Author Topic: Doug BRIGNOLE: One of the best not to turn Pro? (Read 20752 times)

The True Adonis · « **on:** July 16, 2006, 04:50:41 PM »

I think so.

5`11
195 lbs

The True Adonis · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2006, 04:51:17 PM »

Does anyone have any stories about this guy?

jwb · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2006, 04:55:01 PM »

read the confessions of an unlikely bodybuilder.

he owned a big gym in pasadena until a massive world gym opened nearby then I think he closed or sold i'm not sure.

he was very ripped when he won the mr cal title in 82 or so...

Mr. Intenseone · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2006, 05:35:39 PM »

Quote from: jwb on July 16, 2006, 04:55:01 PM

read the confessions of an unlikely bodybuilder.

he owned a big gym in pasadena until a massive world gym opened nearby then I think he closed or sold i'm not sure.

he was very ripped when he won the mr cal title in 82 or so...

Doug trained at Pearls gym the same time I did when we were teenagers. Doug got shredded but lacked the size, chest and back to compete in the pro's even for that day. Doug was one of my best friends back then and knew him like a brother but as he got more popular he also got more cocky and people trusted him, he took quite a few investors of alot of money to start his gym in Pasadena (Brignole's Gym) on Arroyo Pky. When he realized the gym was failing he took off leaving his investors hanging. Last time I saw him was a few years back doing some infomercial for some ab machine.

The True Adonis · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2006, 05:39:28 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on July 16, 2006, 05:35:39 PM

Doug trained at Pearls gym the same time I did when we were teenagers. Doug got shredded but lacked the size, chest and back to compete in the pro's even for that day. Doug was one of my best friends back then and knew him like a brother but as he got more popular he also got more cocky and people trusted him, he took quite a few investors of alot of money to start his gym in Pasadena (Brignole's Gym) on Arroyo Pky. When he realized the gym was failing he took off leaving his investors hanging. Last time I saw him was a few years back doing some infomercial for some ab machine.

Can you tell us some more stories about Doug?

What was his training like and diet?

Mr. Intenseone · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2006, 05:51:14 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on July 16, 2006, 05:39:28 PM

Can you tell us some more stories about Doug?

What was his training like and diet?

I don't know what kind of stories you want to hear, but he was very intelligent when it came to his training, he didn't go very heavy and sets and reps were fairly high 5 sets per exercise and about 10-15 reps per set. Back then that was about the norm. He had very fast metabolism and could get away with eating vertually anything, but when it was diet time he rarely cheated, he had great genetics for getting ripped and he usually beat larger guys based on conditioning alone!

jwb · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2006, 05:58:01 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on July 16, 2006, 05:51:14 PM

I don't know what kind of stories you want to hear, but he was very intelligent when it came to his training, he didn't go very heavy and sets and reps were fairly high 5 sets per exercise and about 10-15 reps per set. Back then that was about the norm. He had very fast metabolism and could get away with eating vertually anything, but when it was diet time he rarely cheated, he had great genetics for getting ripped and he usually beat larger guys based on conditioning alone!

Pity that rarely happens anymore... god forbid a smaller, ripped guy might do well at the olympia one day soon...

shiftedShapes · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2006, 05:59:22 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on July 16, 2006, 04:51:17 PM

Does anyone have any stories about this guy?

yeah here's a story: Doug Brignole was a great BBer but carried 15lbs less muscle than Adonis will in contest shape.

how's that for fiction

Mr. Intenseone · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2006, 06:00:56 PM »

Quote from: jwb on July 16, 2006, 05:58:01 PM

Pity that rarely happens anymore... god forbid a smaller, ripped guy might do well at the olympia one day soon...

Never happen....judges screwed that up years ago. But hopefully when they realize that their criteria is literally cutting peoples lives in half and killing them they'll come to thier senses!

jwb · « **Reply #9 on:** July 16, 2006, 06:06:49 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on July 16, 2006, 06:00:56 PM

Never happen....judges screwed that up years ago. But hopefully when they realize that their criteria is literally cutting peoples lives in half and killing them they'll come to thier senses!

Dude we should start a fan movement to bring back the symmetry!

Bast175 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 16, 2006, 06:09:27 PM »

Quote from: shiftedShapes on July 16, 2006, 05:59:22 PM

yeah here's a story: Doug Brignole was a great BBer but carried 15lbs less muscle than Adonis will in contest shape.

how's that for fiction

Adonis didn't say he's 210lbs in competition shape.

He's already in the 190s so that makes no sense.

Mr. Intenseone · « **Reply #11 on:** July 16, 2006, 06:14:05 PM »

Quote from: jwb on July 16, 2006, 06:06:49 PM

Dude we should start a fan movement to bring back the symmetry!

I'd love to but unfortunatly it's a lost art!

sarcasm · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2006, 06:25:48 PM »

that guy looks awesome.

Bast175 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2006, 06:28:28 PM »

Quote from: sarcasm on July 16, 2006, 06:25:48 PM

that guy looks awesome.

yes I will possess such a physique with 5-7 more years of semi-hard training.

sarcasm · « **Reply #14 on:** July 16, 2006, 06:34:44 PM »

Quote from: Bast175 on July 16, 2006, 06:28:28 PM

yes I will possess such a physique with 5-7 more years of semi-hard training.

you don't look to be too far from that now, maybe two years.

njflex · « **Reply #15 on:** July 16, 2006, 06:37:56 PM »

competed in the aau.

brianX · « **Reply #16 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:25:31 PM »

Quote from: sarcasm on July 16, 2006, 06:34:44 PM

you don't look to be too far from that now, maybe two years.

hahahahahahahahaha, brutal asskissing

nycbull · « **Reply #17 on:** July 16, 2006, 07:43:20 PM »

I thought in the book Confessions... he was portrayed as being a jerk, screwing gym members and not looking anything like the pictures he hung up around the gym. Is that true?

shiftedShapes · « **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:01:15 PM »

Quote from: Bast175 on July 16, 2006, 06:09:27 PM

Adonis didn't say he's 210lbs in competition shape.

He's already in the 190s so that makes no sense.

In another thread zach suggested that Adonis would need to lose 25lbs which (would have taken him down to 210) and Adonis said he wouldn't need to cut that low.

The True Adonis · « **Reply #19 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:02:27 PM »

Quote from: shiftedShapes on July 16, 2006, 08:01:15 PM

In another thread zach suggested that Adonis would need to lose 25lbs which (would have taken him down to 210) and Adonis said he wouldn't need to cut that low.

Bast175 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:04:41 PM »

Quote from: brianX on July 16, 2006, 07:25:31 PM

hahahahahahahahaha, brutal asskissing

No. He knows that I have The True Adonis' phone number and his advising will make me a monster.

Go eat your Doritos and watch Geraldo re-runs like you normally do BrianX.

BroadStreetBruiser · « **Reply #21 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:19:12 PM »

You can tell Bast has been talking to TA. He's actually funny HAHA

brianX · « **Reply #22 on:** July 16, 2006, 10:14:22 PM »

Quote from: Bast175 on July 16, 2006, 08:04:41 PM

No. He knows that I have The True Adonis' phone number and his advising will make me a monster.

Go eat your Doritos and watch Geraldo re-runs like you normally do BrianX.

The guy in that photo might only weigh 10 lb more than you, but he has far more muscle. He's probably twice as strong as you, too.

Now, go jack off to some bestiality porn, you sick little pervert.

Bast175 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 16, 2006, 10:20:41 PM »

Quote from: brianX on July 16, 2006, 10:14:22 PM

The guy in that photo might only weigh 10 lb more than you, but he has far more muscle. He's probably twice as strong as you, too.

Now, go jack off to some bestiality porn, you sick little pervert.

I already did that..

4 times today.

shiftedShapes · « **Reply #24 on:** July 16, 2006, 10:21:51 PM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on July 16, 2006, 04:50:41 PM

I think so.

5`11
195 lbs

I would like to see him compared to mindspin

similar size right?

This guy seems to have better balance, fewer freaky bodyparts