Good Shots of Palumbo

[Mr.Dedication]

Jesus he got some girth.

See kids you don't need Muscle Tech to get big, just hard work and dedication.

[PTB]

As for the videos and stuff, people have to remember it wasn't as simple to do training videos as it is now, there was no iphones, gopro or youtube....

I don't doubt it was harder, but I recall a lot of guys selling their own videos... not necessarily the best quality, but vids nonetheless, along with autographed pictures at many a show. Dave has always been forward thinking, so I would have thought this would have been something he would have invested in, even if shot with an 8mm or Video-C camcorder.
Too bad none of those training sessions were taped... from what you're saying, they would have been fun to watch.

[Provo82]

that side chest was especially killer

[nzgs]

It's ironic the few bad shots of Dave seem to be what everyone focuses on…. Heck, haters even immortalized him in referring to bad physique bodybuilders as being stricken with "Palumboism", however what people seem to forget is that Dave was an absolute beast at a time where there were few competitive bber's that size. He knew he certainly wasn't as "pretty" as some of his competitors nor did he possess their symmetry, so he became obsessed with bringing something no one else had, close to 300lbs of ridiculously shredded mass!

While there are definitely some photos which do that description justice, in reality, I've often told Dave that he really looked better most of the time when he wasn't on the stage, I remember being with him at shows and seeing the eyes of pros who were guest posing popping out of their head when we walked by… no one was that shredded..

I don't see 300lbs of shredded mass. There's probably 50lbs of god knows what in that torso. The chest and limbs aren't any better than 230lbs bodybuilders of the past. This is symbolic of modern bodybuilding - chasing scale weight under the delusional that it's quality hard muscle when the reality is its mostly midsection growth.

[Poptart]

I don't see 300lbs of shredded mass. There's probably 50lbs of god knows what in that torso. The chest and limbs aren't any better than 230lbs bodybuilders of the past. This is symbolic of modern bodybuilding - chasing scale weight under the delusional that it's quality hard muscle when the reality is its mostly midsection growth.

Clearly, you aren't familiar with how Dave looked He walked around at over 300lbs and was in the single digits of bf. Granted no way did he have the most asthetic physique, in fact, you might say it was ugly, but he shredded...hell yes...