A Monthly Magazine For All Bodybuilding, Fitness And - Parrillo ...
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odybuilding for nearly two years.<br />
During the surgical ordeal, an inevitable<br />
period of reflection arose. Cicherillo<br />
thought long and hard and in the end<br />
reaffirmed his commitment to bodybuilding.<br />
He rethought his approach to the<br />
sport and re-evaluated his dieting. <strong>All</strong> of<br />
it timely, after all he was 33-years old, and<br />
had been in his own words, “coasting”<br />
for the last five years. During this time<br />
Bob never got out of shape but never<br />
truly got into shape, preferring to stay<br />
lean and large but never getting sliced<br />
and shredded. In the meantime, he built<br />
an impressive list of personal training clients<br />
and became a busy and popular businessman<br />
in his hometown of Rochester.<br />
Still, he felt in the deepest recesses<br />
of his heart that his bodybuilding ambitions<br />
were unfulfilled. He still had bodybuilding<br />
aspirations yet unobtained. He<br />
decided to come off his back surgery,<br />
undergo a slow, methodical rehabilitation<br />
and look to enter a serious contest<br />
in the summer of 1999. <strong>All</strong> that nice moderation<br />
got tossed out the third floor<br />
hospital window when a hardcore training<br />
partner, Greg Farah, came by to visit,<br />
“So what you gonna do?” Greg<br />
asked. “Become another has been that<br />
never was?” Greg was referencing another<br />
top youngster that never fulfilled<br />
his initial promise.<br />
Bob proceeded to detail his complex,<br />
long-term rehabilitative game plan.<br />
Greg listened intently.<br />
“In my opinion Bob,” Greg said,<br />
“You need to forget about all this longterm<br />
rehabilitative BS, pick a damn contest<br />
in 14-weeks and go for it. You’ll be<br />
eligible for social security by the time you<br />
get all you rehabilitative ducks in a row.”<br />
Cicherillo was shocked but something<br />
about the simple, immediate logic<br />
excited the hell out of him. After leaving<br />
the hospital Bob Cicherillo threw<br />
himself into contest preparation immediately.<br />
He had exactly 12-weeks until<br />
the N.P.C. nationals, the biggest, most<br />
important amateur contest in the country<br />
and he had to re-qualify to boot. He<br />
and Wild Man Greg commenced megaton<br />
training immediately. Wise? Smart?<br />
Prudent? Safe? Hell No! But life on the<br />
razor’s edge, though risky, is always ex-
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