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Recently i returned back to my hometown for a visit. I stood outside the premises of a place that meant a great deal to me through my teens - Olympia Gym. It was there i made many friends, who were closer than family. It was there i first saw my first pair of 19" arms, and even measure them!It was t...

Hi Peter, very sorry to read about your sad loss. I would like to thank my teenage years mentor who was perhaps the greatest ever natural bodybuilder in Northern Ireland - Mr John Heasley. He is still alive, but not active in bodybuilding since the explosion of steroid scene. In terms of olympic wei...

Excellent. I have often wandered where the Poles get their strength from, they are amazing!

Thanks Talbot, i will give that a try. I must admit i looked at the abdominal exercises and was filled with negative thinking!

And after !

Before picture - sorry Danny i couldnt figure out the method of photo upload you kindly recommended...

@ Danny. Dmitry Hvtovorsky ( bet spelling is wrong), Jonathan Viera,Thomas Allen and George Beverley Shea are other favourites.Do you sing?

Yes Peter. Frank has been very helpful to me with training advice. Only last year, or maybe the year before, he wrote me a program and i hit lifetime pbs during it at the age of 39! He is a wonderful man and very modest.

Thanks folks, again bowled over by the very helpful and kind responses. Im just a beginner with the high goal of becoming a Baritone.Im not sure what type, i currently sound like a corncrake,with a poor range, but would love to sound like Simon Keenlyside! In fact im so driven with this goal that i ...

Its that time again - i need some help from the incredible knowledge thats onboard here! My opera teacher has just asked me to build up my Rib Cage,diaphram and lungs as much as possible in the gym. I dont know much about this, except from some snippets i have found from 1950s muscle mags. So any ad...