so apparently joey swoll is famous now...

[cephissus]

Do you guys remember when he came in and started shitting up the place with the biggest manlet tool energy imaginable 10-15 years ago?

I havent seen any of his content but apparently he is now the "CEO of gym positivity" 

Does anyone know if his public lore includes a story about how he renounced his douchebag card and saw the light of fallsview? I assume the whole act is a complete grift...

[ThisisOverload]

I think he became positive and started attacking the gym IG retards after his health issues.

Probably realizes he's on borrowed time.

I think he's a total tool bag.

Do Better!!! Mind Your Own Business!!!

[BB]

2016/2017 - Shredz gets sued for doing standard supplement company shit - photoshopping pics, cookie cutter diets, promising more than they can deliver. Swoll leaves to start his own thing, that I forget the name of, but he's still behaving like a rich spoiled dope fiend.


Fast Fwd to 2020ish (timeframe mentioned in this post) - https://www.instagram.com/joeyswoll/p/Ca3i9aqrb6L/?hl=en . The money starts to run out, he had a few overdose scares, heart trouble, etc.... so he start to clean up. He also needs a new hook, so he embraces the positive guru thing, but that only goes so far, so a couple of years ago he starts calling out the people he was - the gym filmers, the half naked influencers, etc.... That works for him hugely, he went regular person viral with it across multiple channels, etc....

And that's where we are now.

[Lartinos]

2016/2017 - Shredz gets sued for doing standard supplement company shit - photoshopping pics, cookie cutter diets, promising more than they can deliver. Swoll leaves to start his own thing, that I forget the name of, but he's still behaving like a rich spoiled dope fiend.


Fast Fwd to 2020ish (timeframe mentioned in this post) - https://www.instagram.com/joeyswoll/p/Ca3i9aqrb6L/?hl=en . The money starts to run out, he had a few overdose scares, heart trouble, etc.... so he start to clean up. He also needs a new hook, so he embraces the positive guru thing, but that only goes so far, so a couple of years ago he starts calling out the people he was - the gym filmers, the half naked influencers, etc.... That works for him hugely, he when regular person viral with it across multiple channels, etc....

And that's where we are now.

Never met Joey, but I think there were at least 3 guys in that company that I know of. I am not close friends, but I know one of them and he is a pretty cool guy. They had an excellent opportunity and they squandered it from what I saw.

[BB]

Yeah, old timers might remember a time when a fella (and onetime Shredz hanger on) named Nick Toscani tried to punk Swoll years ago only to have it come out that Joey was banging his wife on the side. Things didn't work out well for him after that. He hooked up with a hard partyer, bodybuilder, and alleged drug dealer named Freddie Hardy, and died in his bathroom. Here's how it was described by a gossip paper years ago -

"Sources say that Nick Toscani was Freddie’s friend and maybe roommate. He was in the bathroom a long time, and Freddie went to check on him. Nick had likely hit his head because there was blood, and Freddie had to push the door open because he was leaning up against it. Allegedly, Freddie didn’t call the police while he cleaned the apartment of all drugs. During this intervening period while Freddie tidied up, Nick died. According to speculation by those who knew both Cassie and Hardy both, it is believed that Nick overdosed from heroin sold to him by Freddie."

The guy Freddie had some deaths tied to him. Nick's, a girl that committed suicide, and another guy that committed suicide.

https://web.archive.org/web/20211020163318/https://celebmagazine.com/terror-at-turnberry-towers-part-ii-justice-for-cassie-senge/# .

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Tristain Esco from Shreds got caught doing cam jerk off shows.

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The Devin Physique guy got tatted up and does Onlyfans and did (does?) the occasional g4p cam show - https://www.facebook.com/DevinPhysique/ .

The whole Shredz era is interesting to look back on.

[Lartinos]

Yeah, old timers might remember a time when a fella (and onetime Shredz hanger on) named Nick Toscani, who tried to punk Swoll years ago only to have it come out that Joey was banging his wife on the side. Things didn't work out well for him after that. He hooked up with a hard partyer, bodybuilder, and alleged drug dealer named Freddie Hardy, and died in his bathroom. Here's how it was described by a gossip paper years ago -

"Sources say that Nick Toscani was Freddie’s friend and maybe roommate. He was in the bathroom a long time, and Freddie went to check on him. Nick had likely hit his head because there was blood, and Freddie had to push the door open because he was leaning up against it. Allegedly, Freddie didn’t call the police while he cleaned the apartment of all drugs. During this intervening period while Freddie tidied up, Nick died. According to speculation by those who knew both Cassie and Hardy both, it is believed that Nick overdosed from heroin sold to him by Freddie."

The guy Freddie had some deaths tied to him. Nick's, a girl that committed suicide, and another guy that commited suicide.

https://web.archive.org/web/20211020163318/https://celebmagazine.com/terror-at-turnberry-towers-part-ii-justice-for-cassie-senge/# .

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Tristain Esco from shreds got caught doing cam jerk off shows.

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The Devin Physique guy got tatted up and does Onlyfans and did (does?) the occasional g4p cam show - https://www.facebook.com/DevinPhysique/ .

The whole Shredz era is interesting to look back on.

Even more people than I thought.

The guy I know made a post about how things vaguely went to shit really badly, but I hadn’t heard all of that. I don’t know the guys you mentioned luckily..

[visualizeperfection]

I put a master class nuking on toscani. Ran him out of this place.

PIP though.

I used to see swoll at a certain SoCal gym. Always wore all red I believe.

[Kwon]

He´s been doin some good shit though

Called out some bad mannered folks, contacted their gyms and made them either banned or lost their job!

Good job

This trainer ridiculed a gymgoer and Swoll made her lose her position

Of course she´s claimin "RACISS!"

[joswift]

call the guy all you want but he had a really great build for a long time

[tatoo]

i liked joey swoll.. treats his family well.

[Kwon]

call the guy all you want but he had a really great build for a long time

Yeah, he was swole/swoll

[Mothballs]

call the guy all you want but he had a really great build for a long time

Hi Joey!

[Rambone]

Yeah, old timers might remember a time when a fella (and onetime Shredz hanger on) named Nick Toscani tried to punk Swoll years ago only to have it come out that Joey was banging his wife on the side. Things didn't work out well for him after that. He hooked up with a hard partyer, bodybuilder, and alleged drug dealer named Freddie Hardy, and died in his bathroom. Here's how it was described by a gossip paper years ago -

"Sources say that Nick Toscani was Freddie’s friend and maybe roommate. He was in the bathroom a long time, and Freddie went to check on him. Nick had likely hit his head because there was blood, and Freddie had to push the door open because he was leaning up against it. Allegedly, Freddie didn’t call the police while he cleaned the apartment of all drugs. During this intervening period while Freddie tidied up, Nick died. According to speculation by those who knew both Cassie and Hardy both, it is believed that Nick overdosed from heroin sold to him by Freddie."

The guy Freddie had some deaths tied to him. Nick's, a girl that committed suicide, and another guy that committed suicide.

https://web.archive.org/web/20211020163318/https://celebmagazine.com/terror-at-turnberry-towers-part-ii-justice-for-cassie-senge/# .

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Tristain Esco from Shreds got caught doing cam jerk off shows.

------------------------

The Devin Physique guy got tatted up and does Onlyfans and did (does?) the occasional g4p cam show - https://www.facebook.com/DevinPhysique/ .

The whole Shredz era is interesting to look back on.

Oh I memba

[cephissus]

A ha!

Found the profile, scrolling through my old posts:

https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=63522

Man i used to be an insufferable asshole 

PS thanks BB for the history lesson!

[falco]

He is making a fool of himself, with his moral high ground atitude. Don't hate him, he seems challenged mentally.

[joswift]

A ha!

Found the profile, scrolling through my old posts:

https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=63522

Man i used to be an insufferable asshole 

PS thanks BB for the history lesson!

thats not Joey Swoll, thats the guy who got run off when we found his photo on a gay pride event.

[BB]

A ha!

Found the profile, scrolling through my old posts:

https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=63522

Man i used to be an insufferable asshole 

PS thanks BB for the history lesson!

thats not Joey Swoll, thats the guy who got run off when we found his photo on a gay pride event.

You're both right.

Joey Swoll started here under the name "Crack". It was Joey's, with some shared input from the Shredz guys. After the Nick call out, Joey figured he'd leave on a high note, so he gave the account to Esco, and had the name changed to his. Esco stuck around a few months after, posting his own stuff, and the occasional message from Joey.

Once Shredz realized we weren't their audience, they left, and weren't heard from again.

Here's the big call out thread - https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=508216.50 , Nick starts it, Joey enters and drops the wife bombshell in reply #53.

[Wiggs]

You're both right.

Joey Swoll started here under the name "Crack". It was Joey's, with some shared input from the Shredz guys. After the Nick call out, Joey figured he'd leave on a high note, so he gave the account to Esco, and had the name changed to his. Esco stuck around a few months after, posting his own stuff, and the occasional message from Joey.

Once Shredz realized we weren't their audience, they left, and weren't heard from again.

Here's the big call out thread - https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=508216.50 , Nick starts it, Joey enters and drops the wife bombshell in reply #53.

What a thread. I vaguely remember all that.

[Van_Bilderass]

He is making a fool of himself, with his moral high ground atitude.

Yes something distasteful about it, it's done for his own glorification.

[Irongrip400]

2016/2017 - Shredz gets sued for doing standard supplement company shit - photoshopping pics, cookie cutter diets, promising more than they can deliver. Swoll leaves to start his own thing, that I forget the name of, but he's still behaving like a rich spoiled dope fiend.


Fast Fwd to 2020ish (timeframe mentioned in this post) - https://www.instagram.com/joeyswoll/p/Ca3i9aqrb6L/?hl=en . The money starts to run out, he had a few overdose scares, heart trouble, etc.... so he start to clean up. He also needs a new hook, so he embraces the positive guru thing, but that only goes so far, so a couple of years ago he starts calling out the people he was - the gym filmers, the half naked influencers, etc.... That works for him hugely, he went regular person viral with it across multiple channels, etc....

And that's where we are now.

Just looked at his page and scrolled through. He’s not a total stiff or unlikable. Calling out gym douches is okay in my book.

[Hulkotron]

I'm surprised he is still alive.

[Kwon]

A ha!

Found the profile, scrolling through my old posts:

https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=profile;u=63522

Man i used to be an insufferable asshole 

PS thanks BB for the history lesson!

Tristen Esco

[MAXX]

I think it's just cringe. Also very much low hanging fruit.. Most people can see these people are stupid by themselves and don't need someone to explain their behaviour in detail.

But like said there is alot of sub 90 iq people that finds these things enjoyable. That's his audience.

[Rambone]

Tristen Esco

Strong brow game

[Coach is Back!]

I've known Joey for quite a while, he's a good dude. When you're in the "spotlight" and put yourself out there you're going to get your share of pushback and criticisms. I'm watching the SF community eat themselves right now right now and not just sad but infuriating