Lou Ferrigno 1973 Diet/Training protocol

[Jefe]

I reached out to one of the mods to see how far back we can go.

About a year ago I was digging through old posts. As in from the first month of the board.

ExcelBeyond “the elder mod” ect.

It’s all there.

 

[D2]

I remember my Weider shakes from the late 80s even.
Sand with sawdust for flavor.

the worst was the weider weight gainers sold in small tin.

 

[alfresco]

About a year ago I was digging through old posts. As in from the first month of the board.

ExcelBeyond “the elder mod” ect.

It’s all there.

please explain I’m in a loss here. Thanks, maybe we can find them.

 

[Jefe]

I was looking up posts. I think I used the numbers to jump back years. Like a post has 40 pages. You click the number and then you can type one in to go dirty it. I did it that way.

I’ll try again and come back.

 

[Jefe]

3 clicks. Straight back to 2003.

 

[Jefe]

Main forum, scroll to bottom. Click 1159, type 1130, you’re right back in the olden days.

 

[tenny]

Main forum, scroll to bottom. Click 1159, type 1130, you’re right back in the olden days.

shit man, that was back in the day.......how did we survive this long Jefe????

i do remember excel.....

 

[tenny]

Main forum, scroll to bottom. Click 1159, type 1130, you’re right back in the olden days.

remember GOTFINA????...

maybe we shouldnt talk about it....end up taking a plunge.

 

[Jefe]

remember GOTFINA????...

maybe we shouldnt talk about it....end up taking a plunge.

I remember Animal and his conversion kits. I was on Underground BBing before here. Didn’t do the other boards. Digging deep into the old stuff is like a time capsule

 

[tenny]

I remember Animal and his conversion kits. I was on Underground BBing before here. Didn’t do the other boards. Digging deep into the old stuff is like a time capsule

ME TOO......these youngin's dont even know.

 

[Massive G]

The 1000 to 2000 cal diets were commonplace back then. Rather they followed it that was a different story.
Mike Mentzer posted his journal back in articles back then. I grew up reading about bodybuilding in those older magazines. My dad would bring them home in boxes from yard sales. Mid 1990s we were cleaning out the old offices at a health spa they were remodeling then. We found an old beta vcr tape that was a seminar with Casey Viator and Chris Dickinson somebody converted it to vhs and was kinda cool. Viator said Mentzer was a liar on his 1 set bs said when he trained with Mike he did 5 to 6 times the volume he claimed in his courses.

 

[alfresco]

Viator said Mentzer was a liar on his 1 set bs said when he trained with Mike he did 5 to 6 times the volume he claimed in his courses.

Casey is correct. I have witnessed both of them training (not together, separately, different times). Mike and his brother did multiple sets. And Mike said that he made his best gains training four days a week.

 

[nothuman]

This article proves how long these magazines have been feeding the general public straight

Breakfast: four eggs and water
Noon: fish and fruit
Afternoon: lean meat
Dinner: lean meat and vegetables
Bedtime: protein shake

I don’t know why I find it funny that they felt the need to mention he had water at breakfast with the eggs.

 

[Jefe]

I don’t know why I find it funny that they felt the need to mention he had water at breakfast with the eggs.

They forgot the “on an empty stomach “

 

[workingclass]

The 1000 to 2000 cal diets were commonplace back then. Rather they followed it that was a different story.
Mike Mentzer posted his journal back in articles back then. I grew up reading about bodybuilding in those older magazines. My dad would bring them home in boxes from yard sales. Mid 1990s we were cleaning out the old offices at a health spa they were remodeling then. We found an old beta vcr tape that was a seminar with Casey Viator and Chris Dickinson somebody converted it to vhs and was kinda cool. Viator said Mentzer was a liar on his 1 set bs said when he trained with Mike he did 5 to 6 times the volume he claimed in his courses.

sounds about right... if you could ever find this and post it as a reel with full video it would go viral. every time I talk to guys younger than me they're always going on about mentzer and i'm always trying to tell them this is such bs

 

[gh375]

sounds about right... if you could ever find this and post it as a reel with full video it would go viral. every time I talk to guys younger than me they're always going on about mentzer and i'm always trying to tell them this is such bs

I have all of Mikes books including Heavy Duty Journal along with a bunch of his vintage articles and nowhere at any time did he ever claim all he did was one set LOL. He just believed the true growth happened in the last, most intensive set. If you are an advanced bodybuilder and strong as all fuck it would be pretty reckless to not do at least 3-4 warmup/workup sets before taking yourself beyond failure with negatives and forced reps on a super heavy compound exercise. And he used multiple exercises for each body part. He wrote articles himself saying him and Ray sometimes experimented with 2 heavy work sets per exercise in addition to the warmup.

Also most of the stuff people like to quote from him came from later in his life when he wasn't competing anymore and the vast majority of his personal training clients were just regular degular natty people which are hell and gone when it comes to training and recovery from a competitive enhanced bodybuilder

 

[tenny]

Casey is correct. I have witnessed both of them training (not together, separately, different times). Mike and his brother did multiple sets. And Mike said that he made his best gains training four days a week.

you old ass fucker......that must have been a site to see those men/legends training.

im jealous.

 

[davetheanimal]

I remember being at Golds Gym just after they relocated to Santa Monica from Venice Beach and Bill Reynolds (RIP), I remember him interviewing several bodybuilders after they worked out in the gym. Ghost riding for sure, altering facts and figures I have no clue.

In the book “3 More Reps” by George Snyder and Rick Wayne, you get what is supposed to be a portion of a transcribed seminar that the Golden Era legends did at Olympus Gym in Pennsylvania as well as a Q and A, and in many cases, includes their routines. I have the book and enjoy it, and it seems as though it should be pretty truthful, but I’m curious if you’ve read it and can verify its veracity to any degree! I haven’t seen a whole lot of people talk about it.

 

[alfresco]

In the book “3 More Reps” by George Snyder and Rick Wayne, you get what is supposed to be a portion of a transcribed seminar that the Golden Era legends did at Olympus Gym in Pennsylvania as well as a Q and A, and in many cases, includes their routines. I have the book and enjoy it, and it seems as though it should be pretty truthful, but I’m curious if you’ve read it and can verify its veracity to any degree! I haven’t seen a whole lot of people talk about it.

I am aware of the book, but I don’t recall reading.

 

[Aikman56]

I remember my Weider shakes from the late 80s even.
Sand with sawdust for flavor.

I think the first good tasting protein I ever experienced was Joe Weider’s Mega Mass 2000, circa 1992. It tasted like ass (that’s actually not true, my wife’s ass tastes like strawberries and sweet cream) compared to what we have today, but back then, that thing was gooooooood! For all the sugar it had, it should have tasted good!