R.i.p Mat Duvall

[niallgreenfield]

According to Aaron Singerman on RXMuscle.


Sorry, can't post links.

[MrJohnnie]

http://www.rxmuscle.com/articles/mus...l#.USfHH2fJKH-

Created on Friday, 22 February 2013 13:44
Written by Aaron Singerman

Today I received some very sad news from multiple sources regarding former IFBB professional bodybuilder Mat Duvall, who apparently was found dead in his bathroom. Matt was only 40 years old. At this point, the cause of his death is a mystery but, as the details come in, we’ll keep the site updated.

Mat was one of the last true stars of the NPC. He had fans all over the world who would attend show, follow him on the internet and anxiously check out the results of the NPC national level shows each year just to see how Mat placed. He ended up getting his pro card in 2003 by winning the Overall at NPC Nationals. His IFBB Pro career was disappointing for Mat, as he never placed well. He later retired from bodybuilding to pursue a career in professional wrestling.
If you grew up reading the muscle magazines in the 1990's and early 2000's like me, then there is absolutely no way you could forget Mat’s ads for Muscletech. This behemouth of a man, with arms the size of my waist, doing seated overhead dumbbell extentions with 100 pound dumbbells was truly a sight to see!

I recently met Mat for the first time at a show in Florida with Dave Palumbo. Dave and Mat were long time friends and, even though they hadn’t seen each other in a while, they would quickly pick right back up where they left off. Mat seemed to be in good spirits at the time and he told us about some new exciting business ventures he was involved in. He still seemed to love bodybuilding.

Rest in peace, Mat.

[Loctus]

fuaark

[chrismac365]

Very sad that this sport takes so much outta people. I saw him guest pose back in his hay day. He did a great job and was super nice to all in the show.

man those muscletech ads were such a big deal back in the days.

sad stuff.

[wolfpilp]

that sucks...He seemed to be a great guy!!Our sport is 100% on the wrong way....

[SammyJr]

I was told by a pretty reliable source....he's as dead as a doornail....likely a myocardical infraction due to the use of painkillers

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[Unbiasedfan]

I don't understand why is everybody blaming the sport without any relevant information. Did i miss something?

[Jeddore]

[Lvisaa2]

[max-cbr]

He was very big and strong.he could bench 600 and had 24 inch arms.

[DomzyCuttin]

Didnt Milos and some other guys admit that synthol use can cause a heart attack? He was obviously full of it... No disrespect, just pointing it out.

I bought a **** load of old muscle mags when they had the stores. I remember his 12 hour arm routine. Lol guess you gotta endorse that when your arms magically get 2 inches bigger and rounder in no time.

Sad to hear this stuff. Art atwood, Luke wood, now Duvall.

The moral here is, watch your BP, eat clean year round, dont abuse stims or synthol, take your support sups, do your cardio, get your blood work done!

[patbanya]

Sad news. I remember reading of his competitive exploits on the now defunct MuscleMayhem forums. This is yet another reminder that life is precious and fleeting. It makes me more determined to live mine to the fullest! R.I.P. Matt Duvall.

[BiggerTommorow]

Someone post his muscletech gain 1 inch to your arms in 24 hours video.

[sexnews]

Sad news if true. RIP

Wow, he survived a massive car accident where his arm was almost ripped off a few years ago and then this.

[Jaixs]

Didnt Milos and some other guys admit that synthol use can cause a heart attack? He was obviously full of it... No disrespect, just pointing it out.

I bought a **** load of old muscle mags when they had the stores. I remember his 12 hour arm routine. Lol guess you gotta endorse that when your arms magically get 2 inches bigger and rounder in no time.

Sad to hear this stuff. Art atwood, Luke wood, now Duvall.

The moral here is, watch your BP, eat clean year round, dont abuse stims or synthol, take your support sups, do your cardio, get your blood work done!

Wow, that's alot of assumptions.

[jcrobles92]

By pro mat duvall

The craziest arm workout I've ever done was when I was 18. I did a 12-
hour arm routine. Can you believe I was in the gym for 12 hours
straight?! At that time, I read a lot of bodybuilding magazines for tips
on training. I found the 12-hour arm routine in one of them. It was a
way to put one full inch onto each bicep in 12 hours. But it did work!
Every half hour, I switched a body part and did supersets, drop sets,
and forced reps. So, every half hour, I would train biceps or triceps.
Every hour, I drank a protein shake to keep myself fueled and to get
protein into the muscle. It was way intense, but it worked."
--Mat Duvall, IFBB pro

It's painful. It's downright nasty. It's the infamous one-day arm-workout blitz. Here's how you can add up to a whole inch to your arms after just a single workout. "Bodybuilding's Strongest Arms" Mat Duvall did it. Are you man enough to follow in his footsteps? If so, get ready for your hardest arm workout ever!

There probably isn't a bodybuilder on the planet, who hasn't looked at a guy with arms bigger than his own, and thought, "I want pipes like that. And I'll get them. It's just a matter of time."

Time indeed. Unless you're genetically blessed, it takes months--usually a few years--to make your biceps and triceps huge. You just don't grow overnight ... or do you?

It seems that short but brutally intense specialized workouts can definitely improve a lagging body part in a remarkably short time. In fact, big Mat Duvall tried such a program at the relatively young age of 18, and his testimonial from the previous page says it all. The one-day arm workout does indeed work! Now you can know the secret of the kind of super-intense program that built "Bodybuilding's Strongest Arms." The following pages outline a step-by-step program similar to the one Mat used. It's designed for one purpose only--to add up to one inch onto your pipes! Be warned: This routine is not for the weak. But if you want to put your arm development months (or even years) ahead of schedule, here's how to do it.

Preparing for the Armed Assault

Before you attempt a program this difficult, there are several things you need to do if you're going to have the arm workout of your life:

* Take four days off prior to this workout. That's right. No physical activity that's any more strenuous than video-gaming or channel-surfing. You'll need the energy!

* Consume a high-calorie diet four days in advance. You should eat six to eight meals a day. In particular, your protein consumption should be no less than 1.5 grams per pound of your bodyweight per day. Make sure you're eating lots of egg whites, chicken breasts, extra-lean beef, and a high-quality whey protein supplement such as NITRO-TECH[TM]. You're also going to need high amounts of carbohydrates to fuel your muscles. Focus on whole wheat pasta, brown rice, potatoes, fruit, and specific supplements for this glycogen-loading phase. And now for the workout! (Refer to the chart on the following page).

The Recovery Phase

Congratulations are in order if you've survived this workout! You are now a member of an elite few who can brag about it! And now it's time to wait for the results to start happening. Measure your arms 24 hours after your last rep. Impressed? It can get better. The real test is now one of patience. You have to stay out of the gym for another four days. That means no cardio, no weight training, and no extracurricular activity. For these four days, you should resume the same type of diet and supplement program as the four days prior to the blitz. This will ensure that you get enough of the major nutrients needed for serious arm mass.

After it's all said and done, get the tape measure out again and prepare for the shock of your life. You might have added up to a full, fresh inch onto your arms!

If you would like to try the same supplements that IFBB pro Mat "Bodybuilding's Strongest Arms" Duvall and other pro bodybuilders use. pick up CELL-TECH[TM] at GNC or your other local fine retailers. For more information, visit muscletech.com[TM]. All trademarks are owned by their trademark owners. [c] 2005 Iovate Copyright Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

RELATED ARTICLE: YOUR BIG ARM BLAST CHART

Finally, game day is here! The battle plan for the day's workout is very simple, yet it's difficult to stick to. It consists of 4 exercises broken into 2 supersets every half hour as follows:

Workout ONE (Superset)

1A: Barbell Curls 3 X 8 (10-rep max.)

* Load a straight bar with a weight that you can do for 10 good reps. Curl for 8 reps only, using strict form.

1B: Triceps Pushdowns 3 X 8 (10-rep max.)

* Pick a weight on pushdowns that you can do for 10 good reps, but only do 8, all with strict form. (This constitutes 1 superset. Perform 3 supersets, resting for only 30 seconds between each.)

Workout TWO (Superset)

2A: Seated Dumbell Curls 3 X 10 (12-rep max.)

* Grab a set of dumbells you can curl for 12 good reps, but only do 10, using strict form.

2B: French Press (EZ-curl bar optional) 3 X 10 (12-rep max.)

* Now do the same for triceps by loading up the bar with a weight you can lift for 12 reps, and push out 10. (This constitutes 1 superset. Perform 3 supersets, resting only 30 seconds between each.)

ARM-AGEDDON DAY

6 a.m. Drink a serving of CELL-TECH[TM] with 20 oz. of water.

6:30 a.m. Drink a full serving of NITRO-TECH[R] with water.

7 a.m. Eat 2 whole eggs and 6 additional egg whites, plus 4 slices of whole wheat toast and jam.

7:30 a.m. Take pre-workout measurements, stretch out, and do two warm-up sets each of standing dumbell curls and triceps pushdowns.

8 a.m. Workout #1 (Barbell Curls/Triceps Pushdowns)

This should take approximately 5 minutes, after which you should rest until 8:30 a.m.).

8:30 a.m. Workout #2 (Seated Dumbell Curls/French Press)

This should take approximately 5 minutes, after which you should rest until 9 a.m.).

8:45 a.m. Drink a full serving of NITRO-TECH in water with a banana blended in.

9 a.m. Repeat workout #1.

9:30 a.m. Repeat workout #2.

10 a.m. Repeat workout #1.

10:30 a.m. Repeat workout #2.

11 a.m. Repeat workout #1.

11:30 a.m. Repeat workout #2.

Noon Repeat workout #1.

12:30 p.m. Repeat workout #2.

12:45 p.m. Eat a large meal of either chicken or beef, with rice or potatoes, and vegetables.

1 p.m. Repeat workout #1.

1:30 p.m. Repeat workout #2.

2 p.m. Repeat workout #1.

2:30 p.m. Repeat workout #2.

3 p.m. Repeat workout #1.

3:30 p.m. Repeat workout #2.

3:45 p.m. Drink a full serving of NITRO-TECH in water with a banana blended in.

4 p.m. Repeat workout #1.

4:30 p.m. Repeat workout #2.

4:45 p.m. Drink a serving of CELL-TECH with 20 oz. of water.

5:45 p.m. Drink a full serving of NITRO-TECH in water with a banana blended in.

6:30 p.m. Eat a large meal of either chicken or beef, with rice or potatoes, and vegetables.

7:45 p.m. Drink a full serving of NITRO-TECH in water with a banana blended in.

Before Bed: Drink a full serving of NITRO-TECH[R] in water with a banana blended in and start building muscle. (Refer back to "The Recovery Phase" on previous page.)

Strong WTF!!

[Loctus]

Absolutely hilarious

6 a.m. Drink a serving of CELL-TECH[TM] with 20 oz. of water.
^is the secret

[spamy]

lol I remember that article. Now, looking back, I realise/realize how much BS is in it and the majority of the bbing media.

[BartPimpson]

It sucks when you realise there are probably kids who actually tried to do that.

[IvanTheBigOne]

RIP Mathew DuVall.

[rippedaspirer]

Really sad to hear the demise of another Bodybuilder in his late 5os.40s. But its hard to believe he was a synthol user, if he did he was very clever coz you couldnt tell from those pics

[gomez26]

Absolutely hilarious

6 a.m. Drink a serving of CELL-TECH[TM] with 20 oz. of water.
^is the secret

whats even more funny is that this is another way (indirectly) that ronnie gets a mention.

[flangmasterj]

It sucks when you realise there are probably kids who actually tried to do that.

I tried it and gained an inch on my arms.

[Groggery]

But its hard to believe he was a synthol user, if he did he was very clever coz you couldnt tell from those pics

That tricep sweep and separation is a bit iffy if you focus on it.

Oh sure why don't i curl and press for 9 hours straight, reminds me of troll physics.

[Ragana]

Didnt Milos and some other guys admit that synthol use can cause a heart attack? He was obviously full of it... No disrespect, just pointing it out.

I bought a **** load of old muscle mags when they had the stores. I remember his 12 hour arm routine. Lol guess you gotta endorse that when your arms magically get 2 inches bigger and rounder in no time.

Sad to hear this stuff. Art atwood, Luke wood, now Duvall.

The moral here is, watch your BP, eat clean year round, dont abuse stims or synthol, take your support sups, do your cardio, get your blood work done!

I lurk a lot on the IFBB section here and you are BY FAR the worst poster. Honestly, every time you write something, you come off as a bigger and bigger a hole.

[BiggerTommorow]

fuu I couldn't find the video, its the best video pushing the glass of cell tech/nitrotech towards the camera so many times. A workout to give you kidney stones and kidney failure in one go.


Edit: LOL, found a thread with it, someone counted 9 servings of celltech.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2h...t#.USjusmdvq2n

[greenmile66]

impressive genetics

[jrose34]

Though I don't believe cell tech causes early death, really. It is weird that a lot of "young" bodybuilders die. May be just from kidney, liver, heart problems from over working idk... But it is scary, to say the least.

[wala]

I tried it and gained an inch on my arms.

I did it in reverse and lost an inch.

RIP Mat

[Dan101]

Always remember seeing him in the Muscle Tech ads when I first started buying bb mags in the late 90's. He always stuck out to me because of the Superman tat. RIP and all the best to those he's left behind.