What's your hobby OUTSIDE of the gym?

I've got a fascination with watches; mainly dive watches, pilot's watches, and military watches. Tons of forums and resources out there if any of you guys are ever interested or in the market for a new watch. In fact, my current watch (Speedbird III even says "Great Britain" at the bottom of the dial!) should be appreciated by our British contingent, as it was produced by a gentleman by the name of Eddie Platts, who makes some very nice custom watches over in Sheffield: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Some other resources for anyone with an interest:

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The great thing about HIT compared to a lot of the popular high volume training systems is it allows you to achieve equal or better results while living a well balanced life, instead of taking over your life like I've seen it done to some obsessive types.

When I'm not working out, training clients or writing about exercise I like to go for walks or to the park with my family, play guitar, practice martial arts and parkour, read, and play first-person-shooters on Xbox Live.

Drew Baye wrote:
When I'm not working out, training clients or writing about exercise I like to go for walks or to the park with my family, play guitar, practice martial arts and parkour, read, and play first-person-shooters on Xbox Live.

This would make a great personal ad....I almost want to date you myself

I breed and exhibit dogs ( Staffordshire Bull Terriers ) . I have been quite lucky/successful having bred 4 UK show champions and a host of other titles/awards I am also now( after some 16 yrs involvement ) a `top flight` ( A-list ) judge of the breed. I also enjoy the exercising of my dogs immensley.

Pic of me and 5 of the dogs on one of our morning runs;
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Best wishes , T.

Turpin wrote:
I`ll post some pics as/when I work out how to do it

Best wishes , T.

Excellent Turpin....seems this forum allows you to host AND display your photos! I'm still figuring out all of the cool features available!

My main interests outside of training are Rugby union (I was a schoolboy international, sorry to boast!), Formula 1, boys toys (tech type stuff) and film. I also enjoy a good game of chess but it's hard to find anyone that plays.

Interesting thread

I'm another dog lover (I've owned and trained German Shepherds all my life) that takes up a fair bit of my spare time. Like Drew I have a weakness for the XBox - particularly FPS and RPG's. I play and watch cricket in the summer and do very little in the winter. I love history and archaeology. My main hobby though is classic motorbikes. I have a 1952 BSA B33 and a 1965 BSA Bantam that i'm just in the process of getting registered as I built it up from a basket case. I also have a Suzuki Bandit so sometimesI can enjoy riding faster than 60mph without being vibrated off the seat, not breaking down every other mile and not permanently leaking oil

Glynn, Craig (otherwise known as Fatguythin) is a pretty mean Chess player. He'll probably give you a game

Paulus wrote:Interesting thread

I'm another dog lover (I've owned and trained German Shepherds all my life) that takes up a fair bit of my spare time. Like Drew I have a weakness for the XBox - particularly FPS and RPG's. I play and watch cricket in the summer and do very little in the winter. I love history and archaeology. My main hobby though is classic motorbikes. I have a 1952 BSA B33 and a 1965 BSA Bantam that i'm just in the process of getting registered as I built it up from a basket case. I also have a Suzuki Bandit so sometimesI can enjoy riding faster than 60mph without being vibrated off the seat, not breaking down every other mile and not permanently leaking oil

Glynn, Craig (otherwise known as Fatguythin) is a pretty mean Chess player. He'll probably give you a game

Paul, pics of those bikes are a must!!!!!! And please invite Craig over here to the forum!

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Paulus wrote:Interesting thread

I'm another dog lover (I've owned and trained German Shepherds all my life) that takes up a fair bit of my spare time. Like Drew I have a weakness for the XBox - particularly FPS and RPG's. I play and watch cricket in the summer and do very little in the winter. I love history and archaeology. My main hobby though is classic motorbikes. I have a 1952 BSA B33 and a 1965 BSA Bantam that i'm just in the process of getting registered as I built it up from a basket case. I also have a Suzuki Bandit so sometimesI can enjoy riding faster than 60mph without being vibrated off the seat, not breaking down every other mile and not permanently leaking oil

Glynn, Craig (otherwise known as Fatguythin) is a pretty mean Chess player. He'll probably give you a game

Paul, pics of those bikes are a must!!!!!! And please invite Craig over here to the forum!

Will Do!

Paulus wrote:
Glynn, Craig (otherwise known as Fatguythin) is a pretty mean Chess player. He'll probably give you a game

Ah, that's good to know Paul. I used to play it all the time at school as there were the 'brainy' unsporting ones who played chess and me. In fact there was a brainy type guy who played rugby and chess but wasn't particularly good at either. I also worked at a factory during school and college holidays and remember sitting on a big wool bale during my breaks playing chess with the trainee manager there. I much prefer playing it live than online though. Great to see you here by the way. I hope the training is going well and hopefully I'll get back down there to see you guys in the not too distant future.

Admin wrote:Paul, pics of those bikes are a must!!!!!! And please invite Craig over here to the forum!

Steve, I copied Craig into my email inviting various folks. Sorry Paul, I don't have your email so couldn't include you. You've got to hear about this though, that's the main thing.

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Paulus wrote:
Glynn, Craig (otherwise known as Fatguythin) is a pretty mean Chess player. He'll probably give you a game

Ah, that's good to know Paul. I used to play it all the time at school as there were the 'brainy' unsporting ones who played chess and me. In fact there was a brainy type guy who played rugby and chess but wasn't particularly good at either. I also worked at a factory during school and college holidays and remember sitting on a big wool bale during my breaks playing chess with the trainee manager there. I much prefer playing it live than online though. Great to see you here by the way. I hope the training is going well and hopefully I'll get back down there to see you guys in the not too distant future.

Admin wrote:Paul, pics of those bikes are a must!!!!!! And please invite Craig over here to the forum!

Steve, I copied Craig into my email inviting various folks. Sorry Paul, I don't have your email so couldn't include you. You've got to hear about this though, that's the main thing.

Not to `up` on chess myself Glynn , however I was recently in contact with a good friend of mine a MMArtist who resides in Florida ( palm beach ) who was telling me of his good friend who was under the tuition of Mike Mentzer he said of his friends experience ; " I used to love Mentzer back in the day, one of the most cerebral body builders ever. I had a friend that I went to college with and after he graduated he pursued his dream and trained at the Golds at Venice Beach. He said that Mentzer had just gotten back into training people and would talk theories and play chess and hang out all day long." .... He said he would get/forward me more info on his friends training etc

T.

Paulus wrote:Interesting thread

I'm another dog lover (I've owned and trained German Shepherds all my life) that takes up a fair bit of my spare time. Like Drew I have a weakness for the XBox - particularly FPS and RPG's. I play and watch cricket in the summer and do very little in the winter. I love history and archaeology. My main hobby though is classic motorbikes. I have a 1952 BSA B33 and a 1965 BSA Bantam that i'm just in the process of getting registered as I built it up from a basket case. I also have a Suzuki Bandit so sometimesI can enjoy riding faster than 60mph without being vibrated off the seat, not breaking down every other mile and not permanently leaking oil

Glynn, Craig (otherwise known as Fatguythin) is a pretty mean Chess player. He'll probably give you a game

Nice to see another dog lover Paul , we are becoming a dying breed ourselves in todays society ! ..... I too train dogs and do local calls as well as with my work.

Nice to see you here , T.

Turpin wrote:
Not to `up` on chess myself Glynn , however I was recently in contact with a good friend of mine a MMArtist who resides in Florida ( palm beach ) who was telling me of his good friend who was under the tuition of Mike Mentzer he said of his friends experience ; " I used to love Mentzer back in the day, one of the most cerebral body builders ever. I had a friend that I went to college with and after he graduated he pursued his dream and trained at the Golds at Venice Beach. He said that Mentzer had just gotten back into training people and would talk theories and play chess and hang out all day long." .... He said he would get/forward me more info on his friends training etc

T.

That's a great image: bodybuilders talking about their sport and playing chess! I couldn't have imagined that. Let us know when you get that information.

From September 1988 to September 1989, I worked in Southern California but unfortunately, I wasn't into HIT way back then. I often think what it would be like if I was. I would have certainly made every effort possible to meet up with Mike Mentzer, even if I had to stalk him! A missed opportunity that will never present itself again.

Paulus wrote:Interesting thread
Glynn, Craig (otherwise known as Fatguythin) is a pretty mean Chess player. He'll probably give you a game

I don't know about being a mean player. I do know how the pieces move, though. But the one that looks like a horse always confuses me. Am I right in saying it moves in a strange "L" shape?

Nice to see you here Craig. I trust all is well and that your going from strength to strength.

The 'L' shape. Yeah, that's the one. Is he related to you? Same name anyway!

Hi Glynn

I'm very well, thanks.

You're looking good in the avatar.

If you fancy a game we can meet online (I see that you don't particularly like online chess, but I'll be buggered if I'm coming to Scotland to play!).

Just promise to go easy on me, I'm not as young as I used to be.

I'm glad to hear things are going well. I've not checked in at your site for quite a while. I'll need to get that done. You should put a link to it in your signature. Thanks for your comments as well. I'm sounding like a broken record, but it never ceases to amaze me how little time-wise, of the RIGHT type of exercise is required to build, maintain and improve a decent physique when combined with the right diet. But then you knew that already!

Online chess is better than nothing Craig. However, I doubt you'll have too much trouble dealing with me at the moment. I'm VERY rusty not having played regularly in a long time. There's a site that I use to play against the 'computer' sometimes so I'll need to get back on that and see if I can sharpen myself up a bit, then we can arrange something by email.

Sadly my 52' B33 is in dry dock at the moment as I'm halfway through de-rusting and sealing the tank. Modern petrol is not kind to old metal

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This is my 175cc powerhouse Bantam. It can do over 60mph if you're going downhill and the wind's in the right direction:

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These are a couple of my hens looking at me when I was taking the photos


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Neat bikes Paul! My Uncle had a Royal Enfield 650 I think for many years....the kick starter took a couple of nice chunks out of his leg

Craig, we need to put your site in our friends/resources sticky....

Admin wrote:Neat bikes Paul! My Uncle had a Royal Enfield 650 I think for many years....the kick starter took a couple of nice chunks out of his leg

Craig, we need to put your site in our friends/resources sticky....

You can't beat a vicious kickback You're Uncle's RE 650 sounds like a Constellation. They're very sought after now, I'd love a big Enfield twin.

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Craig, we need to put your site in our friends/resources sticky....

That's been done Steve. I put links to the You Tube sites in there as well to keep everything together. Maybe we should include a section in that post for books: BBS, HIT The MM way, Heavy Duty 2, Drew's book when it's out etc?

Turpin wrote:I breed and exhibit dogs ( Staffordshire Bull Terriers ) . I have been quite lucky/successful having bred 4 UK show champions and a host of other titles/awards I am also now( after some 16 yrs involvement ) a `top flight` ( A-list ) judge of the breed. I also enjoy the exercising of my dogs immensley.

Pic of me and 5 of the dogs on one of our morning runs;
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Best wishes , T.

Great looking dogs Turpin. That's an awesome hobby.

Nate

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Turpin wrote:I breed and exhibit dogs ( Staffordshire Bull Terriers ) . I have been quite lucky/successful having bred 4 UK show champions and a host of other titles/awards I am also now( after some 16 yrs involvement ) a `top flight` ( A-list ) judge of the breed. I also enjoy the exercising of my dogs immensley.

Pic of me and 5 of the dogs on one of our morning runs;
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Best wishes , T.

Great looking dogs Turpin. That's an awesome hobby.

Nate

Cheers Nate , The breed is often misrepresented in the media due in part to some of the f*ckwits who own them for the wrong reasons & also the well intended who treat them like babies and wonder why they end up with a dominant dog they cannot control , both scenarios again putting the breed as a whole in a bad light.

Heres a couple more pics of some of mine.
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thebiggfella wrote:

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Craig, we need to put your site in our friends/resources sticky....

That's been done Steve. I put links to the You Tube sites in there as well to keep everything together. Maybe we should include a section in that post for books: BBS, HIT The MM way, Heavy Duty 2, Drew's book when it's out etc?

Absolutely, any and all HIT resources that we can think of. We're not here for profit or to promote anyone's product, only to point others to any and all of the resources that each of us have benefited from in the past. This is a place to send people you meet who may express an interest and need a one-stop-shop for info. and resources from an unbiased source.

Turpin wrote:
The breed is often misrepresented in the media due in part to some of the f*ckwits who own them for the wrong reasons

Nice pics T. When I was a kid in the 1980's, we had a Rottweiller, Trudi, as a family pet. This was well before they got the 'devil dog' tag due to the reason you mention above.

When folk walked up and down the road outside our house, she would bark like crazy, sounding really vicious. However, what the passers by never noticed was that her stump (they used to dock the tails of Rotties in those days) was wagging like buggery. A great guard dog!

She was a lovely dog, mild mannered, and no matter how much my younger brother and I used to tease and annoy her as kids do, never once did she get nasty. Looking back, we really pushed her as well. One of our favourites was to put one of my mum's stockings on her head bank robber style.

I'm not saying any more. This is starting to sound ridiculous! It's nice to reminisce though.