The search for Iron Dwarf continues…
[quote]super saiyan wrote:
Police have recovered a cell phone that belongs to Iron Dwarf. It had a recording of a conversation that is now a crucial piece of evidence.
This is a dramatization of Iron Dwarf’s last known conversation:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/14248594/the-case-of-the-missing-iron-dwarf[/quote]
[quote]forbes wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]forbes wrote:
This thread is dedicated to people that used to contribute to this site but no longer. For me, I would like to know, what happened to:
-John Berardi
-Chad Waterbury
-Tribunal Dude
-Derek (the guy with the flashing skull avatar)
-JJ
-Nate Orade
-Nominal Prospect[/quote]
Where the fuck did I go?
ID is fine, he sends his best and says he always liked me best :P[/quote]
Second guy down
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Sigh was joking sir
I’ll sure miss ID, too. He was one of the few guys on this site who was around my height for me to look up to. Cool dude.
It’s all because we liked his art on facebook too much, got him noticed, too noticed for his own good!
[quote]red04 wrote:
It’s all because we liked his art on facebook too much, got him noticed, too noticed for his own good![/quote]
Damn you fame!
My contribution, Wideguy. What happened to him?
[quote]BeefEater wrote:
[quote]red04 wrote:
It’s all because we liked his art on facebook too much, got him noticed, too noticed for his own good![/quote]
Damn you fame!
My contribution, Wideguy. What happened to him?[/quote]
He just posted a few weeks ago. I posted a message for him but he didn’t respond.
RSJW, haven’t heard from him in a while
[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
This no ID shit is a major bummer. We exchanged a bunch of PM’s over the years. I do have his email address so I’ll give him a shout sometime.
Just this morning a friend sent me a vid of a scaled down 49 Mercury that I was going to post that I thought he’d get a laugh at.
Fuck… [/quote]
ID wants you to email him.
Being serious here.[/quote]
I like ID, exchanged a few PMs with him over the years and we were on a first name basis.
Would like to contact him - if the feeling is mutual, he can contact me (my email is listed in my hub) - could you relay this to him?
Morning, Rattler!
[quote]FattyFat wrote:
[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
This no ID shit is a major bummer. We exchanged a bunch of PM’s over the years. I do have his email address so I’ll give him a shout sometime.
Just this morning a friend sent me a vid of a scaled down 49 Mercury that I was going to post that I thought he’d get a laugh at.
Fuck… [/quote]
ID wants you to email him.
Being serious here.[/quote]
I like ID, exchanged a few PMs with him over the years and we were on a first name basis.
Would like to contact him - if the feeling is mutual, he can contact me (my email is listed in my hub) - could you relay this to him?
Morning, Rattler!
[/quote]
I forwarded this to him. Thanks.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
[quote]FattyFat wrote:
[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]bond james bond wrote:
This no ID shit is a major bummer. We exchanged a bunch of PM’s over the years. I do have his email address so I’ll give him a shout sometime.
Just this morning a friend sent me a vid of a scaled down 49 Mercury that I was going to post that I thought he’d get a laugh at.
Fuck… [/quote]
ID wants you to email him.
Being serious here.[/quote]
I like ID, exchanged a few PMs with him over the years and we were on a first name basis.
Would like to contact him - if the feeling is mutual, he can contact me (my email is listed in my hub) - could you relay this to him?
Morning, Rattler!
[/quote]
I forwarded this to him. Thanks.
[/quote]
Thanks!
Everyone seems to be finding it very hard to cope without someone responding ‘LOL’ to each of their posts.
[quote]GCF wrote:
Everyone seems to be finding it very hard to cope without someone responding ‘LOL’ to each of their posts.[/quote]
It’s the little things that matter.
[quote]Testy1 wrote:
[quote]GCF wrote:
Everyone seems to be finding it very hard to cope without someone responding ‘LOL’ to each of their posts.[/quote]
It’s the little things that matter.[/quote]
LOL
[quote]forbes wrote:
This thread is dedicated to people that used to contribute to this site but no longer. For me, I would like to know, what happened to:
-John Berardi
-Chad Waterbury
-Tribunal Dude
-Derek (the guy with the flashing skull avatar)
-JJ
-Nate Orade
-Nominal Prospect[/quote]
In the Post-Poliquin-Pre-Livespill era, articles & content on this site were all about “squats and milk”. If you wanted more developed quads, you had to squat. If you wanted biceps, you had to do chin-ups (and likely squat as well). Biceps curls & leg extensions were taboo. Other popular topics included the emerging popularity of rehab/prehab (foam rolling, posture, da scapulaz!, neutral spine, etc.) and workout nutrition. Articles discussing what qualified as functional training and core work were rampant as well.
Since then, CrossFit, Kettlebells, and races like Tough Mudder have snatched up large portions of this fitness crowd, whereas T-Nation embraced bodybuilding. This is not necessarily a bad thing but rather a natural process of specialization resulting from the maturation of T-Nation as a business and shifting trends in the volatile fitness industry. As a result, new content (livespills & programs) as well as the new product lines for T-Nation are targeted towards bodybuilders. John Meadows has become the most popular author on T-Nation (aside from perhaps CT) and he is all about bodybuilding and the value of isolation exercises.
There was a time when people thought of the average T-Nation user in terms of strength rather than size/conditioning. I remember an author describing the average T-Nation user as someone who benches 225, squats 315, and deadlifts 405. Now, when I think of the average T-Nation user, I no longer envision the weights they are lifting, but instead think about an average level of muscularity and conditioning for someone who has been training about 2 years.
As far as specific authors go, John Berardi now has a very successful company that focuses on weight loss and healthy eating for the masses. Theoretically, he COULD write an article, but why would he? The average T-Nation user has no interest in buying his product. There’s a similar story for most of the other old authors.
This is not a criticism against T-Nation or its former contributors. There is a thread like this every couple months with people wondering what happened to old authors. Usually nothing happened to them and they are still involved in the fitness industry. The authors just specialized into something other than bodybuilding, whereas T-Nation itself has become more focused on bodybuilding.
[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:
[quote]Testy1 wrote:
[quote]GCF wrote:
Everyone seems to be finding it very hard to cope without someone responding ‘LOL’ to each of their posts.[/quote]
It’s the little things that matter.[/quote]
LOL
[/quote]
LULZ
[quote]challer1 wrote:
If you wanted biceps, you had to do chin-ups (and likely squat as well). [/quote]
I was lied to. I was told to do bicep curls in the squat rack and that would help my biceps and quads all at once. Kill two birds with one stone I was told.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]challer1 wrote:
If you wanted biceps, you had to do chin-ups (and likely squat as well). [/quote]
I was lied to. I was told to do bicep curls in the squat rack and that would help my biceps and quads all at once. Kill two birds with one stone I was told.[/quote]
If one of those birds was theBird I would be happy.