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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: columbusdude82 on March 15, 2007, 01:02:58 PM
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Check out what Bob has to say in this Youtube clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mki8KYV8iLY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mki8KYV8iLY)
Keep in mind this was in the mid-eighties, before the onslaught of the gut monsters, but we're still saying all this today...
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Check out what Bob has to say in this Youtube clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mki8KYV8iLY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mki8KYV8iLY)
Keep in mind this was in the mid-eighties, before the onslaught of the gut monsters, but we're still saying all this today...
Highly unusual to see a pro bodybuilder w/ an IQ over 100. Hahahahahahahaha
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Intelligence in pro bodybuilding? Only 20 years ago... HAHAHA
Best poser in BB history, by the way.
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I know! He sounds so eloquent, uses "big words," can argue a point and express his opinion. A far way off from "aint nuthin but a peanut" and "cum to teh expo i wel merdre u"...
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I know! He sounds so eloquent, uses "big words," can argue a point and express his opinion. A far way off from "aint nuthin but a peanut" and "cum to teh expo i wel merdre u"...
Yeah, but he was talking about himself in the 3rd person ::)
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well if I don't say so myself wasnt that just the most refreshing setting with him in his little cute button up with the pool in the background and a tall glass of iced tea! :-*
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Good advice there from Paris - just a shame today's guys don't portray themselves in that light.
Thing is, Paris's physique looks attainable there - no-one in the real world can relate to a guy like Ruhl or Coleman. That's why bodybuilding sucks to the general public.
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Thing is, guys with physiques like Paris (or the modern day equivalent) wouldn't be given the time of day in the IFBB, or in the pro qualifiers... hell they would never turn pro to begin with...
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I read his book. Great story, whether you're into BB or not.
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Bob Paris comes across basically exactly as I would like to. He is a role model of mine in pretty well every possible area. I hope he shows up at the Olympia or Arnold one of these years.
He would be so out of place though... Remember how much of a freakshow the AC was? What does Paris, with his legacy in bbing, have to do with that?!
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Yeah, but he was talking about himself in the 3rd person ::)
Yes Yemeni, that was odd. BUT .... I won't lie..... as a teenager he was one of my idols.
He was handsome, wellspoken and had perfect symmetry. In fact, you reminded me of him, Yemeni. Please take that as a compliment.
I had no idea he was gay... and ultimately I didn't give a rat's ass. I'm not homophobic and I truly aspired to his physique.... not Ronnie Coleman's or Dorian's.
I stole many of his poses as seen below.... don't rip on me too hard guys ...I was only 24 in these shots ... just a pup! Now.... where is Grant's damned Iced Tea!???
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Thing is, Paris's physique looks attainable there
LMAO. No way. Aside from the fact that the general public would think he was enormous, show me five guys who was 6' 1" and looked like that, let alone were that muscular.
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At 6' 1", this is impressive.
(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/paris08.jpg)
(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/paris15.jpg)
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Yeah, but he was talking about himself in the 3rd person ::)
Only at the very very end of the clip...
And Grant, you look awesome in these pictures. I can see what you mean by emulating Paris' posing style.
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At 6' 1", this is impressive.
Yes, very impressive.
He was a modern day Steve Reeves. If the sport had used Bob Paris as their poster boy we'd be in a much better place today.
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Grant, you think the transition of bodybuilding to the gut monsters and crazy drug use could have been averted in any way? With the coming of Dorian and Nasser, that's the turn the sport seemed to take.
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If I ever step on stage, I'd like to look as close to this as possible:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmWSAal5dOc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmWSAal5dOc)
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Don't get me wrong Grant, I too admired Bob and have always considered his type of physique the ideal. I also emulated some of his posing style and thought he was one of the few guys that worked on developing his mind & spirit along with his physique.
But, in that video he is trying too hard to come off as an "intellectual" and taking himself way too seriously. You gotta laugh at that.
Here is my attempt at a Bob Paris pose. The bottom one is my "Blue Steel" ha ha!!
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Grant, you think the transition of bodybuilding to the gut monsters and crazy drug use could have been averted in any way? With the coming of Dorian and Nasser, that's the turn the sport seemed to take.
Firstly, thank you for your compliments! I had a great ride in competitive bodybuilding which earned me my greencard and allowed me to rub elbows on stage with the likes of a mountain like Gunter Schliercamp in 1995 (IFBB Universe) and Jean Pierre Fux! (course they kicked my little ass .... but it was still fun!).
To answer your question ... I don't think anything could have stopped the transition into the gut monster age. It's an interesting debate! But human nature for excessive indulgence will never be reined in. We will always strive to be richer, faster, stronger or bigger .... whether it's Nascar or bodybuilding ..... and our health will always be a secondary concern in these goals. Sad ... but true.
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Hold on! Mind Spin is a bodybuilder?
You look really good there. I thought moderators didn't train...
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LMAO. No way. Aside from the fact that the general public would think he was enormous, show me five guys who was 6' 1" and looked like that, let alone were that muscular.
Read it closely - I said it looks attainable. It is physiques like that which get people into bodybuilding in the first place because it appeals to them, Grant being a good case in point. Yes, you still have to take gear but the level of musculature is attainable nonethless, especially at that height. That's what bodybuilding needs more of - physiques which appeal to the broader spectrum and get more people interested in the sport and staying in the sport because they can see a light at the end of the tunnel.
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At 6' 1", this is impressive.
(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/paris08.jpg)
(http://www.darkwoods.com/bodybuilder/male/bb/gallery/fullsize/paris15.jpg)
this is perfection,,you are born this way baby,,this symetry balance and proportion are not drug induced<--new word add it to my vocabulary
he was born this way,,if he could only have 15-20 extra lb of this quality on stage,, he would have been mr o,,a homo mr o as much as papa weider would raise his eye,,he would have given it to him
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Yes Yemeni, that was odd. BUT .... I won't lie..... as a teenager he was one of my idols.
He was handsome, wellspoken and had perfect symmetry. In fact, you reminded me of him, Yemeni. Please take that as a compliment.
I had no idea he was gay... and ultimately I didn't give a rat's ass. I'm not homophobic and I truly aspired to his physique.... not Ronnie Coleman's or Dorian's.
I stole many of his poses as seen below.... don't rip on me too hard guys ...I was only 24 in these shots ... just a pup! Now.... where is Grant's damned Iced Tea!???
VERY impressive! Why didn't you stick with BB?
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Hold on! Mind Spin is a bodybuilder?
You look really good there. I thought moderators didn't train...
Thanks...but I don't look much like that now :)
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this is perfection,,you are born this way baby,,this symetry balance and proportion are not drug induced<--new word add it to my vocabulary
he was born this way,,if he could only have 15-20 extra lb of this quality on stage,, he would have been mr o,,a homo mr o as much as papa weider would raise his eye,,he would have given it to him
First of all, 15-20 more pounds would have ruined him. I think there were a few small things he needed to fix and that would have amounted to 5-8 lbs MAX. Secondly, Chris Dickerson was gay (and I think openly) and he was Mr. O.
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Yes, very impressive.
He was a modern day Steve Reeves. If the sport had used Bob Paris as their poster boy we'd be in a much better place today.
Agree 100% I have no idea why they never figured this out.
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i liked what he was talking about, not having to wear tanks tops all the time to try to get attention.
i watch cutlers videos and the guy doesnt take his eyes off himself for 2 seconds. he looks at himself in the mirror,grabs a plate while looking in the mirror, puts it on the bar while starring in the mirror.. after the set he walks close to the mirror to stare at himself for more... guy doesnt own a shirt with sleeves -monster low self esteem issues.
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Don't get me wrong Grant, I too admired Bob and have always considered his type of physique the ideal. I also emulated some of his posing style and thought he was one of the few guys that worked on developing his mind & spirit along with his physique.
But, in that video he is trying too hard to come off as an "intellectual" and taking himself way too seriously. You gotta laugh at that.
True, But I think he was trying to be a pioneer and take the sport in a different direction to where he saw it heading .... and a direction better suited to his look. He speaks a heck of a lot better than many of today's top bodybuilders!
Here is my attempt at a Bob Paris pose. The bottom one is my "Blue Steel" ha ha!!
That's a great Zoolander effort!
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i liked what he was talking about, not having to wear tanks tops all the time to try to get attention.
i watch cutlers videos and the guy doesnt take his eyes off himself for 2 seconds. he looks at himself in the mirror,grabs a plate while looking in the mirror, puts it on the bar while starring in the mirror.. after the set he walks close to the mirror to stare at himself for more... guy doesnt own a shirt with sleeves -monster low self esteem issues.
LOL...totally agree. When I competed, I was always covered up only becasue if a caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I didn't look as big or cut as I expected to be, it would fuck with my head.
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That's a great Zoolander effort!
ha ha!
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Yeah, but he was talking about himself in the 3rd person ::)
I gotta agree here.
He is obviously no dummy, but it's obvious he's trying hard to come off as sophisticated.
And he pronounces "aesthetics" wrong :-*
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Thanks...but I don't look much like that now :)
I'd still do ya.
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Good advice there from Paris - just a shame today's guys don't portray themselves in that light.
Thing is, Paris's physique looks attainable there - no-one in the real world can relate to a guy like Ruhl or Coleman. That's why bodybuilding sucks to the general public.
I couldn't agree more!! Great post.
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First of all, 15-20 more pounds would have ruined him. I think there were a few small things he needed to fix and that would have amounted to 5-8 lbs MAX. Secondly, Chris Dickerson was gay (and I think openly) and he was Mr. O.
nonono,,wrong
pay attention to what i wrote,,15-20lb of the SAME QUALITY,,it would not ruin him if he could distrbute it equally all over his physiqe but he couldnt,, his physiqe was not capable of such a thing,,he was not built to hold that extra mass on him and he took his body to the max,,if he could have got even 3 extra lb of same quality mass on him he would have,,
and dickerson was indeed a homo but! his card was the black color,,black american,, they were needed at that era and he was superb bodybuilder and black,,,you would see past the homo thing with a black guy simply because the black > homo ,, you wouldnt with a white all american guy during the 80s
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he was born this way,,if he could only have 15-20 extra lb of this quality on stage,, he would have been mr o,,
Paris, like all the bodybuilders from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, did plenty of steroids. But they didn't do GH and insulin. That is what would be required to put on another 15-20 pounds, and that is what would destroy his symmetry and proportionality.
if you want to look like Bob Paris, don't do GH and insulin.
a homo mr o as much as papa weider would raise his eye,,he would have given it to him
Read Gorilla Suit. Weider had a fit when Chris Dickerson won.
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I'd still do ya.
uh...okay ???
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Thanks... but I don't look much like that now :)
No, and neither do I. But what does it matter, Yemeni? We both saw the light and retired from competitive bodybuilding. The risk vs. reward was just not there for you .... or I ... or Bob Paris? And I really think you could have kicked ass as an IFBB Pro!
We both still work out (although totally clean now) and still look better than 90% of the general population. And you have a successful business, beautiful wife and 2 adorable daughters now. You made an executive decision and it was the right decision. Mad props to you my brother.
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I'd still do ya.
uh...okay ???
A getbig love connection!!!!!!!! ;D
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I was a big Bob Paris fan myself. The year he won the nationals was one of the most competitive ever.
However, during this interview, he lost me when he started referring to himself in the third person, "Bob Paris has a lot of interests in life." "Bob Paris isn't just about bodybuilding."
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I'd still do ya.
Tim!!!! You are usually so subtle!?
Yemini is a handsome dude ...... but seriously ...ain't you in a feisty mood?!!!
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Read Gorilla Suit. Weider had a fit when Chris Dickerson won.
Tim, I didn't really get this ....can you please elaborate? I thought Joe Weider was very fond of Dickerson?
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I remember Weider trying to pimp BP in the magazines as this ladies man. Bob would always be working out with these hot babes, but it was already known in the bodybuilding world that the guy was gay.
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I seriously think Bob Paris could seriously pull more babes than any other bodybuilder in the history of bodybuilding. I would let a surgeon cut off a toe so that I could look like him.
Won't some ladies be scared away by the missing toe though?
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And Bob?
Matt,
Your posted pics of Bob Paris, today, seem somewhat sarcastic .... and perhaps derogatory?
Considering he is well retired from bodybuilding and in his 50's I think he looks healthy and happy?
Do you honestly think we can continue to cycle year after year into our 50's without repercutions? Where is Don Youngblood today? Or Sonny Schimdt? Or Mike Francois? Or Tom Prince? Or Flex Wheeler? Or Mike Matarazzo? Would you like me to keep going????
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How do you mean? Wouldn't preserving your symmetry just mean not growing muscle beyond a particular level? E.g., as a natural I can now juice up on GH and insulin to 220 and be the same 220 on lots of sauce right? The point is not to go beyond that point, but how you do it would seem irrelevant.
no, people on gh and insulin look more blocky. I don't know if its because cartilage grows with GH too, or that insulin causes an increase in visceral fat. but there is a distinct difference in the way bodybuilders look from before GH and after GH, and it's not just muscles are bigger.
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Considering he is well retired from bodybuilding and in his 50's I think he looks healthy and happy?
actually he's 48. and while everyone ages differently, I think part of the reason why he looks the way he looks today is that he was a white boy who spent a lot of time in a tanning booth.
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Matt,
Your posted pics of Bob Paris, today, seem somewhat sarcastic .... and perhaps derogatory?
Considering he is well retired from bodybuilding and in his 50's I think he looks healthy and happy?
Do you honestly think we can continue to cycle year after year into our 50's without repercutions? Where is Don Youngblood today? Or Sonny Schimdt? Or Mike Francois? Or Tom Prince? Or Flex Wheeler? Or Mike Matarazzo? Would you like me to keep going????
Great Post Grant.....tell it like it is.
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Tim, I didn't really get this ....can you please elaborate? I thought Joe Weider was very fond of Dickerson?
I don't have my copy of Bob Paris' Gorilla Suit (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312194587/), but Bob writes about it. And Chris is one of the few who didn't try to defend his Olympia win, and came in 11th the following year.
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wise words bob is a good guy.
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No, and neither do I. But what does it matter, Yemeni? We both saw the light and retired from competitive bodybuilding. The risk vs. reward was just not there for you .... or I ... or Bob Paris? And I really think you could have kicked ass as an IFBB Pro!
We both still work out (although totally clean now) and still look better than 90% of the general population. And you have a successful business, beautiful wife and 2 adorable daughters now. You made an executive decision and it was the right decision. Mad props to you my brother.
Thank you my friend. I have no regrets. Well except for maybe banging a buch of porno hotties before I retired...ha ha...you lucky bastard!
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A getbig love connection!!!!!!!! ;D
ha! Salmon - you've been dormant lately. Hopefully you're back to put the "ownings" on some of the tiny-tits that are plagueing this board ;)
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Great Post Grant.....tell it like it is.
Thanks! I'll always be honest and direct. I like Matt C ...waiting for his reply.
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that guy puts warm cock into his mouth..................a nd his ass :-X
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“Without making it a dictation of morals whatsoever because that’s not…uhh…the way I operate.”
-Bob Paris comments on YouTube Video: Olympians - Bob Paris Pt. 2
Paris appears to be boasting about his lack of morality on the cover of his book:
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I'd still do ya.
would you do bob paris?
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his still had full crazy calves in the one pic,he was the epitome of the pretty body look of the eighties with demelo,mendenhall,and had more mag's cover's than the mr o himself ,which in a way is a slap in the face of title holder,haney,yates.coleman were the biggest of their era's but not prettiest hence they got their olympia cover's and then rest of year went to the contender's or up and coming one.
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How do you mean? Wouldn't preserving your symmetry just mean not growing muscle beyond a particular level? E.g., as a natural I can now juice up on GH and insulin to 220 and be the same 220 on lots of sauce right? The point is not to go beyond that point, but how you do it would seem irrelevant.
Yes, exactly. GH15 you're wrong here. Except fo a few muscles (forearms, lats) Bob Paris was pretty much perfect. Adding more muscle would ruin the overall look. There IS a point at which, even if added symmetrically, it's too much muscle and would look ridiculous or un-aesthetic.
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And hence the fallacy in ironage thinking - that bodybuilders today look so terrible due to issues of shape of the physique rather than size. Truth be told, if Haney kept all of his lines and competed at 300 pounds and hard, he would simply be TOO muscular, and that in itself would detract from his symmetry.
Too much muscle is a flaw in and of itself. Rather than complaining about guts and poor lines, just acknowledge that bodybuilders today have simply packed on too much mass on their frames.
true and several of the top pros would have better than ironage physiques at lighter bodyweights!
well atleast in the 90s lol.
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Perfection.
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The screencap is from the 83 Nationals.
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actually he's 48. and while everyone ages differently, I think part of the reason why he looks the way he looks today is that he was a white boy who spent a lot of time in a tanning booth.
true, the results of a generation that worshiped the sun and frequented tanning booths. YOu see it more and more. Go to Southern California, even with all the plastic surgery, anyone over 40 has skin like leather, dry, wrinkled and grayish in color. You can even see sun damage in people under 40, even in their 20's. Ironic that the most vain will look the worst when the get older.
Also the extreme low bodyfat that people obsess over actually makes them look years older. It does somehting weird to the skin. And it never looks the same, same as with people that have stretched their skin out.
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And hence the fallacy in ironage thinking - that bodybuilders today look so terrible due to issues of shape of the physique rather than size. Truth be told, if Haney kept all of his lines and competed at 300 pounds and hard, he would simply be TOO muscular, and that in itself would detract from his symmetry.
Too much muscle is a flaw in and of itself. Rather than complaining about guts and poor lines, just acknowledge that bodybuilders today have simply packed on too much mass on their frames.
Well...yes and no. The guts and expanding waistlines are ALSO a factor in ruining the physiques of today. It's NOT one or the other, it's both: the guts/waistlines AND too much muscle. Just look at some of the amateurs coming up who don't have a lot of muscle yet for some reason have guts! ???
If you took Ronnie today and kept the gut but removed 40 lbs of muscle he STILL wouldn't have a good physique. The same holds true for Cutler and now sadly, Dexter.
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Just look at some of the amateurs coming up who don't have a lot of muscle yet for some reason have guts!
the reason is the increase in adipose (intra adbominal fat) caused by gh and insulin
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the reason is the increase in adipose (intra adbominal fat) caused by gh and insulin
And I give you the ironage physique updated to today's "drugs":
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=130432.0;attach=145207;image)
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Remember when BB's and BB magazines looked like this:
(http://www.musclememory.com/magCovers/im/im4504.jpg)
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I think, one of the best BB mag covers ever:
(http://www.musclememory.com/magCovers/im/im4403.jpg)
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Matt C, are you friggin blind? You mean to say you don't see the beauty and pulchritude staring you in the face right here?
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I posted that clip earlier in this thread. Very good! No one looks or poses like that any more...
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The racist jokes you see around here are really tedious.
But I have to say: everytime I see that picture of Ronnie with a huge belly and his arms over his head, he reminds me of a gorilla.
(http://www.mikekaplan.com/nss-folder/pictures/66CD4790%20gorilla%20cloned%202%20blur%20lpg.jpg)
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The racist jokes you see around here are really tedious.
But I have to say: everytime I see that picture of Ronnie with a huge belly and his arms over his head, he reminds me of a gorilla.
(http://www.mikekaplan.com/nss-folder/pictures/66CD4790%20gorilla%20cloned%202%20blur%20lpg.jpg)
That guy has some mean traps. But Ronnie has him on chest.
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Bob, Grant and Spin are cool guys...
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Bob, Grant and Spin are cool guys...
Arce, thanks for your compliment. Are you still working with Karo? I hope he has a comeback.
PS -- found this old pic of me at 18... my very first show. I wish my waist was still that small! There were no "guts" on the Pro's I aspired to in the 80's.
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Arce, thanks for your compliment. Are you still working with Karo? I hope he has a comeback.
PS -- found this old pic of me at 18... my very first show. I wish my waist was still that small! There were no "guts" on the Pro's I aspired to in the 80's.
Seriously, why'd you give up competitive BB?
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Seriously, why'd you give up competitive BB?
Many reasons. I simply didn't like the direction is was going in ... the drug issue been the main one. Years later the proof was in the pudding with names like Munzer, Beniziza, Sonny Schimdt, Don Youngblood, Tom Prince, Flex Wheeler, Mike Francois, MIke Matarrazzo, Orville Burke ... man I could keep going and going. And those are just the Pro's....
I didn't like the way the IFBB ran a mafia-type domination of politics on the sport and prevented any chance of mainstream sponsors ever coming in and helping the sport to grow. Giving any mainstream sponsors a chance would have meant sacrificing the tight power hold that they had on the sport. They chose to keep a dictatorship control on the sport instead. Bad choice really .... because the sport is dying a slow death now in my opinion.
What a different place we might be in today if we had seen ad's with marketable young guys, like Bob Paris or Shawn Ray, flashing his smile after a work-out on TV saying... "When I'm dieting for the Mr. Olympia ... it's only the classic taste of Diet Pepsi that keeps me focused and smiling everyday!"
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Orville Burke was an anaesthesiolgist's mistake, right? And I just read on another thread that Mike Francois had colon cancer. You blame those two on drugs?
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Orville Burke was an anaesthesiolgist's mistake, right? And I just read on another thread that Mike Francois had colon cancer. You blame those two on drugs?
I think all of these guys live in denial. I don't want to sound cynical ...just being honest. They all say "Well, my family had a predispostion for heart disease (or kidney failure). It was genetic."
Well, if they knew that then why take a boatload of drugs to exacerbate their genetic risks? No Pro is going to ever going to admit "Yeah, I knew I was taking a crazy risk ... but I said fvck it and went for it anyway!"
All I can go on is the fact that I really didn't take a fraction of what the guys take today ... and my doctor still told me I had slightly elevated kidney and liver enzymes and my blood pressure and Cholesterol were both up during a cycle.
When I arrived in the US and stayed with the (late) Paul de Mayo .... he laughed at me when I told him the doses I was taking and said "You're wasting your time. You're pissing into the wind!"
Paul won the USA and turned Pro a month later.
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I didn't like the way the IFBB ran a mafia-type domination of politics on the sport and prevented any chance of mainstream sponsors ever coming in and helping the sport to grow. Giving any mainstream sponsors a chance would have meant sacrificing the tight power hold that they had on the sport. They chose to keep a dictatorship control on the sport instead. Bad choice really .... because the sport is dying a slow death now in my opinion.
Are you listening, Bob Chick? Any rebuttal?
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Interesting that a commentary on Bob Paris would shift to a commentary on the IFBB. ;)
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http://www.bobparis.com/
I have not seen pics of Bob in a long time & was rather shocked-he does not look like he is still working out at all...
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Bob Paris was the first bodybuilder to blow the Weiders and not get paid for it, he did it out of 'respect' ...
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He still has awesome calves. Must be running or biking.
(http://www.bobparis.com/storage/IMG_2643_1_4_1.JPG)
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I say this with all due respect - he looks a little like Ted Bundy just before his death. I say this because Ted was known to be a very handsome man. For those saying Bob has not aged so well, I don't think that is the case. He looks around the same age Ted was when he got the chair (42).
Hey Matt-I KNOW-I am pretty amazed...
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He is the same age as my dad I think, but he is in far better shape. He doesn't look like a bodybuilder any more, that's for sure...
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He is the same age as my dad I think, but he is in far better shape. He doesn't look like a bodybuilder any more, that's for sure...
Don't know why I found those pics so surprising, but do-honestly think he looks terrible, but just my opinion.
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I think paris could have used some more lower lat development and more mid back thickness.
From the front and side though he was pretty much perfect IMO...
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Interesting to see that Bob is living in Canada now. I wonder why he settled up here?
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I think paris could have used some more lower lat development and more mid back thickness.
From the front and side though he was pretty much perfect IMO...
He had a model physique then, but appears to really be out of it now...I mean compare him to how great Lee Labrada still looks (IMO), or how Steve Reeves looked as an older gent.
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Interesting to see that Bob is living in Canada now. I wonder why he settled up here?
I think his domestic partner is from there.
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He is the same age as my dad I think, but he is in far better shape.
I feel so old.
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I feel so old.
Why?!
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because Bob Paris and I are the same age
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because Bob Paris and I are the same age
48 in gay years is OLD
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because Bob Paris and I are the same age
So you are roughly the same age as my father then... that's not old!
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Does anybody know what happened to Rod Jackson-Bob's ex?
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Bob & Rod back in the day...
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Great physiques, but the long hair has got to go!!!!
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Great physiques, but the long hair has got to go!!!!
Yeah, that hair is a rat's nest on Rod!!! Yes, their bodies were just incredible.
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Bob & Rod back in the day...
Really shows how important genetics are. Bob's physique just flows better.
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Really shows how important genetics are. Bob's physique just flows better.
I agree-but wouldn't mind having the bod of either one! LOL!
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Another Shot
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I seriously think Bob Paris could seriously pull more babes than any other bodybuilder in the history of bodybuilding. I would let a surgeon cut off a toe so that I could look like him.
Yeah, I think most women would have LOVED to have been with Bob!!!
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I wonder how Bob dealt with all of that? When a gay male hits on me, it is similar to a woman hitting on me who is not my type. I am polite about it, but try to get out of the situation in a subtle kind of way. I wonder how Bob dealt with a barrage of women approaching him at expos and the like?
Proabably the same way-though I have seen some clips of him enjoying the attention.
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(http://members.tripod.com/~homeo/bobrod.gif)
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Some More Bob
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I wonder how Bob dealt with all of that? When a gay male hits on me, it is similar to a woman hitting on me who is not my type. I am polite about it, but try to get out of the situation in a subtle kind of way. I wonder how Bob dealt with a barrage of women approaching him at expos and the like?
It also probably didn't help that Bob almost looked like he could have stepped right out of a Chippendales calendar with his good looks...
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Wasnt it Paris who said ...
"Bodybuilding is not just my job, but a better way to gay myself even more"
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Bob with Female Fans
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Bob & Lee Labrada from M & F back in the day...
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Bob & babe
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I was thinking the same thing. He probably rejected a fair share of babes in his day.
Yes, I'm sure he broke A LOT of hearts-too bad for the babes, really...
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Bob & Rod back in the day...
Rob works out regularly at Gold's Hollywood. Still in great shape. Long hair is gone.
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Rob works out regularly at Gold's Hollywood. Still in great shape. Long hair is gone.
That's cool to know-I'm sure he looks good with some better hair! LOL! Hope he's doing well. I think he got kind've vilified unfairly after their parting.
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Do you guys remember anything about James DeMelo? He was kind've a Bob wannabe. I guess now he is a preacher, but I don't know much more about him than that nowadays.
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Rob works out regularly at Gold's Hollywood. Still in great shape. Long hair is gone.
That is a pretty good gym some nice eye candy for both heteros and homos... lots of actresses there
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That is a pretty good gym some nice eye candy for both heteros and homos... lots of actresses there
Never been but sounds like heaven the way you guys talk! LOL!
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That is a pretty good gym some nice eye candy for both heteros and homos... lots of actresses there
we call them waitresses, and the actors are known as waiters.
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we call them waitresses, and the actors are known as waiters.
ACTOR/MODEL/WAITER...
LOL! ;)
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More Bob
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Bob
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Fixed!
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VERY LEAN at about 140-160.
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Good for him. He looks well.
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still has some big ass calves.
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He looks very good for his age.
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Who is RodJack dating these days?
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It still amazes me how these "aesthetic" bodybuilders think they may be appealing, or at least make bodybuilding appealing, to the general public. The fact is, physiques like Paris's, Labrada's, Makkawy's, Benfatto's, Ray's, etc. are still disgusting to most people outside the bodybuilding world. When I was a teenager, one ex-girlfriend of mine said "I like muscular men". I replied "Someone like Stallone?" and she said "No, he is TOO muscular". Bodybuilding will NEVER be mainstream, even if it returns to the "Ironage Era". Stop being delusional.
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It still amazes me how these "aesthetic" bodybuilders think they may be appealing, or at least make bodybuilding appealing, to the general public. The fact is, physiques like Paris's, Labrada's, Makkawy's, Benfatto's, Ray's, etc. are still disgusting to most people outside the bodybuilding world. When I was a teenager, one ex-girlfriend of mine said "I like muscular men". I replied "Someone like Stallone?" and she said "No, he is TOO muscular". Bodybuilding will NEVER be mainstream, even if it returns to the "Ironage Era". Stop being delusional.
The problem with bodybuilding today is that it disgusts people even within the bodybuilding world. I think that every young man entering the gym wants to look like Bob on some level.
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The problem with bodybuilding today is that it disgusts people even within the bodybuilding world. I think that every young man entering the gym wants to look like Bob on some level.
Well, in my case I do'n give a damn for what girls (I'm married now) and the general public say. I would like very much to have a Paris's or even a Coleman's physique! ;D
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VERY LEAN at about 140-160.
Bob is 6 feet tall. He's not 140-160. He's probably 170 or so. At 6 feet, that's pretty damn lean.
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gymforlord the new jumpstart
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Thanks...but I don't look much like that now :)
Stupid >:(
You still carry almost same amount of muscle. Just you dont pose like before with your daugther.
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=134875.0;attach=150635;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=134875.0;attach=150636;image)
Looks like good guy :)
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(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=134875.0;attach=150635;image)
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=134875.0;attach=150636;image)
Looks like good guy :)
would you go down on him ? legendary japanese schome 'kymou' ?
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gymforlord the new jumpstart
????? ??? ::)
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It still amazes me how these "aesthetic" bodybuilders think they may be appealing, or at least make bodybuilding appealing, to the general public. The fact is, physiques like Paris's, Labrada's, Makkawy's, Benfatto's, Ray's, etc. are still disgusting to most people outside the bodybuilding world. When I was a teenager, one ex-girlfriend of mine said "I like muscular men". I replied "Someone like Stallone?" and she said "No, he is TOO muscular". Bodybuilding will NEVER be mainstream, even if it returns to the "Ironage Era". Stop being delusional.
Well, I will say, when I was younger, I knew a woman who was NUTS for Bob. She did not care if he was gay, what have you. I think her big dream was that she would meet him and he would turn straight for her...I know, I told her to dream on...
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Well, I will say, when I was younger, I knew a woman who was NUTS for Bob. She did not care if he was gay, what have you. I think her big dream was that she would meet him and he would turn straight for her...I know, I told her to dream on...
Well, perhaps each country has its own beauty standards.
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Well, perhaps each country has its own beauty standards.
A wise man once said "no one is everyone's type." ;) And while this is true, I think Bob would qualify in the preference range of about 70% of women and gay men.
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A wise man once said "no one is everyone's type." ;) And while this is true, I think Bob would qualify in the preference range of about 70% of women and gay men.
I think we can assume that's pretty true... :)
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Yeah, but he was talking about himself in the 3rd person ::)
Always a sign of psychological instability! ;D