Matt McLaughlin RIP

[michael arvilla]

They are calling him a legend, but I never heard of him until his passing.  What big contests did he win?

Bay..in 1993, McLaughlin competed in the Light-Heavyweight division and won first place at the NPC North American Championships ….. we were all following Dorian’s lead and Matt used insulin and GH and blew out his physique (his gut was pretty big) that was it …. No coming back from that … but he was an amazing bodybuilder! ( a group of us went to New York to the Olympia to see Ronnie beat Flex and we had a blast!/ great memories)

[honest]

Bay..in 1993, McLaughlin competed in the Light-Heavyweight division and won first place at the NPC North American Championships ….. we were all following Dorian’s lead and Matt used insulin and GH and blew out his physique (his gut was pretty big) that was it …. No coming back from that … but he was an amazing bodybuilder! ( a group of us went to New York to the Olympia to see Ronnie beat Flex and we had a blast!/ great memories)

Lot of guys suffered similar fates, including Dorian he never got his waist or shape back to 93, no doubt GH and insulin can build size and fullness but unlike the anabolic only era, GH and Insulin also blow out the trunk, most guys post 12 months use never get their waists back.
Bodybuilding was a far better and healthier sport IMO when guys looked small in clothes and grew on stage, the sport was always about the illusion of shape and size prior to 94, afterwards and ever since its been about the actual size. Much bigger but better, I dont think so.

[wes]

Matt McLaughlin

1991

New England Championships - NPC, Teen LightWeight, 1st
Teen Nationals - NPC, MiddleWeight, 3rd

1992

Teen Nationals - NPC, Overall Winner
Teen Nationals - NPC, MiddleWeight, 1st

1993

North American Championships - IFBB, Light-HeavyWeight, 1st

1994

Nationals - NPC, Light-HeavyWeight, 13th

1995

Nationals - NPC, Light-HeavyWeight, 8th

1997

Massachusetts Championships - NPC, HeavyWeight, 2nd

2001

Gold's Classic (New Jersey) - NPC, HeavyWeight, 8th
Ironman Championships - NPC, Light-HeavyWeight, 2nd

[IroNat]

Problems of the heart are the number one killer of man. Exercise helps like cardio because it lowers the risk but no one is immune. Just heard for a marathon friend of mind that just had heart surgery. Another friend said his cholesterol was 131 and he had to have a stent put in for a clog.  Nobody can explain why lowering cholesterol lowers the risk of a clog but then why do people with low cholesterol have clog heart attacks?  I don't think it's as easy as saying high LDL and low HDL's.  Might have to do with inflammation as in C reactive protein.

[pamith]

Idk who he is, he looks juiced to the gills though, R.I.P.

[NarcissisticDeity]