The reason why It took me a long time to show my grief because I have not come to terms that he is actually dead. Yes, I have read every posting and still did not believe my buddy FLEX, Shawn, MR BIGGS is dead. He is actually dead isn't he... The question is why? We all knew that he had heart issues but why? You see I don't except things too easily like most people. I have been built to ask questions and investigate why things happen the way they do...
My first instinct told me " Well okay it maybe a heart attack"
but he was healthy...... and if his heart condition was that serious with all his work outs.... Why didn't it give way before... why now... Why the heart attack?
What supplements was he taking before his death?
That's my question..... And it will never be answered............
Bullshit! I knew it.... I called it once again.. Do you see what Im talking about???? The IFBB gotta love em! Phil again! Bull Fucking Shit! Im done! You know men and women are hurting themselves physically just to win fair and square...... for what????? Look at Dennis Wolf He looks great this year... The only way to get a fair show is if Manion passes away and his crackhead son goes to a drug facility and don't come back. Get rid of all involved and get new people. The sport is dirty... Phil knows! you think he doesn't. The only way for Phil not to win next year is to piss of the IFBB just like Kai did. Kai Greene will never win lets face it.... The IFBB hates him but they love the fact that he can make them money.... Once the money is green they don't care who you are. So the guy made a couple of mistakes in his past (KAI) big deal.. get over it IFBB. Anyway this didn't just happen.. This Bullshit has been going on since they gave Arnold Schwartznegger the Mr Olympia title instead of MIKE MENTZER! real bodybuilding fans should know that one back in the day! Arnold was loaded with water and wasn't conditioned at all and Mike Mentzer was 100% and they gave it to Arnold that night!...This has been going on for years. Check this out: In late 1979, Mentzer won the heavyweight class of the Mr. Olympia, again with a perfect 300 score, but he lost in the overall to Frank Zane who was awarded the title for a third time that year. In the 1980 Mr. Olympia he placed fourth (in a tie with Boyer Coe) behind Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris Dickerson and Frank Zane. I AM SO MAD! There is no congrats on my end because it was not fair... not fair at all.
Even though I love Jay Cutler to death but I think he will not get the Olympia this year. He may be in the top 3, but honestly I don't have that feeling he will take it home. Then there is Phil Heath... I don't think he will get the Olympia either? As for Kai Greene, well to be honest that would be the biggest shock ever and not because he isn't great at all. Its just the politics of it all.... You guys know what I mean....As far as Shawn Rhoden and Evan Centaponi... Well that will be interesting to watch the both of them battling it out. Also Beyeke is the guy to watch totally as well. I hate to say it but there are a few Olympian guys that should step aside this year because this Olympia is not going to give them a good look, they will be just be the guys that fill
the stage space up like what they do in wrestling when they put regular guys to fight the main attraction and get beat up and make the stars look massive. The Olympia is going to be great and sad all at the same time
I know that I am a year late literally on this but I am shocked and sad that James Naughton aka Erik Rhode( 30 years old) is dead (HEART ATTACK). He was a gay pornstar I used to talk to him online and offline we would go back and forth he would talk about things I did not understand (his life with money, people and etc) because he was so good looking very honest and he didn't give a shit what people thought he kept doing his thing. He had the best body I have ever seen on someone with a tall frame since IFBB pro Christian Duffy ( Who was also a pornstar) and had the same sadness and the same drug problem. I saw him one day on the Upper East side in Manhattan one winter and I stopped him and said " I know you and I love your fashion photos." He smiled at me and said " I guess you haven't seen any of my movies have you?" I said no but I know who you are?" But I like the fashion photos you did for major stores and the daring shots you took with wonderland that you posted on myspace. Then he said thanks for that... for recognizing something other than a fist up my ass. I was laughing so hard because he said that with a serious face. He was really sad and it seemed to me that he was waiting to die. The depression was so bad at times I began to cry when I read his blogs about how he hated certain situations in his life and how his issues with drugs would never leave him. He told me that he was from Manorville and he had to get out of there because he felt trapped and no one understood him and at one point he wanted to be a cop state trooper I believe and instead he became a dancer for a short while because the money was great. Then he talked about he was once with a woman for what he considers a longtime in his life and then he realized he had to do something different. He was the reason why I loved NINE INCH NAILS... The song Discipline opened me up completely and removed the cob webs from my brain. He made see that people do what they do and judgment by a human being is bullshit.
We used to talk a lot and then we stopped talking......... I didn't know he was dead until yesterday when I was talking to a friend and his name came up. I got curious and looked him up and found he died. The last time I spoke to him he was living in STATEN ISLAND with his boyfriend and then after that relationship we never spoke again because he was happy for a short bit but it wasn't enough. I cant say.... and I am drawing at straws here.... After talking to him for two years ..... I don't think he was happy doing porn ( That's just me talking) He wanted to be a model doing mens fashion like the top names of today MICHAEL CORS, TOM FORD and etc. He wanted to be recognized in the FASHION WORLD. People only wanted to be around him because he is the hot guy with the big dick as he always said. He said that everyone wanted to fuck him and some wanted to take care of him and it gets old after a while. I learned so much from him as far as " People are not attached to you by accident.. someone always wants something regardless. I wish I had more time with him but there was nothing anyone could do for him honestly. He was in so much pain and suffering for years and people that he was mean and sarcastic but he was actually sweet and he talked to me like a regular person he wasn't phased by fame or fortune. I called him the unhappy handsome.. Rest in Peace James and I will never forget you for changing my mind of missing out on life and to stop being judgmental.
Just to tell you know He was tall and handsome... He looked 1 million times better than his photos. I just wished that he could have lived longer to get the opportunity to do the things he wanted to do outside of porn. He was such a cool guy honestly. FYI to be honest I never believed he was gay until he moved in with the last boyfriend he was with STATEN ISLAND. The way he acted to me.. He acted like a straight man... The signals were never there that he was gay and for some reason I still don't believe he is gay at all. I think he may have been bisexual.. but the way he talked and acted he was definitely alpha male 100%. I cant explain it, but he didn't have feminine bone in his body. He loved his beer and he loved his music. I wish we could talk again.
Question? HOW DOES A YOUNG MAN LIKE BODYBUILDER MARTAE RUELAS HAVE THE OLD CLASSIC BODYBUILDER LOOK FROM THE 50'S -70'S? THIS YOUNG MAN UNDERSTANDS WHAT A REAL BODYBUILDER SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THESE DAYS BODYBUILDING HAS GOTTEN WAY OUT OF CONTROL WITH THE SWOLLEN ABDOMENS, THE BLOCKY LOOK AND OTHER ABNORMALITIES THAT I CANT EVEN MENTION. BODYBUILDING NEEDS TO COMEBACK AND SHAPE ITSELF TO THE OLD CLASSIC LOOK LIKE IFBB PRO ROBBY ROBINSON, IFFB PRO EX MR OLYMPIA VINCE TAYLOR, MR. INTERNATIONAL ANDREAS CAHLING AND ETC. WHY CANT WE GET BACK TO THAT? IF BODYBUILDER MARTAE RUELAS DOESN'T GET HIS PRO CARD... IN MY OPINION IT IS PERSONAL... I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BODY LIKE HIS EVER.... SINCE I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING BODYBUILDING FROM THE AGE OF 7 YEARS IN 1977 WHEN IT EXPLODED LIKE A MOFO....
Claudia Reid-Opinion Blogger ClaudiaReid44@gmail.com HIS BODY IS INSANE AND HAS WINNER WRITTEN ON EACH AND EVERY BODY PART. ..... I HAVE NOT SEEN A GUY HIS AGE THAT HAS A OLD SCHOOL BODY LIKE HIS. EVEN CERTAIN GUYS ON THE OLYMPIAN STAGE SHOULDNT EVEN BE ON THE STAGE...... SINCE WHEN DO WE JUDGE THE BLOATED BLOCK LOOK? HOW DOES THE BLOATED BLOCKY LOOK ENDS UP ON STAGE?
At least once a year I have a thought about IFBB pro Chris Duffy and there are so many questions I would love to ask him because I felt that if he had continued with Bodybuilding and not get snatched in the drug den and doing porn he would have been Mr. America 2000 or Mr. Olympia at least 3 times or more. He is over 6 ft tall with massive muscles, I just don't understand what happened? I have been trying to locate Chris Duffy to sit down with him and ask him if it was the right decision to leave bodybuilding and does he feel he would have been a superstar if he had stuck with it.
The problem is I think he got involved with the wrong people or person that was not looking out for his best interest. I know that we make choices and its our own fault if we follow the bad path... but my question is? why? When did he lose passion for bodybuilding? Now Im not talking about the porn because these days a majority of bodybuilders are doing that to support themselves because you cant hold a full time job and compete. Your 9-5 will not allow you to eat every 2 hours and workout and sleep to relax your muscles for growth. So you probably may need to go that route if you are not a successful personal trainer.
Im still in awe of this man but I have so many questions as to what led him to doing male escorting(If he is still doing it.... not sure) but I know he was doing male escorting heavy with websites for years. My real question is? Is he really gay? Well is he? Wouldn't matter if he is ofcourse but a lot of people I have been talking to that knows him states that he is not gay and that he is actually straight but the big money in escorting is doing the gay thing.
The real question is who are you? What are you doing? What are your opinions on bodybuilding today?
