Q&A with IFBB Pro Vinny Galanti

[VGalanti]

i remember some of the old ads,,i know u used metrx back in the day,did connelly ever formally try to get u onboard to represent them?

back in the day Met Rx had the BASE and the Plus. No product compared. It was stupid to change the formula.
anyone who used the base and plus, i'm sure did not stay on board very long using the new met rx formula.

i never met connelly, but i did get a contract with EAS from Bill Philips.

[njflex]

back in the day Met Rx had the BASE and the Plus. No product compared. It was stupid to change the formula.
anyone who used the base and plus, i'm sure did not stay on board very long using the new met rx formula.

i never met connelly, but i did get a contract with EAS from Bill Philips.

yeah that shit was costly lol,,,i remember some issues with u in muscle media some pics and the big cover ,i remember after your usa win jbn supp's had a good layout with some pics for there products and workout wear.i have so many old mags stuffed away my wife beats me up 4 it lol,,,,,calls me a pack rat.i asked before are u still on farahs plan or waiting till prep?

[VGalanti]

yeah that shit was costly lol,,,i remember some issues with u in muscle media some pics and the big cover ,i remember after your usa win jbn supp's had a good layout with some pics for there products and workout wear.i have so many old mags stuffed away my wife beats me up 4 it lol,,,,,calls me a pack rat.i asked before are u still on farahs plan or waiting till prep?

holy crap....JBN I forgot all about them.....LOL

JBN was my very first sponsor out on PENN.

[littleguns]

2 questions Vinny:

1. Your favorite Era of Bodybuilding?

2. If you could step in a time machine, who would you want to compete against regardless of the outcome

[VGalanti]

2 questions Vinny:

1. Your favorite Era of Bodybuilding?

2. If you could step in a time machine, who would you want to compete against regardless of the outcome

1- right NOW. The 202 class is bringing conditioning back, and to a level we have not seen in a long time.
The bloated stomach is long gone, and rock hard ab's are back.



2- FRANK ZANE

[littleguns]

1- right NOW. The 202 class is bringing conditioning back, and to a level we have not seen in a long time.
The bloated stomach is long gone, and rock hard ab's are back.



2- FRANK ZANE

Zane...Nice choice...

I know you have alot of things going on in your life right now but really.....when will we see you back on stage? I've watched you in the Amatures seemed like forever, not sure who had a longer tenure there...you or Chick (LOL)......I have MM2K mags with you and Danny Hester as the poster boys.......

Inquiring minds want to know

[VGalanti]

Zane...Nice choice...

I know you have alot of things going on in your life right now but really.....when will we see you back on stage? I've watched you in the Amatures seemed like forever, not sure who had a longer tenure there...you or Chick (LOL)......I have MM2K mags with you and Danny Hester as the poster boys.......

Inquiring minds want to know

dont know as of yet. i'm enjoying a great offseason with a bunch of guest posings over the summer.

even though i'm 43, i dont feel that i'm done yet, and dont feel the need to rush into anything. it took me 16 years to get here, why not do it right. maybe i should never had competed last yr and took the yr off to settle, but it's working out great for me right now with the added time in the gym. the one thing that i battle with...i'm sick of sucking down into a weight class, so who knows...maybe i'll stay around 212 for my next show and mix up with some freaks in the open.

[njflex]

dont know as of yet. i'm enjoying a great offseason with a bunch of guest posings over the summer.

even though i'm 43, i dont feel that i'm done yet, and dont feel the need to rush into anything. it took me 16 years to get here, why not do it right. maybe i should never had competed last yr and took the yr off to settle, but it's working out great for me right now with the added time in the gym. the one thing that i battle with...i'm sick of sucking down into a weight class, so who knows...maybe i'll stay around 212 for my next show and mix up with some freaks in the open.

that'll work,,,i'm 42 and feel great,my wife is 34 and she's a slug lol,,,, 2 kid's will do that.training mid 30's till now is fantastic and no quit,training with same intensity and same weight and some movements more than i did in 20's and 30's,so all this crap about over the hill,hrt,,,is all good just not me right now or u as it seems.i do 4 day routine mon,wed,thurs,sat,and no cardio like u ,eat ,train,rest,repeat.zane and ur build i always liked to emulate or close to it.

[VGalanti]

that'll work,,,i'm 42 and feel great,my wife is 34 and she's a slug lol,,,, 2 kid's will do that.training mid 30's till now is fantastic and no quit,training with same intensity and same weight and some movements more than i did in 20's and 30's,so all this crap about over the hill,hrt,,,is all good just not me right now or u as it seems.i do 4 day routine mon,wed,thurs,sat,and no cardio like u ,eat ,train,rest,repeat.zane and ur build i always liked to emulate or close to it.

it's funny, every guy i speak with that is in their early 30's say...noway at 40 will i be doing this.
i thought the same way when i was 33 and now that i found a good grove in training, past the ego stage, at 43 i feel good.

i just want to do it right, and not rush it.

i get alot of people saying...dont get huge and lose your v-shape. its not about getting huge for me, its all about not sucking down to make a weight anymore.

it was not enjoyable trying to make 198 all those years on the national level. and now, i just dont know what to do.
so thats why i'm doing NOTHING....lol

[njflex]

it's funny, every guy i speak with that is in their early 30's say...noway at 40 will i be doing this.
i thought the same way when i was 33 and now that i found a good grove in training, past the ego stage, at 43 i feel good.

i just want to do it right, and not rush it.

i get alot of people saying...dont get huge and lose your v-shape. its not about getting huge for me, its all about not sucking down to make a weight anymore.

it was not enjoyable trying to make 198 all those years on the national level. and now, i just dont know what to do.
so thats why i'm doing NOTHING....lol

i here ya vin,but what ur saying about getting huge in the 1st place that wasn't your goal or bodytype,think about all the guys u trained with or friends that were heavier or appeared bigger ,then u stripped down then it was all over due to your overall look,thats as important as trying to get bigger or being big.its all relative and everyone know matter what they do,take,force all peak size wise,its shape,structure,joint size,that u have no control over.you got enough respect over the yrs with what u had and did with it.its a tough challenge to take your body clean,unnatural and put it to yrs and yrs of eating to gain,leanout,train heavy,train with more intensity,over and over ect.fun stuff.

[njflex]

whats ur current diet like?training days?still h.i.t. training...

[littleguns]

dont know as of yet. i'm enjoying a great offseason with a bunch of guest posings over the summer.

even though i'm 43, i dont feel that i'm done yet, and dont feel the need to rush into anything. it took me 16 years to get here, why not do it right. maybe i should never had competed last yr and took the yr off to settle, but it's working out great for me right now with the added time in the gym. the one thing that i battle with...i'm sick of sucking down into a weight class, so who knows...maybe i'll stay around 212 for my next show and mix up with some freaks in the open.

Vinny,

I would love to see you go against someone like Hide who hovers around 215-220 but would really love to see you in the 202, maybe do some damage there and move up..

Will you be at the Universal booth at the Ct. Europa at the end of the month?

[VGalanti]

whats ur current diet like?training days?still h.i.t. training...

no more HIT.

high volume training.

eating 5 meals daily with pro/carbs each meal

[VGalanti]

Vinny,

I would love to see you go against someone like Hide who hovers around 215-220 but would really love to see you in the 202, maybe do some damage there and move up..

Will you be at the Universal booth at the Ct. Europa at the end of the month?

we shall see....no i wont be in CT

[Meso_z]

no more HIT.

high volume training.

eating 5 meals daily with pro/carbs each meal

when you say high volume, what number of sets are we talking for each boddypart?

Also what would you reccommend for a guy with geneticaly weak abs? i have to get down to pretty low bf in order to fully see them.

what would you suggest (training wise) to do in order to make them thicker?

thanks

[VGalanti]

when you say high volume, what number of sets are we talking for each boddypart?

Also what would you reccommend for a guy with geneticaly weak abs? i have to get down to pretty low bf in order to fully see them.

what would you suggest (training wise) to do in order to make them thicker?

thanks

i'm doing about 16 - 20 sets per body part, and i'm getting real decent gains from it...considering i'm 43 and pretty beat up from training for over 25 yrs. this style of training is giving my joints a much needed break, but...i'm actually getting bigger from it.
i like doing old fashioned crunches off the floor and with the rope off a pully. i too need to be very lean in order to my abs.

[michael arvilla]

I know Vinny is too modest to be posting pictures of himself (so i will lol!)
this pic is ridiculous!
(at 43 i think?)
Unreal!

[wild willie]

I know Vinny is too modest to be posting pictures of himself (so i will lol!)
this pic is ridiculous!
(at 43 i think?)
Unreal!

awesome image of the Vin man!!!!! Thanks, Mike!

[michael arvilla]

awesome image of the Vin man!!!!! Thanks, Mike!

  n/p!   

[wild willie]

Vin


When you train, do you use any super setting.....or drop sets? How long will you rest between sets??? Do you feel that the magazines confuse readers by not reporting training routines accurately???

seems like the magazines don't correctly report training routines of the top bodybuilders....when you go out to venice, you see how the champs actually workout......do you agree with me here???

[njflex]

i'm doing about 16 - 20 sets per body part, and i'm getting real decent gains from it...considering i'm 43 and pretty beat up from training for over 25 yrs. this style of training is giving my joints a much needed break, but...i'm actually getting bigger from it.
i like doing old fashioned crunches off the floor and with the rope off a pully. i too need to be very lean in order to my abs.

true,,other than some elbow pain ,i'always liked this style,chest and delts 14-16 set,back 15-18,bi's tri's 9-12,legs 12-14 hams 6-8 calves 2x per wk,yes abs on floor propped on bench 5lb plate in hand sets 20-25 ..cool stuff vin.

[wild willie]

Vin,

 Do you ever get acid reflux??? I recently quit drinking coffee due to the fact that the acid was killing me....to the point where I was unable to keep food down.....I did have an endoscopy done and they found nothing serious but they did tell me to get this under control. Just wondering if you ever suffer from this at all.....or people you know??? I may start using some papaya for easier digestion. Thanks in advance!

[VGalanti]

I know Vinny is too modest to be posting pictures of himself (so i will lol!)
this pic is ridiculous!
(at 43 i think?)
Unreal!

thanks mike, that pic was 2 days out from last years (2009) 202 ny pro age 42. i totally made bad choices to get "harder" the last 48 hours and i came into the contest in very flat condition.

can anyone post up both pictures side by side?

[VGalanti]

Vin


When you train, do you use any super setting.....or drop sets? How long will you rest between sets??? Do you feel that the magazines confuse readers by not reporting training routines accurately???

seems like the magazines don't correctly report training routines of the top bodybuilders....when you go out to venice, you see how the champs actually workout......do you agree with me here???

i have been talking to john defendis for the last 6 months, and i have adopted his method of high sets and reps. i do around 15 - 20 reps per set and about 16-20 sets per body part. i did try even higher amounts of sets like 25, but i respond better to no more than 20.

i do drop sets, super sets, and even giant sets.

i been training since i'm 16 yrs old, have a shoulder injury and most of my joints need a good warm-up, this style of training works great for me.

i think the mags get it pretty close to what the guys do in the gym.

[VGalanti]

Vin,

 Do you ever get acid reflux??? I recently quit drinking coffee due to the fact that the acid was killing me....to the point where I was unable to keep food down.....I did have an endoscopy done and they found nothing serious but they did tell me to get this under control. Just wondering if you ever suffer from this at all.....or people you know??? I may start using some papaya for easier digestion. Thanks in advance!

until i started using prevacid, i couldn't  bend over to tie my shoes without something coming up.