[quote]Maiden3.16 wrote:
Just because we need more Jonnie Jackson training in this thread
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That was a GREAT vid, Maiden! I wish my gym was like that (loud hard rock playing, dirty floors, great atmosphere).
Thanks for posting!
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]Maiden3.16 wrote:
Just because we need more Jonnie Jackson training in this thread
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That was a GREAT vid, Maiden! I wish my gym was like that (loud hard rock playing, dirty floors, great atmosphere).
Thanks for posting!
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i noticed the same thing, that looks like a GREAT dungeon type gym to train at.
thats Metroflex gym , Arlington TX.
[quote]hanban wrote:
thats Metroflex gym , Arlington TX.
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Yup home of Ronnie, Branch etc. Owner Brian seems like a cool guy, though from vids I’ve seen he does have a propensity to put his bright-spandex-covered junk a little too close to dude’s faces when spotting on the bench.
It’s hard to believe he is 41.
That chest video is crazy, he only does the bottom few inches on most exercises. The youtube warriors must hate him.
The first time I’ve seen pics of Johnny was in 2003 - I was impressed as hell, now even more.
[quote]heavythrower wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]Maiden3.16 wrote:
Just because we need more Jonnie Jackson training in this thread
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That was a GREAT vid, Maiden! I wish my gym was like that (loud hard rock playing, dirty floors, great atmosphere).
Thanks for posting!
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i noticed the same thing, that looks like a GREAT dungeon type gym to train at. [/quote]
Yeah no doubt. If I found a gym near me that would blast Megadeth and had 200 lb dumbells my life would be much better.
Vikings, I would never have guessed he was 41. Damn
I think Johnny is the living proof that heavy weights = muscle
[quote]Maiden3.16 wrote:
Just because we need more Jonnie Jackson training in this thread
Kai Greene would not approve of his lifting lol.
[quote]optheta wrote:
Kai Greene would not approve of his lifting lol.[/quote]
Polar opposites…
well,bodybuilding is not about form. you dont bench and curl for lights. its the ROM that allows you to pack on the most muscle on your frame. this is what works for HIM.
shit, Johnnie and Branch put up a 315 shoulder press for 19 freaking reps. when you can move that kind of weight for high reps, you gonna be a big guy.
you dont teach a guy with probably the best back/chest in BB today how to press/row. he can do whatever the fuck he wants. and Branch who is also a top name trains exactly the same
also, this reminds me of a spill TC once wrote, let me quote the important part:
[quote] Larry was my training partner for about a year. I was stronger than him on every lift, but Larry never wanted to change the weight. Chalk it up to laziness, ego, or a fetid broth of both…
His form would go to shit and I’d constantly admonish him for it. He’d cheat like hell on every rep, his whole body struggling to move the weight whether it was a bent over row or a curl…
We went our separate ways. I started working out alone, but Larry moved to another part of town and started training with Chad, an aspiring heavyweight MMA fighter who outweighed Larry by about 75 pounds…
When I recently saw Larry, he was much bigger much more muscular than he was when he trained with me and boasted of using weights he never could have dreamed of when he was training with me…
That’s why Larry was bigger and stronger! Chad didn’t give a shit about Larry’s form or how much weight he was lifting, or rather, attempting to lift. Larry used more weight than he “should” have, cheated his ass off, and grew.[/quote]
He looks fantastic overall, especially impressive at 41 years old…only thing I have to say in a negative light is that his triceps look very flat from the side; does he have past injuries there or something?
41 in bodybuilding doesn’t mean what it used to. Most of the top guys (or at least most well known) are near or over 40 now. It used to be that “40” moved you out of bodybuilding. That is actually a lot of change in the progress of people around that age in the last 20-30 years. Most of the guys I trained around who were that age and over looked about 10 years younger at least.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
41 in bodybuilding doesn’t mean what it used to. Most of the top guys (or at least most well known) are near or over 40 now. It used to be that “40” moved you out of bodybuilding. That is actually a lot of change in the progress of people around that age in the last 20-30 years. Most of the guys I trained around who were that age and over looked about 10 years younger at least. [/quote]
That’s the ironic thing about aging with lifters…a lot of people say that dudes int heir early 20’s who lift seriously look 30, and are all “He’s gonna look 50 when he’s 28!”. Then when they turn 50, they look 35 lol. I think the false perception of premature aging is at least partially because serious lifters in early 20’s have more square, “manly” looking jaws/faces, and so people interpret them as aging faster. But the joke’s on the haters when they reach max level, and stop leveling…
[quote]Professor X wrote:
41 in bodybuilding doesn’t mean what it used to. Most of the top guys (or at least most well known) are near or over 40 now. It used to be that “40” moved you out of bodybuilding. That is actually a lot of change in the progress of people around that age in the last 20-30 years. Most of the guys I trained around who were that age and over looked about 10 years younger at least. [/quote]
Agree with this most of the top guys seem to all peak between 35-40. Cutler, Branch, Wolf, Dexter, Ronnie, Kai all seemed to really hit their stride around that age.
[quote]Matthaeus wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
41 in bodybuilding doesn’t mean what it used to. Most of the top guys (or at least most well known) are near or over 40 now. It used to be that “40” moved you out of bodybuilding. That is actually a lot of change in the progress of people around that age in the last 20-30 years. Most of the guys I trained around who were that age and over looked about 10 years younger at least. [/quote]
Agree with this most of the top guys seem to all peak between 35-40. Cutler, Branch, Wolf, Dexter, Ronnie, Kai all seemed to really hit their stride around that age.[/quote]
yup, let me add Tony Freeman to that list
Mike O’hearn is 43 years old, this is taken last month…never seen him in this kind of shape.(not to mention a 600 bench/800 dead/ 800 squat) you do the total
so stoked about this. he is a very popular guy for good reason
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
41 in bodybuilding doesn’t mean what it used to. Most of the top guys (or at least most well known) are near or over 40 now. It used to be that “40” moved you out of bodybuilding. That is actually a lot of change in the progress of people around that age in the last 20-30 years. Most of the guys I trained around who were that age and over looked about 10 years younger at least. [/quote]
That’s the ironic thing about aging with lifters…a lot of people say that dudes int heir early 20’s who lift seriously look 30, and are all “He’s gonna look 50 when he’s 28!”. Then when they turn 50, they look 35 lol. I think the false perception of premature aging is at least partially because serious lifters in early 20’s have more square, “manly” looking jaws/faces, and so people interpret them as aging faster. But the joke’s on the haters when they reach max level, and stop leveling…[/quote]
I think they treat younger larger guys that way because being that filled out is related to “maturity”. The current look seems to be an attempt to look as boyish as you can as long as you can…so the 22 year old with shoulders bigger than dad’s is seen as being in his 30’s.
Then, everyone turns 35 and the guys who stayed in shape are still pulling college girls and don’t look like they are about to retire.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
41 in bodybuilding doesn’t mean what it used to. Most of the top guys (or at least most well known) are near or over 40 now. It used to be that “40” moved you out of bodybuilding. That is actually a lot of change in the progress of people around that age in the last 20-30 years. Most of the guys I trained around who were that age and over looked about 10 years younger at least. [/quote]
That’s the ironic thing about aging with lifters…a lot of people say that dudes int heir early 20’s who lift seriously look 30, and are all “He’s gonna look 50 when he’s 28!”. Then when they turn 50, they look 35 lol. I think the false perception of premature aging is at least partially because serious lifters in early 20’s have more square, “manly” looking jaws/faces, and so people interpret them as aging faster. But the joke’s on the haters when they reach max level, and stop leveling…[/quote]
I think they treat younger larger guys that way because being that filled out is related to “maturity”. The current look seems to be an attempt to look as boyish as you can as long as you can…so the 22 year old with shoulders bigger than dad’s is seen as being in his 30’s.
Then, everyone turns 35 and the guys who stayed in shape are still pulling college girls and don’t look like they are about to retire.[/quote]
Exactly. Combine that misperception with a heaping dose of hatoraid, and the confusion is no longer.