You know I like to post pics when I was in shape. I will be back there too. At 300 I had just smigen over a 37" waist. I fit into 36" Calvin and Cavericchis(?) which were my favorite pants. I didn't have a 6 pack but at one time I did have a 4 pack. I didn't diet that much either though. I just trained harder.
I weigh exactly 300 in thse pics. In fact I for some reason could not lose or gain weight for the longest time. I was stuck at 300 to 303 or so. Just before I got bit I weighed 298. I did the 585 at 290 I was 26 years old. IN 1980 at the Original World Gym I weighed 247 and benched 500 with Joe Gold standing right over me. In 1995 I inclined the highest I ever did and that 505 when I trained with Joe Onasia, Tony Leiato, Francis Silva, Tony Harris and some other super strong guys in Hawaii. I took testerone 200mg cypionate in 1986 for about 6 months up to the Worlds. That's it. I didn't need anything else. I have not touched anything since. When I first started training seriously in 1979 I did try Dianabol and a little Winstrol. But that only lasted a few months. SO in 1995 I was as strong as I was almost 10 years earlier on stuff. 1998 was my last good year.
I started back training when I moved to Vegas after the bite. I was getting some strength back. I did get my BNP back to 315 and bench back to 405 for 6. Then I moved back to Hawaii in 2002. My leg acted up allot and I had a business so gym time was lacking. I am back in the gym and I told my training partner now that we will be doing 405 for a few by the end of next month. So hopefully I will be back on track. I feel good now. I have no problem with Chic or anyone else calling me fat now. I am. But I am getting my upper body back pretty quickly. The cardio will be upped and I should be okay. I am planningon going to the Olympia this year. I won't be 100% back I don't think but I will be a whole better and not to far off.
Oh and Ray Mentzer was my training partner in 1985 to 1986.
