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Title: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: dyslexic on March 30, 2010, 04:54:54 PM: Really get marked down for being too ripped at a contest?

What if that happened today?
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: Mr. Magoo on March 30, 2010, 05:07:06 PM: im sure he told people that was why he placed low
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: LatsMcGee on March 31, 2010, 12:56:01 AM: Quote from: dyslexic on March 30, 2010, 04:54:54 PM
Really get marked down for being too ripped at a contest?

What if that happened today?

Yes that is true. Several judges told him his body fat was far too low.
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: Mr Nobody on March 31, 2010, 05:03:04 AM: He was before his time in contests back then I think judging was primarly on mass cuts really didnt come into play of course you couldnt be a fat ass, had alot of good ideas trained Larry Scott was a proponent of the high fat low carb diet.
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: Chick on March 31, 2010, 10:25:48 AM: Quote from: dyslexic on March 30, 2010, 04:54:54 PM
Really get marked down for being too ripped at a contest?

What if that happened today?

No one in BB history ever lost for being "too ripped"...what he lost for, was not being big enough.
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: David M on March 31, 2010, 10:35:02 AM: Is that the same vince that derek 'pearl necklace' anthony springer spat upon?
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: Montague on March 31, 2010, 10:40:56 AM: Quote from: Chick on March 31, 2010, 10:25:48 AM
No one in BB history ever lost for being "too ripped"...what he lost for, was not being big enough.

Respectfully, having some idea of what Vince G. was like, I’m sure that in his mind, that’s the conclusion he drew.

I’d imagine that this is kind of how it all went down in Gironda’s head:
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A bigger guy beat him, but in Vince’s opinion, the guy wasn’t as lean as Vince.
Ergo, the two competitors carried, essentially, the same amount of muscle, but Vince looked smaller simply because he dieted down more.
Hence, he was penalized for coming in too lean.

In reality, the judges awarded the more muscular of the competitors.

Does the above read like a sound guess, Chick?
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: noworries on March 31, 2010, 10:41:40 AM: Quote from: Chick on March 31, 2010, 10:25:48 AM
No one in BB history ever lost for being "too ripped"...what he lost for, was not being big enough.

Sorry buddy but you are wrong. Just ask Goodrum.
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: Chick on March 31, 2010, 01:10:19 PM: Quote from: Montague on March 31, 2010, 10:40:56 AM
Respectfully, having some idea of what Vince G. was like, I’m sure that in his mind, that’s the conclusion he drew.

I’d imagine that this is kind of how it all went down in Gironda’s head:
In reality, the judges awarded the more muscular of the competitors.

Does the above read like a sound guess, Chick?

Reads like an opinion voiced by Vince Gironda...
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: Montague on March 31, 2010, 01:30:21 PM: Quote from: Chick on March 31, 2010, 01:10:19 PM
Reads like an opinion voiced by Vince Gironda...

Gironda struck me as a guy who believed (& told everyone) "whatever he needed to believe" for his ego.
The man is a legend who had some fantastic ideas, but his ego was second to none.
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: ~UN_$ung~ on March 31, 2010, 01:37:09 PM: Quote from: noworries on March 31, 2010, 10:41:40 AM
Sorry buddy but you are wrong. Just ask Goodrum.

a new bar has been raised for conditioning.....nice running man by the way
Title: Re: Did Vince Gironda?
Post by: CARTEL on March 31, 2010, 01:40:45 PM: Vince Gironda once threw me out of his gym for squatting and then shot a man for snoring too loud.

True story.