{"id":3093,"date":"2014-05-13T13:49:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T17:28:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-06-19T13:53:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T20:53:43","slug":"greg-valentino-biggest-biceps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elitefitness.com\/articles\/greg-valentino-biggest-biceps\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Biceps Greg Valentino the Most Hated Man in Bodybuilding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greg Valentino<\/strong> has earned worldwide fame and become an Internet sensation for having the biggest biceps in the world<\/strong> and disproportionate body size.\u00a0 And it is his biggest biceps freak show act that has earned him the reputation as the most hated man in bodybuilding.\u00a0 But Greg Valentino may be more hated than ever after recently selling out everyone!<\/p>\n

\"GregEveryone knows that bodybuilding is a sport which struggles with its image in the eye of the public.\u00a0 For one thing, the general population just doesn\u2019t understand a bodybuilder\u2019s pursuit of trying to build the perfect body.\u00a0 But even more than that, people think that bodybuilding is a sport riddled with steroids, and we all know how the mainstream media has made steroids out to be the root of all evil.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s safe to say that bodybuilding doesn\u2019t need any more negative publicity coming its way.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there is one man that has been a constant source of negative attention for bodybuilders everywhere.\u00a0 And his name is Greg Valentino.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t heard of Greg Valentino then you probably don\u2019t pay much attention to bodybuilding, or TV for that matter.\u00a0 That\u2019s because Valentino has been able to transcend the boundaries of bodybuilding into mainstream television through his freakish 27 inch arms and disproportionate body size.\u00a0 Greg Valentino\u2019s arms look like somebody stuffed softballs where his triceps and biceps should be while the rest of his body doesn\u2019t even come close to matching them.<\/p>\n

Because of his malformed stature, Valentino has become a YouTube sensation<\/a> garnering the attention of not only his fellow bodybuilders, but the general public as well.\u00a0 He has also made numerous appearances on TV shows as well.\u00a0 People everywhere have been amazed not only by the size of his arms, but by how abnormal he looks overall.\u00a0 When you really get down to the root of it, Valentino could be a poster child for one those freaky picture websites.<\/p>\n

Those outside of bodybuilding may never realize why Valentino has been such an eyesore in the minds of bodybuilders everywhere.\u00a0 They just look at him as an interesting individual who is fun to gawk at.\u00a0 However, what many people don\u2019t realize is that Valentino has become hated in many bodybuilding circles because he draws so much negative attention to the sport.<\/p>\n

Not only does Greg Valentino misrepresent what bodybuilding is all about and beg for attention due to his disproportionate size, but he\u2019s also looked at as the product of a steroid-fueled nightmare.\u00a0 The majority of bodybuilders who use steroids do so in order to build an incredible physique that is something to marvel at.\u00a0 Valentino, on the other hand, has used roids to create this attention-seeking, freakshow body which gets played off as the end result of any kind of steroid usage.<\/p>\n

\"BiggestAnd while Valentino has brought plenty of negative attention to bodybuilding through his appearance alone, the time he decided to be his own self surgeon<\/a> has cast a black eye on the sport from which it may never recover. \u00a0As shown on TLC, one of Valentino\u2019s arms had become infected after getting hit with a broken bat at a little league game he was coaching.\u00a0 Rather than going to the hospital to get the infection removed like any sane person, Valentino decided to perform the operation himself while filming it.<\/p>\n

After cutting his arm numerous times to remove the blood and puss in his arms, Valentino had to be rushed to the hospital.\u00a0 Afterwards, Valentino let the taped surgery become public knowledge which only served to gain him further fame.\u00a0 And this only further served to damage the reputation of responsible juicers and bodybuilders everywhere.<\/p>\n

As if he hasn\u2019t already had enough attention in the past, Valentino decided to go on the ESPN program E:60<\/a> to talk about the past and his dealings with steroids.\u00a0 Obviously the E:60 crew was not apathetic to steroid usage since this is a mainstream show, and they used Greg Valentino as their example of what roids can do to someone.\u00a0 And Valentino seemed more than happy to sell out juicers everywhere on the show.<\/p>\n

Once a person who sided with steroid users and realized how they are unfairly demonized by the media, Valentino did everything on E:60 to further soil their reputation.\u00a0 Valentino even wrote to the readers of his Muscular Development column, in which he is called the Ramblin\u2019 Freak, about his intentions to denounce steroids altogether.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019ll admit that his reasons for not using steroids anymore seem legitimate since his son won\u2019t speak to him, and his daughter viewed a classroom video where her dad was coincidentally shown as the example of steroid use.\u00a0 However, it has to be noted that he has reveled in the glory he\u2019s received for his massive arms, and blatantly admitted that he built those guns through the usage of site injections.\u00a0 He\u2019s even seemed to love the negative attention that he has received from his persona as the most hated man in bodybuildng.<\/p>\n

And while I\u2019m sympathetic to Greg Valentino\u2019s situation with his family and hope that everything works out for him in the end, I can\u2019t help be thinking that he\u2019s sold out bodybuilders and steroids users out... again.<\/p>\n

Here's some links to discussion about biggest biceps and Greg Valention on the EliteFitness.com Forums.<\/p>\n