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Title: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: 240 is Back on January 05, 2006, 08:38:46 PM: JMentis, please speak on this retirement...

First, why are you retiring?

What were the high and low points of your career?

Any regrets?

Nicest pro BBer out there is... ?

What do you plan to do next?

If you could do it all over again, would you still go for BBing, or choose a different path?
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Double XL on January 05, 2006, 08:43:31 PM: WHO IS JIMMY MENTIS?
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: 240 is Back on January 05, 2006, 08:45:10 PM: MuscleMemory.com is your friend.

http://musclememory.com/cgi-bin/exact?Mentis,+Jimmy?M
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Double XL on January 05, 2006, 08:45:42 PM: Quote from: 240 is Back on January 05, 2006, 08:45:10 PM
MuscleMemory.com is your friend.

http://musclememory.com/cgi-bin/exact?Mentis,+Jimmy?M
NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Bast000 on January 05, 2006, 08:47:51 PM: i've never heard of him either, just looked him up.

this photograph is most disturbing

(http://www.getbig.com/pics/arnold/2000/men/mentis01.jpg)
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Double XL on January 05, 2006, 08:50:20 PM: SO HE DID 3 PRO CONTESTS, HIS LAST ONE IN 2000...6 YEARS AGO...HOW CAN YOU RETIRE FROM COMPETING WHEN YOUVE NEVER EVEN REALLY COMPETED?
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Bast000 on January 05, 2006, 08:51:25 PM: Yea it seems that he would lose money when no one knows who he is. How can he get endorsements?
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Double XL on January 05, 2006, 08:51:47 PM: Quote from: Bast000 on January 05, 2006, 08:47:51 PM
i've never heard of him either, just looked him up.

this photograph is most disturbing

(http://www.getbig.com/pics/arnold/2000/men/mentis01.jpg)
DISTURBING PIC BRUTHA.
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Bast000 on January 05, 2006, 08:53:06 PM: It looks like he was victimized by king kamali and chris cormier backstage.
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: larger_format on January 05, 2006, 09:00:21 PM: How did he go from placing 3rd at the NPC USA in 1990

to 16th at an IFBB Florida Pro Show in 1996 ?

can Muscle Memory clue us in -- how Jimmy Mentis got his Pro-Card
(Mr Greece perhaps)

There are 9 other bodybuilders from 1996 (only a decade ago) that have seem to have
fallen off the radar
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: ManBearPig... on February 26, 2009, 07:41:43 PM: Quote from: 240 is Back on January 05, 2006, 08:38:46 PM
JMentis, please speak on this retirement...

First, why are you retiring?

What were the high and low points of your career?

Any regrets?

Nicest pro BBer out there is... ?

What do you plan to do next?

If you could do it all over again, would you still go for BBing, or choose a different path?

any answers for us , Jimmy?
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: TacoBell on February 26, 2009, 07:46:18 PM: Quote from: Power Rod on February 26, 2009, 07:41:43 PM
any answers for us , Jimmy?

Dude, whats with you?
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: timfogarty on February 26, 2009, 07:52:48 PM: Quote from: 240 is Back on January 05, 2006, 08:45:10 PM
MuscleMemory.com is your friend.

http://musclememory.com/cgi-bin/exact?Mentis,+Jimmy?M

this is a 3 year old thread. I haven't used cgi links in pretty much that many years. the preferred link is always /show.php?a=last,+first while /show.php?s=name will search for matchs

http://musclememory.com/show.php?a=Mentis,+Jimmy
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: 240 is Back on February 26, 2009, 08:00:39 PM: Quote from: timfogarty on February 26, 2009, 07:52:48 PM
why in the world are you using a cgi link? I haven't used that in 3-4 years. the preferred link is always /show.php?a=last,+first while /show.php?s=name will search for matchs

http://musclememory.com/show.php?a=Mentis,+Jimmy

Sorry, Tim. That was 38 months ago when I posted this. I'm off my game tonight.

Quote from: 240 is Back on January 05, 2006, 08:45:10 PM
MuscleMemory.com is your friend.

http://musclememory.com/cgi-bin/exact?Mentis,+Jimmy?M
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Pollux on February 26, 2009, 08:01:27 PM: Retirement? That cat hasn't been around in a LONG time.
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Mr. Zimbabwe on February 26, 2009, 08:09:22 PM: Regarding Jimmy Mentis: you guys need to ease up. Jimmy had a huge frame and did damn well to earn his Pro card with such a big structure.

Couple things: You will never meet a nicer guy in this industry...... and he always has me laughing my ass off every time I see him!!!!! Fantastic sense of humor! Anyone that knows Jimmy likes and respects him.

Secondly... Jimmy is a HUGE man in person. At his height .... he is around 300 pounds right now .....and none of you guys would dare critricize him in person like you do on this board. Come on guys.... ease up a little, hey?
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: elite_lifter on February 26, 2009, 08:22:46 PM: Quote from: Grant_Michaels on February 26, 2009, 08:09:22 PM
Regarding Jimmy Mentis: you guys need to ease up. Jimmy had a huge frame and did damn well to earn his Pro card with such a big structure.

Couple things: You will never meet a nicer guy in this industry...... and he always has me laughing my ass off every time I see him!!!!! Fantastic sense of humor! Anyone that knows Jimmy likes and respects him.

Secondly... Jimmy is a HUGE man in person. At his height .... he is around 300 pounds right now .....and none of you guys would dare critricize him in person like you do on this board. Come on guys.... ease up a little, hey?

I saw him in person, maybe a year ago, he was promoting some sort of supplements at my gym. He was no where near 300.
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: io856 on February 26, 2009, 08:33:09 PM: Jimmy Who?
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Mr. Zimbabwe on February 26, 2009, 08:33:34 PM: Quote from: elite_lifter on February 26, 2009, 08:22:46 PM
I saw him in person, maybe a year ago, he was promoting some sort of supplements at my gym. He was no where near 300.

Without a scale we are both just guessing? I know he was trying to downsize .... but when I saw him at the Colorado Pro he said he was just over 300 pounds and i definitely believed him.

Jimmy posts here .... he will be on here soon and tell us. Whether he is 300 or a leaner 268 ....he is still a huge son of a gun. And you are missing my main point ...just a cool guy.
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: 240 is Back on February 26, 2009, 08:37:25 PM: mentis is a cool dude, i think everyone knows this. He runs a pretty successful supplement line http://bodywellnutrition.com/ and is always hitting vitamin shops with his athletes just about every weekend. Jimmy hustles, never stops moving. You'll see him all over south florida with Kill bill Wilmore and the ever hot Kristal Richardson
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: elite_lifter on February 26, 2009, 08:49:54 PM: Quote from: 240 is Back on February 26, 2009, 08:37:25 PM
mentis is a cool dude, i think everyone knows this. He runs a pretty successful supplement line http://bodywellnutrition.com/ and is always hitting vitamin shops with his athletes just about every weekend. Jimmy hustles, never stops moving. You'll see him all over south florida with Kill bill Wilmore and the ever hot Kristal Richardson

He used to PT at a gym I belonged to.
Title: Re: Jimmy Mentis Retirement Party Thread
Post by: Meso_z on February 27, 2009, 12:26:17 AM: Jimmy is from Greece! 8)