With a flood of tears, he could announce that it was "revealed" to him that the word of fitness has really gone over the world, and that he was chosen to escort the "faithful" into the land of PREVAILING fitness.
As they merrily jogged across the "bridge" to ambiguous fitness, along with certain financial ruin, those dedicated followers would confront the unfit world about the error of their un-fittish ways with da logic of fitness. "Give me fitness, or give me death" would be their cry, and "pass da koolaid".
Tights for all followers would be mandatory, not only during fitness sessions, but at all hours of the day and night.
As a present to the corporation for their sagish wisdom of appointing him, the pres would produce and star in a new production, "You too can have fitness by dancing with devils in the light of a full moon. Tights not optional". Titled in smaller print, "Mogginhood, men in tight (tight) tights".
How about raping women. I wonder if that would be a perk like it was in twi. Probably not. Others at the top would find out and do something about it quickly.
Ole Loy Boy would then be a "Boy Toy" and have a husband named Bubba.
Well funny stuff to be sure though I must say that even back during the times wherein Craig was ascending to the "top" of TWI I never considered him to be the ultra badass athlete that others held him up to be. I never went for it. I guess some people just had never been around real athletic types. I don't think LCM was by any means a small man but I was never impressed in the same way that some of his fawning followers were. In fact I routinely encountered people in TWI with equally as solid , (and better), physiques than LCM - some of whom who actually played college ball and , unlike LCM, didn't ride the bench most of the time.
Its like for people who didn't go to college
not understanding how serious plagiarism is in academic and publishing circles. They were never exposed to those concepts so they think its cool that VPW gave, long after the fact in many cases, verbal attribution to the very authors he ripped off. Its dead wrong and doesn't correct the wrong. Its also wrong to represent yourself as a "doctor" when you got your "PhD" from a mail order "college" with no resident faculty.
Back to LCM - I remember people telling me how "awesome" an "athlete" LCM was and I fully expected to see freaking Jack Lambert, Ray Nitschke, or Dick Butkus. But he was just some farm boy type. And when he cast himself in that
horrible presentation well he went totally overboard with his vanity and self indulgence.
Man what a self absorbed guy... and why ?
And after seeing pics of LCM in the late 80s and into the 90s I find it extraordinarily difficult to believe that anyone would pay money to be "trained" but this guy. Once again I think its a case of people just knowing any better and assumming that anyone who is tall and not skinny is somehow "in shape". Wearing double breasted suits to hide your gut doesn't mean you are fooling anyone. The ultimate irony is that the Way's elite were always pointed to as examples for living but over time they got to be pretty paunchy - and if you look at TWI's website and surf some of their pics - well its clear that some people aren't eating on a "needs only basis".
Dunno.. seems to me that the corpse program was highly over-rated.
Don't get me wrong.. I know a lot of you guys got some good out of it. But I think you had a lot going for yourselves to begin with. And not everyone was in it for the power and glory.
Just makes me wonder, what in the world was the old Vicster thinking?? Take an otherwise untalented, mediocre jock and with "the magic of believing, and proper conditioning" turn him into the MOG for our day and time- the "ultimate believer". Honestly, he couldn't really be the best "available" for the job. I guess ole vic did get a guy that could run the place- into the ground.
Poor Bally's- I guess you just can't make a silk CEO out of a sow's ear.. ole vic proved that can't be done.
But to watch the "interview" would be amusing, in the least. "Now, "Mr" Martindale, what qualifications do you bring before this board to obtain this position?"
I think you got out of the corps what you wanted to. Yep some of it was ok. Some of it was awful. It left me with a lot more questions than answers. For some it was a power trip. To some it was to be the best for God and they wanted to truly help out. It is the true devistation that it had on some though that I really feel sorry for. It was basicaly some did not fit the mold. I remember some that got kicked out were truly amazing people while some that did not were.............
I'll leave it at that.
I wonder what VP was thinking too. Sure loy had some charisma. He was also not very sure where to point the ship. I was at HQ right after vp died and he shared his doubts with us. One of his doubts was the 2 drink limit. Someone (corps) wrote him and said it was not right. I swear to God it got his panties in a twist and he did not know what to do about it. I wrote him a note about it. I just said the 2 drink limit was a rule and to stick with it. Bill Gr(*% was corps cord at hq. and told me he was very blessed by the letter. I remember saying to myself "Any effen idiot could figure that out". No wonder he ran that sucker into the ground. He motivated by fear without any clear thinking.
Ex seventies.. now that's a real idea. If Bally's is wasting his "talent" he could "help" Enron out of all of their little problems.. he could claim he witnessed first hand an organization heading for sure disaster..
Bally's Total Fitness has been the subject of more than a few lawsuits because of their business practices, including false advertising, "bait and switch" tactics, deceptive contracts and illegal collections practices. They've also been hit with several sexual harassment lawsuits. You can find this information all over the internet.
Maybe lcm is in the right place to take advantage of his skills and experience.
A lot of people have wondered if LCM is really actually working there or if it is just a front. But I wonder where the connections would be as I think it would have to be somehow connected to twi.
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As Bally's top spokesman, lcm could claim:
Bally's.....the only true health spa & rightly-divided health organization in the world.
Bally's.....teaches the one true way to aerobic and anarobic conditioning.
Bally's.....would begin publishing a monthly magazine for its true followers.
Bally's.....has "special motorcoach massages" for selected and true-blue females.
Bally's.....will reach and teach people like it hasn't been known since the days of Samson.
Yep.....it could happen.
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With a flood of tears, he could announce that it was "revealed" to him that the word of fitness has really gone over the world, and that he was chosen to escort the "faithful" into the land of PREVAILING fitness.
As they merrily jogged across the "bridge" to ambiguous fitness, along with certain financial ruin, those dedicated followers would confront the unfit world about the error of their un-fittish ways with da logic of fitness. "Give me fitness, or give me death" would be their cry, and "pass da koolaid".
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Tights for all followers would be mandatory, not only during fitness sessions, but at all hours of the day and night.
As a present to the corporation for their sagish wisdom of appointing him, the pres would produce and star in a new production, "You too can have fitness by dancing with devils in the light of a full moon. Tights not optional". Titled in smaller print, "Mogginhood, men in tight (tight) tights".
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How about raping women. I wonder if that would be a perk like it was in twi. Probably not. Others at the top would find out and do something about it quickly.
Ole Loy Boy would then be a "Boy Toy" and have a husband named Bubba.
Squeeeel Craigers Squeeel.
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Just Loafing,
interesting avatar
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Jim
Normally, I can't stand the "screw your buddy" reality shows, but I'd pay to see Loy as a contestant.
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Heh heh.. could have a 400 pound muscle-bound fella named "Bubba" confront him about messing with his wife..
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justloafing
Heheheh. I saw it on another board and used it here. I thought it was funny.
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ex70sHouston
The only problem is that I don't know if Enron is through with him.
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All people at Bally's would be required to write a letter to MOF (man of fitness) and tell him how much they were blessed by him.
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Well funny stuff to be sure though I must say that even back during the times wherein Craig was ascending to the "top" of TWI I never considered him to be the ultra badass athlete that others held him up to be. I never went for it. I guess some people just had never been around real athletic types. I don't think LCM was by any means a small man but I was never impressed in the same way that some of his fawning followers were. In fact I routinely encountered people in TWI with equally as solid , (and better), physiques than LCM - some of whom who actually played college ball and , unlike LCM, didn't ride the bench most of the time.
Its like for people who didn't go to college
not understanding how serious plagiarism is in academic and publishing circles. They were never exposed to those concepts so they think its cool that VPW gave, long after the fact in many cases, verbal attribution to the very authors he ripped off. Its dead wrong and doesn't correct the wrong. Its also wrong to represent yourself as a "doctor" when you got your "PhD" from a mail order "college" with no resident faculty.
Back to LCM - I remember people telling me how "awesome" an "athlete" LCM was and I fully expected to see freaking Jack Lambert, Ray Nitschke, or Dick Butkus. But he was just some farm boy type. And when he cast himself in that
horrible presentation well he went totally overboard with his vanity and self indulgence.
Man what a self absorbed guy... and why ?
And after seeing pics of LCM in the late 80s and into the 90s I find it extraordinarily difficult to believe that anyone would pay money to be "trained" but this guy. Once again I think its a case of people just knowing any better and assumming that anyone who is tall and not skinny is somehow "in shape". Wearing double breasted suits to hide your gut doesn't mean you are fooling anyone. The ultimate irony is that the Way's elite were always pointed to as examples for living but over time they got to be pretty paunchy - and if you look at TWI's website and surf some of their pics - well its clear that some people aren't eating on a "needs only basis".
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Did you say "how can they have such a talented Lurch?
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Mr. H,
You are truly brilliant! My submission for classes which will replace actual exercise:
The Way of Abs and Pectorals
Christian Fitness and Sex
Dealing with the Carbohydrate
For publications:
The Rise and Expansion of the Christian Gym in the First Century
The Bonehead tells me so (His autobiography)
The New Dynamic Lurch (Part 2 of his autobiography)
The Worms Way (Loy's guide to dating)
God's Masochistic Work (Loy's employee guide)
Order my sub with some cheese (Loy's guide to diet)
JT
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I wonder what the guy at Bally's thought when he read Loy's resume:
"Former man of God for our day and time, defrocked minister, accused rapist, and bench warmer..."
He's lucky he got any job at all...maybe they needed somebody to stock the shelves with Ben Gay.
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Steve Lortz
Mr. Hammeroni - You wrote, "With Loy at the helm, he could 'lead' the company into a financial condition unparalleled since the first century."
Since Bally's was NOT IN BUSINESS in the first century, I see the truth of your statement :-)
Love,
Steve
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Steve,
Well, this is the first century of the new millenium.
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JT
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Dunno.. seems to me that the corpse program was highly over-rated.
Don't get me wrong.. I know a lot of you guys got some good out of it. But I think you had a lot going for yourselves to begin with. And not everyone was in it for the power and glory.
Just makes me wonder, what in the world was the old Vicster thinking?? Take an otherwise untalented, mediocre jock and with "the magic of believing, and proper conditioning" turn him into the MOG for our day and time- the "ultimate believer". Honestly, he couldn't really be the best "available" for the job. I guess ole vic did get a guy that could run the place- into the ground.
Poor Bally's- I guess you just can't make a silk CEO out of a sow's ear.. ole vic proved that can't be done.
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But to watch the "interview" would be amusing, in the least. "Now, "Mr" Martindale, what qualifications do you bring before this board to obtain this position?"
"Well, umm, cough cough.."
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Somehow, "I is da man, and you WILL obey me" probably wouldn't quite do it.
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I think you got out of the corps what you wanted to. Yep some of it was ok. Some of it was awful. It left me with a lot more questions than answers. For some it was a power trip. To some it was to be the best for God and they wanted to truly help out. It is the true devistation that it had on some though that I really feel sorry for. It was basicaly some did not fit the mold. I remember some that got kicked out were truly amazing people while some that did not were.............
I'll leave it at that.
I wonder what VP was thinking too. Sure loy had some charisma. He was also not very sure where to point the ship. I was at HQ right after vp died and he shared his doubts with us. One of his doubts was the 2 drink limit. Someone (corps) wrote him and said it was not right. I swear to God it got his panties in a twist and he did not know what to do about it. I wrote him a note about it. I just said the 2 drink limit was a rule and to stick with it. Bill Gr(*% was corps cord at hq. and told me he was very blessed by the letter. I remember saying to myself "Any effen idiot could figure that out". No wonder he ran that sucker into the ground. He motivated by fear without any clear thinking.
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Ex seventies.. now that's a real idea. If Bally's is wasting his "talent" he could "help" Enron out of all of their little problems.. he could claim he witnessed first hand an organization heading for sure disaster..
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Al Poole
Has ANYONE actually seen, eyewitness account, lcm at this Ballys??? I know his card was posted but is he still there???
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Bally's Total Fitness has been the subject of more than a few lawsuits because of their business practices, including false advertising, "bait and switch" tactics, deceptive contracts and illegal collections practices. They've also been hit with several sexual harassment lawsuits. You can find this information all over the internet.
Maybe lcm is in the right place to take advantage of his skills and experience.
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Now, pirate, why does this not surprise me?
A lot of people have wondered if LCM is really actually working there or if it is just a front. But I wonder where the connections would be as I think it would have to be somehow connected to twi.
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