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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: alexxx on February 15, 2007, 05:49:33 PM
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I just realized that Danny is freacking Freaky looking plus has one of the most aesthetic physiques ever!
He should have won the Olympia a couple of times. Why didn't he win the 77-79 Olympias??????
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well it wasnt because he was too tall.
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Yep, he was incredible. Along with Brian Buchanan, he's the most underated BB ever IMO. Check out the 1980 Mr O footage on the Norm Komich video and Danny's arms are absolutely out of this world.
SERGIO!!!!
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Holy shit, that pic on the top probably put him at the top of the list of bb'ers I'd like to look like :o
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Awesome 1st pic. I don't recall ever seeing that one.
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Why didn't he win the 77-79 Olympias??????
I heard it had something to do with him not wearing the little sailor's outfit for the weedas....
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well it wasnt because he was too tall.
He did not look to small next to Zane.
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maybe he didn't want to win hard enough
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maybee he dun like weening mista olimpya ???
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Here's another cool pic.
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DANNY KILLED FRANCO IN THAT SHOW
FRANCO CAME IN WITH ONE LEG AND WON THE SHOW LOL !
FUCKING WEIDERS
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I just realized that Danny is freacking Freaky looking plus has one of the most aesthetic physiques ever!
He should have won the Olympia a couple of times. Why didn't he win the 77-79 Olympias??????
Height is his only drawback. If he was taller, he would have won... :(
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Danny just prior to the 1990 NOC at 40 years old.
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Height is his only drawback. If he was taller, he would have won... :(
He would have won EVERYTHING.
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danny was amazing. repmax: how did it feel to do shoulders before arms...during the same workout?
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He did not look to small next to Zane.
That is not Zane to the far left. That dudes name is Eddie I believe.
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That is not Zane to the far left. That dudes name is Eddie I believe.
exactly..alexxx should know that! eddie giuliani!
jimmy claimed he had to dress up like a girl for weider ;D
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That is not Zane to the far left. That dudes name is Eddie I believe.
ah my bad! He looks to big to be Zane. ;D
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I just realized that Danny is freacking Freaky looking plus has one of the most aesthetic physiques ever!
He should have won the Olympia a couple of times. Why didn't he win the 77-79 Olympias??????
He was amazing, but you're thinking of the wrong time frame. Padilla didn't start to get amazing till about '79 but didn't reach his insane peak until the '81 Mr. O (which he should have won). Before that he was never cut enough.
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He was amazing, but you're thinking of the wrong time frame. Padilla didn't start to get amazing till about '79 but didn't reach his insane peak until the '81 Mr. O (which he should have won). Before that he was never cut enough.
Ah that explains it.
Danny just prior to the 1990 NOC at 40 years old.
Hey Max_Rep that condition is insane! Those quad sweeps gotta be the best I have seen.
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A timeless physique
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Danny is one of the best short BB ever. Now that is a small waist.
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You don't see small waists and vaccums like that anymore.
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Here's another cool pic.
Here's the definitive Danny owning Franco, but Franco somehow winning the show pic
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danny was amazing. repmax: how did it feel to do shoulders before arms...during the same workout?
It was great. Larry Scott, Arnold, Danny all did the same tpe of splits. Chest/Back; Shoulder/Arm; Legs.
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Here's the definitive Danny owning Franco, but Franco somehow winning the show pic
I wonder what Columbo had to do in order to win? :-X
-Hedge
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dress up as a greek sailor in chaps ! :-*
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If Danny was 180 cm with those proportions, he could have won everything.
Then again, he wouldn't be knows as "The Giant Killer".
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Danny 1981 Olympia
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Another from the 1981 O
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had to be his haircut.
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Side Chest circa 1975
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Side chest 1990 verses mid 70's. Check the calves.
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1990 NOC 3rd place behind the two men standing next to him.
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Same shot as above close-up of Danny check the quad seperation.
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Another from 1990 NOC.
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And one of my fav's taken at Jim Rockells "Powerhouse" Samsons Gym Roch, NY. a few days before the NOC. Danny was doing 5 to 8 hours of cardio a day for the last week or so.
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Very cool Max_Rep!
I had a few small questions about Danny's training..
Why 5 sets of 8 for biceps and everything else is 12?
How is his rep tempo?
Dow do you choose the right weight?
Do you go with the max you can get for one set of 12 and then try to catch up?
Thanks! Feel free to add a story or two. ;)
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And one of my fav's taken at Jim Rockells "Powerhouse" Samsons Gym Roch, NY. a few days before the NOC. Danny was doing 5 to 8 hours of cardio a day for the last week or so.
Guy is just sick!! Funny people are talking about this Erik Buyi guy today, Danny would crush him, in my opinion.
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One more... I think this was taken at the 1990 Niagra Falls Pro. Danny placed 2nd behind Eddie Robinson. He felt he needed to drop a few more pound for the NOC. He looks a little puffy but huge. That's why he did all the cardio for the next few weeks and at the NOC, Danny was 3rd and Eddie Robinson was 7th.
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Here's the definitive Danny owning Franco, but Franco somehow winning the show pic
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=127842.0;attach=142623;image)
Actually, that photo is the perfect example of friendship.....
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that is, Franco's friendship with the show's promoter...Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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There is no doubt that Padilla was a great pro. I had the opportunity to see and judge Danny way back when.
His problem was that many times on the day of competition he was not in his best shape,although there were a few tmes when he should have placed higher.
He had a terrible habit of not taking command of the stage and was almost nonchalant during posing. There was also one other thing that bothered the hell out of me. He couldn't do a front lat spread to save his life, and during the comparisons it really hurt him. If his presentation was better he would have fared a lot better at the top.
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One more... I think this was taken at the 1990 Niagra Falls Pro. Danny placed 2nd behind Eddie Robinson. He felt he needed to drop a few more pound for the NOC. He looks a little puffy but huge. That's why he did all the cardio for the next few weeks and at the NOC, Danny was 3rd and Eddie Robinson was 7th.
Danny improved alot from Niagra to the NOC but to be fair Eddie didn't look nearly as good, he slipped alot and slipped even further at the olympia that year...but htat was the "tested" olympia so ::) ::)
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Very cool Max_Rep!
Correction… that should read Max_Rep IS very cool! lol ;D
I had a few small questions about Danny's training..
Why 5 sets of 8 for biceps and everything else is 12?
Just through experimentation he found his biceps responded a little better to the lower reps. Occasionally Danny would go through periods of doing 5 sets of 8 on everything instead of the 5 sets of 12. Mostly for a little variety though. When it came down to serious contest training, Danny would always revert to 5 sets of 12.
I should also say that Danny would always train UP in body-weight for competitions and LOSE weight in the off-season. Arnold was doing this in his last few years of competition and it worked well for Danny.
How is his rep tempo?
Pretty fast but controlled about 1 to 2 seconds up and 1 to 2 seconds down. No lockout on Bench, Incline, Shoulder presses, hacks.
Dow do you choose the right weight?
Do you go with the max you can get for one set of 12 and then try to catch up?
It’s a bit of trial and error but remember short rest periods. No longer that 60 seconds. Choose a weight that you can COMFORTABLY get 12 on set one. That means you might have been able to get a few more. If you keep the tempo and you can get 12 then 12, then 12 then maybe 11 then maybe 10, stay with that weight in the next workout. Any time you can get 12 in all five sets go up the next workout. It’s a slightly different philosophy on intensity. Instead intensity for 1 set it’s intense over 5 sets. It’s a different feeling in the muscle. Vince Gironda had Mohamed Makkawy do a very similar workout but instead of 5 sets of 12 he used 8 sets of 8 reps for 4 exercises on a body part. Mohamed supposedly was drug free (who knows… or just lied to Vince).
Thanks! Feel free to add a story or two. ;)
Danny loves doing Joe Weider imitations. Danny and Samir both do great imitations of Joe.
Danny also loved horse racing (gambling) and often donated money to various NY race tracks (lost his a$$).
He also loves glazed donuts and could eat a dozen without blinking.
One of my favorite stories was once when he was living in L.A., his roommate was training for the Mr. L.A. He (the roommate) was low carb dieting for months. Danny comes home and hears all this screaming and banging coming from the kitchen. The roommate had baked a chocolate cake and frosted it intending to cheat but guilt set in so he was beating the cake up punching it, fists filled with cake and frosting, cake all over the kitchen. Danny was laughing his ass off.
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There is no doubt that Padilla was a great pro. I had the opportunity to see and judge Danny way back when.
His problem was that many times on the day of competition he was not in his best shape,although there were a few tmes when he should have placed higher.
He had a terrible habit of not taking command of the stage and was almost nonchalant during posing. There was also one other thing that bothered the hell out of me. He couldn't do a front lat spread to save his life, and during the comparisons it really hurt him. If his presentation was better he would have fared a lot better at the top.
I can see your point lonewolf, I agree that he was bit nonchalant at times. I can also tell you that among his friends we'd often watch him train for a show, look unreal two weeks out and then proceed to "blow it" and come in smooth. I remember one time he deep splits everywhere and was huge, then went on a two week donut binge. You don't carb up for two weeks. Imagine the frustration for those of us who were his friends and knew his potential.
But the few times he got serious... magic.
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Alexxx… it was Danny’s influence that got me into bodybuilding. I remember vividly I was about 16. I had started working out in my basement a few years earlier but was really just trying to get a little stronger and bigger for wrestling and track. Then I started looking for gyms. At the time it was 1970 there were no real gyms in Rochester… just spa’s. I heard the Rochester Downtown YMCA had an very well equipped weight room (which was true).
I started training there and one day I walk in and Danny had just wo the Mr. Rochester and was getting done with an arm workout. He had on a guinea t-shirt (like a Hanes underwear tank top but that was what we called them… before anyone screams racism… I’m half Italian). I took one look and said to myself “That’s how I want to look” (I’m still trying to look like that). That image and that day will always be etched in my mind. It was several years later that I actually got to train with him.
Use those times in your life to ignite the fuel in your workouts.
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Danny, more than Arnold, represented the ultimate physique when I began lifting in the early 70's.
At the time, I was going to college at the Rochester Institute of Technology. When I heard they were having the Mr. Rochester contest a few miles from where I lived, I jumped at the chance to see what a pro bodybuilder looked like in person. It turned out that the guest posers were Danny and Pete Grymkowski!
They were both awesome, but when I saw Danny walking to the stage, I was blown away by how big he was. His posing was a riot. He really looked like he was having a blast. Grymkowski appeared more serious, while Danny was practically laughing!
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I wonder what Columbo had to do in order to win? :-X
-Hedge
Nothing since he never competed. Columbu on the other hand was friends with Arnold. ;D
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Correction… that should read Max_Rep IS very cool! lol ;D
Just through experimentation he found his biceps responded a little better to the lower reps. Occasionally Danny would go through periods of doing 5 sets of 8 on everything instead of the 5 sets of 12. Mostly for a little variety though. When it came down to serious contest training, Danny would always revert to 5 sets of 12.
I should also say that Danny would always train UP in body-weight for competitions and LOSE weight in the off-season. Arnold was doing this in his last few years of competition and it worked well for Danny.
Pretty fast but controlled about 1 to 2 seconds up and 1 to 2 seconds down. No lockout on Bench, Incline, Shoulder presses, hacks.
It’s a bit of trial and error but remember short rest periods. No longer that 60 seconds. Choose a weight that you can COMFORTABLY get 12 on set one. That means you might have been able to get a few more. If you keep the tempo and you can get 12 then 12, then 12 then maybe 11 then maybe 10, stay with that weight in the next workout. Any time you can get 12 in all five sets go up the next workout. It’s a slightly different philosophy on intensity. Instead intensity for 1 set it’s intense over 5 sets. It’s a different feeling in the muscle. Vince Gironda had Mohamed Makkawy do a very similar workout but instead of 5 sets of 12 he used 8 sets of 8 reps for 4 exercises on a body part. Mohamed supposedly was drug free (who knows… or just lied to Vince).
Danny loves doing Joe Weider imitations. Danny and Samir both do great imitations of Joe.
Danny also loved horse racing (gambling) and often donated money to various NY race tracks (lost his a$$).
He also loves glazed donuts and could eat a dozen without blinking.
One of my favorite stories was once when he was living in L.A., his roommate was training for the Mr. L.A. He (the roommate) was low carb dieting for months. Danny comes home and hears all this screaming and banging coming from the kitchen. The roommate had baked a chocolate cake and frosted it intending to cheat but guilt set in so he was beating the cake up punching it, fists filled with cake and frosting, cake all over the kitchen. Danny was laughing his ass off.
Very cool Max_Rep! You are very cool!! Thanks for all the info!
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Danny, more than Arnold, represented the ultimate physique when I began lifting in the early 70's.
At the time, I was going to college at the Rochester Institute of Technology. When I heard they were having the Mr. Rochester contest a few miles from where I lived, I jumped at the chance to see what a pro bodybuilder looked like in person. It turned out that the guest posers were Danny and Pete Grymkowski!
They were both awesome, but when I saw Danny walking to the stage, I was blown away by how big he was. His posing was a riot. He really looked like he was having a blast. Grymkowski appeared more serious, while Danny was practically laughing!
I was at that show! In fact, I competed in that show! But it wasn't the Mr. Rochester. It was the Mr. Empire State Competition. Held at the Henrietta, NY dome auitorium. Jim Rochell still has the poster for Danny and Pete posing up in his gym. And I was also going to RIT at the time... okay dude PM me and reveal yourself. I'm guessing we know each other.
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Alexxx… it was Danny’s influence that got me into bodybuilding. I remember vividly I was about 16. I had started working out in my basement a few years earlier but was really just trying to get a little stronger and bigger for wrestling and track. Then I started looking for gyms. At the time it was 1970 there were no real gyms in Rochester… just spa’s. I heard the Rochester Downtown YMCA had an very well equipped weight room (which was true).
I started training there and one day I walk in and Danny had just wo the Mr. Rochester and was getting done with an arm workout. He had on a guinea t-shirt (like a Hanes underwear tank top but that was what we called them… before anyone screams racism… I’m half Italian). I took one look and said to myself “That’s how I want to look” (I’m still trying to look like that). That image and that day will always be etched in my mind. It was several years later that I actually got to train with him.
Use those times in your life to ignite the fuel in your workouts.
That must have been something to be able to train with your favorite bodybuilder! Those guys in the past had an aura from all the intensity they generate at least that is what I think. ;D
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I was at that show! In fact, I competed in that show!
That's awesome man! Where did you place? Did you beat Danny? ;D
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Very cool Max_Rep! You are very cool!! Thanks for all the info!
My pleasure Alexxx. In my opinion, useful info isn't to be hoarded, it's to be shared.
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That must have been something to be able to train with your favorite bodybuilder! Those guys in the past had an aura from all the intensity they generate at least that is what I think. ;D
It was awesome Alexxx… I was like a sponge soaking up every bit of info and giving everything I had in out training sessions.
That's awesome man! Where did you place? Did you beat Danny? ;D
I can’t remember because I came in off. I think 5th. However the year I trained with Danny (which was a year or two earlier) I was in the same show and placed 2nd. Danny had already won the USA. The same year I placed 2nd Danny convinced me to compete at the USA two weeks later. I went to New York city with him and competed. I got my a$$ handed to me. I was just happy that my physique did improve from the training I did with him. By the way that USA was the one that Kal Szkulak won. Danny and I had breakfast at the Holiday Inn with Kal and his wife then all took a cab over to the prejudging. I remember Kal’s chest walking into to the restaurant followed about 5 minutes later by his head.
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It was awesome Alexxx… I was like a sponge soaking up every bit of info and giving everything I had in out training sessions.
I bet you did!
I can’t remember because I came in off. I think 5th. However the year I trained with Danny (which was a year or two earlier) I was in the same show and placed 2nd. Danny had already won the USA. The same year I placed 2nd Danny convinced me to compete at the USA two weeks later. I went to New York city with him and competed. I got my a$$ handed to me. I was just happy that my physique did improve from the training I did with him. By the way that USA was the one that Kal Szkulak won. Danny and I had breakfast at the Holiday Inn with Kal and his wife then all took a cab over to the prejudging. I remember Kal’s chest walking into to the restaurant followed about 5 minutes later by his head.
Sounds like fun man. It was that big huh?
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Giant Killer got fecked in many Weider shows (and pumping iron). He will always be "Da' Man' !!
My fave since 77... (im old now at 40) !!
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I can't see tha image you posted Alexxx... yes Kal was that big.
I just remembered though "hypertrophy" was correct. That show where Pete and Danny guest posed was in fact, the Mr Rochester/Mr Western New York.
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I can't see tha image you posted Alexxx... yes Kal was that big.
I just remembered though "hypertrophy" was correct. That show where Pete and Danny guest posed was in fact, the Mr Rochester/Mr Western New York.
I fixed it. His chest almost looks like Arnold's in that side chest shot.
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1990 NOC 3rd place behind the two men standing next to him.
Another fixed contest, given that the other two aren't even close. Small wonder he & so many of the top guys soured on IFBB BB contests in the early 80s.
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padilla was an absolute freak show. hard to belive he would eat just 60grams of protein per day.
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padilla was an absolute freak show. hard to belive he would eat just 60grams of protein per day.
He only did that in 1981, for most of his career he ate more protein.
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padilla was an absolute freak show. hard to belive he would eat just 60grams of protein per day.
He only did that in 1981, for most of his career he ate more protein.
Please elaborate Max_Rep...
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Please elaborate Max_Rep...
We had a mutual friend (Joe Fustor… who passed away in 1990) from Rochester who came out to L.A. in 1980 (same time as I did) Joe was working for the Pritikin Center in Pacific Palisades and began experimenting with the Pritikin Diet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritikin_diet) himself. Joe trained with Danny for his 1981 Mr. Olympia preps and Danny decided to use the diet for his preparations. I can’t tell you exactly how he ate for the 1990 NOC but I do know that it was much higher in protein. He came in much bigger and fuller in 1990 and nearly as ripped.
I can tell you that the times Danny didn’t peak were NOT due to WHAT he was doing. It was due to timing and how bad he wanted it. The guy OFTEN gave himself only 5 to 7 weeks to prepare for a show and you’d see dramatic increases in size and conditioning almost every 2 or 3 days. Now before anyone jumps to the obvious conclusion of drugs… yes Danny used them but NO his dosages (I know this for a fact) were miniscule by standards even then and almost nothing by todays standards.
Danny quite simply is a genetic freak. At 55 he still almost looks like a 24 year old kid. Not 1 wrinkle, no hair loss, freaky skin tone. Danny would come in the gym 5 to 7 weeks out having barely trained in months weighing about 140 and jump into contest mode gaining weight, size and conditioning up to the show. His best showings however, were the times he started in better shape and gave himself much more time.
As mentioned before he often felt the judging was against him so he’d be ripped two weeks out and go on a 2-week donut binge and smooth out. It was like psychologically he needed an excuse to fail.
Hey guys I’m off to the Ironman… see you there and I’ll pick this up later.
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damn
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We had a mutual friend (Joe Fustor… who passed away in 1990) from Rochester who came out to L.A. in 1980 (same time as I did) Joe was working for the Pritikin Center in Pacific Palisades and began experimenting with the Pritikin Diet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritikin_diet) himself. Joe trained with Danny for his 1981 Mr. Olympia preps and Danny decided to use the diet for his preparations.
Flex Magazine had an article on that a few years ago:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_5_22/ai_n6093052/print
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He only did that in 1981, for most of his career he ate more protein.
Not true. I knew the man well and off season he would eat very light. maybe 80-100grams a day. evven 12 weeks out he would be grazing on cashews and tuna for his protein he ate very little. he was a small man with a small appetite. he had some insane genetics and responded very well to dbol and deca and test cypionate. danny also used alot of halotestin.
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Not true. I knew the man well and off season he would eat very light. maybe 80-100grams a day. evven 12 weeks out he would be grazing on cashews and tuna for his protein he ate very little. he was a small man with a small appetite. he had some insane genetics and responded very well to dbol and deca and test cypionate. danny also used alot of halotestin.
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Not true. I knew the man well and off season he would eat very light. maybe 80-100grams a day. evven 12 weeks out he would be grazing on cashews and tuna for his protein he ate very little. he was a small man with a small appetite. he had some insane genetics and responded very well to dbol and deca and test cypionate. danny also used alot of halotestin.
Whatever you say. 80-100 grams is more that 60 the last time I added and subtracted. Yes he liked dbol and decca. I never knew him to do test or halotestin. I'm not saying he couldn't have but why would he always talk about the decca and dbol openly and never mention the other two? Where they his secret weapon?
I never said I know EVERYTHING about the guy. Just what he told me when we trained together, sat and had meals in restaurants (Perkins on Ridge road in Irondequite, NY) every so often, Interviewed him for three hours for IRONMAN, shot the sh*t with him on every one of my visits to Rochester since 1980 (except for the time he actually lived in L.A) met him in 1971 and got to know him well in 1977. So what do I know about the guy? There are few people that know Danny much better than I do. Bob Chick is one of them Larry B is another and Rick B is a third. I guess you are a forth.
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Whatever you say. 80-100 grams is more that 60 the last time I added and subtracted. Yes he liked dbol and decca. I never knew him to do test or halotestin. I'm not saying he couldn't have but why would he always talk about the decca and dbol openly and never mention the other two? Where they his secret weapon?
I never said I know EVERYTHING about the guy. Just what he told me when we trained together, sat and had meals in restaurants (Perkins on Ridge road in Irondequite, NY) every so often, Interviewed him for three hours for IRONMAN, shot the sh*t with him on every one of my visits to Rochester since 1980 (except for the time he actually lived in L.A) met him in 1971 and got to know him well in 1977. So what do I know about the guy? There are few people that know Danny much better than I do. Bob Chick is one of them Larry B is another and Rick B is a third. I guess you are a forth.
I said 80-100grams of protein off-season. about 12 weeks out he would drop down to 60-70grams daily. danny used test to compliment that deca. and halotestin later in his career not in the 70's. later 70's early 80's. and im sure for his 90 noc show. he almost died a few years back from a heart attack. he used more than you think.
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I said 80-100grams of protein off-season. about 12 weeks out he would drop down to 60-70grams daily. danny used test to compliment that deca. and halotestin later in his career not in the 70's. later 70's early 80's. and im sure for his 90 noc show. he almost died a few years back from a heart attack. he used more than you think.
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Danny at the 1981 Mr Olympia
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I was at that show! In fact, I competed in that show! But it wasn't the Mr. Rochester. It was the Mr. Empire State Competition. Held at the Henrietta, NY dome auitorium. Jim Rochell still has the poster for Danny and Pete posing up in his gym. And I was also going to RIT at the time... okay dude PM me and reveal yourself. I'm guessing we know each other.
Max_Rep,
Thanks for refreshing my memory! Mr. Empire State. That was the first contest I ever went to, and I was blown away by the sport. I also remember Pete Grymkowski doing commercials for a local bookstore in Rochester at the time. I can't recall the name of it though.
I went to RIT for chemistry and graduated in 1979. Its a big school, so maybe we crossed paths and never knew it. I used to work out at the RIT weight room. All 155 pounds of me when I first started, lol.
I was a bicycle racer at the time, and just got tired of being a skinny runt. A couple of guys I got to know at RIT were absolutely monstrous so I would go to the gym and work out when they did. There were some seriously competitive guys there. I'll bet I saw you at the time. This was all around the time of Pumping Iron. If you had a competition picture of yourself at the time, It would probably jog my memory.
There was a guy who showed up in the weight room once who was a Jr. Mr USA or something like that. I'll never forget. I thought if this guy is a Jr. champion, how the heck big are the pros!
BTW, I eventually went from 155 to 200 pounds in about a 2 year period when I switched to once a week bodypart training, as opposed to 2-3X per week. Different strokes I guess.
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Max,
Was Danny a squatter? I am curious about whether he avoided that exercise as a way to keep his waist small.
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I said 80-100grams of protein off-season. about 12 weeks out he would drop down to 60-70grams daily. danny used test to compliment that deca. and halotestin later in his career not in the 70's. later 70's early 80's. and im sure for his 90 noc show. he almost died a few years back from a heart attack. he used more than you think.
If that's true than why in the Flex article did Danny say it was something he'd never done before (the 60 grams protein) and that he was actually a little scared doing it?
Look, I'm not saying you don't know Danny P, but stuff you're saying doesn't jive with what's come out of his own mouth. Plus, anyone can anonymously log on to a web forum and claim they know "Bob."
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Max,
Was Danny a squatter? I am curious about whether he avoided that exercise as a way to keep his waist small.
Yes Danny loves squating. He always talks about squating "in the hole" meaning deep. He can get away with is without ever over-developing his butt or hips.
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Yes Danny loves squating. He always talks about squating "in the hole" meaning deep. He can get away with is without ever over-developing his butt or hips.
Thanks, Max.
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If that's true than why in the Flex article did Danny say it was something he'd never done before (the 60 grams protein) and that he was actually a little scared doing it?
Look, I'm not saying you don't know Danny P, but stuff you're saying doesn't jive with what's come out of his own mouth. Plus, anyone can anonymously log on to a web forum and claim they know "Bob."
So are donrhummy and whitewidow the same person?
Look people asked about Danny. I've known him for years... Bob as well... all one has to do is go to back issues of IRONMAN and find the interviews I did on both of them under my real name David Young (this is no secret on the board). If you really know Danny or Bob ask either of them who I am.
Again I NEVER said Danny ate large amounts of food or 300 grams of protein but that 60 was low even for him. Anyone who knows Danny also knows his off-season diet was terrible at least according to what he said.
If what I’m saying doesn’t jive with what’s come out of Danny’s own mouth, then I guess what he told you is different than he told me and also what I saw him doing.
In 30 years of talking to Danny about drugs, he ALWAYS talked about dbol and decca and NEVER talked about halo or test but hey maybe he talked to you about those things and no-one else that I know and I know three of his closest friends (Larry B, Doug B. and Rick B… hmmm I never though about that, they all have the same last initial) and have shared many meals with them (Counrty buffet, West Ridge Road).
I'm pretty certain that I know his dosages since I traveled to NY with him and got to see what he lead out for a daily consumption of orals and he talked his indictable with me. I can guarantee you that it is much, much, much lower than Pro's today and even lower than most of the guys in the 70's and 80's. Were the dosages clinical (anti-aging dosage is generally about 200 mg a week)? No it was higher than that.
You are correct about one thing ANYONE can come on the Internet and claim to know Danny or Bob. I've proven myself up. Now it's YOUR turn but don’t fret if you can’t this topic has gotten off course because it was supposed to be about Danny and I’d rather it got back on-track.
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Is it true he did a lot of cocaine precontest? The 5-7 hours of cardio per day sounds insane.
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So are donrhummy and whitewidow the same person?
Whoah, Max Rep you completely misread my post. I was responding TO whitewidow. I believe that you know Danny (I've read your articles). I was questioning Whitewidow. (plus if you read my post, you'll see I was quoting a whitewidow post AND I said Danny was "scared" of doing such low protein levels which implies YOU are right that he'd never done it before.)
That was weird. ???
And we are NOT the same person.
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Max_rep,
When you wrote your name was David Young, that definitely rang a bell. I read about you will at RIT. I can't remember if it was in the D&C or an RIT publication. If I recall correctly, you were one big dude!
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If that's true than why in the Flex article did Danny say it was something he'd never done before (the 60 grams protein) and that he was actually a little scared doing it?
Look, I'm not saying you don't know Danny P, but stuff you're saying doesn't jive with what's come out of his own mouth. Plus, anyone can anonymously log on to a web forum and claim they know "Bob."
It was for the magazine- danny was always a lite eater. he maybe cutt of an extra 10grams a day from his usual precontest prep for the 81 olympia. It wasnt like he was used to eating 300grams daily precontest and dropping down to 60 that would be totally diffrent. fact is he always ate light protein pre-contest.
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Its true man. talk to danny he will tell you he almost died a few years a go from heart attack. hes not in as good of shape as you think.
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So are donrhummy and whitewidow the same person?
Look people asked about Danny. I've known him for years... Bob as well... all one has to do is go to back issues of IRONMAN and find the interviews I did on both of them under my real name David Young (this is no secret on the board). If you really know Danny or Bob ask either of them who I am.
Again I NEVER said Danny ate large amounts of food or 300 grams of protein but that 60 was low even for him. Anyone who knows Danny also knows his off-season diet was terrible at least according to what he said.
If what I’m saying doesn’t jive with what’s come out of Danny’s own mouth, then I guess what he told you is different than he told me and also what I saw him doing.
In 30 years of talking to Danny about drugs, he ALWAYS talked about dbol and decca and NEVER talked about halo or test but hey maybe he talked to you about those things and no-one else that I know and I know three of his closest friends (Larry B, Doug B. and Rick B… hmmm I never though about that, they all have the same last initial) and have shared many meals with them (Counrty buffet, West Ridge Road).
I'm pretty certain that I know his dosages since I traveled to NY with him and got to see what he lead out for a daily consumption of orals and he talked his indictable with me. I can guarantee you that it is much, much, much lower than Pro's today and even lower than most of the guys in the 70's and 80's. Were the dosages clinical (anti-aging dosage is generally about 200 mg a week)? No it was higher than that.
You are correct about one thing ANYONE can come on the Internet and claim to know Danny or Bob. I've proven myself up. Now it's YOUR turn but don’t fret if you can’t this topic has gotten off course because it was supposed to be about Danny and I’d rather it got back on-track.
Danny used roughly 500-750mg Test cyp weekly, 400mg deca weekly and roughly 40-60mg dbol daily. halotestin as show got closer. not sure how many mgs but he ate alot of those fckers. i belive they were only 2.5mg tabs back then so you had to eat alot of them.
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Its true man. talk to danny he will tell you he almost died a few years a go from heart attack. hes not in as good of shape as you think.
He had open heart surgery about 4 years ago, I had mine 5 years ago. If you actually knew Danny and knew waht you were talking about, you would have known that. I've given some hints (places we or our freinds ate) but you've offered no proof that your just talking out of your ass.
Having a heart attack or heart surgery doesn't mean your future is bleak or you're in bad shape. Today I'm 52... training, walking blood work is perfect, doctors can't figure out how I was ever a candidate other than family history. I'm squating 315 for 10 (low) t-bars with 5 plates plus. And running guys half my age into the ground in the gym. Not world record power but respectable for an old guy who's had heart surgery.
Quoting supposed dosages for Danny shows nothing but the ability to type. I'd say your accurate on the decca. Close on the low end with the dbol. Again the test and holo I question but maybe you supplied him. That's how you know?
Hypertrophy... yes you did read about me. I'll pm you.
donrhummy... thank you.
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Ok enough with the he say/she say BS. Fact is Danny was the one of the best bopdybuilders ever. Danny actually had alot of love for the sport at a very young age unlike many of todays competitors. Danny also had some insane genetics - the guy looked great even at young age of 13 and 14. he was also underrated and got jacked more than once includintg at least 1 mr.O trophy. his drug usage was moderate and so was his diet.
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Fact is Danny was the one of the best bopdybuilders ever. Danny actually had alot of love for the sport at a very young age unlike many of todays competitors. Danny also had some insane genetics - the guy looked great even at young age of 13 and 14. he was also underrated and got jacked more than once includintg at least 1 mr.O trophy.
Now THIS we agree on. Plus Danny's just on of the guys that you want to see do well.
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You know what else danny did that was amazing? In his comeback in the 90's he looked fantastic. How many guys who come back look like shit like Ferrigno. Danny had no GH gut or bloat. Just muscle.
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cool thread. Pics are awsome all the way through. Danny is just incrdible. I wonder if anyone has pics of the first NOC where Robby and Danny were 1 and 2. If I remember right, they had to pose down againts each other like 3 times before the judges could make up thier minds. I'd love to see those.
I've got a shitty copy of the 86 pro world on tape from ESPN. Danny is there and dickerson keep saying how danny is capable of so much more at this point and jsut doesn't seem hungry. I'm looking at it saying this guy is incredible, best calves and arms in the show...just sick and it seems like he wasn't even really trying at that point. Too bad we never got to see Danny go at it with the premier short guys that were around in 90ish like Labrada and the often forgotten Vince Comerford.
Comerford was like the prototype for Lee Priest, big arms and legs and small waist...did they ever compete againts each other-I know it's off topic.
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You know what else danny did that was amazing? In his comeback in the 90's he looked fantastic. How many guys who come back look like shit like Ferrigno. Danny had no GH gut or bloat. Just muscle.
danny was an amazing bodybuilder. and yes he made a fantastic comeback, but his waist was bigger during the 90s...(he was also heavier) and he did have a slight bloat in a few pics i have seen (+thicker abdominal muscles)
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I've always said that Padilla along with Robinson are the two top examples of a group of great BBs from the late 70s & early 80s who demonstrated that the contests were fixed.
If Weider had the foresight to realize that letting them win would've made BB more interesting, would've developed better rivalries & would've prevented many of the top guys from either retiring or leaving the IFBB as happened, maybe the contest outcomes would've been fairer.
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I've always said that Padilla along with Robinson are the two top examples of a group of great BBs from the late 70s & early 80s who demonstrated that the contests were fixed.
If Weider had the foresight to realize that letting them win would've made BB more interesting, would've developed better rivalries & would've prevented many of the top guys from either retiring or leaving the IFBB as happened, maybe the contest outcomes would've been fairer.
agreed both robinson and padilla where amazing bodybuilders. but weider didnt like robinson cuz robby didnt wanna kiss weiders ass....as for padilla, weider wanted to sodomize danny according to jimmy thompson.
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I've always said that Padilla along with Robinson are the two top examples of a group of great BBs from the late 70s & early 80s who demonstrated that the contests were fixed.
If Weider had the foresight to realize that letting them win would've made BB more interesting, would've developed better rivalries & would've prevented many of the top guys from either retiring or leaving the IFBB as happened, maybe the contest outcomes would've been fairer.
Gotta agree with you there Pumpster. The problem stems from a conflict of interest with the Weiders. They had a vested interest in who won. The IFBB being a near monopoly still hurts bodybuilding today.
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agreed both robinson and padilla where amazing bodybuilders. but weider didnt like robinson cuz robby didnt wanna kiss weiders ass....as for padilla, weider wanted to sodomize danny according to jimmy thompson.
Exactly what's wrong-some actually believe the contests are all fair, which is inexplicable considering these examples. Now decades later those guys aren't accorded the respect they deserve because of this crap.
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Exactly what's wrong-some actually believe the contests are all fair, which is inexplicable considering these examples. Now decades later those guys aren't accorded the respect they deserve because of this crap.
Thing is, you want to believe the contests were fair but obviously something wasn't right with many decisions.
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thats why competitions arent really important. its all politics and add a whole lot of subjectivity to the mix, and you get a pretty useless measure of who is "best".
use bodybuilding as an egoistic inspiration. coleman doesnt inspire me....more "attainable" physiques inspire me..such as padilla, robinson.