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Title: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: BBSSchlemiel on January 31, 2016, 06:06:58 AM
What do you guys think? I think he is a good guy but every once in awhile he writes mega-posts in which he expresses his outrage about goons in "the industry" and shows that he has the inside scoop on the more outlandish, troublesome, and infamous people in it, and those who are trustworthy and, so called "good guys".

I think he means well, but can sometimes come across as if he has his own spin and capitalization on such matters. For example, "Trust me, I am the good guy."
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: _bruce_ on January 31, 2016, 07:13:00 AM
Is this the golden faucet guy who entered the bacon dimension via half reps?  ;D
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: a_pupil on January 31, 2016, 09:14:52 AM
good guy. the uber perma bulker though. probably juiced non stop for 2 decades just to look like a stocky construction worker.

rinsed beef, carb cutoffs of peace.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: BlackMetallic on January 31, 2016, 09:27:56 AM
Very good guy. The Avant Labs forum was a great forum.

Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: Qwert II on January 31, 2016, 09:37:37 AM
According to him, he never took more than a 1000mg gear, which goes to show you the power of his pea protein isolate.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: local hero on January 31, 2016, 10:09:01 AM
Helped me receive various injuries following his training system... Still a good bodybuilding writer, heart is in the right place too
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: Van_Bilderass on January 31, 2016, 10:19:27 AM
Argued with him a lot since he believes all natural claims made by lying bodybuilders, or at least says he does. But he can't be that stupid so it always left me confused. Still mostly a good guy who wrote a lot of good stuff.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: bigkid on January 31, 2016, 10:28:05 AM
Helped me receive various injuries following his training system... Still a good bodybuilding writer, heart is in the right place too
Fucked my chest up years ago doing his "extreme stretching"
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on January 31, 2016, 11:57:23 AM
Argued with him a lot since he believes all natural claims made by lying bodybuilders, or at least says he does. But he can't be that stupid so it always left me confused. Still mostly a good guy who wrote a lot of good stuff.

My guess is he knows naturals buy up the most snake oil.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on January 31, 2016, 12:00:48 PM
Snake oil salesmen calling themselves "good guys"...lmao
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: Henda on January 31, 2016, 12:05:13 PM
A good bloke for sure, never followed his program exactly but have taken a lot on board from his writings.
He even personally payed back money to a lot of guys who got scammed by someone he vouched for at one point, can't remember the details exact
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: BBSSchlemiel on February 01, 2016, 11:09:05 AM
Argued with him a lot since he believes all natural claims made by lying bodybuilders, or at least says he does. But he can't be that stupid so it always left me confused. Still mostly a good guy who wrote a lot of good stuff.

He thought Ronnie was natural at an offseason weight of 260-something.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: Raymondo on February 01, 2016, 11:10:39 AM
Argued with him a lot since he believes all natural claims made by lying bodybuilders, or at least says he does. But he can't be that stupid so it always left me confused. Still mostly a good guy who wrote a lot of good stuff.

What do you think of Doggcrapp?
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: ritch on February 01, 2016, 11:22:53 AM
I find he gets a lot of credit for simply putting new spins on things. I do this all the time, where's my medal?

He's nothing special.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: local hero on February 01, 2016, 11:54:02 AM
I find he gets a lot of credit for simply putting new spins on things. I do this all the time, where's my medal?

He's nothing special.

He says you can share his  ;)....
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: ritch on February 01, 2016, 11:55:19 AM
He says you can share....

Sharing is caring!
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: LATS on February 01, 2016, 09:22:05 PM
Dante is one of the good guys in the industry.. He helps more people ( many top guys) with free supplements and asks nothing In return.. Makes no mention of it.. Will always give advice and be helpful.. Dante used to take a bit of verbal bashing on this site years ago and he's one of the few that I will always stick up for evetytime time.. People always ask are there any good dudes in the game.. He's one..
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: Coffeed on February 01, 2016, 10:55:06 PM
Let's see some of his inside scoop?  ??? ???
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: local hero on February 02, 2016, 12:17:08 AM
Dante is one of the good guys in the industry.. He helps more people ( many top guys) with free supplements and asks nothing In return.. Makes no mention of it.. Will always give advice and be helpful.. Dante used to take a bit of verbal bashing on this site years ago and he's one of the few that I will always stick up for evetytime time.. People always ask are there any good dudes in the game.. He's one..

I found it quite funny how he would speak of superior Hebrew genetics for growing muscle, and make a notable exception for goodrum, good times...
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: mazrim on February 02, 2016, 08:16:41 AM
An extreme liar.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: SuperTed on February 02, 2016, 08:29:48 AM
Just curious, but what makes him a "good guy"? Because he says he is?
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: ritch on February 02, 2016, 08:42:43 AM
Dante is one of the good guys in the industry.. He helps more people ( many top guys) with free supplements and asks nothing In return.. Makes no mention of it.. Will always give advice and be helpful.. Dante used to take a bit of verbal bashing on this site years ago and he's one of the few that I will always stick up for evetytime time.. People always ask are there any good dudes in the game.. He's one..

If he never mentions his sponsoring of free supps, how does anyone know about it then???
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on February 02, 2016, 04:21:01 PM
Just curious, but what makes him a "good guy"? Because he says he is?

He shares a lot of good--or at least well-intended--information, and he encourages BBers to keep the doses low for the sake of health.  Better than most for sure

I was surprised to see how bad he looked though...yeah he dwarfs me but the guy looks like a construction worker, not a bodybuilder

If he never mentions his sponsoring of free supps, how does anyone know about it then???

People will chime in here and there saying "oh yeah I get a monthly care package from him", stuff like that
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: ritch on February 02, 2016, 04:26:35 PM
He shares a lot of good--or at least well-intended--information, and he encourages BBers to keep the doses low for the sake of health.  Better than most for sure

I was surprised to see how bad he looked though...yeah he dwarfs me but the guy looks like a construction worker, not a bodybuilder

People will chime in here and there saying "oh yeah I get a monthly care package from him", stuff like that

And that makes it true? Hmmm, dunno man...
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on February 02, 2016, 04:30:55 PM
And that makes it true? Hmmm, dunno man...

Maybe it isnt, who knows for sure.  But it's not hard to imagine a supplement wholesaler sending supplements to some friends, wouldn't cost him more than a few bucks.  Seems more likely than any alternative explanation
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: ritch on February 02, 2016, 04:34:10 PM
Maybe it isnt, who knows for sure.  But it's not hard to imagine a supplement wholesaler sending supplements to some friends, wouldn't cost him more than a few bucks.  Seems more likely than any alternative explanation

Could be.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: pellius on February 02, 2016, 06:20:27 PM
I remember his classic "Cycle for Pennies" article way back. You blast for like 6-8 weeks on a couple of grams of Test, and add Deca/Eq, dbol/drol and then "cruise" for two weeks on200mg/wk of Teat before blasting again.

Essentially you never go off. Using a couple of grams of Test a week will get your levels so high that it would take a month of absolutely nothing before your levels even normalize.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: SaintAnger on February 02, 2016, 10:32:41 PM
Dante is a straight up good dude.  Many years ago, a friend of mine was involved in something he shouldn't have.  My friend got a call from Dante warning him something was about to go down.  My friend got out just in time.  FYI, my friend barely even knew Dante and what friendship they had was just over AOL.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: Yamcha on February 03, 2016, 02:27:19 AM
Dante is a good dude
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: Raymondo on February 03, 2016, 02:32:37 AM
Lovely guy, he stops for turtles and helps old ladies with their grocery bags. He once climbed on a tree to save a cat, too.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: mazrim on February 03, 2016, 08:13:13 AM
Lovely guy, he stops for turtles and helps old ladies with their grocery bags. He once climbed on a tree to save a cat, too.
I believe most of that but I have trouble believing him being able to climb a tree without either the tree collapsing or him getting severely out of breath and having a heart attack.
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: LATS on February 03, 2016, 10:15:43 PM
If he never mentions his sponsoring of free supps, how does anyone know about it then???

Lol.. Because I know quite a few guy, who now have decent sponsorships, that have stated that Dante gave them free supplements when they were break.. Many times for years.. He still does I now and makes no mention.. Don't have to believe it but it happens quite a big with him.. Known him for 15 or more years and one of the few in this industry that I'd ever stick up for..
Title: Re: Dante: man of the people or gossip provocateur?
Post by: ritch on February 03, 2016, 10:54:10 PM
Lol.. Because I know quite a few guy, who now have decent sponsorships, that have stated that Dante gave them free supplements when they were break.. Many times for years.. He still does I now and makes no mention.. Don't have to believe it but it happens quite a big with him.. Known him for 15 or more years and one of the few in this industry that I'd ever stick up for..

Cool!