Comments on: Mike Matarazzo’s second chance: wisdom for those who have a first chance. http://www.musclesprod.com/bodybuilding-interviews/mike-matarazzos-second-chance-wisdom-for-those-who-have-a-first-chance/ muscle building blog, stretching exercises,workout routines,sciroxx,dragon pharma,kalpa pharmaceuticals Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nicko Caro http://www.musclesprod.com/bodybuilding-interviews/mike-matarazzos-second-chance-wisdom-for-those-who-have-a-first-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-43893 Nicko Caro Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:43:35 +0000 http://www.musclesprod.com/?p=2060#comment-43893 Hi Mike, I know it's been some years since your bypass, and just like you, I had great genetics so I used much smaller dosages of gear than others, however I was big, big I mean competing at 117kg and getting to 133kg, if someone gave me something....anything to grow, I'd take it, I'd look in The mirror and thougt I was never big enough, then I stopped bodybuilding....1 year later starting training, natural, cardio but....it was too late, 2 heart attacks in 3 days and still didn't go to the Dr...I was invincible so I thought, now after triple bypass, and with a 3 year old daughter I want to grow old...will I ? I doubt it, I'm now 44 and although feel great, I know I'll never see my daughter marry or have children. It's a Shame I wasn't aware of my true self worth when I was younger, now if I don't have 23" arms or even 19" arms, I'm twice The man i was, for the simple reason I'm at peace. You were an inspiration during my recovery in hospital..thankyou! Hi Mike,
I know it’s been some years since your bypass, and just like you, I had great genetics so I used much smaller dosages of gear than others, however I was big, big I mean competing at 117kg and getting to 133kg, if someone gave me something….anything to grow, I’d take it, I’d look in The mirror and thougt I was never big enough, then I stopped bodybuilding….1 year later starting training, natural, cardio but….it was too late, 2 heart attacks in 3 days and still didn’t go to the Dr…I was invincible so I thought, now after triple bypass, and with a 3 year old daughter I want to grow old…will I ? I doubt it, I’m now 44 and although feel great, I know I’ll never see my daughter marry or have children.

It’s a Shame I wasn’t aware of my true self worth when I was younger, now if I don’t have 23″ arms or even 19″ arms, I’m twice The man i was, for the simple reason I’m at peace.

You were an inspiration during my recovery in hospital..thankyou!

]]> By: Drew freemont smith http://www.musclesprod.com/bodybuilding-interviews/mike-matarazzos-second-chance-wisdom-for-those-who-have-a-first-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-40845 Drew freemont smith Tue, 24 May 2011 20:45:02 +0000 http://www.musclesprod.com/?p=2060#comment-40845 Hi Uncle Mike its Drew and Evan Smith,Garrett smiths sons I wanted to know how you were doing?And if you could send my Dad some pictures of you when you were body buildering.So we can hang them in my room with our other pictures of you working out? love you!look for you on facebook.com Hi Uncle Mike its Drew and Evan Smith,Garrett smiths sons I wanted to know how you were doing?And if you could send my Dad some pictures of you when you were body buildering.So we can hang them in my room with our other pictures of you working out? love you!look for you on facebook.com

]]> By: fred http://www.musclesprod.com/bodybuilding-interviews/mike-matarazzos-second-chance-wisdom-for-those-who-have-a-first-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-651 fred Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:05:48 +0000 http://www.musclesprod.com/?p=2060#comment-651 Mike: I have just read your truthful confession and i feel more bodybuilders should be just as truthful as you but probably won't until it happens to them. I am now 54 and did my share of training WITHOUT drugs but ate the same way as you with about 6 whole eggs a day combined with protein in a blender, plenty of red meat, etc. i had limited potential and certainly being drug free i never looked like a star but who knows what a star would look like being totally drug free, certainly they wouldn't have 20 plus inch arms. Just watch the movie pumping iron and see what they ate when they had that shot with guys eating 6 whole eggs, steaks, hamburgers, etc. ALL HIGH CHOLESTEROL!!!! Mike i had a 4x bypass at age 46 and i understand what you mean about life but i was so surprised since i felt perfect just before it happened and then in the hospital i got the cath. and they told me i had at least 3 blockages, i was astounded. I also used to do some running and since you were a boxer you understand about the value of aerobic training, it is very important and more important than building big muscles which means little concerning self defense, a boxer needs amazing stamina not heavy 20 inch arms so every sport has necessary things. Mike, i was fortunate i had one of the finest Surgeons in NY and probably in the Country operate on me and i still send him an e-mail every so often letting him know how much i appreciate what he did for me, i also have an excellent cardiologist and she really likes me due to the fact that i changed my diet immediately which i am sure you needed to do and i am also sure you need to lose some weight which includes muscle, my cholesterol is now 129 with 10 mg of lipitor if you wish to compare #'s? Also important is the "bad" cholesterol and the ratio and i am close to a full vegan, i drink soy milk, eat the soy burgers, etc. all are necessary for a lasting recovery not just the operation and go back to business as usual. Mike, you can forget about competing again, #1 your Doctor won't allow it and #2 you now understand what got you where you are in the 1st. place, high cholesterol and lots of drugs. Mike, i really wonder when a "normal" person picks up a muscle magazine do they even realize to a small extent the amount of drugs guys take to look like that just for a few days? i now do some long cycling in the summer which is great cardio and a few 5ks a year, i can ride 80 miles without a problem and that is a great leg and calve builder,those serious cyclists have the same stamina or better than a marathon runner and if you have interest you should study up on VO2 max and the bruce protocol treadmill test which is the treadmill test, developed by a Doctor. Whether it's the echo stress or nuclear treadmill they all are the same 3 minute cycle and incline increase, the bruce protocol is also used for lung testing. VO2 max is basically a measurement of your cardio endurance and it has nothing to do with squatting 500 lbs, you can find the bruce protocol on the internet and going by your age and time on the treadmill you can figure you VO2 max, they cross reference it to see how you stack-up+ endurance athletes do they best, not powerlifters because it requires running after then 4th cycle and at that high angle running gets difficult very fast which is the entire concept, the heart is supposed be raised to it's maximum beats per minute and then when you poop out they take you off. i now get the echo stress which is even worse because i need to exhale and hold while they take the pictures and they only have 60 seconds to do so after the test so they take me off a little early so i can breath. Mike creatine is accepted by my doctor and i now take for prescription drugs, lipitor, metoprolol which is for blood pressure, altace, plavix which i am sure you take so now you still take plenty of pills but they are to keep you alive along with a good diet and AEROBIC exercise. I do belong to a gym but the 1st. thing i do is cardio and the cycling has given me some pretty strong legs, at least for leg extensions but as my heart doctor told me aerobic is better than anarobic and i listen to what she says, i respect her and need to listen if i want to live so Mike i think people need to realize the CRAP they put into their bodies and serious bodybuilders are steroid junkies not to put the sport down but let's be honest, all for a few days a year, is it really worth 20 years or more of your life. If you do some research you will see much info. about bodybuilders dying at early ages, Denny Gable, Paul Grant, both in pumping iron and numerous others, it's an addiction, mental because they don't want to lose the size and physical also and also necessary to compete in even the lower levels. mike on the positive a great bodybuilder kalman Szkalak who retired became a very good cyclist and eventually lost his huge upper body, i am sure you remember his massive size, he competed against mike Mentzer and i remember seeing him in the magazines about the same ago as me when i was benching 300 lbs he was probably doing 450 so lst. but not least is the physical potential factor which i am sure you are well aware of so it needs no explanation. Merry Christmas Mike, i am happy that you survived you operation and hopefully you made the necessary changes to eliminate any future problems for many years, if you wish to contact me send me an e-mail, we certainly have things in common. Frederick A. Bock frederickbock7@gmail.com Mike: I have just read your truthful confession and i feel more bodybuilders should be just as truthful as you but probably won’t until it happens to them. I am now 54 and did my share of training WITHOUT drugs but ate the same way as you with about 6 whole eggs a day combined with protein in a blender, plenty of red meat, etc. i had limited potential and certainly being drug free i never looked like a star but who knows what a star would look like being totally drug free, certainly they wouldn’t have 20 plus inch arms. Just watch the movie pumping iron and see what they ate when they had that shot with guys eating 6 whole eggs, steaks, hamburgers, etc. ALL HIGH CHOLESTEROL!!!!
Mike i had a 4x bypass at age 46 and i understand what you mean about life but i was so surprised since i felt perfect just before it happened and then in the hospital i got the cath. and they told me i had at least 3 blockages, i was astounded. I also used to do some running and since you were a boxer you understand about the value of aerobic training, it is very important and more important than building big muscles which means little concerning self defense, a boxer needs amazing stamina not heavy 20 inch arms so every sport has necessary things. Mike, i was fortunate i had one of the finest Surgeons in NY and probably in the Country operate on me and i still send him an e-mail every so often letting him know how much i appreciate what he did for me, i also have an excellent cardiologist and she really likes me due to the fact that i changed my diet immediately which i am sure you needed to do and i am also sure you need to lose some weight which includes muscle, my cholesterol is now 129 with 10 mg of lipitor if you wish to compare #’s? Also important is the “bad” cholesterol and the ratio and i am close to a full vegan, i drink soy milk, eat the soy burgers, etc. all are necessary for a lasting recovery not just the operation and go back to business as usual.

Mike, you can forget about competing again, #1 your Doctor won’t allow it and #2 you now understand what got you where you are in the 1st. place, high cholesterol and lots of drugs.

Mike, i really wonder when a “normal” person picks up a muscle magazine do they even realize to a small extent the amount of drugs guys take to look like that just for a few days? i now do some long cycling in the summer which is great cardio and a few 5ks a year, i can ride 80 miles without a problem and that is a great leg and calve builder,those serious cyclists have the same stamina or better than a marathon runner and if you have interest you should study up on VO2 max and the bruce protocol treadmill test which is the treadmill test, developed by a Doctor. Whether it’s the echo stress or nuclear treadmill they all are the same 3 minute cycle and incline increase, the bruce protocol is also used for lung testing. VO2 max is basically a measurement of your cardio endurance and it has nothing to do with squatting 500 lbs, you can find the bruce protocol on the internet and going by your age and time on the treadmill you can figure you VO2 max, they cross reference it to see how you stack-up+ endurance athletes do they best, not powerlifters because it requires running after then 4th cycle and at that high angle running gets difficult very fast which is the entire concept, the heart is supposed be raised to it’s maximum beats per minute and then when you poop out they take you off. i now get the echo stress which is even worse because i need to exhale and hold while they take the pictures and they only have 60 seconds to do so after the test so they take me off a little early so i can breath. Mike creatine is accepted by my doctor and i now take for prescription drugs, lipitor, metoprolol which is for blood pressure, altace, plavix which i am sure you take so now you still take plenty of pills but they are to keep you alive along with a good diet and AEROBIC exercise. I do belong to a gym but the 1st. thing i do is cardio and the cycling has given me some pretty strong legs, at least for leg extensions but as my heart doctor told me aerobic is better than anarobic and i listen to what she says, i respect her and need to listen if i want to live so Mike i think people need to realize the CRAP they put into their bodies and serious bodybuilders are steroid junkies not to put the sport down but let’s be honest, all for a few days a year, is it really worth 20 years or more of your life. If you do some research you will see much info. about bodybuilders dying at early ages, Denny Gable, Paul Grant, both in pumping iron and numerous others, it’s an addiction, mental because they don’t want to lose the size and physical also and also necessary to compete in even the lower levels.

mike on the positive a great bodybuilder kalman Szkalak who retired became a very good cyclist and eventually lost his huge upper body, i am sure you remember his massive size, he competed against mike Mentzer and i remember seeing him in the magazines about the same ago as me when i was benching 300 lbs he was probably doing 450 so lst. but not least is the physical potential factor which i am sure you are well aware of so it needs no explanation.

Merry Christmas Mike, i am happy that you survived you operation and hopefully you made the necessary changes to eliminate any future problems for many years, if you wish to contact me send me an e-mail, we certainly have things in common.

Frederick A. Bock

frederickbock7@gmail.com

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