Holiday special and new clip from Raising the Bar 3 - The Final Workout

[Mike Pulcinella]

In this clip from Raising the Bar 3 we see Dave Pulcinella, days away from the most important contest of his career, in his final hardcore arm workout before the show, exercising alongside and getting inspiration from, the strongmen and strongwomen at his cousin Steve's Iron Sport Gym.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVlOBMbhsFs

[energizer bunny]

nice post.........what a transformation....great stuff........ive never seen or heard of this man or the raising the bar show.........could you give me a brief background please..

[gladmax]

Cant see the vid

[JBarron]

Ah Mike Pulcinella did the Kai Greene overkill documentary! Btw, I can't see the vid either.

[Hard2Gain]

says it was removed by the user. No vid!

[Mike Pulcinella]

Here it is!

Go to my website for this year's holiday discount on the RTB Trilogy and Kai Greene: OVERKILL.

[coffeejunky]

damn peanut you post everywhere haha

[bodybuilder]

Great vid thanks bra

[Mike Pulcinella]

damn peanut you post everywhere haha

It's my job. I see you're getting braver and finally using your real name. Aren't you afraid the authorities will come knocking at your door?

[Mike Pulcinella]

nice post.........what a transformation....great stuff........ive never seen or heard of this man or the raising the bar show.........could you give me a brief background please..

Here's what I wrote on my website explaining the RTB series...

The Raising the Bar Trilogy is a ground-breaking documentary series that showed for the first time the gritty, day to day reality of what it means to live life as a bodybuilder.

RTB1 was my first major project. It started out to be about my brother Dave’s attempt to win the Mr. Delaware State title. But it became much more than that. It was an inside look into what it takes to compete as a bodybuilder made at a time when this kind of honesty was rare for a bodybuilding DVD.

RTB1 is a story of exhaustion, struggle, despair and ultimate triumph, told from the point of view of Dave, his family and his girlfriend Jenn who was also competing as a figure competitor at the same show. Despite its somewhat low tech origins, Raising the Bar went on to become a sensation in the bodybuilding world. Soon people were asking for a sequel.

As Dave went on to compete at the national level I “raised the bar” for myself as well, getting new equipment and learning as much about video production as I could to produce RTB2. This DVD took the series higher in its frank depictions of the physical difficulties associated with this sport, including the tragic death of fellow competitor Anthony Darezzo the day before the 2006 Masters
Nationals.

In RTB3 I followed Dave during his final dramatic attempt to become a pro bodybuilder and his subsequent retirement from competition. RTB3 explores how a person reinvents himself and comes to terms with the end of a part of his life that has defined him a person for over 25 years.

Taken together, RTB1, 2 and 3 are an intense, personal view inside a world that few people have ever seen. This is not a “sets and reps” kind of bodybuilding video, but a real life documentary that just happens to be about bodybuilding. RTB will make you laugh, cry and gasp. It is an unforgettable trip into the inner workings of a misunderstood sport and a powerful lesson in the sacrifices that are necessary to be the best at anything.

Here's the trailer for RTB2 that you might like.