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Title: Perfection
Post by: Brian Poulos on October 10, 2018, 08:01:37 PM
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Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Kwon3 on October 10, 2018, 08:04:10 PM
now he's a pile of ash in a small jewelry case on his wife's bedside table

dink off you fag
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Hypertrophy on October 10, 2018, 08:05:27 PM
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I met his brother about 15 years ago in Syracuse NY. He said Mike surprised everyone in his family when he started using. They didn't know at first...
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Brian Poulos on October 10, 2018, 08:06:37 PM
I met his brother about 15 years ago in Syracuse NY. He said Mike surprised everyone in his family when he started using. They didn't know at first...
Definitely in the Top Ten of all time.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: calfzilla on October 10, 2018, 08:30:31 PM
Why post a pic of Matarazzo that cuts of his best body part.  ::)
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Brian Poulos on October 10, 2018, 08:42:44 PM
Why post a pic of Matarazzo that cuts of his best body part.  ::)
His eyes....
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Purge_WTF on October 10, 2018, 08:47:27 PM
 He was best known for his calves, but his bis were sick too.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Hypertrophy on October 10, 2018, 10:16:42 PM
His eyes....
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Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: falco on October 10, 2018, 10:56:57 PM
Freaky and impressive. Perfection? No, far from it.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Brian Poulos on October 11, 2018, 05:20:35 AM
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Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: funk51 on October 11, 2018, 09:41:02 AM
Freaky and impressive. Perfection? No, far from it.
    one of the best upper bodies, but no legs. circa 1976-82
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: K1RB on October 11, 2018, 09:53:36 AM
now he's a pile of ash in a small jewelry case on his wife's bedside table

dink off you fag

Another dead drug addict that no one knows about except for on this board-
Said heart disease ran in his family and that red meat caused his condition.
What a fucking moron-
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: wes on October 11, 2018, 10:00:33 AM
Great guy.

RIP
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Parker on October 11, 2018, 10:18:20 AM
He was best known for his calves, but his bis were sick too.
Arms were big, but lacked detail. Calves were his best body part.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Powerlift66 on October 11, 2018, 10:44:26 AM
    one of the best upper bodies, but no legs. circa 1976-82

Funk, I'll take those "no legs" any day of the week.  :D
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: oldtimer1 on October 11, 2018, 10:46:43 AM
Another dead drug addict that no one knows about except for on this board-
Said heart disease ran in his family and that red meat caused his condition.
What a fucking moron-

His steroid use had nothing to do with it, right?
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: The Scott on October 11, 2018, 10:49:57 AM
    one of the best upper bodies, but no legs. circa 1976-82

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=649449.0;attach=766633)

And more recently...

(http://www.sportowiec.org/pub/images/editor/zdjeciaczerwiec2014/Kal_Szkalak15.jpg)
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: dan18 on October 11, 2018, 10:51:09 AM
He was best known for his calves, but his bis were sick too.
Mike guest posed at a AAU show I did in 1990 was a dick not approachable at all, people just wanted to say hi and take a pic with him after the show he couldn't be bothered
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: funk51 on October 11, 2018, 10:51:59 AM
Funk, I'll take those "no legs" any day of the week.  :D
                   ;D me too
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Brian Poulos on October 11, 2018, 10:55:31 AM
                   ;D me too
This thread is about Mike Matarazzo. Maybe start another thread for that other guy?
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Rusty Trombone on October 11, 2018, 11:01:01 AM
He was in all the magazines when I was a kid,looked like an extremely healthy and happy young man always.


Funny how steroids are fucking you up inside while outside you're in most cases the picture of health.


Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Rusty Trombone on October 11, 2018, 11:02:41 AM
His eyes....

100% Gayzzo gimmick,literally no doubt about it.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Brian Poulos on October 11, 2018, 11:05:19 AM
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Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: funk51 on October 11, 2018, 11:21:34 AM
This thread is about Mike Matarazzo. Maybe start another thread for that other guy?
               just putting on for comparison of 70's bber vs 90-2000 bber..does any one have a pic of joseph matarazzo..
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: funk51 on October 11, 2018, 11:36:40 AM
               just putting on for comparison of 70's bber vs 90-2000 bber..does any one have a pic of joseph matarazzo..
           always like to see brother shots for comparisons to judge genetics plus usage differences.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: funk51 on October 11, 2018, 11:42:07 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: funk51 on October 11, 2018, 11:46:16 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Fortress on October 11, 2018, 02:54:54 PM
Mike had the longest torso ever in pro bodybuilding.

Did a lot to ruin his chances.

And as another says, the guy was a prick.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Brian Poulos on October 11, 2018, 02:58:45 PM
Mike had the longest torso ever in pro bodybuilding.

Did a lot to ruin his chances.

And as another says, the guy was a prick.
Could you elaborate?
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Fortress on October 11, 2018, 03:06:18 PM
Could you elaborate?

Sure. I had interactions with the man when I worked in the industry. Mike was a rude and prickish guy.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: falco on October 11, 2018, 03:47:14 PM
Sure. I had interactions with the man when I worked in the industry. Mike was a rude and prickish guy.
Please tell us a story, when you find the time, kind sir.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Kwon3 on October 11, 2018, 04:07:34 PM
Please tell us a story, when you find the time, kind sir.
1-- It is predominantly about genes and probably secondarily the effects of PEDs on causing dyslipidemia in those genetically predisposed.
2-- MM could of had a message: the importance of following blood work when on PEDs; the effects of PEDs on HDL-LDL bias.
3-- If his EF is 20%, he has a defibrillator and is on schedule for heart transplant.
4-- If he has no insurance, then he has the real possibility of being seen by some really shit, dangerous
physicians.
5-- As I recall he is s/p CABG x6 and has an ischemic cardiomyopathy. Interesting masteron has a positive
inotrophic effect on cardiac muscle. Maybe he should go back on some "select" juice.
6-- Met him once at the height of his career in bodybuilding-- pretty arrogant, and blew you off.


DOC
Lift, fuck, make money
When 3-5 people who were fans of bodybuilding say the same thing, you can generally take it to the bank.

This was your own thread back in 2013, so you would know.

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=491733.0 (http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=491733.0)
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: The Scott on October 11, 2018, 04:18:44 PM
Sure. I had interactions with the man when I worked in the industry. Mike was a rude and prickish guy.

I have often found that when you meet someone who is truly full of themselves, they are in fact, full of shit.   Sounds like he was all that, sir. 
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Brian Poulos on October 11, 2018, 07:43:55 PM
A lot of jealousy here. Matarazzo was a man'a man and some guys just can't stand it when an alpha male raises rhe bar.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Kwon3 on October 11, 2018, 08:06:12 PM
A lot of jealousy here. Matarazzo was a man'a man and some guys just can't stand it when an alpha male raises rhe bar.
No, he was no such thing. He sold his soul for a sport that he couldn't crack the top ten with at the Olympia (except once, in 1993, shortly after his 1 and only win at the 1991 USAs) and destroyed his health in the process. Collapsing in an elevator from diuretics dehydration in 1996 and being put on Lipitor wasn't enough of a warning sign for Mike. He had to wake up coughing blood and choking on his own vomit in the middle of the night in 2004 and get rushed off to the hospital and put on the operating table. Let's not get into the time he got arrested at the airport for trying to assault two airport patrolmen when they told him to stop arguing with the ticket clerk at the departure gate for his Bahamian guestposing flight where he'd forgotten to bring his passport and went into a total roid rage about it. Never mind he blew off his fans while pretending to be a peoples' champ (who never won anything). Or that he talked shit about a lot of bodybuilders behind their backs then smiled to their faces at the Venice Gold's or the Firehouse.

You see, some of us knew Mike, and while he wasn't the worst guy by a long shot, he was a fucking dolt, and a moron, and a meathead who himself admitted if he had another chance at life, he'd go back to driving a truck in Boston and never come close to a needle or a contest stage because life is a lot more than just shooting yourself full of synthetic tissue-building agents until you have the hormonal profile of an African water buffalo. In dying early, he left behind a wife and a kid that never even got a chance to know him that well. The dufus even asked his doctor, shortly after his first surgery (and before his heart attack in 2007 for overdoing it at the gym again) whether he could just take his chances and get back on stage one more time, since he missed bodybuilding so much. His doctor told him he may as well go outside and just dive in front of a moving 18 wheeler.

He had good calves and made nice crab shots. Other than that, he was nothing special, and now he's not even a memory in a sport that knew him for 20 years. Move on. Find someone else to worship because this keg is tapped.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Brian Poulos on October 11, 2018, 08:08:22 PM
No, he was no such thing. He sold his soul for a sport that he couldn't crack the top ten with at the Olympia (except once, in 1993, shortly after his 1 and only win at the 1991 USAs) and destroyed his health in the process. Collapsing in an elevator from diuretics dehydration in 1996 and being put on Lipitor wasn't enough of a warning sign for Mike. He had to wake up coughing blood and choking on his own vomit in the middle of the night in 2004 and get rushed off to the hospital and put on the operating table. Let's not get into the time he got arrested at the airport for trying to assault two airport patrolmen when they told him to stop arguing with the ticket clerk at the departure gate for his Bahamian guestposing flight where he'd forgotten to bring his passport and went into a total roid rage about it. Never mind he blew off his fans while pretending to be a peoples' champ (who never won anything). Or that he talked shit about a lot of bodybuilders behind their backs then smiled to their faces at the Venice Gold's or the Firehouse.

You see, some of us knew Mike, and while he wasn't the worst guy by a long shot, he was a fucking dolt, and a moron, and a meathead who himself admitted if he had another chance at life, he'd go back to driving a truck in Boston and never come close to a needle or a contest stage because life is a lot more than just shooting yourself full of synthetic tissue-building agents until you have the hormonal profile of an African pachyderm.

He had good calves and made nice crab shots. Other than that, he was nothing special, and now he's not even a memory in a spot that knew him for 20 years. Move on. Find someone else to worship because this keg is tapped.
Meltdown
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Hypertrophy on October 11, 2018, 10:23:07 PM
Meltdown

KWON3 pretty well summed it up- hardly a meltdown. The connection between atherosclerosis (plaque buildup in the arteries) and steroid use is pretty much agreed on by now.


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171104134433.htm

Mike Matarazzo killed himself with his lifestyle. And honestly - he didn't accomplish much in the "sport"
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: IRON CROSS on October 12, 2018, 12:44:05 AM
M.M. , deadly initials  :-\
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: The_Punisher on October 12, 2018, 04:28:19 AM
Mike's Son will pick up bodybuilding pretty soon.....he won't let his Dad down.....(mike did say he'd hate for his son to do anything bodybuilding)
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: oldtimer1 on October 12, 2018, 05:53:53 AM
Boyer Coe said in effect that bodybuilding contests wouldn't exist without drugs. He's right. In the 70's bodybuilders would go on for 3 months for a contest then go off the drugs. Everyone felt they were taking a risk. Arnold, Zane, Coe and the rest a few months after a contest would drastically lose muscle. They would be a shadow of them self on stage. Now guys are juicing the majority of the year. Just sad that this sport is based on drug use. No drugs would equal no sport.

Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Kwon3 on October 12, 2018, 06:27:17 AM
Boyer Coe said in effect that bodybuilding contests wouldn't exist without drugs. He's right. In the 70's bodybuilders would go on for 3 months for a contest then go off the drugs. Everyone felt they were taking a risk. Arnold, Zane, Coe and the rest a few months after a contest would drastically lose muscle. They would be a shadow of them self on stage. Now guys are juicing the majority of the year. Just sad that this sport is based on drug use. No drugs would equal no sport.



The bodybuilders of the 1970s (not the 1980s, or later) looked human even when they were on. They looks unusually fit, lean, and had big arms but they could plausibly claim to simply be that size due to their diets and training regimens. It was attainable.

What we have today is a freak show, plain and simple. And they can't afford to get off the drugs to let their organs rest because unlike in the 70s, there's shows year-round (so they need to keep their mass) and if they DID get off for a while, they're shrink too much to get it back. Exceptions do exist like Kevin Levrone, but even he wasn't 'natural' when he was off. He just cruised. The 1970s guys just got off altogether...there's photos of Arnold where he looked skinny and small then 3 months later he'd be 3x bigger.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Fortress on October 12, 2018, 06:30:58 AM
Meltdown

Nope. He told the truth tale.

Mike deeply regretted his decisions when his final days were upon him.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Kwon3 on October 12, 2018, 06:41:20 AM
Nope. He told the truth tale.

Mike deeply regretted his decisions when his final days were upon him.
Brian Poulos is a chronic ćock smoker who doesn't like his fantasy men criticized in any way. HTH.

Time to drop the charade, you all know I'm all about the dick. Even moreso when is surrounded by so monster trunks.  I would mortgage my house to have a night with this guy.  Top of the top (but I'd take the bottom).
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: IroNat on October 12, 2018, 06:51:44 AM
No, he was no such thing. He sold his soul for a sport that he couldn't crack the top ten with at the Olympia (except once, in 1993, shortly after his 1 and only win at the 1991 USAs) and destroyed his health in the process. Collapsing in an elevator from diuretics dehydration in 1996 and being put on Lipitor wasn't enough of a warning sign for Mike. He had to wake up coughing blood and choking on his own vomit in the middle of the night in 2004 and get rushed off to the hospital and put on the operating table. Let's not get into the time he got arrested at the airport for trying to assault two airport patrolmen when they told him to stop arguing with the ticket clerk at the departure gate for his Bahamian guestposing flight where he'd forgotten to bring his passport and went into a total roid rage about it. Never mind he blew off his fans while pretending to be a peoples' champ (who never won anything). Or that he talked shit about a lot of bodybuilders behind their backs then smiled to their faces at the Venice Gold's or the Firehouse.

You see, some of us knew Mike, and while he wasn't the worst guy by a long shot, he was a fucking dolt, and a moron, and a meathead who himself admitted if he had another chance at life, he'd go back to driving a truck in Boston and never come close to a needle or a contest stage because life is a lot more than just shooting yourself full of synthetic tissue-building agents until you have the hormonal profile of an African water buffalo. In dying early, he left behind a wife and a kid that never even got a chance to know him that well. The dufus even asked his doctor, shortly after his first surgery (and before his heart attack in 2007 for overdoing it at the gym again) whether he could just take his chances and get back on stage one more time, since he missed bodybuilding so much. His doctor told him he may as well go outside and just dive in front of a moving 18 wheeler.

He had good calves and made nice crab shots. Other than that, he was nothing special, and now he's not even a memory in a sport that knew him for 20 years. Move on. Find someone else to worship because this keg is tapped.

Getbig's "Master of Eloquence".

My good man that was impressive indeed.

Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Kwon3 on October 12, 2018, 07:14:26 AM
Getbig's "Master of Eloquence".

My good man that was impressive indeed.


I hope it didn't come off as me throwing Mazz under a truck. He wasn't a bad guy at all, but if he didn't know you, he wouldn't give you 5 minutes unless he was behind the Weider booth at an expo. To his credit, he never scumbagged people like Lou by asking for money for a photo.

We had a protein shake once at the mecca and he asked me where I was from, if I was serious about competing, etc. This was before he moved up state. But then some guy he knew came up behind him and he got distracted and pretty much just patted me on the shoulder and wished me luck. So he was that kind of guy, but not nearly as stupid or annoying as say Jay or Heath. And def. an old-school type of lifter, no machines or any of that crap.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: IroNat on October 12, 2018, 09:54:19 AM
I hope it didn't come off as me throwing Mazz under a truck. He wasn't a bad guy at all, but if he didn't know you, he wouldn't give you 5 minutes unless he was behind the Weider booth at an expo. To his credit, he never scumbagged people like Lou by asking for money for a photo.

We had a protein shake once at the mecca and he asked me where I was from, if I was serious about competing, etc. This was before he moved up state. But then some guy he knew came up behind him and he got distracted and pretty much just patted me on the shoulder and wished me luck. So he was that kind of guy, but not nearly as stupid or annoying as say Jay or Heath. And def. an old-school type of lifter, no machines or any of that crap.

Not at all.  Whatever could cause me to infer that?  :D

"he was a fucking dolt, and a moron, and a meathead"
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: Kwon3 on October 12, 2018, 09:56:24 AM
Not at all.  Whatever could cause me to infer that?  :D

"he was a fucking dolt, and a moron, and a meathead"

So is Trump, but he's very likable and a great President. I know lots of intelligent bad people and lots of dumb good ones.
Title: Re: Perfection
Post by: IroNat on October 12, 2018, 10:01:57 AM
Just kidding you. ;)