Frank Zanes home gym setup

[a_pupil]

Vince, you really did look great in the picture you posted, and anyone who would say otherwise would be talking trash because they dislike you.  I also have no doubt that Zane has been a colossal anus hole to a lot of people in his day, not just toward you.

Now:

Having said that, there comes a point where a person has to stop bickering with strangers on a bodybuilding board.  This whole thing is just WEIRD.

Basille has been typing furiously on boards for decades bitching about the golden era like

[Bevo]

Where are the big egos of bodybuilding? Arnold, Frank, etc. They wouldn't dare post on Getbig. I have been on BB boards for

at least 20 years. Helps me keep an interest in bodybuilding.

Frankly, they moved on and don’t care. There is nothing else to prove for them. You seem to be still holding grudges close to 50 years later

[Hypertrophy]

A lot of people are ragging on Vince B, but Zane looks like shit. His home gym is no different than Curves. Geez - dumbbells that go to 50 pounds? And lets make a gym full of rubber bands so nobody gets hurt from those nasty metal plates, haha

Yeah, he was Mr Olympia, and a puny one at that. Now he looks like a granola eating Hindu who drones on about yoga, lol.

[Vince B]

Frankly, they moved on and don’t care. There is nothing else to prove for them. You seem to be still holding grudges close to 50 years later

LOL. You don't know champion bodybuilders. Some were here but most have gone. Why? Well, Getbig isn't a rest home for big egos. It is rather a place where everyone can be a target...sooner or later.

It would be great to interact with all those guys. Even the current champs stay well away from Getbig. Better to be safe than sorry.

All those anonymous heroes can destroy anyone they please. Finally, the insignificant nobodies can beat the guys with the big muscles.

[Vince B]

A lot of people are ragging on Vince B, but Zane looks like shit. His home gym is no different than Curves. Geez - dumbbells that go to 50 pounds? And lets make a gym full of rubber bands so nobody gets hurt from those nasty metal plates, haha

Yeah, he was Mr Olympia, and a puny one at that. Now he looks like a granola eating Hindu who drones on about yoga, lol.

Think for a moment about gyms. Who set up and owns most of the great gyms today? Bodybuilders? Hardly. Arnold never owned a gym. Joe Gold told Arnold to invest in real estate. So that is what Arnold did. Paid off, too.

Zane never had a gym that would impress a bodybuilder. He catered to the average Joe who didn't know much about training. He has a nice home gym. Doesn't look like he trains much any more.

[Dokey111]

LOL at this trash talk.  Zane will be remembered long after he's gone, and probably be even more popular than ever.  You worry about you.

[Bevo]

LOL. You don't know champion bodybuilders. Some were here but most have gone. Why? Well, Getbig isn't a rest home for big egos. It is rather a place where everyone can be a target...sooner or later.

It would be great to interact with all those guys. Even the current champs stay well away from Getbig. Better to be safe than sorry.

All those anonymous heroes can destroy anyone they please. Finally, the insignificant nobodies can beat the guys with the big muscles.

Again, or do you think they really don’t care? People do move on, you know. Not everyone is involved in bbing or care about the “news” after so many years like they did in their youth

[Vince B]

Again, or do you think they really don’t care? People do move on, you know. Not everyone is involved in bbing or care about the “news” after so many years like they did in their youth

Zane is trying to keep relevant by contributing to videos, interviews, etc. He clearly stays away from Getbig.

[SOMEPARTS]

A bit of a self owning going on in this thread.

[IroNat]

There is no reason champion bodybuilders could not be on Getbig.

Who would know as long as they didn't identify themselves?

Arnold could be on here now.

[Taffin]

That Moore version looks dicey. I suppose you could get it up on blocks, and do a "buttom's up' squat if safety was  needed. I've never seen anyone in real life go heavy with them, maybe at the most 2 plates a side. Looking on Youtube, this guy goes up to #345 on the Zane version -

Edit, and just because, a photo of the one of the oddest squatting devices, the "Magic Circle" -

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Peary Rader!  Now that's a blast from the past, man.  Famous for lifting in slacks and a tie!    Thanks BB, you just made me feel 90 years old LOL


Edit 1:  That's never 425

Edit 2:  And technically that's "standing" rather than "squatting" 

[Megalodon]

Why traditional squat when it's much simpler to strap and chain yourself to a metal circle precariously loaded with plates while hovering over saw horses? 

[BB]

I love that picture. I really hope that thing started as some dude wondering his barn thinking - "I've got two old horse girth straps, this old wagon wheel, some chains, and shit ton of standard plates..... Let's get to squatting."
 

[Taffin]

Why traditional squat when it's much simpler to strap and chain yourself to a metal circle precariously loaded with plates while hovering over saw horses? 

Hahahahaaa!  'Saw-horses' made me LOL - I hadn't noticed that first time

I love that picture. I really hope that thing started as some dude wondering his barn thinking - "I've got two old horse girth straps, this old wagon wheel, some chains, and shit ton of standard plates..... Let's get to squatting."
 

He's took his tie off so he means business!  (LOL @ 'horse girth' - that's a solid nickname right there)

[Wiggs]

Frank looks like he never lifted a weight in his life. Amazing.

You fat old bastard. You have some f ucking nerve talking shit about Frank Zane.


The nerve of this peon.

[Vince B]

You fat old bastard. You have some f ucking nerve talking shit about Frank Zane.


The nerve of this peon.

....and you have a lot of nerve talking shit to me. I don't take kindly to being disrespected you know.

I used to look up to these guys. Not so any more. All those titles in the past evaporate when you get old.

Muscles can be retained by some but not if substantial injuries have accumulated along the way.

Frank has a nice home gym but still looks like an old fart. That is the truth.

[AbrahamG]

....and you have a lot of nerve talking shit to me. I don't take kindly to being disrespected you know.

I used to look up to these guys. Not so any more. All those titles in the past evaporate when you get old.

Muscles can be retained by some but not if substantial injuries have accumulated along the way.

Frank has a nice home gym but still looks like an old fart. That is the truth.

What happened between you and Frank?  I'm guessing he rebuffed your awkward advances.

[Vince B]

What happened between you and Frank?  I'm guessing he rebuffed your awkward advances.

No homo here! Robert Nailon brought Frank up to our apartment at Queenscliff Beach in Sydney.

When I arrived home the first thing Frank said to me was, "You don't have to go to Disneyland, do you?!"

I was puzzled so asked him why not? He said, "Because you've been in Fantasyland all your life!"

What a true asshole. Both he and Nailon laughed. This was about 1978 or so and Frank was

Mr Olympia. He had read an article in the magazines about the 1970 Mr Canada contest. I said

that my ambition was to beat Frank Zane because we had similar builds. So we talked for a while

and my impression was that Frank wasn't this highly intelligent guy as suggested by himself and the

muscle magazines.

[AbrahamG]

No homo here! Robert Nailon brought Frank up to our apartment at Queenscliff Beach in Sydney.

When I arrived home the first thing Frank said to me was, "You don't have to go to Disneyland, do you?!"

I was puzzled so asked him why not? He said, "Because you've been in Fantasyland all your life!"

What a true asshole. Both he and Nailon laughed. This was about 1978 or so and Frank was

Mr Olympia. He had read an article in the magazines about the 1970 Mr Canada contest. I said

that my ambition was to beat Frank Zane because we had similar builds. So we talked for a while

and my impression was that Frank wasn't this highly intelligent guy as suggested by himself and the

muscle magazines.

While he was showering at your apartment, did you ever sneak a peak at his cock?

[Vince B]

Sadistic pervert alert!

[IRON CROSS]

What happened between you and Frank?  I'm guessing he rebuffed your awkward advances.

A few years back, on IronAge site Safety Fat was baby crying how Frank Zane returned his mail un-open , then Mr.Perine
booted him of that website for talking trash about Arnold.

[IRON CROSS]

While he was showering at your apartment, did you ever sneak a peak at his cock?

I can post Roz's phone number & address if is needed for confirmation 

(you'll see his reaction  )

[AbrahamG]

I can post Roz's phone number & address if is needed for confirmation 

(you'll see his reaction  )

That would be helpful. Need to get this sorted out.

[BB]

That would be helpful. Need to get this sorted out.

Rumor has it Roz is the real reason why Zane tore his urethra, if you get my drift . Ever since then Vince has held a grudge.

[IRON CROSS]

 All those titles in the past evaporate when you get old.

RON, it's obviously time to remove his Blue Stars , they evaporate as he says  .

ThanX !.