Well it's official, I'm now a Certified Personal Trainer!

[Vince B]

60 years....its doesn't mean shit because you never excelled at bodybuilding and you wasted your years "managing a gym" which is the same as turn on and off the lights and cleaning the equipment.  You are not part of the "Golden Age Of Bodybuilding" because you never took it to the next level required to be competitive and now you live regretting it.   No magazine or publication will lift a keystroke about you at the end of the day for you.  When you finally go, your gym equipment remaining including that bicep supinator will be hauled off to the junkyard and melted down for soda cans.  When you go, you won't get a card from Frank Zane, Arnie, Franco, Platz, or anyone else. 

No one will remember you in bodybuilding because you never did anything...memorable.

Coming from you that is quite a claim. Who cares who remembers us when we are gone? Zane and most of those guys are fading fast and in perhaps 20 years they will be long forgotten.

By the way, you really have no idea who I am or what I have done. I haven't managed my gym since 1981 when I started making gym equipment.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Coming from you that is quite a claim. Who cares who remembers us when we are gone? Zane and most of those guys are fading fast and in perhaps 20 years they will be long forgotten.

By the way, you really have no idea who I am or what I have done. I haven't managed my gym since 1981 when I started making gym equipment.

Lol...no they won't.   Zane is a 3 time Mr Olympia...he is bodybuilding royalty.  You are bodybuilding stupidity. 

[Vince B]

Lol...no they won't.   Zane is a 3 time Mr Olympia...he is bodybuilding royalty.  You are bodybuilding stupidity. 

Lol. What a dope you are. You competed a few times. Who did you beat?

[FitnessFrenzy]

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[Coach is Back!]

Already said that chief

Depth jumps are only for very advanced athletes

Lighter polys can be used by most

1. Where did you mention depth jumps?

2. No they're not for very advanced athletes. They should be and can be taught at a young age.

[Coach is Back!]

LOL. Melvin you finally get a dwelling and figure you are doing great. Good for you. I certainly don't envy you, your job, your physique, your vehicle, etc.

Joe is doing well at what he does. I couldn't do that because I don't subscribe to much of what he does. Like I said, you have to be sort of average to do personal training.

In September this year I will have 60 years experience lifting weights and bodybuilding. That doesn't mean much but it does represent a long time doing the same thing.

Because you don't understand it. Are we talking about the same thing? Just what are you talking about, Vince?

[DroppingPlates]

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Grapefruit warriors..

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Lol. What a dope you are. You competed a few times. Who did you beat?

I'm not creating my legacy on being a bodybuilding competitor, jackass.

[FitnessFrenzy]

Vince & Vince: Please fight in another thread. This thread is about Wiggs.

[dj181]

1. Where did you mention depth jumps?

2. No they're not for very advanced athletes. They should be and can be taught at a young age.

Off a 42 inch step??

Nah

[Agnostic007]

I competed in bench press comps, in fact I even won one

But alas I was the only one in it 😆😆😆

that's at least one blue star

[Agnostic007]

A million dollars is nothing in Huntington Beach   many houses average in the 2-3 million easily

I understand a million dollars gets you less house in Huntington than it would in Las Vegas, but still, it's a house in Huntington Beach

[Primemuscle]

As to the science of exercise, well, some things make sense and others seem senseless.   If it works for you, it works for you.  Underneath it all we are all pretty much the same but each person is a variation on that theme of humanity and will respond according to their genetic makeup.  Drugs just make that response far more pronounced.

No drugs and you'd still have a Franco Columbu or a Lee Priest but they'd just be a whole lot dinkier muscle wise.  Height without steroids might mean a person will grow taller as male hormones signal the arrival of maturity and as such tend to signal your body to stop growing taller.  I think that's why so many top bodybuilders today are relatively short.  They started taking stuff before they reached maturity and BAZINGA! You've got a Lee Priest! "Dinkier"?  Damn that reads funny!

Another possible theory is that shorter men sometimes turn to bodybuilding to compensate for their diminutive stature. Whether or not steroids negatively affect one's height depends on when they started taking them and when they would have otherwise reached their final height. Some people stop growing taller in their late teens while others continue growing until their mid-twenties. I topped out at around 16 and didn't start TRT and D-bol for at least two more years.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320676.php
Jan 21, 2018 - The fastest rate of growth is usually 1 to 2 years after puberty has started. Developing physically into an adult takes 2 to 5 years. Most boys will stop growing taller by age 16 and will usually have developed fully by 18.

[Primemuscle]

I’m talking about applied plyometrics and freaking Vince is talking about bodybuilding 

Plyometrics is what you teach or coach, but don't you also coach weight training and bodybuilding? Do you include the plyo jump when coaching the tire flip? I imagine there is more call for strength and endurance training for athletics than there is for bodybuilding. I believe bodybuilders are still a niche group of people. 

[Primemuscle]

Still have my profile
https://www.ipersonaltrainer.net/trainer/melvingoodrum

You look to be in good condition in your website photo. In some other photos, you appear to have a bit of a struggle with your own weight. You are still advertising as a personal trainer who specializes in weight loss. Does this affect your credibility with clients wanting to lose weight?

[Agnostic007]

You look to be in good condition in your website photo. In some other photos, you appear to have a bit of a struggle with your own weight. You are still advertising as a personal trainer who specializes in weight loss. Does this affect your credibility with clients wanting to lose weight?

This is something that I don't think I will ever understand. I see trainers at the gym that appear to be in average to obese shape. While an obese trainer may have all the knowledge in the world, why would a client trust them to help them lose weight when they obviously can't follow their own advice? Now I realize this doesn't apply to every sport or training scenario. But weight is something they have control over and yet they don't conquer that challenge, and want you to pay them to help you conquer yours. I think they probably have a second job that pays the bills or live at home.

[Primemuscle]

Sorry, Joe, save your posts because I won't be debating this issue with you. I don't consider you an authority in exercise science.

You are entitled to your opinion. However, until you've personally observed Coach's training methods, your opinion does not mean much to other folks around here.

It seems like having a functional degree of fitness interests more people than just looking muscular. This is what I've observed when working out at the gym.  

On the other hand, it does not seem fair that your physique be compared to Coach's. Aren't you about twenty years older than he is? I don't know about you, but the quality of my physique is not what it was when I was in my 50's.

[Primemuscle]

If that's coach, he looks pretty fit.

The fact he resided in Huntington Beach is pretty cool

Huntington Beach is a great place to be. Damn, no matter how long I've live in Oregon, I will continue to miss the beaches in Southern California.

[dj181]

that's at least one blue star

 

[Primemuscle]

Don't read into it that much as its Huntington Beach where a 2 bedroom condo sells for 600k.   

Recently, I checked out three of the houses I lived in while growing up and was surprised to discover that all of them are valued at more than 1 mil. one of them was valued at over 2 mil. All of them are nice homes and located in good neighborhoods, but they are pretty much average homes. One is in West Los Angeles near Rancho Golf Course and the other two are in Encino. So, you are correct that a million dollar home in Huntington Beach isn't a big deal, probably well below the average home value there.

[Primemuscle]

I competed in bench press comps, in fact I even won one

But alas I was the only one in it 😆😆😆

Yup, when there is little or no competition winning a contest is a snap. With a few weeks training, I would likely win a local bodybuilding competition in my age class. 

[Coach is Back!]

Off a 42 inch step??

Nah

Where are you coming up with this crap? 42? What the hell are you talking about?

[Coach is Back!]

Plyometrics is what you teach or coach, but don't you also coach weight training and bodybuilding? Do you include the plyo jump when coaching the tire flip? I imagine there is more call for strength and endurance training for athletics than there is for bodybuilding. I believe bodybuilders are still a niche group of people. 

What I teach? It’s just a component of athletic development. Do I Coach weight training and bodybuilding 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[Primemuscle]

What I teach? It’s just a component of athletic development. Do I Coach weight training and bodybuilding 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

🤦‍♂️ 

[dj181]

Where are you coming up with this crap? 42? What the hell are you talking about?

That's one of the recommended box heights cheif