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Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« on: September 29, 2016, 03:21:30 AM »
PIP legend

I was always very interested in this gentleman's life since reading the article by Davis. It came to a quiet end this Tuesday:

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/09/bill_pettis_bodybuilding_venic.html
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2016, 03:26:31 AM »
May he rest in peace.
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2016, 03:43:18 AM »
Sad story.
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2016, 05:07:09 AM »
and the man who thinks he has the worlds best arms gets jailed next Tuesday....
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2016, 05:19:17 AM »
Quote from: Be There on September 29, 2016, 05:07:09 AM
and the man who thinks he has the worlds best arms gets jailed next Tuesday....

Gregory? Isn't he already in jail?
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2016, 05:21:46 AM »
"He did tricep curls – with the barbell

positioned behind his head and then curled

upward – with more than 400 pounds. His

nutrition was basic: 20 eggs in the morning

and 20 at night ."

 ::)  

What are triceps curls?   I guess they meant skull crushers. Oh brother.   ::) How old was the dbol abuser anyway?
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2016, 05:23:52 AM »
Quote from: falco on September 29, 2016, 05:19:17 AM
Gregory? Isn't he already in jail?
Hes sort of on remand I think...
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2016, 05:43:00 AM »
RIP...I heard about him in the 80's but never heard his story until now.
  Seemed like a gentle giant, very humble.
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2016, 05:45:01 AM »
He was quite the lifter, impressive feats in the gym. Curled some peoples squat maxs!!!
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2016, 05:49:15 AM »
PIP.
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2016, 06:20:19 AM »
Quote from: Be There on September 29, 2016, 05:07:09 AM
and the man who thinks he has the worlds best arms gets jailed next Tuesday....

Who's that?
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2016, 07:11:40 AM »
Despite some errors that would be most apparent to weightlifters, that was a decent article that treated him kindly :).
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2016, 07:28:31 AM »
Dude talk exactly like Ronnie Coleman...
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2016, 07:52:47 AM »
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2016, 08:16:44 AM »
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2016, 08:19:11 AM »
RIP
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2016, 11:09:32 AM »
My wife and I met him last May at Muscle Beach. Sad story.
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2016, 11:14:33 AM »
Quote from: Rusty Trombone on September 29, 2016, 05:21:46 AM
"He did tricep curls – with the barbell

positioned behind his head and then curled

upward – with more than 400 pounds. His

nutrition was basic: 20 eggs in the morning

and 20 at night ."

 ::)  

What are triceps curls?   I guess they meant skull crushers. Oh brother.   ::) How old was the dbol abuser anyway?

French press.
And the man was obviously a schizophrenic. RIP
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2016, 11:28:19 AM »
show some respect to the man  his story was in the issue of mb pic 4
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2016, 12:26:15 PM »
Quote from: funk51 on September 29, 2016, 11:28:19 AM
show some respect to the man  his story was in the issue of mb pic 4

Oh my Goodrum (OMG!). That's Bill Pettis? Mea culpa. Sad, really. His gimmicky Venice Beach attire and garbled speech evoked the name 'Sambo Dragontooth' in my mind.
Funk is right. RIP. No one's life is lived in vain, even if it serves as a warning for others not to follow suit.

Gather Ye Biceps (or Εγκώμιο για Σάμπο)

Gather ye biceps while ye may, for Time is always hurried; but know that arms that flex today
Tomorrow will be buried.

The cannonball caps of expansive delts, the sweep of convex thighs, amount to little in one's life
If gained through hollow eyes

So lift those weights, and chase the pump, work to be a freak! but heed the cautionary tale of Sambo Dragontooth
Or you'll end up at Shit's Creek.
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #20 on: September 29, 2016, 01:36:03 PM »
another pic of billy p.
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #21 on: September 29, 2016, 02:41:52 PM »
Four-hundred-pound skullcrushers? HORSESHIT.

If you're gonna make shit up, at least make it kinda believable.

Anyway, his tale is a dprsssing one. But being honest, I'd imagine this feller was mostly lazy when it came to work-work. And dumb. To not consider what's to come if you don't secure an avenue of money-making points to considerable stupidity.

Then again, he also likely suffered from mental illness.

RIP
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #22 on: September 29, 2016, 02:45:12 PM »
Quote from: Be There on September 29, 2016, 05:07:09 AM
and the man who thinks he has the worlds best arms gets jailed next Tuesday....

lolz
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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #23 on: September 29, 2016, 03:13:47 PM »
Here is legit 60 cm arm (or 23 3/4 inches).
Smart enough not to flaunt self-appointed titles.
https://www.instagram.com/alexfedorovifbbpro/





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Re: Bill Pettis - the worlds Biggest arms at 23.1/4 - died Tuesday
« Reply #24 on: September 29, 2016, 05:48:58 PM »
Quote from: Kahn.N.Singh on September 29, 2016, 12:26:15 PM
Oh my Goodrum (OMG!). That's Bill Pettis? Mea culpa. Sad, really. His gimmicky Venice Beach attire and garbled speech evoked the name 'Sambo Dragontooth' in my mind.
Funk is right. RIP. No one's life is lived in vain, even if it serves as a warning for others not to follow suit.

Gather Ye Biceps (or Εγκώμιο για Σάμπο)

Gather ye biceps while ye may, for Time is always hurried; but know that arms that flex today
Tomorrow will be buried.

The cannonball caps of expansive delts, the sweep of convex thighs, amount to little in one's life
If gained through hollow eyes

So lift those weights, and chase the pump, work to be a freak! but heed the cautionary tale of Sambo Dragontooth
Or you'll end up at Shit's Creek.


;D
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