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Title: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: Gym Rat on October 01, 2023, 10:16:55 AM
Fun days (American Muscle Magazine)

pre-internet, etc...

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Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: SF1900 on October 01, 2023, 10:24:52 AM
Fun days (American Muscle Magazine)

pre-internet, etc...

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Those flat flyes look like a shoulder killer.
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: oldschoolfan on October 01, 2023, 11:27:02 AM
Fun days (American Muscle Magazine)

pre-internet, etc...

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great form, but man those flyes that looks dangerous.

Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: michael arvilla on October 01, 2023, 12:07:14 PM
SO..... .......  wanna look like this?
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: wes on October 01, 2023, 01:00:22 PM
Those flat flyes look like a shoulder killer.
Jesus,great stretch but looks like a pec tear just begging to happen.

I`ve got a pic or two with Franco at a contest I did,a pretty funny and good natured guy....gotta` dig some out and scan those bad boys..........also have pics of the 84 Olympia, among others.
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: Fortress on October 01, 2023, 04:07:10 PM
In the very late Eighties (I think) he did an autograph signing at a supp store near my gym.

My training partner and I went.

No one was there.

Franco was seated behind a tiny table, looking like he smelled a rancid fart.

Nice enough guy. Looked fantastic.
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: wes on October 01, 2023, 04:20:17 PM
In the very late Eighties (I think) he did an autograph signing at a supp store near my gym.

My training partner and I went.

No one was there.

Franco was seated behind a tiny table, looking like he smelled a rancid fart.

Nice enough guy. Looked fantastic.
He flexed his arm and told me as I stood next to him for the pic to flex mine........I said no thanks!  :D

He was huge!!
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: Royalty on October 01, 2023, 05:44:25 PM
I want to try doing flyes like that... but I’d be afraid to go higher than 20LB dumbbells
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: Giovanni1443 on October 01, 2023, 06:34:32 PM
Super Guido
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: oldtimer1 on October 01, 2023, 06:36:33 PM
Jesus,great stretch but looks like a pec tear just begging to happen.

I`ve got a pic or two with Franco at a contest I did,a pretty funny and good natured guy....gotta` dig some out and scan those bad boys..........also have pics of the 84 Olympia, among others.

Yes, that was an insane stretch he got on flies. I thought the same thing that he could get a tear going that extreme.
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: wes on October 01, 2023, 06:38:02 PM
Yes, that was an insane stretch he got on flies. I thought the same thing that he could get a tear going that extreme.
I`d never risk them tearing a pec......regular full ROM flyes are quite sufficient.
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: galain on October 01, 2023, 10:21:56 PM
Haven't heard the name in years. What's he doing these days?
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: Humble Narcissist on October 02, 2023, 01:14:26 AM
Loved watching that show. Every month I couldn't wait till a new episode came out.
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: joswift on October 02, 2023, 01:43:56 AM
Haven't heard the name in years. What's he doing these days?
training with McCarver
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: falco on October 02, 2023, 07:02:57 AM
Was his spotter Matarazzo? Those Italians all look the same.
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: michael arvilla on October 02, 2023, 07:45:14 AM
Haven't heard the name in years. What's he doing these days?
https://faithandfitness.net/franco-santoriello-total-power-pure-devotion/ (https://faithandfitness.net/franco-santoriello-total-power-pure-devotion/)
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: Vince B on October 02, 2023, 11:36:18 AM
Good interview.
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: Van_Bilderass on October 02, 2023, 12:15:37 PM
I`d never risk them tearing a pec......regular full ROM flyes are quite sufficient.

I hear you. But there are a lot of experts and trainers who say it's training in there very stretched positions that causes hyperthrophy the most according the science. Here's an exmple, a phd and also trains himself showing a trick:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxtswDYsKNm/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Those guys training Nick Walker recently believe in this also.
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: joswift on October 02, 2023, 12:18:34 PM
I hear you. But there are a lot of experts and trainers say it's training in there vert stretched positions that causes hyperthrophy the most according the science. Here's an exmple, a phd and also trains himself showing a trick:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxtswDYsKNm/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I have started doing a much fuller range of motion now since I spoke to the myofacial massage guy

Bodybuilding tends to work the mucles though a shrter range of motion, that why BB are always getting knots and lumps building up on the fascia which then lead to spasms and pulls
Title: Re: Franco Santoriello trains chest
Post by: wes on October 02, 2023, 01:49:46 PM
I hear you. But there are a lot of experts and trainers who say it's training in there very stretched positions that causes hyperthrophy the most according the science. Here's an exmple, a phd and also trains himself showing a trick:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxtswDYsKNm/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Those guys training Nick Walker recently believe in this also.
Dante aka Doggcrapp and John Parillo were/are big proponents of fascia stretching which makes total sense to me, but those flyes looked dangerous....of course if one was to increase the ROM slowly and steadily over time, you`d probably be OK with doing them.