Raising the Bar 2 - Advance clip

[namchamp]

Mike, he is ego training on the pull downs..

what results? he looks like a typical gym rat on gear..nothing special

ladies and gentlemen of the jury, i give you exhibit A: "TYPICAL GYM RAT"..DAVE PULCINELLA....

[The Squadfather]

epic trying to emulate Dorian Yates, brutal synthol in the delts, monster 16 inch arms, savage purple skin, he is one ugly dude.

[eastcoastbbman]

epic trying to emulate Dorian Yates, brutal synthol in the delts, monster 16 inch arms, savage purple skin, he is one ugly dude.

so, does that mean you like my look?!?!?!?!?!? lol!!

[gatomjp]

epic trying to emulate Dorian Yates, brutal synthol in the delts, monster 16 inch arms, savage purple skin, he is one ugly dude.

Man, you are so jealous I can smell it from here. Let's see your pix. I dare you to post some. Let's see how far your attention to perfect form and the latest gym fashion have gotten you.

[Pollux]

Let's see your pix. I dare you to post some.

The muthafuckas up in this crip don't dare.
Although your physique is not the most "pleasing" to look at, I commend you, Dave.

[eastcoastbbman]

The muthafuckas up in this crip don't dare.
Although your physique is not the most "pleasing" to look at, I commend you, Dave.

thank you....how hard is it for these people to just say a little something positive like that?

[Blockhead]

thank you....how hard is it for these people to just say a little something positive like that?

Welcome to GETBIG!

 How did you get so dry? Don't pull our dicks here, Dave this isn't MAYHEM. How did you get so dry? Outline a little of your last week of the prep and include water amounts, carb and diuretics/drugs.

 It's okay it's no secret here...I know Taraxatone and Hydroxycut Hardcore had nothing to do with anything.

 Straight up.

[Pollux]

Welcome to GETBIG!

 How did you get so dry? Don't pull our dicks here, Dave this isn't MAYHEM. How did you get so dry? Outline a little of your last week of the prep and include water amounts, carb and diuretics/drugs.

 It's okay it's no secret here...I know Taraxatone and Hydroxycut Hardcore had nothing to do with anything.

 Straight up.

Speak on this, Dave... with NO MuscleTech bullshit.

[BigAnt]

Dave/Mike..new DVD looks good...Looking forward to it, I still watch RTB #1 good motivation...any more sushi scenes?

Did Al's shoulder heal 100%--heard he is doing the Arnold Amateur...(wish him the best, he will do very good)

Dave see you at Master Nationals & the North America..and don't think about dropping down to the
light-heavy class...that's my game LOL!

[gatomjp]

The muthafuckas up in this crip don't dare.

Then they have no credibility whatsoever. It's easy (and childish) to snipe at someone. If they can't prove that their methods produce result superior to those pix of Dave then...end of thread.

[gatomjp]

Dave/Mike..new DVD looks good...Looking forward to it, I still watch RTB #1 good motivation...any more sushi scenes?

Did Al's shoulder heal 100%--heard he is doing the Arnold Amateur...(wish him the best, he will do very good)

Dave see you at Master Nationals & the North America..and don't think about dropping down to the
light-heavy class...that's my game LOL!

Ha! Thanks BigAnt. No more sushi scenes but plenty of other tasty stuff. You'll see. Don't know how Al's shoulder is doing. Dave'll have to answer that one.

[Blockhead]

 This thread isn't finished yet.

 Dave,

 How do you get so dry? We're all big kids here. We threw away our FLEX magazines and GNC Gold Card years ago. Wassup? How did you get so dry?

 How much cardio did you do and I don't feel good going over 100mcg of clen daily...how much did you go up to and do you cycle it 2 weeks on 2 weeks off or do you do 2 days ON one day OFF for 4 weeks?

 I heard if you add 'zediten' to your clen cycle you can stay on longer.

 Did you use cytomel? T3? i never used that but I have access to it how do you reccomend using it?

 Be straight...GETBIg respects honesty and being REAL. Go to Mayhem if you want 'great job!' 'You look fantastic!' 'Way to go!'

[BigAnt]

Mike, you hear back from Adam Gamido yet?
LOL

[eastcoastbbman]

This thread isn't finished yet.

 Dave,

 How do you get so dry? We're all big kids here. We threw away our FLEX magazines and GNC Gold Card years ago. Wassup? How did you get so dry?

 How much cardio did you do and I don't feel good going over 100mcg of clen daily...how much did you go up to and do you cycle it 2 weeks on 2 weeks off or do you do 2 days ON one day OFF for 4 weeks?

 I heard if you add 'zediten' to your clen cycle you can stay on longer.

 Did you use cytomel? T3? i never used that but I have access to it how do you reccomend using it?

 Be straight...GETBIg respects honesty and being REAL. Go to Mayhem if you want 'great job!' 'You look fantastic!' 'Way to go!'

lol!! bro, i know how it is here on getbig. ive been reading it for years!! its part of why i prefer it over other boards. actually, i think you guys are funny as shit and ive spent the last day and a half reading your responses and laughing harder than i have in a long time!  i dont take any of it personally. you dont have to stroke my ego. i know where my faults lie.  I CANT TAKE THE HEAT!!! LOL!!

anyway, to answer your questions. bro, i have no problem telling you like it is. i dont give a shit. i will outline anything i do. first off, i want to list the things i do NOT use:

1) any fatburners you can buy over the counter.
2) t-3,4,5, or whatever! did it once, burnt all my muscles away
3) clen. dont like the way it makes me feel. havent touched it since 1991.
4) anything with stimulants in it. cant deal with how i feel on it.

ok, heres what i really believe is the key to my dryness and y'all are gonna probably make fun of me for it, cause its not drug related. dont get me wrong. i do everything everyone else does "supp" wise. its just that i dont believe thats what gives me my dry , crisp look. plenty of guys do all the drugs, then show up fat and watery. weve all seen it.

i start no less than 20 weeks out. i truly eat nothing but 6 foods from day 1, till the show. i drink nothing but water. and i start cardio off slowly, but i end up doing 45 minutes in the am and 30 in the pm, 7 days a week from 8 weeks out till the day of the show. i have found that , if you remove EVERY LAST BIT OF FAT FROM YOUR BODY, YOUR DRY OUT WILL HAPPEN ALMOST EFFORTLESSLY. the more fat you have come dry out time, the harder it will be to get dry. just that simple. i truly do not stop until the skin on my "trouble spots" is as thin as the skin on the back of my hand. then i know im ready!

now, i will sit back and wait to get blasted for not revealing my secret drug weapon!! lol!!!

[natural al]

I watched it real quick yesturday, one run through...didn't take notes or anything.  seemed ok to me, I didn't like the form on some things but I don't believe in ultra strict form all the time...a little body english never hurt anyone, maybe some of the stuff in the vid was a little much for me but, hey...it works for this guy, he looked pretty good.

honestly, it's a BB video, the general public is never gonna see it, I don't think it's supposed to appeal to the general public so I didn't even look at it that way.

I thought it was good for what it is, pretty intense training...I didn't get the drinking out of the bowl either but hey, what do I know...

[gatomjp]

Mike, you hear back from Adam Gamido yet?
LOL

LOL! Dude, NO ONE has! We think he moved away or something. Since the day he snuck out of the Delaware there have been no Adam sightings...in or out of the gym.

[Blockhead]

lol!! bro, i know how it is here on getbig. ive been reading it for years!! its part of why i prefer it over other boards. actually, i think you guys are funny as shit and ive spent the last day and a half reading your responses and laughing harder than i have in a long time!  i dont take any of it personally. you dont have to stroke my ego. i know where my faults lie.  I CANT TAKE THE HEAT!!! LOL!!

anyway, to answer your questions. bro, i have no problem telling you like it is. i dont give a shit. i will outline anything i do. first off, i want to list the things i do NOT use:

1) any fatburners you can buy over the counter.
2) t-3,4,5, or whatever! did it once, burnt all my muscles away
3) clen. dont like the way it makes me feel. havent touched it since 1991.
4) anything with stimulants in it. cant deal with how i feel on it.

ok, heres what i really believe is the key to my dryness and y'all are gonna probably make fun of me for it, cause its not drug related. dont get me wrong. i do everything everyone else does "supp" wise. its just that i dont believe thats what gives me my dry , crisp look. plenty of guys do all the drugs, then show up fat and watery. weve all seen it.

i start no less than 20 weeks out. i truly eat nothing but 6 foods from day 1, till the show. i drink nothing but water. and i start cardio off slowly, but i end up doing 45 minutes in the am and 30 in the pm, 7 days a week from 8 weeks out till the day of the show. i have found that , if you remove EVERY LAST BIT OF FAT FROM YOUR BODY, YOUR DRY OUT WILL HAPPEN ALMOST EFFORTLESSLY. the more fat you have come dry out time, the harder it will be to get dry. just that simple. i truly do not stop until the skin on my "trouble spots" is as thin as the skin on the back of my hand. then i know im ready!

now, i will sit back and wait to get blasted for not revealing my secret drug weapon!! lol!!!

Nope! I respect that.

 I also respect how you appreciate GETBIG and the humor here. You have THIN skin for the stage but THICK skin here which is good.

 20 weeks out. Interesting. I like how you said you literalyhave to eliminate ALL the bodyfat to look dry. NOBODY can be 8-10% and be DRY. You have to get down to under 5-6% to have that elusive but much appreciated look.

 Thanks for the cardio outline. I do the opposite though as I start out with 40-50 minutes 5-6 days a week and 20 after training to taper down until 2 weeks out I am just doing 30 minutes in the morning 4-5 days a week. Gives me the option of tweaking and making adjustments based on my BF.

 Are you a believer of the STEPMILL and do you do cardio on leg day and/or the day after?

[gatomjp]

it's a BB video, the general public is never gonna see it,

I really appreciate the comments natural al, but I would like to clarify one thing (not just to you al, but to some of the negative posters)...this is not intended to be a BB video. It's a documentary that just happens to be about BB and I hope that is does eventually get to be seen by a wider audience. I think that's a key difference. It's not an instructional video. This is the way Dave trains and the way he eats whether or not I and my camera are there. Nothing is done for effect. This is just the way he is and always will be and I was doing my best to capture that as accurately as I could.

We are not presenting this as "This is the way YOU should train." His style of contest prep (and fashion!) is very idiosyncratic and personal and developed over many MANY years of doing this. If he drinks out of a bowl it is only because that's the best way to get that much protein slop into his body at one time, not to impress me or you. His focus is only on what has proven to work for him.

As I said previously, this was probably not the best clip to release first because it is a workout segment and in some ways very similar to many other bb videos. If I ever get done this thing I think you will see that I am trying to present a bit more than the usual bb vid. Whether or not I succeed y'all can decide when you see it.

[mwbbuilder]

I have a suggestion: How about the marketing angle of WIIFT? (What's in it for them)

BBs are so self absorbed. What not "teach" other and using language that supports  that?

Who really cares about him? The buyers wants to know how THEY are going to benefit from the DVD.

Just my two cents.

[eastcoastbbman]

Dave/Mike..new DVD looks good...Looking forward to it, I still watch RTB #1 good motivation...any more sushi scenes?

Did Al's shoulder heal 100%--heard he is doing the Arnold Amateur...(wish him the best, he will do very good)

Dave see you at Master Nationals & the North America..and don't think about dropping down to the
light-heavy class...that's my game LOL!

yo!! big ant!! wassup!!!??

al's shoulder is 100% healed and hes doing great! hes about 240 and looking fairly hard. we will see if he can put it all together for the arnold.

as for you and me and the north amercans...i believe we should stay in our respective classes and "divide and conquer" lol!

[eastcoastbbman]

Nope! I respect that.

 I also respect how you appreciate GETBIG and the humor here. You have THIN skin for the stage but THICK skin here which is good.

 20 weeks out. Interesting. I like how you said you literalyhave to eliminate ALL the bodyfat to look dry. NOBODY can be 8-10% and be DRY. You have to get down to under 5-6% to have that elusive but much appreciated look.

 Thanks for the cardio outline. I do the opposite though as I start out with 40-50 minutes 5-6 days a week and 20 after training to taper down until 2 weeks out I am just doing 30 minutes in the morning 4-5 days a week. Gives me the option of tweaking and making adjustments based on my BF.

 Are you a believer of the STEPMILL and do you do cardio on leg day and/or the day after?

yeah, man. ive been at this too long to give a shit about a few people throwing insulting jokes around. its all good. plus, like i said, you guys are funny as hell!

what i neglected to mention is that i always make sure im show-ready 5 weeks out. then, i slowly back the cardio down and increase my calories from that point on. i agree that it allows you to make adjustments without being in a panic that youre "not gonna make it"

in regards to your method of cardio, i feel that if i start high like that, going from nothing to alot all at once, i lose lean mass as its too much of an immediate trauma. the LEAST AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR RESULT.. is what i always do. when that stops working, i increase slightly. i just keep repeating this cycle till i reach my max cardio output.

[natural al]

I really appreciate the comments natural al, but I would like to clarify one thing (not just to you al, but to some of the negative posters)...this is not intended to be a BB video. It's a documentary that just happens to be about BB and I hope that is does eventually get to be seen by a wider audience. I think that's a key difference. It's not an instructional video. This is the way Dave trains and the way he eats whether or not I and my camera are there. Nothing is done for effect. This is just the way he is and always will be and I was doing my best to capture that as accurately as I could.

We are not presenting this as "This is the way YOU should train." His style of contest prep (and fashion!) is very idiosyncratic and personal and developed over many MANY years of doing this. If he drinks out of a bowl it is only because that's the best way to get that much protein slop into his body at one time, not to impress me or you. His focus is only on what has proven to work for him.

As I said previously, this was probably not the best clip to release first because it is a workout segment and in some ways very similar to many other bb videos. If I ever get done this thing I think you will see that I am trying to present a bit more than the usual bb vid. Whether or not I succeed y'all can decide when you see it.

I getcha...like I said I just kinda glanced at it, if it's a documentary then more power to you guys.  Dude trains HARD regardless of the form he uses...I thought it was good.

[gatomjp]

I have a suggestion: How about the marketing angle of WIIFT? (What's in it for them)

BBs are so self absorbed. What not "teach" other and using language that supports  that?

Who really cares about him? The buyers wants to know how THEY are going to benefit from the DVD.

Just my two cents.

Good point. However, I would say that WIIFT is the same thing that's in it for them when they watch any kind of documentary...a look into a world you might not be aware of (March of the Penguins) or the real story of an event you thought you knew about (When the Levees Broke) or an exploration of the personality, drives and motivations of real people (Hoop Dreams). That's what's in it.

[gatomjp]

I getcha...like I said I just kinda glanced at it, if it's a documentary then more power to you guys.  Dude trains HARD regardless of the form he uses...I thought it was good.

Thanks buddy. That clip was about showing intensity and it makes me feel good that you got that from it.

[natural al]

Thanks buddy. That clip was about showing intensity and it makes me feel good that you got that from it.

you don't have to be 100% strict in the gym at all times, like I said his form is a little loose for my tastes but if it works for him then great.  People need to realize that you can do things 150% different than someone else and still get results, it's about finding what works for you, there isn't one good way to build muscle...there's a ton of different roads to choose.  I didn't see enought footage to give advice or put the guy down, I'm sure he'd still be busting his balls if he was going super strict.  Anyone who can train that hard, even if it's only for short periods of time is ok in my book.