Q&A with IFBB Pro Vinny Galanti

[njflex]

right now i'm just training with blinders on....i have something in mind, you'll know when you see my name on the "list"

good,,,,

[wild willie]

Vin,

 Do you have any idea when your video will be released?

[wild willie]

Vinny,

 I have a hard time feeling my chest with inclines......I seem to feel it most in my shoulders.......What is your input here.....any advice? Thanks in advance.

[VGalanti]

Vinny,

 I have a hard time feeling my chest with inclines......I seem to feel it most in my shoulders.......What is your input here.....any advice? Thanks in advance.

willie, i use a partial range of motion on all incline presses. i stop the bar or dumbell about 2-3 inches before i hit my chest, and only go up past half way up, pausing at both top and bottom of the movement.

doing it this way i get a huge pump, and if i do it the conventional way with touching the chest and locking out at the top i dont feel it in my chest, but my shoulders get all the work.

[VGalanti]

the above pic was from this past saturday.....having a good offseason, and getting ready for 2010

[wild willie]

damn, vin......


looking nice and full!  keep it up, bro!

thanks for all your input here @ getbig.com!

[VGalanti]

damn, vin......


looking nice and full!  keep it up, bro!

thanks for all your input here @ getbig.com!

thank you Wild Willie.

after 16 years of aiming for 1 GOAL...IFBB pro status, I basicly shit a brick that i actually did it, and had a hard time adjusting and readjusting to a new GOAL.

WELL, the dust has settled and i'm looking at 2010

i have keept my weight at about 218 this offseason and not at 235 like i did last year where it was too hard to diet to get to look good at 202 in time for the shows, bottom line i got to fat in the offseason.

i realized instead of doing the summer shows or the AC in Sept, it would be best to back off, regroup, and have a good off season.

[njflex]

GOOD PIC.REALLY TIGHT FOR 218 ,HOPE U HIT IT PLACEMENT WISE 2010 .

[wild willie]

Vin,

 In your opinion, what direction is the sport of bodybuilding heading in?

Do you ever hear from the judges what exactly they are looking for??? Do they still want size at all costs......or are they willing to move in a more aesthetically pleasing direction??

Thanks bro for keeping it real!

[MCWAY]

Vin,

 In your opinion, what direction is the sport of bodybuilding heading in?

Do you ever hear from the judges what exactly they are looking for??? Do they still want size at all costs......or are they willing to move in a more aesthetically pleasing direction??

Thanks bro for keeping it real!

Many people thought the sport was heading in a more aestthetically pleasing direction, when Dexter Jackson won the Olympia last year. Now that Jay Cutler has regained the title, people aren't making that proclamation anymore. Instead, they're simply musing that Jackson won the title because Cutler was way off the mark.

[VGalanti]

Vin,

 In your opinion, what direction is the sport of bodybuilding heading in?

Do you ever hear from the judges what exactly they are looking for??? Do they still want size at all costs......or are they willing to move in a more aesthetically pleasing direction??

Thanks bro for keeping it real!

i dont concern my self with what the judges want. if they want huge, they aint getting it from me....i end up looking like a frank zane type regardless of what i do. so i do my thing and have fun.

[VGalanti]

Many people thought the sport was heading in a more aestthetically pleasing direction, when Dexter Jackson won the Olympia last year. Now that Jay Cutler has regained the title, people aren't making that proclamation anymore. Instead, they're simply musing that Jackson won the title because Cutler was way off the mark.

hey dont forget about a guy named BRANCH....he beat Mr O too

[njflex]

i dont concern my self with what the judges want. if they want huge, they aint getting it from me....i end up looking like a frank zane type regardless of what i do. so i do my thing and have fun.

amen bro....

[Top Dog]

Vinny, I once heard you say your body doesn't respond as well as it once did once you turned 40 or thereabouts. What do you do to counter that as I am in the same age range and experience the same thing. Supplements, vitamins, etc???/  or did u change how u train?   Used to see u all the time at Strong and shapely back in the 90's. You'd know me to see me.

[VGalanti]

Vinny, I once heard you say your body doesn't respond as well as it once did once you turned 40 or thereabouts. What do you do to counter that as I am in the same age range and experience the same thing. Supplements, vitamins, etc???/  or did u change how u train?   Used to see u all the time at Strong and shapely back in the 90's. You'd know me to see me.

when we were younger we could just go in the gym and start training with very little warm-up.

today at 42 i take my time warming up, and never rush it.

im staying leaner in the offseason and it seems to help with training.
i train more in the 12-15 rep range and throwing in supersets or drop sets from time to time, at this stage of the game, im not training to get bigger,    but to make what i have better.

[VGalanti]

Vinny, I once heard you say your body doesn't respond as well as it once did once you turned 40 or thereabouts. What do you do to counter that as I am in the same age range and experience the same thing. Supplements, vitamins, etc???/  or did u change how u train?   Used to see u all the time at Strong and shapely back in the 90's. You'd know me to see me.

also, i have found combining lysine, E, Bcomplex, C, and Zinc together, it helps with my immune system.

and i also take animal pak daily

[njflex]

also, i have found combining lysine, E, Bcomplex, C, and Zinc together, it helps with my immune system.

and i also take animal pak daily

btw,,,thats a cool pic of u up top .at least u admit to using some regular supp's ,around here everyone is under the assumption that pros use drugs only and will not touch a supp or train unless on anabolics all the time.i think thats why u have longevity due to proper usage.

[chaos]

Hey Vinnie, do you include the "big lifts" in your workouts?

[VGalanti]

Hey Vinnie, do you include the "big lifts" in your workouts?

give me an example of what lifts you are talking bout?

[chaos]

give me an example of what lifts you are talking bout?

Squats, deads, bench, standing military, bb rows.

I was once told that those 5 lifts are all you really need to do to get stronger.

[VGalanti]

Squats, deads, bench, standing military, bb rows.

I was once told that those 5 lifts are all you really need to do to get stronger.

i never concerned my self with getting stronger, my ego to lift heavy never got in the way, i always wanted to get bigger, and i never fell into the thinking that only heavy weight would do the job.
i always gravitated towards frank zanes style of training, and for those short periods of time when i trained a little heavier, i just got hurt.
my joints could never handle it so i knew from an early age that high rep training worked best for me.

the exercises that you mention, yes i have done them, and still do.

[VGalanti]

2 days out from the ny pro.....before i fucked up LOL

[njflex]

2 days out from the ny pro.....before i fucked up LOL

look great,full and ripped bro,what happened?by the stage pics u looked hard and tight,did u flatten a bit?or what changed ,btw the slight bi tear is barely noticable in that pose.41 fucking a ,keep it up.

[flexingtonsteele]

diuretics are a helluva drug vinny

[wild willie]

diuretics are a helluva drug vinny