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...maybe take a second look?
Too bad things didn't end well. I wonder sometimes how he might have done in the long run had the cards been dealt differently. Of course, we can say that about anyone, but Paul wasn't as short as most people think, meaning that he must have been even more monstrous than today's generation can imagine ~
Who knows? I was just surfing around YT and got side-tracked by this vid...
--- I don't know what I'm doing wrong with the link.. thought we were just supposed to delete the "s" in https... whatever. Someone set my ass straight
Sick-ass quads... or "quad-sweep" I should say....wonder how his legs stood up (no pun intended) against Plat'z??
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I used to see him around Teele Square and Cambridge. Monster calves! Tier 3 at least. :P
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...maybe take a second look?
Too bad things didn't end well. I wonder sometimes how he might have done in the long run had the cards been dealt differently. Of course, we can say that about anyone, but Paul wasn't as short as most people think, meaning that he must have been even more monstrous than today's generation can imagine ~
Who knows? I was just surfing around YT and got side-tracked by this vid...
--- I don't know what I'm doing wrong with the link.. thought we were just supposed to delete the "s" in https... whatever. Someone set my ass straight
Sick-ass quads... or "quad-sweep" I should say....wonder how his legs stood up (no pun intended) against Plat'z??
Too lazy to post it lol, but there's a pic around here somewhere with Demayo and Platz side by side. Platz all day ! 8)
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Holding his own against Frank Clairemont
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Too lazy to post it lol, but there's a pic around here somewhere with Demayo and Platz side by side. Platz all day ! 8)
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That's the one !! Damn, your fast, ND !
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I used to see him around Teele Square and Cambridge. Monster calves! Tier 3 at least. :P
You did time in Somerville too? Small world. Where did Paul workout?
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You did time in Somerville too? Small world. Where did Paul workout?
You mean Scumerville , Mattarazzo was from there too
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Haha...very small world...I worked out at Mike's Gym in Twin City Plaza back around 98'
Its a Golds now 8)
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I hung with Paul for a weekend in Toronto very shortly after he won his pro card. He WAS NOT short (but for some reason appeared as he might be in photos). I am an even six feet, and he was right around my height, give or take an inch.
He was also MASSIVE. His arm girth as a whole was possibly the freakiest I have ever seen. Just insane.
I enjoyed his company and found him to be mostly quiet and reserved. He wasn't some blowhard, that's for sure. One night we went to a local bar and he was not that muscle guy at the clubs who struts and pushes his weight around. Paul was polite and friendly with everyone.
It's incredibly sad what became of his young life.
I choose to remember Paul as the gigantic muscle man with a quick smile and friendly demeanor.
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I hung with Paul for a weekend in Toronto very shortly after he won his pro card. He WAS NOT short (but for some reason appeared as he might be in photos). I am an even six feet, and he was right around my height, give or take an inch.
He was also MASSIVE. His arm girth as a whole was possibly the freakiest I have ever seen. Just insane.
I enjoyed his company and found him to be mostly quiet and reserved. He wasn't some blowhard, that's for sure. One night we went to a local bar and he was not that muscle guy at the clubs who struts and pushes his weight around. Paul was polite and friendly with everyone.
It's incredibly sad what became of his young life.
I choose to remember Paul as the gigantic muscle man with a quick smile and friendly demeanor.
Platz is about 5'4-5'5". Looking at the picture of him standing next to Platz above, no way he is 5'11". Listed at 5'10"... in Stallone shoe lifts maybe.
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Platz is about 5'4-5'5". Looking at the picture of him standing next to Platz above, no way he is 5'11". Listed at 5'10"... in Stallone shoe lifts maybe.
He's 5'10" well was , Platz is 5'7"
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Quadzilla
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Didn't these guys hit the Nubain real hard?
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demayo was one of my favorites, i seen him guest pose in 95 at the jersey state and man his legs where freaky,his whole body was huge but i still remember those wheels (rip)
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Saw this Platz video on the same page...Think I'll try this leg routine at Planet Fitness...
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You did time in Somerville too? Small world. Where did Paul workout?
Very small world. My Italian grandmother lived there when I was a kid.
Paul was impressive in person but still I think Jeff King was more so.
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Very small world. My Italian grandmother lived there when I was a kid.
Paul was impressive in person but still I think Jeff King was more so.
yea man jeff king was second to none in legs,monster quads and calves,king was a true animal
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Platz is about 5'4-5'5". Looking at the picture of him standing next to Platz above, no way he is 5'11". Listed at 5'10"... in Stallone shoe lifts maybe.
You're out to lunch.
Platz and I have hung quite a bit throughout the years. The man is NOT 5'4-'5. More like 5'8.
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cool video,thanks man i appreciate alot, he had a solid build and tons of potential
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Didn't do too well at his first Mr. O. That was 95, I think. The year Flex was holding water and was 8th. Paul Demayo was 12th. And was getting 9th and 10th placements in Gran Prix. Shows you just how hard the competition was back then.
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You did time in Somerville too? Small world. Where did Paul workout?
Golds Gym Everett
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Nothing like Jean shorts and boots
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You mean Scumerville , Mattarazzo was from there too
We called in Slummerville in my day.
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He's 5'10" well was , Platz is 5'7"
damn.. didn't end well for anyone on that stage...
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Big Dicked Bob is the most underrated bodybuilder on getbig.
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Oh man. Bust out the tomato sauce & fettuccine :)
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Platz is about 5'4-5'5". Looking at the picture of him standing next to Platz above, no way he is 5'11". Listed at 5'10"... in Stallone shoe lifts maybe.
Platz is not 5'4
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wtf got him into heroin for christ sakes wow. With some people you just never know what they're going through until its over.
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wtf got him into heroin for christ sakes wow. With some people you just never know what they're going through until its over.
it started with "pain pills" and Nubain (hell we were all trying it back in the early 1990's/guys would give them to you for free....wasn't so pretty once you got "hooked") it was supposed to numb the pain/let you train heavier % longer,lost a few friends to that (including Paul) ....he was a good "clean-cut kid",just kina happened
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Great legs on De Mayo back in the day...
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Lots of high quality physiques back then. The top 3 guys have enough talent to do well individually as pros. Today, you're lucky to find one potential 2nd tier pro in the whole show!
What happened? ???
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saw paul at the Olympia not long before he died. we were both kicking painkillers at the time (me nubain/torbugesic and him oxy and morphine). he was big still, maybe around 240/250, I didn't ask, and he was gonna compete in the next year. I thought it was "cool", and unfortunate that we had something in common.. we exchanged emails and ended the conversation with him saying "good luck" and I said I appreciated it. he seemed lonely and kinda down, like he didn't really want to be there (at the O) and seemed glad to be talking to somebody. I would've hung out and bullshited with him longer but my ex was getting bored and hungry just standing there waiting for me. I really thought things were gonna be fine for him. thought he'd kick just like I me, and that he'd get back to "normal"... training, competing, etc, like I had. never did email him, and the next I heard of him, he was dead of a heroin overdose. I couldn't believe it... I really thought he'd get off the shit just like I did.
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yea man jeff king was second to none in legs,monster quads and calves,king was a true animal
the 2nd pic is part of the reason I wanted to be a bodybuilder.
that pic was used in the "sterioid" edition of a series of books on drugs that was in my elementary school library. I remember seeing that picture and thinking "holy shit.. that's awesome", and then showing the girls (I believe I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade) and the girls would do all the "eewwwww... oh my god that's so gross!!! why would you want to look like that?!!??" bullshit that you'd expect from 8-9yr old girls. lol
that shit brings back memories...
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Sick-ass quads... or "quad-sweep" I should say....wonder how his legs stood up (no pun intended) against Plat'z??
You deleted the colon : as well, that's why it didn't work.
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Every time I saw him in person he looked lonely... even though he was never alone. :'(
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We called in Slummerville in my day.
The 'Ville. 91-93
Just off Highland, walking distance to Porter Square.
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THATS SOME HARDCORE 80,S CLOTHING RIGHT THERE :D I HAD TONS OF IT MYSELF,I DRESSED EXACTLY THE SAME BACK THEN,GREAT TIMES
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wtf got him into heroin for christ sakes wow. With some people you just never know what they're going through until its over.
SHIT HAPPENS, I NEVER TOUCHED HERION TILL I WAS 48 YRS OLD AND SHIT ALMOST KILLED ME 2TWICE,NO ONE EVEN KNEW I WAS DOING IT EITHER
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THATS SOME HARDCORE 80,S CLOTHING RIGHT THERE :D I HAD TONS OF IT MYSELF,I DRESSED EXACTLY THE SAME BACK THEN,GREAT TIMES
Woe is you. :D
Many of us lived through the 80's and never dressed like that. ;)
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Woe is you. :D
Many of us lived through the 80's and never dressed like that. ;)
YES BAYGBM I WAS INTO THAT DRESS STYLE :D IT SEEMED LIKE THE THING TO DO AT THE TIME THO CAUSE ALL THE OTHER GYM RATS DRESSED THE SAME,I LAUGH WHEN I LOOK BACK ON HOW CLOWNY I LOOKED
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I feel bad for Paul. Fuck I should of learned a lesson from this guy! I started going down that same road but stopped.
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I feel bad for Paul. Fuck I should of learned a lesson from this guy! I started going down that same road but stopped.
when i heard he died from heroin i was like WTF,i wasnt even messing with opiates when that happened.then u r right whitewidow i shoulda known better also but we all think it aint gonna happen to us,atleast i did anyway and i woke up in E.R. almost died
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when i heard he died from heroin i was like WTF,i wasnt even messing with opiates when that happened.then u r right whitewidow i shoulda known better also but we all think it aint gonna happen to us,atleast i did anyway and i woke up in E.R. almost died
Yes at the time he died I was on getbig when I heard and I thought in my head I would never touch the shit but it does happen oxys lead to heroin really fast. Thank god for suboxone or id still be a mess most likely.
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Yes at the time he died I was on getbig when I heard and I thought in my head I would never touch the shit but it does happen oxys lead to heroin really fast. Thank god for suboxone or id still be a mess most likely.
i just started my methadone clinic today so i dont have to mess with the heroin no more,thank god
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saw paul at the Olympia not long before he died. we were both kicking painkillers at the time (me nubain/torbugesic and him oxy and morphine). he was big still, maybe around 240/250, I didn't ask, and he was gonna compete in the next year. I thought it was "cool", and unfortunate that we had something in common.. we exchanged emails and ended the conversation with him saying "good luck" and I said I appreciated it. he seemed lonely and kinda down, like he didn't really want to be there (at the O) and seemed glad to be talking to somebody. I would've hung out and bullshited with him longer but my ex was getting bored and hungry just standing there waiting for me. I really thought things were gonna be fine for him. thought he'd kick just like I me, and that he'd get back to "normal"... training, competing, etc, like I had. never did email him, and the next I heard of him, he was dead of a heroin overdose. I couldn't believe it... I really thought he'd get off the shit just like I did.
thats some sad stuff
opiates are no joke
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thats some sad stuff
opiates are no joke
I got prescribed Tramadol for back pain, I took a couple one day when my back was playing up and was spaced out all day, apart from feeling sick it was a nice feeling, the next day I had an urge to take another even though my back felt fine.
If you are at a low point it would be easy to get hooked.
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Saw this Platz video on the same page...Think I'll try this leg routine at Planet Fitness...
Very hard exercise .. sort of a Hack squat with a sissy squat. Sissy squats hurt my knees. Platz had great Flexibility.
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I think Paul was considered Blocky for 1995 LOL
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Alot of those bodybuilders from what I heard got hooked on opiates of some kind wether it was oxycontin,percocet or vicoden because they all started using nubain and then the nubain source dissapeared or got real hard to find so guys were all strung out and started messing with opiate based pills wich gets really expensive if you don;t have a prescription then comes the heroin because it's cheap and these guys are not some suburban kids scared of needles. lots of them got fucked but paul was just unlucky and died from it. didn;t get help when he needed it.
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I got prescribed Tramadol for back pain, I took a couple one day when my back was playing up and was spaced out all day, apart from feeling sick it was a nice feeling, the next day I had an urge to take another even though my back felt fine.
If you are at a low point it would be easy to get hooked.
bro that's pretty pussy tramadrol is so weak. No joke they gave tramadrol to my 15 lb weiner dog when he was sick.
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THATS SOME HARDCORE 80,S CLOTHING RIGHT THERE :D I HAD TONS OF IT MYSELF,I DRESSED EXACTLY THE SAME BACK THEN,GREAT TIMES
Yup, me too pretty much every bodybuilder was wearing that stuff. Used to love to squat and do legs in those lycra shorts and tights.
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Saw this Platz video on the same page...Think I'll try this leg routine at Planet Fitness...
Before it was very hard for me to get DOMS after training legs. Tried these out with a similar mindset and the next day I woke up with DOMS from hell. Haha. I enjoyed it though as I knew it was working. Cut my leg workout in half as well.
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Remember just before he died, Demayo was working with Trevor Smith trying to get back into shape and compete again. Sad story, Paul seemed like a nice guy.
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I got prescribed Tramadol for back pain, I took a couple one day when my back was playing up and was spaced out all day, apart from feeling sick it was a nice feeling, the next day I had an urge to take another even though my back felt fine.
If you are at a low point it would be easy to get hooked.
its true what u said about being at a low point and using it daily cause of addiction,im alittle down lately and been using so much herion my freinds cant believe i get up in the morning,im using 5 bundles a day,each bundle is 10 bags
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I got prescribed Tramadol for back pain, I took a couple one day when my back was playing up and was spaced out all day, apart from feeling sick it was a nice feeling, the next day I had an urge to take another even though my back felt fine.
If you are at a low point it would be easy to get hooked.
lol and i believe that shit was marketed as non addictive
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i just started my methadone clinic today so i dont have to mess with the heroin no more,thank god
Good luck and I hope you kick it!
Did you ever have the red, white and blue baggie 80's/90's sweats?
I had those and loved them. :)
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i just started my methadone clinic today so i dont have to mess with the heroin no more,thank god
Good that you are sorting it out. Always look forwards..never Back
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bro that's pretty pussy tramadrol is so weak. No joke they gave tramadrol to my 15 lb weiner dog when he was sick.
I take pride in my ability to avoid becoming a drug addict.
Succumbing to the temptation of opiates isn't an achievement, you appear to wear it as a badge of honour.
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DUDE WAS AWESOME,,NEWMAN/DEMAYO DESERVE THESE THREADS ...
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I take pride in my ability to avoid becoming a drug addict.
Succumbing to the temptation of opiates isn't an achievement, you appear to wear it as a badge of honour.
No I don't I'm glad I quit but c'mon man Tramadrol! I'm glad they didn't give you anything heavier then you might of really got a taste of what opiates really feel like. This is what I get prescribed I don;t use much oxycodone anymore but I still get it prescribed. I use suboxone instead.I still take xanax for insomnia and benzos have killer muscle relaxant propertys.
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i just started my methadone clinic today so i dont have to mess with the heroin no more,thank god
Good Luck, man I hope you kick it.
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No I don't I'm glad I quit but c'mon man Tramadrol! I'm glad they didn't give you anything heavier then you might of really got a taste of what opiates really feel like. This is what I get prescribed I don;t use much oxycodone anymore but I still get it prescribed. I use suboxone instead.I still take xanax for insomnia and benzos have killer muscle relaxant propertys.
You didn't quit, you are still popping pills.
You are still an addict.
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Saw this Platz video on the same page...Think I'll try this leg routine at Planet Fitness...
Hahaha it almost turns into a porno at the 5:00 mark.
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No I don't I'm glad I quit but c'mon man Tramadrol! I'm glad they didn't give you anything heavier then you might of really got a taste of what opiates really feel like. This is what I get prescribed I don;t use much oxycodone anymore but I still get it prescribed. I use suboxone instead.I still take xanax for insomnia and benzos have killer muscle relaxant propertys.
Had a cousin ODed on a mix of xanax, loritabs, and alcohol. Saw it coming. He even drank a bottle of rubbing alcohol one time.
Another cousin ODed on heroin. Something about the place he was using a different kind of cut. I don't know.
Craziest thing I ever took for pain was some hydrocodone. Never could even finish the bottle.
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Had a cousin ODed on a mix of xanax, loritabs, and alcohol. Saw it coming. He even drank a bottle of rubbing alcohol one time.
Another cousin ODed on heroin. Something about the place he was using a different kind of cut. I don't know.
Craziest thing I ever took for pain was some hydrocodone. Never could even finish the bottle.
Hydrocodone is just vicoden,nothing too strong but still a opiate based pill nothing cpompared to oxycodone or oxycontin but addictive. DAMN drank a bottle of isopropyl! I use Isopropyl rubbing alcohol after i do my shots on the injection site that stuff smells so strong. I'm surprised he didn't throw it all up. My best friend and step brother both died a little over a year ago from a heroin overdose he was a addict for 6 years it was like watching someone with cancer but worse he went to jail for 45 days came out clean and he found out he had to do some more jail time so before he turned himself in he bought some heroin and he overdosed off it because his tolerance had dropped because he had been totally clean for the 45 days in jail and the 18 days out of jail just that one shot killed him and he used hefty amounts for years.
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its true what u said about being at a low point and using it daily cause of addiction,im alittle down lately and been using so much herion my freinds cant believe i get up in the morning,im using 5 bundles a day,each bundle is 10 bags
I thought you were joking for a min... Sorry to hear this, I know a few ex bodybuilders who ended up on the bottle or the syringe etc, after starting off on a healthy endever to alcoholism/drug abuse
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A tribute to Paul Demayo turns into a drug addiction thread. Lol. Jesus !! Only at GetBig ! :D
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Hydrocodone is just vicoden,nothing too strong but still a opiate based pill nothing cpompared to oxycodone or oxycontin but addictive. DAMN drank a bottle of isopropyl! I use Isopropyl rubbing alcohol after i do my shots on the injection site that stuff smells so strong. I'm surprised he didn't throw it all up. My best friend and step brother both died a little over a year ago from a heroin overdose he was a addict for 6 years it was like watching someone with cancer but worse he went to jail for 45 days came out clean and he found out he had to do some more jail time so before he turned himself in he bought some heroin and he overdosed off it because his tolerance had dropped because he had been totally clean for the 45 days in jail and the 18 days out of jail just that one shot killed him and he used hefty amounts for years.
Ah, man, sorry for your loses.
Drank a bottle of the green rubbing alcohol. Which has 70% isopropyl in it, I think. Only thing that happened to him was his face swole up. He was a savage alcoholic. Would go away to one of those hospitals to recover for a while. Come out and stay clean for a few months and then get right back on.
Both cousins were great guys when they were off the stuff. But when on, well, they spent a lot of time in jail. Their lawyer was a family friend and must of had been a genius to keep them from prison time. They were addicted to loritabs since early teens. They worked moving trail or homes. When they would get tired or hurt too much to work, their dad, who owned the mobile home moving company, would just give them a loritab to get them going again.
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Good luck and I hope you kick it!
Did you ever have the red, white and blue baggie 80's/90's sweats?
I had those and loved them. :)
yes back in 95 :D
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COOL PICS MIKE,THANKS MAN. PAUL SEEMED LIKE A REALLY GOOD GUY
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SHIT HAPPENS, I NEVER TOUCHED HERION TILL I WAS 48 YRS OLD AND SHIT ALMOST KILLED ME 2TWICE,NO ONE EVEN KNEW I WAS DOING IT EITHER
Thing I don't get is why make the move from oxy's or nubain to heroin? Synthetic versions of heroin just not powerful enough?
Getting high with needles in the bodybuilding world shouldn't come as a surprise though I suppose...
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Thing I don't get is why make the move from oxy's or nubain to heroin? Synthetic versions of heroin just not powerful enough?
Getting high with needles in the bodybuilding world shouldn't come as a surprise though I suppose...
never did needles with heroin,only snort it. ive never used oxy's or nubain really,i went straight to heroin from the jump.it was a bad move and i regret it,been 1 yr now ive been using it and its hell. i was never an angel and partied in my day but never was an addict till last yr
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yes back in 95 :D
They were comfortable for sure haha!
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never did needles with heroin,only snort it. ive never used oxy's or nubain really,i went straight to heroin from the jump.it was a bad move and i regret it,been 1 yr now ive been using it and its hell. i was never an angel and partied in my day but never was an addict till last yr
Hear you bro. Ive done nearly every street drug available at one time or another but NEVER had the urge to try heroin. Would never consider even going out looking for it. Not sure what state of mind i'd have to be in to go that direction.
Good luck with the fight man , addictions are a terrible animal.
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Hear you bro. Ive done nearly every street drug available at one time or another but NEVER had the urge to try heroin. Would never consider even going out looking for it. Not sure what state of mind i'd have to be in to go that direction.
Good luck with the fight man , addictions are a terrible animal.
Heroin is far less dangerous than shit like crack, meth and similar... Addiction is the problem, physical and especially psychological... Still, in my humble opinon, heroin gives you the best feeling a human being can experience in an entire lifetime... Really a love-hate relationship...
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COOL PICS MIKE,THANKS MAN. PAUL SEEMED LIKE A REALLY GOOD GUY
n/p! (and he really was/he was very well liked in the Boston area) before I even knew him/he would bring in trash bags full of "Met-Rx" protein powder to the "Palace Niteclub" where I worked and give them all to me...simply for letting him in/not wait in line...I mean how cool was that for me!?!?...just a great guy)
* let me just "edit" this for friends of his/mine that knew him/might be reading this....He was def not perfect (did some "shady" things to good friends regarding their girlfriends/fiancés whatever) but basically/esp in the beginning of his "fame" he was a good hardworking/humble "blue collar" Boston boy!) *
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n/p! (and he really was/he was very well liked in the Boston area) before I even knew him/he would bring in trash bags full of "Met-Rx" protein powder to the "Palace Niteclub" where I worked and give them all to me...simply for letting him in/not wait in line...I mean how cool was that for me!?!?...just a great guy)
* let me just "edit" this for friends of his/mine that knew him/might be reading this....He was def not perfect (did some "shady" things to good friends regarding their girlfriends/fiancés whatever) but basically/esp in the beginning of his "fame" he was a good hardworking/humble "blue collar" Boston boy!) *
mike that's awesome you were in that mix there,,jersey was same way local wise ..I used to see dente around he was huge and greek mentis ..
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mike that's awesome you were in that mix there,,jersey was same way local wise ..I used to see dente around he was huge and greek mentis ..
Mentis moved down to S.FL. and trained at Golds Gym in Sunrise around 96 or 97. Used to talk to him all the time.
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Mentis moved down to S.FL. and trained at Golds Gym in Sunrise around 96 or 97. Used to talk to him all the time.
DUDE WAS LARGE..
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I hung with Paul for a weekend in Toronto very shortly after he won his pro card. He WAS NOT short (but for some reason appeared as he might be in photos). I am an even six feet, and he was right around my height, give or take an inch.
He was also MASSIVE. His arm girth as a whole was possibly the freakiest I have ever seen. Just insane.
I enjoyed his company and found him to be mostly quiet and reserved. He wasn't some blowhard, that's for sure. One night we went to a local bar and he was not that muscle guy at the clubs who struts and pushes his weight around. Paul was polite and friendly with everyone.
It's incredibly sad what became of his young life.
I choose to remember Paul as the gigantic muscle man with a quick smile and friendly demeanor.
He was 5'10".
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He's 5'10" well was , Platz is 5'7"
Platz was shy of 5'7". Read an old article of his where he said he used to have people try and stretch his legs in hopes that he would hit 5'7" but never was successful.
Demayo was 5'10".
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Platz was shy of 5'7". Read an old article of his where he said he used to have people try and stretch his legs in hopes that he would hit 5'7" but never was successful.
Demayo was 5'10".
who cares his quads were insane. His hard core training in squats was way above most pros at that time...i would say all time. No pro now has his strength and staminia .. Tell me or show me a pro now?
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who cares his quads were insane. His hard core training in squats was way above most pros at that time...i would say all time. No pro now has his strength and staminia .. Tell me or show me a pro now?
Where did I say otherwise? I'm just stating facts.
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mike that's awesome you were in that mix there,,jersey was same way local wise ..I used to see dente around he was huge and greek mentis ..
yup!....was a great time to be into Bodybuilding! (as far as Jimmy Mentis he is here in south Florida/by me....still big and still active in the sport!) Started his own Supplement line called "Beauty Fit" seems to be doing great with it/see it in GNC and at all the shows
https://www.facebook.com/BeautyFitInc?fref=photo (https://www.facebook.com/BeautyFitInc?fref=photo)
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jealous of his hair
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thats why i always try to be good to freinds cause u never know what they r battling,(drugs/depression ect)it might b last time u see them alive.we start realizing these things as we get older and see stuff like pauls unfortunate death, next time u see a good freind try to spend some time with them cause u never know if u will ever see them alive again
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For this that saw Paul, how big was he back in the day ? Size wise compared to today's Pros ?
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gym we all trained at...
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For this that saw Paul, how big was he back in the day ? Size wise compared to today's Pros ?
he was a huge dude,very thick from chest to back.his arms where very underated cause everyones always talking about his quads but paul had some of the sickest tris ever imo.i think he stacks up well against todays pros,maybe wont win olympia but prolly place in top 7 if he came in super shredded,he had great potential
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gym we all trained at...
SICK BUILD...
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Paul Demayo had some good bodyparts---triceps, quads, but he was put together kinda "oddly".
And I think his conditioning kinda suffered. He didn't come out with a "bang" like other bbers of that era, and he didn't do too well in contests.
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SICK BUILD...
it was a good night of guest posers that night at the jersey state,i believe it was beau matlock,paul demayo,johnnie morant,derrick whitsett and carmela cureton for the women.i remember seeing titus back then also at the jersey state guest posing,he came out with a black robe on like the grim reaper with a big sword/staff type of thing
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Heroin is far less dangerous than shit like crack, meth and similar... Addiction is the problem, physical and especially psychological... Still, in my humble opinon, heroin gives you the best feeling a human being can experience in an entire lifetime... Really a love-hate relationship...
You've never tried good molly have you? ;D
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Paul Demayo had some good bodyparts---triceps, quads, but he was put together kinda "oddly".
And I think his conditioning kinda suffered. He didn't come out with a "bang" like other bbers of that era, and he didn't do too well in contests.
He turned pro by the time he was 26-27 though. He only competed as a pro for 1 year. Then he had some sort of domestic dispute with his wife. He supposedly fired a gun in the air. And in California, there was a mandatory 1 year prison sentence for that particular offense. Then he was done.
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Paul Demayo had some good bodyparts---triceps, quads, but he was put together kinda "oddly".
And I think his conditioning kinda suffered. He didn't come out with a "bang" like other bbers of that era, and he didn't do too well in contests.
he was built like a 'white 'phil hill..narrowish,huge arms/legs/pecs huge but bunched looking not wide ..still crazy build for a tough period.94 metrx deal and best stage condition turned pro..he won jr nationals /placed usa/nationals numerous times,,he sometimes over dieted like 93 usa was totally flat/ripped but for him smallish,had bad caesar haircut too everything was off that yr,,94 was totally improved and won it all...
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Remember just before he died, Demayo was working with Trevor Smith trying to get back into shape and compete again. Sad story, Paul seemed like a nice guy.
eh, no he wasn't.
I was semi-friends with trevor, if he were alive at the time Paul died, I'd probably have known about it. trevor'd been dead for a couple years at the time of pauls death.
and when I saw paul, he was still large and training on his own was going fine the only problem was money. paul was far from 'washed up'. he was just addicted... and had been addicted to opiates since long before he went to prison.
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Thing I don't get is why make the move from oxy's or nubain to heroin? Synthetic versions of heroin just not powerful enough?
Getting high with needles in the bodybuilding world shouldn't come as a surprise though I suppose...
because with the 'synthetic' stuff.. such as dilaudid or Demerol, are hard to get sometimes. oxys, vic's, norc's, kaiden, perc's, ms contin, etc etc etc... are a lil easier (well, except kaiden and ms contin, I suppose), but you still need to find somebody who has a constant supply, because if their doctor refuses a script or something, you're shit outta luck and gonna be scrambling to find somebody else with some kind of opiate so you're not dope-sick.... heroin is easier to find a steady supply of.. just like weed or coke. you're not at the mercy of a doctor (either yours, or a friends/suppliers, or a wherever you get it)... plus, initially, heroin is cheaper, because you don't need much. but eventually you'll be running over a gram a day, and when you go back to vicodin to curb withdrawal's or something, 100mg of hydrocodone will do absolutely nothing for you (besides cause liver damage, unless you do a 'cold water extraction' and remove the hydrocodone from the APAP)...
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Hydrocodone is just vicoden,nothing too strong but still a opiate based pill nothing cpompared to oxycodone or oxycontin but addictive. DAMN drank a bottle of isopropyl! I use Isopropyl rubbing alcohol after i do my shots on the injection site that stuff smells so strong. I'm surprised he didn't throw it all up. My best friend and step brother both died a little over a year ago from a heroin overdose he was a addict for 6 years it was like watching someone with cancer but worse he went to jail for 45 days came out clean and he found out he had to do some more jail time so before he turned himself in he bought some heroin and he overdosed off it because his tolerance had dropped because he had been totally clean for the 45 days in jail and the 18 days out of jail just that one shot killed him and he used hefty amounts for years.
it usually takes a lot more than 45 days for your opiate tolerance to drop.
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because with the 'synthetic' stuff.. such as dilaudid or Demerol, are hard to get sometimes. oxys, vic's, norc's, kaiden, perc's, ms contin, etc etc etc... are a lil easier (well, except kaiden and ms contin, I suppose), but you still need to find somebody who has a constant supply, because if their doctor refuses a script or something, you're shit outta luck and gonna be scrambling to find somebody else with some kind of opiate so you're not dope-sick.... heroin is easier to find a steady supply of.. just like weed or coke. you're not at the mercy of a doctor (either yours, or a friends/suppliers, or a wherever you get it)... plus, initially, heroin is cheaper, because you don't need much. but eventually you'll be running over a gram a day, and when you go back to vicodin to curb withdrawal's or something, 100mg of hydrocodone will do absolutely nothing for you (besides cause liver damage, unless you do a 'cold water extraction' and remove the hydrocodone from the APAP)...
This makes more sense thank you. Rather than risk withdraw from shaky doctor supply just hunt down the more reliable heroin connection and never have to worry about going dry. Getting weed or coke is comparable in terms of accessibility , easier to get than any pharma drug.
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I miss Paul and the whole era. As a kid, I remember looking forward to reading about these guys and their competitions in FLEX. Boy, have things changed for the worse!
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gym we all trained at...
haha..
speaking of heroin addiction... there's Franco Santorellio at the start of the video. lol
(although last I heard he'd moved from heroin to coke... 'last I'd heard' meaning at the MrO in '01 or something, where he was asking everybody he saw if they knew where to get coke. lol)
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Alot of those bodybuilders from what I heard got hooked on opiates of some kind wether it was oxycontin,percocet or vicoden because they all started using nubain and then the nubain source dissapeared or got real hard to find so guys were all strung out and started messing with opiate based pills wich gets really expensive if you don;t have a prescription then comes the heroin because it's cheap and these guys are not some suburban kids scared of needles. lots of them got fucked but paul was just unlucky and died from it. didn;t get help when he needed it.
paul'd been using 'regular' opiates for a long time.. before nubain was popular. if you did a shot of nubain with 'regular' opiates in your system (oxycodone/Percocet, in paul's case) it'd put you right into withdrawal.
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he was built like a 'white 'phil hill..narrowish,huge arms/legs/pecs huge but bunched looking not wide
I think that his width issues were less of an problem by 94/95
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Who wouldn't want to look like this ??
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Who wouldn't want to look like this ??
Me for one.
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saw him in person,he was off season though guest posing at jersey state.looked huge and i remember his quads looking like giant oak trees :o.pretty cool guy and got along with the fans pretty good
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You've never tried good molly have you? ;D
Alot of us have tried very potent Molly back even before it was as popular as it is now. say 1999 circa there was 90% plus Molly around and it was super potent even the X press tabs like the original Mitsubishis or ferraris at least had 200mg of MDMA in them. Molly is great shit and I have never seen anybody get seruously addicted because it's a party drug, nobody really likes to roll on X alone I have seen a few dealers who would buy boats go on 3 week binges wich was crazy.
As fasr as why people switch from oxycontin,oxycodone or percocet it's because of the price! Oxycodone is 1$ a milligram most everywhere maybe back then it was 50 cents a milligram but that's still very expensive if your using 80mg oxycontin tabs that's 40$ a fix and most guys need at least 3 tabs once they get a tolerance so that's at least 1004 a day might as well buy heroin and get way more for your money. That's why today all these suburban kids are fucked up on heroin because they can't afford the oxys
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it usually takes a lot more than 45 days for your opiate tolerance to drop.
45 days and the 18 days he was out that's over 2 months clean that will def lower your tolerance you might not get like a first timers but whatever the stuff was strong enough to kill him.
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45 days and the 18 days he was out that's over 2 months clean that will def lower your tolerance you might not get like a first timers but whatever the stuff was strong enough to kill him.
im guessing paul snorted some stuff that was pure cause he was a big guy and he had a opiate tolerance,usually a person with a strong opiate tolerance can handle just about anything.thats the thing with heroin,u just never know what the fuck these dudes r cutting it with,ive heard horror stories about cutting agents that them guys use
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On another note, can you imagine walking into a modern gym these days wearing short cut-off jean shorts, a purple tank top, and high-top work boots ? :D
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On another note, can you imagine walking into a modern gym these days wearing short cut-off jean shorts, a purple tank top, and high-top work boots ? :D
Fuck you would either be told about a dress code or people would just assume you were gay.
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eh, no he wasn't.
I was semi-friends with trevor, if he were alive at the time Paul died, I'd probably have known about it. trevor'd been dead for a couple years at the time of pauls death.
and when I saw paul, he was still large and training on his own was going fine the only problem was money. paul was far from 'washed up'. he was just addicted... and had been addicted to opiates since long before he went to prison.
He was alive, he posted a pic on Nuclear Nutrition and wrote an article on there. Think it was even his mag Gear UZR.
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im guessing paul snorted some stuff that was pure cause he was a big guy and he had a opiate tolerance,usually a person with a strong opiate tolerance can handle just about anything.thats the thing with heroin,u just never know what the fuck these dudes r cutting it with,ive heard horror stories about cutting agents that them guys use
I don;t know about that maybe at first but paul wasn't scared of needles . Nowadays the dealers lace it with fentnyl powder to get people hooked and that cutts your respitory system to shit and you just stop breathing. Alot of peole actually go looking for the heroin cutt with fentnyl usually heroin is branded and they look for that barnd because they know it's fentnyl cutt.
Phillip seymour hoffman snorted alot of the shit! he started shooting it and went to a detox right away for 10 days got out with a script of subutex went home were he had multiple bags of fentnyl cutt dope started shooting it again instead of snorting and i think he did maybe 4 or 5 shots not sure the tiime frame but it killed him fast.
usually junkies have paraphenelia all over the place bu they didn't find that kind of typical dope scene it looked to the police like he was very new to injecting it.
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On another note, can you imagine walking into a modern gym these days wearing short cut-off jean shorts, a purple tank top, and high-top work boots ? :D
I thought the sleeveless plaid button up shirt would have been a better fit. ;D
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Alot of us have tried very potent Molly back even before it was as popular as it is now. say 1999 circa there was 90% plus Molly around and it was super potent even the X press tabs like the original Mitsubishis or ferraris at least had 200mg of MDMA in them. Molly is great shit and I have never seen anybody get seruously addicted because it's a party drug, nobody really likes to roll on X alone I have seen a few dealers who would buy boats go on 3 week binges wich was crazy.
As fasr as why people switch from oxycontin,oxycodone or percocet it's because of the price! Oxycodone is 1$ a milligram most everywhere maybe back then it was 50 cents a milligram but that's still very expensive if your using 80mg oxycontin tabs that's 40$ a fix and most guys need at least 3 tabs once they get a tolerance so that's at least 1004 a day might as well buy heroin and get way more for your money. That's why today all these suburban kids are fucked up on heroin because they can't afford the oxys
Mitsubishis were the real deal, but i started when they were rare and disappearing here... To Thebrink, i would put MDMA/Ecstasy in second place behind heroin, with acids also... Never tried Molly...
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I thought the sleeveless plaid button up shirt would have been a better fit. ;D
Sad thing is, is that I would still wear that in the gym. Wore one a few years back. Lol.
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Sad thing is, is that I would still wear that in the gym. Wore one a few years back. Lol.
Haha! Nice!
I can't talk. I normally wear jeans and a T-shirt. Maybe even a long sleeve over that during winter. And no fear of rocking the short shorts on a summer time leg day.
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I used to lift a World's Gym Sommerville. He was there a few times.
Saw him get under the incline of 315 and rep out 10 no warmup or anything.
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I think that his width issues were less of an problem by 94/95
Wider than Heath.
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i miss the 80,s-90,s clothing like T-MICHEAL AND GORILLA WEAR,stuff was so comfortable alot of it turned into my sleeping wear,muscle pajamas :D. it was like a code back then wearing that stuff,u would see another dude somewhere wearing that gear in like the supermarket n u both knew u where gym rats and then the little nod of the head comes after that,then u walk away wondering if he had a better juice connection than u :D
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gorilla wear is still up and running
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i used to like my T-MICHEAL flannel shirt,it was yellow n black like a bumble bee,awesome looking
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I use to dress like that in high school. Thought I was so cool, too. Now I look back with my head held down in shame and embarrassment. Haha.
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I use to dress like that in high school. Thought I was so cool, too. Now I look back with my head held down in shame and embarrassment. Haha.
i know my sister still busts my balls at holiday get togethers,shes always showing pictures of me looking like circus clown with all them baggy clothes on ;)
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i used to like my T-MICHEAL flannel shirt,it was yellow n black like a bumble bee,awesome looking
I'm 99% sure that you can still buy T-Michael clothing
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Here it is....
http://www.tmicheal.com/tmibobuge.html
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i miss the 80,s-90,s clothing like T-MICHEAL AND GORILLA WEAR,stuff was so comfortable alot of it turned into my sleeping wear,muscle pajamas :D. it was like a code back then wearing that stuff,u would see another dude somewhere wearing that gear in like the supermarket n u both knew u where gym rats and then the little nod of the head comes after that,then u walk away wondering if he had a better juice connection than u :D
We called that the "Nod of Knowledge". It had many uses including the one you spoke of. Usually it was done absent mindedly by any one of us when we were half asleep and not listening to what was being said. ;D The NoK.
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Here it is....
http://www.tmicheal.com/tmibobuge.html
Yeah, but who would dress like this nowadays in public ?? Haha !!
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i used to like my T-MICHEAL flannel shirt,it was yellow n black like a bumble bee,awesome looking
I had hot pink T-Michael!!!
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Yeah, but who would dress like this nowadays in public ?? Haha !!
Yeah, but it's better than TapouT
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Yeah, but who would dress like this nowadays in public ?? Haha !!
Nobody I Know!
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Yeah, but it's better than TapouT
i only wear my OLD TAPOUT SWEATHOODYS to gym now cause first they r beat up pretty good and second nobody pays attention to stuff people wear in my gym,i dont think they do anyway.i just hate when i see people wearing MMA CLOTHING and trying to look like tough guys, those r the guys that aint shit,trust me. the real true bad ass dudes dont have to act like that cause they r SECURE and KNOW IT
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i only wear my OLD TAPOUT SWEATHOODYS to gym now cause first they r beat up pretty good and second nobody pays attention to stuff people wear in my gym,i dont think they do anyway.i just hate when i see people wearing MMA CLOTHING and trying to look like tough guys, those r the guys that aint shit,trust me. the real true bad ass dudes dont have to act like that cause they r SECURE and KNOW IT
I've got a pair of long Tapout shorts that are awesome. As a matter of fact I am wearing them right now.
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i just hate when i see people wearing MMA CLOTHING and trying to look like tough guys, those r the guys that aint shit,trust me.
My yoga shirt:
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Nobody I Know!
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE REUNITED...
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THE VILLAGE PEOPLE REUNITED...
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:-[ :'( :'( :'(
:D..INTERESTING PIC THO...GREAT TIMES..
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My closet lol
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:D
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8)
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Never noticed until now, but his calves had fairly high insertions. Were still big as hell though.
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:o
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:)
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Paul backstage at one of his few professional contests:
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Paul backstage at one of his few professional contests:
OMG! Random guy in a leather jacket at 3:09. Looks like an early 80's porn actor
PS: at least 3 of the guys in that video are now dead. Nasser, Schmidt, Demayo