Author Topic: Paul Dilette - Freak (Read 24554 times)

What would the increased drive and determination change to make him unbeatable?

He was limited genetically by his back. Arms/legs/delts were all insane and would not get better.

I guess he could've worked harder at presentation and body control on stage, but I don't think that was the deciding factor in his losses.

But he was lazy. He could've channeled the drive and intensity into making his back better.

Weak-minded. Lost potential.

Humble Narcissist · « **Reply #30 on:** August 20, 2020, 11:17:46 AM »

Quote from: King Shizzo on August 20, 2020, 11:03:35 AM

Relax. I'm talking about normal muscles. They last.

People with cotton candy muscles get them back quick by restarting training. Of course, Dillett would have to use the drugs he did before which wouldn't be healthy or smart.

Dokey111 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 20, 2020, 12:17:23 PM »

lol at getbiggers calling him dumb and lazy

Skeletor · « **Reply #32 on:** August 20, 2020, 12:27:00 PM »

Paul learned the secrets to hypertrophy from IFBB Mr Canada 1970.

Humble Narcissist · « **Reply #33 on:** August 20, 2020, 12:28:16 PM »

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #34 on:** August 20, 2020, 03:39:14 PM »

There was an interview once where others stated that Paul couldn't pose his back or do many of the regular back training exercises most do because he had some kind of shoulder impingement that prevented him from doing so.

If Paul had said this I would have thought it was bullshit, but other's said it.

NarcissisticDeity · « **Reply #35 on:** August 20, 2020, 03:43:22 PM »

Rambone · « **Reply #36 on:** August 20, 2020, 04:00:59 PM »

Quote from: Skeletor on August 20, 2020, 12:27:00 PM

Paul learned the secrets to hypertrophy from IFBB Mr Canada 1970.

Hahaha

NarcissisticDeity · « **Reply #37 on:** August 20, 2020, 04:51:27 PM »

Campeon Del Mundo · « **Reply #38 on:** August 20, 2020, 09:19:16 PM »

Quote from: Mr Anabolic on August 20, 2020, 04:11:46 AM

Saw him training once at Gold's Venice... the laziest trainer I ever saw. Light weights too. Wasn't even breathing hard after his sets. I don't understand how he was able to get so big training like a little girl. Very weak-minded. He would've been unbeatable if he had Arnold's drive and determination.

Same here... i saw him train in Golds in Las Vegas. he did a couple sets of seated curls and that was it...

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #39 on:** August 20, 2020, 09:20:27 PM »

Quote from: Hypertrophy on August 20, 2020, 09:07:37 AM

Comparison pic

In this particular show I would have personally gave it to JJ.

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #40 on:** August 20, 2020, 09:22:01 PM »

Quote from: Skeletor on August 20, 2020, 12:27:00 PM

Paul learned the secrets to hypertrophy from IFBB Mr Canada 1970.

Lmfao

Flexacon · « **Reply #41 on:** August 20, 2020, 09:26:14 PM »

Lee P has a lot of interesting Dillette stories. Basically he was all drugs. Would jab himself with whatever he could get his hands on.

Bevo · « **Reply #42 on:** August 20, 2020, 11:37:12 PM »

Glass was training him, with all the angles he still couldn’t improve his back

All genetics, plus he couldn’t pose

honest · « **Reply #43 on:** August 20, 2020, 11:57:26 PM »

Took half the juice of Flex and Chris, trained like a girl and ate one meal a day , best genetic response to gear seen on anyone in any era. In the end sealed his own by running up multiple debts with multiple dealers, easy to do when the contest prep tab exceeded what he made olympia time, rather than what he thought he would make. In the end his credit rating effected his placings and forced retirement.

King Shizzo · « **Reply #44 on:** August 21, 2020, 12:05:11 AM »

Quote from: honest on August 20, 2020, 11:57:26 PM

Took half the juice of Flex and Chris, trained like a girl and ate one meal a day , best genetic response to gear seen on anyone in any era. In the end sealed his own by running up multiple debts with multiple dealers, easy to do when the contest prep tab exceeded what he made olympia time, rather than what he thought he would make. In the end his credit rating effected his placings and forced retirement.

Remind me not to cross you....

Vince B · « **Reply #45 on:** August 21, 2020, 12:24:26 AM »

Paul looked the champ in the gym. In 1991 everyone thought he was the best....just walking around the gym. Tall, huge, and wide. The only flaw I saw were the ugly veins on his chest.

Too bad bodybuilding evolved to have to do the so-called compulsory poses. Just standing there in the lineup should be all that is required.

Btw Paul never won the Mr Canada title. He was disqualified.

Vince B · « **Reply #46 on:** August 21, 2020, 12:30:33 AM »

Paul was huge.

Vince B · « **Reply #47 on:** August 21, 2020, 12:40:07 AM »

Here are two photos I took of Paul at Golds Gym in April 1991. He said he weighed 290 pounds.

pellius · « **Reply #48 on:** August 21, 2020, 02:28:36 AM »

Quote from: Grape Ape on August 20, 2020, 07:29:14 AM

Genetics is a broadly used term here. Encompasses a variety of things, but in this situation it was limitations of the shape/size of his back.

And what prevented him from "activating" his back muscles, yet enabled him to activate all of the other ones?

Explain how increased "drive and determination" would have made him unbeatable, which is the entire context of the discussion.

Or don't, I couldn't give a fuck.

Dorian commented that Paul's arms were so huge and strong that they did most of the work in the back/lat movements. Dorian criticized the "top trainer" Paul was working with because all he did was count reps. Dorian said he would have tweaked the mechanics of the movements so that it will emphasize the back more. He was a believer in pre-exhaust which would have definitely put more stimulous on his lats.

I'm not a guy who goes into a gym with somebody and just stands there and counts reps. I've seen the so-called top trainers doing this. I saw a "top" trainer at Gold's Gym training Paul Dillett during a back session and Paul had way more arms than he could ever use, huge arms, but absolutely no lats.

He was doing a so-called lat exercise and he was just using his arms to do the exercise because they are very strong: he was using totally wrong body mechanics and this so-called top trainer was just standing there saying, "Come on Paul two, three, four, that's it buddy, come on, five." He should have been correcting his form and telling how he was doing it totally wrong, and explaining how to do it properly.

( Q ) Obviously you would have taken the arms out of the equation and concentrated the majority of the stress on the back.
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I would have chosen the correct mechanics, yes, so that the stress is going to the back. If you have a genetically strong body part, that part will take over all of the time. The body will always try to find the easiest way to lift the weight. It's almost like you have to override all of that and find the hardest way to lift it.

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( Q ) And Paul, in the example you used, clearly had stronger arms.
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https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/dorian_yates_training_insight.htm

pellius · « **Reply #49 on:** August 21, 2020, 02:31:48 AM »

Quote from: Ronnie Rep on August 20, 2020, 09:45:55 AM

Between and Sergio and Dillet who had the greatest genetics of all time in bodybuilding. As crazy as he looks in videos and pics, to see him in person is unreal.

Just on height alone Dillet wins. But also the way he was put together. I really don't think there has ever been a more genetically gifted bber then Paul Dillet. To see him in person during his prime was just jaw-dropping.