- Feb 2, 2013
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We all want to be like our hero's and find inspiration in hanging on their every word. However, I have no idea why we feel what works for them will work for us. If we conceded that people are gifted genetically why are they authorities?
I was lucky since the time when I read an article in the old Musclemag. The bbing pro had great calves and said he did almost nothing for them so why ask him for advice...why not ask someone who struggled.
Dudes at my gym ask about my 16.5" forearms...guess what I have never trained them directly, so why would I give advice ? Lets take it a step further and what about the teenage kid who looks like Arnold by the time he is 19 or the powerlifter who totalled 1600 in his first year? Yet we do...why?
These guys may have some input but I get disgusted when we follow them blindly. Give me the guy like Dave Tate or Dave Palumbo who where forced to become authorities because their genetics sucked. True they never set a new standard but they accomplished what they did thru knowledge and hard work.
Friends are always sending me videos of the elite guys and I dont watch them...why do I want to watch some freak blow me out of the water their first time at the gym. How is that inspiring? I have busted my ass for years and nothing came easy except my popeye forearms.
You do what you want but I will pass on the freaks and look to the guys who suck yet still bust ass.
Hawk
I was lucky since the time when I read an article in the old Musclemag. The bbing pro had great calves and said he did almost nothing for them so why ask him for advice...why not ask someone who struggled.
Dudes at my gym ask about my 16.5" forearms...guess what I have never trained them directly, so why would I give advice ? Lets take it a step further and what about the teenage kid who looks like Arnold by the time he is 19 or the powerlifter who totalled 1600 in his first year? Yet we do...why?
These guys may have some input but I get disgusted when we follow them blindly. Give me the guy like Dave Tate or Dave Palumbo who where forced to become authorities because their genetics sucked. True they never set a new standard but they accomplished what they did thru knowledge and hard work.
Friends are always sending me videos of the elite guys and I dont watch them...why do I want to watch some freak blow me out of the water their first time at the gym. How is that inspiring? I have busted my ass for years and nothing came easy except my popeye forearms.
You do what you want but I will pass on the freaks and look to the guys who suck yet still bust ass.
Hawk
