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post 1625790323 12-17-2020, 01:25 AM
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Advice from Rich Piana

I’ve put together some advice from some of his videos, let’s all add to this thread and make it comprehensive.


Finance

Better by the day - day 10 - hangin with Mike - sushi - everyday arm day - the habit

When you have a business you don’t go out and buy a Lamborghini when you’re first starting out, the number one reason businesses fail is because people don’t follow that. The Lamborghini days will come.

Pet Peeves

Better by the day - day 13 - Danny Hester classic Olympia winner -2 hrs Killin arms - the habit

When someone says “No worries,”

When someone gets their food and can’t wait to open it, so they eat it in the car.

The Resurrection - Day 14 - Rolls Royce - Bentley - Crazy Arms - Gourmet Burger

Gym Show Tips

If you’re planning to do a bodybuilding show, you should do the step mill every workout leading up to it.

Cars

If you buy an expensive car, don’t put other rims on the car. Use the rims the car came with.

Bigger by the Day - Day 37 - Chest & Bi’s - Gold’s - Talkin Real Estate$$ - 307 LBS

Real Estate

Buying property and getting other people paying off your mortgage. Save money for down payment, $80,000 in Las Vegas, twenty percent down. Finding a way to acquire first property is the hard part, then person moves in, and pays you more than amount for mortgage.

Once property is paid off, you get full amount. What could be a better ****in scenario?

As the market goes up, you acquire equity in your house.
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post 1625824173 12-17-2020, 10:37 AM
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Anyone else remember some Rich Piana wisdom?
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I watched that bigger by the day series like it was breaking bad lmao. Every 2 days new video would be up. He gets a lot of **** but he did give some amazing advice, and he was the OG honest fitness/bodybuider persona.
"The flowers bloom, then wither... The stars shine and one day become extinct. This earth, the sun, the galaxies and even the big universe, someday will be destroyed. Compared with that, the human life is only a blink, just a little time. In that short time - people are born, laugh, cry, fight, are injured, feel joy, sadness, hate someone, love someone. All in just a moment. And then, are embraced by the eternal sleep called death."
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I have a few former CA bros that actually hung out with him, said he was just as cool in person, like 0% elitist douchebag.
Eat in a deficit to lose weight.
Hit your protein and fat minimums to stay healthy and keep your gainz.
Lift heavy and do HIIT to look and feel awesome.
Use the internet to learn why you should do these things and how to do these things.
post 1625824573 12-17-2020, 10:42 AM
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Rich Piano always came across as genuine and I agree, he did give good advice (mostly)

Sad how it ended for him
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biggest 2 things I learned from him

1) not everyone can be a bodybuilder. Winners are the ones who look the prettiest, not the ones who are the biggest and most cut. (although this has been changing lately with people like nick walker and james hollingshead who are both ugly AF but won based on size and conditioning alone)

2) competing in bodybuilding isnt where you make money its where you lose money. If your goal is to make money invest in marketing yourself and being a freak, putting all your energy into a pro card or olympia qualification is a terrible way to make a career out of bodybuilding.
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Piano man, God rest his beautiful soul.
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Originally Posted By Gainzzz⏩
Rich Piano always came across as genuine and I agree, he did give good advice (mostly)

Sad how it ended for him
He was a genuine dude in person and some of his educational videos, but his Youtube channel and interviews a lot of the time he was full of **** and saying controversial things to gain fame and attention in order to make money.

You could tell when he was telling the honest truth, he would be very calm and sound more like a scientist. When his neck veins started popping out and he was emotional was when he was full of **** and playing the part.
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Originally Posted By havoc00⏩
Never seen that video before, thanks for posting
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Anyone else learn anything from his videos?
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Originally Posted By TheFitLord⏩
Anyone else learn anything from his videos?
I learned he had a kidney stone and busted a nut in that big tilted bimbo and got rid of it in her vagoo...best video he ever made
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He was very entertaining, and I was a fan, but I remember one of his bigger by the day videos where he was trying to get to 310-315. It was chest/tri day with 30 reps of each exercise.

I was struck by this video because early in the video, he was talking about how his body was fighting him on getting to 310 but he was gonna get there cot dammit. Then later in the video he says he skipped the tri's because his elbow hurt and listening to your body is key.
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List of Rich Piana restaurants:

Chipotle
Habit
In-N-Out
Cheesecake Factory
Wood ranch
Stone fire
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During the summer of 2019, these are the videos that I watched and wrote down the titles of. This list isn’t comprehensive, I didn’t watch every single video except for the ones I listed, some of them have higher numbers than the days of the videos I listed here.

Bigger By The Day
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Day 1 2016 - Bringing Big Back
Day 2 - Eat big - killin - chest & bi’s
Day 3 - Featuring Wycked Mike - Shoulders
Day 4 - 24K 45 LB Plates - Leg Day
Day 5 - Featuring the beast Alex Diciero - Calves & Forearms

Day 8 - Killin chest - Add 5th Meal
Day 9 - Shoulders & Traps - Add 5th Meal
Day 10 - Featuring Sara Piana - Killin Legs
Day 11 - Killin Calves - Next 3 Month Program - Making $
Day 12 - Sara Piana Lisa Campbell - Back Day
Day 13 - Killin Arms - 296 LBs
Day 14 - Monster Chest- Almost 300 LBs
Day 15 - Denis Semenikhin - Next Level Gym
Day 16 - Big Leg Day - Gold’s Gym
Day 17 - Informative Chest Training - Add 6th Meal
Day 18 - carb load - back and bi’s - Chris Herrera
Day 19 - Going To Court - Kill Shoulders

Day 23 - 6’8 330 LB Martyn Ford - Killin Chest
Day 24 - 9 Year Old Powerlifter - Damiyah - Shoulder Destruction
Day 25 - 1 Hour of Traps - 301 Pounds
Day 26 - Killin Calves - Jason Moreno

Day 29 - Paulo “The Freak” - Destroying Back - Add 7th Meal
Day 30 - Martyn Ford - Paulo the Freak - Thrashin Shoulders
Day 31 - Murdering Arms - Pumped - Still 305 LBS Damn It

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Better By The Day

Day 1 - Waist Smaller - Calves Bigger - Keto Diet - Perfect Physique
Day 2 - 122 MPH - Measuring Arms and Calves - Jacuzzi- Running Out Of Gas
Day 3 - Pizza - Ice Cream - Stretching - Vacuums - Calves - 286 LBS
Day 4 - Paulo “The Freak” Posing - Racing A Vette - Killin Back - Sara Piana
Day 5 - Robert Willey - Back & Bi’s - Swimming - Chyna - 284 LBS
Day 6 - Killed Chest - In-N-Out - New Shirts - 284 LBS
Day 7 - Sara’s Dad - Killin Chest & Tris - Strong And Shredded - Ben & Jerry’s
Day 8 - Droid Spying On Us - Killin Arms - Shirts Off At Expos
Day 9 - Vacuums - Pizza - Killin Back With Rob
Day 10 - Hangin with Mike - Sushi - Everyday Arm Day - The Habit
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If you look up towards heaven, you will see a schlong that hangs lower then two massive granite boulder testicles. That’s Rich.
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Originally Posted By DDSF1⏩
If you look up towards heaven, you will see a schlong that hangs lower then two massive granite boulder testicles. That’s Rich.
I wish he could’ve lived another ten or so years. He died way to soon.
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What’s your favorite Rich Piana restaurant?
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Anyone ever go to Stone Fire grill?
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Rich Piana truly was the heart and soul of youtube fitness. I admit that I started out as a hater, but over time he won me over with his honesty and the fact that he wasn't some pretty boy.
Everything I post is satire.
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Rich piano was the best figure in the bastard skank of an industry called fitness.


RIP big guy

Hopefully he’s doing an infinite arm workout up in heaven.
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Why oh why did he marry that plastic sloot?

I think she weakened his heart when she broke it.
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Rich Piana is the only human I take advice from. Starting the 30lb in 2 months cycl...program tomorrow
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8 hour arm workout used to be a staple in my routine

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Originally Posted By Gainzzz⏩
Rich Piano always came across as genuine and I agree, he did give good advice (mostly)

Sad how it ended for him
Good Advice, but he didn't know any better, he should of watched his own video's to heart

R.I.P Rich
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There's always a better way to do something
I think the biggest mistake people make is not believing in themselves enough.
You should build yourself according to your own body and be comfortable.
Gooood morning!
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