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Title: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Ursus on February 03, 2009, 01:15:41 PM
I never read his column or read MD forums etc.

But...

Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude?
Was he highly qualified or simply knew his stuff without any formal qualifications through experience/trial and error etc.

Everyone seems to prais eand respect him for this knowledge.

Cheers for help.
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: _bruce_ on February 03, 2009, 01:37:49 PM
His advice seemed sound, but I never took anything he said
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: QuakerOats on February 03, 2009, 01:40:17 PM
there wasn't anything legendary about his advice, testosterone as a key foundation, avoidance of orals to avoid stomach and appetite problems, sensible slin and GH doses and a high protein, high fat, very low to zero carbohydrate diet, not exactly rocket science.
Title: Re: Question about Palumbo
Post by: Ursus on February 03, 2009, 01:40:56 PM
i am just wondering.

he does seem very respected.

And have never read any of his stuff
Title: Re: Question about Palumbo
Post by: Stavios on February 03, 2009, 01:47:30 PM
i am just wondering.

he does seem very respected.

And have never read any of his stuff

he is very respectful, nice guy.
I emailed him once or twice with questions and he answered quickly.


very good with the diets, I dont agree too much with his drug advices
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: TrueGrit on February 03, 2009, 01:51:53 PM
there wasn't anything legendary about his advice, testosterone as a key foundation, avoidance of orals to avoid stomach and appetite problems, sensible slin and GH doses and a high protein, high fat, very low to zero carbohydrate diet, not exactly rocket science.

So fucking true.
I love how he took a diet that even pencil necks behind desks have been doing for years and it became "The Palumbo Diet".
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: Method101 on February 03, 2009, 01:55:23 PM
Who would take advice from somone who apparantly has sold Fake GH.
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: spinnis on February 03, 2009, 01:56:12 PM
there wasn't anything legendary about his advice, testosterone as a key foundation, avoidance of orals to avoid stomach and appetite problems, sensible slin and GH doses and a high protein, high fat, very low to zero carbohydrate diet, not exactly rocket science.

The thing is Dave has prepped HUNDRED of dudes into their greatest shape ever. (over one hundret clients last year)

Thats enough evidence, yes he already had the diet guidelines, but he does it different for every person.

To say that Dave doesnt know his stuff or isn't good at what he does. Is just Ludacris, Even at GB.
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: QuakerOats on February 03, 2009, 01:57:06 PM
The thing is Dave has prepped HUNDRED of dudes into their greatest shape ever. (over one hundret clients last year)

Thats enough evidence, yes he already had the diet guidelines, but he does it different for every person.

To say that Dave doesnt know his stuff or isn't good at what he does. Is just Ludacris, Even at GB.
i didn't say that he didn't know what he was talking about only that what he says isn't exactly revolutionary or new by any means.
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: Ursus on February 03, 2009, 01:58:13 PM
seems top me best way to diet or train is the basics.

kinda like wht he advocates
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: TrueGrit on February 03, 2009, 02:05:07 PM


To say that Dave doesnt know his stuff or isn't good at what he does. Is just Ludacris, Even at GB.

 I don't recalling anyone saying that. Just that his "stuff" is hardly something new or intrinsically special to "Dave". It's all pretty well established dietary and training advice in play long before he become a guru (which is really a term for someone knowledgeable about drugs , some of which haven't had clinical trials on humans due to ethical reasons). 
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: spinnis on February 03, 2009, 02:09:23 PM
I don't recalling anyone saying that. Just that his "stuff" is hardly something new or intrinsically special to "Dave". It's all pretty well established dietary and training advice in play long before he become a guru (which is really a term for someone knowledgeable about drugs , some of which haven't had clinical trials on humans due to ethical reasons). 

the thing is he doesnt JUST do a keto diet...
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: Sharma on February 03, 2009, 02:13:05 PM
Palumbo is a fraud and recreational drug addict. I am not surprised he has been fired. It is ironic really that he attacked Nasser and now Nasser is enjoying his life in supreme, lavish comfort after not squandering his money on drugs whilst Palumbo is frantically ringing round his ever decreasingly circle of friends hoping for moral and financial support.

Maybe some are the friends he sold fake GH to? What goes around comes around ;D
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: TrueGrit on February 03, 2009, 02:19:32 PM
the thing is he doesnt JUST do a keto diet...

 That's twice now you've put words in people's mouths and made false assumptions . I will give you the benefit of the doubt as you're from the land of Ulrika and Sven and as such your grasp of English is pretty damn good  :)
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: spinnis on February 03, 2009, 02:28:40 PM
That's twice now you've put words in people's mouths and made false assumptions . I will give you the benefit of the doubt as you're from the land of Ulrika and Sven and as such your grasp of English is pretty damn good  :)

I didnt actually read your post, I just put the sentence out there  ;D
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Ursus on February 03, 2009, 02:33:03 PM
:)

who changed my thread title to actually make sense?
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Balloon on February 03, 2009, 02:42:15 PM
Although the Low carb diets have been around for decades,
Dave really stressed the need for certain types and ratio of fats, and that is why his diet is thought to be kinda "new"
He seems like a really nice guy who helps a ton of people.

He did 3 years at Med School but left to pursue other things.

He certainly isn;t as knowledgeable as say Dr Scott Connelly
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: spinnis on February 03, 2009, 02:44:21 PM
I usually doesn't defend random people.

But Dave honestly seems like a really good dude :)

except that GH incident when I actually believe that he didnt know it was fake.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: 240 is Back on February 03, 2009, 02:44:37 PM
a LOT of guys wanted dave's advice on peaking.  Aside from that Ant guy (RIP), I can't think of any of his clients who ever had any major concerns, despite Bbing being a very tough sport for peaking (especially with keto-ing)
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: TrueGrit on February 03, 2009, 02:56:27 PM
Do a standard Ketogenic diet but on Fridays run for 36.045 minutes on a treadmill pointed towards Jupiter. Go home and then eat 3/4 of a can of peaches and order a pizza. The pizza must be delivered by a guy who can't speak English, that's very important.

I have now invented the "TrueGrit Diet". I can even tailor and tweak it specifically for you - but you must pay me.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: spinnis on February 03, 2009, 02:57:28 PM
Do a standard Ketogenic diet but on Fridays run for 36.045 minutes on a treadmill pointed towards Jupiter. Go home and then eat 3/4 of a can of peaches and order a pizza. The pizza must be delivered by a guy who can't speak English, that's very important.

I have now invented the "TrueGrit Diet". I can even tailor and tweak it specifically for you - but you must pay me.

that was actually kinda funny  ;D
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: jesusbod on February 03, 2009, 08:27:38 PM
I never read his column or read MD forums etc.

But...

Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude?
Was he highly qualified or simply knew his stuff without any formal qualifications through experience/trial and error etc.

Everyone seems to prais eand respect him for this knowledge.

Cheers for help.

Dave knows how to get someone huge and ripped at the same time. Unfortunately, he was a walking science experiment. I never saw someone take so much gear he turned himself purple. I remember seeing him at the nationals the last year he competed. I swear he was glowing. :)
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Fatpanda on February 03, 2009, 09:44:00 PM
keto diets can kill you - havn't you heard ?
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: bigdumbbell on February 03, 2009, 09:48:25 PM
david is a nice man
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Fatpanda on February 03, 2009, 09:51:31 PM
he does seem like a nice man, however you have to wonder about taking his advice on insulin/gh/igf-1 etc when you see what he's done to his own body  :-\

palumboism is not a myth  :'(
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Hurricane Beef ! on February 04, 2009, 06:30:39 AM
a LOT of guys wanted dave's advice on peaking.  Aside from that Ant guy (RIP), I can't think of any of his clients who ever had any major concerns, despite Bbing being a very tough sport for peaking (especially with keto-ing)
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ROFL

The Beef
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Noel Fuller on February 04, 2009, 07:02:28 AM
Not a big fan of the keto diet, but Dave is knowledgable
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: The Coach on February 04, 2009, 07:37:15 AM
Hey, look what he did for 'Billy Guns"!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: TrueGrit on February 04, 2009, 07:39:46 AM
Hey, look what he did for 'Billy Guns"!!!!!!!

Maybe Billy Guns is a hopeless case?
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: local hero on February 04, 2009, 07:45:11 AM
he can back up alot of his theories as he spent a few yrs at medical school, and can use long words and laymans terms........ still not a patch on borresson and duchane.!!!!
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Stavios on February 04, 2009, 08:23:15 AM
Not a big fan of the keto diet, but Dave is knowledgable

a compliment !!!!!!

you are making progresses Noel  ;D
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Billy Guns on February 04, 2009, 08:52:14 AM
Hey, look what he did for 'Billy Guns"!!!!!!!

Correction....the LEGEND OF BILLY GUNS!!! I am a monster!!! 6'4 240lbs of pure mass LMAO....Dave is extremely intelligent and has 1000's of clients and I was the reason I did not grow not dave...between moving alot while dieting and traveling for contest coverage and working two jobs while doing it all I never really had the time to fit all my meals in or train all the time...We all can't be King Tamali and live in mom's basement and eat all moms food and be sponsored by musclecrap....Just my 2 cents

I never used over 1g of test most was low dosed after doing monthly bloodwork alot has been low dosed in the past years and Dave has always told me YOU DONT EAT!!! He is correct macdonalds is the biggest meal I eat all day but I am growing where it counts....My pockets and Family could not be better!!! There is more to life than bodybuilding or Forums but don't let me hurt any of you keyboard warriors
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: njflex on February 04, 2009, 08:58:20 AM
Correction....the LEGEND OF BILLY GUNS!!! I am a monster!!! 6'4 240lbs of pure mass LMAO....Dave is extremely intelligent and has 1000's of clients and I was the reason I did not grow not dave...between moving alot while dieting and traveling for contest coverage and working two jobs while doing it all I never really had the time to fit all my meals in or train all the time...We all can't be King Tamali and live in mom's basement and eat all moms food and be sponsored by musclecrap....Just my 2 cents

I never used over 1g of test most was low dosed after doing monthly bloodwork alot has been low dosed in the past years and Dave has always told me YOU DONT EAT!!! He is correct macdonalds is the biggest meal I eat all day but I am growing where it counts....My pockets and Family could not be better!!! There is more to life than bodybuilding or Forums but don't let me hurt any of you keyboard warriors
WHEN YOU REALIZE IT ,AND IT SETS IN ,YOU CAN DO WHAT YOUR DOING LIKE NOW AND PROGRESS AND NOT REGRESS IN LIFE FOLLOWING AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM OF TRUE BBING.WHICH IS GENETICS AND WHAT U TAKE TO GET THEM SO FAR ADVANCED THAT DOLLARS AND PIMPING OR GOOD CONTACTS CAN ONLY GET YOU.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: tbombz on February 04, 2009, 09:44:02 AM
he does seem like a nice man, however you have to wonder about taking his advice on insulin/gh/igf-1 etc when you see what he's done to his own body  :-\

palumboism is not a myth  :'(
his advice on those things were very low
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Wiggs on February 04, 2009, 10:25:41 AM
I've spoken with Dave in person and through e-mail many times.  He is a stand up guy. 
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Fatpanda on February 04, 2009, 12:46:50 PM
his advice on those things were very low

yes so were kovacs  ::)
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Captain Equipoise on February 04, 2009, 02:50:23 PM
Correction....the LEGEND OF BILLY GUNS!!! I am a monster!!! 6'4 240lbs of pure mass LMAO....Dave is extremely intelligent and has 1000's of clients and I was the reason I did not grow not dave...between moving alot while dieting and traveling for contest coverage and working two jobs while doing it all I never really had the time to fit all my meals in or train all the time...We all can't be King Tamali and live in mom's basement and eat all moms food and be sponsored by musclecrap....Just my 2 cents

I never used over 1g of test most was low dosed after doing monthly bloodwork alot has been low dosed in the past years and Dave has always told me YOU DONT EAT!!! He is correct macdonalds is the biggest meal I eat all day but I am growing where it counts....My pockets and Family could not be better!!! There is more to life than bodybuilding or Forums but don't let me hurt any of you keyboard warriors

You were on GEAR and you looked like that ?!!??!!?   HOLY @#%#!!~   1 GRAM A WEEK AND YOU LOOKED THAT BAD !??!!! WTF
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Fatpanda on February 05, 2009, 12:02:07 AM
You were on GEAR and you looked like that ?!!??!!?   HOLY @#%#!!~   1 GRAM A WEEK AND YOU LOOKED THAT BAD !??!!! WTF


thats the same as seva - he was also on loads of gear yet hardley grew ( cue seva attacking me in 5.4.3.2.1....)

if you don't eat you don't grow. seva got stronger, no doubt, and a little bloated, but no real muscle gains to speak of.

you can take gear, eat more, not workout and you will still grow muscle

or you can taking gear, train, but not increase protein and calories, and grow very little muscle.

clearly thats what billy and seva did.
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: ARAGO on February 05, 2009, 12:25:24 AM
The thing is Dave has prepped HUNDRED of dudes into their greatest shape ever. (over one hundret clients last year)

Thats enough evidence, yes he already had the diet guidelines, but he does it different for every person.

To say that Dave doesnt know his stuff or isn't good at what he does. Is just Ludacris, Even at GB.

bullshit from a short man living 6000 miles away from the real action.

palumbo = fraud; sends the same fucking diet to all his "clients" on a given day. advises in the manner of "do 12.5 more minutes of cardio".  ::) 

talk to evan.. kid's smart enough not to follow palumbo's fallacies.. at least offseason... and doesn't wear highliner / hairplugs / fat inject dick / watch his wife get fucked by younger studs.

a fuck face who would do bodybuilding a favor by fading away.


Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Captain Equipoise on February 05, 2009, 12:25:40 AM
thats the same as seva - he was also on loads of gear yet hardley grew ( cue seva attacking me in 5.4.3.2.1....)

if you don't eat you don't grow. seva got stronger, no doubt, and a little bloated, but no real muscle gains to speak of.

you can take gear, eat more, not workout and you will still grow muscle

or you can taking gear, train, but not increase protein and calories, and grow very little muscle.

clearly thats what billy and seva did.

The amount of shit Sev was taking you'd expect him to be 240, 250... I guess some people either don't respond to gear at all or get a lot of fake shit.. fuck man, I blow up 25lbs. from 10mg of dbol a day, sev was taking 100mg a day and barely broke 180lbs.!!!
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: ARAGO on February 05, 2009, 12:28:49 AM
The amount of shit Sev was taking you'd expect him to be 240, 250... I guess some people either don't respond to gear at all or get a lot of fake shit.. fuck man, I blow up 25lbs. from 10mg of dbol a day, sev was taking 100mg a day and barely broke 180lbs.!!!

   

of course you do baldy  ::)
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Fatpanda on February 05, 2009, 12:31:30 AM
The amount of shit Sev was taking you'd expect him to be 240, 250... I guess some people either don't respond to gear at all or get a lot of fake shit.. fuck man, I blow up 25lbs. from 10mg of dbol a day, sev was taking 100mg a day and barely broke 180lbs.!!!


thats what i'm saying - he would have if he had ate. the gear was legit from a pharmacy as i understand.

but he admited he ate hardly anything while on, what did he expect to happen ::)

you can't make something from nothing.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Dorian01 on February 05, 2009, 12:42:52 AM
Was he highly qualified
He wrote his master theses at Berkeley on the pros and cons of Anavar.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Fatpanda on February 05, 2009, 12:56:11 AM
that story about leaving medical school to persue his bodybuilding dream etc - BULLSHIT

no one leaves medical school unless they are kicked out or find it too tough.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Dorian01 on February 05, 2009, 01:28:27 AM
Maybe he thought selling fake GH was more respectable than being a doctor.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Noel Fuller on February 07, 2009, 12:23:25 PM
Guys all bullshit aside he has helped a few guys win trophy's, got to give him credit.
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: tbombz on February 07, 2009, 12:26:11 PM
bullshit from a short man living 6000 miles away from the real action.

palumbo = fraud; sends the same fucking diet to all his "clients" on a given day. advises in the manner of "do 12.5 more minutes of cardio".  ::) 

talk to evan.. kid's smart enough not to follow palumbo's fallacies.. at least offseason... and doesn't wear highliner / hairplugs / fat inject dick / watch his wife get fucked by younger studs.

a fuck face who would do bodybuilding a favor by fading away.




hey "arago" what do you mean that evan doesnt follows daves advice in the offseason ?
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Van_Bilderass on February 07, 2009, 12:27:13 PM
that story about leaving medical school to persue his bodybuilding dream etc - BULLSHIT

no one leaves medical school unless they are kicked out or find it too tough.

Yes, sounds like BS. Wouldn't be surprised if he never went to med school in the first place.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: tbombz on February 07, 2009, 12:28:30 PM
fatP and capEq -

sev was using 100mg per day only..total 700mg per week..nothing else, oral only... i think he looked pretty good considering it was for a few months only and he got up to a ripped 210 or so....700mg per week total is fairly low...most beginners start with a similar dose but use injections.. and not many of those guys look like sev did
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: dr.chimps on February 07, 2009, 12:33:38 PM
Yes, sounds like BS. Wouldn't be surprised if he never went to med school in the first place.
Usually, when I hear stuff like that it means they took some pre-med courses or bio-chem stuff and in retrospect inflate it to med school. Sounds better.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Stavios on February 07, 2009, 12:37:50 PM
Yes, sounds like BS. Wouldn't be surprised if he never went to med school in the first place.

x2
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Captain Equipoise on February 07, 2009, 02:56:49 PM
There's no way he left medical school on his own accord, from what I hear years 2-3 is when you really get burnt out from all the sleepless nights due to studying and the workload intensifies in the program. Makes sense, he probably just couldn't hack it, just like he couldn't get his pro card.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: dr.chimps on February 07, 2009, 03:04:11 PM
There's no way he left medical school on his own accord, from what I hear years 2-3 is when you really get burnt out from all the sleepless nights due to studying and the workload intensifies in the program. Makes sense, he probably just couldn't hack it, just like he couldn't get his pro card.
Nope. While it is very intense, the rigmarole and cramming to get accepted into is equally rigorous. I agree with the others in that I bet he never attended. I remember Benny Podda used to say he dropped out of medical school - and this is a guy who later posed as a Yaqui seer in a cave in California, for Christ's sake.  ::)
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: BEEFYHEAVYWEIGHT on February 08, 2009, 12:50:23 PM
I never read his column or read MD forums etc.

But...

Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude?
Was he highly qualified or simply knew his stuff without any formal qualifications through experience/trial and error etc.

Everyone seems to prais eand respect him for this knowledge.

Cheers for help.
Palumbo is a wanna be steroid guru. He is a fucking hack. The guy takes his diet advice from the old ketogenic high fat diets of Mauro DiPaquale. He takes basic knowledge of orals being hard on the liver and kidneys and couples that with the epiphany that testosterone is the greatest muscle builder. Throw in the GH with it.   Wow!!!  What a fucking genius!   For Christs sakes.....this guy is a fraud. who would take advice from a man that looks like a transexual ape? The only true steroid guru that opened the door to the imitaors was the late Dan Duchaine. The rest are all fucking goons.
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: MisterGX on February 08, 2009, 01:01:28 PM
Who would take advice from somone who apparantly has sold Fake GH.

Apparantly he really didn't sell fake GH.  He did sell it to a well known pair of people who were willing and did sell the fake Serono..  Know your facts first b4 you write bullshit..
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: QuakerOats on February 08, 2009, 01:02:00 PM
Palumbo is a wanna be steroid guru. He is a fucking hack. The guy takes his diet advice from the old ketogenic high fat diets of Mauro DiPaquale. He takes basic knowledge of orals being hard on the liver and kidneys and couples that with the epiphany that testosterone is the greatest muscle builder. Throw in the GH with it.   Wow!!!  What a fucking genius!   For Christs sakes.....this guy is a fraud. who would take advice from a man that looks like a transexual ape? The only true steroid guru that opened the door to the imitaors was the late Dan Duchaine. The rest are all fucking goons.
exactly what i said almost word for word earlier in the thread.
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Van_Bilderass on February 08, 2009, 03:52:14 PM
Apparantly he really didn't sell fake GH.  He did sell it to a well known pair of people who were willing and did sell the fake Serono..  Know your facts first b4 you write bullshit..

No?

Quote
By Onell R. Soto
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
December 20, 2004

A professional body builder who illegally distributed fake human growth hormones he bought from a San Diego-based ring was sentenced to five months in federal prison and five months of house arrest last week.

Dave "Jumbo" Palumbo of Long Island, N.Y., is the highest profile defendant targeted by the breakup of the ring in which four other men, including a father and son from National City, have pleaded guilty.

Palumbo pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court in October to illegally selling 90 boxes of the fake hormone for about $63,000.

His lawyer argued in court Friday that the weightlifter and editor of RxMuscle magazine thought he was dealing with the real thing and injected some of the concoction himself.

Prosecutor Melanie Pierson responded that Palumbo appeared on national television as an expert on counterfeit hormone.

He should have picked up on differences in the labels of the real and fake versions of Serostim, a hormone approved for use by underweight AIDS patients, she said.


The fake Serostim was made by an Oregon company for Ronald Nollett Sr. and Roland Nollett Jr. of National City, who poured them into vials and packaged them to look like the real thing.

In more than 10 years, they produced more than 6,000 vials of the concoction, which did not include the active ingredient in Serostim. An FDA test of seized vials found mold in a highly acidic solution.

They were caught after a Spring Valley printer tried to collect money from the Swiss company that actually makes the drug when a check for the fake drug's packaging bounced.

In court, Palumbo was contrite.

"I've embarrassed myself," he said. "I think of myself as a role model in society. ... Now I know who I truly am."


But outside the courtroom, his lawyers prevented him from saying whether he'd sworn off the use of drugs that stimulate muscle growth.
Title: Re: Question about Paulumbo
Post by: TechnoViking on February 08, 2009, 09:24:38 PM
Apparantly he really didn't sell fake GH.  He did sell it to a well known pair of people who were willing and did sell the fake Serono..  Know your facts first b4 you write bullshit..

Thats knowingly selling fake GH any way you cut it...He helped put a lot of bunk GH in the market...
Title: Re: Palumbo - Was he really that good of a drugs specialist and diet dude
Post by: Fatpanda on February 09, 2009, 12:15:07 AM
No?


hahahaha mistergx owned ;D