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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #25 on: October 29, 2025, 08:56:15 AM »
So, he really was that skinny.

To be honest, he was kind of chubby.  Perma bulker.

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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #26 on: October 29, 2025, 12:41:26 PM »
Just labels.  No gear.  He was supposed to be mailing the labels to other people that were breaking gallons of gear down into vials and creating stock.  He was filling those vials he was selling with sterile oil, nothing else.

I wonder if Rambone knows/remembers the dude from the World/Powerhouse/Titan gym on Federal.  He is familiar with some of the characters from that place.  This dude is the one that got in the fight with the mental patient that lived in the little house across from the back parking lot of the gym (right where you turned in to drive up into the church lot.)  That crazy dude was fighting in underwear and a Target bag that he was wearing like a cape.  Nothing else.  And during the fight he took both off and threw it at the guy.  Then got beat unconscious while naked.  It was wild!

Lmao! I was there quite a while ago. It was my late high school and early college years. Loved that gym. Characters I remember:

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Mad TV version of Kenny Rogers lookalike who would smoke outside while drinking a ABB XXL drink or carb drink. Had a Jay cutler/rambo headband on. He also trained a Down’s syndrome kid with retard strength.

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Kenny Jones - no comment necessary. Wore lots of flannel and complained that he’d tear his biceps because the ceiling fans were on

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Paul Baker - Mr. Jamaica himself. Ate lots of Burger King at the counter. Had the shittiest car in the lot. A real shitbox. Fairly tall for a bodybuilder. Seemed like a pretty nice guy.

4.

Jeff the bald personal trainer guy that we’ve discussed in the past. Paper-thin skin of peace.

5.

We called him Bono (not to his face) but he looked like a bald version of him with his signature glasses. Wore a black fishnet shirt and loved using the rope attachment. Possibly had nipple rings.

Trying to think of other random people. Miss that gym. I’m sure it’s super flaming by now. This was early 2000s. Would fight that crazy neighbor for a free gym membership for life

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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #27 on: October 29, 2025, 02:56:30 PM »
One guy in NC was receiving raws from their shipper in Canada who received it from overseas,

I saw one research chemical guy say he now had his Chinese raws sent through five different continents before he received it so it took a bit longer. The methods are sophisticated to trick customs :D
I so wish I'd had a reliable raws supplier, the cost would probably be 10 times less plus you could sell just a little bit and end up actually on the plus side  instead of spending money, even if it was relatively little. Janoshik says the market is the worst it's ever been. There's talk about India and Turkey picking up the slack but Janoshik says he hasn't gotten any from there yet. Chinese factories actually used his lab to check ther own powders but that has stopped completely. He says many labs are in the process of getting the proper licenses now but it moves slow.

He also says he used to get bribery attempts and lots of threats but that has stopped.  The labs would have been fucked if they tried that since the authorities don't like his operation and keep close tabs on him.

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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #28 on: October 29, 2025, 07:06:43 PM »
I wish we could sell gear here............mine would go for cheap and it`s a shit ton of quality stuff.


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« Reply #29 on: October 30, 2025, 06:54:14 AM »
Lmao! I was there quite a while ago. It was my late high school and early college years. Loved that gym. Characters I remember:

1.

Mad TV version of Kenny Rogers lookalike who would smoke outside while drinking a ABB XXL drink or carb drink. Had a Jay cutler/rambo headband on. He also trained a Down’s syndrome kid with retard strength.

2.

Kenny Jones - no comment necessary. Wore lots of flannel and complained that he’d tear his biceps because the ceiling fans were on

3.

Paul Baker - Mr. Jamaica himself. Ate lots of Burger King at the counter. Had the shittiest car in the lot. A real shitbox. Fairly tall for a bodybuilder. Seemed like a pretty nice guy.

4.

Jeff the bald personal trainer guy that we’ve discussed in the past. Paper-thin skin of peace.

5.

We called him Bono (not to his face) but he looked like a bald version of him with his signature glasses. Wore a black fishnet shirt and loved using the rope attachment. Possibly had nipple rings.

Trying to think of other random people. Miss that gym. I’m sure it’s super flaming by now. This was early 2000s. Would fight that crazy neighbor for a free gym membership for life

Paul is a great guy.  We talked back at World but didn't really become friends until we were both at Golds on Commercial.  Dude is the most hilarious guy you will ever meet.  And I am not saying this just because we are friends, but he was 300lbs with legit abs and I am sure that while he never won anything at this peak, if you put him at his prime on this past Olympia stage, he would have finished in the Top 5.  He never had a bubble gut.  We went from Golds to LA Fitness (Federal and Cypress branches) and UFit (for a year).  He is now up north around Boca, Delray, WPB.  And is doing really well for himself.  The days of that gray Honda civic hatchback that he could barely get out of are gone.  Dude has a nice house and life.  Still in amazing shape.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdOojqZDh4r/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbBHF42jbhY/

Then there was MuscleMike - that made Vince Taylor look like he trained Dorian Yates style.  He would sit on machines and literally fall asleep at times.   And he never sweated.  Never.  He would camp out on a tricep extension machine for an hour.  Using 30lbs and doing 15-20 reps.  I honestly believe if he ever broke a sweat he would have exploded on the spot.  But had the greatest genetics you could imagine.  Dude could probably just read a muscle magazine and it would stimulate hypertrophy.  Unfortunately he had a bad meth problem and his dealer was also his boyfriend and his pimp.  And used to beat the shit out of him every other month.  Matt Mendenhall had nothing on this dude.

Let me see if I can find a photo of Jeff.




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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #30 on: October 30, 2025, 07:20:06 AM »
WTF???  It says upload failed security when I try to do them individually.


Jeff - had to go back a long way for this one

Fernando - that dated an 80 year old man until that guy kicked him  out and then started a fling with Barney Frank and lost his mind when Barney met the other guy he eventually married.

Wayne - who's DIY homemade synthol was "not obvious at all".  Yeah, he really said that.   We all just stared at him.  Came back from that show crying about it was "politics".  Next week went up to Clearwater or Tampa (I can't remember) to do a show and was never seen again.

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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #31 on: October 30, 2025, 07:54:15 AM »
Paul is a great guy.  We talked back at World but didn't really become friends until we were both at Golds on Commercial.  Dude is the most hilarious guy you will ever meet.  And I am not saying this just because we are friends, but he was 300lbs with legit abs and I am sure that while he never won anything at this peak, if you put him at his prime on this past Olympia stage, he would have finished in the Top 5.  He never had a bubble gut.  We went from Golds to LA Fitness (Federal and Cypress branches) and UFit (for a year).  He is now up north around Boca, Delray, WPB.  And is doing really well for himself.  The days of that gray Honda civic hatchback that he could barely get out of are gone.  Dude has a nice house and life.  Still in amazing shape.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CdOojqZDh4r/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbBHF42jbhY/

Then there was MuscleMike - that made Vince Taylor look like he trained Dorian Yates style.  He would sit on machines and literally fall asleep at times.   And he never sweated.  Never.  He would camp out on a tricep extension machine for an hour.  Using 30lbs and doing 15-20 reps.  I honestly believe if he ever broke a sweat he would have exploded on the spot.  But had the greatest genetics you could imagine.  Dude could probably just read a muscle magazine and it would stimulate hypertrophy.  Unfortunately he had a bad meth problem and his dealer was also his boyfriend and his pimp.  And used to beat the shit out of him every other month.  Matt Mendenhall had nothing on this dude.

Let me see if I can find a photo of Jeff.
It's almost like elite genetics are a curse.

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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #32 on: October 30, 2025, 08:08:13 AM »
Some fellas on a gear focused podcast said some study showed if you curled with no weight but squeezed as hard as possible you grew as much as the loaded group  :D

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« Reply #33 on: October 30, 2025, 08:13:42 AM »
Some fellas on a gear focused podcast said some study showed if you curled with no weight but squeezed as hard as possible you grew as much as the loaded group  :D

most of these guys have insecurity to the point of medication to even act normal utter Bellends who have no real idea about fitness

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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #34 on: October 30, 2025, 08:58:57 AM »
It's almost like elite genetics are a curse.

That is a great way to put it.

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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #35 on: October 30, 2025, 09:09:53 AM »
WTF???  It says upload failed security when I try to do them individually.


Jeff - had to go back a long way for this one

Fernando - that dated an 80 year old man until that guy kicked him  out and then started a fling with Barney Frank and lost his mind when Barney met the other guy he eventually married.

Wayne - who's DIY homemade synthol was "not obvious at all".  Yeah, he really said that.   We all just stared at him.  Came back from that show crying about it was "politics".  Next week went up to Clearwater or Tampa (I can't remember) to do a show and was never seen again.

Wow nice detective work. That MuscleMike guy had some sick genetics. Never saw him though

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Re: gear prices...wtf
« Reply #36 on: Today at 04:36:42 AM »
I live in Poland and buy a 10 ml bottle of testosterone 250 mg for 90 PLN (25 USD).