NAUTILUS MACHINES ARE FOR WEAK PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[natural al]

the old natilus machines were awsome...I don't know about the new ones.  They had a cool old pulldown machine...I've never tried one of the old ones I didn't like.

[Luv2Hurt]

Alexxx must train at home.  Never been in a gym.

[pobrecito]

The original Nautilis pullover machine (as seen in Blood and Guts) is the best machine ever made...

[Eyeball Chambers]

machines are better than free weights

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Luv2Hurt]

The nautilus leg extension was very nice too.  The tricep press and preacher curl were also good naut machines

[natural al]

the pulldown machine has pads that go under you're elbows so it totally takes you're grip out of the equation, it's really hard to describe but the range of motion is so much different than anything I've ever tried before.  The shrug machine is great also.  They have a bi machine that's really cool.  All the old stuff was great, I wish there were gyms around that still had that stuff, I only know if one place that has the 3 machines I mentioned above.

[davidpaul]

Are we mistaking Hammer Strength equipment for Nautilus?

I was thinking the same thing.

[natural al]

I had heard along time ago that natilus has a ton of the old equipment in a warehouse but can't sell it or even give it away cause they have a lawsuit going with someone...wonder if this is true?

[Zach Trowbridge]

Are we mistaking Hammer Strength equipment for Nautilus?

Nautilus does make a line of plate-loaded equipment, but I've never seen it in many places.  It's rather ghetto when compared to Hammer Strength or the Cybex plate-loaded stuff.

[SteelePegasus]

lol, Alexxx...here is one for you. At the NYSC in Brooklyn we have the Nautalus uni-lateral bench press (the one where you lay on your back).  Throwing up 4 plates per side isn't too big a deal....but that shit does't translate to the bench press  

but it is great for an ego pump

I will correct myself..I checked this morning and it is a Cybex plate loaded bench press (lay on your back). As I stated earlier it has zero correlation to the bench press.

[GoneAway]

Brutal fake story.

I don't mind machines, though I barely use them. They have their place in training.

[Rimbaud]

I was mixing it up with free weights and was training on an empty stomach and four hour drive there!

You should be killed for actually driving four hours to workout at Bally's.

[The Squadfather]

I went to try them at baleys the other day and was using 2 1/2 plates per side on it like it was nothing(pulldowns and rows). I was mixing it up with free weights and was training on an empty stomach and four hour drive there! It was funny there was a dude that came in in a sweatshirt and I thought he was pretty big. Then he started taking it off one layer at a time. The 200+ pound monster became 170 pounds and he was asking me what sups I was taking. He told me he was on cell tech and wanted my advice. This took place at Baleys!

i can't even imagine how pathetic that other guy must have been if he was asking you for advice.

[Board_SHERIF]

You should be killed for actually driving four hours to workout at Bally's.

Maybe he was going to see loads of hot chics ?

[Blockhead]

The original Nautilis pullover machine (as seen in Blood and Guts) is the best machine ever made...

I agree. I am happy to say that I OWN one...it's blue, wrought iron...chain link but it has a 250lb weight stack...not plate load like Dorians.

 Bought it for $200 from a (former) gym owner who was closing down...said NOBODY ever used it and he thought it was a waste of space. In this day and age I aint suprised that nobody used it.

 In MY gym the ONLY ones who use it are the handful of competitors who dwell in there. Everyone els thinks first off...it's a TRICEP machine or dont know what it is peroid. I seen people do 'crunches' on it. It's amazing.

 I also have the first generation Nautilus lateral raise machine. Awesome piece. I dont like the military press part of it but for laterals...feels better than anything Icarian, Cybex, Life Fitness ever made.

[davidpaul]

I agree. I am happy to say that I OWN one...it's blue, wrought iron...chain link but it has a 250lb weight stack...not plate load like Dorians.

 Bought it for $200 from a (former) gym owner who was closing down...said NOBODY ever used it and he thought it was a waste of space. In this day and age I aint suprised that nobody used it.

 In MY gym the ONLY ones who use it are the handful of competitors who dwell in there. Everyone els thinks first off...it's a TRICEP machine or dont know what it is peroid. I seen people do 'crunches' on it. It's amazing.

 I also have the first generation Nautilus lateral raise machine. Awesome piece. I dont like the military press part of it but for laterals...feels better than anything Icarian, Cybex, Life Fitness ever made.

i think alex was using cybex/hammer stegth equipment, my gym hass the old shcool chain link machines that are plate loaded, they eve have a lat pull down which is brutal.

[natural al]

i think alex was using cybex/hammer stegth equipment, my gym hass the old shcool chain link machines that are plate loaded, they eve have a lat pull down which is brutal.

is it the one with the pads that go under your upper arms?  That is the BEST lat machine I've ever used...I'd buy one in a minute if I could find one.

[Blockhead]

 At CLUB INDUSTRY last October in Chicago.

 Big trade show-expo for all equipment manufacturers.

 I asked the reps at NAUTILUS why ' why do they not make the original BEST machines like they used to instead of the 'NITRO' line.

 They all agreeed that the first generation nautilus that Arthur Jones advocated were the most indestructible, most scientific most prolific muscle building machines ever created.

 They said because of times changing and big corporate chain gyms bringing fitness to the avarage joe...those machines weren't pretty to look at and deemed "too hardcore". They arent aesthetically pleasing and some said in a POLL that they look 'midevel' and intimidating, hence...you can find them anymore. Nautilus had to go with the trend to survive financially.

 As hardc ore gyms started to fall and the rise of the corporate health spas started to flourish...the first generation nautilus machine went into hiding.

 It's a shame.

[natural al]

At CLUB INDUSTRY last October in Chicago.

 Big trade show-expo for all equipment manufacturers.

 I asked the reps at NAUTILUS why ' why do they not make the original BEST machines like they used to instead of the 'NITRO' line.

 They all agreeed that the first generation nautilus that Arthur Jones advocated were the most indestructible, most scientific most prolific muscle building machines ever created.

 They said because of times changing and big corporate chain gyms bringing fitness to the avarage joe...those machines weren't pretty to look at and deemed "too hardcore". They arent aesthetically pleasing and some said in a POLL that they look 'midevel' and intimidating, hence...you can find them anymore. Nautilus had to go with the trend to survive financially.

 As hardc ore gyms started to fall and the rise of the corporate health spas started to flourish...the first generation nautilus machine went into hiding.

 It's a shame.

the first gen. nautilus machines you're talking about were the best ever made.  We used to have a "nautilus gym" in my area, I went in there once when I was about 16 but didn't really understand how to use the stuff.  If I had access to them now I'd use them alot, the ones I have access to right now which are in a small gym in my area that I go to once every other month just to do something different are great.

[corinth]

I agree. I am happy to say that I OWN one...it's blue, wrought iron...chain link but it has a 250lb weight stack...not plate load like Dorians.

 Bought it for $200 from a (former) gym owner who was closing down...said NOBODY ever used it and he thought it was a waste of space. In this day and age I aint suprised that nobody used it.

 In MY gym the ONLY ones who use it are the handful of competitors who dwell in there. Everyone els thinks first off...it's a TRICEP machine or dont know what it is peroid. I seen people do 'crunches' on it. It's amazing.

 I also have the first generation Nautilus lateral raise machine. Awesome piece. I dont like the military press part of it but for laterals...feels better than anything Icarian, Cybex, Life Fitness ever made.

There are still 2 Nautilus gyms here, both owned by the same guy. They've been around for over 20 years. They both have the full line of the old Nautilus machines. Those machines are truly indestructible. They are all equipped with the weight stacks. The chain links on those things are huge and thick. I don't think you could break one of those chain links if you tried. That was the first gym I joined when I first started working out. I used that exact pullover machine you have in your gym Block.  Of course I was new and stupid and had clue to use that reverse grip that Dorian used. If I only knew then what I know now.

[Blockhead]

 I know, right!

 They are made of pure wrought iron and if an atomic mega bomb hit the US...they only thing that would survive and be unphased would be cockroaches and 1st generation Nautilus Machines.

 It goes to show how truly young and immature and unappreciative alexxx really is for him to kncok old school nautilus machines. Goes to show his expierence level.

 I remember my old highschool had a bunch of Nautilus and back then I didnt think anything of it. It was about 3 yrs ago I went to my old highschool and asked the power that be if they still had it and if they would sell it etc...

 The 'new fitness center', not weight room, 'fitness center' was all changed and nobody knew what happened to all the Nautilus stuff...everything replaced by Life Fitness.

 My guess is Brunswick(lifefitness) people came in...took out the Nautilus and sold it to a refurbishing company.

[danielson]

Are you still supposed to do only one set with Nautilus? I went to one of those gyms when I was a kid and I was told to do one set to failure.

[natural al]

Are you still supposed to do only one set with Nautilus? I went to one of those gyms when I was a kid and I was told to do one set to failure.

yes but it's not supposed to be a "conventional" set....

[BlueChamber]

i think alex was using cybex/hammer stegth equipment, my gym hass the old shcool chain link machines that are plate loaded, they eve have a lat pull down which is brutal.

which gym do you workout at that has these old school nautilus machines?

[body88]

pullover machines, are some of the greatest inventions ever created.