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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #25 on: July 15, 2014, 05:07:56 AM »
Did someone say Blue Stars? I sense a full blown conspiracy here. I can't even change my avatar!

Why do you think Ron hates you so much?

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #26 on: July 15, 2014, 09:55:06 AM »
Congrats to WW... Can you tell us your best lifts, at what bodyweight? Single-ply, double-ply, raw??

Poor Basil, he gets no respect  :-*



I competed as a teen at 165 which I had a difficult time making! When I began training at big powerlifting/bodybuilding gym called Peps in Framingham MA for football some of the older guys began helping me with my lifting techniques and showed me how to squat.  I benched raw and the Inzer blast shirts were not even an option. I wore a supersuit for squats and often deadlifted raw because the suit was uncomfortable.

Best teenage contest lifts  - 535 squat, 345 bench (USPF had long pauses) and 570 dead. These lifts won teenage nationals at 165.

I decided to do a couple bench contests in college and again struggled with the long pauses (many would sink the bar into their chest but I was not comfortable with that). At 21 at 198 (weighed in at 192) I benched 425 in the US Championships and won my class.  I put up 450 but one judge said I did not pause long enough. A month later I got the 450 raw.

Best 198 contest lifts - squat 625, 505 bench raw and 660 dead. Biggest contest miss was a 530 which nearly came down on my face (great spotters). Best gym single was 540 with an Inzer blast single ply (like a tight tee) at a bw of 202. I will say contest lifts, when judged correctly, are a whole different ball game when compared to gym lifts. I was failed one time for racking too soon!

I was fortunate to train with some amazing people to include Ted Arcidi and Bev Francis. When I left powerlifting due to time restraints with my job at 24 I never stopped lifting and many of you have seen my pics on the board.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #27 on: July 15, 2014, 09:58:07 AM »
Congrats! It's good to see a fellow NH resident get his button.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2014, 09:59:59 AM »
Congrats! It's good to see a fellow NH resident get his button.

Thanks Aj!

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #29 on: July 15, 2014, 11:18:53 AM »
Looks good blue stars were in order.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #30 on: July 15, 2014, 11:23:22 AM »
Well deserve my friend.....Ken

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #31 on: July 15, 2014, 11:30:20 AM »
Congrats, Brother.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #32 on: July 15, 2014, 11:35:11 AM »
I competed as a teen at 165 which I had a difficult time making! When I began training at big powerlifting/bodybuilding gym called Peps in Framingham MA for football some of the older guys began helping me with my lifting techniques and showed me how to squat.  I benched raw and the Inzer blast shirts were not even an option. I wore a supersuit for squats and often deadlifted raw because the suit was uncomfortable.

Best teenage contest lifts  - 535 squat, 345 bench (USPF had long pauses) and 570 dead. These lifts won teenage nationals at 165.

I decided to do a couple bench contests in college and again struggled with the long pauses (many would sink the bar into their chest but I was not comfortable with that). At 21 at 198 (weighed in at 192) I benched 425 in the US Championships and won my class.  I put up 450 but one judge said I did not pause long enough. A month later I got the 450 raw.

Best 198 contest lifts - squat 625, 505 bench raw and 660 dead. Biggest contest miss was a 530 which nearly came down on my face (great spotters). Best gym single was 540 with an Inzer blast single ply (like a tight tee) at a bw of 202. I will say contest lifts, when judged correctly, are a whole different ball game when compared to gym lifts. I was failed one time for racking too soon!

I was fortunate to train with some amazing people to include Ted Arcidi and Bev Francis. When I left powerlifting due to time restraints with my job at 24 I never stopped lifting and many of you have seen my pics on the board.


Very cool, thanks for the info. Ted talks about Peps often when we go for lunch. I bought a leg machine off of Powerlifter John McGuire who also trained at Peps back in the day...

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #33 on: July 15, 2014, 11:36:43 AM »
Good to see some more competitive powerlifters on here. 

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #34 on: July 15, 2014, 11:43:09 AM »
Good to see some more competitive powerlifters on here. 

We have about 4 more that are in the works for getting their blue stars.

We recently had a large influx of members asking for blue stars.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #35 on: July 15, 2014, 11:46:08 AM »
We have about 4 more that are in the works for getting their blue stars.

We recently had a large influx of members asking for blue stars.

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That is cool.  I am competitive as well, but I am not going to make a big deal like some people do about some blue starts next to my name lol. 

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #36 on: July 15, 2014, 12:15:17 PM »
That's awesome...

Well deserved 

WoooSSHHHHHHHHH

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #37 on: July 15, 2014, 12:57:41 PM »
Thanks Aj!

Live Free Or Die!  :)


Congrats and welcome to the club
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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #38 on: July 15, 2014, 02:14:29 PM »
Very cool, thanks for the info. Ted talks about Peps often when we go for lunch. I bought a leg machine off of Powerlifter John McGuire who also trained at Peps back in the day...

Last time I saw Ted at his place in Manchester he had his elbows bandaged which I believe was from his second bone spur surgery.  Small world because I had just run a cardiac residents symposium on valve repair and his brother Joe was in the class!

Peps was an amazing gym and to learn from guys like Ted (who was at one point kicked out) and other top lifters like the Paul brothers (the owners sons) was invaluable from a competitive perspective.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #39 on: July 15, 2014, 05:05:21 PM »

Congrats and welcome to the club

There is no Blue Stars Club. Besides, you are at the bottom of the list there, too. I hardly want to be a member of any club that accepts you!

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #40 on: July 15, 2014, 05:41:00 PM »
There is no Blue Stars Club. Besides, you are at the bottom of the list there, too. I hardly want to be a member of any club that accepts you!


Vince I have never posted anything negative about you on GB and there is no reason for you to get into it with Vince G in this thread.

Thanks again guys for the positive comments!

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #41 on: July 15, 2014, 05:45:52 PM »
Did someone say Blue Stars? I sense a full blown conspiracy here. I can't even change my avatar!

I won a world championship in PLing and have no similar campaign, relax. And you can google my results. It means nothing.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #42 on: July 15, 2014, 06:51:56 PM »
Vince I have never posted anything negative about you on GB and there is no reason for you to get into it with Vince G in this thread.

Thanks again guys for the positive comments!

This is how we waste time on Getbig. No one is hurt.

Congrats on your big lifts. Not many ever bench over 500 pounds.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #43 on: July 15, 2014, 07:02:08 PM »
This is how we waste time on Getbig. No one is hurt.

Congrats on your big lifts. Not many ever bench over 500 pounds.


Not unless they are posting while driving!  :D

Thanks I'm glad I got those lifts in before the corporate world took over my life!

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #44 on: July 15, 2014, 08:09:19 PM »
There is no Blue Stars Club. Besides, you are at the bottom of the list there, too. I hardly want to be a member of any club that accepts you!


Yes you do....quit lying Basile and please stay out of this thread if you don't have anything nice to say.
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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #45 on: July 15, 2014, 08:13:44 PM »
Yes you do....quit lying Basile and please stay out of this thread if you don't have anything nice to say.

I guess when it is all said and done your Blue Stars are the highest honor you have achieved in bodybuilding.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #46 on: July 15, 2014, 09:12:41 PM »
I guess when it is all said and done your Blue Stars are the highest honor you have achieved in bodybuilding.


And picking your judges and organizing the event to win the Mr Canada was yours.....right???
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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #47 on: July 15, 2014, 09:55:35 PM »
2.5X BW bench RAW, that's pretty fucking spectacular.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #48 on: July 15, 2014, 10:26:34 PM »
2.5X BW bench RAW, that's pretty fucking spectacular.

Thanks I still wonder what I could have done if I hung around longer. I traveled a lot in my job, bought a house and then got married so priorities changed.

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Re: Please join me in congratulating WalterWhite for his Blue Stars!
« Reply #49 on: July 16, 2014, 12:16:04 AM »
 I think I've already expressed my generally warm and friendly feelings towards you, so OBVIOUSLY congrats.