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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: funk51 on September 21, 2022, 04:46:09 AM
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happy birthday to getbig legend Vince Basile.
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Happy birthday!
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Happy birthday!
that machine was an engineering marvel
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Happy bday vince. Hope you have a great one.
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does he still enjoy the smiths and chris isaacs?
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Is he the only National title winning bodybuilder to post here? Also the only bodybuilder with a unified theory of hypertrophy.
Good tidings & cheer to you on this milestone, Vince Basile IFBBNTW (ifbb national title winner)
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Happy B Day - I hope he gets his brawl with Goodrum and the other people he calls sick demented perverts in time.
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Happy birthday Vince
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Happy Birthday Vince.
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Happy birthday!
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Happy Bday Vince, youre a good bloke mate!
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Happy birthday!
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happy birthday
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I'm still waiting for the "theory of hypertrophy" eBook :)
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Happy Birthday Basile
Didn't he have a Happy Birthday thread a few months back though?
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Happy b-day, Vince.
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Happy birthday Vince!! I wish you the best only.
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Happy Birthday Basile
Didn't he have a Happy Birthday thread a few months back though?
yeah, twelve to be exact. ;)
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yeah, twelve to be exact. ;)
Try 2 and a bit months ;)
https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=679975.msg9817717#msg9817717
Btw do you have dementia because you actually posted in that thread too.
happy 80 th birthday to the inventor of the biceps supinator machine. he also is the conqueror of Thor.
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Try 2 and a bit months ;)
https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=679975.msg9817717#msg9817717
Btw do you have dementia because you actually posted in that thread too.
Birthday is September 21 so no celebrations until then. I don’t care for making a fuss about birthdays. Just another day to me.
Report to moderator , I knew that this was just my poor attempt at humor.
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Birthday is September 21 so no celebrations until then. I don’t care for making a fuss about birthdays. Just another day to me.
Report to moderator , I knew that this was just my poor attempt at humor.
All good my man, was just messing with you.
Vince can be getbigs Queen King. He deserves 2 birthdays a year
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All good my man, was just messing with you.
Vince can be getbigs Queen King. He deserves 2 birthdays a year
;D
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Is he the only National title winning bodybuilder to post here? Also the only bodybuilder with a unified theory of hypertrophy.
Good tidings & cheer to you on this milestone, Vince Basile IFBBNTW (ifbb national title winner)
I thought the moderator Grant was also a National Champion?
Happy birthday Breezeway, hope you celebrate many more.
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Enjoy! If not now when…
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Happy birthday Vince, here's hoping to another few decades of supinating.
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Vince’s Birthday cake.
We have been celebrating for a few days, & not finished yet.
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Vince’s Birthday cake.
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Still putting up big numbers. Happy birthday to you, Vince.
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Thanks for all the good wishes and also any insults. This is Getbig, after all. We are all getting older and not just Wes! It wasn't long ago that Josh swore that he would kill himself before posting here as an old man. Depends what we call 'old'. I still train my arms hard once a week. Triceps bigger than ever and calves still over 17 1/2 inches. I have way too much safety fat for a bodybuilder. We all swore we would slim down in old age but that is easier said than done. Too many nice desserts and no dieting. Why do I keep my arms large? My hypothesis is that keeping a body part in a state of hypertrophy is the closest we can come to the fountain of youth. Sometimes I train legs. Might do some chest work to prepare to compete in Masters Athletics in the throwing events. I don't subscribe to hormone replacement therapy in old age.
I am fortunate to retain almost excellent health and mobility. Blood pressure a bit high but I just rest more when going on hikes. We all start falling apart when we hit 70. Vision deteriorates, some hearing loss, skin cancers and hair loss, except on back, ears and eyebrows!
One of my ambitions was to reach 80 because Vince Gironda failed to reach that milestone. I don't drink alcohol or do drugs. No aspirins or other medications. Take Vitamin D and sometimes C and a multi. I take Magnesium to avoid having cramps. No special diet and enjoy travelling around to take photos.
Hopefully I will be able to return to Canada next summer. I refused to take the jabs called vaccines. My philosophy of science background served me well over the last 2 1/2 years as I witnessed how most people can be utterly mistaken by what they believe. Most theories in science are usually false or at best partially true. Never forget this.
I live in my factory a couple days a week. I have a small gym here but heaps of old gym equipment that I have yet to sell. I am paying a guy next door to store 8 pallets of equipment for me. Silly me. I end up hording things because I know I can't sell them for what they are worth. I haven't approached any companies to offer any of my inventions to them. I literally don't trust or respect business people. "Trust in God, but tie your camel!" is my philosophy. I still have several designs I will build sometime when I actually do work in my factory instead of editing photos or surfing the internet. What a time waster the net is.
A funny story from Jeff who lives next door to me in a factory I used to own. One year my ex said we were short of money so I sold one of my factory units. I was conned. Anyway, Jeff was talking to this woman on the street and she saw me emerge from my factory. I almost never open the big roller door. She asked Jeff if I was the hermit there!!! LOL at that one. I haven't made any gym equipment since we closed our gym in 2017.
I might one day write my autobiography. I will call it, "Never Trust a Vagina!"
Anyone interested in my photography can view my photos here. They can also be downloaded in the original size for no cost.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66480811@N07/
If some people want to know more about me and my friends they can check my Facebook page out. Today I am accepting everyone who asked to be a friend. Please respect other people and not post their photos here.
https://www.facebook.com/vince.basile.16/
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Happy birthday, Vince.
You have always been a good sport on here.
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Thanks for all the good wishes and also any insults. This is Getbig, after all. We are all getting older and not just Wes! It wasn't long ago that Josh swore that he would kill himself before posting here as an old man. Depends what we call 'old'. I still train my arms hard once a week. Triceps bigger than ever and calves still over 17 1/2 inches. I have way too much safety fat for a bodybuilder. We all swore we would slim down in old age but that is easier said than done. Too many nice desserts and no dieting. Why do I keep my arms large? My hypothesis is that keeping a body part in a state of hypertrophy is the closest we can come to the fountain of youth. Sometimes I train legs. Might do some chest work to prepare to compete in Masters Athletics in the throwing events. I don't subscribe to hormone replacement therapy in old age.
I am fortunate to retain almost excellent health and mobility. Blood pressure a bit high but I just rest more when going on hikes. We all start falling apart when we hit 70. Vision deteriorates, some hearing loss, skin cancers and hair loss, except on back, ears and eyebrows!
One of my ambitions was to reach 80 because Vince Gironda failed to reach that milestone. I don't drink alcohol or do drugs. No aspirins or other medications. Take Vitamin D and sometimes C and a multi. I take Magnesium to avoid having cramps. No special diet and enjoy travelling around to take photos.
Hopefully I will be able to return to Canada next summer. I refused to take the jabs called vaccines. My philosophy of science background served me well over the last 2 1/2 years as I witnessed how most people can be utterly mistaken by what they believe. Most theories in science are usually false or at best partially true. Never forget this.
I live in my factory a couple days a week. I have a small gym here but heaps of old gym equipment that I have yet to sell. I am paying a guy next door to store 8 pallets of equipment for me. Silly me. I end up hording things because I know I can't sell them for what they are worth. I haven't approached any companies to offer any of my inventions to them. I literally don't trust or respect business people. "Trust in God, but tie your camel!" is my philosophy. I still have several designs I will build sometime when I actually do work in my factory instead of editing photos or surfing the internet. What a time waster the net is.
A funny story from Jeff who lives next door to me in a factory I used to own. One year my ex said we were short of money so I sold one of my factory units. I was conned. Anyway, Jeff was talking to this woman on the street and she saw me emerge from my factory. I almost never open the big roller door. She asked Jeff if I was the hermit there!!! LOL at that one. I haven't made any gym equipment since we closed our gym in 2017.
I might one day write my autobiography. I will call it, "Never Trust a Vagina!"
Anyone interested in my photography can view my photos here. They can also be downloaded in the original size for no cost.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66480811@N07/
If some people want to know more about me and my friends they can check my Facebook page out. Today I am accepting everyone who asked to be a friend. Please respect other people and not post their photos here.
https://www.facebook.com/vince.basile.16/
Happy Birthday. Hope you got some pussy.
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Hi Abraham. When I was in university at UBC in Vancouver I had this brilliant idea. Why not try to live a life that no one has surpassed or will equal? Some of my objectives were doomed to disappoint. Chasing tighter pussies isn't always rewarding. Ditto for trying to find love and especially a soul mate. I met one woman on the net who insisted people become soul mates for others and they for us. Not sure that is true. No homo here so women were a big part of my life. I became a funambulist like Arnold, not all that much fun and plenty of danger! That is why I can't criticize his lifestyle. Nowadays I have settled down but my past still haunts me. No one can tell others what to do in life. At best we recall anecdotal experiences and leave it at that.
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Hi Abraham. When I was in university at UBC in Vancouver I had this brilliant idea. Why not try to live a life that no one has surpassed or will equal? Some of my objectives were doomed to disappoint. Chasing tighter pussies isn't always rewarding. Ditto for trying to find love and especially a soul mate. I met one woman on the net who insisted people become soul mates for others and they for us. Not sure that is true. No homo here so women were a big part of my life. I became a funambulist like Arnold, not all that much fun and plenty of danger! That is why I can't criticize his lifestyle. Nowadays I have settled down but my past still haunts me. No one can tell others what to do in life. At best we recall anecdotal experiences and leave it at that.
I've got some research to do. Happy Birthday for real Vinny!
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Happy birthday vince
Belly and wrap around tits looking fucking massive in the photo with the flowers
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Happy Birthday Vince.
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I am a great admirer of the venerable Vincent Basile. May he continue to drive Goodrum crazy for many more years to come. 🥳
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Happy birthday vince
Belly and wrap around tits looking fucking massive in the photo with the flowers
I'm laughing my ass off at "wrap around tits". Jesus Christ Henda! Mind if I borrow that line from time to time? 🤣
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Have a good one, Vince! 80 is truly something. I'll add you are now the ringer for Henry Travers, Clarence the angel from 'It's a Wonderful Life.' :)
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I'm laughing my ass off at "wrap around tits". Jesus Christ Henda! Mind if I borrow that line from time to time? 🤣
Haha it would be an honour to have you use it my friend
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Did you get a card from the guy who came 2nd in the Mr Canada you won?
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Great pics Vince, best one of course is Trish's ass at the beach!
Keep breathing defiance!
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Did you get a card from the guy who came 2nd in the Mr Canada you won?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Mikl_Thor the third place guy is still around.
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Happy Birthday Vince!!!!!
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Happy birthday!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Mikl_Thor the third place guy is still around.
Thats one guy I could never take seriously (musically) when I was a kid and saw his albums in the store.
I couldnt bring myself to buy one. Later on when I heard one of them at a buddies (over beers and bones), I knew it was the right decision...
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About the Mr Canada 1970 contest. Ben Weider upped the fee to promote the contest. No promoter back east in Toronto or Montreal wanted it so there was no contest in 1969 or 1971. Ray Beck paid so the contest was in Vancouver…first time held outside Ontario or Quebec. One competitor came from Montreal but no one from Ontario so it wasn’t well represented so the locals had a good opportunity to win or place. We also had a contest for BC, Washington and Alaska but no top bodybuilders from Seattle showed up. I ended up winning both contests. Ken Rivard trained in the same gym as me but he disappeared when he didn’t win and I left Canada in January 1971 so lost touch with all those guys. John Mikl won in 1973 and Walter Milner won in 1975 I believe. Walter was a high rise window cleaner and died when he fell doing his job.
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Happy Birthday Vince !! :)
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About the Mr Canada 1970 contest. Ben Weider upped the fee to promote the contest. No promoter back east in Toronto or Montreal wanted it so there was no contest in 1969 or 1971. Ray Beck paid so the contest was in Vancouver…first time held outside Ontario or Quebec. One competitor came from Montreal but no one from Ontario so it wasn’t well represented so the locals had a good opportunity to win or place. We also had a contest for BC, Washington and Alaska but no top bodybuilders from Seattle showed up. I ended up winning both contests. Ken Rivard trained in the same gym as me but he disappeared when he didn’t win and I left Canada in January 1971 so lost touch with all those guys. John Mikl won in 1973 and Walter Milner won in 1975 I believe. Walter was a high rise window cleaner and died when he fell doing his job.
You are one of the only Getbiggers to have ever won a contest and you get ripped for it. :D
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You are one of the only Getbiggers to have ever won a contest and you get ripped for it. :D
I have always backed up Vince about his win........it`s in the bodybuilding history books.....nuff said!!
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Have a good one, Vince! 80 is truly something. I'll add you are now the ringer for Henry Travers, Clarence the angel from 'It's a Wonderful Life.' :)
Doc,how ya` been old buddy......I missed you....no homo.
All the best pal.
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VINCE, Happy 80th .... and many more!
I plan to sit down on this damn machine and tell ya some shit that you most likely heard before and was more than likely involved with.I hope I can do this ASAP and also send a copy to good guy WES also, but I gotta admit that robbing the local casinos of their ill-gained profits has a priority which I have been winning very slowly but somewhat consistently and almost enough to buy a monthly MTL bus pass.
So stand by to stand by for some interesting shit which you may already may be aware of but have forgotten due to old age.... Respectfully stated of course!
PS.... Most of my lifetime stories are dumb as shit , BUT always TRUTHFUL and I think that we should leave them for prosperity before passing to greener pastures.
Vince, Don't tell anyone, but I once owned BENJI before he became a movie star.
My hair is combed, my Uber has arrived, and an empty chair at a BJ table awaits
my assault.
Happy Birthday ... a few dayz late!
PS.... Is Ray Beaulieu still on this planet?
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VINCE, Happy 80th .... and many more!
I plan to sit down on this damn machine and tell ya some shit that you most likely heard before and was more than likely involved with.I hope I can do this ASAP and also send a copy to good guy WES also, but I gotta admit that robbing the local casinos of their ill-gained profits has a priority which I have been winning very slowly but somewhat consistently and almost enough to buy a monthly MTL bus pass.
So stand by to stand by for some interesting shit which you may already may be aware of but have forgotten due to old age.... Respectfully stated of course!
PS.... Most of my lifetime stories are dumb as shit , BUT always TRUTHFUL and I think that we should leave them for prosperity before passing to greener pastures.
Vince, Don't tell anyone, but I once owned BENJI before he became a movie star.
My hair is combed, my Uber has arrived, and an empty chair at a BJ table awaits
my assault.
Happy Birthday ... a few dayz late!
PS.... Is Ray Beaulieu still on this planet?
Hey Bill,get serious and win me a few grand will ya` ? LOL :D
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VINCE, Happy 80th .... and many more!
I plan to sit down on this damn machine and tell ya some shit that you most likely heard before and was more than likely involved with.I hope I can do this ASAP and also send a copy to good guy WES also, but I gotta admit that robbing the local casinos of their ill-gained profits has a priority which I have been winning very slowly but somewhat consistently and almost enough to buy a monthly MTL bus pass.
So stand by to stand by for some interesting shit which you may already may be aware of but have forgotten due to old age.... Respectfully stated of course!
PS.... Most of my lifetime stories are dumb as shit , BUT always TRUTHFUL and I think that we should leave them for prosperity before passing to greener pastures.
Vince, Don't tell anyone, but I once owned BENJI before he became a movie star.
My hair is combed, my Uber has arrived, and an empty chair at a BJ table awaits
my assault.
Happy Birthday ... a few dayz late!
PS.... Is Ray Beaulieu still on this planet?
Gambling, absolute fruitless endeavor for 99.9% of the population. I'd compare gambling to a meth user, just retarded!
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Gambling, absolute fruitless endeavor for 99.9% of the population. I'd compare gambling to a meth user, just retarded!
Only if you lose.
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Only if you lose.
Most lose and are never on top.
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Most lose and are never on top.
True, but most are never successful financially anyway.
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True, but most are never successful financially anyway.
My uncle has gambled and lost in his lifetime, at least close to $500,000k, if not more. He’s been gambling for close to 55-60 years, often routinely gambling 500-1000k per month religiously. He didn’t make that good of a living either, which is why my aunt had to work 2-3 jobs.
A few weeks ago he told me he was up $2,000k from winning online. I said “no, you’re not up. You are still in deficit of $498,000k.” But in the gamblers mind, the past losses don’t count. It’s only what’s in front of them.
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My uncle has gambled and lost in his lifetime, at least close to $500,000k, if not more. He’s been gambling for close to 55-60 years, often routinely gambling 500-1000k per month religiously. He didn’t make that good of a living either, which is why my aunt had to work 2-3 jobs.
A few weeks ago he told me he was up $2,000k from winning online. I said “no, you’re not up. You are still in deficit of $498,000k.” But in the gamblers mind, the past losses don’t count. It’s only what’s in front of them.
Yup... My inlaws like to go to Casinos. They would do it small time (and just for fun I guess), but still blow a grand just to walk around, drink, smoke, hang at Casinos, etc.
My wife's Ma would say "I won 200.00 on a slot-machine. I'd say similar "Nope, you lost 800.00".
They stopped going now that older, have COPD and other health issues, but I used to find their way of thinking to be comical...
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My birthday present to myself is to renew my interest in designing and building new gym equipment. I bought a used pec deck several years ago but it needed a repair and I finally got around to starting this project. Not so easy since a lever that gets the pads into position had snapped off the steel rod that it pivoted on. Curses....big job. Then I found bent rod ends on both arms that pull the pads forward. Curses. What was I thinking buying a broken piece of gym equipment when I already have a good pec deck in my possession?!
I have several biceps machines with me and 3 are operational. I decided to modify the position of the pads on one machine and it took me hours to get my welder up and running again. Then I did some cutting off with an angle grinder and it brought back memories of dust and smoke in the factory. I need better ventilation. I hate getting my hands dirty and end up washing them quite often. Welding is one of the black trades!
I want to build another triceps machine. Already have a modified Nautilus machine that I can do a variation of lying extensions like Larry Scott recommended. I wouldn't mind finding a Medx triceps machine but they are as rare as hens teeth. It is quite a challenge to make something new. Nowadays I will build it for my exclusive use.
I do have an unfinished project...build a machine like the Nautilus Duo Squat but with a different cam and with two weight stacks. If I can incorporate a mechanism to bring the weight stacks down faster than gravity it will be suitable for sprinters and other athletes to train on.
About training arms. I procrastinate all the time. Always do the minimum and miss workouts. I know I should be training arms twice a week but I have a torn biceps and also tender elbows. I damaged them back in 1965 after visiting York and talking to Steve Stanko. He claimed he used to do pullovers on a bench with 250 pounds. I got up to that poundage but got sore elbows from the effort. A good lesson learned. Now before training triceps I have to warm up carefully. 40 plus reps with 3 plates then 30 with 4, 20 with 5, and so on up to several maximum sets with 11 plates X 10 reps. With tender elbows this is a sort of madness. One of those things about hypertrophy. No easy way to get big.
Talking about getting bigger arms. Well, I twice got them to just a bit over 18 inches cold. First time was back in 1999 but an injury ended the progress. Only the last 10 or so years I have done 2 exercises for arms. My biceps-supinator for biceps and the modified Nautilus triceps machine for triceps. Both effective exercise but I can't do more workouts because of nagging soreness in the right elbow area. The muscles that do the pronation get inflamed. So I use my hands like I was doing a karate chop. My triceps are the biggest they have ever been. Biceps are lacking because of the torn right one. I did that one winter day trying to do a maximum deadlift. Got 510 pounds almost up but not fully. The Pope, a bloke in my gym, was beside me urging me on. Silly me I kept going and tore the right supination muscle. Curses. Had an operation a couple of years later but there was nothing they could do. When I started lifting weights I was told to hold the bar with one hand under and one hand over the bar. Guess which hand was under the bar? Yep, my right. I should have kept both hands over the bar and I probably wouldn't have torn it. That is why I tell bodybuilders to avoid heavy dead lifts. I can't see that they do much good and surely they do untold damage which you will find out when you get old.
Funny thing about being 80 is that I don't feel any different over the decades. My body is okay but my flexibility isn't as good. I used to be on the university gymnastics teams at McGill and UBC. In recent years my waist has expanded and now it is an effort to tie my shoes! I remember doing those fitness tests in high school and wondered how anyone could fail any of the exercises. Well, it is easy to fail the touch the toes if you don't watch your diet. Oh, I can still do it but not so easy.
Another thing about getting older is when to finally get around to doing things. Like unclutter my place. Sell some things. Do a will. Do things on time and not on the last day.
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Gambling, absolute fruitless endeavor for 99.9% of the population. I'd compare gambling to a meth user, just retarded!
The only thing I ever regularly gabled on decades ago was pool...........I was really pretty damn good......I`d hate to even attempt it now......I`d be broke in 30 minutes.
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Yup... My inlaws like to go to Casinos. They would do it small time (and just for fun I guess), but still blow a grand just to walk around, drink, smoke, hang at Casinos, etc.
My wife's Ma would say "I won 200.00 on a slot-machine. I'd say similar "Nope, you lost 800.00".
They stopped going now that older, have COPD and other health issues, but I used to find their way of thinking to be comical...
My ex-wife used to play the scratch offs and power ball bullshit......occaisdion ally I would hear her screaming....."I won.........I won".......wins $500 and lost about 2 grand or more in the same month......but she was thrilled............fuck ing dumb broad !!
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My birthday present to myself is to renew my interest in designing and building new gym equipment. I bought a used pec deck several years ago but it needed a repair and I finally got around to starting this project. Not so easy since a lever that gets the pads into position had snapped off the steel rod that it pivoted on. Curses....big job. Then I found bent rod ends on both arms that pull the pads forward. Curses. What was I thinking buying a broken piece of gym equipment when I already have a good pec deck in my possession?!
I have several biceps machines with me and 3 are operational. I decided to modify the position of the pads on one machine and it took me hours to get my welder up and running again. Then I did some cutting off with an angle grinder and it brought back memories of dust and smoke in the factory. I need better ventilation. I hate getting my hands dirty and end up washing them quite often. Welding is one of the black trades!
I want to build another triceps machine. Already have a modified Nautilus machine that I can do a variation of lying extensions like Larry Scott recommended. I wouldn't mind finding a Medx triceps machine but they are as rare as hens teeth. It is quite a challenge to make something new. Nowadays I will build it for my exclusive use.
I do have an unfinished project...build a machine like the Nautilus Duo Squat but with a different cam and with two weight stacks. If I can incorporate a mechanism to bring the weight stacks down faster than gravity it will be suitable for sprinters and other athletes to train on.
About training arms. I procrastinate all the time. Always do the minimum and miss workouts. I know I should be training arms twice a week but I have a torn biceps and also tender elbows. I damaged them back in 1965 after visiting York and talking to Steve Stanko. He claimed he used to do pullovers on a bench with 250 pounds. I got up to that poundage but got sore elbows from the effort. A good lesson learned. Now before training triceps I have to warm up carefully. 40 plus reps with 3 plates then 30 with 4, 20 with 5, and so on up to several maximum sets with 11 plates X 10 reps. With tender elbows this is a sort of madness. One of those things about hypertrophy. No easy way to get big.
Talking about getting bigger arms. Well, I twice got them to just a bit over 18 inches cold. First time was back in 1999 but an injury ended the progress. Only the last 10 or so years I have done 2 exercises for arms. My biceps-supinator for biceps and the modified Nautilus triceps machine for triceps. Both effective exercise but I can't do more workouts because of nagging soreness in the right elbow area. The muscles that do the pronation get inflamed. So I use my hands like I was doing a karate chop. My triceps are the biggest they have ever been. Biceps are lacking because of the torn right one. I did that one winter day trying to do a maximum deadlift. Got 510 pounds almost up but not fully. The Pope, a bloke in my gym, was beside me urging me on. Silly me I kept going and tore the right supination muscle. Curses. Had an operation a couple of years later but there was nothing they could do. When I started lifting weights I was told to hold the bar with one hand under and one hand over the bar. Guess which hand was under the bar? Yep, my right. I should have kept both hands over the bar and I probably wouldn't have torn it. That is why I tell bodybuilders to avoid heavy dead lifts. I can't see that they do much good and surely they do untold damage which you will find out when you get old.
Funny thing about being 80 is that I don't feel any different over the decades. My body is okay but my flexibility isn't as good. I used to be on the university gymnastics teams at McGill and UBC. In recent years my waist has expanded and now it is an effort to tie my shoes! I remember doing those fitness tests in high school and wondered how anyone could fail any of the exercises. Well, it is easy to fail the touch the toes if you don't watch your diet. Oh, I can still do it but not so easy.
Another thing about getting older is when to finally get around to doing things. Like unclutter my place. Sell some things. Do a will. Do things on time and not on the last day.
You sound great and very positive Vince.....good for you bud.....go for it and wash your hands. ;D
All the best......try to keep us posted id possible !!
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Talk about gambling. I knew this single mother who was living in a government home with her daughter. Her uncle who was a mechanic died and she inherited his home and even all the nice tools. I visited her after she was in her new home. Nice place near Kiama south of Sydney. All the tools were on the wall along with a work bench, etc. The kind of setup guys only wish they could have. Anyway, this woman wasn't a girlfriend but I found out that many years later she had put her home through the poker machines that are in a sports clubs in Australia. She lost the lot and her daughter had to find her own place and ignore her mother's requests for loans. I shake my head at how anyone could do that.
I have a brother who plays the horses. Can't say he was successful but he told me not many people know how to read the forms like he could!
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You sound great and very positive Vince.....good for you bud.....go for it and wash your hands. ;D
All the best......try to keep us posted id possible !!
Thanks, Wes. I never could understand how you always got teased about being old when Stunt and me are way older. Not that it is any honour being 80. I outlived Vince Gironda and Steve Reeves. Steve was so healthy we all expected him to live well over 90.
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Thanks, Wes. I never could understand how you always got teased about being old when Stunt and me are way older. Not that it is any honour being 80. I outlived Vince Gironda and Steve Reeves. Steve was so healthy we all expected him to live well over 90.
Vince I think they actually thought it bothered me.....all those young "punks" are now mostly in the 50`s or older.......when you are young,you feel like your`re bulletproof but as we both know Vince the more that times moves on......it seems to move with lightning like speed.
All the best buddy.
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May wes find the similar peace that has settled in Basile's mind.
Amen.
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May wes find the similar peace that has settled in Basile's mind.
Amen.
Bless you father! :D
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Thanks, Wes. I never could understand how you always got teased about being old when Stunt and me are way older. Not that it is any honour being 80. I outlived Vince Gironda and Steve Reeves. Steve was so healthy we all expected him to live well over 90.
You look like you could pick Frank Zane up and put him in a garbage bin. My hero Jack Lalanne lived to mid 90s. You have many more years to go.
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My birthday present to myself is to renew my interest in designing and building new gym equipment. I bought a used pec deck several years ago but it needed a repair and I finally got around to starting this project. Not so easy since a lever that gets the pads into position had snapped off the steel rod that it pivoted on. Curses....big job. Then I found bent rod ends on both arms that pull the pads forward. Curses. What was I thinking buying a broken piece of gym equipment when I already have a good pec deck in my possession?!
I have several biceps machines with me and 3 are operational. I decided to modify the position of the pads on one machine and it took me hours to get my welder up and running again. Then I did some cutting off with an angle grinder and it brought back memories of dust and smoke in the factory. I need better ventilation. I hate getting my hands dirty and end up washing them quite often. Welding is one of the black trades!
I want to build another triceps machine. Already have a modified Nautilus machine that I can do a variation of lying extensions like Larry Scott recommended. I wouldn't mind finding a Medx triceps machine but they are as rare as hens teeth. It is quite a challenge to make something new. Nowadays I will build it for my exclusive use.
I do have an unfinished project...build a machine like the Nautilus Duo Squat but with a different cam and with two weight stacks. If I can incorporate a mechanism to bring the weight stacks down faster than gravity it will be suitable for sprinters and other athletes to train on.
About training arms. I procrastinate all the time. Always do the minimum and miss workouts. I know I should be training arms twice a week but I have a torn biceps and also tender elbows. I damaged them back in 1965 after visiting York and talking to Steve Stanko. He claimed he used to do pullovers on a bench with 250 pounds. I got up to that poundage but got sore elbows from the effort. A good lesson learned. Now before training triceps I have to warm up carefully. 40 plus reps with 3 plates then 30 with 4, 20 with 5, and so on up to several maximum sets with 11 plates X 10 reps. With tender elbows this is a sort of madness. One of those things about hypertrophy. No easy way to get big.
Talking about getting bigger arms. Well, I twice got them to just a bit over 18 inches cold. First time was back in 1999 but an injury ended the progress. Only the last 10 or so years I have done 2 exercises for arms. My biceps-supinator for biceps and the modified Nautilus triceps machine for triceps. Both effective exercise but I can't do more workouts because of nagging soreness in the right elbow area. The muscles that do the pronation get inflamed. So I use my hands like I was doing a karate chop. My triceps are the biggest they have ever been. Biceps are lacking because of the torn right one. I did that one winter day trying to do a maximum deadlift. Got 510 pounds almost up but not fully. The Pope, a bloke in my gym, was beside me urging me on. Silly me I kept going and tore the right supination muscle. Curses. Had an operation a couple of years later but there was nothing they could do. When I started lifting weights I was told to hold the bar with one hand under and one hand over the bar. Guess which hand was under the bar? Yep, my right. I should have kept both hands over the bar and I probably wouldn't have torn it. That is why I tell bodybuilders to avoid heavy dead lifts. I can't see that they do much good and surely they do untold damage which you will find out when you get old.
Funny thing about being 80 is that I don't feel any different over the decades. My body is okay but my flexibility isn't as good. I used to be on the university gymnastics teams at McGill and UBC. In recent years my waist has expanded and now it is an effort to tie my shoes! I remember doing those fitness tests in high school and wondered how anyone could fail any of the exercises. Well, it is easy to fail the touch the toes if you don't watch your diet. Oh, I can still do it but not so easy.
Another thing about getting older is when to finally get around to doing things. Like unclutter my place. Sell some things. Do a will. Do things on time and not on the last day.
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My uncle has gambled and lost in his lifetime, at least close to $500,000k, if not more. He’s been gambling for close to 55-60 years, often routinely gambling 500-1000k per month religiously. He didn’t make that good of a living either, which is why my aunt had to work 2-3 jobs.
A few weeks ago he told me he was up $2,000k from winning online. I said “no, you’re not up. You are still in deficit of $498,000k.” But in the gamblers mind, the past losses don’t count. It’s only what’s in front of them.
Sounds like my aunt, she has lost over $300k in the last 5 years. So much that her husband divorced her so his money wouldn't get wasted. It was crazy. He had saved a lot of money over his career working at a bank; she never saved a dime. One day just starts gambling, gets addicted to it and blows over $100k in one year. My uncle didn't know about it at first. Since the divorce she has gone broke, works as a substitute school teacher at 78 years old. Her ex-husband is retired with a good chunk of money and fishes every day.
This engineer i worked for many years ago was amazing at playing cards. He would go to the casino every 2-3 weeks and make $3-4k playing cards. He was smart enough to stop when he was down, never gone deep into a loss, he would just quit and come back another time. The way he saw it was that he enjoyed it and his wife went to all the shows while he played cards, so it was a free vacation with a little profit. I remember he used to try and count cards during lunch, had a system for blackjack that he used that seemed to work.
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Steve Stanko did pullovers with 250 pounds. I met him in York, Pa, in 1965. Would you believe I went there with a pile of articles I had written. I favoured Hoffman over Weider in those days. York were the good guys and Weider were the bad guys. Both were bullshitters as I later found out. Anyway, I met Terry Todd, PhD, who was editor of Strength and Health magazine. I gave him my articles to read. The next day he returned them with some grammar corrections but said they weren't interested. So I approached John Grimek in his office of Muscular Development. John always wore sun glasses because he damaged an eye doing an exercise with those chest expanders. He read a few of the articles and told me maybe Weider might be interested. That ended my ambition to be on the staff of a bodybuilding magazine. What the hell was I thinking. Those hacks don't make much and have to kiss the owner's ass instead of writing with integrity. John refused to let me take a photo of him.
There was a national powerlifting contest in York while I was there and also the Mr USA contest. I think Bob Gajda won that. There was a big, black bodybuilder in the audience who many thought was Sergio Oliva. Nope was a guy from New York. I took some photos of him posing outside the hall where the lifting was taking place. I got some frowns from some officials who passed by. Those were the days when Mr America contestants had to submit to an interview and also demonstrate some athletic ability. That requirement saw many lackluster guys win the very coveted Mr America contest from 1959 to 1964 or so. The AAU Mr America was second only to the NABBA Mr Universe in those days. After I took a roll of 36 slides I gave the film to the bodybuilder. Now what photographer would do that?
Bob Hoffman had a great gym at the York Barbell premises. Guests were allowed to use the gym while visiting. They used to call York, "Muscletown" but I didn't see many good physiques at the shopping center I visited! Over many years I had read Bob Hoffman's editorials where he sounded very pompous. One day while he was walking through the gym in his sports jacket I called out about how he had a fat gut! I always said what was on my mind. I still get in trouble even today! Bob stopped and invited about 5 of us training there to gather around him. What happened next was unbelievable! He took off his sports jacket, tie and shirt. He stood there in his white singlet. He asked us to observe. He inhaled a big breath and then exhaled. He kept exhaling for perhaps 15 or more seconds. When he finished he did a vacuum of his abdominals and got a guy there to touch his abdomen to see how hard it was. He dressed and off he went. The next day John Terpak, the operations manager for York, reprimanded me in the gym and told me not to insult Bob again or I wouldn't be able to train there. Shit, I felt very bad about what I did. Later in the shopping center I met Jules Bacon, Mr America in the early 40's. He told me not to worry about upsetting Bob because he was a windbag. That made me feel much better. One day Bob gathered all the visitors in the gym to listen to his tale about a weightlifting contest he entered many years ago. The night before the contest he told us he had sex for hours with some woman. The next day at the contest he clean and jerked 275 pounds. The moral of the story was that he might have done more had he not had sex for hours and hours. I was told Bob was notorious for telling those stories. We all shook our heads later thinking he was a sad guy to relate that shit! Very amusing to hear just the same.
Anyway, I did talk to Steve Stanko who was a heavyweight USA champion weight lifter in the old days. He had torn a biceps but when he showed me his arms I couldn't see much damage at all. He mentioned his pullover poundage and when I returned to Kamloops I started doing heavy pullovers. Maybe it might help increase the rib cage? I got up to 250 pounds but had to give that movement up because of very sore elbows. It took almost a year of very light triceps pressdowns to rehabilitate the triceps so I could train them heavily again. I always had a slow gradual warmup before using heavy weights.
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You look like you could pick Frank Zane up and put him in a garbage bin. My hero Jack Lalanne lived to mid 90s. You have many more years to go.
Frank Zane turned 80 a few months before me. I have seen some videos of him in recent years and was astounded at how puny he looked. He looks like a typical grandpa who never lifted a weight in his life. Perhaps he suffered injuries to his shoulders that made it difficult to use heavy weights. Heck my arms are still over 17 1/2 inches cold and I am stronger in triceps than ever before. My calves are over 17 1/2 inches without any training. If I go on a hike carrying my back pack of heavy lenses they will be over 18. I have put on too much safety fat but my muscles are still okay. I hate training legs but should do more because most older guys experience atrophy in their thighs.
The scientists all claimed that old men lose muscle size as they age. Not true. You can trigger hypertrophy if you train right and do it consistently over the years. I look at Arnold and wonder how he lets himself be a shadow of his former self.
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You are one of the only Getbiggers to have ever won a contest and you get ripped for it. :D
Because he picked his own judges.
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John refused to let me take a photo of him.
(https://aws1.discourse-cdn.com/tnation/uploads/default/original/3X/5/1/511c86f0da0896f7168f29a21325a1b98023bbba.jpg).
"Get out of here Basile. Whadda keep pestering me for photo for? You some kinda fanook?"
Bonus pic of Terry Todd remembering the time some Canadian named Basile tried to offer him 149 articles on supinating -
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Because he picked his own judges.
I picked 15 judges from current and past bodybuilders. 8 showed up including Chuck Sipes. I was surprised I won but most believed it was a fair decision...except Ken Rivard who came second. He refused to be in the top 3 winners photo after the contest. He never competed again as far as I know. I got 6 votes for 1st, Ken got one and Philippe got one.
We both trained at Western Gym in downtown Vancouver in a skid row area of the city. We were mates but not friends. 4 months before the contest he asked if I was entering. I told him I was going to win it. He laughed in my face. From that day I got serious. Decided to take Dianabol...two tablets a day. I also trained in secret wearing a track suit so nobody knew what I looked like. I practiced posing 15 minutes every day. Ken arrived with no tan and and didn't know how to pose. He won best arms, chest and back, I won best legs and best poser, and Walter Milner won best abs and most muscular. I don't recall seeing Ken again after that contest. Then in January 1971 I emigrated to Sydney, Australia so never enjoyed being Mr Canada in my home country. Well, not for long anyway. When I returned in 1980, 87, 2000 and 2004 the bodybuilders had no idea who I was.
Ray Beck was the promoter. He was running two gyms and had a store selling supplements and equipment. He got my wife Roz and me to do most of the work for the contest. Pick judges, select and order trophies, do the advertising, etc. I appeared on TV doing my posing routine during a wrestling program.
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Finally got around to taking birthday photo at 80. I am fussy about photography but used my Note 20 Ultra and a mirror. Used a clip to hold the phone and triggered it with "Smile". Then I edited it and painted out the background that was cluttered. No pump at all. Got a bit sunburned on my biceps and neck from welding.
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I picked 15 judges from current and past bodybuilders. 13 showed up including Chuck Sipes. I was surprised I won but most believed it was a fair decision...except Ken Rivard who came second. He refused to be in the top 3 winners photo after the contest. He never competed again as far as I know.
We both trained at Western Gym in downtown Vancouver in a skid row area of the city. We were mates but not friends. 4 months before the contest he asked if I was entering. I told him I was going to win it. He laughed in my face. From that day I got serious. Decided to take Dianabol...two tablets a day. I also trained in secret wearing a track suit so nobody knew what I looked like. I practiced posing 15 minutes every day. Ken arrived with no tan and and didn't know how to pose. He won best arms and back, John Mikl won best chest, I won best legs and best poser, and Walter Milner won best abs and most muscular. I don't recall seeing Ken again after that contest. Then in January 1971 I emigrated to Sydney, Australia so never enjoyed being Mr Canada in my home country. Well, not for long anyway. When I returned in 1980, 87, 2000 and 2004 the bodybuilders had no idea who I was.
Ray Beck was the promoter. He was running two gyms and had a store selling supplements and equipment. He got my wife Roz and me to do most of the work for the contest. Pick judges, select and order trophies, do the advertising, etc. I appeared on TV doing my posing routine during a wrestling program.
Always great hearing these stories Vince. Just a small correction, I believe Ken also won best chest.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY VINCE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VINCE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VINCE
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Great photo Vince you`ll be around for many many years to come.
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Thanks for the stories, Vince. Great stuff.
Your photography is excellent.
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Thanks for the stories, Vince. Great stuff.
Your photography is excellent.
Thanks for the compliment.
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Always great hearing these stories Vince. Just a small correction, I believe Ken also won best chest.
You are correct. I edited my post to change that. Here is the story I wrote for Joe Weider after the contest. Ray Beck got the credit. I never got paid either.
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I picked 15 judges from current and past bodybuilders. 8 showed up including Chuck Sipes. I was surprised I won but most believed it was a fair decision...except Ken Rivard who came second. He refused to be in the top 3 winners photo after the contest. He never competed again as far as I know. I got 6 votes for 1st, Ken got one and Philippe got one.
We both trained at Western Gym in downtown Vancouver in a skid row area of the city. We were mates but not friends. 4 months before the contest he asked if I was entering. I told him I was going to win it. He laughed in my face. From that day I got serious. Decided to take Dianabol...two tablets a day. I also trained in secret wearing a track suit so nobody knew what I looked like. I practiced posing 15 minutes every day. Ken arrived with no tan and and didn't know how to pose. He won best arms, chest and back, I won best legs and best poser, and Walter Milner won best abs and most muscular. I don't recall seeing Ken again after that contest. Then in January 1971 I emigrated to Sydney, Australia so never enjoyed being Mr Canada in my home country. Well, not for long anyway. When I returned in 1980, 87, 2000 and 2004 the bodybuilders had no idea who I was.
Ray Beck was the promoter. He was running two gyms and had a store selling supplements and equipment. He got my wife Roz and me to do most of the work for the contest. Pick judges, select and order trophies, do the advertising, etc. I appeared on TV doing my posing routine during a wrestling program.
Youre not supposed to pick judges for a contest that you partake in.
That's not the way it works in any sporting or athletic or pageant event.
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You are correct. I edited my post to change that. Here is the story I wrote for Joe Weider after the contest. Ray Beck got the credit. I never got paid either.
NOHOMO - your back shots blew the other people away.
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NOHOMO - your back shots blew the other people away.
That back shot was Ken Rivard. World class upper body.
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You're not supposed to pick judges for a contest that you partake in.
That's not the way it works in any sporting or athletic or pageant event.
We all know there is a conflict of interest there. However, that isn't sufficient proof that the judging was fixed in my favour. I picked men who were very strong individuals who knew how to make up their own minds. Most of the judges I had never met before. One who knew me didn't vote for me. There was no time during the contest that I felt I had won. The result was a surprise to me. The second and third place guys got a vote each which shows the contest had judges who voted for who they thought was the best.
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Sounds like my aunt, she has lost over $300k in the last 5 years. So much that her husband divorced her so his money wouldn't get wasted. It was crazy. He had saved a lot of money over his career working at a bank; she never saved a dime. One day just starts gambling, gets addicted to it and blows over $100k in one year. My uncle didn't know about it at first. Since the divorce she has gone broke, works as a substitute school teacher at 78 years old. Her ex-husband is retired with a good chunk of money and fishes every day.
This engineer i worked for many years ago was amazing at playing cards. He would go to the casino every 2-3 weeks and make $3-4k playing cards. He was smart enough to stop when he was down, never gone deep into a loss, he would just quit and come back another time. The way he saw it was that he enjoyed it and his wife went to all the shows while he played cards, so it was a free vacation with a little profit. I remember he used to try and count cards during lunch, had a system for blackjack that he used that seemed to work.
300k in the last 5 years is nuts. Gambling must be a horrible addiction to have.
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My uncle has gambled and lost in his lifetime, at least close to $500,000k, if not more. He’s been gambling for close to 55-60 years, often routinely gambling 500-1000k per month religiously. He didn’t make that good of a living either, which is why my aunt had to work 2-3 jobs.
A few weeks ago he told me he was up $2,000k from winning online. I said “no, you’re not up. You are still in deficit of $498,000k.” But in the gamblers mind, the past losses don’t count. It’s only what’s in front of them.
You are talking about losing gamblers. Anybody with a brain records all of their wins and losses so they are not living a delusion.
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You are talking about losing gamblers. Anybody with a brain records all of their wins and losses so they are not living a delusion.
Evidence shows that the majority of people who gamble lose and are never ahead.
Most people are losing gamblers, not winners. The people you are referring to are a VERY small percentage of the population. How many people do you actually think are keeping track of their records and are coming out on top when examining the general population? ::) In general, most people lose too much to come out ahead.
Eighty-nine percent of gamblers lost money in a study of 4,222 anonymous users of one online gambling network in Europe that includes games of chance like roulette, blackjack, and slots. In the small set of winners, few won more than $150.
Among the heaviest gamblers, 95% lost money. In this group, big losers outnumbered big winners by 128 to 1.
In another study of 18,000 loyalty card holders at U.S. casinos, only 13.5% ended up winning money.
The survey found that callers lost an average of $115,000 over their lifetime. The average current debt due to gambling is $17,000.
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::) :o ;D ;)
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Evidence shows that the majority of people who gamble lose and are never ahead.
Most people are losing gamblers, not winners. The people you are referring to are a VERY small percentage of the population. How many people do you actually think are keeping track of their records and are coming out on top when examining the general population? ::) In general, most people lose too much to come out ahead.
Eighty-nine percent of gamblers lost money in a study of 4,222 anonymous users of one online gambling network in Europe that includes games of chance like roulette, blackjack, and slots. In the small set of winners, few won more than $150.
Among the heaviest gamblers, 95% lost money. In this group, big losers outnumbered big winners by 128 to 1.
In another study of 18,000 loyalty card holders at U.S. casinos, only 13.5% ended up winning money.
The survey found that callers lost an average of $115,000 over their lifetime. The average current debt due to gambling is $17,000.
What most people do is irrelevant to what I do.
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What most people do is irrelevant to what I do.
I am sorry that you are too stupid to realize that my initial statement was speaking about generalities. How would I know the differences between every single gambler? It’s obvious I was speaking in general in terms of observing trends, as there is no way to know every single gamblers habits.
Then again, what’s obvious to intelligent people may not be obvious to others.
Next time I’ll break it down to simpler terms.
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I am sorry that you are too stupid to realize that my initial statement was speaking about generalities. How would I know the differences between every single gambler? It’s obvious I was speaking in general in terms of observing trends, as there is no way to know every single gamblers habits.
Then again, what’s obvious to intelligent people may not be obvious to others.
Next time I’ll break it down to simpler terms.
Lmfao! 🤣
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Finally got around to taking birthday photo at 80. I am fussy about photography but used my Note 20 Ultra and a mirror. Used a clip to hold the phone and triggered it with "Smile". Then I edited it and painted out the background that was cluttered. No pump at all. Got a bit sunburned on my biceps and neck from welding.
Tremendous arm development at 80, I found a different angle pic of you and Arnold on Instagram.
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Tremendous arm development at 80, I found a different angle pic of you and Arnold on Instagram.
For some reason this pic of Breezeway reminds me of Gale Boetticher.
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Happy birthday Vince 8)
I always appreciate your good old stories and your amazing photo gallery
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Vince among the Waratahs, which grow in our National Parks.
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Vince among the Waratahs, which grow in our National Parks.
The uncropped version:
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The uncropped version:
Hahaha that’s fucking great
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The uncropped version:
That looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from the absence of a breezeway ;D
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Ray Mentzer stayed at our place for a year or so back in 86-87.
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I dreamed about owning a Porsche. Here I am with my Porsche 911 RS. Foolishly sold it after I quit teaching in 1980. It became a collector's car and tripled in value in a few years. Original colour was baby blue, I bought it when it was silver and finally I had it painted bright red.
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Back comparison between Ken Rivard and myself in 1970.
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I started making gym equipment in 1975. In 1981 I rented a factory to design and build gym equipment. In 1987 I bought my own factory. Here is a photo from 1988 among my many engineering machines.
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I trained at Western Gym in Vancouver, BC. Primitive basement gym but it suited bodybuilding okay. Earl Maynard used to wrestle and used the gym to train. Here is a photo from 1969 taken in the alley behind the gym.
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Before and after. I started training in September 1968.
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I hold a world record! I set it on my pinch grip machine. 92.5 kg with one hand. That is about 204 pounds. Surface is mirror finished stainless steel.
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Awesome photos Vince....thank you for posting them ! :)
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Cool stuff Vince.
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When I was in Los Angeles in 1968 I visited Vince's Gym in North Hollywood and of course Golds Gym in Venice. Gironda had basic equipment and wooden benches. Joe Gold knew how to weld so fashioned solid steel equipment with the help of Zabo. I used to dream about building gym equipment and in truth nothing out there was very good until Nautilus arrived in about 1970. I bought a gym at West Ryde in Sydney in 1971 and got a welder there, Richard James, to modify a calf machine. In 1975 he showed me how to weld with a home welder and rods. I had an unused room in the back of the gym so started building some gym equipment. I got a 9 inch angle grinder, cheap power hack saw, pedestal drill and a home welder. Away I went. First equipment I made was a standing leg raise. Mine was on an angle, had a back rest and hand grips. Then I built a leg extension machine with adjustable back rest. First one that I remember seeing. In 1980 I was at the Mr Olympia contest at the Opera House in Sydney and met Dan Howard. He had some photos of his gym equipment and I thought I could build similar equipment. I quit teaching PE that year and in 1981 I rented a factory to make gym equipment. I bought a radial drill, lathe and a steel work bench and away we went. I had another guy as a partner but he abandoned ship after a few months when the outgoings were high and we had no income from sales. One day a rep demonstrated a Mig welder so I bought one and it made welding a breeze. One of the first engineering solutions I found was to replace chains and sprockets on a Smith Machine. Mine ran on linear bearings. I believe I was the first to use linear bearings in a Smith Machine and leg press. I even used them on all weight stacks. Way over the top solution and very expensive because they required chromed, hardened shafts. Eventually I got a contract to supply some equipment to a gym in Canberra. In those days I never charged for delivery or installations. No wonder I never made a profit! I would reinvest any money into more materials and also better engineering machines and tools. I could read engineering manuals so figured out what I needed to do for bearings, etc.
My motto was to never copy any equipment...I always designed my own. This, of course, is time consuming especially when you have to make a few prototypes before getting things right. Joe Gold would build a piece of equipment then install it in the gym and wait for criticism to see how it went. After many, many years of making equipment I can now design and build something that works right away. I suppose I could have patented many of my designs but in truth that is a very expensive process because you have to apply to each country you want protection in. Trust me, most equipment companies are ruthless when it comes to dealing with people trying to sell their designs. I have had people here in Australia copy my equipment. What can I say. One company, Titan Gym Equipment, flew me to Adelaide to supervise their fitter to build a leg press with my design. I was supposed to be paid $5000 for the design and a few for each machine they sold. Guess how much I got paid? Zero. Their accountant was out the day I left and that was the end of it. Right proper theft but I couldn't sue him because he had everything in his wife's name. They all considered they were geniuses to build their equipment. I would visit local manufacturers at trade shows and point out some flaws but my criticisms fell on deaf ears.
I did get contracts to supply all the equipment for two gyms in Sydney. Bob Landers and Chris Lee. I bought extra materials and bearings for my own gyms that I made later. I eventually stopped building equipment for other gyms because it wasn't worth my time. Especially when I kept redesigning most of the equipment.
When I finally got my patent approved for my biceps-supinator machine in 1995 I called Arthur Jones in Florida. We got along just fine over the phone. Pity I lived so far away as I would have enjoyed meeting him. Years before he mentioned in IronMan magazine ads that the second function of the biceps was supination. That is twisting your hands inwards. Yet, Arthur never made a machine that had resistance in two degrees of freedom. I set out to see if this was possible. I even visited the mechanical engineering head at Sydney University but he couldn't help me. I got some help from a guy I shared my factory with, Dave McKay. I didn't use his solution but found my own and I rushed down to the patent attorney thinking I had a real money maker there. He told me it would cost about $10,000 to apply for a patent in 5 countries. Australia, USA, Canada, Germany and Great Britain. About $50,000 later I had to forget about the patent as the annual fees were way too high. In retrospect I should have made the machine and then approached companies to sell it. Even then there is no guarantee I would make any money. I wasn't that skilled at tool making but in 2001 I got around to building it. The first prototype worked fine but I wasn't happy about the movement so took it back to the factory and made a major modification. There were several more modifications made and now I am quite pleased that it is much more user friendly. I have it installed where I live part of the week. I set up a few more machines so I could train arms, calves and legs. We closed a few of our gyms over the years and most of the surplus equipment is stored at my place. I really have to sell some equipment to have more room to move about and set up the rest of my home gym. We had a gym in Sydney for 46 years but finally closed it in 2017. That was a disaster and I didn't get much from the sale of our equipment. Never go into business with your ex!
The leg presses I built in 1987 are probably some of the best ever made. Stainless steel fittings. Bolted sleds. Counter weight and shock absorbers. Dual function: sitting or laying down. Linear bearings on both sleds. I also made sure the machine wouldn't tip over if unloaded from one of the sides. The machine pictured is the ladies variation. The men's machine didn't have a counterweight and had longer weight holders for plates.
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When designing a piece of gym equipment I go through the movement then put it on paper. I have to considered the differences in limbs and strength. Quite a lot to consider before you even start making things. Now the chinning movement is quite simple to work out. When you do a close grip chin your hands end up in front of your chest at the finish. When in the lowest position the hands are over head. It is therefore easy to calculate the path and distance for most users. I made the assisted chin-dip machine usable for short people and for those up to 6 feet 7 inches. That is like 98% of people out there who would visit a gym. I needed a way to enter the apparatus and then I had to consider safety. Longevity was also thought about so I used stainless steel for all parts that are touched. There is a counterweight to make the machine usable by the weakest trainee. I have no doubt this is the best such machine made.
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Back comparison between Ken Rivard and myself in 1970.
Nice calves.
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I started making gym equipment in 1975. In 1981 I rented a factory to design and build gym equipment. In 1987 I bought my own factory. Here is a photo from 1988 among my many engineering machines.
That blue machine is a great looking weightlifting machine.
Must be the original bicep supinator machine.
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That blue machine is a great looking weightlifting machine.
Must be the original bicep supinator machine.
Here is my invention. Only one in existence. There are 21 pulleys there. I did all the machining and welding, etc., by myself.
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Here is my invention. Only one in existence.
a true work of art.
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Hate him or love him, how many 80 year olds you know that can hang on getbig. Vince Basile is gold.
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Here is my invention. Only one in existence.
Thing looks like a time machine both to the past and the future. :D
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Vince is an amazing guy, very smart. (Inventor).
Takes a beating here, but it is GetBig and he can hang with the best of 'em.
Great physique in his day. Great photographer.
Has done a ton in the iron-game.
Those of us who love the history of the iron-game, have respect for Vince.
Arnie picked (and influenced) many of his own judges. (Especially for Franco).
A well known-fact many ignore...
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a true work of art.
I feel good that I built a machine that Arthur Jones talked about but never built. It works well and can give you a brutal biceps workout.
I have modified it slightly from the photo above. Here is a video I made in 2016. I didn't demonstrate the supination movement. However, your biceps is additionally stressed by the resistance of the second weight stack. Oh, ignore the gut! I know how to get a small waist but no motivation to actually change my "cook", soft drinks, and the yummy desserts!
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Here is my invention. Only one in existence. There are 21 pulleys there. I did all the machining and welding, etc., by myself.
Looks like it’s about to take off into outer space.
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I feel good that I built a machine that Arthur Jones talked about but never built. It works well and can give you a brutal biceps workout.
I have modified it slightly from the photo above. Here is a video I made in 2016. I didn't demonstrate the supination movement. However, your biceps is additionally stressed by the resistance of the second weight stack. Oh, ignore the gut! I know how to get a small waist but no motivation to actually change my "cook", soft drinks, and the yummy desserts!
This video should be in a museum!
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Back comparison between Ken Rivard and myself in 1970.
He owns you from the back.
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He owns you from the back.
Not exactly...he has a better back and more definition there. Legs from the back not so impressive. He forgot to train calves or thighs.
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Not exactly...he has a better back and more definition there. Legs from the back not so impressive. He forgot to train calves or thighs.
His back more than makes up for any perceived lack of leg development. I'd like to harken back to the time Arnold crashed at your place. If I might, when you were feverishly whacking off in the breezeway whilst watching Arnold nap.....Upon the opening of Arnolds eyes were you still building toward the finish or did he get to witness you ejaculating all over the ceramic tile floor in the aforementioned breezeway. Thanks for taking the time.
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His back more than makes up for any perceived lack of leg development. I'd like to harken back to the time Arnold crashed at your place. If I might, when you were feverishly whacking off in the breezeway whilst watching Arnold nap.....Upon the opening of Arnolds eyes were you still building toward the finish or did he get to witness you ejaculating all over the ceramic tile floor in the aforementioned breezeway. Thanks for taking the time.
Pure filt! Arnold fucked the babysitter...he wasn't interested in taking a nap!
Absolutely no homo here!
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Pure filt! Arnold fucked the babysitter...he wasn't interested in taking a nap!
Absolutely no homo here!
Did he leave a pool of jism in the guest bedroom? Did you frolic in it?
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I feel good that I built a machine that Arthur Jones talked about but never built. It works well and can give you a brutal biceps workout.
I have modified it slightly from the photo above. Here is a video I made in 2016. I didn't demonstrate the supination movement. However, your biceps is additionally stressed by the resistance of the second weight stack. Oh, ignore the gut! I know how to get a small waist but no motivation to actually change my "cook", soft drinks, and the yummy desserts!
This machine looks like it does absolutely nothing special for bicep development, compared to any other machine in the gym.
Maybe we can attach your bicep supination machine to a rocket and ship it to mars.
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This machine looks like it does absolutely nothing special for bicep development, compared to any other machine in the gym.
Maybe we can attach your bicep supination machine to a rocket and ship it to mars.
Why not just do a damn set of basic bicep curls w DB?
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Why not just do a damn set of basic bicep curls w DB?
Apparently, Basile's bicep supination machine targets the bicep in a unique manner. ??? ???
Basile has never answered this one simple question and avoid its every time:
How has the majority of people who have built big biceps done so without using his bicep supination machine?
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I don't get it the gym in my town is constantly getting new stuff. someone mentions something next week there it is on the gym floor. I don't know how they keep fitting this stuff in. pic'd below is the latest piece, apparently it's supposed to work your ass. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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I don't get it the gym in my town is constantly getting new stuff. someone mentions something next week there it is on the gym floor. I don't know how they keep fitting this stuff in. pic'd below is the latest piece, apparently it's supposed to work your ass. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
We have a booty blaster too - its for the women - and Abe, Lurker, Prime, Residue, etc.
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I don't get it the gym in my town is constantly getting new stuff. someone mentions something next week there it is on the gym floor. I don't know how they keep fitting this stuff in. pic'd below is the latest piece, apparently it's supposed to work your ass. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Come on Funk,you know how important a striated ass is....stop goofing around !! ;D
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Come on Funk,you know how important a striated ass is....stop goofing around !! ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Basile what will you do with the Bicep Supinator when you die? Will you leave it to Ron in your will for him to auction off to the highest bidding Getbigger?
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Apparently, Basile's bicep supination machine targets the bicep in a unique manner. ??? ???
Basile has never answered this one simple question and avoid its every time:
How has the majority of people who have built big biceps done so without using his bicep supination machine?
Obviously SF has never designed a new piece of gym equipment. Everyone knows that bodybuilders get big lifting weights and using machines. However, what machines are more effective that others re the biceps? Well, do other machines allow resistance for the supination part of the curl? No, only my biceps-supinator. It is possible to hold dumbbells close to one side and get more resistance that way doing curls.
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Obviously SF has never designed a new piece of gym equipment. Everyone knows that bodybuilders get big lifting weights and using machines. However, what machines are more effective that others re the biceps? Well, do other machines allow resistance for the supination part of the curl? No, only my biceps-supinator. It is possible to hold dumbbells close to one side and get more resistance that way doing curls.
True. But he's also never stacked the deck with judges either.
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Basile what will you do with the Bicep Supinator when you die? Will you leave it to Ron in your will for him to auction off to the highest bidding Getbigger?
It took Ron years to award me Blue Stars. Why on earth would I leave him anything? My son Zorba will probably get the machine as he is the one person who appreciates what I built and helped people in the gym use the machine. I have modified it to be more user friendly so it doesn't need any instructions re how to use it.
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True. But he's also never stacked the deck with judges either.
Nice to see you back as your usual self.
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It took Ron years to award me Blue Stars. Why on earth would I leave him anything? My son Zorba will probably get the machine as he is the one person who appreciates what I built and helped people in the gym use the machine. I have modified it to be more user friendly so it doesn't need any instructions re how to use it.
The real question is why would Ron want to inherit such a peace of shit?
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I don't get it the gym in my town is constantly getting new stuff. someone mentions something next week there it is on the gym floor. I don't know how they keep fitting this stuff in. pic'd below is the latest piece, apparently it's supposed to work your ass. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
I have thought about what constitutes the perfect bodybuilding gym. If I had unlimited money I would set one up with sections devoted to the muscles. An arm section would have all the best biceps machines available, plus plenty of dumbbells as well. An adjacent section would have all the best triceps machines. A calf section and so on. Would be an amazing place to train. Understand that no gym would have my biceps-supinator so none could claim to be fully equipped!
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The real question is why would Ron want to inherit such a peace of shit?
No, the real question is why they allow excrement to post here!
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We have a booty blaster too - its for the women - and Abe, Lurker, Prime, Residue, etc.
On behalf of The Getbig Federation of Moderates, I would kindly ask that you remove my fellow Abe from this list.
These are trying times and losing a member of this magnitude would be catastrophic to the Federation.
Abe and I go back a long way, and we have agreed to split-roast Gal Yates, AOC, and any other precious works of brown skinned art in the coming years; as long as it has been confirmed they have never smoked.
Please adjust your register to remove this good man from your "list".
Thanks,
TIO
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On behalf of The Getbig Federation of Moderates, I would kindly ask that you remove my fellow Abe from this list.
These are trying times and losing a member of this magnitude would be catastrophic to the Federation.
Abe and I go back a long way, and we have agreed to split-roast Gal Yates, AOC, and any other precious works of brown skinned art in the coming years; as long as it has been confirmed they have never smoked.
Please adjust your register to remove this good man from your "list".
Thanks,
TIO
I appreciate the support my brother. You can trust that if this board ever gets overrun by left wing lunatics that I'll always look out for you as well.
-Abe
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Obviously SF has never designed a new piece of gym equipment. Everyone knows that bodybuilders get big lifting weights and using machines. However, what machines are more effective that others re the biceps? Well, do other machines allow resistance for the supination part of the curl? No, only my biceps-supinator. It is possible to hold dumbbells close to one side and get more resistance that way doing curls.
If your bicep supination machine is more effective than other bicep machines, does this mean that Ronnie Coleman’s biceps would have been even bigger if he used your machine?
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If your bicep supination machine is more effective than other bicep machines, does this mean that Ronnie Coleman’s biceps would have been even bigger if he used your machine?
What kind of question is that? Ronnie was as big as he could get. Period. If he had used my machine he might have got there quicker. If I had twins and one trained with my machines and the other in a gym I have no doubt who would gain the most on arms. Drug free, of course.
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Vince, you knew Sergio Oliva, did you ever see how he trained?
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It took Ron years to award me Blue Stars. Why on earth would I leave him anything? My son Zorba will probably get the machine as he is the one person who appreciates what I built and helped people in the gym use the machine. I have modified it to be more user friendly so it doesn't need any instructions re how to use it.
Zorbas Supinator has a nice ring to it. Maybe he'll patent it.
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What kind of question is that? Ronnie was as big as he could get. Period. If he had used my machine he might have got there quicker. If I had twins and one trained with my machines and the other in a gym I have no doubt who would gain the most on arms. Drug free, of course.
You have no doubt?
That’s your opinion. But you have zero evidence to back up your claim.
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Zorbas Supinator has a nice ring to it. Maybe he'll patent it.
Is Basile Greek? Zorba the Greek?
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Arnold the Rapist assigned his own promoter to the '80 Mr. O.
The following year Arnie was promoter, and Franco the bitch-tit won... ::)
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What kind of question is that? Ronnie was as big as he could get. Period. If he had used my machine he might have got there quicker. If I had twins and one trained with my machines and the other in a gym I have no doubt who would gain the most on arms. Drug free, of course.
If you had triplets have one of them do weighted chinups and pullups for biceps and you'd have your winner.