Bob Paris — “Gorilla Suit” — Bodybuilding Pioneer or Paris-ite?

Shawn Stone
12 min readNov 12, 2023

The Flawless Marvel, Bob Paris was one of the brightest rising stars of 80s bodybuilding.

The guy had it all. Tall, proportioned, symmetrical, unparalleled aesthetics, male model good looks, articulate, infinitely marketable, and a cover fixture of every…

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