Yeah, there are a lot of memories on there in a weird way. In the 2000s it was an awesome online hangout
It really was, it was everything rolled into one, at one stage. The golden era for me, I seem to remember it being around 2006/7ish.
There was a good balance of knowledge sharing and banter. And it was highly motivational.
The biggest thing for me, that a lot of youngsters nowadays wouldn't really be able to understand, was the exposure.
I never would have squatted 300kg if I hadn't been influenced by Muscletalk - I'm sure of that.
Because there was nobody around me doing it. Or anything close to it. And no social media or anything like that.
By being exposed to a group of people on that forum who were pushing it, it meant I didn't set a mental limit on things - which I believe I naturally would have done otherwise. i.e. if nobody around you benches more than 140kg, then you would think 160kg was exceptional, and would probably never reach it.
For all I knew, the people online were fecking lying through their teeth - but I believed they were doing it, so - no reason I couldn't if I worked hard enough.
Makes me shiver slightly now, I could have done serious damage.
Amazing to see how quickly the forum world collapsed too - I didn't expect it.
I have no idea where young people go to discuss training and that these days, and I haven't engaged with Social Media for several years now.