Just read this AWESOME article

[Lumberg]

For all you natty peoples out there, this guy has some aswesome insights.

http://www.weightrainer.com/excerpts/potential.html



JC

 

[Haz]

Using his equation, the most I could weigh at 8% bodyfat is 200 lbs, which seems about right. 200 lbs has always been my long term goal, and I guess its a realistic one.

 

[strong island]

Informative but I see two problems:

1) The author should have done without terms like "drug-bloated junkies" and "drug addicts of today's training world."

2)The author is saying the evolution of science and improved training methodologies counts for no mass gain over the past 40 years.
Don't you think a "natural" bodybuilder from forty years ago could achieve greater results today.

And the author is mistaken, Bill Pearl and Reg Park used steroids.

 

[strong island]

The equation also says my maximum weight is 212. I weighed over 220 pounds at the age of 20 before I touched a drug.

But the equation could be more accurate if it was tweaked a little.

 

[rippedtrojan]

this equation makes me sad...very sad...

it says in 4 more lbs i will have reached my maximum weight at 164lbs

 

[Haz]

You guys have to remember that the equation assumes 8% bodyfat. I've weighed more then 200lbs in the past, but alot of that was lard.

 

[Lumberg]

Informative but I see two problems:

1) The author should have done without terms like "drug-bloated junkies" and "drug addicts of today's training world."

2)The author is saying the evolution of science and improved training methodologies counts for no mass gain over the past 40 years.
Don't you think a "natural" bodybuilder from forty years ago could achieve greater results today.

And the author is mistaken, Bill Pearl and Reg Park used steroids.

this is typical drug-bloated junkie speak for

wah, wah, wah

 

[Lumberg]

Oh yeah and as far as Reg Park using steroids the author admits that and uses his pre-drug bodyweight.

JC

 

[Nelson Montana]

Good article. Some of the points are very similar to those in my book. The calculation thing is a little silly but probaby not that far off.

It's true, the old time bodybuilders were far more sophisticted in their training and no, under today's conditions they wouldn't look an better. They might look worse. Todays gyms are lacking some of the best equiptment ever used -- curved benches, roman chairs, standing inclne boards,sissy squaters, old style hacks, vertical leg presses, etc, etc , etc.

He's also right about supplements. I'm not against them though. In fact, I take lots of supplements, but for health reasons. Not a single one of them will add an ounce of muscle.