Bob Paris: Wise words of a visionary/NEW PICS on p.2 and p.6

[donrhummy]

Yes, very impressive.

He was a modern day Steve Reeves.  If the sport had used Bob Paris as their poster boy we'd be in a much better place today.

Agree 100% I have no idea why they never figured this out.

[kh300]

i liked what he was talking about, not having to wear tanks tops all the time to try to get attention.

i watch cutlers videos and the guy doesnt take his eyes off himself for 2 seconds. he looks at himself in the mirror,grabs a plate while looking in the mirror, puts it on the bar while starring in the mirror.. after the set he walks close to the mirror to stare at himself for more... guy doesnt own a shirt with sleeves -monster low self esteem issues.

[Mr. Zimbabwe]

Don't get me wrong Grant, I too admired Bob and have always considered his type of physique the ideal.  I also emulated some of his posing style and thought he was one of the few guys that worked on developing his mind & spirit along with his physique. 

But, in that video he is trying too hard to come off as an "intellectual" and taking himself way too seriously.  You gotta laugh at that. 

True, But I think he was trying to be a pioneer and take the sport in a different direction to where he saw it heading .... and a direction better suited to his look.  He speaks a heck of a lot better than many of today's top bodybuilders!

Here is my attempt at a Bob Paris pose.  The bottom one is my "Blue Steel" ha ha!!

That's a great Zoolander effort!

[MindSpin]

i liked what he was talking about, not having to wear tanks tops all the time to try to get attention.

i watch cutlers videos and the guy doesnt take his eyes off himself for 2 seconds. he looks at himself in the mirror,grabs a plate while looking in the mirror, puts it on the bar while starring in the mirror.. after the set he walks close to the mirror to stare at himself for more... guy doesnt own a shirt with sleeves -monster low self esteem issues.

LOL...totally agree.  When I competed, I was always covered up only becasue if a caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I didn't look as big or cut as I expected to be, it would fuck with my head.  

[MindSpin]

That's a great Zoolander effort!

ha ha!

[Palpatine Q]

Yeah, but he was talking about himself in the 3rd person

I gotta agree here.

He is obviously no dummy, but it's obvious he's trying hard to come off as sophisticated.

And he pronounces "aesthetics" wrong

[timfogarty]

Thanks...but I don't look much like that now 

I'd still do ya.

[The Enigma]

Good advice there from Paris - just a shame today's guys don't portray themselves in that light.

Thing is, Paris's physique looks attainable there - no-one in the real world can relate to a guy like Ruhl or Coleman. That's why bodybuilding sucks to the general public.

I couldn't agree more!! Great post.

[gh15]

First of all, 15-20 more pounds would have ruined him. I think there were a few small things he needed to fix and that would have amounted to 5-8 lbs MAX. Secondly, Chris Dickerson was gay (and I think openly) and he was Mr. O.

nonono,,wrong
pay attention to what i wrote,,15-20lb of the SAME QUALITY,,it would not ruin him if he could distrbute it equally all over his physiqe but he couldnt,, his physiqe was not capable of such a thing,,he was not built to hold that extra mass on him and he took his body to the max,,if he could have got even 3 extra lb of same quality mass on him he would have,,

and dickerson  was indeed a homo but! his card was the black color,,black american,, they were needed at that era and he was superb bodybuilder and black,,,you would see past the homo thing with a black guy simply because the black > homo ,, you wouldnt with a white all american guy during the 80s

[timfogarty]

he was born this way,,if he could only have 15-20 extra lb of this quality on stage,, he would have been mr o,,

Paris, like all the bodybuilders from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, did plenty of steroids.  But they didn't do GH and insulin.  That is what would be required to put on another 15-20 pounds, and that is what would destroy his symmetry and proportionality. 

if you want to look like Bob Paris, don't do GH and insulin.

a homo mr o as much as papa weider would raise his eye,,he would have given it to him

Read Gorilla Suit.   Weider had a fit when Chris Dickerson won.

[MindSpin]

I'd still do ya.

uh...okay

[Mr. Zimbabwe]

Thanks... but I don't look much like that now  :)

No, and neither do I.  But what does it matter, Yemeni?  We both saw the light and retired from competitive bodybuilding.  The risk vs. reward was just not there for you .... or I ... or Bob Paris?  And I really think you could have kicked ass as an IFBB Pro!


We both still work out (although totally clean now) and still look better than 90% of the general population.  And you have a successful business, beautiful wife and 2 adorable daughters now. You made an executive decision and it was the right decision.  Mad props to you my brother.

[~salmon~]

I'd still do ya.

uh...okay

A getbig love connection!!!!!!!!

[Thin Lizzy]

I was a big Bob Paris fan myself. The year he won the nationals was one of the most competitive ever.

However, during this interview, he lost me when he started referring to himself in the third person, "Bob Paris has a lot of interests in life." "Bob Paris isn't just about bodybuilding."

[Mr. Zimbabwe]

I'd still do ya.

Tim!!!!  You are usually so subtle!? 

Yemini is a handsome dude ...... but seriously ...ain't you in a feisty mood?!!!

[Mr. Zimbabwe]

Read Gorilla Suit.   Weider had a fit when Chris Dickerson won.

Tim, I didn't really get this ....can you please elaborate?  I thought Joe Weider was very fond of Dickerson?

[Thin Lizzy]

I remember Weider trying to pimp BP in the magazines as this ladies man. Bob would always be working out with these hot babes, but it was already known in the bodybuilding world that the guy was gay.

[columbusdude82]

I seriously think Bob Paris could seriously pull more babes than any other bodybuilder in the history of bodybuilding.  I would let a surgeon cut off a toe so that I could look like him.

Won't some ladies be scared away by the missing toe though?

[Mr. Zimbabwe]

And Bob?

Matt,

Your posted pics of Bob Paris, today, seem somewhat sarcastic .... and perhaps derogatory?

Considering he is well retired from bodybuilding and in his 50's I think he looks healthy and happy?

Do you honestly think we can continue to cycle year after year into our 50's without repercutions?   Where is Don Youngblood today?  Or Sonny Schimdt?  Or Mike Francois?  Or Tom Prince?  Or Flex Wheeler?  Or Mike Matarazzo?  Would you like me to keep going????

[timfogarty]

How do you mean?  Wouldn't preserving your symmetry just mean not growing muscle beyond a particular level?  E.g., as a natural I can now juice up on GH and insulin to 220 and be the same 220 on lots of sauce right?  The point is not to go beyond that point, but how you do it would seem irrelevant.

no, people on gh and insulin look more blocky.  I don't know if its because cartilage grows with GH too, or that insulin causes an increase in visceral fat.  but there is a distinct difference in the way bodybuilders look from before GH and after GH, and it's not just muscles are bigger.

[timfogarty]

Considering he is well retired from bodybuilding and in his 50's I think he looks healthy and happy?

actually he's 48.   and while everyone ages differently, I think part of the reason why he looks the way he looks today is that he was a white boy who spent a lot of time in a tanning booth. 

[The Enigma]

Matt,

Your posted pics of Bob Paris, today, seem somewhat sarcastic .... and perhaps derogatory?

Considering he is well retired from bodybuilding and in his 50's I think he looks healthy and happy?

Do you honestly think we can continue to cycle year after year into our 50's without repercutions?   Where is Don Youngblood today?  Or Sonny Schimdt?  Or Mike Francois?  Or Tom Prince?  Or Flex Wheeler?  Or Mike Matarazzo?  Would you like me to keep going?

Great Post Grant.....tell it like it is.

[timfogarty]

Tim, I didn't really get this ....can you please elaborate?  I thought Joe Weider was very fond of Dickerson?

I don't have my copy of Bob Paris' Gorilla Suit, but Bob writes about it.  And Chris is one of the few who didn't try to defend his Olympia win, and came in 11th the following year.

[amoney86]

wise words bob is a good guy.

[MindSpin]

No, and neither do I.  But what does it matter, Yemeni?  We both saw the light and retired from competitive bodybuilding.  The risk vs. reward was just not there for you .... or I ... or Bob Paris?  And I really think you could have kicked ass as an IFBB Pro!


We both still work out (although totally clean now) and still look better than 90% of the general population.  And you have a successful business, beautiful wife and 2 adorable daughters now. You made an executive decision and it was the right decision.  Mad props to you my brother.

Thank you my friend.  I have no regrets.  Well except for maybe banging a buch of porno hotties before I retired...ha ha...you lucky bastard!