Vince Gironda was the Iron Guru. He owned a gym in North Hollywood and trained the stars and many champion bodybuilders, too. He was one of the first to recognize nutrition as being important in bodybuidling. Vince was an outspoken character but was respected for his contributions to bodybuilding.
Vince Taylor is still one of the top bodybuilders of any age. Vince Comerford also built a good physique.
Melvin "Vince" Goodrum arrived and instead of enhancing the name "Vince", he has disgraced it. Now we have to read the posts of a wannabe bodybuilder who has 2 online certificates and who competes in the Junior division. In the past, he tried some veterinary anabolic agent but never showed much for his home brew concoction except gynecomastia! I questioned Melvin about his name and he claims he acquired it through wrestling. Apparently he was the preliminary boy who lost all his matches and he had to be the dork and bad guy as well as the fall guy. He stated that the crowd used to boo him and throw soda bottles at him.
Vince Goodrum, CSN MFT is a charlatan. He has an online site where he sells products and offers advice. I shake my head when totally underqualified people can set up businesses in the fitness industry. Now I see he is calling himself the "God Father of Sports Nutrition". This man is dangerous because he doesn't know his own limits and just promotes himself as some guru when he is nothing of the sort. He is clearly expert in nothing at all. If we use his physique as an indicator of knowledge then Goodrum is devoid of bodybuilding information because he appears on stage in a condition that doesn't demonstrate his knowledge of either hypertrophy or getting cut up. He has no professional academic qualifications and he has not won even local titles.
This man has thoroughly soiled the name 'Vince' on Getbig and other discussion forums. That name is now associated with Goodrum and he has become the butt of jokes and offense. He is the fall guy of bodybuilding boards and he feeds all threads where he is mentioned. The accumulated insults do motivate Goodrum and he strikes out at those he thinks need it. The trouble is all his efforts backfire and he is seen for the ordinary stooge that he is. He continues to post away as if he is some important person of standing when in fact he is a buffoon who is oblivious of his shortcomings, which are legion.
I call upon Melvin Goodrum to desist in using the name 'Vince', because he has made that name a laughing stock. When he was wrestling his handle was supposedly Venom Vince Versace. The stories are never supported by any evidence and we continue to see a Walter Mitty character attempting to establish himself in these communities.
I must say he belongs on these forums but not for what he would like to be known for. The plain, unvarnished truth, is the man is a clown and he performs daily to keep everyone amused. I dare say the continuous humiliation he receives online is mounting and we do see him try to salvage some respect by challenging people and so on. This is a man with a mission who is going no where.
I hope he doesn't see this post as a personal attack. He promised on Getbig that he would change his name but that was just a ploy to get me off his case. Goodrum has a lot of anger inside and he strikes out from time to time to let off some steam. I think he would be wise to not respond to posts mentioning him. He merely feeds those who are brighter than him and he sinks deeper into the mire out of which there seems to be no escape. Instead of showing wisdom and good sense he opens his mouth and posts in a fashion that removes any doubt that he is a nincompoop.
