OK, I’ll just read this for amusement,you guys crack me up. I thought perhaps he will get better in the posts. Never got an answer on curing flat feet. He stated his IQ was high, I call B.S. on this. He loves the attention, he has nothing to offer and the more he writes the lower his IQ appears. “Cheap drinks” “Cheap women” and he wants to be the greatest athlete ever? Yeah that’s the ticket. What’s sadder is that T-Nation is all he has? He loves the attention and his payoff is that we respond to his idiocies, and he is not intelligent enough to know when to stop.
[quote]BALBOS wrote:
guys,please dont take it the wrong way,but i feel that i know more about training then all of you together on this thread.
yes,you are well-read.
you know difference between incline close-grip smith-machine lock-outs training and incline close-grip smith-machine heavy eccentric move but you lack real-world knowledge from experience.
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Im waiting to see your proof and rationale that you have more real world knowledge or experience than me in anything related to exercise, diet, or nutrition… I’ll even buy you a 12 pack of whatever cheap beer you’re drinking tonight if you can prove that you know more than me.
[quote]Hrastnik wrote:
BALBOS wrote:
i am going to post croatin methods for achieving athletic excellence if there is enough interest on your part.
let me know.
I’m really interested in this, as I have never heard about this methods, and Slovenia and Croatia are not so far away from each other:)
So, please, enlighten us.[/quote]
This weirdo obviously never set foot in a serious gym in Croatia, otherwise he wouldn’t say such nonsense.
“Croatian methods for achieving athletic excellence” ? Gimme a break.
We don’t have proper powerlifting or strongman federations and we are lightyears behind our neighbours (including you guys from Slovenia) as far as strength sports are concerned.
Even Mirko’s training methods are truly horrible.
i can’t believe this shit is still going.
I want some side action on that bet, BALBOS, make it two cases of your favorite Croation brew.
[quote]TrainerinDC wrote:
BALBOS wrote:
guys,please dont take it the wrong way,but i feel that i know more about training then all of you together on this thread.
yes,you are well-read.
you know difference between incline close-grip smith-machine lock-outs training and incline close-grip smith-machine heavy eccentric move but you lack real-world knowledge from experience.
Im waiting to see your proof and rationale that you have more real world knowledge or experience than me in anything related to exercise, diet, or nutrition… I’ll even buy you a 12 pack of whatever cheap beer you’re drinking tonight if you can prove that you know more than me. [/quote]
[quote]grey wrote:
Anybody remember Prince Rupricht from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels?
I present to you…
…Prince Balbos of Dubrovnik…[/quote]
Why is the cork on the fork?
So that Balbos does not harm himself or others.
[quote]GDollars37 wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
At least his stats don’t sound ridiculously inflated…
Quite the contrary. Balbos, why are your pulling and pushing muscles so discrepant?
I didn’t really go over them with a fine-toothed comb, but now that you mention it…
Yeah. That just jumped out at me when glancing over. 10 pull-ups and 22 dips isn’t right.
Really? Those are about my numbers, maybe add a dip or two, and I thought that was pretty standard ratio-wise.[/quote]
I can usually do 12 to 14 pullups on a good day and I can do so many dips I get bored. I think his numbers are reasonable.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
GDollars37 wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
At least his stats don’t sound ridiculously inflated…
Quite the contrary. Balbos, why are your pulling and pushing muscles so discrepant?
I didn’t really go over them with a fine-toothed comb, but now that you mention it…
Yeah. That just jumped out at me when glancing over. 10 pull-ups and 22 dips isn’t right.
Really? Those are about my numbers, maybe add a dip or two, and I thought that was pretty standard ratio-wise.
I can usually do 12 to 14 pullups on a good day and I can do so many dips I get bored. I think his numbers are reasonable.[/quote]
I don’t know guys. Seems off to me. My ratio is not 1:1 but fairly close. Yesterday. I was doing high-rep bodyweight work. I was doing a few sets of 15 for chins and dips. I could’ve done more dips, but it was good enough that I still got a solid workout limiting it to the same number of chins that I could do. I would think that anyone able to do significantly more dips would also be benching WAY more than rowing. My bench and row are also quite close. But maybe I am the anomaly.
Hate to do it but I have to agree with Zap on this one. I can do way more dips than pull ups.
Whats off about his numbers are his strenght levels and his BF %. Quite unimpressive for someone who claims to know more about training than all of us combined…
[quote]jsbrook wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
GDollars37 wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
At least his stats don’t sound ridiculously inflated…
Quite the contrary. Balbos, why are your pulling and pushing muscles so discrepant?
I didn’t really go over them with a fine-toothed comb, but now that you mention it…
Yeah. That just jumped out at me when glancing over. 10 pull-ups and 22 dips isn’t right.
Really? Those are about my numbers, maybe add a dip or two, and I thought that was pretty standard ratio-wise.
I can usually do 12 to 14 pullups on a good day and I can do so many dips I get bored. I think his numbers are reasonable.
I don’t know guys. Seems off to me. My ratio is not 1:1 but fairly close. Yesterday. I was doing high-rep bodyweight work. I was doing a few sets of 15 for chins and dips. I could’ve done more dips, but it was good enough that I still got a solid workout limiting it to the same number of chins that I could do. I would think that anyone able to do significantly more dips would also be benching WAY more than rowing. My bench and row are also quite close. But maybe I am the anomaly.
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[quote]loppar wrote:
Hrastnik wrote:
BALBOS wrote:
i am going to post croatin methods for achieving athletic excellence if there is enough interest on your part.
let me know.
I’m really interested in this, as I have never heard about this methods, and Slovenia and Croatia are not so far away from each other:)
So, please, enlighten us.
This weirdo obviously never set foot in a serious gym in Croatia, otherwise he wouldn’t say such nonsense.
“Croatian methods for achieving athletic excellence” ? Gimme a break.
We don’t have proper powerlifting or strongman federations and we are lightyears behind our neighbours (including you guys from Slovenia) as far as strength sports are concerned.
Even Mirko’s training methods are truly horrible.
[/quote]
You’re right. We have like 20 oly lifters and perhaps so many powerlifters. I believe Croatia is no better, and by watching Mirko’s video, he trains in a commercial gym, on machines.
Croatian methods for superstrength? Yeah right.
[quote]Hrastnik wrote:
Even Mirko’s training methods are truly horrible.
You’re right. We have like 20 oly lifters and perhaps so many powerlifters. I believe Croatia is no better, and by watching Mirko’s video, he trains in a commercial gym, on machines.
Croatian methods for superstrength? Yeah right.
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Does Mirko have a celebrity like status in Croatia?
croatia is the best sport-nation in the world ever.just look at number of residents and amount of money that is invested in croatian athletes.and then look at the number of croatian elite athletes.number of profesional athletes.
the guys from croatia that posted in this thread are just body builders.
they didnt compete in sports and know nothing about it.
please,my countrymen go to athletic club mladost in zagreb and watch 17-18 year old athletes powercleaning 120-140 kg at a body weight of 70kg.
these people know of sport only what they see on croatian tv.
if you watch croatian tv,you would assume soccer is the only sport here.
i know women volleyball players here training 2 times a day,every day of the week.and croatian body builders
in this thread train their legs once a week.please,give me a brake!!
I am surprised BALBOS has not mentioned my favorite Croatian athlete (and one of my favorite basketball players of all-time, period): Drazen Petrovic.
its true that crocop trains on machines in the weight room,but to say he trains horribly is insult to this hard-working athlete.
mirko does sparring in thai boxing and jiu-jisu and wrestling daily.
he does conditionong like a maniac.
he is 100% strict with his diet.
have you heard of blanka vlasic?
[quote]Amsterdam Animal wrote:
Hate to do it but I have to agree with Zap on this one. I can do way more dips than pull ups.
Whats off about his numbers are his strenght levels and his BF %. Quite unimpressive for someone who claims to know more about training than all of us combined…
jsbrook wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
GDollars37 wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
At least his stats don’t sound ridiculously inflated…
Quite the contrary. Balbos, why are your pulling and pushing muscles so discrepant?
I didn’t really go over them with a fine-toothed comb, but now that you mention it…
Yeah. That just jumped out at me when glancing over. 10 pull-ups and 22 dips isn’t right.
Really? Those are about my numbers, maybe add a dip or two, and I thought that was pretty standard ratio-wise.
I can usually do 12 to 14 pullups on a good day and I can do so many dips I get bored. I think his numbers are reasonable.
I don’t know guys. Seems off to me. My ratio is not 1:1 but fairly close. Yesterday. I was doing high-rep bodyweight work. I was doing a few sets of 15 for chins and dips. I could’ve done more dips, but it was good enough that I still got a solid workout limiting it to the same number of chins that I could do. [quote]I would think that anyone able to do significantly more dips would also be benching WAY more than rowing. My bench and row are also quite close. But maybe I am the anomaly.
[/quote]
if strenght levels and low body fat would be enough to make someone elite athlete,then allen iverson would be nobody!!
[quote]loppar wrote:
Hrastnik wrote:
BALBOS wrote:
i am going to post croatin methods for achieving athletic excellence if there is enough interest on your part.
let me know.
I’m really interested in this, as I have never heard about this methods, and Slovenia and Croatia are not so far away from each other:)
So, please, enlighten us.
man,please have so much integrity to admit that you are a body builder and not an athlete.
and second,i box in great boxing club metalac zagreb.we train every day from monday to friday from 17-19.00 h.
so,if you are in zagreb,please stop by and we can have little sparring.if boxing is not your think,we can always go to DIF and do submission wrestling.
or just mix it up on the street.
This weirdo obviously never set foot in a serious gym in Croatia, otherwise he wouldn’t say such nonsense.
“Croatian methods for achieving athletic excellence” ? Gimme a break.
We don’t have proper powerlifting or strongman federations and we are lightyears behind our neighbours (including you guys from Slovenia) as far as strength sports are concerned.
Even Mirko’s training methods are truly horrible.
[/quote]
[quote]Hrastnik wrote:
loppar wrote:
Hrastnik wrote:
BALBOS wrote:
i am going to post croatin methods for achieving athletic excellence if there is enough interest on your part.
let me know.
I’m really interested in this, as I have never heard about this methods, and Slovenia and Croatia are not so far away from each other:)
So, please, enlighten us.
This weirdo obviously never set foot in a serious gym in Croatia, otherwise he wouldn’t say such nonsense.
“Croatian methods for achieving athletic excellence” ? Gimme a break.
We don’t have proper powerlifting or strongman federations and we are lightyears behind our neighbours (including you guys from Slovenia) as far as strength sports are concerned.
Even Mirko’s training methods are truly horrible.
You’re right. We have like 20 oly lifters and perhaps so many powerlifters. I believe Croatia is no better, and by watching Mirko’s video, he trains in a commercial gym, on machines.
Croatian methods for superstrength? Yeah right.
[/quote]
2 of my friends are powerlifters.they dont compete because there are no powerlifting meet in croatia but they are braking pr-s.so,they make 10% of all croatian powerlifters.you are funny.
guys,its about time you get out of weight room and see there is WORLD outside.lifting weights is less than 10 % of training most athletes.
allen iverson doesnt have good total.
look what he acomplished in basketball.
and he is not eating 6 meals a day,either.
sorry,if you thought opposite.
Now you are just completely posting bullshit. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt up till this point but unlike your dumb ass, I actually know what I am talking about. AI is actually a really strong guy, yeah I do know, b/c I played against him while he was at Georgetown and my ex-girl is best friends with some of his home girls from Philly. AI would laugh at you for that comment or he would slap the taste out of your mouth rather.
Also, the dude is easily under 10% bodyfat. Why am I even wasting my time explaining this to you, you dumb fuck.
[quote]BALBOS wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:
Hate to do it but I have to agree with Zap on this one. I can do way more dips than pull ups.
Whats off about his numbers are his strenght levels and his BF %. Quite unimpressive for someone who claims to know more about training than all of us combined…
jsbrook wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
GDollars37 wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
CC wrote:
At least his stats don’t sound ridiculously inflated…
Quite the contrary. Balbos, why are your pulling and pushing muscles so discrepant?
I didn’t really go over them with a fine-toothed comb, but now that you mention it…
Yeah. That just jumped out at me when glancing over. 10 pull-ups and 22 dips isn’t right.
Really? Those are about my numbers, maybe add a dip or two, and I thought that was pretty standard ratio-wise.
I can usually do 12 to 14 pullups on a good day and I can do so many dips I get bored. I think his numbers are reasonable.
I don’t know guys. Seems off to me. My ratio is not 1:1 but fairly close. Yesterday. I was doing high-rep bodyweight work. I was doing a few sets of 15 for chins and dips. I could’ve done more dips, but it was good enough that I still got a solid workout limiting it to the same number of chins that I could do. I would think that anyone able to do significantly more dips would also be benching WAY more than rowing. My bench and row are also quite close. But maybe I am the anomaly.
if strenght levels and low body fat would be enough to make someone elite athlete,then allen iverson would be nobody!!
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