Givin' props (he'll be surprised by this)

[DanTheManB]

Off topic a bit but when it comes to a bodybuilder on this forum any of the younger ones should aspire to emulate would be Mr. 'AustrianOak'. I know we have it out once in a while but man, you've got it together dude. Married, kids, 'real job' (unlike me lol), busting your ass in the gym (especially on legs, one of the tougher bodyparts). Seriously dude, kudos to you man.

Being 100% serious here guys---any aspiring young bodybuilder should d ef take a look at his journal. Good stuff. That is all.

[MrMcCarthy]

And he doesn't look stringy. ;)

[DanTheManB]

And he doesn't look stringy. ;)


yeah dude that is truth. seriously. thick mother (no homo).

Got his stuff together man I'm serious.

[rewaste]

Yep and his posts are right on too.

[DanTheManB]

Yep and his posts are right on too.

For the most part yeah. He gives great perspective on life as a natural bodybuilder no doubt

[OoFaP]

What's his real job?

[DanTheManB]

What's his real job?

pretty sure he's a teacher

[Trillios]

I agree. He's also a great source of information that delivers with clear logic.

[OoFaP]

pretty sure he's a teacher

I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

[MrMcCarthy]

I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

Wow you are a piece of **** for saying that.

[devo09]

I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

you must be joking, teaching is a F*CKEN demanding profession and it's not like the teacher is done when the students day is over, not at all. Their day's are not that short

[zmcdole]

I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

What is a real job? I'm a teacher as well and I take serious offense to that. I just want to understand why you think that teaching kids (our future) isn't a real job. If you go home everyday at 3, you're not doing your job as a teacher. Trust me there's too much to do as a teacher to be getting home at 3 everyday.

[DanTheManB]

I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

It's 100% a real job broski. Don't hate! I feel it's more important than a lot of other jobs out there.

[DanTheManB]

What is a real job? I'm a teacher as well and I take serious offense to that. I just want to understand why you think that teaching kids (our future) isn't a real job. If you go home everyday at 3, you're not doing your job as a teacher. Trust me there's too much to do as a teacher to be getting home at 3 everyday.

Dunno why he's bitter about this. But whatev. Back to praising Sean..er Oak :-p

[devo09]

the oak
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg123/AustrianOakJr/923a5535.jpg

[Quelly]

I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

wtf....negged

already a pretty thankless profession and you just take a needless **** on it.

[tagun]

I agree. He's also a great source of information that delivers with clear logic.

This. I love his repeated efforts to bring down any and all broscience, especially in the nutritional department.

[Capt_Lou]

I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

Yea, because we all know that as soon as 3 hits that they are done. They don't have to make lesson plans, or grade papers at all on their own time. :rolleyes:

Not to mention that they are totally under paid and under appreciated and have to deal with punk kids all day long.

[wrkoutfrq]

OP i agree... oak has really been straightforward with everyone here, put a lot of time and effort into not only bodybuilding, but life outside of it as well, and pushed through some serious down times to get to where he is now... cheers mate

and OoFaP... i'm not even gonna dignify that with a response... (hint: mother is teacher). I'm a TA (teaching assistant) for undergraduate biology labs, and i only have 9 contact hours a week (only see the actual classes that long), and i'm still putting in an easy 26-27 hours a week outside of class. so imagine the kind of work it takes to have 7 contact hours PER DAY...

[ErickStevens]

Fap, you really let me down with your comment. I'm interested to know what a "real job" is to you? Perhaps catching a ball for millions of dollars or giving yourself a cool nickname and acting like a douche on a reality show is a worthy career?

[AustrianOakJr]

Wow.......geez. I never had a thread started about me before. I think I am e-blushing. :D Thanks Dan. God has indeed been good to me and you actually made me stop and think about that for a moment as I wake up early this Saturday. I have been blessed in a lot of ways for sure and even though I think I have a lot to complain about.....they are insignificant things for sure.

The truth is that there are a lot of really good guys on this forum though and I have taken my cue from them. When I get into something, i generally dive in with a little bit of an OCD attitude so I have read, read, and read some more. If it werent for guys like Eric, Berto, Tommy, Layne, Paul, J-Bo, Matt S., etc, etc, etc (there a ton more good, knowledgeable peeps).......and even DantheMan (yes, you make me think hard on how to respond when you piss me off) I would be pretty clueless when it comes to this sport. Forums like these are pretty cool because there is so much knowledge out there and all it costs is a little investment in time. But I think its pretty important that you pay it forward. If you know something thats been passed to you......pass it along to the next guy. Thats how this sport is going to grow.


I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

As for Oofap's comment.......I assume he is kidding. I get ragged on all the time by my father about this (of course all in jest)......he owns an auto-repair business and works very hard (physically and mentally) so when I go to help him out in the summer all I hear "ooooh.....now you actually have to WORK.....what a tough life....blah, blah, blah" :D. The fact is that teaching is a demanding job, but coming from a unique perspective of having worked in that business I know its a different kind of fatigue. Teaching is pretty tough mentally and emotionally but when it comes right down to it, its not "real work" like im out laying bricks all day long. Kids can be awesome to work with but there are days (usually 18 weeks into contest prep) when I would like nothing more to go get a "real job".


......but its those nice long summers that keep me coming back for more.......oh and Christmas break, winter break, spring break, martin luther king day, columbus day, ........eh.....who am I kidding.......its not a real job. ;)

[lth]

the oak
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg123/AustrianOakJr/923a5535.jpg

Lmfao, epic sir. What do you teach by the way? I'd only hope the previous poster was joking.

[DanTheManB]

Wow.......geez. I never had a thread started about me before. I think I am e-blushing. :D Thanks Dan. God has indeed been good to me and you actually made me stop and think about that for a moment as I wake up early this Saturday. I have been blessed in a lot of ways for sure and even though I think I have a lot to complain about.....they are insignificant things for sure.

The truth is that there are a lot of really good guys on this forum though and I have taken my cue from them. When I get into something, i generally dive in with a little bit of an OCD attitude so I have read, read, and read some more. If it werent for guys like Eric, Berto, Tommy, Layne, Paul, J-Bo, Matt S., etc, etc, etc (there a ton more good, knowledgeable peeps).......and even DantheMan (yes, you make me think hard on how to respond when you piss me off) I would be pretty clueless when it comes to this sport. Forums like these are pretty cool because there is so much knowledge out there and all it costs is a little investment in time. But I think its pretty important that you pay it forward. If you know something thats been passed to you......pass it along to the next guy. Thats how this sport is going to grow.



As for Oofap's comment.......I assume he is kidding. I get ragged on all the time by my father about this (of course all in jest)......he owns an auto-repair business and works very hard (physically and mentally) so when I go to help him out in the summer all I hear "ooooh.....now you actually have to WORK.....what a tough life....blah, blah, blah" :D. The fact is that teaching is a demanding job, but coming from a unique perspective of having worked in that business I know its a different kind of fatigue. Teaching is pretty tough mentally and emotionally but when it comes right down to it, its not "real work" like im out laying bricks all day long. Kids can be awesome to work with but there are days (usually 18 weeks into contest prep) when I would like nothing more to go get a "real job".


......but its those nice long summers that keep me coming back for more.......oh and Christmas break, winter break, spring break, martin luther king day, columbus day, ........eh.....who am I kidding.......its not a real job. ;)

Haha. Well I consider it more 'real' than what I do right now (work at a hotel) or someone working in rite aid (which I've done), and I've been a laborer in construction before and I don't consider that a real job either. Just sayin.

What's funny Sean--is that if I had you as a teacher (no matter the grade) I'd give you a hard time every single day and probably be in detention (or whatever punishment your district doles out) a lot...but we'd probably both get a kick out of each other :-p

[AustrianOakJr]

Lmfao, epic sir. What do you teach by the way? I'd only hope the previous poster was joking.

I teach high school technology. I teach mostly automotive classes and a couple sections of a design course.


Haha. Well I consider it more 'real' than what I do right now (work at a hotel) or someone working in rite aid (which I've done), and I've been a laborer in construction before and I don't consider that a real job either. Just sayin.

What's funny Sean--is that if I had you as a teacher (no matter the grade) I'd give you a hard time every single day and probably be in detention (or whatever punishment your district doles out) a lot...but we'd probably both get a kick out of each other :-p

"Real" is a relative word. We need people to work at hotels and Rite-Aide too, you know. A job doesnt make the man. Its how you do that job that matters the most. I watch that show "undercover boss" every once in a while and was watching the episode with Waste Management.....there was a guy there cleaning port-a-potties and he had the best attitude in the world about his job.....he actually made it look kind of fun.

[DanTheManB]

Basic point is that I realized yesterday on one of my many walks that Oak is one of the more BALANCED competitors/people who train hard on this site.

So young guys should look up to him because he doesn't seem overly neurotic about this stuff.

It is a breath of fresh air in all seriousness.

Inb4 someone links this thread next time he and I "get into it" LOL

[DanTheManB]

I teach high school technology. I teach mostly automotive classes and a couple sections of a design course.



"Real" is a relative word. We need people to work at hotels and Rite-Aide too, you know. A job doesnt make the man. Its how you do that job that matters the most. I watch that show "undercover boss" every once in a while and was watching the episode with Waste Management.....there was a guy there cleaning port-a-potties and he had the best attitude in the world about his job.....he actually made it look kind of fun.

pretty awesome.

Remember in real life and sometime on here I'm pretty self deprecating. Hence why I put my job down etc. anyway.

[Sourapple]

Oak is the man

[OoFaP]

Calm down it was a joke...

LOL at all the responses I got from it. College professor seems like an ideal job to me.

[ErickStevens]

Calm down it was a joke...

LOL at all the responses I got from it. College professor seems like an ideal job to me.

Mah bad. Carry on!

[OoFaP]

Mah bad. Carry on!

I probably should have used a smiley face...oh well. I typed that post right before I went to bed...don't even remember why I said it lol. But for the record, there are 6 teachers in my family.

[surfergirl36]

Since it`s Oak`s thread...Oak, you are one of the people here that I always read and I have printed off some of your responses to other people and put them in my collection of readings and incorportate some of what you say into what I`m doing. It`s the beauty of a forum like this...you may write something for one person and help a number of others in the process and you have done that for me on a few occassions. So...thanks!

As for teaching...all I can say is kudos to you. I think I would drink a lot if I was a teacher. ;) You must have the patience of a saint!!

[ChristianBBer]

I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

lulz, you serious brah ?

this sounds like a perfect example of that commercial from snickers

..............." need to get away ? " lol

[MAX.MAREK]

I don't really consider being off 3-4 months a year and getting home everyday by 3:00 a real job but he is a good reliable poster and seems to have a well balanced life.

Dude seriously. I'd rethink your statement. Really shows a lack of class and education for that matter. Teaching is a tough profession. I put good teachers very high on a pedestal.

[bwelch1985]

lulz, you serious brah ?

this sounds like a perfect example of that commercial from snickers

..............." need to get away ? " lol


Dude seriously. I'd rethink your statement. Really shows a lack of class and education for that matter. Teaching is a tough profession. I put good teachers very high on a pedestal.

read the thread dudes. he said he was joking.

[zmcdole]

read the thread dudes. he said he was joking.

LOL!! I'm glad he was joking, cause I'd challenge anybody to teach the class that I had last year! They demanded a lot of me!

I was a teacher, a counselor, babysitter, detective, father figure, maid, and many other things on top of that! I learned a lot last year.

Oh yeah, Oak is a pretty cool dude. I'm gonna have to meet that dude in person one day.

[Dallas_15]

I teach high school technology. I teach mostly automotive classes and a couple sections of a design course.



"Real" is a relative word. We need people to work at hotels and Rite-Aide too, you know. A job doesnt make the man. Its how you do that job that matters the most. I watch that show "undercover boss" every once in a while and was watching the episode with Waste Management.....there was a guy there cleaning port-a-potties and he had the best attitude in the world about his job.....he actually made it look kind of fun.z

You sir, have some good mass...
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http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff24/dallassaron/nice-looking-coat.gif

[co1e_train]

I for one can affirm this thread.

I look up to Oak a ton! All the info and time he has spent discussing different things with me has been absolutely nothing but a blessing. I hope in his log every once in a while to see whats up but thanks Oak! You da man!!!



P.S- Love the cheeseburger pic. Hmm, i want cheeseburgers now, nom nom nom!


-the train

[Barn01]

Here's your gold star Oak :) (well kind of)

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Now would the real Dan B please stand up!

[Quelly]

Calm down it was a joke...

LOL at all the responses I got from it. College professor seems like an ideal job to me.

CRAP....my bad dude, reps on recharge lol

sarcasmometer brokenz

[OoFaP]

Lol it's okay...after rereading my post it's very tough to see if I was joking or not.

To contribute to the thread though...a lot of the time when I'm going through threads I skip a lot of posts if I'm in a hurry. Whenever I see Oak's avatar pop up I read his response every time because I know he usually has a quality response. I remember I made a thread a few weeks ago about increasing carbs and when I saw the last person to reply was Oak I got excited (no homo).

[Quelly]

lets not forget getting published in NB&F and taking a crap on Fred Dimenna and white knighting for all of us here on the forums ;)

that was EPIC

[co1e_train]

lets not forget getting published in nb&f and taking a crap on fred dimenna and white knighting for all of us here on the forums ;)

that was epic

this ^^^^^^

[AustrianOakJr]

Guys......this is killing me. Youre making my head so big my traps are starting to fatigue. Seriously, I really appreciate the kind words.....I hardly feel deserving of this.



Since it`s Oak`s thread...Oak, you are one of the people here that I always read and I have printed off some of your responses to other people and put them in my collection of readings and incorportate some of what you say into what I`m doing. It`s the beauty of a forum like this...you may write something for one person and help a number of others in the process and you have done that for me on a few occassions. So...thanks!

As for teaching...all I can say is kudos to you. I think I would drink a lot if I was a teacher. ;) You must have the patience of a saint!!

Yes! This is the beauty of this place.....so many people in one spot that have different perspectives and great ideas. Im glad I could help!




Oh yeah, Oak is a pretty cool dude. I'm gonna have to meet that dude in person one day.

Gonna try my best to make the Arnold this year......would be great to get another group of guys together to train at Rich Lauro's place again.


z

You sir, have some good mass...
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HA!!! Awesome cartoon.


I for one can affirm this thread.

I look up to Oak a ton! All the info and time he has spent discussing different things with me has been absolutely nothing but a blessing. I hope in his log every once in a while to see whats up but thanks Oak! You da man!!!



P.S- Love the cheeseburger pic. Hmm, i want cheeseburgers now, nom nom nom!


-the train

Yea, man.....anytime. Thanks for the kind words....its humbling to know that there are others looking up to me, especially considering those that I have looked up to and how that has helped me.




Now would the real Dan B please stand up!

This is what I was thinking! :D :D :D I bet that burglar has him tied up to his computer chair and is just torturing him by making him watch his username being used to post all these nice things about me!!;)


lets not forget getting published in NB&F and taking a crap on Fred Dimenna and white knighting for all of us here on the forums ;)

that was EPIC

THAT was fun. There is nothing I like more than a good "discussion". ;) Speaking of Fred....his column seems to have settled down a bit.

[Quelly]

"That's Right I Said It!" (but I probably won't be such a dick anymore)

[jked4life]

Lol, I just saw this thread a little late in the game.


I've had the privilege of getting to know the Oak both on these forums and in real life. I can honestly say that he lives up to the hype and more. The man trains like a beast and has a persona that can't quite be captured over the net. During prep, when things got tough, meeting up to train with him every week or so was such a lift. Always calm, confident and encouraging. I'd be so frazzled from beating myself down but as soon as I stepped into the gym and trained with him, everything would just be fine and chill. He's like human Xanax. I don't think it's possible to be in the same room and be stressed or angry. I'm sure he carries those qualities throughout his life, which makes him a great teacher and family man.


Lol, at the original sarcastic post. I know I come home everyday and say "thank god I don't have a real job" :p

[AustrianOakJr]

"That's Right I Said It!" (but I probably won't be such a dick anymore)

PERFECT :D


Lol, I just saw this thread a little late in the game.


I've had the privilege of getting to know the Oak both on these forums and in real life. I can honestly say that he lives up to the hype and more. The man trains like a beast and has a persona that can't quite be captured over the net. During prep, when things got tough, meeting up to train with him every week or so was such a lift. Always calm, confident and encouraging. I'd be so frazzled from beating myself down but as soon as I stepped into the gym and trained with him, everything would just be fine and chill. He's like human Xanax. I don't think it's possible to be in the same room and be stressed or angry. I'm sure he carries those qualities throughout his life, which makes him a great teacher and family man.


Lol, at the original sarcastic post. I know I come home everyday and say "thank god I don't have a real job" :p


Thanks man. Im expecting the same from you this spring when dieters brain is in full effect and I dont know which way is up......ill be joining you at Ballys for some help.

[jked4life]

Thanks man. Im expecting the same from you this spring when dieters brain is in full effect and I dont know which way is up......ill be joining you at Ballys for some help.

Without a doubt.

[Barn01]

I have to admit this form really does help when dieting and prepping for a show. Since so few people around me know what it's like to go through a really lean prep it's hard to relate to anyone about it. This place is a bit of an outlet and relief to know there are others out there that you can freely talk to about the hardships it takes to take your mind and body to a place where few others are willing to go and will never see or feel.

Not to mention all the useful info that can be had from the more experienced people on these boards. Many of you have made this your lifes passion and I for one can appreciate what I have learned and the time some have spent on posting helpful information.

So not to take anything away from Oak but to everyone else as well ... I thank you!

[surfergirl36]

I have to admit this form really does help when dieting and prepping for a show. Since so few people around me know what it's like to go through a really lean prep it's hard to relate to anyone about it. This place is a bit of an outlet and relief to know there are others out there that you can freely talk to about the hardships it takes to take your mind and body to a place where few others are willing to go and will never see or feel.

Not to mention all the useful info that can be had from the more experienced people on these boards. Many of you have made this your lifes passion and I for one can appreciate what I have learned and the time some have spent on posting helpful information.

So not to take anything away from Oak but to everyone else as well ... I thank you!

I totally agree Barn...this forum has helped me stay sane this prep. This is only my second kick at the can and my first prep..those who supported me, really supported me, because it was so new. This time around...not so much. I think of this forum as the safe place to go to escape reality for a few minutes and gain that much needed support and motivation, have a few laughs (thanks Dantheman) and learn a few things too.

[fltallpaul]

"That's Right I Said It!" (but I probably won't be such a dick anymore)

That was awesome, lol....it even mentioned my screen name in the article, so Oak got me published as welll.

Seriously though your an asset to these boards Oak...I think we joined about the same time so its been cool to watch you progress and compete and deal with life at the same time I have been. I will rejoice when you get your pro card!