Can someone tell me what has happened to this guy?
 

http://greggvalentino.net/images/pic...mMachCurl3.jpg

http://greggvalentino.net/images/pic...arDblBicep.jpg

http://greggvalentino.net/images/pictures/020325.jpg

It might just be me, but those arms look awfully screwed up? Whats going on there?

That's really fucked up :hmm:

Although, in the last pic, he only seems to be lifting a dumbell of 2*25, now i imagine those are 25 pounds ie 50 pounds all up which is around 22-23 kilos. I lift a similar weight (normally 25 kilos) though and my arm doesn't swell up like that :lol: (luckily ;) )

I don't know, i am curious as well, although i'd hate to look like that. his arms and body are all out of any kind of proportion :hmm:

<a href="http://www.testosterone.net/articles/211hate.html">Interview</a> with Greg from testosterone.net. It's an interesting read, where he admits that he looks ugly, but enjoys the attention.

jesus murphy!... *averts eyes*

interesting article.

he really does look like shit though...

Bee sting?

I could kick his ass.

tahts an ugly dumbbag I suppose ...

it's very likely that something completely unnatural has been implanted/injected.

cool article :-D interesting as hell

Looks like a photoshop to me. With as many photos as he has on his site, I guess its not, but it sure looks like it. Sounds like the 3 years of steriods he was on helped

Oh my God that is one of the grossest things I have ever seen, why would someone do that to themselves?

That's really hard to believe but from what I've been reading he really does look like that. That's pathetic, but I guess he really did want to take it to the extreme. I wouldn't consider it bodybuilding though, bodybuilding is supposed to have some aestethic value, where as that is just sick.

Ah yes, Gregg "The Freak" Valentino. Very interesting character.

Yes, his steroid usage has helped him develop 24" arms, however he claims to have had 21" arms when he was natural. And at the height of his gear usage, 27" arms.

You can read an interview with him at www.bodybuilding.com ...it's quite interesting. He is a very unorthadox person. There's a few tidbits in the bodybuilding.com article that weren't included in the t-mag interview, especially some amusing antecdotes about his former nutritional supplements.

well he wanted to be freak ... I can assure him ! HE IS

Its called steroids. This guy is a joke amongst bodybuilders. There is many aricles about this clown on the internet... i pity him. The sad thing is, his before pictures are pretty impressive.

This guy was on Leno a few months ago. I lift weights but I would never want to look like that.

Jeez, he looks ready to pop. I wonder who's attracted to that kind of body...

Um..........yeah.........I'm speechless. I don't even care for the normally ripped look. But them-----oh my................

Ha Ha hahahaha, dumbass

He looks like an idiot. One that obviously does not look natural and two why in the hell does he want to look like a Freak.

Do those muscles even work like they should anymore? I mean at that size i can't them being efficient.

Probably the same mentality of women that get silicone implants that are size F and higher.

The drug he uses to look freakish like that is called Synthol.

NOT ME!!! Thats just sick!

That just looks funny. I dont care if he took anything to get like that or not. I personally think body building is rediculous. I dont like the looks of men or woman for that matter that look like one of those sketching dolls, or link sausages. What is this guy going to do when he gets to old to do this. His skin is going to be hanging on his small framed bone rack of a body.
How could anyone be physically attracted to that I mean if I wanted to go to bed with boulders I would run down to the beach and get some. I like the feeling of strong arms around me but damn I dont want to be broken in half or squished just from getting a hug.

Ummm, he isn't a bodybuilder. He is a drug user.

Honestly, sort of depressing I read the entire article about him and he looks like a stuck up celebrity, I mean honestly he looked like he had some odd arm sizes before steroids which would be something to probaly brag about however those are way to huge and look totally unnatural/bad. The funny thing is if you look at the pictures he looks like hes struggling on that pretty light curl, now Im not sure how much a freak steroids can make you but looking like that to do what a normal person can do in 3 or 4 years of work is dumb...

steroids didnt get him that way lol, if you use steroids you wont look like that


he injected himself with synthol, a type of plastic

i wonder how much he can lift..

Oh, and mbchills, Synthol IS a steroid.

synthol is not a steroid.

plan9 i suggest you make a dash to google.com and inform yourself.

Synthol is composed of 85% medium-chain triglyceride oils (a fatty acid), 7.5% lidocaine (painkiller), and 7.5 5 benzyl alcohol. The preparation is injected deep into the muscle where it is encapsulated between the fascicles (bundles of muscle fibers) .

It is a steroid, a legal anabolic steroid but an injected steroid nonetheless. Thanks anyway :) I suggest maybe you make that dash to google yourself ;).

Links...
http://www.testosteronesteroids.com/.../Synthol.shtml

Here is another thread for you: http://www.anabolics.com/Synthol.htm

oh, and another:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/ronharris8.htm


whoa, here is a list of steroids currently used and guess what is in that list? Yep.. Synthenol: http://www.anabolics.com/anabolic_steroids.htm

...god I hate having to make stupid posts like this. Makes me not want to post here.

ster·oid ( P ) Pronunciation Key (stîroid, str-)
n.
Any of numerous naturally occurring or synthetic fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings and including the sterols and bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, certain natural drugs such as digitalis compounds, and the precursors of certain vitamins.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=steroid

So it appears to be a steroid by that definition, which is a little ambiguous or open?. Although there's no point about getting too pedantic about classifications :rolleyes:


That said, i quickly skimmed the article(posted by Plan9) and was wondering if there is any muscular or strength benefit from doing this? Basically i saw that all it does is having "oil" between muscle fibres etc just to increase volume So, do you get any stronger?

How absurd :eek: I guess that's why he was only lifting 50 pounds in that first picture :lol:

again you have proven your excellent skills at using google...

i dont call that crap a steroid infact i have never heard anyone say synthol is a steroid...

sorry my skills of using a search tool to find information are limited.. i like to give advice of my real life experiences.

i almost threw up

Kids, this is your arm on drugs. Three years of 'roids to be exact - yuk!

I think his name is Alfred somthing, he has the worlds largest arms 25 1/2". He said that his arms got so big because he does many different excersizes for each muslce to target every area. Thats about it, oh yeah, maybe its steroid abuse too...

Thats not right O_O

" I got bigger guns than you do!"

I'd have to admit, after reading his interviews, if you're going to be a freak, you might as well be the biggest freak of them all. Props to him. He has arms with built in canteloupes. Cool.

Synthol is NOT a steroid.
Good search Plan9 but you need to get real definitions, not comments from opinionated & well-meant but misleading sites

Plan9 writes "
...god I hate having to make stupid posts like this. Makes me not want to post here..."

I understand your pain ...