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TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« on: July 13, 2012, 09:54:42 PM »
TOM PRINCE UPDATE 
Alive & Well



A couple weeks ago, I got a surprise visit of my old friend Tom Prince at the Max Muscle store in Venice. I had not seen Tom in a really long time except maybe for a quick minute on Sundays here in there at Gold’s Gym Venice where we would cross each other quickly on our way in or out of the gym. That day, Tom was on his way back home and instead of being stuck in the LA traffic, he decided to pay me a visit so we could catch up properly. He pulled up in a beautiful new grey Mercedes and park right in front of the store. As he got out of the car, he had a big smile on his face and right away I could tell he was a happy man. Tom retired from competitive bodybuilding officially after the 2004 Ironman due to kidney failure. Since then, he has been doing dialysis treatments 3 times a week for 5 hours, from 4am to 9am to clean up and purify his blood so he could stay alive. But on Sunday, June 17th, 2012 Tom received a kidney transplant and the operation was a success. Tom does no longer require dialysis treatments and after a couple months of follow ups to make sure his body is taking the new kidney without any rejection, he will be living a normal life, he’ll be able to travel even in Europe if he wants to. Tom said “Since bodybuilding, I have been living a charmed life, I am very happy” I asked him if he missed bodybuilding and he thought about it for a minute and said, “Not so much the competing, but the relationships and the friendships I forged over the years, that’s what I miss the most” “Since I retired, I have been working everyday with my wife Rebecca and I love it. She started her own Property Management company and today we manage 82 buildings. It’s crazy, I never thought I would find something I would enjoy doing more than bodybuilding but I have to say that this was a very smooth transition for me, I never skipped a beat. I am also happy that after years of being my rock and supporting what I wanted to do, today, I get to do the same for Becca and support her business and be her rock, it’s great!” Well it looks like life after bodybuilding isn’t so bad Tommy. Congrats on all your good fortune, we are truly happy for you.

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2012, 09:59:14 PM »
Good to see he's doing well.

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2012, 10:00:23 PM »
DA should take notes...

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2012, 10:02:21 PM »
For a year or two he was one of the biggest most muscular men in the world. That's not an exaggeration.  
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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2012, 10:03:47 PM »
doesn't he have a master degree in literature?

he should write a book about professional bodybuilding.

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2012, 10:04:34 PM »
no colt pics please... :-X

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2012, 10:05:19 PM »
no colt pics please... :-X
:D I'm afraid your plea may fall on deaf ears. . .
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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2012, 10:18:24 PM »
For a year or two he was one of the biggest most muscular men in the world. That's not an exaggeration.  


tom at the 2001 noc is one of my all time favorite showings.

he should have won that show.
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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2012, 11:23:40 PM »
Tom Prince is another ALL DRUGS CLOWN who used to wear a thong and paper bag and screw up is health in the pursue of a plastic trophy !
Look at him now : he look like a jew who just escaped from a nazi concentration camp!

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2012, 11:53:37 PM »
Tom used to be quite the douche, on the internet.  More so that most of you know.  Not many pros who have posted over the years actually deserved vitriol, Tom was one of them (in my opinion).  Some may read that as being par for the course, consider the way people are, here - but we're talking about over at MM, which was extremely policed  - often, by the man, himself. 

But, having been around at that time, actually witnessing him being a dick, I still say, the guy has made the best he can from the cards he's dealt himself.  Of course he looks like a scarecrow, he's been on dialysis for 8 years and he's actually had the guts to stay away from the bodybuilding world  ::).  Think of all the leeches, currently still trying to hold onto their former drug addict lives.  Think of the train wreck who still comes to this board posting his all capitals, foolishness.  Reality won against Tom, but at least he admitted it and has moved on.  He set a good example.  I won't bag him. 

I'm sure Luke Wood would have been the same, but sadly, that was not meant to be (and Luke was never a douche, he was a top fellow).


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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2012, 12:30:57 AM »

Look at the CAR, bitches !!!

FUUUUUUUUUUUK YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAA   8)

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2012, 12:43:16 AM »
I'm glad to hear he's doing well

But since its bbing related, there's always the possibility he's posing in front of someones car, and guy behind him holding his bicycle

Astounding the size difference between the old vs new prince

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2012, 12:47:51 AM »

But since its bbing related, there's always the possibility he's posing in front of someones car, and guy behind him holding his bicycle



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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2012, 01:21:55 AM »
he lost muscle

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2012, 01:22:42 AM »
Wouldn't there be other people first in line to get a kidney transplant? After all, bodybuilders choose to destroy their own kidneys by abusing diuretics etc. Very strange that he was eligible for such a transplant.

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2012, 02:21:18 AM »
8 years on dialysis? That must be a first...

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2012, 03:30:24 AM »
Wouldn't there be other people first in line to get a kidney transplant? After all, bodybuilders choose to destroy their own kidneys by abusing diuretics etc. Very strange that he was eligible for such a transplant.

Unfortunately the majority of human ailments, 70-80%, are self inflicted and preventable. Bad eating habits, alcohol, drugs, smoking, a sedentary lifestyle etc., all contribute to health problems which could have been otherwise avoided. Who's to say a person who injects themselves with various steroids should be any less eligible for a transplant than an alcoholic?

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2012, 03:58:24 AM »
hes giving the dialysis machine personal training these days.

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2012, 04:03:39 AM »
Brutal standing in front of the nicest car at the Circle K.

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2012, 04:05:48 AM »
Hopefully the kidney takes, and he can live a normal life again.  He has suffered enough already.

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2012, 04:28:20 AM »
He still works out (his kidneys) using machines (Dialysys)... Bodybuilding a "sport" (LOL) of Health and Strength.
Looks like he never touched a barbell..

Still schmoeing for the car payments I guess??

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2012, 04:51:25 AM »
He still works out (his kidneys) using machines (Dialysys)... Bodybuilding a "sport" (LOL) of Health and Strength.
Looks like he never touched a barbell..

Still schmoeing for the car payments I guess??

http://www.anthonyroberts.co.za/2009/02/joe-weiders-gay-porn-empire/

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Even Joe's mustache is trying to crawl off of his face in that pic  :D

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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2012, 05:04:21 AM »
Wow! He's got a cell-phone and a German car, so you know he's totally happy inside. 


Good for him.  It's cool of him to stop by for a photo-op despite his busy schedule.  He probably earns over $250,000 a year!  I bet he's on that phone making deals ALL the time...especially when he meets friends for lunch or dinner.  That's great news.  He's probably wanted to stop by for a pic with his nice clothes, freshly-washed Mercedes and frequently-in-use cell phone since FOREVER but just hasn't had time because he's so happy and busy and wears a button-down shirt without a tie (unless he's in a meeting). 



I know guys like that at the tall building with the parking structure downtown.  Those guys are always talking business on their phones without a tie and they drive used Audis or Mercedes with a navigation DVD that they can put in the CD player.  Glad to see Tom doing so well.  He's come a long way from veining coke and 'bain in that big ass left (and ONLY in the left arm) arm vein before he could even leave Kendell's apartment in Colorado.  I always knew he'd be driving a car that needed new breaks every 10,000 miles some day...so cool to see him happy and talking on the phone in pictures.
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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2012, 05:05:56 AM »
everyday with my wife Rebecca and I love it. She started her own Property Management company and today we manage 82 buildings

Which translates to:

"If my wife didn't start her own business I would be a broke, poor bodybuilder selling shitty supplements or schmoeing to make a living"

Lucky for him his wife is successful.
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Re: TOM PRINCE UPDATE Alive and Well..
« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2012, 06:10:06 AM »
Wow! He's got a cell-phone and a German car, so you know he's totally happy inside. 


Good for him.  It's cool of him to stop by for a photo-op despite his busy schedule.  He probably earns over $250,000 a year!  I bet he's on that phone making deals ALL the time...especially when he meets friends for lunch or dinner.  That's great news.  He's probably wanted to stop by for a pic with his nice clothes, freshly-washed Mercedes and frequently-in-use cell phone since FOREVER but just hasn't had time because he's so happy and busy and wears a button-down shirt without a tie (unless he's in a meeting). 



I know guys like that at the tall building with the parking structure downtown.  Those guys are always talking business on their phones without a tie and they drive used Audis or Mercedes with a navigation DVD that they can put in the CD player.  Glad to see Tom doing so well.  He's come a long way from veining coke and 'bain in that big ass left (and ONLY in the left arm) arm vein before he could even leave Kendell's apartment in Colorado.  I always knew he'd be driving a car that needed new breaks every 10,000 miles some day...so cool to see him happy and talking on the phone in pictures.


HAHA!    ;D
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