Author Topic: Bill Pearl - he's still with us.  (Read 15133 times)

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Re: he's still with us.
« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2017, 04:27:27 PM »
Only tried steroids once. For 6 weeks he took 2 Nilevar he states in his book. Got too bloated and sick so he stopped. LMFAO.....but still a legend and great man.

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« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2017, 04:43:20 PM »
What was the connection between him and Sri Shinmoy?
Didn't he promote that huckster?

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« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2017, 05:14:27 PM »
What was the connection between him and Sri Shinmoy?
Didn't he promote that huckster?

Vouched for him when he was doing his strongman stunts. Later Pearl waffled a little, but..... :shrug:.

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« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2017, 06:04:50 PM »
This is interesting, it basically chronicles Sri Chinmoy's journey into lifting  -

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He got Pearl, Wayne Demilla, Zane, Katz, Carl Lewis, Hugo Girard, Frantz, Dan Lurie, Al Oerter, etc.... all to vouch for him.

Bill Pearl for his part says that since Chimnoy isn't competing in a sport with established rules like OL, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, etc..... but rather under his own thing the lifts count. He also goes on about how the message is more important than the lifts.

Also it's fun to watch him set up the lifts. Sometimes it's a side press, others a push. Then other times, just breaking the weights off the hooks count, and when it got really heavy, rolling the dumbbell handle in the holder seemed to count.

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« Reply #29 on: July 10, 2017, 11:07:13 AM »
What was the connection between him and Sri Shinmoy?
Didn't he promote that huckster?
  ::) ::) ::) ::)          that's the only knock on bill pretending that sri was actually doing something otherworldly that and the insane movie he made with nautilus art jones. nice dan lurie plates though.
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« Reply #30 on: July 10, 2017, 11:29:20 AM »
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« Reply #31 on: July 10, 2017, 06:11:34 PM »
:)

Bottom pic, he has a horizontal crease across his stomach as did a lot of guys back then. Was this a byproduct of sucking in the stomach for pictures, because they weren't super lean?

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« Reply #32 on: July 14, 2017, 10:38:51 AM »
bill is a nice guy BUT he has to stop his lying about being natural and not doing roids other than that nilevar once or twice. lol. he was juicing just like the rest of them. thats why he went vegetarian cuz his cholesterolwas high and thought it was the meat.lol . didnt know roids raise cholesterol back then.

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« Reply #33 on: July 14, 2017, 10:40:27 AM »
Only tried steroids once. For 6 weeks he took 2 Nilevar he states in his book. Got too bloated and sick so he stopped. LMFAO.....but still a legend and great man.

That's a bunch of BS, he did much more like everyone else. BUT, he is a great man...

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« Reply #34 on: July 14, 2017, 05:23:12 PM »
Someone should do an interview with him

I did a short interview with him in 2011 when I gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award at one of my contests in Chicago -
http://www.rxmuscle.com/video/lifestyles-events/3951-bill-pearl-receiving-lifetime-achievement-award-from-natural-mr-universe-john-hansen.html

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« Reply #35 on: July 14, 2017, 05:42:52 PM »
Pearl is possibly my very favourite personality in all of bodybuilding/weight training culture.

A fine, fine man.

I agree. He has lived and incredible life and his training knowledge is through the roof. He doesn't need some exercise physiology Phd. He knows from empirical knowledge all the answers.

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Re: Bill Pearl - he's still with us.
« Reply #36 on: July 14, 2017, 05:49:10 PM »
Pearl is what got me into bodybuilding. What an immense physique! Legend.

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« Reply #37 on: July 14, 2017, 06:21:45 PM »
:)

Great picture with one of my old training partners from the Pearls gym days and still good friend, Doug Brignole.

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« Reply #38 on: July 14, 2017, 09:11:37 PM »
I did a short interview with him in 2011 when I gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award at one of my contests in Chicago -
http://www.rxmuscle.com/video/lifestyles-events/3951-bill-pearl-receiving-lifetime-achievement-award-from-natural-mr-universe-john-hansen.html

Thank you John. Unfortunately the video in your link wasn't working, but I've found another video about his earlier award, and I assume it was you who did the voice-over?


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« Reply #39 on: July 15, 2017, 06:07:36 AM »
back in 66 on mti.
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« Reply #40 on: July 15, 2017, 06:13:11 AM »
Thank you John. Unfortunately the video in your link wasn't working, but I've found another video about his earlier award, and I assume it was you who did the voice-over?



No, that wasn't me. The video link I posted works on my computer but not on my phone for some reason. Unfortunately, RX didn't put it on YouTube back then so I can't
copy the link from there.