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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => History - Stories - and Memories => Topic started by: Bossa on September 30, 2005, 01:48:26 PM
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Found this clip, thought I would share...its Keith's buddies "doing" a reverse grip BP w/ 550 lbs....
http://www.irongame.com/videos/DavidPaulReverseGrip550WR1986.wmv
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Lots of weight, but he didn't even come close to making the lift ;D.
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I rememebr when they used to reverse grip. I tried it a few times. Never liked it and saw no advantage to it. It twisted my wrist more than anything. I did 315 for a few but was just unconformatble. Never even tried 405 cause I thought i'd hurt myself. They were strong. David really impressed me with his size. He weighed about 25 lbs more than Peter and wore the same size pants waist size. 32" Not that I am close to being a fag or anything but David has a small as for being so big and thick. We got along really good but I think me and Peter connected better.
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that must've hurt a little across the chest
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super strong guy but he was not even close with that lift, 500 probably would have gone.
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makes me wonder if he had ever tried it before, no chance was that going anywhere without his brother there to help him. Crazy strong to even attempt it, i hear they used to curl 150lb dumbbells. Can u confirm this onlyme?
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makes me wonder if he had ever tried it before, no chance was that going anywhere without his brother there to help him. Crazy strong to even attempt it, i hear they used to curl 150lb dumbbells. Can u confirm this onlyme?
I have seen pics of the 150 DB curls, there looked to be considerable cheating going on but I am sure Onlyme can speak on that as he was there
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Well as with some lifts the technique has a little to be desired. They did spot each other all the time. SO some reps could be counted as assisted. They were strong as hell though. Definitely the strongest I have lifted with. Especially there shoulder strength. I routinely did 130 db curls but only could do Hammers that way. I trained wiht them later on in their fame in the late 80's early 90's. I think they were stringer back n the early and mid 80's. I met them in 1983. My good friend Bob Sear regulary trained with them.
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what was the best lifts the 3 of you did around each other?
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makes me wonder if he had ever tried it before, no chance was that going anywhere without his brother there to help him. Crazy strong to even attempt it, i hear they used to curl 150lb dumbbells. Can u confirm this onlyme?
if you can find it the book Beef it! by Robert Kennedy of Musclemag has a bunch of good Barbarian photos in it, pics of 315lb. seated press behind necks, 150 lb. db curls, 500+ sqauts, there's one crazy picture in there of one of them doing overhead triceps extensions with the whole stack plus one of the brothers standing on the stack, that must have thrilled the gym owner, hahahaha. there's a photo floating around here that somebody posted of one of them pressing 365 behind the neck seated with the old style fat 45lb. plates, awesome photo.
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Well we did shoulders more than anything. 315 seated BNP we did the most of. At a place called "The Gym" back in 1991 or 92 or so we did go up to 405. They always spotted each other no matter what. Even if it was just a finger help. I didn''t lie a spot for anything. And I always start my BNP from bottom. I did 2 no help at all with a spot for a third. They would do 4 or 5 reps but helped a little on each rep. We ususally stayed at 315 though. Another thing we did was lateral raises startig at 60 or 70 and going down in weight 5 lbs at a time and raise the reps. People thought we were fooling around when we got down to the 5 lb db's and doing them for 15 reps or so and barely being able to lift them. I know it looked funny. I never did legs with them and chest only a few times. We did curls a couple times. In Maui we did BB curls on the preacher bench. I didn't do heavy db curls with them. They were strong as hell. And yes that B&W pic of them doing 365 BNP is good. Pete G is watching them
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my jaw just hit the fukking floor
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The Barbarian brothers attempted a 500# reverse grip BP on the old Merv Griffin show.....it would have been a world record, but the brother failed.........
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hell yeah, you don't see shit like that anymore, awesome shot.
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hell yeah, you don't see shit like that anymore, awesome shot.
Those old 45# plates make for an impressive looking lift..........
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as requested.....
(http://www.mustangmods.com/data/3066/barbbros1.jpg)
(http://www.mustangmods.com/data/3066/barbbros2.jpg)
(http://www.mustangmods.com/data/3066/barbbros3.jpg)
(http://www.mustangmods.com/data/3066/barbbros4.jpg)
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fucking animals.
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Thats just nuts!!
Wish there was some training videos of this guys
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Great pics Overload. That first pic has Mike Sapp watching. He was part owner of the best gym on Oahu called The Gym. David and Peter were strong dudes no doubt. Very intense in the gym.
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looks like they could have been pretty good plers if they competed. they werent that big considering the monster lifts they did. i'm always amuzed about how lyle alazado beat them both up. even during his strongest cycle, he was never stronger than either one of dave or paul, let alone to kick the shit out of both of them.
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looks like they could have been pretty good plers if they competed. they werent that big considering the monster lifts they did. i'm always amuzed about how lyle alazado beat them both up. even during his strongest cycle, he was never stronger than either one of dave or paul, let alone to kick the shit out of both of them.
You must have missed the postwhere i stated Lyle Alzado deadlifted 765 at Gold's Gym Venice. Lyle was strong as fuck. Lyle might not have been the bench pressers that the BB were-but he had them on deadlifts for sure.
And he was a nut-I dont think anyone at Venice could have kicked his ass.
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they blew everyone away in Gym Attire
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they blew everyone away in Gym Attire
When you're the biggest/strongest guys in the biggest BBing gym in the world-you get away with all kinds of shit!
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haha some of those shirts they wear were mine. The would come over and use some of my clothes if they needed them. They would wear the same exact clothes for days. And they sweat allot so you can imagine the smell. The bandanas always got a look. They liked to wear different colored shoes too.
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More nice shirts ....
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This is one of their shirts David gave me. They did pretty well with their clothing line.
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hey stunt, is that Harvey Keitel with the brothers in the top pic?
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You must have missed the postwhere i stated Lyle Alzado deadlifted 765 at Gold's Gym Venice. Lyle was strong as f**k. Lyle might not have been the bench pressers that the BB were-but he had them on deadlifts for sure.
And he was a nut-I dont think anyone at Venice could have kicked his ass.
Am I wrong but was there a story about Lyle going after the of the Barbarian Bros. at one time?
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Not Havvey Keitel, but it is Joe Nazario who is located somewhere on the East Coast. Anyone still in contact with Joe or know how to contact him?
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Yea, there was a story on one of the Boards about the Bros and Alzado
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Am I wrong but was there a story about Lyle going after the of the Barbarian Bros. at one time?
Oh yeah...we have gone over that story a few times here, the problem is no one has the first hand info on it (as in saw it with their own eyes).
The version I heard was the Brothers lost a bet on a Raider game and would not pay up-and Alzado knocked one out and the other one ran for cover.
Onlyme got word form Grymko that there was no fight at all really, and the abuse of the Gold's Venice equipment was what started it.
I find this hard to believe b/c Alzado himself abused the fuck out of the equipment at Gold's Venice.
Who knows though-after 20+ years only the Brothers can give us a straight answer-considering Lyle is long gone.....
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Well I think I told it a little on here. Ia sked Pete and he told me. It was orginally about the twins were staying at Lyle's house and they were fucking around and broke a very expensive mirrored wall. It cost a few thousand dollars. They refused to pay for it or something like that cause it was an accident or something and Lyle got pissed at them. Not sure if any actual blows came. I remember the story I heard originallly was the abuse of equipment at Gold's set him of on them.
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have any of you guys heard the story that John Romano told about Alzado throwing the lawyer off of the leg extension machine at Gold's in the early 90's sometime, supposedly the guy sued Gold's and Lyle.
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have any of you guys heard the story that John Romano told about Alzado throwing the lawyer off of the leg extension machine at Gold's in the early 90's sometime, supposedly the guy sued Gold's and Lyle.
I never heard that one..........but I will tell you right now Alzado was one BIG muthafocker-and had a bit of an attitude, so it would not have been a good idea to aggrevate him...lol.....
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yeah 619 the story was in an issue of MD about 10 years ago, Romano says that him and Lyle were in the gym training legs when Alzado was trying to make a comeback with the Raiders, some guy about 140lbs. wouldn't get off the extension when Lyle was trying to do supersets so Lyle picked him up and threw him about 10 feet, haha.
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yeah 619 the story was in an issue of MD about 10 years ago, Romano says that him and Lyle were in the gym training legs when Alzado was trying to make a comeback with the Raiders, some guy about 140lbs. wouldn't get off the extension when Lyle was trying to do supersets so Lyle picked him up and threw him about 10 feet, haha.
haha, some funny shit.
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He actually got the bar several inches off his chest. Unbelievable.
What was their best bench press? It must have been over 600 lb.
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Nice Wigs!!!! ;D
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if the only thing you notice about that picture is their hair you're on the wrong board, go watch Queer eye for the Straight Guy.
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A 365 BNP and the guy still had ripped arms and abs.......cool......
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wonder why the caption says 320 ???
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wonder why the caption says 320 ???
Joe Weider was notoriously cheap and he could not find anyone who had a HS diploma to work for him....hence the poor math skills ;D
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some pip-squeek writer forgot that the bar weighs 45 lbs.
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some pip-squeek writer forgot that the bar weighs 45 lbs
Yep.
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The story about Lyle Alzado knocking out the Barbarians in the parking lot at Gold's was made up by the Barbarians. The Barbarians were getting negative press from the Weider mags at the time and no matter how many positive articles were sent to Weider for publication, he would not run them. They both felt their was a conspiracy against them. In order to prove their theory, David and Peter made up a letter to the editor with the fictional story about Lyle Alzado and sent it to one of the mags, betting that it would be put in the mag. Sure enough, it was! This was told to me by David Paul in 1981.
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The story about Lyle Alzado knocking out the Barbarians in the parking lot at Gold's was made up by the Barbarians. The Barbarians were getting negative press from the Weider mags at the time and no matter how many positive articles were sent to Weider for publication, he would not run them. They both felt their was a conspiracy against them. In order to prove their theory, David and Peter made up a letter to the editor with the fictional story about Lyle Alzado and sent it to one of the mags, betting that it would be put in the mag. Sure enough, it was! This was told to me by David Paul in 1981.
Lyle Alzado was not training at Gold's Venice in 1981............and there were never any letter to the editor about this event.....
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The story about Lyle Alzado knocking out the Barbarians in the parking lot at Gold's was made up by the Barbarians. The Barbarians were getting negative press from the Weider mags at the time and no matter how many positive articles were sent to Weider for publication, he would not run them. They both felt their was a conspiracy against them. In order to prove their theory, David and Peter made up a letter to the editor with the fictional story about Lyle Alzado and sent it to one of the mags, betting that it would be put in the mag. Sure enough, it was! This was told to me by David Paul in 1981.
You're correct Mike . . . I recall that letter. I have it in one of my back collection, I'll dig it out scan it and post it.
You have a great memory.
Ronnie Abston.
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Hurricane, I don't remember which Weider mag it was in, Flex or Muscle and Fitness. Also, I could be off a year or so on the year David told me that. That was such a long time ago.
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Hurricane Beef is a homo-that is a fact!
..... and Mike H is wrong!
Mike, 619 must be mistaken. I have that letter to the editor and will scan it as soon as have a moment.
Big Ronnie Abston MBA, LLB
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Ron-do you still hang out with Arnold? I know you said you know him and are the"expert" on these things....... ;D
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I was pretty good friends with both David & Peter for years. Peter is very funny and a blast to hang out with. David is much more reserved and doesn't say too much. Lots of muscle.
I met them for the first time in June 1982. They had just rolled their pick-up truck in the front parking lot at Gold's Venice. I went inside and bought their poster and Peter signed it... "To Tom: The higher you climb, the further you can see." They were both covered in chalk and were training back that morning.
I'll post some good Barbarian stories later; Lyle chasing them down the street, etc.
-Tom
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Those guys were awesome, did they compete? Wether they did or did not they had alot of quality muscle and looked kinda ripped also,incredibly strong.
Anyone got more pics and vids????
davie
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looks like they could have been pretty good plers if they competed. they werent that big considering the monster lifts they did. i'm always amuzed about how lyle alazado beat them both up. even during his strongest cycle, he was never stronger than either one of dave or paul, let alone to kick the shit out of both of them.
Can you give any details on this? I never heard Alzado fought the Barbarian brothers.
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I rememebr when they used to reverse grip. I tried it a few times. Never liked it and saw no advantage to it. It twisted my wrist more than anything. I did 315 for a few but was just unconformatble. Never even tried 405 cause I thought i'd hurt myself. They were strong. David really impressed me with his size. He weighed about 25 lbs more than Peter and wore the same size pants waist size. 32" Not that I am close to being a fag or anything but David has a small as for being so big and thick. We got along really good but I think me and Peter connected better.
Keith, what exactly did Peter and David Paul do for a living? I remember they talked about competing but never did as far as I know. I know they had that one movie. Did they make money doing seminars? What are they up to now?
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Actually they made or appeared in several movies. They even got paid $360,000 and didn't even do the movie. They made great money from clothing sales and seminars. They were marketable. David now is of course a very well known photgrapher and Peter is in the toy industry doing very very good. I am supposed to get up to date about them when I meet with David's agent who is here now and David is supposed to be here at the end of this month or early next month.
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Actually they made or appeared in several movies. They even got paid $360,000 and didn't even do the movie. They made great money from clothing sales and seminars. They were marketable. David now is of course a very well known photgrapher and Peter is in the toy industry doing very very good. I am supposed to get up to date about them when I meet with David's agent who is here now and David is supposed to be here at the end of this month or early next month.
Did they ever talk about that dungeon like gym they trained at in Rhode Island?
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I talked to David today (Jan. 10) at Gold's Venice. His photography is going well. He told me he weighs 225 lbs, so I think he probably weighed 218-220. He looks good. Several years ago, Dave had some "procedures' performed and his lighter body-weight really makes those features stand out. I walked out with him and he got in a nice 2005 Infinity G35 with big bling-bling wheels. I didn't ask about Peter but I will next time I see him.
-Tom
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I talked to David today (Jan. 10) at Gold's Venice. His photography is going well. He told me he weighs 225 lbs, so I think he probably weighed 218-220. He looks good. Several years ago, Dave had some "procedures' performed and his lighter body-weight really makes those features stand out. I walked out with him and he got in a nice 2005 Infinity G35 with big bling-bling wheels. I didn't ask about Peter but I will next time I see him.
-Tom
Procedures?
YIP
Zack
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Malar augmentation aka cheek bone implants. Dave always had strong facial features and with his bodyfat % as low as it is, the results of the work are very evident... not in a bad way... just a very noticable way.
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How does his calves look. I remember we were just outside of Hilo, HI and watching some surfers. They noticed David and Peter. David decided do an impromtu posing. So he took his pants down and flexed for them. Man, did we all notice his bad calf implants. Somehow they shifted or something and one was way off. I wonder if had those removed
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Onlyme...
I first met the Barbarians in 1982. I saw them both 3-4 times a week during most of the 90's. And I have never, not even once seen David or Peters calves. From what I can tell, David still has his. It's hard to tell under his big heavy baggy jeans but I think the implants are still there. I think Peter had his removed. I'm only guessing, but they were so huge (the implants) at one time and now when I see Peter, it appears that they are gone. Again, he always wears thick baggy jeans, but I think they are gone.
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Tommy, was wondering did you ever go to Tequilla Willies in Manhattan Beach back in the early to mid 80's. I was a bouncer there with Bob Sears, Ron Gibson, Jim Flarety. The twins came in allot. They would drink two Manhattan Maggies (32 oz Margaritas) at a time. David came in sometime with a whole gallon of ice cream and walk around the place eating it. I thnk they wore the baggy pants because they really didn't train legs allot and they had rather skinny legs compared to their upper bodies.
I talk to Pete G. yesterday for about an hour. He is heading down to his place in Mexico till May. His new baby Petey is doing good. He is trying to get me to take somekind of iodine/iodide concoction. I told him about you (Tommy) but he couldn 't figure out who I was talking about. He was telling about how he always took 2nd place or even lower yet win the Most Muscular award all the time.
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Hi Keith...
You mentioned Tequilla Willies before but I'm not familiar with it. I do know Ron Gibson. Nice guy, knows his bodybuilding. David Paul actually turned me on to drinking carob milk during my workouts. I took the idea back to Clancys Mr. America Club in Walnut Creek and within a week all the guys in Clancys were drinking carob milk. LOL. I can easily see David walking around eating a gallon of ice cream. They seldom trained legs but they did have decent legs (from what I hear). I have seen them both doing extensions & angled leg presses. FWIW.
That's cool that you spoke to Pete yesterday. I have no difficultly believing that he does not remember me. Whenever I spoke to Pete from 94-97, I really think he was non compos mentis. He was always very freindly and absolutely cool but he just seemed to be thinking of something else most of the time. I trust you know what I mean. I have those drag racing pics somewhere but it will be a while before I can find them and post them. Gold's Gym had a quarterly magazine that was given to franchise owners and other "insiders." I was a frequent contributor to the photographs in the magazine. If I can find the mags, one had numerous shots of Pete, his AA Funny Car, me & Pete, and the NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car that Gold's sponsored in '96 (The Nitro Bandit).
-Tom
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Tommy, I have to echo what Onlyme said also, you and I must have crossed paths back in the day.
Beef
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how about some more cool stories about david and peter,anyone?onlyme? thanks.
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Damn amazing strength these Barbarians possessed.If you relate the Barbarian curl pic w/the 150's to the pic w/Arnold here somewhere where he's curling 250-300 lbs (somewhere in there) you realize just how f'in strong they really were.Sure the opposite arm w/the weight balances the curl out a bit but look at how little back angle there is in the pic.Arnold in his pic has his back at almost a 45 degree angle in his curling pic.Gorilla strength!!
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Great information on these guys :)
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What kind of jobs didi these guys have outside of posing/clothing lines etc??
Im am not meaning to offend anyone,but i gotta ask....i know these guys didnt really compete,and i know bodybuilder of the time used drugs, but didi these guys USE??For those who know im sure its a stupid question.
They were freaking strong though.
davie
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what kind of jobs,well they do and did almost everything,see bodybuilding wasn't just there main focus.David is so multi-talented it's scary,he is such a fantastic unique artist.what people don't know yet is that he is a unbelievable painter and singer-songwriter,i'm tryin to help promote his music,i mention this every where i go.Peter is into the toy business and has also wrote songs to help children with nightmares and such-think he also personal trains too.well i think everyone knows by now that David is a awesome photographer.As for drugs,david mentioned what he used for the movie "barbarians" but i'd have to find it.They've been clean for about 10 years now(roughly).Bodybuilding is not there main focus,besides they are about 48,49 now.David said that they didn't even use drugs till about 5 years after they moved to venice.In grade 12 david was already benching 400lbs.Very awesome guys
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........I'll post some good Barbarian stories later; Lyle chasing them down the street, etc.
-Tom
Tom,
What exactly went down between Alzado and the twins? I've read so many different versions and variations on this story over the years that I've lost count.
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I'll confess; I only heard the story from others and the story does change a bit, depending on who is telling the tale.
The fundamentals of the story are that Lyle chased both brothers out the back door of the 1st room at Gold's Venice, and then about 10-15 seconds later, the brothers were spotted out the front door running up Hampton Dr. (towards Rose) with Lyle in hot pursuit.
I don't know why Lyle was mad, but I'm guessing he wasn't that mad, because as a former NFL Defensive End, I'm pretty sure he could have caught David or Peter, if he really wanted. ;D
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what kind of jobs,well they do and did almost everything,see bodybuilding wasn't just there main focus.David is so multi-talented it's scary,he is such a fantastic unique artist.what people don't know yet is that he is a unbelievable painter and singer-songwriter,i'm tryin to help promote his music,i mention this every where i go.Peter is into the toy business and has also wrote songs to help children with nightmares and such-think he also personal trains too.well i think everyone knows by now that David is a awesome photographer.As for drugs,david mentioned what he used for the movie "barbarians" but i'd have to find it.They've been clean for about 10 years now(roughly).Bodybuilding is not there main focus,besides they are about 48,49 now.David said that they didn't even use drugs till about 5 years after they moved to venice.In grade 12 david was already benching 400lbs.Very awesome guys
Both of them are awesome together when singing. In 1993 or so when Twin Sitters came out we went to Hilo. We spoke at both the high schools there. Waikea High was awesome. We showed up and was walking through the school and every single student and teacher came outside. The principle came and met us and took us to the cafeteria for lunch. We ate so much and then after lunch we went to an area they set up and I talked for a little bit then both of them talked. Then they put on a concert that got the people going crazy. The do a kind of rap and rock thing. It is really good. The had songs they had written like the Harley Davidson Song (which was awesome when they perfromed it) and War With the Wieghts, Are You Tough Enough (which I really like) and others. They are really good singers. They always told me they wanted to do something apart and they have done very well.
Here is a short story. They were in town (Honolulu) and I had them staying at a hotel my friend was manager at. A nice hotel. Now for breakfast a common thing for them was a protein shake. So I show up and they want me to have one. I said thats okay I just ate. So I watched David make it.
1 can tuna (drained of course, in water)
6 eggs (whole)
1 can Diet Orange soda
Some protein powder
mix it up good with the blender. Take the lid off, hold your nose and drink. Very disgusting and smelled horrible
Well at check out I came to pick them up. Here comes Peter with his suitcase completely wrapped in duct tape. I said what happened. He shooshes me and says hurry get in the car lets go. I get in and again ask what happened. He say I got like 30 pillows in there. I said what the hell you taken pillow for. He siad they are goose down pillows and they cost at least $30 each and they are the best. I couldn't believe it. They stole all the pillows off the maid carts in the hall. I swear they are so funny. We had allot of fun in Hawaii when we were together. Ask him if he remembers me (at 300), David (270), Peter (235), Butch Perry (240) riding in the convertible VW Rabbit in front of the hotel going in circles so fast the tires were burning and the car almost flipping. Grymko was on the ground laughing his brains out. It was so funny and so many people were watching us taking pictures. Oh god and the buffet story in unreal. So may good ones I had with those guys.
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I'll confess; I only heard the story from others and the story does change a bit, depending on who is telling the tale.
The fundamentals of the story are that Lyle chased both brothers out the back door of the 1st room at Gold's Venice, and then about 10-15 seconds later, the brothers were spotted out the front door running up Hampton Dr. (towards Rose) with Lyle in hot pursuit.
I don't know why Lyle was mad, but I'm guessing he wasn't that mad, because as a former NFL Defensive End, I'm pretty sure he could have caught David or Peter, if he really wanted. ;D
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The fight started from when the twins destroyed an entire wall in Lyles house and didn't pay for it or something. Grymko told me the story but I can't remember much more.
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Both of them are awesome together when singing. In 1993 or so when Twin Sitters came out we went to Hilo. We spoke at both the high schools there. Waikea High was awesome. We showed up and was walking through the school and every single student and teacher came outside. The principle came and met us and took us to the cafeteria for lunch. We ate so much and then after lunch we went to an area they set up and I talked for a little bit then both of them talked. Then they put on a concert that got the people going crazy. The do a kind of rap and rock thing. It is really good. The had songs they had written like the Harley Davidson Song (which was awesome when they perfromed it) and War With the Wieghts, Are You Tough Enough (which I really like) and others. They are really good singers. They always told me they wanted to do something apart and they have done very well.
Here is a short story. They were in town (Honolulu) and I had them staying at a hotel my friend was manager at. A nice hotel. Now for breakfast a common thing for them was a protein shake. So I show up and they want me to have one. I said thats okay I just ate. So I watched David make it.
1 can tuna (drained of course, in water)
6 eggs (whole)
1 can Diet Orange soda
Some protein powder
mix it up good with the blender. Take the lid off, hold your nose and drink. Very disgusting and smelled horrible
Well at check out I came to pick them up. Here comes Peter with his suitcase completely wrapped in duct tape. I said what happened. He shooshes me and says hurry get in the car lets go. I get in and again ask what happened. He say I got like 30 pillows in there. I said what the hell you taken pillow for. He siad they are goose down pillows and they cost at least $30 each and they are the best. I couldn't believe it. They stole all the pillows off the maid carts in the hall. I swear they are so funny. We had allot of fun in Hawaii when we were together. Ask him if he remembers me (at 300), David (270), Peter (235), Butch Perry (240) riding in the convertible VW Rabbit in front of the hotel going in circles so fast the tires were burning and the car almost flipping. Grymko was on the ground laughing his brains out. It was so funny and so many people were watching us taking pictures. Oh god and the buffet story in unreal. So may good ones I had with those guys.
oh my god,that was so fu.....g funny,i'm just pictureing that,man u and Tommy got awesome stories of dave and peter-i luv these stories.
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Butch Perry getting a little ink... nice. I haven't heard that name in 10 years. :)
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Butch Perry getting a little ink... nice. I haven't heard that name in 10 years. :)
I met Butch when he worked at a Tux store in Beverly Hills. I was actually in there helping out the designer on a show I was going to be on to get me a custom tux. I met Clyde "Butch" Perry then. I found out he was also related to Manny Perry. I was very surprised when he showed up in Hawaii with the twins. He is a great guy. I haven't seen him since Hilo.
Another story. From Hilo. I hope I'm not repeating these stories on here to many times. I don't want them to get boring. First off since the Rabbit couldn't hold everyone in our group which consisted of me, Grymko, Peter and David, Butch, Rod (my friend who is a Mel Gibson lookalike), and the two girls (one I was with and the other liked Rod), my friend who owned a restaurant and nightclub in Hilo let us use his Limo. You can imagine those nuts in this thing. Anyway we drove all over the place. And we got to a place which is very popular called Akaka Falls. One of the tallest waterfalls in Hawaii. We get out and start walking to the falls. As we get nearer David is getting in a really crazy mood. Finally we get to the top of the falls and taking pictures and stuff. Now there is this walkway that everyone has to go on to get to the falls and where wee were. So allot of people are passing by.
They are looking at all us and especially at the twins taking pics and all. Anyway allot of Japanese are walking by when all of a sudden David jumps over the railing and starts acting like a gorilla. I mean he is all bent over and grabbing the plants tearing them up and growling like a gorilla. People are going crazy taking his picture.
Then David decides to get really close to the edge. Now we are at least 300'+ up above the bottom of the gorge. And he is hanging on a plant over the edge. Well Grymko is now hysterical. He is screaming and yelling at David to get back over the rail this isn't funny anymore he is yelling. David is in his own world now. He hears nothing and having a blast. I swear Pete was pacing up and down yelling at him just not knowing what to do. Then all of a sudden just like it started David jumped over the railing and it was over. Grymko called him a couple of names and Peter was just laughing his ass off. And we just headed back to the car and left. Man that was funny.
I got more from this one trip alone. I will continue next time. One story involves a little nudity. SO get your parents permission to read it,.
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good stuff Keith, i could read this stuff all day.
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Excellent story Keith. ;D. I'm suprised Peter didn't kick him over the ledge and then jump off himself.
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here is david rapping
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I get sme pics in a few weeks. David will be here on the 12th of June for about 3 weeks. It will be nice to see him again.
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i find it hard to believe that both twins would run away from lyle. i'm sure one of them could take him, but both at the same time...
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I get sme pics in a few weeks. David will be here on the 12th of June for about 3 weeks. It will be nice to see him again.
yeah that's awesome onlyme,i'll send u a message soon.
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that wasn't even close, any jack off could have done what he did with that other dude pulling it off him like that.
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that wasn't even close, any jack off could have done what he did with that other dude pulling it off him like that.
i'd love to see you even try to hold 550 at the top of the bench, it would break your 13 inch arms.
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They had good aesthetics for being so big and strong.
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i'd love to see you even try to hold 550 at the top of the bench, it would break your 13 inch arms.
I think they are closer to 15. But I dont measure them. Only a complete tool measures bodyparts ;) And if you watched the damn, grainy video you'd see he wasn't even close.
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I think they are closer to 15. But I dont measure them. Only a complete tool measures bodyparts ;) And if you watched the damn, grainy video you'd see he wasn't even close.
ok "bobby". ::)
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I think they are closer to 15. But I dont measure them. Only a complete tool measures bodyparts ;) And if you watched the damn, grainy video you'd see he wasn't even close.
Have we seen pics of you yet. You sound like you are very strong since you put down a couple guys who are known for their strength. Just wondering if you walk the walk or just talk the talk.
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Have we seen pics of you yet. You sound like you are very strong since you put down a couple guys who are known for their strength. Just wondering if you walk the walk or just talk the talk.
When did I say I was strong? I bench 345. I have no clue as to my other lifts, I do stiff legged dead lifts with 185 just to loosen my legs.I use 65 db's for shoulder presses(80's for low reps, 4-6). I rarely train legs, cuz I need them to be flexible for MA(plus I run several miles a day). When did I put down anyone known for their strength? If I did, I apologize. I weigh 178 and keep my bf very low(4 to 5%). I realize that many people put on large amounts of weight every year to gain a few ponds of muscle. I never do that, mainly cuz I don't want to get any bigger. I just want to maintain what I have as I age. As far as my posting my pics, I will for the Mr. Getbig contest, just for fun. I realize I can't win, I am a total runt compared to most getbiggers.(yet probably much more shredded) Can you please tell me who I put down? I got into a few arguments with people getting on my ass for one reason or another, but I don't recall calling bs on anyones claims.
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that wasn't even close, any jack off could have done what he did with that other dude pulling it off him like that.
remember it's also reverse,very dangerous,u could have the bar slip forward if u don't have the perfect grip
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remember it's also reverse,very dangerous,u could have the bar slip forward if u don't have the perfect grip
I know, but those barbarians were famous for reverses, they were very accustomed to that particular lift.
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Great pics Overload. That first pic has Mike Sapp watching. He was part owner of the best gym on Oahu called The Gym. David and Peter were strong dudes no doubt. Very intense in the gym.
How old were they back then and how old are they now. Why didnt they try to keep that size they once had. Now there smaller, then what they once were. I was just wondering.
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I know, but those barbarians were famous for reverses, they were very accustomed to that particular lift.
They really brought their training to a whole other level. I've read things and seen some pictures where they sure used their imaginations to make one hell of a crazy workout.
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A shame though that Weider or wrestling didn't do more with them. As wrestlers they'd have been golden.
They were in town (Honolulu) and I had them staying at a hotel my friend was manager at. A nice hotel. Now for breakfast a common thing for them was a protein shake. So I show up and they want me to have one. I said thats okay I just ate. So I watched David make it.
1 can tuna (drained of course, in water)
6 eggs (whole)
1 can Diet Orange soda
Some protein powder
mix it up good with the blender. Take the lid off, hold your nose and drink. Very disgusting and smelled horrible
hahahahahahhaahahahahaha h
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damn the sad thing is that they never competed as pro bodybuilders..these were the first guys who had the ronnie coleman like power...these guys were just sick strong..they all had raw power of biblical proportions..its always nice to hear stories about these legends..these days there are just a handfull of bodybuilders who are this strong..i think so only coleman comes closest in matching with their lifts..i would say there were couple of strong mofos ..we had eddie robinson,kevin levrone,johnnie jackson and ronnie coleman..i think so its these days strong bodybuilders are very rare.there are almost no strong pros these days..
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He couldn't do it. Good try. tho
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Did the pauls train legs much, i no they wer freaky big and strong, but was this all upper body with lower bodys not in proportion to the top half?
davie
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Oh yeah...we have gone over that story a few times here, the problem is no one has the first hand info on it (as in saw it with their own eyes).
The version I heard was the Brothers lost a bet on a Raider game and would not pay up-and Alzado knocked one out and the other one ran for cover.
Onlyme got word form Grymko that there was no fight at all really, and the abuse of the Gold's Venice equipment was what started it.
I find this hard to believe b/c Alzado himself abused the f**k out of the equipment at Gold's Venice.
Who knows though-after 20+ years only the Brothers can give us a straight answer-considering Lyle is long gone.....
Ah, the line between love and hate can be very thin indeed, esp. where there's money involved. The three were all very close during the time Lyle sought the Barbs out to help him with his training. He swiftly went from a low position on the NFL draft list, straight up. Right to the top. During this time, Lyle had them actually living with him at the Green House. But the Barbs had sort of created a monster. Soon after, conflicts grew, and a lawsuit was filed. The fight at Gold's occured immediately following a court decision on the suit. Obviously, Lyle wanted more justice than he had been given. By this time in his physical conditioning, he could kill his way out of the gym. The Barbs on the other hand are rather pacifistic idealists, and very gifted artists. Not killers. Lyle would take
on anything except a Taser, he once told me. He liked to fight. That was his trip.
Oh, and he loved to start fights between athletes in the gym. He thrived on
conflict and violence. I hope this helps you.
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Did the pauls train legs much, i no they wer freaky big and strong, but was this all upper body with lower bodys not in proportion to the top half?
davie
Look at page 1 about halfway down...
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Look at page 1 about halfway down...
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yup that will just about cover it! holy fuck!
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What u on about, that doesnt prove anything lol, oh ic, so they train legs just a little bit yeh lol?!
davie
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Keith....check it out:
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Keith....check it out:
That was great. Man they drove that Jeep everywhere and anywhere. Once drove it off the side of the freeway and they ened up pulling it out themselves. They did promote their movies themselves. Mostly because the studios wouldn't allocate anything. I promoted their movie Twin Sitters here and we had a blast. Went everywhere.
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classic.
a couple of guys that just got out there and did it their way, and actually had fun in the process.
long live the barbarian bros! :)
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as requested.....
(http://www.mustangmods.com/data/3066/barbbros1.jpg)
(http://www.mustangmods.com/data/3066/barbbros2.jpg)
(http://www.mustangmods.com/data/3066/barbbros3.jpg)
(http://www.mustangmods.com/data/3066/barbbros4.jpg)
awesome strength...amazing.just look at the last pic..holy shit :o
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I'm not sure that last pic is one of the twins doing the exercise.
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Keith....check it out:
awesome clips knny,keep them coming man,awesome.
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I'm not sure that last pic is one of the twins doing the exercise.
I think you are correct.
I'm not sure where i found those, they have been on my computer for a long time.
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I think you are correct.
I'm not sure where i found those, they have been on my computer for a long time.
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they're from Bob Kennedy's book Beef It.
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Love the behind the head press pic, the whole damn place is watching.
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Im not sure if this has been asked and i dont want to insult anyone, but wer they heavy drug users, by the standards of the time.
davie
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Im not sure if this has been asked and i dont want to insult anyone, but wer they heavy drug users, by the standards of the time.
davie
my guess would be...yeah.
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Seeing Mike Sapp with a fro made my day.
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my guess would be...yeah.
According to an old Magazine article David said he was 226lbs before taking steroids. When they did he said most of the time it was 3-6 anavar a day 2.5mgs or they would split an anadrol. The reason why was because they were broke most of the time and could only afford that much. Know I'm sure once they made more money the started taking injectables.
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According to an old Magazine article David said he was 226lbs before taking steroids. When they did he said most of the time it was 3-6 anavar a day 2.5mgs or they would split an anadrol. The reason why was because they were broke most of the time and could only afford that much. Know I'm sure once they made more money the started taking injectables.
yes probably, but if so i dont look down on them at all. Those guys trained crazy!
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yes probably, but if so i dont look down on them at all. Those guys trained crazy!
I don't look down on them for it either. There more inspirational to me than most of todays top BB'ers.
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I don't look down on them for it either. There more inspirational to me than most of todays top BB'ers.
lots of the guys of the old days are! i agree.
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lots of the guys of the old days are! i agree.
I 2 and 3 that!!!!
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Only, I think those photos were taken in Hawaii because Ray Verdonck is in the background of one and you might notice some of the guys sitting on the floor when they were all much younger.
Dean promoted an NPC contest at the Ilikai and the bros were special guests doing some heavy lifting at halftime. Apparently Dean had no idea about the heavy attempts that they were going to make on that prefabricated stage and ended up spending a hell of a lot of money making it strong enough to hold all the equipment they needed to do their "act".
They must have had a ton of equipment up there which had to be moved on and off stage during the "halftime break" and then the bros went into a half hour on-stage warm up before they even started paying attention to the crowd.
I forget the amount of wt they lifted but once they got to it, the locals were damn impressed. Most of them anyway! A lot of people simply went home because it took too damn long.
And once they were done all that gear had to be removed from the stage and loaded into trucks and transported back to the gym. It was a huge logistical undertaking.
Anyway, Only, blow up those photos and see if you recognize anyone.
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According to an old Magazine article David said he was 226lbs before taking steroids. When they did he said most of the time it was 3-6 anavar a day 2.5mgs or they would split an anadrol. The reason why was because they were broke most of the time and could only afford that much. Know I'm sure once they made more money the started taking injectables.
Yes like the primabolan depot. At $6 a preload they spent allot. Believe me, I got half that that money.
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Only, I think those photos were taken in Hawaii because Ray Verdonck is in the background of one and you might notice some of the guys sitting on the floor when they were all much younger.
Dean promoted an NPC contest at the Ilikai and the bros were special guests doing some heavy lifting at halftime. Apparently Dean had no idea about the heavy attempts that they were going to make on that prefabricated stage and ended up spending a hell of a lot of money making it strong enough to hold all the equipment they needed to do their "act".
They must have had a ton of equipment up there which had to be moved on and off stage during the "halftime break" and then the bros went into a half hour on-stage warm up before they even started paying attention to the crowd.
I forget the amount of wt they lifted but once they got to it, the locals were damn impressed. Most of them anyway! A lot of people simply went home because it took too damn long.
And once they were done all that gear had to be removed from the stage and loaded into trucks and transported back to the gym. It was a huge logistical undertaking.
Anyway, Only, blow up those photos and see if you recognize anyone.
I'm not sure about Hawaii. Golds didn't get here till 90'. And we only had Kapiolani for a while. Those pics look to be from the 80's
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Yes like the primabolan depot. At $6 a preload they spent allot. Believe me, I got half that that money.
How long would they run that?
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How long would they run that?
Well we were selling it to quite a few guys every month. I was the one who went to Tijuana about twice a month. Couldn't go to often cause they did check license plates at the border. And we would usually rent a car anyways, but I did go a few times with my friend in his car and I stuck out like a sore thumb in a crowd, so the least amount of times going down the better. After about a year the one pharmacy I went I got to be pretty good friends with the owner. He told me that they (police) were paying off pharmacists to call in guys who bought and give them their license plate number. They would get bust at the border, arrested, all the goods confiscated and returned to the pharmacy. The police would get half the cost of the goods and the pharmacy would get all their shit back. It was a good racquet. SO my friend told me this and said he had a brother in Inglewood he would set me up with him. SO I would end up getting stuff from that guy. But the twins bought allot of stuff each time. Not sure how long though
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Well we were selling it to quite a few guys every month. I was the one who went to Tijuana about twice a month. Couldn't go to often cause they did check license plates at the border. And we would usually rent a car anyways, but I did go a few times with my friend in his car and I stuck out like a sore thumb in a crowd, so the least amount of times going down the better. After about a year the one pharmacy I went I got to be pretty good friends with the owner. He told me that they (police) were paying off pharmacists to call in guys who bought and give them their license plate number. They would get bust at the border, arrested, all the goods confiscated and returned to the pharmacy. The police would get half the cost of the goods and the pharmacy would get all their shit back. It was a good racquet. SO my friend told me this and said he had a brother in Inglewood he would set me up with him. SO I would end up getting stuff from that guy. But the twins bought allot of stuff each time. Not sure how long though
Good thing you became friends with that guy. Would you say the twins AAS useage is on par or less than what most top BB'ers are taking today?
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I would say on par with today and it was nearly 20 years ago. I heard they using the GH from the Rhesus Monkey but not sure. They ain't an incredible amount offood evenback then. They would come to the club I worked at with a 1 gallon carton of ice cream and eat it while walking around.
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I had some pics I wanted to post but this site doesn't take .art or btmp so I can't.
OnlyMe, did they ever use insulin?
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I had some pics I wanted to post but this site doesn't take .art or btmp so I can't.
OnlyMe, did they ever use insulin?
I don't know. And you can save a btmp to jpeg in photoshop or probably any other graphics programs. Just Save As
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awesome pics .