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Topic: Tales of Camaraderie (Read 25255 times)
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Jon Meade
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Once bitten by the Ironbug, tales of camaraderie
will always come your way to remind you of the
infectious serum that lies within one's system,
never more dormant.
I've had many reoccurring reminders over the years,
the most notable of late was Jeff Preston who invited
me to join the Ironage site and forum in mid-'04, after
citing chapter-in-verse my industry writing background,
especially the Petaluma wristwrestling years '72-'79 for
Grimek & MD. I was flattered.
As I said, once bitten by the "bug", for the rest of your
life you will run into others "infected' as well. And no matter
what else you don't share as people/strangers/friends,
you will always have that...iron(age) common camaraderie
that defies all bounds and knows no limits.
In a world of lost souls, our iron camaraderie endures...
...Forever.
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oldtimer1
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Jon, I was touched by your post. I'm not a limp wrist but you hit a chord. Once your infected with the love of iron, you will take it to your grave. There are worse things that you could be involved in.
To every Iron ager that fights the good fight in training I'm with you in spirit.
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Jon Meade
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Yea, no matter how differently we all train,
we go on despite any pain.
The Iron Bug endures. The sting for us de-
lightfully the same.
More power to you oldtimer 1.
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stevce
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Hey guys im only 25 years old and its great to hear all these stories. Your very lucky, to have been around at such interesting times. It took me 1 year and a half in Australia to find a gym where the people are great and i would't be threatened by some steriod jerk to get of the seat, machine or else.
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Jon Meade
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Good humor, Dallas. No doubt the psychiatrist was a hard
gainer.
Afterthought, while reflecting. You know, no matter what
other "stuff" may be going on in your life, no matter how
difficult and lonely life can sometimes be, a person can
always find solace and a camaraderie by wrapping their
warm hands around a cold-rolled steel bar...and working
out.
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Jon Meade
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Thanks, Awaken. And Semper Fi to you (I always return a
Semper Fi).
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King Pump
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These are some really great stories, guys. 
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metraton
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that's my first post, first of all i want to tell all of you how proud i'm to find this board , as a outside usa born, without boards like this i will find almost impossible to share so much info about the golden ages.
i love the tales , the histories, the mystic, mentzer, ahrens, merjanian, milo, i love b&w photos and the most i love is to read first hand about your experiences.
keep up the golden spirit.
my two cents,
i'm now 34 (too young i hear you!), i remember when i was a pet in the gym , around two years of training, big  benches with 200 lbs .... squats with 250 ....  , great frienship in the room , lot of humor, very strong people training and the trainer was the strongest of all.
My gym was a mixed gym, also a school of judo trained there. One day one of the champions of judo (a young one like me) entered the weight room and talking to me they challenged to an armwrestling match. they keep saying that bodybuilders have no strenght, bla.bla.bla.
Of course  i accepted and we put our arms in a table and , of course,  i WON. Great expectation, but then the "master" challenged me , the master crushed my hand to the table and keep smiling. I retired, defeated, but trough all the people our trainer (and great friend) came and said..... nonononononono .... youngs with youngs and masters with masters .... so le'ts try with me.
of course the size of my monitor's forearms (an old schooler by himself i can assure!) are no only double the judo master but also triple strong. Judo master got crushed with both hands -easily-.
the trainer then returned to the room and said to me, le'ts do some arms, we got the warm-up yet.
Respect to all!
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The clash of TITANS <ahrens> <anderson> <hepburn> <casey> <mentzer> <viator> <lou> <arnold> <draper> <ali> <marciano> <foreman> <frazier> |
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Gord
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Welcome to the board, metraton.
Interesting to read about your arms wrestling exploits.
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Bill Mortimer
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As good a place as any....
Happy to find this forum. I have been around bodybuilding since age 12 in 1952 when my dad bought me a home barbell/dumbell/spring expander set. I lied about my age and joined Bert Goodrich's Hollywood gym at age 14. Bert showed me around and soon I was under the protective wing of such great men as William Smith and Steve Reeves. I still find myself under the squat rack today and have collected some fond memories.
I look forward to adding where I can and learning something new from time to time.
Bill Mortimer
Glendale, Ca.
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Bill Mortimer
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Thanx...The past year I have rekindled my love for weight training. It has helped me overcome Melanoma/Lymph Node cancer surgery and breaking my ankle/Tibia/Fibula, both this year. Only because of weight training and nutrition I found myself back under the squat rack in 90days. Do I hear a hallelujah?
I remember Bert putting me on a weight gain regimine. Knowing that I was limited with funds (age 14 I cleaned trash bins at the supermarket after school for $2 a shot) and subject to the food in my mom's kitchen...I bought desicated liver tabs, brewers yeast tabs and soy protein powder. I mixed the powder with half and half (milk/cream), honey, frozen orange juice, banana and whipped it up. I drank a glass with my eggs and toast/p-nut butter and a handfull of tabs before school and weekend mornings. After work...about 4pm I ran home, drank one more glass with a handfull of tabs and caught the bus to Goodrich. I trained from about 4:30 to 5:30 then got home in time for dinner. Weekends I trained in the mornings. Talk about gas....my whole family wanted me to sleep outside. By the time I was 16 the in thing was to down a quart of beer right after training. I was able to get my beer from a little nearby Hollywood market without ID and downed it in the parking lot in my '51 Plymouth convertable before heading home. A few years after that beer/booze and worse became my life which is why I never became one of the yesteryear greats. Fortunatly on my 40th birthday I arrived clean and sober at Bill Pearls Pasadena Gym and his amazing brother and my mentor, Harry Pearl, had me on stage and winning contests within 3 years. Thanx Harry. I will never forget you.
More to come.....
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Bill Mortimer
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Oh my gosh!!! The last time I saw Harry was about 8 years ago in Altadena, Ca. He was about 170 lbs. and the only thing he was doing was riding his bike for extended trips such as Santa Barbara and return....not bad for almost 70 at the time. I had written an article about him in IronMan...he was embarrassed. A mutual friend stayed at the Bill Pearls in Oregon this summer and Bills wife promised to get us Harry's phone number. I'll try again. The Harry stories....135lb. behind the neck presses while going down Manchester on his unicycle...an Iron Cross on the rings at a body weight of 300....picked up a 10lb. plate with his pecs.
Thanks for the pic. I have already shared it with friends.
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t.j.wes
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Welcome to the board Bill..............can`t wait to hear some of your memories in the game!!
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