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This morning I got my copy of 'Death, Drugs & Muscle' from Amazon. I half-expected it to be in all capital letters with a bunch of "fuck," and "shit" and "momo" comments and be about Gregg Valentino's former days of being a retarded synthol junkie.
Wow... I was way wrong. The book is actually, dare I say it, good. Like really good. [Let flaming begin]
First off, this book clearly wasn't written by Valentino. There is another guys name on the book and it is very obvious every single word was written by him and not Valentino. For one, I didn't notice any spelling errors. Two, the sentences sounded normal. So that was already a plus in that my eyes didnt strain reading this thing.
Basically to my somewhat surprise, the book didnt have anything to do with bodybuilding or steroids. I was pretty mislead by the cover. I haven't finished it yet but after being about halfway through, its hardly mentioned. But what it does talk about is Valentino's crazy time dealing drugs (that happen to be steroids) and working with mobsters and gang bangers and prostitutes and all kinds of insane crap in New York. My guess is >50% of it is made up or embellished, but thats less important than the fact it's actually entertaining.
All in all, I can't believe I'm saying it, but I'm glad I bought this book.
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Flex Appeal is a tough act to follow
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This morning I got my copy of 'Death, Drugs & Muscle' from Amazon. I half-expected it to be in all capital letters with a bunch of "fuck," and "shit" and "momo" comments and be about Gregg Valentino's former days of being a retarded synthol junkie.
Wow... I was way wrong. The book is actually, dare I say it, good. Like really good. [Let flaming begin]
First off, this book clearly wasn't written by Valentino. There is another guys name on the book and it is very obvious every single word was written by him and not Valentino. For one, I didn't notice any spelling errors. Two, the sentences sounded normal. So that was already a plus in that my eyes didnt strain reading this thing.
Basically to my somewhat surprise, the book didnt have anything to do with bodybuilding or steroids. I was pretty mislead by the cover. I haven't finished it yet but after being about halfway through, its hardly mentioned. But what it does talk about is Valentino's crazy time dealing drugs (that happen to be steroids) and working with mobsters and gang bangers and prostitutes and all kinds of insane crap in New York. My guess is >50% of it is made up or embellished, but thats less important than the fact it's actually entertaining.
All in all, I can't believe I'm saying it, but I'm glad I bought this book.
That's what would ruin it for me though, knowing half of it is bullshit.
I'm sure Greg knows some of the "boys", I do too. Growing up in New York and gravitating towards the wrong side of the tracks...it's a given.
But he makes himself sound like a big wheel, I'm sure he did his fair share of shit but he wasn't no mobster
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That's what would ruin it for me though, knowing half of it is bullshit.
I'm sure Greg knows some of the "boys", I do too. Growing up in New York and gravitating towards the wrong side of the tracks...it's a given.
But he makes himself sound like a big wheel, I'm sure he did his fair share of shit but he wasn't no mobster
Yeah. He doesn't come off as being a braggart about what he did, to be honest. ANd hes a lot more humble than I expected.
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That douche has a book? :D Probably 90% fiction -- dude talks so much shit
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That douche has a book? :D Probably 90% fiction -- dude talks so much shit
My guess was 50%. He does talk about getting his ass kicked... and you know that's gotta be true
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That's what would ruin it for me though, knowing half of it is bullshit.
I'm sure Greg knows some of the "boys", I do too. Growing up in New York and gravitating towards the wrong side of the tracks...it's a given.
hahahahahaha yes these "boys" look like people not to fuck with :-\
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I like Gregg. He's the kind of character that makes this freakshow fun. He's a lot smarter than people give him credit for. He nearly died for you bitches, sonnnnnnnnn!
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Gregg .. is that your posse ? The guy on the bottom left "underneath" you on his "knees" looks connected. Is he flashing a gang sign ? ;D
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I always got a laugh out of his MD articles.
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Gregg .. is that your posse ? The guy on the bottom left "underneath" you on his "knees" looks connected. Is he flashing a gang sign ? ;D
These are my "nice" friends....they all were very responsible fellows with stable lives, kinda boring but good people and i would hang with them occasionally.
My psycho friends weren't the type to pose for pictures.
PS the guy all the way to the right was 6'4" 270 lbs and I've seen him fuck people up brutally...nicest guy in the world but DON"T piss him off
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These are my "nice" friends....they all were very responsible fellows with stable lives, kinda boring but good people and i would hang with them occasionally.
My psycho friends weren't the type to pose for pictures.
PS the guy all the way to the right was 6'4" 270 lbs and I've seen him fuck people up brutally...nicest guy in the world but DON"T piss him off
;D
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These are my "nice" friends....they all were very responsible fellows with stable lives, kinda boring but good people and i would hang with them occasionally.
My psycho friends weren't the type to pose for pictures.
PS the guy all the way to the right was 6'4" 270 lbs and I've seen him fuck people up brutally...nicest guy in the world but DON"T piss him off
those look like the type of guys that spend way too long in the locker room ;D
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Easy fellas, those are the friends that Groink listened to Depeche Mode and The Cure with. ;D