[quote]Court wrote:
CrewPierce wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
From his post history, it looks like Bartl still posts frequently. Seems to be sticking to the Powerful Women forum these days.
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odd place for him to be hanging out…
Vader you are such a stalker…
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I’m taking that as a compliment. It means my forum stalker skills are still sharp. 
[quote]FattyFat wrote:
Thanks for the update, CP.
I had been following your PC progress although I’m more in the “body transformation through fat loss” department. Your commitment was/is definitely something!
Concerning the other PC guys and gals not (overly) active anymore: has anyone considered how powerful, demanding but also draining it must have been to be exposed to such a big audience? Maybe they just needed a break. And we all know how life has a habit of intervening.
I, for one, would very much like to read about Gus and how he has been doing physique-wise. Didn’t he plan to slowly and sensibly bulk up and to partake at a natty show?
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Hey FattyFat, you’re looking pretty swole there man!
The week after the PC, I started my clinicals as a surgical technologist and worked pretty hard to get good at it. That kept me extremely busy and almost burnt out with how many cases you must learn and get good at. I had to study for every case the night before and my workload at the hospital was a minimum of 9 cases a day. Some short and some 3-4 hours long. No restroom break at least not for students haha.
I still continued my training but my right delt was so inflammed that I had to drop all horizontal and vertical pressing movements. Yeah, I was fucking pissed. I train my heart out and finally get the kind of physique I’ve always wanted just to have 3 physical therapist tell me that I can’t do those exercises anymore permanently which didn’t make sense. It was a severe inflammation, tendonitits.
Got stuck on the usual Ibuprofen, PT 3 times a week. It was frustrating to hear a PT try to explain an exercise for external rotation when she couldn’t even give me the name of the damn thing. Shit, I showed her the movement and other exercises that I have been doing to try and rehab the area. And of course I got all the info over the years from T-Nation.
I worked with over 3 PT’s for 6 months until I found one that knew my goals, didn’t want me to live off of Ibuprofen and really helped me work around my rt. delt. Shoulder is back to 95 percent strength and I watch that fucker carefully.
Man, I’ve been through some shit that I just don’t want to talk about on the internet. Shit that everybody goes through but wants to deal with on their own. Shit I just want to just get over.
Even during the PC during the V-Diet, my wife was pregnant with two babys and we found out during the ultrasound that they had no heart beats. We had been trying for years and now she had to take meds to expunge them.
Fucking almost made me quit and want to break something or someone. I got my head together and spent most of the time fucking crying on the treadmill with my hood on while doing my daily NEPA.
No I didn’t want talk about that during the PC. I didn’t want to feel more bad about it with people telling me how sorry they were. I knew it would take my focus off my goals and at that moment just getting my mind on training would help me out immensely and it did.
I went through more shit that summer with shady contractors ripping me off, financial problems, etc. Same stuff everyone goes through.
Despite all that I kept training and just maintained my physique which is just 5 lbs heavier. I still want to do that natty contest but I need more mass to bring up more weak areas. I let life get in the way of my lean mass up plan but I’ve been back to a more regular schedule the last 3 months.
I didn’t post much cause who wants to hear about problems. We all just want to learn more about bodybuilding.
Crew, it’s good you are still actively posting and showing your progress. Bartl and I still pm each other and this training machine is hitting up 4 triatholons this year.
Even though Greg had mucho controversy, I still hope he is training and training for the right reasons.
I’m in the gym now 5 days a week and enjoying every minute of it. This has been my passion most of my life and I do it for me. No one recognizes me from the PC outside of my friends and family. And I’m actually happier that way since I am kind of a quiet and reserved guy. I never needed any kind of fame. I just want to workout and improve period.
Awesome to hear everyone is still keeping it up! The cups of STFU from Bartl and Gustavo were eloquent and memorable. Haha ~ live it up. Damnit Bartl you just keep morphing into a new beast. Great stuff! Stay strong Gus your an exemplary example of courage and determination!
gus is my idol, just an amazing human being
[quote]mrodock wrote:
gus is my idol, just an amazing human being[/quote]
Thanks for the kind words and support Mrdock and Kenein.
Nothing amazing about me. I’m just a regular lifter who got LUCKY enough to get picked up into the PC and put my heart into it cause I just love training. I’m no different than any of the long time readers of this site, I know a ton of the members here would do the same in a heart beat!
I wish they would start up another Physique Clinic. I would enjoy reading about other people with different builds and experience progressing. Especially with the new supplements, might be interesting.
Take care.
Glad someone bumped this thread. I could tell via the PC Gus absolutely busted his ass in the gym on CT’s programs. I actually felt pain reading about the exercises and reps. The discipline Gus inherently had to get him first through the V-Diet and finally down to 8% is remarkable and something few people have in any aspect of life.
I’m pretty shocked to read about the man behind the pics and progress blogs. The balance of real life, work, school, and the gym should have been more than a human could bear…but not for Gus.
Dude, Gus you exemplify hard work ethic and perseverance and I wish you all the best at your new profession. Inspirational!
If you haven’t read Gus’ PC blog, you must.