Anyone ever trained with Lou Ferrigno?

[MsBeverlyHills]

Just saw in a mag he does private training

well it must of been a joke. I see Lou in gym all the time (Golds) & hes never trained anyone-- even worse he spends the whole time doing lat pulldowns, chats bet. sets, then more lat pulldowns

 

[Destroyer1986*]

yes Ive heard numerous stories that LOU is an ass.

 

[punch]

This is a funny thread. Between Zane and Lou....IMO no brainer.

 

[xevius]

He may be an ass but it would be cool to work out with a pro.

 

[BOOEY]

i have never met him but have read way too many stories of people saying so. over at muscle mayhem a lot of pros and really into the scene people are continually saying that he is the biggest asshole ever.
i remember reading one story that a guy watched a little boy (6 yrs old or so) go up to Lou and ask for a autograph and Lou responded with, "20 bucks." well the kid didnt have it so the boy said, "i dont have that." Lou said back, "sorry, go ask your dad for the money then come back."
pathetic! a child asking for an autograph get treated like shit cuz his ass is greedy.

I'm not sure about that story. The person who said that was Greg Valentino, a liar. He refuses to admit that he shoots synthol into his arm, or any other type of oil. Yeah right, 30"+ arms just off juice .... can't trust a guy like that. But maybe Lou is an asshole, I don't know. But he did go through a lot. Apparently in his autobio, he writes that he used to get the shit beat out of him by his dad, and when he became too big, his dad used a gun. Eventually he had to move out, but having no money he slept on the beach. That's some shit.

 

[LeanMeanHockeyMachine]

Yeah that sounds harsh, nobody should ever have to go through that.

 

[EngiCream]

Apparently in his autobio, he writes that he used to get the shit beat out of him by his dad, and when he became too big, his dad used a gun. Eventually he had to move out, but having no money he slept on the beach. That's some shit.

that's very inaccurate...nowhere in his book does he say that.

 

[c3bodybuilding]

Yes Lou does private training. Go to LouFerrigno.com and e-mail him or his wife for more info.

Everyone hears stories of how Lou is so mean to people at expo's. Was anyone there first hand? Oh wait, these are all stories heard from others, thats right. Nevermind there. But let's say for a moment he did seem cold towards others. The man can hardly hear, he relies on lip reading most of the time to understand people. When you are at an expo and you have thousands of people all around the place yelling, talking loud, and at your own booth 50-100 people all around asking to buy stuff, sign something, etc it's hard enough to be polite to everyone, and thats for someone who can hear everyone. Imagine how hard it is for Lou? I could see how some people may be asking him something, but not directly in front of him, and he didn't hear them. Then that person goes on the net and says how horrible Lou is. Everyone who meets him one on one, or in less stressful enviorments says the man is a gentle giant. I've talked to him through e-mails a few times, and he was always very nice to me. He never once came off as rude. If some teenage (this was years ago) fan wrote me on the pc, I wouldn't respond back in a few hours, if at all!

As for him charging for his autograph, the guy is making a living off this. He isn't Arnold. He doesn't have big money laying around. Do any of you give free stuff away at work? I wouldn't give some 6 year old kid who has his cheap ass father standing right there a free autograph. If you did that with one person, you would have to do it with all of them! Then you would have people coming on line saying "Lou charged me $10.00 for his autograph, but he gave a few people throughout the day a free one, what an ass!" The point is, he is there to make a living, not do charity work. I'm sure if you went up to him at a mall, or at the gym, he would be more than happy to sign something for free.

 

[NYBodyguard]

yeah from my research in the past few days all i heared was positive stuff about him and this is from people who met him first hand not some online stories.

thanks people

 

[xevius]

Yes Lou does private training. Go to LouFerrigno.com and e-mail him or his wife for more info.

Everyone hears stories of how Lou is so mean to people at expo's. Was anyone there first hand? Oh wait, these are all stories heard from others, thats right. Nevermind there. But let's say for a moment he did seem cold towards others. The man can hardly hear, he relies on lip reading most of the time to understand people. When you are at an expo and you have thousands of people all around the place yelling, talking loud, and at your own booth 50-100 people all around asking to buy stuff, sign something, etc it's hard enough to be polite to everyone, and thats for someone who can hear everyone. Imagine how hard it is for Lou? I could see how some people may be asking him something, but not directly in front of him, and he didn't hear them. Then that person goes on the net and says how horrible Lou is. Everyone who meets him one on one, or in less stressful enviorments says the man is a gentle giant. I've talked to him through e-mails a few times, and he was always very nice to me. He never once came off as rude. If some teenage (this was years ago) fan wrote me on the pc, I wouldn't respond back in a few hours, if at all!

As for him charging for his autograph, the guy is making a living off this. He isn't Arnold. He doesn't have big money laying around. Do any of you give free stuff away at work? I wouldn't give some 6 year old kid who has his cheap ass father standing right there a free autograph. If you did that with one person, you would have to do it with all of them! Then you would have people coming on line saying "Lou charged me $10.00 for his autograph, but he gave a few people throughout the day a free one, what an ass!" The point is, he is there to make a living, not do charity work. I'm sure if you went up to him at a mall, or at the gym, he would be more than happy to sign something for free.

good post.