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All Rights Re- Vanilla Chocolate Graham Cracker served. For information, Please contact Parrillo Performance at (513) 874-3305 or e-mail to [email protected] russ testo russ testo: ageless innovator musical connection. The serious poser bought to another level by Testo. Russ needs to mold their posing to fit the went outside bodybuilding to improve "...suddenly I was music like a glove. Often bodybuilders his posing. He introduced robot moves auditioning in front of pose with their music playing in the that were inspired by lock-and-pop Arnold.” No pressure background completely disconnected dancers, Shields & Yarnell. Russ honed there. So impressed from their movements.” Russ (not his “Lock” and “Pop” skills working was the Austrian Oak by Testo’s posing that coincidentally) was a musician and with two local street dancers. Oscar he put Russ onstage played the most rhythmic of all State, IFBB power player saw Russ in front of a packed instruments. “I played drums as a pose and had a suggestion. “Instead house that same youngster. Music has always moved of having the highly-mechanical robot- weekend. me: I am sensitive to music and I allow inspired moves interspersed with the Russ Testo the music to move me when I pose. I dance-inspired moves, why not create Ageless Innovator have an intimate connection with the an all-dance routine and an all-robot By Marty Gallagher photo by Matt Dohney music and audiences sense this and routine?” Russ took the suggestion to appreciate it.” heart and did just that. “When the TV Russ Testo is a legendary figure at four Olympia competitions and special Motown 25 was first shown in bodybuilding and has been along the way he was dubbed Russ’ approach to posing takes in 1983, Michael Jackson burst onto photo by Ace H. since he first appeared as a guest “Physique Artist Extraordinaire.” To inspiration from dance, musical stars the scene with his performance of poser at the 1981 Mr. Olympia. Mr. this day he appears regularly as a and mime. Inspiration can come Billy Jean. As I watched him do the - who makes his living solely from i.e. consistently and with the proper Testo is inarguably the greatest poser guest poser at major bodybuilding from odd sources. “Because I was backslide (moonwalk), I thought to interpretive posing.’” duration and intensity, is incredibly in the history of bodybuilding. When shows. “I am currently getting ready using mime in my routines I went to myself, ‘How would a bodybuilder taxing. “Posing etches extra detail into it comes to posing Russ Testo is the to appear at the Emerald Cup in a see the greatest mime in the world, interpret the Jackson dance routine All of which wouldn’t matter in muscles and proper and sustained only man that can be mentioned in few weeks. This is the largest annual a man named Marcel Marceau. He and convert it into a posing routine?’” the slightest if Russ had a subpar flexion is quite draining.” He has to the same breath as OG posing god Ed bodybuilding event in the Pacific performed an incredible mime routine Russ began posing to Billy Jean physique. The 5 foot 7 Testo weighs work extra hard to make it all appear Corney. “I was inspired by Ed Corney.” Northwest.” Promoters love Russ and at that time was 65 years of age. onstage at shows and he created a 160 pounds and is always in shape. effortless. The normal bodybuilder Russ related, “Ed had a flow and a because his presentations generate I thought, ‘Now that is the longevity firestorm. Testo’s new approach was “Bodybuilding at this point in my onstage more often than not exhibits grace that I found inspirational.” In pure excitement. What makes Testo’s I want; I want to be able to perform so well received that he was inspired life is a lifestyle. I naturally eat contorted facial expressions that 1981 Russ put on a posing routine at posing so special? There are a myriad like Marcel that late in life.’” Russ to create other posing routines bodybuilding foods and I weight train give the impression the poser is a local New York bodybuilding show of reasons. First and foremost is what turns 60 this month and he is right on based on his interpretations of five days a week.” Russ performs being tortured. “Making it appear that caused a competitor (a close he labels, ‘musicality.’ "I feel the track to duplicate Marcel’s longevity. famous artists like Fred Astaire, cardio on a regular basis using the easy is hard work. The key is breath friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger) music. Most bodybuilders pose to The flow and grace that Ed Corney Prince and Elvis. treadmill or the Stepmill. He points control.” When prepping for a show to contact the Terminator. “My music without really making any true first demonstrated in the 1970s was out that posing practice, done right, appearance Russ will put in an hour brother and I drove from New York What appears to be effortless when to Columbus and suddenly I was viewed from the audience is in fact auditioning in front of Arnold.” No the result of hours and hours of pressure there. So impressed was the concentrated practice combined Austrian Oak by Testo’s posing that he with Testo’s eye for the artistic and put Russ onstage in front of a packed dramatic. A Testo posing routine is house that same weekend. As the captivating and riveting: he is locked old cliché goes, the rest is history. into the music he has selected like So how does a man that has never a metronome. He exhibits cat-like won a major bodybuilding title get reflexes and can transition from onstage at the biggest bodybuilding dynamic and explosive to gliding competition in the world? All smoothness in a heartbeat. He is you have to do is blow Arnold an unmistakable athlete and in one Schwarzenegger’s mind with your routine dives into a handstand – how posing and your physique. many competitive bodybuilders could perform a handstand?! “One of the So adept and dramatic were Testo’s greatest compliments I ever received posing routines that he became was when Dr. Jeff Everson wrote a hot commodity and was in high an article on posing and pleaded demand as a guest poser at topflight with competitive bodybuilders, bodybuilding shows nationally and ‘Please don’t stay up there for ten internationally. Russ guest posed photos by Matt Dohney minutes unless you are Russ Testo photos by Matt Dohney 4 June 2017 1-800-344-3404 www.parrilloperformance.com June 2017 5 russ testo john parrillo's performance press Daily Meal Schedule a day fine tuning and perfecting the nutritional supplementation. John me with a low iron count. Creatine is Training Split Meal 1 – (before training) Milk All-Protein™ posing routine he will be using. At has always said, ‘the proper use fantastic and helps give me a ‘fuller’ Drink w/PB for MCT™, CapTri®, Creatine this stage of his 35 year career he of regular food will get you 90% of look.