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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Danimal77 on April 12, 2010, 10:41:30 PM
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Respect to this 1980's competitor who tragically died in 2007 at the young age of 53. He was in GREAT condition in the early-mid 80's.
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Remember him from the old World's. I very rarely saw him smile. He was pretty big. He always reminded me of a pissed off Dennis Tinnerino for some reason. Never talked to him or anything cause he always looked mad.
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they called him Rocky in Muscle Mag International due to a Stallone resemblance. i never saw it tho.
are those pics from George Snyder's 'Best in the World' competition?
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What did he die of?
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they called him Rocky in Muscle Mag International due to a Stallone resemblance. i never saw it tho.
are those pics from George Snyder's 'Best in the World' competition?
Yep you are right they did call him Rocky. You just reminded me of that.
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very good hamstring development for the time
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Greg had a great year in 1983 and competed in great condition,i can`t understand why he never bothered with the olympia that year,unless the dieting for the early shows burnt him out.Imagine sitting at home though and hearing the results and knowing that the 3rd placed guy was someone you beat a few months previous. Greg placed 2nd and Haney 3rd in the World Pro at the start of the year behind Makkawy,so i wonder where he would have placed in the 83 Olympia.
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anyone else know the real reason he didn't make the 1983 olympia?
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He was also the guy that Arnold referred to when he said "He's so wide you could land an airplane on those deltoids" or something similar.
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What was the cause of his death?
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heart attack
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anyone else know the real reason he didn't make the 1983 olympia?
what was it??
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Looked great - big bicep
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IIRC he was disqualified during his Masters O comeback because he was taking a shit when his name was called out for comparisons. No shit.
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_teRdIx4WI10/SlwlFBgneRI/AAAAAAAAAdA/kJuzfmLr5ck/S249/img268_P%C3%A1gina_1_Greg+de+ferro.JPG)
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IIRC he was disqualified during his Masters O comeback because he was taking a shit when his name was called out for comparisons. No shit.
;D
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what was it??
he prepared for the show - with the help of his wife who worked two jobs - then left for germany via london.
problem was he met some hottie in london and shacked up there with her for a week instead of competing.
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guy didn't get much respect and from above story i can see why typical prick. he didn't get many covers during his career. i remember one issue of im they had an early lite steroid pic back in his mister new joizey days , you won't even know it was the same guy.
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he prepared for the show - with the help of his wife who worked two jobs - then left for germany via london.
problem was he met some hottie in london and shacked up there with her for a week instead of competing.
some things never change
so this guy was one of the few that beat haney... never knew that
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Yep you are right they did call him Rocky. You just reminded me of that.
You oowe THE BEEF a $100 you fat slob.
THE BEEF
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Somehow they're all in great condition... him, Don Youngblood, Mike Mentzer, all the dead wrestlers..etc.
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He had a lazy Nasser eye.
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When I sat through my first personal training class Greg was there. It was back in 1991 I think? I had no idea who he was, but he did have some big arms. He sat there eating hard boiled eggs that stunk up the entire room on break. He looked really old for a guy of his age at that time. My friend who was also in the class told me who he was. He wasn't very friendly at all.
A couple of years later he came over to the Cherry Hill Golds Gym in which I was the night time head trainer at the time and started prepping for the Master's O. He had a gym at one point in which he sold discounted paid in full memberships right up until the night before the bank and landlord locked his front doors. He took quite a few folks money and is real lucky he didn't get his ass beat. Another friend worked the front desk at Greg's gym and went weeks without getting paid. He got wind of what was about to happen and had "blue light" special on anything that he could carry out of the joint.
His training was kind of sloppy as far as technique and form goes. He did look like Rocky a little in person. More so in his younger days from certain angles. Later he reminded more of a juiced up Mel the cook from the 70's sitcom Alice. He had a side-kick that trained with him that was really a nice, but really lost guy. He had zero genetics and his training was even worse than Greg's, plus he was already old and still hadn't competed in anything yet. Greg milked him for all kinds of drugs and keep promising him that after he won the Master's O. that he would get him all set up with Uncle Joe Weider. Well, that never happened and the guy was heart broken and just gave the hell up and we never saw him again.
My workout partner at the time and I went to the 94 Mr. O and Master's O. We had a great time but wandered what happened to Greg as we also attended the pre-judging? They never really said, but they did let him guest pose that night. He didn't look very good at all. Especially with the likes of Robby and Lou. Well, a week later back at the Golds Gym in Cherry Hill, NJ things got really strange. Greg was telling everyone that he placed 3rd right behind big Lou. Me and my buddy couldn't stop laughing. What an ass.
My friend then bought the gym and had to throw the loser out as he was violating a restraining order from his soon to be ex-wife, which was a state trooper. I remember showing him the door........
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yeah, another BBer with heart disease... tell me another story about steroids having no long term effects... left ventrical damage = young heart attacks
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You oowe THE BEEF a $100 you fat slob.
THE BEEF
Hey you owe me $200. Take it out of that
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When I sat through my first personal training class Greg was there. It was back in 1991 I think? I had no idea who he was, but he did have some big arms. He sat there eating hard boiled eggs that stunk up the entire room on break. He looked really old for a guy of his age at that time. My friend who was also in the class told me who he was. He wasn't very friendly at all.
A couple of years later he came over to the Cherry Hill Golds Gym in which I was the night time head trainer at the time and started prepping for the Master's O. He had a gym at one point in which he sold discounted paid in full memberships right up until the night before the bank and landlord locked his front doors. He took quite a few folks money and is real lucky he didn't get his ass beat. Another friend worked the front desk at Greg's gym and went weeks without getting paid. He got wind of what was about to happen and had "blue light" special on anything that he could carry out of the joint.
His training was kind of sloppy as far as technique and form goes. He did look like Rocky a little in person. More so in his younger days from certain angles. Later he reminded more of a juiced up Mel the cook from the 70's sitcom Alice. He had a side-kick that trained with him that was really a nice, but really lost guy. He had zero genetics and his training was even worse than Greg's, plus he was already old and still hadn't competed in anything yet. Greg milked him for all kinds of drugs and keep promising him that after he won the Master's O. that he would get him all set up with Uncle Joe Weider. Well, that never happened and the guy was heart broken and just gave the hell up and we never saw him again.
My workout partner at the time and I went to the 94 Mr. O and Master's O. We had a great time but wandered what happened to Greg as we also attended the pre-judging? They never really said, but they did let him guest pose that night. He didn't look very good at all. Especially with the likes of Robby and Lou. Well, a week later back at the Golds Gym in Cherry Hill, NJ things got really strange. Greg was telling everyone that he placed 3rd right behind big Lou. Me and my buddy couldn't stop laughing. What an ass.
My friend then bought the gym and had to throw the loser out as he was violating a restraining order from his soon to be ex-wife, which was a state trooper. I remember showing him the door........
hectic stuff. thank-you for sharing.
unfortunately, sounds just like many of the other guys in the industry
milk the wife, squeeze their "friends", take peoples cash, lie...
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i remember this issue. Zane cover no? had all the contest reports with amazing photography.
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Rocky
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Any current members remember this guy? I remember him st the Atlantic City Pro getting pissed that makawwy beat him at that show. Deferro was 2nd and Haney was third I think. It may have been haneys first pro show? Funk?
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Attended a "seminar" with Rocky in Philly around the same time as the Cherry Hill, NJ (1991) one mentioned above. He was an arrogant prick... seemed angry and self-tortured. He looked a lot older than he was. He hated Arnold and the Weider's and was very candid about it. I remember the seminar basically being a joke and a money grab... he didn't say or teach me anything I already knew. He did talk openly about drugs though.
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Of course I remember this guy.
For some reason, this thread is cracking me up. ;D
"Rocky" sounds like a real piece of work.
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Crazy. He died of a heart attack at my current age. Guessing he had a pre-existing undetected problem...
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Any current members remember this guy? I remember him st the Atlantic City Pro getting pissed that makawwy beat him at that show. Deferro was 2nd and Haney was third I think. It may have been haneys first pro show? Funk?
not sure would have to check the mags of the time. i know haney beat deferro in the 1983 night of the champions deferro second. the contest you refer to were the world pro championships not sure which contest was first.
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Poor man's Mike Quinn?
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Greg's affair in 1983 was even captured on film at the 1983 Swedish Grand Prix right after the Olympia.
His actual wife at the time was a dark haired Italian gal.
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Poor man's Mike Quinn?
Honestly I think Greg looks better. More complete, more balanced. For a guy who did reasonably well and seemed to be treated good by the judges why did he just drop out of the scene just when he was peaking?
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Honestly I think Greg looks better. More complete, more balanced. For a guy who did reasonably well and seemed to be treated good by the judges why did he just drop out of the scene just when he was peaking?
Personally, I think he couldn't handle the politics and/or the drug regime. Probably had high BP and other health issues. He seemed very aggravated, annoyed and short tempered when I met him in 1990/91.
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Greg's affair in 1983 was even captured on film at the 1983 Swedish Grand Prix right after the Olympia.
His actual wife at the time was a dark haired Italian gal.
how did u find this obscure photo?
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how did u find this obscure photo?
jwb stands for jilted wife (of) bodybuilder...
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When I sat through my first personal training class Greg was there. It was back in 1991 I think? I had no idea who he was, but he did have some big arms. He sat there eating hard boiled eggs that stunk up the entire room on break. He looked really old for a guy of his age at that time. My friend who was also in the class told me who he was. He wasn't very friendly at all.
A couple of years later he came over to the Cherry Hill Golds Gym in which I was the night time head trainer at the time and started prepping for the Master's O. He had a gym at one point in which he sold discounted paid in full memberships right up until the night before the bank and landlord locked his front doors. He took quite a few folks money and is real lucky he didn't get his ass beat. Another friend worked the front desk at Greg's gym and went weeks without getting paid. He got wind of what was about to happen and had "blue light" special on anything that he could carry out of the joint.
His training was kind of sloppy as far as technique and form goes. He did look like Rocky a little in person. More so in his younger days from certain angles. Later he reminded more of a juiced up Mel the cook from the 70's sitcom Alice. He had a side-kick that trained with him that was really a nice, but really lost guy. He had zero genetics and his training was even worse than Greg's, plus he was already old and still hadn't competed in anything yet. Greg milked him for all kinds of drugs and keep promising him that after he won the Master's O. that he would get him all set up with Uncle Joe Weider. Well, that never happened and the guy was heart broken and just gave the hell up and we never saw him again.
My workout partner at the time and I went to the 94 Mr. O and Master's O. We had a great time but wandered what happened to Greg as we also attended the pre-judging? They never really said, but they did let him guest pose that night. He didn't look very good at all. Especially with the likes of Robby and Lou. Well, a week later back at the Golds Gym in Cherry Hill, NJ things got really strange. Greg was telling everyone that he placed 3rd right behind big Lou. Me and my buddy couldn't stop laughing. What an ass.
My friend then bought the gym and had to throw the loser out as he was violating a restraining order from his soon to be ex-wife, which was a state trooper. I remember showing him the door........
Wow, sad story. You never really know what a lot of the bodybuilders back then were like because all we had was the magazines.
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Any current members remember this guy? I remember him st the Atlantic City Pro getting pissed that makawwy beat him at that show. Deferro was 2nd and Haney was third I think. It may have been haneys first pro show? Funk?
That was Haney's first pro show. Haney beat Greg at the Night of the Champions a couple months later.
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That was Haney's first pro show. Haney beat Greg at the Night of the Champions a couple months later.
wow. John one ups Funk in the history dept. didn't think that was possible. But yeah I thought so.
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Funk once u go to the dark side your thinking will be much clearer.
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Sad to hear. When You look up to these guys as a kid it really makes you realize these guys are just like everyone else. Ran into someone last week who knew Mike Mentzer, said the guy was a chain smoker even back in the 70's. I always figured it was a habit he developed later in life. Mike really had no sense at all when it came to taking care of his body or mind.
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how did u find this obscure photo?
screen capture of video of 1983 Swedish Grand Prix on YouTube.
I had heard the rumor of him missing the 83 Olympia because he was fooling around for years and I knew what his wife looked like and that blonde ain't his wife.
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screen capture of video of 1983 Swedish Grand Prix on YouTube.
I had heard the rumor of him missing the 83 Olympia because he was fooling around for years and I knew what his wife looked like and that blonde ain't his wife.
You pulled quite a Columbo there!
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Sad to hear. When You look up to these guys as a kid it really makes you realize these guys are just like everyone else. Ran into someone last week who knew Mike Mentzer, said the guy was a chain smoker even back in the 70's. I always figured it was a habit he developed later in life. Mike really had no sense at all when it came to taking care of his body or mind.
I bought his mail order Heavy Duty booklet when I was around 15 and it started out with a story about him and Jack Neary shopping for a booze and there was a comment from Mentzer to the effect that he wasn't a "health nut"
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I bought his mail order Heavy Duty booklet when I was around 15 and it started out with a story about him and Jack Neary shopping for a booze and there was a comment from Mentzer to the effect that he wasn't a "health nut"
Wait....there was a time you actually considered working out? lol
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53? Did he juice heavy til the end?
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53? Did he juice heavy til the end?
i think so. Several times I remember rumors of him pudding blood back in the early 80s. I also think I remember him having to take time off for health reasons? Don't know if any of these were true but it seemed common knowledge that he wasn't healthy.
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i think so. Several times I remember rumors of him pudding blood back in the early 80s. I also think I remember him having to take time off for health reasons? Don't know if any of these were true but it seemed common knowledge that he wasn't healthy.
Pissing blood, the old apocryphal quote, "if you ain't pissing blood you ain't taking enough." Attributed to every hardcore muscle warrior since the 80s.
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screen capture of video of 1983 Swedish Grand Prix on YouTube.
I had heard the rumor of him missing the 83 Olympia because he was fooling around for years and I knew what his wife looked like and that blonde ain't his wife.
I once read the same story but it was about Robby Robinson?
Or did both of them mess up in that way?
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A friend of my uncle was in rehab with one of his cousins. Said he was a dick, even for his relatives.
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Wait....there was a time you actually considered working out? lol
I consider it every day but only go about 4 times a week for the last 36 years
A few things I never considered were consulting a phony coach, playing pattycake with a tractor tire, doing idiotic one rep box squats or pretending to have a personal relationship with a Jewish zombie
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I consider it every day but only go about 4 times a week for the last 36 years
A few things I never considered were consulting a phony coach, playing pattycake with a tractor tire, doing idiotic one rep box squats or pretending to have a personal relationship with a Jewish zombie
BB workouts are so lame and worthless. Who does them anymore?
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I remember Greg Rando...
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Crazy. He died of a heart attack at my current age. Guessing he had a pre-existing undetected problem...
What's crazy is that I created this thread over 7 years ago when you were 46. :P
I was 32 at the time and will be 40 this October :'(. Time goes by too fucking fast.
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I once read the same story but it was about Robby Robinson?
Or did both of them mess up in that way?
Didn't something similar happen to Samir Bannout? :D
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Didn't something similar happen to Samir Bannout? :D
Wasn't Samir married to Lee Labradas sister or was it the other way around?
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Wasn't Samir married to Lee Labradas sister or was it the other way around?
You got it right the first time.