Rich Piana

[Go 4 It]

The first calf implant ever performed was in 1972 and had to be done hand carved from a block of silastic foam because there was nobody in the industry making this silicone implants for calf augmentation. The results looked like shit and continue to look like shit today even with significantly improved materials and techniques.

so you think arnold had calf implants that almost nobody was doing when exactly?

? It's been proven and talked about by numerous people in the industry back then. And again I lost zero respect for him, he did whatever he felt he had to do to persue his dreams.

[Kwon3]

? It's been proven and talked about by numerous people in the industry back then. And again I lost zero respect for him, he did whatever he felt he had to do to persue his dreams.

Can we see this proof, please? Vince Basile's posts don't count.

If anyone was accused of using implants and could have done it based on the advance of the implant industry by that pointt, it was Flex Wheeler in the mid-late 1990s. But even that wasn't proven, either.

[K1RB]

Glad hes dead-
Was a fucking moron-
Was this officially ruled a suicide?

[HonestBob]

But Arnold had calf implant so...

You can't really be this dumb.

[oldtimer1]

Arnold had hard veiny muscle in his calves.  If it was a silicone bag or oil inject it would look like Flex's or Big Lou's calves.

I don't get the Piana thing. He was entertaining but bad for the "sport". Does anyone think he was good for this subculture of a sport for the general public?  Every thing about him screamed drugs and oil.  He had trouble breathing running out of breath just standing.  How did he make his wealth? Some say supplements but was it supplement sales or was it "supplement" sales?

[a_pupil]

He actually sold his company 10 years ago, shortly after filming his last video with Coleman (Invincible).

The FAQ on the Mocvideo website is hilarious. It's as if a bodybuilder actually wrote it.

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lmao, i feel sorry for those guys. japanese fella must have offloaded it right when he realised the gig was over.

i wonder how much he got for the company

[Parker]

Arnold had hard veiny muscle in his calves.  If it was a silicone bag or oil inject it would look like Flex's or Big Lou's calves.

I don't get the Piana thing. He was entertaining but bad for the "sport". Does anyone think he was good for this subculture of a sport for the general public?  Every thing about him screamed drugs and oil.  He had trouble breathing running out of breath just standing.  How did he make his wealth? Some say supplements but was it supplement sales or was it "supplement" sales?

Flex never had calf implants. Now oil, that’s another topic.

[Kwon3]

Arnold had hard veiny muscle in his calves.  If it was a silicone bag or oil inject it would look like Flex's or Big Lou's calves.

I don't get the Piana thing. He was entertaining but bad for the "sport". Does anyone think he was good for this subculture of a sport for the general public?  Every thing about him screamed drugs and oil.  He had trouble breathing running out of breath just standing.  How did he make his wealth? Some say supplements but was it supplement sales or was it "supplement" sales?

Normal people who came across his videos on YouTube left little doubt in their comments that he was everything the public hates about bodybuilding: The meatheads, the egos, the penguin-walking invisible lat syndrome juicers he kept around him, the excessively loud yelling and grunting in the gym, 5 guys hogging the same machines and egging each other on for bigger lifts, and of course the obvious drug abuse.

He had fans, lots. But those fans also like Jason Blaha and Kali Muscle. They're mostly 16-34 year old white males from lower middle class backgrounds who don't actually lift or use drugs - they idolize this guy because he lives the life they wish they could live. This isn't new. It's the same reason normal adults admire celebrities and sports athletes - they live vicariously through them because they lack the talent, good luck or connections to live that life themselves.