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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nautilus

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Transcript Casey Viator, Mike Mentzer, Ray Mentzer, and Boyer Coe are the bodybuilders most people associate with Arthur Jones and Nautilus but, in the early 1970s, Bodybuilders such as John Grimek, Milo Steinborn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, […]

Frank Zane 300 Pound Morph

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Transcript What would Frank Zane look like at if he were somehow able to weigh up to 300 pounds while still maintaining the aesthetics and proportions he was known for? Big Ramy’s contest weight has […]

Steve Reeves versus Dave Palumbo

March 13, 2023 Yegor Khzokhlachev Lee Haney 0

Transcript Before analyzing our animated morph between Steve Reeves and Dave Palumbo, we should mention that Palumbo’s feet and ankles were composited from another photo of Palumbo which was a different pose but included his […]

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David Christopher Palumbo aka Dave Palumbo, born February 17, 1968, is a retired American bodybuilder who competed as an amateur throughout his career. Palumbo is generally recognized as the progenitor of Palumboism.

Palumboism occurs when the muscles on the sides of the abdomen, also known as your oblique muscles, thicken and make it difficult for a bodybuilder to hold in their stomach, or rectus abdominis muscles. “
This condition is named after Dave Palumbo. He was the first bodybuilder to display a stomach that appeared unnaturally bloated in proportion to his chest.
Healthline.com

Palumboism is also referred to as:

steroid or roid gut
human growth hormone or HGH gut
HGH bloat
bubble gut
insulin gut
muscle gut
bodybuilder belly
aesthetics decimation
an abdomination

Dave Palumbo’s first bodybuilding contest was the 1990 NPC NATURAL New York City competition where, weighing in at 168 lbs, he placed 6th. Five years later Palumbo had gained 70 lbs and won the Heavyweight class at the 1995 NPC Junior Nationals as well as the overall. His highest prestige placing in a bodybuilding competition was 2nd place in the Super Heavyweight class at the 2003 NPC USA Championships.

In 2001, Muscular Development Magazine hired Palumbo to write a monthly column called “The Anabolic Freak”. A few years later, he became editor of the Muscular Development website until being terminated in 2009.

According to Steve Blechman, owner of Muscular Development Magazine:

“Dave was hired two years ago to be Editor-in-Chief of the Muscular Development website. During the first year, he was instrumental in helping to grow it. During this past year, Dave’s interests were focused increasingly on his side businesses of training athletes and launching his supplement line. John(Romano) was hired by Dave as a paid employee to endorse and promote this supplement line. Because of this, John’s position as Senior Editor was compromised. Together they were using MD and the website as a vehicle to further their own interests, and as a result, less time was being spent on increasing the website’s potential and taking it to the next level. During their employment, Dave and John’s contributions were very much appreciated, and they were well compensated.”

Steve Blechman

Currently, Palumbo is the CEO and Founder of RxMuscle.com and owner of Species Nutrition. He also offers bodybuilding and fitness competition preparation coaching and is the founder of the S.M.A.R.T. personal training certification program.

Palumbo is a familiar face and personality in bodybuilding despite never having competed in the pro ranks. These days he is at a significantly lighter body weight than he was during his competitive years. His heaviest competitive body weight was 275 pounds at the 2000 NPC NY METROPOLITAN bodybuilding competition and looks today to be under 200 pounds.