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  1. vader-nator

    CREATINE - Magic or Myth

    I know creatine is just a nutrient and not a hormone or steroid but I am posting here for a bit of a precise answer. Is it really that good? Being an old school trainer from the 1980s I tend to have no faith in supplements other than extra eggs and sugarless protein powder. Which CREATINE...
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    NABBA Australian Sydney. Anyone going?

    I have a bud who is competing and thought I might go. Anyone heading to it? 2010 NABBA / WFF BodyBuilding, Figure and Fitness Australian Championships October 17 · 12:00pm - 9:30pm Location South Sydney Junior Leagues Club 558 Anzac Parade, Kingsford Sydney, Australia
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    Advanced Mike Mentzer Training, What the?

    I have always ben a HIT trainer and have lived with the regret that even though I had his number, I never called Mike for a phone consultation...... BUT It gets weird here....... Over the past couple of years I have bumped into guys who DID. The crazy story about Dorian doing a biceps...
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    Who are your favorite SUPER HEROES?

    Who are your favorite super heroes? As a kid I always wanted to be a super hero....... but luckily for us grown ups, super heroes have become a part of pop culture. Everyone has a favorite character they relate to. "When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies...
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    Getting Clothes to fit.....

    Once again I am back into training and once again I am Hulking out of my work clothes. We have a fairly strict dress policy for teachers at my school and I need to wear a business shirt and a tie as well as ironed trousers. My problem is getting stuff off the rack. I have 34 to 36 waist and...
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    The Expendables

    Just saw this ad. Looks good..... if you are stuck in the 1980s like me. Word is that Stone Cold really did bust up poor old Stallone pretty badly during the fight scenes..... Sly was very surprised by Stone Colds Power. :) The Expendables trailers and video clips on Yahoo! Movies
  7. vader-nator

    [Music] Favorite Training Songs?

    With all this talk of a social nature....... What is that song that you turn up loud to blast yourself into the zone? My most recent is Sum 41 Pieces..... mostly from this cool Lee Priest youtube video I bumped into. Rob YouTube - lee priest bodybuilding
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    Yet another comeback. Hey Gang!

    Hey gang, Long time no see. Major life stress and melt down have had me out of action since late 2009. Time to grow some muscles. Once again I am at genetic base levels. Complete sedentary base levels. Nothing since I was talking crap and hassling lifters for overtraining last year. BUT I...
  9. vader-nator

    Teaching Kids...... :(

    I have been through the ringer this week. As a 4th grade primary teacher I took all of the boys for morning fitness. ie all the boys. We did mostly balance and movement tasks with a few lunges and squats for good measure. It seems that one of the boys from the other class had sore legs the...
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    OVER THE EDGE By DAVID SHAW 1997

    Back in 1997 I read a book which really had an amazing effect on me. isbn 0-646-33047-0 spintex publishing OOP. It was called Over The Edge. A book about an Aussie Bodybuilder who went all the way with the whole BB game and did really well. The story was written as an alias so that the...
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    Prostate Care/ Foods and Drugs

    Originally Posted by Fadi In my family, no one has had a record of prostate problems. However that didn't stop me from taking preventative measures years ago through supplementation and stopping milk consumption and products made from it. It's a deep subject that would require a separate...
  12. vader-nator

    Genetic Potential and upper limits!!!!?

    Hmmmm...... I know this is a taboo subject but hear me out. Not being a quitter or anything I just want to know. At what point do we as drug free trainers find out when we have reached ultimate genetic potential? Looking back over 20 odd years of training diaries, power lift mode, volume...
  13. vader-nator

    Leg Extensions Bad for Knees?

    I have only been back in training since the first day of spring but am beginning to get right into it now. PROBLEM I tend to do pre - exhaustion superset leg extensions and jump straight into squats or leg press. But on leg extensions my knee joints are making an effing terrible snap crackle...
  14. vader-nator

    Being Silly buggers on the 45 Deg Leg Press. LOL

    Hey gang, I am training to be well these days but I was just looking at my old workout diaries from 10 years ago....... LOL Silly buggers on the leg press. Knee wraps and every big plate in the place. Has anyone had a leg press obsession and made kind of silly gains at it? At one stage I...
  15. vader-nator

    Mike Mentzer - Frequency less as GROW BIGGER

    Have just been re-reading all my Mentzer books etc. He states that the body has a 300% capacity to grow stronger but only a 50% capacity to recover. So as we get bigger we need to do less. A 12" arm contracting at 100% will not tax the overall body as much as an 18" arm contracting maximally...
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    Over 40 and loving it!!

    Hey Gang, I have just arrived. I have been away from full on training for a couple years. I teach 4th graders and was doing a few sprints and racing them along the basketball court when after a few unkind happy dances my luck ran out. Beating 4th graders is easy. Even state champions, but...
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    BEST High quality Protein powder?

    Hey Gang, I am making a comeback to the iron and was a big fan of Nutra Life Protein 90... in a red can. ( back in my day ). It had a really high efficiency ratio and a big percentage of egg albumin, low carbs, low sugar and mixed well without a blender. Where did Nutra-Life go? Does the...
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