first of all sorry to hear you’re out Gerdy, it’s nice to have people post who train and are competing.
there are too many dumb/ignorant folks on here i agree, but there are also others w/ a wealth of knowledge and experience.
yes there are alot of 130lb to 160lb bla,bla,bla stories. (heck, my story is 145-195lb and climbing, but i like to train hard and study good shit.
i watched a 15 part series on Kevin Levrone today and can quote pumping iron line for line. I have magazines in my bathroom from Science, PubMed articles, and oversized men in tiny underwear flexing. I was happy that Dexter won, and how did Jay strip 15 lbs over water from pre-judging to the next day?
i stack my beta alanine w/ creatine and put Vitamin C w/ my arginine for added vasodilation. i try new stuff and keep what i think works and disregard what i find ineffective.
Q: any good books on the iron game, i own Arnold’s Encyclopedia, i’m looking for an autobiography or a first hand account of what it’s like to live in the life of a pro.
Secondly someone invite me into alpha cell, i won’t clutter it w/ posts.
Markus Rühl’s “big and loving it” and the other one (forgot the name, his last 2 basically) are both great DVD’s that show quite a bit of lifestyle and lots of fun… Shame that his English isn’t better…
You guys are missing out on a lot of his personality and jokes due to that (not just in the DVD but in general… The guy would have made a completely different impact outside of Germany if his command of the English language were better)
Arnold “the Education of a Bodybuilder” x2
Reading it at the mo actually - great read, tells his tale and what he went through to get to where he was at his peak.(and possibly beyond - I’m not that far in the book yet!!)
Sam Fussel’s book will certainly give you a description you won’t find in the muscle rags at the newstands. Great read though, my copy fell apart and is held together with duct tape -lol. Probably read it through at least 20 times over the years.
