Bodybuilding governor feels the unforgiving weight of time

SACRAMENTO — Time is chasing Arnold Schwarzenegger and catching up.

Ordinarily, a politician's body would not be noteworthy. But California is witnessing a singular moment: the deconstruction of one of the greatest bodies of all time.

At 15, Schwarzenegger began pounding, pressing and transforming himself into a symbol of physical perfection. Now, a few months from his 60th birthday, he has been photographed in a hospital bed, hobbling around on crutches and publicly lamenting his anger at being in constant pain...Bodybuilding Governor

Free Steve Reeves Download

You can download the entire 1958 movie "Hercules" legally for free.
"See the seductive Amazons lure men to voluptuous revels and violent deaths! SEE the heroic Hercules rip down the Age of Orgy's lavish palace of lustful pleasure! SEE the Mightiest of Men fight the Mightiest of Beasts, the killer Cretan Bull! SEE Hercules fight off the savage love-starved Amazon women! SEE the powerful Hercules crush the savage ape-men who guard the shrine of the Golden Fleece!"

Hercules

Paul Anderson was THE Man

Some amazing training footage:


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Milled vs Non Milled Plates

On USA made York Olympic plates, 45 and 35 pounds, you will see "swirl" marks on the back of the plates. This indicates they were milled down to within a very close tolerance to the announced weight of the plate itself.

Most 45s and 35 were cast slightly overweight and then ground down. If you pick up an Olympic plate, any manufacturer's, and there are no such marks on the back of the plate, it means it was not subjected to the milling process. In such cases, obviously, it is "cast-to-weight." What tolerance range an indivicual plate falls within in such cases can vary widely. To give you some idea of the extremes this can reach, until fairly recently, imported (China) Olympic 45-pound plates were not milled in order to keep the overall price down, and they commonly ranged from 38 to 50 pounds from plate to plate. Even when York Barbell started importing a cheap line of Olympic plates, this was the standard out of Chinese foundries.
At one time, York Barbell also milled their USA 25-pound Olympic plates. However, this stopped by the 1970s, if not before. Obviously, the smaller plates are more easily cast to within a reasonable tolerance, and, hence, do not require milling.




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Resveratrol Fed Mice & David Sinclair Interview

An ordinary lab mouse will typically run 1 kilometer on a treadmill before collapsing from exhaustion, but mice given resveratrol, a minor component of red wine and other foods, can run twice as far, according to French research. Mice heavily dosed with resveratrol also have energy-charged muscles and a reduced heart rate, just as trained athletes do, and manage to live longer even if they consume a poor diet.




David Sinclair Interview

Resveratrol Revisited

Here's an article that sets the record straight about resveratrol. Starting with the misleading picture of a wine glass that has been featured with just about every story on the substance. Yes it is found in red wine, but it is not possible to drink enough red wine to get the benefits presented in a recent study.

"Resveratrol will change the world for the better, but only if the public can see through the twisted interpretations by doctors and news reporters. Resveratrol is a potent anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-estrogen, anti-cholesterol, weight-controlling, blood pressure and blood sugar-normalizing agent. The drug companies know what resveratrol portends – the end of their charade that different drugs are needed for each disease and that synthetic molecules work better than nature."

This article clears up much of the confusion created by the mainstream media.

Resveratrol

Weightlifting Hall of Fame

York Pennsylvania, in the not too distant past, was the Mecca of strength training in this country. Home of the York Barbell Company. Aspiring bodybuilders and weightlifters came to York and the York gym the way bodybuilders gravitated to Gold’s gym and Venice California. Today the York Barbell Company remains part of the landscape, but only a shadow of its former self. Twenty plus years ago just about every college, high school, YMCA, home and commercial gym in this country had the York name in it. The York Standard Olympic set was indeed the “standard.” Now, with the exception of some high-end bars, most of the York products are made in China. And it seems you’d be hard pressed to find a York plate in any gym. You can get a glimpse of what that great era was like by visiting the Weightlifting Hall of Fame located right on the grounds of the York Barbell Company. On a recent visit I took some pictures.

WeightliftingHallofFame

York Barbell Company
3300 Board Road
York, PA 17402 800-358-9675

The Hall of Fame hours: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 6 pm, Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm. There is no charge to tour the Hall of Fame and Museum. Tours are self-guided and a printed tour guide is available in the lobby.

Roy Hilligenn

Roy Hilligenn pound for pound, at 5' 6" had to be one of the strongest men of his generation. At 180 pound, his best training lifts were 280 press, 264 snatch, and 370 clean, all the while including bodybuilding in his training. Read more here:

Roy Hilligenn