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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #25 on: June 09, 2011, 09:40:27 PM »
I'm friends/acquaintance with a few, there's like 8 or 9 pro's living in Toronto

have met about 15-20 (I've been to 2 pro shows when I was younger and into bodybuilding)

3 of the pro's I know here get they're gear from the same guy I do

I used to run into Greg Kovacs on a monthly basis at a 24 hour grocery store, and I run into Paul Dillett about once a month at Wal Mart or Costco

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #26 on: June 09, 2011, 10:44:37 PM »
Met Dorian in Calgary about a week after his third Sandow.  He was very cool in spite of circumstances...

The promoter put on quite a show.  The lead up to Dorian was a whole array of freakshow.  Power lifter carrying 1000lbs across the stage etc.  The WORST was a 'fitness' routine by a supposed competitor.  She was a disaster.  I felt embarassed for her.  There was a local BBer that did his routine.  I think he was deaf or had some other type of handicap.  Looked like he was about 30 weeks out from a show - CLEARLY off season.  They did a bunch of door prizes.  The guys directly in front and behind me won some pretty cool swag.

Dorian did his Olympia routine minus spray tan and then a 45 minute Q&A.  Class act all the way.

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #27 on: June 09, 2011, 11:16:58 PM »
not a pro, not a bodybuilder, but derek poundstone is a big dude, he was around 320 with abs

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #28 on: June 09, 2011, 11:53:44 PM »
Dorian Yates, Ernie Taylor, Dexter Jackson, Ronnie Coleman, that big Russian dude that was hyped as the white Coleman a few years ago and a few other which names i forgot.

Also quite a few German and Japanese bodybuilders, all amateurs though.

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #29 on: June 10, 2011, 12:03:25 AM »
I met about 2 zillion of them..............way too many to try to list with my early "oldtimers" disease setting in. 

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #30 on: June 10, 2011, 12:05:07 AM »
Oh yeah,one of the nicest pros I ever met was Jeff Poulin..........remember him?



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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #31 on: June 10, 2011, 01:49:11 AM »
I went to San Jose to watch some fighting at the Lyons Den and then to the local Max Muscle to meet Lana with Lana's egg whites. She introduced me to this guy.

Whooda thunk it? I didn't talk to him other than "how ya doin" - I didn't even plan on seeing him.



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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #32 on: June 10, 2011, 02:04:04 AM »
met almost every pro worth mentioning. Chris cormier was by far the coolest, doesn't act like he is better then you, Chris cook, Markus , kamali, Freeman, Heath, Coleman, Levrone, Cutler, Gunter, Thorvildson, McMillan, Jackson,bot of them, Branch Dennis Wolf, Melvin, and James all cool shit
among the nicest.

Darrem and Ernie Taylor both came across somewhat agitated, not pricks, but kind of in the middle. Frank Roberson was cool but a little to gayish, touchy and even makes gay jokes. Dorian is always to serious and tries to stay away from any type of long conversation, but understandable, very humble though, Shawn Ray is a prick but very generous, one handycap kid asked him to donate some money to his cause (forget what it was), anyway Shawn pulled out 300 dollars and gave it to him no strings attached, Gaspari and Labrada are cool to, very professional,

 The most impressive in person Kovacks by a mile, second would have to be Ronnie, Impressive in contest shape for me was Pavol Jablonicky, very thin tissue skin almost transparent,pictures don't do him justice.

Craig Titus no class at all...At the 2001 Toronto Pro, Kamali and Craig weren't competing but up on stage together and Kamali announced that the feud was just for show and that they are really friends, later at Titus's booth I over heard some kid ask Titus about Kamali and he said " I can't stand the goof"

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #33 on: June 10, 2011, 02:14:04 AM »
I met Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner. But he's a wrestler, and wrestlers are about 100x cooler than bodybuilders.

Then take you HIV physique to a Wraslin forum and post there

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #34 on: June 10, 2011, 02:43:40 AM »
Only Jay Cutler and Berry de Mey

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #35 on: June 10, 2011, 02:51:47 AM »
craig titus

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #36 on: June 10, 2011, 03:04:31 AM »
Met (as in spoke to) quite a few:

Dorian Yates: Know him by default as a result of training at Temple Gym for so many years. Laid back, dry sense of hunour, cool guy.

Shawn Ray - Thought he was friendly when I met him - not sure people say he's arrogant. Got a picture taken with him even though he had to rush off to be at his sponsor's booth.

Mariusz Pudzianowski - Bit of a prick, very moody, and had absolutely no interest in being spoke to by fans. Maybe because he didn't speak English very well but even so.

Flex Wheeler - bit arrogant, was wearing sunglasses indoors which kind of says it all really.

Ernie Taylor - again, used to see him round Temple Gym every now and again when I was younger - was always cool with me and never saw him moody with anyone.

Erk Fankhouser - decent guy, bought a t-shirt off him, very laid back and down to earth. Calves were just ridiculously amazing.

Seen loads of others but haven't spoken to like Ronnie, Dennis James, Victor Martinez, Chick, etc, all the usual Expo people.

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #37 on: June 10, 2011, 03:37:00 AM »
More than I came name ! Lol ! I'd be easier to name the ones I haven't met ! :D


Off the top of my head though, I've met : Ronnie, Dexter, Gunter, Markus, Dennis, Jay, Craiggers, Melvin, Lee P., Shawn R., Victor, etc., etc., etc. ! Lol !

They were ALL impressive ! One of the coolest, biggest pro's that stood out was Chris Cook just after he turned pro. Met him when he was in off-season mode and HOLY SHIT !! LOL !! I just remember thinkin' to myself, " What am I lookin' at ???? How can a person get that big ! " He, quite literally, guys, looked like a livestock animal that quit walkin' on all fours and was able to actual stand and walk on it's two back legs ! No joke ! Very impressive ! And, on top of that, nicest person I've ever met. Fact !

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #38 on: June 10, 2011, 03:38:49 AM »

Dorian Yates: Know him by default as a result of training at Temple Gym for so many years. Laid back, dry sense of hunour, cool guy.


You ever talk to him about Getbig?

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #39 on: June 10, 2011, 03:44:25 AM »

Flex Wheeler - bit arrogant, was wearing sunglasses indoors which kind of says it all really.

You always hear Shawn is arrogant and so on, but somehow I never ever liked Wheeler, although I never met him.

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #40 on: June 10, 2011, 03:46:36 AM »
Hell, loads of them. Attended the British and a few European Grand Prixs from the late 90's into the early 2000's. Saw pretty much anyone worth seeing.

Dorian was by far the coolest and most easy going. He even recognised me a few times as I attended the shows so often. Flex was pretty cool too but a bit aloof and for some reason posing for men in thongs has gone to his head. Ronnie, Cormier, Nasser, etc etc etc. If they competed in the mid to late 90's, I saw them.
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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #41 on: June 10, 2011, 03:53:47 AM »
You ever talk to him about Getbig?

No, I get the impression Dorian isn't really too hot on computers and the internet - he doesn't really relate to it that well so I've never mentioned Getbig. Someone found an old video of him on the internet posing at the 1986 British Nationals where he was beaten by Chris Oskys for the overall and we were all crowding round watching it. I asked Dorian what happened to that guy and he gave a little smile and said "I think he went on to run a chip shop."  ;D

I'm not actually training in Temple Gym anymore -I left in February - I still see some of the guys from there every now and again and next time I see Dorian I'll ask him who's better - him or Ronnie.

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #42 on: June 10, 2011, 04:11:31 AM »
No, I get the impression Dorian isn't really too hot on computers and the internet - he doesn't really relate to it that well so I've never mentioned Getbig. Someone found an old video of him on the internet posing at the 1986 British Nationals where he was beaten by Chris Oskys for the overall and we were all crowding round watching it. I asked Dorian what happened to that guy and he gave a little smile and said "I think he went on to run a chip shop."  ;D

I'm not actually training in Temple Gym anymore -I left in February - I still see some of the guys from there every now and again and next time I see Dorian I'll ask him who's better - him or Ronnie.

Cool. The reason I asked is partly because he's got his own site and even a forum now, I think. So he's definitely spending time online, which nearly everyone does. Pretty sure he must've heard about Getbig, although I don't think he'll post here, given the atmosphere :-\

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #43 on: June 10, 2011, 05:33:16 AM »
I went to San Jose to watch some fighting at the Lyons Den and then to the local Max Muscle to meet Lana with Lana's egg whites. She introduced me to this guy.

Whooda thunk it? I didn't talk to him other than "how ya doin" - I didn't even plan on seeing him.




What did you think of San Jose? And my buddy Lance's max muscle kicks ass doesn't it?

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #44 on: June 10, 2011, 05:46:48 AM »
Cool. The reason I asked is partly because he's got his own site and even a forum now, I think. So he's definitely spending time online, which nearly everyone does. Pretty sure he must've heard about Getbig, although I don't think he'll post here, given the atmosphere :-\
You think he can read and write ?

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #45 on: June 10, 2011, 05:59:11 AM »
Cool. The reason I asked is partly because he's got his own site and even a forum now, I think. So he's definitely spending time online, which nearly everyone does. Pretty sure he must've heard about Getbig, although I don't think he'll post here, given the atmosphere :-\

I know he has his own column/thread on MD but I don't think he posts on there that regularly. And seeing as I don't post on MD myself I've pretty much given it a miss too.

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #46 on: June 10, 2011, 06:06:16 AM »
No, I get the impression Dorian isn't really too hot on computers and the internet - he doesn't really relate to it that well so I've never mentioned Getbig. Someone found an old video of him on the internet posing at the 1986 British Nationals where he was beaten by Chris Oskys for the overall and we were all crowding round watching it. I asked Dorian what happened to that guy and he gave a little smile and said "I think he went on to run a chip shop."  ;D

I'm not actually training in Temple Gym anymore -I left in February - I still see some of the guys from there every now and again and next time I see Dorian I'll ask him who's better - him or Ronnie.
Dorian needs to know about the ND/Hulkster thread!   :o

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #47 on: June 10, 2011, 06:20:29 AM »
Cool. The reason I asked is partly because he's got his own site and even a forum now, I think. So he's definitely spending time online, which nearly everyone does. Pretty sure he must've heard about Getbig, although I don't think he'll post here, given the atmosphere :-\
I think Dorian would own alot of tits here as Bobby Chicko does  ;) 8)

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #48 on: June 10, 2011, 08:06:37 AM »
I met these guys a few years back...unreal!!!

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Re: have you ever met a pro? if so then who
« Reply #49 on: June 10, 2011, 08:10:24 AM »
I met these guys a few years back...unreal!!!
I saw them on tv. Terrific athletes!