[quote]Dirty Gerdy wrote:
your the dood that draws up all of the cartoons like your avatar?
Thats awesome man! lol I’ve always liked reading those in musclemag.
Aside from that tho, MD > MM :S lol
DG[/quote]
Yeah, I draw the “Muscle Bites” section.
But I recently did the “Protein On Trial” feature spread for the Decemeber issue as well.
Thanks DG.
I’ve only thumbed through MD recently, but it sure looks great.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Dirty Gerdy wrote:
your the dood that draws up all of the cartoons like your avatar?
Thats awesome man! lol I’ve always liked reading those in musclemag.
Aside from that tho, MD > MM :S lol
DG
Yeah, I draw the “Muscle Bites” section.
But I recently did the “Protein On Trial” feature spread for the Decemeber issue as well.
Thanks DG.
I’ve only thumbed through MD recently, but it sure looks great.
[/quote]
your cartoons are awesome!!
dude, turn my pic into a cartoon!
that would be hot
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Bill Roberts wrote:
Good to know that an effort was likely made towards having some factual basis in this case. It makes sense that this is better described as what he does sometimes or has done at one time, rathe than being all the time.
On the question of whether a pro bb’er would reveal his training routine: personally I kind of doubt any reluctance. I imagine few attribute their success to their specific routine and few would think others, otherwise failing to match them, would match or surpass them if only having their routine. Most I expect attribute their success to their gifts and their hard work, not to having a secret training method.
but dont you think that a mag could pay a bber to say theyre using a certain routine, just to get people to buy?
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A lot of times these guys have a routine that they go to the gym and do. Meaning when they go to the gym by themselves and going through a time period when they are not worried about a particular body part they will just do that. So in their case it is their ROUTINE…
But what many of these guys use to get better is their individual WORKOUT. They may have a few months when they’re concentrating on arms, any given day they may go to the gym outside of their routine they will just go in and do a workout based on how they feel for their arms. Or they’ll have someone with them at that particular time coaching them through exercises for that particular bodypart. As well as the competition environment created when they’re with friends they’ll just do shit they’re friends do or recommend a different exercise out the blue based on how high their energy levels are that day.
When Jay cutler lists a routine in a magazine, it’s not going to include the 3 weeks he flew out to train in person with Glass for chest.
ok, you guys got me!
I believe it now
I would also imagine a lot of pro’s simply go in and do what they feel like doing for a bodypart on that particular day. They have reached the point where they don’t need a written down routine or list of workouts to follow strictly, infact doing so would potentially limit their progress.
The exact routine per se is not that important. I am sure most workouts in magazines would have people growing fine if they ate enough and made progression more of an issue. The problem is when people don’t begin listening to their bodies and making changes off of that and instead switch workouts every two months in order to try the latest routine in the mag.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Dirty Gerdy wrote:
your the dood that draws up all of the cartoons like your avatar?
Thats awesome man! lol I’ve always liked reading those in musclemag.
Aside from that tho, MD > MM :S lol
DG
Yeah, I draw the “Muscle Bites” section.
But I recently did the “Protein On Trial” feature spread for the Decemeber issue as well.
Thanks DG.
I’ve only thumbed through MD recently, but it sure looks great.
[/quote]
You are one talented individual…which I am sure you already know.
Yeah, you do deserve more credit for that.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Dirty Gerdy wrote:
I think Muscular Development deserves a fighting chance at actually being a good magazine.
DG
No fight needed. They are the best and have been for a while now.[/quote]
I haven’t read Muscular Development in a long time. Do they still publish the Rambling Freak edition each month ( Greg Valentino )? Man that was hilarious!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Iron Dwarf wrote:
Dirty Gerdy wrote:
your the dood that draws up all of the cartoons like your avatar?
Thats awesome man! lol I’ve always liked reading those in musclemag.
Aside from that tho, MD > MM :S lol
DG
Yeah, I draw the “Muscle Bites” section.
But I recently did the “Protein On Trial” feature spread for the Decemeber issue as well.
Thanks DG.
I’ve only thumbed through MD recently, but it sure looks great.
You are one talented individual…which I am sure you already know.
Yeah, you do deserve more credit for that.
[/quote]
Did he draw your new avatar cartoon? I remember the old one which was a real photo with a bald dude yelling from the side with an X across it. The bald theme is still in effect.
[quote]JACKED71 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Dirty Gerdy wrote:
I think Muscular Development deserves a fighting chance at actually being a good magazine.
DG
No fight needed. They are the best and have been for a while now.
I haven’t read Muscular Development in a long time. Do they still publish the Rambling Freak edition each month ( Greg Valentino )? Man that was hilarious![/quote]
Yea they still have it from the last couple mags i got. I finally got a two yr subscription to them.
Its funny but not worth the paper its written on lol, I’m not much of a valentino fan although I have to respect him for making a living with this business. lol
DG
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Iron Dwarf wrote:
Dirty Gerdy wrote:
your the dood that draws up all of the cartoons like your avatar?
Thats awesome man! lol I’ve always liked reading those in musclemag.
Aside from that tho, MD > MM :S lol
DG
Yeah, I draw the “Muscle Bites” section.
But I recently did the “Protein On Trial” feature spread for the Decemeber issue as well.
Thanks DG.
I’ve only thumbed through MD recently, but it sure looks great.
You are one talented individual…which I am sure you already know.
Yeah, you do deserve more credit for that.
[/quote]
Thanks, Doc!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Iron Dwarf wrote:
Dirty Gerdy wrote:
your the dood that draws up all of the cartoons like your avatar?
Thats awesome man! lol I’ve always liked reading those in musclemag.
Aside from that tho, MD > MM :S lol
DG
Yeah, I draw the “Muscle Bites” section.
But I recently did the “Protein On Trial” feature spread for the Decemeber issue as well.
Thanks DG.
I’ve only thumbed through MD recently, but it sure looks great.
You are one talented individual…which I am sure you already know.
Yeah, you do deserve more credit for that.
[/quote]
He whipped up some pretty good ones in the PWI forum during the campaign too even though I disagreed with just about every syllable emitted from his keyboard =] This is way off topic, but I’m judging from the style that you work with a Wacom and and some high end drawing app?
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
This is way off topic, but I’m judging from the style that you work with a Wacom and and some high end drawing app?[/quote]
Thanks Tirib.
No, I only use a mouse and an OLD version of Illustrator (8.0).
I once tried the Wacom tablet but found it to be clumsy. I’ve mastered the one-button mouse, though. lol
[quote]Dirty Gerdy wrote:
JACKED71 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Dirty Gerdy wrote:
I think Muscular Development deserves a fighting chance at actually being a good magazine.
DG
No fight needed. They are the best and have been for a while now.
I haven’t read Muscular Development in a long time. Do they still publish the Rambling Freak edition each month ( Greg Valentino )? Man that was hilarious!
Yea they still have it from the last couple mags i got. I finally got a two yr subscription to them.
Its funny but not worth the paper its written on lol, I’m not much of a valentino fan although I have to respect him for making a living with this business. lol
DG[/quote]
gerdy how do u feel about the flex mags. My mom subscribed that for me for xmas for a year but i dont want to tell her u shud of gotten md instead haha
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
This is way off topic, but I’m judging from the style that you work with a Wacom and and some high end drawing app?
Thanks Tirib.
No, I only use a mouse and an OLD version of Illustrator (8.0).
I once tried the Wacom tablet but found it to be clumsy. I’ve mastered the one-button mouse, though. lol
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Yeah huh?
Adobe apps have gotten really bulky the last few versions. Either you have those shape tools mastered or you have some scary dexterity with that mouse. You draw those with a mouse?
Yeah, but it’s not necessarily the dexterity for drawing a line (although I’m good at it) it’s more a mastery of the Bezier curves. 
Oh… and all my gradients are simple radial and linear grades. I rarely use the Blend Tool and never the Gradient Mesh Tool.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Yeah, I draw the “Muscle Bites” section.
But I recently did the “Protein On Trial” feature spread for the Decemeber issue as well.
[/quote]
That’s very cool ID, I’ll have to pick up a Musclemag and check out your work.
Did you draw your avatar too?
As for MD, I think it’s one of, if not the, best mag out there. And believe it or not, I’ve been pickling up Flex again lately, and it’s pretty good.