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(DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« on: October 06, 2008, 06:03:06 PM »
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2008, 06:04:52 PM »
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2008, 06:06:01 PM »
Where is the GH gut :-\
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2008, 06:06:27 PM »
dude did a lot w/ what he had to work with.
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2008, 06:09:19 PM »
brutal
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2008, 06:10:45 PM »
Quote from: BroadStreetBruiser on October 06, 2008, 06:06:27 PM
dude did a lot w/ what he had to work with.

Amen to that.  Gotta respect the Rich.
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2008, 06:18:40 PM »
great thread Mike
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2008, 06:24:08 PM »
very small genetics for arms, but they sure were ripped.
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2008, 06:29:05 PM »
Great shots of a young Rich Michael, any idea of the date of them, looks like 1983-84 tops??
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2008, 06:29:37 PM »
Quote from: Pete Nice on October 06, 2008, 06:18:40 PM
great thread Mike

  Thx!.....................(Rich was winning shows when i first started lifting/in all the mags etc)

  seems so long ago
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2008, 06:36:26 PM »
Mike, you seem to have been really interested and involved in bodybuilding in the 80s & 90s. How come you never took it to the next level?
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2008, 06:53:40 PM »
Quote from: BroadStreetBruiser on October 06, 2008, 06:06:27 PM
dude did a lot w/ what he had to work with.

That he did.
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2008, 07:06:13 PM »
Quote from: johnny1 on October 06, 2008, 06:29:05 PM
Great shots of a young Rich Michael, any idea of the date of them, looks like 1983-84 tops??
Rich Won Nationals and the universe in 84, at age 21 and he was much bigger than the first pics.

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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2008, 07:11:38 PM »
how old is he in that first set of pics, mike ?
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2008, 07:24:14 PM »
BOOM
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #15 on: October 06, 2008, 07:45:49 PM »
Quote from: tbombz on October 06, 2008, 07:11:38 PM
how old is he in that first set of pics, mike ?

19 ??
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michael arvilla

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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2008, 08:07:55 PM »
Quote from: io856 on October 06, 2008, 06:36:26 PM
Mike, you seem to have been really interested and involved in bodybuilding in the 80s & 90s. How come you never took it to the next level?

   (small mans syndrome)  never thought i was big enough .............always "bulking" gotta get bigger man then ill do a show
  this went on for years
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2008, 08:12:01 PM »
Plus you gotta remember i was constantly around guys like Mike Matarazzo,Paul Demayo,matt mclaughlin.Kevin Mcgaun,Matt Kline,Steve Cantone  etc etc

i honestly felt like i never ever touched a weight compared to those guys!
it was quite humbling
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michael arvilla

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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2008, 08:17:13 PM »
I don't know Rich's age in those "early pics" maybe someone here can help??

(if i was to guess 19 - early 20's tops)
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2008, 09:53:21 PM »
looks stupid as always. His head looks way too big for his body. Never understood the hype
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2008, 10:40:29 AM »
Quote from: michael arvilla on October 06, 2008, 08:17:13 PM
I don't know Rich's age in those "early pics" maybe someone here can help??

(if i was to guess 19 - early 20's tops)
Those were some great pics!
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2008, 11:38:52 AM »
Quote from: michael arvilla on October 06, 2008, 08:07:55 PM
   (small mans syndrome)  never thought i was big enough .............always "bulking" gotta get bigger man then ill do a show
  this went on for years

What size (height & weight) were you when you had this 'small man syndrome'?

I think a lot of gymrats have body dysmorphic disorder.  :-[
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #22 on: October 07, 2008, 11:44:04 AM »
Quote from: BayGBM on October 07, 2008, 11:38:52 AM
What size (height & weight) were you when you had this 'small man syndrome'?

I think a lot of gymrats have body dysmorphic disorder.   :-[
the majority have the oppposite of what competitive bodybuilders have tho. the average joe gym rat walks around thinking they look like mr.olympia while mr.olympia walks around thinking he looks like average joe
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #23 on: October 07, 2008, 11:46:35 AM »
Monster 11.4 inches pythons.
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Re: (DRAGONSLAYER) old Skool Rich Gaspari pictures
« Reply #24 on: October 07, 2008, 12:10:46 PM »
Quote from: BayGBM on October 07, 2008, 11:38:52 AM
What size (height & weight) were you when you had this 'small man syndrome'?

I think a lot of gymrats have body dysmorphic disorder.  :-[

 6 FT 1" or so  .............always stayed around 270 280 lbs (got as high as 312 lbs before)
 always comparing myself to these guys tho (so i was never "good" or "big" enough (plus working in nightclubs/afterhours clubs wasn't very Condusive to competitive bodybuilding!)

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