[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
I have to admit that I don’t take pics of myself very often and was surprised on how old I look. You guys need to enjoy your youth while you have it.[/quote]
Dude you look fucking great for your age. Chill.
[quote]leon36 wrote:
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
I have to admit that I don’t take pics of myself very often and was surprised on how old I look. You guys need to enjoy your youth while you have it.[/quote]
Dude you look fucking great for *ANY age. Chill.[/quote]
[quote]DanielDJ wrote:
[quote]leon36 wrote:
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
I have to admit that I don’t take pics of myself very often and was surprised on how old I look. You guys need to enjoy your youth while you have it.[/quote]
Dude you look fucking great for *ANY age. Chill.[/quote]
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this.
Excellent thread, and yes, there should be no qualifiers in front of the “You look great” comments.
He clearly looks better than most guys in their 20’s.
[quote]timmcbride00 wrote:
Excellent thread, and yes, there should be no qualifiers in front of the “You look great” comments.
He clearly looks better than most guys in their 20’s.[/quote]
Thanks, Just trying to avoid being embarrassed when I go to the beach.
wow how did I miss this thread? bwhitwell that front double biceps shot is simply incredible!
[quote]myosaurus wrote:
wow how did I miss this thread? bwhitwell that front double biceps shot is simply incredible![/quote]
It was taken in 1986 or 87 when I was 26 yrs old at the Costal USA in Atlanta,Ga. I won the middle weight and overall while weighing 169 lbs. The heavy weight winner was Stan “curlytop” McCrary who was my height and weighed 240. He went on and had a short Pro stint. I had a family and just didn’t think I could justify the sacrafices needed to make it big in bodybuilding, so I just workout for me. Kind of a relief since bodybuilding is 24/7 lifestyle and it is not very hard to look better than the avg joe on the street, work,beach, or even at some gyms.
Myo, If that is you in your avatar, I hope you found a way to make a living for the sacrafices you have made to look as impressive as that dude in your avatar looks!
sir, first of all congradulations on everything you said here and did in your life.
however, i felt sad when you mentioned " realized im old, live your youth" etc several times. it seems like you are a bit sad of being old. dont be ! i think you should be very happy because youve been very good in your youth and you have very very very good body according to your age. many of those “youth” you say, dont even have half of your muscles, and will live that way forever. everybody will get old anyway, how you live
it is important. and it seems you lived your youth succesfully, in terms of both bbing and family/work .
(i hope my english makes sense 
)
[quote]tashmoo wrote:
sir, first of all congradulations on everything you said here and did in your life.
however, i felt sad when you mentioned " realized im old, live your youth" etc several times. it seems like you are a bit sad of being old. dont be ! i think you should be very happy because youve been very good in your youth and you have very very very good body according to your age. many of those “youth” you say, dont even have half of your muscles, and will live that way forever. everybody will get old anyway, how you live
it is important. and it seems you lived your youth succesfully, in terms of both bbing and family/work .
(i hope my english makes sense )[/quote]
Thanks, I am going to turn 51 in a week or so, and I guess I am having a hard time with it. I do want to pass on to anyone that will listen that you should be BALANCED in your training, diet, work, and family. I think training as added to my life ,NOT BEEN MY LIFE.
You said in another thread that you staggered your stance to angle your hips in your front double biceps pose in order to give you a better v-taper. Any other modifications to ther poses that you used to hide weak points or show your strengths better?
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
Yeah I was going to ask where in Georgia you are, since I know some people in Chamblee, Atlanta and John’s Creek (Duluth).
By the way, thanks for taking the time to post bwhitwell.[/quote]
I live just north of Columbus,GA.[/quote]
what no way dude, I just got out of the army last week. I moved to Stockbridge, GA yesterday and in september I’m moving closer to Kennesaw State University for school.
you’re like two hours from me. one of these days you should let me train with you!!! you look awesome man.
There is a lot of stuff to learn from older people like him who walked the walk. Good thread.
[quote]paulieserafini wrote:
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
Yeah I was going to ask where in Georgia you are, since I know some people in Chamblee, Atlanta and John’s Creek (Duluth).
By the way, thanks for taking the time to post bwhitwell.[/quote]
I live just north of Columbus,GA.[/quote]
what no way dude, I just got out of the army last week. I moved to Stockbridge, GA yesterday and in september I’m moving closer to Kennesaw State University for school.
you’re like two hours from me. one of these days you should let me train with you!!! you look awesome man.[/quote]
You would be very unimpressed with my home gym in my carport. I am in Johns Creek, a suburb in Atlanta this weekend for the Ga Games, kind of like bowling in the Olympics. I went to an “Anytime gym”, 24 hr electronic key this morning at 0500 and had the entire gym to myself, HEAVEN. Well equiped and quiet, if I ever win the LOTTO, that would be my dream.
Bump… for pure motivation and inspiration!
Thanks for the bump.
I read a bunch of Gironda’s writing and started doing guillotine presses. Unsurprisingly, I started having some probably-related shoulder issues.
I reread through here; I had forgotten that you recommended against guillotine presses.
What would you recommend instead for training the upper chest?
[quote]LoRez wrote:
Thanks for the bump.
I read a bunch of Gironda’s writing and started doing guillotine presses. Unsurprisingly, I started having some probably-related shoulder issues.
I reread through here; I had forgotten that you recommended against guillotine presses.
What would you recommend instead for training the upper chest?[/quote]
Close grip incline press, elbows tucked. Bar or DBs will work Experiment with different incline levels, or rotate them. I think I get the most isolation and contraction of the upper pecs with the bar path from the chest to over the face using a slow controlled decent, short pause, and then a controlled quicker press up. Keep the tension on the muscle the whole time.
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
[quote]LoRez wrote:
I read a bunch of Gironda’s writing and started doing guillotine presses. Unsurprisingly, I started having some probably-related shoulder issues.
I reread through here; I had forgotten that you recommended against guillotine presses.
What would you recommend instead for training the upper chest?[/quote]
Close grip incline press, elbows tucked. Bar or DBs will work Experiment with different incline levels, or rotate them. I think I get the most isolation and contraction of the upper pecs with the bar path from the chest to over the face using a slow controlled decent, short pause, and then a controlled quicker press up. Keep the tension on the muscle the whole time.[/quote]
Thanks.
What are you currently doing for your chest training? Did the shoulder stability from MP help so you can do BP or DB press without pain?
First, thanks for taking the time to answers people’s questions. It was an interesting and good read. Secondly, great physique. I think we can all be pretty dam sure, there aren’t many people at the beach with anything approaching your physique regardless of age.
Koing