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I have a Larry Scott story! You just reminded me that when I was like 18 or 19 I worked with one of his ex-wives... she was much older, but you can tell she was probably a firecracker in her day and especially if she was married to that muscle hunk! She wasn't a fan of arguably, the most famous bodybuilder of time.... this is all hearsay and conjecture, but I'm going to relay it anyway. According to her that very well-known bodybuilder who ended up making movies later would give guys downers telling them that they were uppers before bodybuilding shows.... again this is all hearsay and something she told me and I never forgot. As for Larry Scott's biceps, they remind me of Sergio Olivas, my friend Tommy, who is a retired professor of anatomy at the University of Texas at San Antonio who is a complete muscle freak and fan described both Larry Scott and Sergio Olivas biceps as having "football biceps". 💪🏽 Massive but without that peak and split that the famous bodybuilder turned movie star and flex Wheeler have. In my opinion both types of biceps are great, they are just very different..

@myophile this is a comparison of my bicep over the course of 19 years... we went the first time in 2005, we went back in 2006 and then again in 2007 and I believe this photo was from that first trip in 2005... we left for Cabo San Lucas immediately after the 2005 Mr. Olympia. The photo was taken at a place called Las Ventanas ( two Palm Springs gatherings ago a very kind board member introduced himself and told me he was there while the three of us were visiting the same resort ) i'm not gonna name drop because I think it's kind of tacky and gross but there was a Russian female tennis player with her, then very famous Spanish singer boyfriend staying in the villa next to us who asked if they could squeeze our muscles 😜 We remember our friend who took us there telling us that first time, "you boys better enjoy this because this is luxury we will probably never see again" and we ended up going back two more times 😂🙏🏽 for a week all three times. I always thought and hoped I would age well but the kind of progress I have made over the years even I can't believe. I know it's highly unusual, but I firmly believe that good habits make time an ally. I am not the biggest guy in the world nor am not the most genetically gifted guy in the world, but I am very disciplined and stubborn when it comes to meeting my goals and improving myself. I've said it before I'll say it again none of us escape the aging process, at some point I'll reach that fulcrum and begin the decline, but until that day comes, I'm gonna keep enjoying improving myself year after year. I know cynics would love to ask how much longer do I plan to do this and the answer is as long as my body keeps responding to the stimulus and besides for me, it's never been better. I no longer have to grit my teeth. I don't have to see people I don't truly enjoy so it remains a win-win situation. I still absolutely love what I do and I enjoy the people I get to spend time with more than I have the words to articulate it. What more could I ask for?

And or those that have made a career and built a life consistent with their dreams and desires... those that have built a good reputation and intend on keeping it.

Like my bicep, that particular appendage you speak of gets awfully big and hard when "flexed" 😜

* but now they're so much bigger than they used to be. ( yes, a clumsy fat thumb even though the rest of me is pretty darn lean at the moment 🤣 )

You're kind to say my long time pal. Im human, I'm not immune to mental exhaustion ( luckily it's not my body that gets tired from what I put it through ) which leads to hiatuses and moratoriums from training and my usual diet that leads to getting a bit fluffy from time to time, not often but once in a great while... sometimes it feels real good to let go of the reigns but after about two weeks, it starts to suck 😜 I am exceedingly good at being elusive when that does occur that's why you'll be hard-pressed to find any "off-season" photos of floating around 😜 Here's a photo taken this morning.. I usually do cardio at home except on Mondays because that's when I check in with my diet coach and I like to utilize the same lights and mirror for consistency and continuity.. The stair climber was being utilized, so I quickly got slight upper body pump while I waited, and I pumped up my arms "un peu 🤏🏽" For most of my "career" my arms were never my strong point. I've always been very chest and quad dominant. In fact I had a trainer/coach in Palm Springs who had me train my legs once every 11 days so that the rest of my body could catch up.. now I'm quite satisfied with the size, shape and hardness of my arms. Even when they weren't as big as I wanted them to be, they were always as hard as nails, they always had a lovely split, but now there' I look forward to connecting with you again @Rickee You've always been one of the good ones and we're even pals from the MSS days 🫂😘 ( and thanks again for always providing the black coffee ☕️ ) 😜 re so much bigger than they were five and 10 years ago.

I present to you the latest photos in existence of my bicep💪🏽 I'm telling you, you gotta feel it 🤏🏽 it's a 10 on the Mohs scale 💎 😜 * taken this morning

* Honolulu as well.

Not in the slightest pal. That's a pretty gross generalization, not to say some people don't see clients that way, but to say a reputable escort looks down upon his clients and views them as ATM's is overstepping the mark. Trust works both ways and that's coming from someone who has earned the trust and respect of a lot of people over the course of time. Let me tell you a little story about trust.... I have the keys of multiple peoples homes.( Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, NYC, Dallas... ) I have clients who when they travel allow me to stay at their places and see clients... nobody in their right mind would do that without really trusting somebody... for years I used house sit and stay at a clients house that split his time between the desert and Indonesia... many years into doing this, he had me come over to show me how some new electronics worked, and before I left, I told him, "I hope you know I never bring people here" and he looked at me with a bewildered look on his face and asked me, "what do you mean you don't see people here? and I told him, "I would never bring anyone into your house. not with all these valuables.." all those years he assumed I was seeing people, but I didn't want to take the risk of something going missing.... that day he convinced me that it was totally fine and it was his hope that I could enjoy his place and make money to which I replied by saying, "well how about I never bring a total stranger here? " And he said while tapping me on the back, "it's totally up to you, but I trust you implicitly" I'm sure a lot of people don't see it this way, but for me, to be trusted is as good or better than to be loved. The friend I speak of that lived in the desert is just one of a few people who I have that same arrangement with. That kind of trust isn't built and earned over the course of a few visits...these are people that I have been seeing for well over 10 and 15 years. I can't speak for everyone but I view and treat no one like an ATM and I'm positive I'm not the only one.

* learned a bit of legal jargon ( still patiently waiting to surpass "newbie" member status so I can edit and correct typos caused by a fat thumb 😜 )

Hahahaha... we may need to discuss this in chambers OR a writ of habeas corpus could summoned me to appear in Palm Springs mid October .... 😜 Joking aside, me and Zeb traveled 🧳 the country and the world 🌎 with an exceedingly successful, brilliant, erudite, and very sagacious attorney ⚖️ 🦅 for over 8 years every other month. For a guy like me who never stops asking questions and considers such situations as opportunities of a lifetime, how could I not have earned a bit of legal jargon??? Gratefully I still see said Barrister to this day and I'm eternally grateful for the relationship that's been "chartered to exist into perpetuity" 😜 He would adamantly deny it but I owe him quite a bit. @BobPS I consider you and a handful of others part of that "legal group" that has improved the quality of my life, certainly enriched it and made me proud and grateful as well. My gratitude isn't limited to all the attorneys I've rubbed elbows with all these years, it applies to physicians ( loads of wonderful healers ) and all the other professionals at the top of their respective fields who's trust and respect I've earned. Grateful is a pretty happy place to live.

You surpassed "wannabe" a long time ago! You are one sweet SMART meathead 😜

* blue in the face ( sorry it's my ocd 😂 ) I'm still considered a newbie here and I don't have the ability to edit my posts YET.

I've said it before and I'll say it again until you and everybody else is blue on the face... inspiration and motivation is a two-way street. Each and every time you @myophiletell me about a great workout, a great pump and or you share with me pictures of your spectacular progress, the shape of that bicep that looks like it's as hard as nails and that has developed a split 🍑 it both inspires and motivates me to keep on going! I may not have started this thread that's dedicated to me, but I'm certainly happy it exists... i've read a lot of wonderful comments, generous and kind words, and I've even met people because of this thread so maybe it's not so weird that I post and comment on it with progress photos.... if you think I look OK today wait until you see what I look like in five weeks. If my photos and my story can inspire and motivate just one person, I feel like i've succeeded and that I have contributed in a positive manner. I'm not 22 years old anymore and if I can keep on improving year after year, so can anybody else. It's not even up for adjudication that I am in far better physical condition, much more symmetrical, much more muscular and much more defined vs what I looked like 10 and 15 years ago! If I can do it, so can anybody and everybody else.

@nate_sf Years ago in San Francisco, in Pacific Heights ( was one of my first appointments ) I met a really wonderful guy that I still see currently that prepared a fabulous multi course dinner... Beluga caviar from the Caspian Sea, many wonderful appetizers, entrées and loads of all kinds of spectacular courses including dessert, but because it was my first time meeting him I told him I had just eaten, and I was completely full. I was completely full of shit, I was starving, but I was mortified and certain I was going to be drugged, chopped up and put in a crawl space... a few visits later I confessed, and he laughed, but ultimately he completely understood where I was coming from. Needless to say, I never again turned down anything he prepared and I still do not turn down anything he prepares. I adore him and I trust him implicitly. 🥰

Hopefully this one is a bit more clear... those that know, "grainy" is a desirable look as it pertains to bodybuilding and physical conditioning 😜

To your point my good man.... even after 1 day of HIGH CARBOHYDRATES the body can look drastically different and of course function drastically different . In the process of eliminating unwanted body fat by staying low carbs for days on end the lack of glycogen in the muscles can give them sort of a "flat" look making pumps in the gym a bit more onerous to attain. Thankfully, yesterday I broke that cycle and had a very high carb day and this is what I looked like this morning, not pumped as today is a day off from the weights. I did a little cardio here at home and went to the gym around the corner from my house to snap a few progress photos. After tomorrow, I have five weeks to really push myself to new highs and my own all time best 😎 @myophile you asked me to keep posting my PR's... while I didn't break a PR yesterday. I certainly hit it again. Something I had not done in 10 years. The last time I l leg pressed this much weight I was living in Palm Springs 10 years ago. I was able to rep out 10 repetitions on my eighth set and I did the same thing yesterday. ( and yes, I re-rack my weights 😜 )

This board is very diverse, but it could be even more diverse and like you said it would attract more people outside of the current diversity that's available here...

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I strongly advise against tattooing your face then 😉

So I guess no Prince Albert for you Doc? 😜

Technically speaking, they are no longer " permanent " this chest tattoo I HAD was 1 of 5 I had successfully removed.

Or abdominals 🫣