Excellent interview!
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Excellent interview!
MAN I'M SLOW , STARTED YESTERDAY JUST FINISHED READIN IT TODAY.
BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN.
i WONDER HOW MANY EMAILS HE GOT FROM CBB MEMBERS LOL
Sounds like a good guy, great interview!
Dan doesn't talk publicly on BB. He had alot to say. He is well spoken and intelligent. He's made various observations over the years and I believe has said what many have thought.
I speak as a friend as well as a client. I trust him completely because he is proactive not reactive. With his medical history, he has obtained more knowledge than many and it benefits those who train with him.
And he won't blow smoke up your ass that's for sure! If you get a compliment from him you've earned it and you won't forget it!
I sound biased because I am. I train hard and my physique was good, he made it great. I'm attractive, his fiance Nicole is brilliant with hair and make-up. I've never felt better while dieting, to the point of calling it pleasant on more than one occasion. The day of, Nicole did her magic and I was beautiful. I can only thank both of them for that.
great interview
One of the first threads I read here. Thumbs up. Enjoyed it.
amazing interview. and excellent writing from the interviewer! get whoever this is too do more.
Was just doing some research on David Bautista joining MMA, and realized how much he looked like Dan, maybe a bit smaller tho ;)
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:X...atista.jpg&t=1
First off; thanks to CBB.com & MP for the invite to be a part of their project, secondly kudos to Jimmy Olsen for taking the time to put the interview together. Admittedly I was very sceptical about agreeing to do this as I've turned down similar requests over the last few years for reasons of a personal nature. Trust and Respect are commodities in my world and jimmy O. was deserving of both by way of his approach and attitude. He also came with good referral from a close friend. I really didn't want to do the standard interview - as others have done - because I'm not an active competitor anymore and I don't believe I have anything relevant to speak on in this regard. For example: How & when do you train?...With weights and whenever. What does your diet look like?....If I think it tastes good I'll eat it. Are you sponsored by anybody?....Marble Slab, no wait, I mean I sponsor them.
Jimmy definitely has a literary gift and the enjoyment of the interview for the readers is in his narrative and observations. If what I offered in way of answers provided any interest than great if not than that's fine too. I am only one person who like everyone else on this and other boards has an opinion. The foundation of my inferences is based on 22 years of acquired knowledge and relevant experiences. I can only speak on personal exposures and am not one to chatter on subjects I am ignorant to. In my opinion people will most often hear what they want to and reject ideas that do not coincide with their own.
Bodybuilding is a very unique sport; it requires a 24-7 commitment which can bring out the best in people and the worst. My choice to highlight negative memories stems from my belief that the best lessons are learned in times of adversity.
But I would like to share a positive memory of mine that was a major contributor to how I approached bodybuilding and came to value the old school way of thought. I was about 18 and my training partner and I were doing “knees to ears deep” leg presses with 12 plates a side; lots of weight for little boys. Reid Schindle walks over just as I’m finishing a set that, I am not fully convinced I did not shit my pants on. He pats the row of plates protruding from the machine like a gigantic piston and simply says, “Try going a bit deeper and put more force in the lift”, then walked away. First off we could not believe that The King of Bodybuilding as we believed him to be at the time even took the time to speak at us let alone realize we were even in the same building. Secondly I learned two valuable lessons that day. (# 1) Respect – shut your mouth, watch, listen and learn. We began studying how the big guys trained. We didn’t dare approach them and we couldn’t afford books so the power of observation was paramount in developing our lifting techniques. (# 2) Intensity – as hard as we thought we were training, The Man thought we could be training harder and so we did. We applied that small bit of advice to every facet of our training. Hence we never again gave less than 100%. Meaning: what we believed would be 100% in Mr. Schindle’s eyes.
BTW thanks to all the people who have viewed the thread and all the complimentary emails I have received. It is cool to hear that you have made an impression on or had a positive influence in peoples’ lives. That surpasses the feelings any award or trophy can ever bring me.