The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

I grew up in a rural area so there wasn't a big time bmx scene.. my older brother was the first in our town to get a GT freestyle bike(purple of course) 1986..

 

The white wheels are freaking slick.

 

Mags
Our dad took him 120 miles east to Fresno to get the bike...

 

Same here, there was a racetrack the next town over..still have some of my trophies I won on my Supergoose I think. One other guy in my neighborhood was into bikes after he met me, he had a GT Mach One.

That's a sweet ride, love the GT mags made by OGK..I remember they had a curved surface for the side to give better braking.

The one I posted a few pages back is a 1986 Schwinn Predator Free Form EX, got it as a $100 project but had all the original part except grips and tires..even the original dated brake cables. I bought the same bike new in 1985 in light blue and it got stolen in 1989.

 

I’ll probably push my workouts a little bit longer this week, Monday I’ll work my normal 10 hour day and then Tues-Thurs I’ll have training from 0800-1600 so I should get home 2 hours earlier than normal.
Or I’ll workout 2x on Tuesday/Thurs, once AM and once PM.

 

You'd not believe what that GT goes for these days, even just the standing platforms are $$..over $100 even in rough shape

 

I'm just here for the 80's BMX. I threw a pair of 80's GT performer bars on my Fairdale Taj 26 since I like taller bars.

 

I bet! I actually got a GT Dyno similar to this pic at a police impound auction in 1989. When I got my turn in Fresno 1988 I chose a diamond back mountain bike.. pre-walmart.. I liked it but regretted not going bmx style.. it had cheesy mags I thought so traded a friend with Araya rims.. he had no clue those became the shiznit

 

Very cool, one of my collection is a 1997 GT Vertigo..looks similar in colour scheme. Had it since 2003, I barely ride it anymore though...

 

Ahhh yes, the old "Moose bars"

 

I know it's off topic so I won't fill the thread with bike pictures but I sold this Dyno a few months ago for $650. It was fully restored though.

 

Gorgeous!!

 

Worth it though, just the bars and the mallet stem are some $$. I dropped about $600 or so into my restoration of the Predator

 

Back to gym and fitness... Same older brother got serious on our moms soloflex and a few months later told my 135# 5'11" butt at the time we start pumping iron!! Both still going strong 25 yrs later!!

 

My favorite pose

 

Pretty impressive stud! Height and weight?

Edit: supplements?

 

I never did anything considered exercise just for the sake of it until age 40, but I lived on my bikes. Being in a small town you really had to ride a bike to get anywhere without taking forever. I had skateboards too but didn't use them as much for that reason..