find out what he needs for the Personal Training program. SO this guy tells him and helps him out and even opened the gym one morning cause the morning person quit. Well the owner fired on Wednesday and told him he didn't need him. SO he used that guy too. He hasn't lived here even a year and he is getting a real shitty reputation. I can't wait to open. It just so happens the Penn family owns the office space directly across from the entrance to his gym about 30' away. We are making it our temporary sales office. We are going to grab everyone that foes into his gym and out. So many people are waiting for us. I bet I do at least 500 to 750 for pre-sales.
I'm opening once I annouce our grand opening some of you guys and gals can come over. And all you gotta do is tell me who you are from GetBig and while you are in Hawaii on the Big Island you have a place to train at the GetBig Alumni discount................ ................100% off
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How about this. It shows he doesn't know shit about the gym business or customer service. To save electricity he turns off the hot water heater at night. It is 150 gallons and doesn't provide hot water in time for the early morning crowd before work. He has risen the A/C to 75 and ultimately wants it at 79 to help save electricity. Today I had lunch with a PT who just moved here from Florida. This guy has two Masters and is very smart. Plus he knows so many people I know. Well the owner hired him last week. Spent some time with the guy to find out what he needs for the Personal Training program. SO this guy tells him and helps him out and even opened the gym one morning cause the morning person quit. Well the owner fired on Wednesday and told him he didn't need him. SO he used that guy too. He hasn't lived here even a year and he is getting a real shitty reputation. I can't wait to open. It just so happens the Penn family owns the office space directly across from the entrance to his gym about 30' away. We are making it our temporary sales office. We are going to grab everyone that foes into his gym and out. So many people are waiting for us. I bet I do at least 500 to 750 for pre-sales.
I'm opening once I annouce our grand opening some of you guys and gals can come over. And all you gotta do is tell me who you are from GetBig and while you are in Hawaii on the Big Island you have a place to train at the GetBig Alumni discount................ ................100% off
So if I come to Hawaii I can train for free? Hey you should set up your own shop at the gym though Muscle Mafia ??? You are right?
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I'm opening once I annouce our grand opening some of you guys and gals can come over. And all you gotta do is tell me who you are from GetBig and while you are in Hawaii on the Big Island you have a place to train at the GetBig Alumni discount................ ................100% off
Is it also gonna be a bjj/nhb gym?
I would think so given BJ Penn's background
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Another thing to add to the childcare girl getting fired. It happen at about 7:30am. The morning classes are packed. He fired the girl then. Didn't wait. So then he went into the middle of the class during and made the annoucement their was no childcare and the parents had to get their kids. So they ended up cancelling the class in the middle. Now how is that for good ownership.
Here is another. One of the popular PT's from over at Gold's Gym in Honolulu came over to train while on the Big Island. It just so happen to be the weekend when this new owner switched from Golds Gym to his own name Pacific Island Fitness. On Friday the guy trained there for free (cause of the reciprocal program), he came back the next day and the new owner told him it is no longer a Golds Gym and that he would have to pay $20 to train. The guy couldn't believe it and told him he was just there the day before and the owner said well to bad it is $20. SO the guy left. NO diplomacy at all. I hate this fucker
So if I come to Hawaii I can train for free? Hey you should set up your own shop at the gym though Muscle Mafia ??? You are right?
Yes you can train while you are visiting the Big Island for nothing.
Is it also gonna be a bjj/nhb gym?
I would think so given BJ Penn's background
Yes it will be a BJ Penn Training Center also. We are going to have two up, one in Hilo and one in Kona. Also, we are going to be putting in BJ Penn Traning Centers in any Temple Gym that will want one. I think the way Dorian, Scott and Brett are going at getting Temple Gym going is great. The new owners of Gold's Gym has ruined what Pete, Ed, Paul and Timmy did and they are not the gym they used to be. And especially their customer service is among the worst. I have heard so many stories and experinced some myself/
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Well I don't if my poundages as a natural are anything great. But I do know TA is WAY OFF on his theories of natural strength and many other theories. I personally think he is just doing this for fun. I am pretty sure he watched Pumping Iron a few too many times and got the idea of saying ridiculous things like Arnold did to get a psychological advantage over his competition. Like the ice cream and junk food diet. But I guess everything is all relative. A perfect example of raw strength is a guy at our gym just left for Nebraska on a scholarship in football. He is only 5'6" and weighed last week before he left 185. This little fucker was unreal. He would take 315 pounds and do step-ups onto a 2' high set of steps. And do 10 reps. He would do hangcleans with 225 fairly easy. He deadlifted 405 for 8 reps very easy. He could bench 315 for 4 or 5. Plus he ran 4.4 40. He was all-state here in football and wrestling. Tough little bastard strong as hell and completely natural. Just 18 too.
I was definitely stronger during the 6 months I took test cyp back in 1986 then I ever was but I also think it was because I trained the hardest then. When I started training seriously in 1989 at the original World Gym my thing was to get my bench to 500. And finally I did at a bodyweight of 247 completely natural and Joe Gold was the guy pushing me to do this the most. In fact my training partner and Tony Pearson had me on tuna and lettuce and lots of liver tabs.
For me personally I attribute every I have done by how hard I train. The harder I trained the stronger I got and stayed. I mean almost 10 years after my last shot I did my highest incline bench of 505 at The Gym when I training with Francis Silva (who benched 600 at just over 200 lbs.) and Joe Onasai and others. In fact I would do my first set with 405 and those guys couldn't believe it. I just am used to not having to warmup. Ray Mentzer and me did this. And I still do this. you can ask the two guys I was training with before I got kicked out of the gym a month ago. I would warmup with 315 on the bench and incline or 225 on the military. I just don't warmup. And I have been roid free for 20 years.
And I am nearly the strongest natural guy I have seen. Come to the gym here and you see more 400+ benchers than at any single gym except maybe in Honolulu. The fucking Samoans are superhuman. Sepo is a true natural and can bench pretty dam close to 600. He does 505 for 4. And he weighs 360 lbs. at about 5'11" and he can slam dunk a basketball and plays outside linebacker on the semi-pro football team here.
Very simple, you train heavy you will get strong. No if's ands or but's about it. Eat your protein.
And also, I know guys like my good friend Art who was a wrestler. He was so fucking strong. If he got a hold of you, you weren't going anywhere. He came to the gym one day to watch me and I wanted to see how strong he was. He could barely and I mean barely bench 135. But his functional strength was unreal. I do attribute allot of my strength because of gymnastics. I competed up till 8th grade where I won the So. Cal Jr High Gymnastics Championships in Manhattan Beach. I went to Dana. I loved the bars and rings. I was doing iron crosses in elementary school and giants. No one was doing that. 30 pullups for me back then was nothing. Doing dips in the parallel bars for 30 reps was nothing. I wanted to do gymnastics when I got to high school but we didn't get them till I was a senior. I was 130 as a freshman. I graduated at 210.
So any of the crap TA says about natural are so off base it is funny but I really think he knows that and he is just fucking with us. He is rather smart and knows what he is saying and doing ( I mean consciously) and Vince is just delusional and absolutely knows nothing.
great post...I agree about TA too, I can see him just laughing at how upset everyone gets about his comments ;D
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Not sure with everyone but I do know with us. Beside having a full on gym the two we are developing now will also have a BJ Penn MMA Training Center. SO we cover allot. And I do predict I will close that scumbag down with a year. He is stepping on allot of peoples toes and they are calling me now. Two front desk people quit today I heard, so the manager is working from 7 to 7. Temple Gyms are far better than Golds Gym I have been with Golds forever and Pete is my kids godfather. But the new owners are ruining it. The franchise fees are ridiculous and now they take a percentage of your GROSS. From what I understand there are allot of Golds and World gyms converting over. The cusomter service at Temple so far in incredible.
Rick converted his Golds to Worlds a few years ago on Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach here in San Diego
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I'm opening once I annouce our grand opening some of you guys and gals can come over. And all you gotta do is tell me who you are from GetBig and while you are in Hawaii on the Big Island you have a place to train at the GetBig Alumni discount................ ................100% off
If I ever make it to Hawaii for a trip......
I'll swing by for sure
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According to the gym owners I have talked to the franchise fees for both are very high. This makes members dues high. So people are leaving both World Gym and Golds for either the lowend like Planet Fitness where dues are low or either joining a high end gym for a few bucks more than Golds or World charge but getting all sorts of classes and high def tv's and stuff at a place like InShape.
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According to the gym owners I have talked to the franchise fees for both are very high. This makes members dues high. So people are leaving both World Gym and Golds for either the lowend like Planet Fitness where dues are low or either joining a high end gym for a few bucks more than Golds or World charge but getting all sorts of classes and high def tv's and stuff at a place like InShape.
Thats what good about Temple they are ridicoulously low and the their support is a million times better. I just can't believe how much the new owners of Gold's have ruined a good thing.
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I just can't believe how much the new owners of Gold's have ruined a good thing.
I guess they are greedy. Joe Gold must be turning over in his grave seeing as how both the Golds and World Gym franchises are going too hell.
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Adonis is a nutjob. What else can you say about a Jewish guy who posts photos of himself doing the Hitler salute? I'm no psychologist, but he obviously has a very psychotic and antisocial personality. He shows the extreme egotism, exhibitionism, and lack of a empathy characteristic of people with antisocial personalities. Just look at how he's always wishing death on drug users. Sane people simply don't act like that, even on the internet.
As usual, BrianX comment is concise and right on the money; this is most scary actually, knowing that our main troller also owns multiple guns...
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Hey onlyme- great story. i was actually in the gym at the time Silva and Onosai were training, although i was just in highschool and looked like a dear in head lights. i remeber signing up at The Gym and being sooo intimidated. before i would start an excercise i would stand and watch for about ten minutes to make sure i didnt jump in on anybody. and if someone looked at me while i was doing the excercise i would immediatedly ask if they were using the equipment i was using just to make sure. the last thing i wanted to do was piss off those guys you mentioned, i was 15 at the time. i was actually the youngest person at the gym and had to get my mothers signature becuase i was underage. i miss that gym, when im in honolulu i train there but the atmosphere is not the same, still a great place to train. this tall beautiful girl named Chico signed me up..remember her? and Mike Sapp made me my first training program. i remember that bull dog that used to run around at the gym, Yohimbe was its name. crazy dog and it wasnt even on a leash. i never understood how strong samoans and hawaiians were untill i got to that gym. samoans/hawaiians i cant tell them apart kinds like japanese and chinese but whatever. Mike Sapp is still involved with the Gold right? i heard he got paid well from Golds to sell the The Gym to them with all of its members, do you any other details? great stories again thanks.
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Hey onlyme- great story. i was actually in the gym at the time Silva and Onosai were training, although i was just in highschool and looked like a dear in head lights. i remeber signing up at The Gym and being sooo intimidated. before i would start an excercise i would stand and watch for about ten minutes to make sure i didnt jump in on anybody. and if someone looked at me while i was doing the excercise i would immediatedly ask if they were using the equipment i was using just to make sure. the last thing i wanted to do was piss off those guys you mentioned, i was 15 at the time. i was actually the youngest person at the gym and had to get my mothers signature becuase i was underage. i miss that gym, when im in honolulu i train there but the atmosphere is not the same, still a great place to train. this tall beautiful girl named Chico signed me up..remember her? and Mike Sapp made me my first training program. i remember that bull dog that used to run around at the gym, Yohimbe was its name. crazy dog and it wasnt even on a leash. i never understood how strong samoans and hawaiians were untill i got to that gym. samoans/hawaiians i cant tell them apart kinds like japanese and chinese but whatever. Mike Sapp is still involved with the Gold right? i heard he got paid well from Golds to sell the The Gym to them with all of its members, do you any other details? great stories again thanks.
You know Yohimbe bit a girl who was going to be in the Miss Hawaii in the face while while she was lying on the bench doing flyes. She sued and won something. Not sure what. that dg was nuts. Used to run after cars in theparking lot and bit the tires. He chased this one black kid down the street it was hilarious. The kid was jumping over the bushes and cars and Yohimbe was stll chasing him. Mike only owned 5 or 10% of that gym. The gay guy Maris owned the rest. But they still got very good money for it. It was the best place to train and I like where they moved to the now Gold's lcation. The last year I trained at The Gym was around 93'. Were you there then. DId you ever see me there. I trained chest and shoulders with those guys usually. Never legs or arms. I think I remember Chico. He always had pretty girls working there. Great gym
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Hey onlyme- great story. i was actually in the gym at the time Silva and Onosai were training, although i was just in highschool and looked like a dear in head lights. i remeber signing up at The Gym and being sooo intimidated. before i would start an excercise i would stand and watch for about ten minutes to make sure i didnt jump in on anybody. and if someone looked at me while i was doing the excercise i would immediatedly ask if they were using the equipment i was using just to make sure. the last thing i wanted to do was piss off those guys you mentioned, i was 15 at the time. i was actually the youngest person at the gym and had to get my mothers signature becuase i was underage. i miss that gym, when im in honolulu i train there but the atmosphere is not the same, still a great place to train. this tall beautiful girl named Chico signed me up..remember her? and Mike Sapp made me my first training program. i remember that bull dog that used to run around at the gym, Yohimbe was its name. crazy dog and it wasnt even on a leash. i never understood how strong samoans and hawaiians were untill i got to that gym. samoans/hawaiians i cant tell them apart kinds like japanese and chinese but whatever. Mike Sapp is still involved with the Gold right? i heard he got paid well from Golds to sell the The Gym to them with all of its members, do you any other details? great stories again thanks.
Mike owned 15%, yohimbe was psycho. Maris made off well, Mike, not so much. Mike is still in charge of independant personal trainers. He also has a private gym in LA that his brother Steve runs for him. Freakiest guy had to be Kiu Tuita. Six plates on inclines for reps. Bill Duarte was also a sight, especially before all his trouble. Mafi, Paco, Faima, all make most powerlifters look small. And Tony Leiato, he is from another planet. The Gym was a great place to train, I miss it. I used to train there early mornings prior to going to work at Golds Gym/GMI when Odd and Adam owned it. Even when 24 Hr bought them, I still trained at the Gym. I also had the opporturnity to run Golds Honolulu for two years. It is the best place on Oahu to train at. Keith, when are you guys gonna do a gym on Oahu, an MMA gym associated with BJ would rock. Still training with Onzukas for BJJ, but must go to 808 for striking. I would love to go to one place for everything. I can probably line up a few investors as well. Just comp me and my training parnter a membership. I dropped by Carlos Valente's this past weekend and rolled. He still is a nice guy.
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Great posts Onlyme, keep'em coming! now please dont steer towards obsessively hating on Vince G the way some 'old knowledgeables are doing!
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You know Yohimbe bit a girl who was going to be in the Miss Hawaii in the face while while she was lying on the bench doing flyes. She sued and won something. Not sure what. that dg was nuts. Used to run after cars in theparking lot and bit the tires. He chased this one black kid down the street it was hilarious. The kid was jumping over the bushes and cars and Yohimbe was stll chasing him. Mike only owned 5 or 10% of that gym. The gay guy Maris owned the rest. But they still got very good money for it. It was the best place to train and I like where they moved to the now Gold's lcation. The last year I trained at The Gym was around 93'. Were you there then. DId you ever see me there. I trained chest and shoulders with those guys usually. Never legs or arms. I think I remember Chico. He always had pretty girls working there. Great gym
Jackie Lakatani was the girl bitten. Her husband Miko was an animal.
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Mike owned 15%, yohimbe was psycho. Maris made off well, Mike, not so much. Mike is still in charge of independant personal trainers. He also has a private gym in LA that his brother Steve runs for him. Freakiest guy had to be Kiu Tuita. Six plates on inclines for reps. Bill Duarte was also a sight, especially before all his trouble. Mafi, Paco, Faima, all make most powerlifters look small. And Tony Leiato, he is from another planet. The Gym was a great place to train, I miss it. I used to train there early mornings prior to going to work at Golds Gym/GMI when Odd and Adam owned it. Even when 24 Hr bought them, I still trained at the Gym. I also had the opporturnity to run Golds Honolulu for two years. It is the best place on Oahu to train at. Keith, when are you guys gonna do a gym on Oahu, an MMA gym associated with BJ would rock. Still training with Onzukas for BJJ, but must go to 808 for striking. I would love to go to one place for everything. I can probably line up a few investors as well. Just comp me and my training parnter a membership. I dropped by Carlos Valente's this past weekend and rolled. He still is a nice guy.
We are actually signing the Area Franchise for Temple. Which means we can open anywhere here or sub-franchise. From what were are told there are 4 people on Oahu and one on Maui who want to open Temple Gyms right away. SO I would think sometime within the next 30 to 45 days we will see who is interested and there business plan and proposed locations and get it going. Talked to Dorian the friday before the Olympia and he said he wants BJ Penn MMA Training Center in their London club. So it appears that there are more and more people wanting this. And yes Kiu was not a human at all. When he entered his first bench event at Ala Moana Mall when Francis had one there on Center Stage Kiu enter and did 600. Carlos was always funny. He had a clothing line too I think.
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I recently saw Lynn riding her bike, she shaved her head and is still FREAKING MASSIVE. She is what Alexxx wishes he was. The most awesome sight I have seen is when Paula Suzuki out deadlifted her, and was bleeding from her tibialis from the gnurling dragging up her shins. Paula is an animal.
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I recently saw Lynn riding her bike, she shaved her head and is still FREAKING MASSIVE. She is what Alexxx wishes he was. The most awesome sight I have seen is when Paula Suzuki out deadlifted her, and was bleeding from her tibialis from the gnurling dragging up her shins. Paula is an animal.
You knwo I like Lynn but I usually try to hide when I see her. She really ruined herself. She asn't that bad back in the early 90's. Paula is just unreal. I actually talked to her not to long ago. I can't remember why though. I think she called me for something or I called her. I can't remember but she sounds great and happy with John. Hopefully you can come out for the Grand Opening in Kona. We are going to be very star studded. Allot of MMA guys will be here cause of BJ. And I am pretty sure Dorian will have quite a few guys coming. Kaz and others will get my invite too.
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Dorian been into MMA for a few years at least now hasnt he? Pretty cool, not actually young starting out with that
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I've always wanted to open a great gym in Hawaii. Imagine my equipment over there!
The gym business is a service industry and if you don't like people you should not be in it. You also have to treat people as if they are right. That is difficult at times. Ray Mentzer told me he had to kick guys out of his gym and never regretted doing it. I have run a gym for 35 years now and we haven't had to boot many out in that time. I can think of only 4 or 5 people in all that time.
People come and go. You never know why they change gyms. Some want a gym with better girls or who knows why they go. You can't always believe what people tell you. The truth is there is a lot of mobility in this business. The bigger guys feel they shouldn't have to pay fees and yet use the gym and equipment the most. Anyway you look at it the fees aren't much for what you get. Gyms are huge now and the rent, and running costs can be substantial. If you have air conditioning that adds plenty more. I don't see too many gyms making a lot of money. Most owners are just getting by.
Good luck to Keith in his ventures in Hawaii. Maybe I should open there to give him some competition?
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Allot of MMA guys will be here cause of BJ.
Onlyme, get some top notch cardio shit so BJ doesn't gas in his next fight.
J/K he's a freak
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Onlyme, get some top notch cardio shit so BJ doesn't gas in his next fight.
J/K he's a freak
Yes we are going to have some great cardio equipment coming in. And BJ is fighting next month I thnk. His rematch with GSP he will kill him and then get Matt again. He will not run out of gas. He really didn't run out of gas during Matts fight. He had separated a couple ribs and just couldn't breathe and it hurt bad. He said he did it when he was twisting from under Matt to get Matts back. The doctor said it took incredible amount of pressure to do what happened to BJ. If that didn't happened he would have easily got Matt in the 2nd round. Oh well he lost and he'll be back even madder.
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Keith, PM me the dates. I would love to come. Good luck, but we really need a good GYM (not a 24 hr) on Oahu that isn't in downtown. Lots of serious, or for the lack of the word, hardcore people who want to workout on the western/central part of the island. I remember Steve English was trying to open one in the North shore, but I heard he opened a "video" store instead.
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Keith, PM me the dates. I would love to come. Good luck, but we really need a good GYM (not a 24 hr) on Oahu that isn't in downtown. Lots of serious, or for the lack of the word, hardcore people who want to workout on the western/central part of the island. I remember Steve English was trying to open one in the North shore, but I heard he opened a "video" store instead.
When I get the exact date I will. On Nov. 11 we will have BJ come over and help with pre-sales. Dorian will be in Russia that weekend so he is coming over the weekend before or after. Our pre-sales office is right across the entrance to the other gym and on Nov 11 they are having their Grand Opening. SO I figure its the best time to get more people in for the pre sales.