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Title: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Pet shop boys on July 19, 2021, 06:39:52 AM
Possibly the worst over 280lbs bodybuilder challlenging the best over 280 lbs (and beyond) bodybuilder ?

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Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Royalty on July 19, 2021, 06:51:51 AM
Dave won the Junior Nationals in 1995. That’s it.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: affeman on July 19, 2021, 09:53:31 AM
Possibly the worst over 280lbs bodybuilder challlenging the best over 280 lbs (and beyond) bodybuilder ?

Ever heared of Greg Kovacs or Roland Kickinger? ::) There were plenty of "mass monsters" worse than Palumbo...
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 19, 2021, 09:56:49 AM
Ever heared of Greg Kovacs or Roland Kickinger? ::) There were plenty of "mass monsters" worse than Palumbo...
Both of those guys were better than Palumbo.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: IroNat on July 19, 2021, 10:00:04 AM
Palumbo: "I wouldn't want to go against Ronnie in any pose, that's how good Ronnie was."

Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: SOMEPARTS on July 19, 2021, 10:21:49 AM
Kovacs had a peak of about 6 months but it was a hell of a peak.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 19, 2021, 10:30:31 AM
Kovacs had a peak of about 6 months but it was a hell of a peak.
Yep, then he died.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: King Shizzo on July 19, 2021, 10:41:01 AM
Yep, then he died.
A valley?
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: IroNat on July 19, 2021, 11:19:43 AM
Kovacs had a peak of about 6 months but it was a hell of a peak.

Better to live like a god for 6 months than a long life with family, friends, and decades of world experiences.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 19, 2021, 11:28:10 AM
Better to live like a god for 6 months than a long life with family, friends, and decades of world experiences.
Yes, you have to get your priorities straight.  Muscles always come first.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: King Shizzo on July 19, 2021, 12:27:36 PM
The only time Ronnie compares himself to Palumbo, is when he looks into the toilet after his morning shit. The turd wins his pro card over Palumbo.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on July 19, 2021, 02:10:49 PM
Ever heared of Greg Kovacs or Roland Kickinger? ::) There were plenty of "mass monsters" worse than Palumbo...

Kovacs when he turned pro looked eons better than Palumbo ever did
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Bevo on July 19, 2021, 03:26:46 PM
Ever heared of Greg Kovacs or Roland Kickinger? ::) There were plenty of "mass monsters" worse than Palumbo...

Haha both of those guys looked better than jumbo palumbo size 16 clown shoes

Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: WalterWhite on July 19, 2021, 05:03:37 PM
Haha both of those guys looked better than jumbo palumbo size 16 clown shoes😂

The only time Ronnie compares himself to Palumbo, is when he looks into the toilet after his morning shit. The turd wins his pro card over Palumbo.

Dave was not a mass monster he was a turdmonster

Ruhl also smoked him.  02 NOC had a few monsters.

Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: jude2 on July 19, 2021, 05:35:37 PM
Dave won the Junior Nationals in 1995. That’s it.
THat's all you need to say.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: TheAnimal on July 19, 2021, 05:42:23 PM
Better to live like a god for 6 months than a long life with family, friends, and decades of world experiences.
This is the way.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Royalty on July 19, 2021, 06:22:49 PM
Dave was impressive in 95/96

Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Royalty on July 19, 2021, 06:38:40 PM
Dave did not have the arm or back thickness to compete with Ronnie
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: MCWAY on July 19, 2021, 06:46:53 PM
Ever heared of Greg Kovacs or Roland Kickinger? ::) There were plenty of "mass monsters" worse than Palumbo...

Kovacs look FANTASTIC when he won the 1996 Canadian Nationals to turn pro.



But, it was downhill after that, because of all the MuscleTech hype, promising that he'd come in ripped at some ungodly bodyweight.



He was supposed to be 325 ripped at the 1997 Night of Champions (his pro debut). He ended up being 318 and smooth as a baby's behind.

Had he stayed in the low 300s, he would have had decent results.


Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Royalty on July 19, 2021, 06:46:58 PM
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Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: MCWAY on July 19, 2021, 07:01:48 PM
Ever heared of Greg Kovacs or Roland Kickinger? ::) There were plenty of "mass monsters" worse than Palumbo...

Kicking wasn't that bad. It just that they (MuscleMag and IronMan) kept comparing him to Arnold Schwarzenegger, since he was also from Austria. In fact, he got to play the role of the Oak in that unauthorized biopic about Arnold on A&E (I think that was the network).

That's also the one, incidentally, where Lou Ferrigno actually lost the audition to play himself to Bob Chicherillo. That movie was utterly stupid because it portrayed Arnold as taller than Lou when everyone knows it was the opposite (although Kickinger looked ultra scrawny, compared to Chick).
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: TheAnimal on July 19, 2021, 08:33:44 PM
Kovacs look FANTASTIC when he won the 1996 Canadian Nationals to turn pro.



But, it was downhill after that, because of all the MuscleTech hype, promising that he'd come in ripped at some ungodly bodyweight.



He was supposed to be 325 ripped at the 1997 Night of Champions (his pro debut). He ended up being 318 and smooth as a baby's behind.

Had he stayed in the low 300s, he would have had decent results.
He looked really different at the 2004 Arnold Classic.

Most getbig greats have had appreciation for Greg Kovacs, there is a mythology surrounding his massive size. Suckmymuscle had the best Kovacs analysis in my opinion.

Anyway he looks amazing in the video you posted, not sure what happened to his physique, not usually what we see from age alone.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: MCWAY on July 19, 2021, 09:22:51 PM
He looked really different at the 2004 Arnold Classic.

Most getbig greats have had appreciation for Greg Kovacs, there is a mythology surrounding his massive size. Suckmymuscle had the best Kovacs analysis in my opinion.

Anyway he looks amazing in the video you posted, not sure what happened to his physique, not usually what we see from age alone.

That was the 1996 Canadian Nationals, where Kovacs turned pro.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Humble Narcissist on July 20, 2021, 02:43:36 AM
Kovacs look FANTASTIC when he won the 1996 Canadian Nationals to turn pro.



But, it was downhill after that, because of all the MuscleTech hype, promising that he'd come in ripped at some ungodly bodyweight.



He was supposed to be 325 ripped at the 1997 Night of Champions (his pro debut). He ended up being 318 and smooth as a baby's behind.

Had he stayed in the low 300s, he would have had decent results.
He gained too much muscle using MuscleTech.  Gaining 1,987,956,432X more muscle made it impossible for the heart to pump the blood through all that muscle.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Pet shop boys on July 20, 2021, 05:14:33 AM
Kovacs when he turned pro looked eons better than Palumbo ever did

La Shit  I thought it was Yates !


People only remembers Kovacs on his final Palumboism stage .




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Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Soul Crusher on July 20, 2021, 10:16:10 AM
Dave was not a mass monster he was a turdmonster

Ruhl also smoked him.  02 NOC had a few monsters.



That show was crazy.  The lighting was great.  Paco Bautista legs were insane.   One of the most entertaining shows I've been too - nohomo.   :D ;)
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: affeman on July 20, 2021, 01:42:35 PM
That show was crazy.  The lighting was great.  Paco Bautista legs were insane.   One of the most entertaining shows I've been too - nohomo.   :D ;)

Markus mentioned in a video recently that the Weider magazines were pushing Bob Cicherillo hard at that time as the "frontrunner" for that show - as Bob would be "the guy to beat" coming into the NOC 2002. When he was standing on stage next to Markus and Paul Dillet, not even the most dedicated Weider-schmoe-judges could help him though.... ;D

Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Royalty on July 20, 2021, 03:06:42 PM
Markus mentioned in a video recently that the Weider magazines were pushing Bob Cicherillo hard at that time as the "frontrunner" for that show - as Bob would be "the guy to beat" coming into the NOC 2002. When he was standing on stage next to Markus and Paul Dillet, not even the most dedicated Weider-schmoe-judges could help him though.... ;D



Only the top 5 bodybuilders in the world could beat Markus during that era.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: MCWAY on July 20, 2021, 03:23:18 PM
Markus mentioned in a video recently that the Weider magazines were pushing Bob Cicherillo hard at that time as the "frontrunner" for that show - as Bob would be "the guy to beat" coming into the NOC 2002. When he was standing on stage next to Markus and Paul Dillet, not even the most dedicated Weider-schmoe-judges could help him though.... ;D



Chick placed SECOND at that show, which means he beat Dillet and he beat Darrem Charles, who bested him a week earlier to win his first show, The Southwest Pro. Besides, why would he be the favorite at the NOC, considering Charles beat him a week earlier?

Only the top 5 bodybuilders in the world could beat Markus during that era.

Darrem Charles was never consider top 5 in the world; he was dubbed, "King of the $10,000 shows". But, he beat Ruhl in 2003 at the Maximus Pro in Italy.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Bevo on July 20, 2021, 04:34:09 PM
Chick placed SECOND at that show, which means he beat Dillet and he beat Darrem Charles, who bested him a week earlier to win his first show, The Southwest Pro. Besides, why would he be the favorite at the NOC, considering Charles beat him a week earlier?

Darrem Charles was never consider top 5 in the world; he was dubbed, "King of the $10,000 shows". But, he beat Ruhl in 2003 at the Maximus Pro in Italy.

At the time Bobert was considered “marketable” well spoken, tall for bbing standards, easy on the eyes, and white, so they were def pushing for him even though he was sub par tier 2 at best

He was even featured in Malcolm in the middle and dodge ball
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Royalty on July 20, 2021, 05:05:26 PM

Darrem Charles was never consider top 5 in the world; he was dubbed, "King of the $10,000 shows". But, he beat Ruhl in 2003 at the Maximus Pro in Italy.

I remember that show. Art Atwood also beat Ruhl at a pro show in Toronto.


But generally speaking, Ruhl only lost to the best of the best.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: bigkid on July 20, 2021, 05:12:39 PM
Crazy good lighting. Kamali Kitchen-esque
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Royalty on July 20, 2021, 05:18:08 PM
At the time Bobert was considered “marketable” well spoken, tall for bbing standards, easy on the eyes, and white, so they were def pushing for him even though he was sub par tier 2 at best

He was even featured in Malcolm in the middle and dodge ball

I saw Bob in 1995, when he was was still an amateur. Dorian was in the audience that night, so Bob’s size was not jumping out at people, because all eyes were on Yates. But Bob was definitely big and wide. His X-Frame is underrated. Wide quads, wide shoulders, relatively small waist.

Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: affeman on July 21, 2021, 12:04:51 AM
I saw Bob in 1995, when he was was still an amateur. Dorian was in the audience that night, so Bob’s size was not jumping out at people, because all eyes were on Yates. But Bob was definitely big and wide. His X-Frame is underrated. Wide quads, wide shoulders, relatively small waist.

Wow, Bob was mocked on here back in the days permanently for his mediocre physique - these days he would look decent in an Olympia line-up; pretty sad actually :D

(https://generationiron.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Phil-Heath-Winner-Mr.-Olympia-2020.jpg)
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: IroNat on July 21, 2021, 05:52:35 AM
Chic was very good.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: _bruce_ on July 21, 2021, 07:18:08 AM
Chic had a good physique but was lost in the wrong era.
Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: MCWAY on July 21, 2021, 07:33:41 AM
I remember that show. Art Atwood also beat Ruhl at a pro show in Toronto.


But generally speaking, Ruhl only lost to the best of the best.

Not really. A number of good (but not elite) pros have beaten Ruhl.

Title: Re: Palumbo compares himself to Ronnie
Post by: Dave D on July 21, 2021, 07:55:38 AM
Chick placed SECOND at that show, which means he beat Dillet and he beat Darrem Charles, who bested him a week earlier to win his first show, The Southwest Pro. Besides, why would he be the favorite at the NOC, considering Charles beat him a week earlier?



Did you forget how magazine hype worked? They were prepared months before actual shows and share the results months after. If a magazine hyped up a competitor that would make him the favorite. At the time we lived in Joe Wieders bodybuilding world, he didn’t play by our rules.