tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086532741566247662.post3075138815357420764..comments2024-01-29T02:08:45.999-08:00Comments on Classic Physique Builder: Rule #1 of Classic Physique Building: Don't Ruin a Perfectly Good Physique!- CPB (Blog and Zine) -http://www.blogger.com/profile/10533269459900243281noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086532741566247662.post-4007737917276377812010-03-03T06:27:55.050-08:002010-03-03T06:27:55.050-08:00Anonymous is mostly right - a piss poor diet will ...Anonymous is mostly right - a piss poor diet will hold you back, but the issue of these supplement companies are bogus - a good clean diet is all ya need - Casey Butt said that there is to much emphasis on to much protein - all we can assimilate at one time is 20grams of protein that is a can of tuna or a small chicken breast or the size of your palm, I wonder where we heard that before - Reeves and Schwarzenegger both had it right idea, eat 3 square meals a day and train hard - I threw Arnold in the mix because he was honest about his steroid use - He said that he did not eat 5 meals a day just 3 meals and that he won Mr.Olympia taking supplements and won it not taking supplements, but he never won it not taking steroids - If there is going to be honest discussions on steroid use then we should not demonize the users, but show them there is a better and healthier wayJohnny Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086532741566247662.post-75905725931174246462010-03-01T23:28:19.383-08:002010-03-01T23:28:19.383-08:00Nutrition is 80+% of bodybuilding is another false...Nutrition is 80+% of bodybuilding is another falsehood probably encouraged by the great crooks - the supplement sellers. <br /><br />Consider this: a trainee who eats a pristine diet but does not train vs. someone who performs grueling, ideal workouts consistently. Who will look buff ? <br /><br />Here is a quote directly from the floor of the original Gold's Gym: " Exercise builds - diet defines"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086532741566247662.post-42515358162152437302010-02-28T13:06:14.393-08:002010-02-28T13:06:14.393-08:00UK Steve, we have a lot of pussy gyms here in the ...UK Steve, we have a lot of pussy gyms here in the us as well - no disrespect to the women readers if there are any, but once we went coed the hardcore gyms went down hill - not saying women themselves are the main reason why gyms have become wussyfied but ownwers are trying to be to mainstream - I said once before that it doesn't bother me if the guy next to me is juicing long as he is intense with his training that matters - I guess it has come full circle Anthony and that being gyms started out in some ones shed, basement or garage and now it seems to be returning to the grassroots all over again (might be a good thing)- I don't want anyone telling me that I'm grunting to loud or lifting to heavy - It seems we can be intense in a cardio class, but once we hit the weight lifting room we have to be prim & proper - I say bullshit - Hit it hard and take no enemies - So my advice for a brother in the UK is keep looking for that dungeon where you can be you or start your own !!! I tell ya guys, I like this kind of exchange...Johnny Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086532741566247662.post-34510547705067858302010-02-27T19:59:31.007-08:002010-02-27T19:59:31.007-08:00I believe the No Gains rule stems a lot from a cou...I believe the No Gains rule stems a lot from a couple of things. First is nutrition. Second is not giving your muscles a REASON to grow. Like you guys said, if you are doing the same thing every time over and over the body adjusts. Lastly I would say focus. If you cannot visualize the physique you want clearly how can you expect to achieve anything?Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086532741566247662.post-13131365093446683892010-02-26T13:57:53.628-08:002010-02-26T13:57:53.628-08:00I have noticed that quite a lot of the champions f...I have noticed that quite a lot of the champions from the pre-steroid era stressed the importance of the mind-muscle link. Steve Reeves has a chapter on it in his book, and I read somewhere that Vince Gironda said that champions tended to be people who could visualize what they wanted to look like and believed without doubt that they would achieve it. This is not something I ever read about when I was reading the mainstream roid based literature (and making zero gains following their advice in the gym!)<br /><br />I think if you are actively visualizing what you want to achieve, and using extreme concentration on the muscles you are exercising during your workouts you are much more likely to build an attractive balanced classic physique - you are a lot more involved mentally in the process. Heavy roid users would still grow even if they didn't turn up to the gym - so it is an almost passive way to develop - so I think they are much more likely to develop imbalanced physiques.<br /><br />It sounds as if the 'big chain' gyms in the US are a lot better than the UK - its almost impossible to find one with free weights in the UK. The last one I went to had a 'no squating or deadlifting' rule as these were deemed to be too noisy! :-D<br /><br />SteveUK Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086532741566247662.post-71062858040297672942010-02-25T15:16:59.969-08:002010-02-25T15:16:59.969-08:00When i used to go to a gym i was seeing a lot of p...When i used to go to a gym i was seeing a lot of people who had no gains at all. I mean there were strong people but for example the weights that they used stayed always the same. They alway or almost did always the same exercises. <br />But when i´m looking now at the time i spent at the gym, i see people with no dedication and wrong motivation and no inspiration at all. They wanted big muscles but no symmetry and there was not any ideal. <br />I remember there was somebody who always trained his arms when i saw him. But what else can you expect when the walls are full of steroid abusers and freaks.Ibrahimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086532741566247662.post-19006672226081597982010-02-25T12:00:30.760-08:002010-02-25T12:00:30.760-08:00Just started training @ Golds Gym Harrisburg, Pa -...Just started training @ Golds Gym Harrisburg, Pa - Has to be the best equiped gym I know of - There are a lot of guys that are in great shape and many who have muscle imbalance as well - The thing I like about the gym is that it has a ton of equipment I'll find it easier going thru a Steve Reeves Program (no waiting for equipment) - I will not say breeze thru but it should cut back the time I spent at other gyms - A couple of dollars more a month, but the savings will come from time spent - I know that quite a few guys there are juicing, that is their business(fools) but it is good to workout with people who have intensity even if they are misguided - I'll be 57 years old this summer and my grandkids never seen me at my best, but I have lost quite a few pounds so far, the strength level is good, free weights doing 225lbs on the Inclines Bench press for over 20 reps - getting better at my pullups too - nice to see the progress I'm making - Hoping to be around 220lbs this mid to late summer @ a true 6.1 feet - Just is cool getting it back again after so many years -Johnny Gnoreply@blogger.com