more palumboism....

lucian · May 31, 2008

lately ive been seeing more and more people with the strange looking elbows, thick torsos, and smaller limbs look than ever. hhh from wwe now has this look. and the leaner he gets it looks like he is on gh again and its way more noticeable. i saw a recent pic of greg kovacs and he looks so fucked up. these guys look like they have no triceps and way strange elbows. now this pic of lou. i remember in like 1993 or 94 he had a waaaaaay gh look. like he was way abusing it,. we all heard the storie of kovacs, and hhh and scott stiener stay on to be lean for years. looks like too much for too long is having the same effect on all of them. what do you guys think?

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=217362.0

god bless
lucian

KillerStack · May 31, 2008

Yeah he was probably on plenty of growth back then. Even had to have surgery for carpal tunnel.

But you can't expect people to stay looking like at their peak. Age takes its toll.

inoverdrive · May 31, 2008

How old is Lou now?

1badboy · May 31, 2008

Funny you mention this, as I was just reading Palumbo's thread over at MD and he says that women should not take growth for more than 12 (16?) weeks due to the way it changes the bone structure in the face.

He says that most people, himself included, get heavy bone growth in the cheek bones, and says that this looks ok on guys but not on women...

It sure seems like their elbows grow funny too...

Fa Seeshus · May 31, 2008

i've noticed in non-show pics that one of ferrigno's arms looks diff than the other. he might just have some nerve or muscle damage on that side.

that thick torso thing is interesting. i had that problem when i competed last year. i hadn't used much gear for the show, just gh and low-dose test. i don't think all of it is internal growth... there was a shift in fat distribution. even though i had very very little sub-q fat, maybe my body had shifted to storing more visceral fat?

off GH and test, my sub-q fat is higher, but my torso is less blocky.

it would be neat to take a lean but blocky gh user and compare their sub-q skinfold measurements vs. their hydrostatic or MRI based (forgot what that one is called) bodyfat measurements.

pesty4077 · May 31, 2008

KillerStack said:
Yeah he was probably on plenty of growth back then. Even had to have surgery for carpal tunnel.

But you can't expect people to stay looking like at their peak. Age takes its toll.

I want to add to that at being 48, age takes it's toll when you don't slow down and adjust to your body, and stop with the megadosages. You can have a body of someone in their 20's even at 50, if you train hard and eat a very clean diet.

KillerStack · May 31, 2008

pesty4077 said:
I want to add to that at being 48, age takes it's toll when you don't slow down and adjust to your body, and stop with the megadosages. You can have a body of someone in their 20's even at 50, if you train hard and eat a very clean diet.

Well, Ferrigno hasn't looked like he megadosed since 1994 or whenever he did his last show.

Massive G · May 31, 2008

How does one get palumbo-ism when they didn't abuse peptides?

Lou looks great he's got to be in his mid-late 50's if you guys ever notice some of the old times they really age very well.

If he's not already he could benefit from some HRT but probably can't get any due to the stigma surronding the shit.

Shame.

KillerStack · May 31, 2008

Massive G said:
How does one get palumbo-ism when they didn't abuse peptides?

Lou looks great he's got to be in his mid-late 50's if you guys ever notice some of the old times they really age very well.

If he's not already he could benefit from some HRT but probably can't get any due to the stigma surronding the shit.

Shame.

I'm sure he did plenty of growth in the early 90s when he did his come back. The carpal tunnel surgery is interesting too.

Are you saying Ferrigno couldn't get HRT? Seriously? I'm sure he's on it. He goes up and down somewhat so he probably cycles a bit too every now and then.

Fa Seeshus · May 31, 2008

Ferrigno was sworn in as a california sheriff in '06

he passed the BI, which means he probably admitted to prior gear use but had not been doing anything illegal for the last three.

all those people in hollywood are on prescribed gh. he prob just uses a doc for hrt.

Ryce · Jun 1, 2008

Palumbo knows his dieting I will give you that. I have seen his work on people and it is very good. Might be a decent guy I have no idea. I dont know how decent when you were caught selling fake GH and his bit about how he didnt know. (cough cough) BS! he is mr steroid info in MD so how would he not know fake from real serostim.

Anyway thats beside the point. Dave is a prime example of what too much GH over a long peroid of time does to you. He look like walking neolithic pre humanoid. No offense to anybody here that is a fan of him but the truth is the truth. He has acromagly (sp) out the wing wang.

And yes to agree with the topic of this thread alot of people are no starting to suffer from this look over prolonged use if HGH. Its a great fat burner and for the 3-6 months interval cycles with insulin can produce massive gains but the year round use for years can take its toll. Look at trey brewer for example. 22 going on 45.

This is why cycling is something I am a propent of. Year round use for years and years and years is something that has made mass freaks but in my opion turned alot of guys into science expierements.

blackhole · Jun 1, 2008

please can one of you internet guru's find some older and newer pics of some people indicating this 'look' you are speaking of. i have never taken GH and would like to see how much uglier or fucked up looking it can make me (if it possible for me to get uglier i'm pretty busted now)

GoneForever · Jun 1, 2008

I personally dont think GH abuse is the culprit to what your talking about with odd looking builds. I think its an extreme amount of slin with GH.

pesty4077 · Jun 1, 2008

darmhok said:
please can one of you internet guru's find some older and newer pics of some people indicating this 'look' you are speaking of. i have never taken GH and would like to see how much uglier or fucked up looking it can make me (if it possible for me to get uglier i'm pretty busted now)

GH has many health benefits(not all negative) I can't afford it now, But I wouldn't mind a safe dose of 1-2iu per day for health benefits through a doctor. It is like any other drug, if you abuse it, it will give you negative effects. I would never, ever take slin at all.

lucian · Jun 1, 2008

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darmhok said:
please can one of you internet guru's find some older and newer pics of some people indicating this 'look' you are speaking of. i have never taken GH and would like to see how much uglier or fucked up looking it can make me (if it possible for me to get uglier i'm pretty busted now)

look at the link i posted. lous arm looks strange. his tricep is atrophied and it looks like it attaches in a different place than it used to. kovacs, hhh, scott stiener also. all have different structures and physiques and all of them didnt look like this before. im sure its not from age as do we all look alike as we get older? no but we do if we abuse gh!!! big guts, face cnages, feet look bigger, and the damn elbow thing. fnad an old pic of lou and then look at the ne one. its clear the difference and it has nothing to do with peak condition or aging. it has to do with abuse of drugs.

god bless
lucian

Massive G · Jun 1, 2008

darmhok said:
please can one of you internet guru's find some older and newer pics of some people indicating this 'look' you are speaking of. i have never taken GH and would like to see how much uglier or fucked up looking it can make me (if it possible for me to get uglier i'm pretty busted now)

The #1 BB'er in the world right now and our current Mr O is the best example I can think of.
Young Vs Old I never believed in acromegaly till the last few years and seeing the structural changes of Jay Cutler....

Massive G · Jun 1, 2008

Kovacs is probably the best example-of all-

gorgeousfrankenstein · Jun 2, 2008

Sad

I cringe every time I see that picture. How can they NOT be aware of what's going on with their own body? No one in their right mind would work toward a result like that.