SCOTT! "This is Scott!" ..... funny story.
SCOTT... here are some memories that these GetBiggers won't appreciate too very much...
I'm glad you agree that THINGS WERE SO MUCH DIFFERENT THEN! I could expound on that till the cows come home!
Many times the younger generation thinks I'm full of shit when we talk about the good old days and those involved in the business or those who were competing in skimpy trunks for a plastic trophy.
Back then gyms were social hangouts .... but only AFTER the serous training was completed and any use of roids was discussed openly without hearing a lot of shit from those outside the 'game'.
Those "outside the game" were not gym members yet, but a President named Kennedy would change that real soon.
I personally believe thatt the following three events changed gym atmospheres for the worse over time.
I can't blame President Kenney but he was very active and convincing about the general public getting in some form of decent shape. ANd that was when the gym "outsiders' entered the picture and changed just about everything.
Chrome this and chrome that and fancy shit that the original gym members never used.
Gyms became places where inividuals who knew nothing about lifting heavy things, started trying lifting heavy things with no real interest in doing so.
And these new members failed to understand the mind-set of those who took lifting heavy things and gaining muscular size ... very seriously.
SO there were sort of two very different groups of gym members and over time it became very noticealbe and somewhat resentful.
The commeradity slowly evaporated and never did return.
And then the Personal Trainer Business raised its ugly head. And the guys who knew how to train were replaced by the guys who only thought they knew how to train but passed a written test.
That problem is not as bad today as it was back then but back then when there were no PT's, you'd simply ask anyone in the gym if you could work arms or legs or chest with them.
Or if you didn't really know what to do, there was always someone there willing to help you out without a $60 to a $100 consultation fee.
But that PT business grew and continues to grow today because gyms are now full of people who have no idea what the hell they are supposed to do and it's an easy increase to the bottom line.
But it's difficult to argue about the PT business because some PT's have proved themselves to be very helpful.
But it was so much more simple in the good old days when you could walk up to anyone in the gym and ask for help with a spot or for help on just about anything regarding your particular workout.
It was so much better in them good old days.
And then they made the use of roids a felony which created big business and big incomes for those who look for income opportunities such as this.
And roid discussions and advice and even help and advice from the medical profession went underground. It became dangerous to discuss it openly and honestly.
An a few good men got arrested by those in authority who used the roids and still do to this day.
YADA, Yada, yada,,,,,, gottta go to the airport.