Flavio was a machine in the gym, never took off except for a few weeks during the year. Worked out 7 days a week. This was back when guys took very little juice and actually lifted in the gym and watched what they ate....
I trained at the same gym as Flavio when the Flavio/Ferrigno pose down happened. Chris Duffy (yes THAT Chris Duffy) coached me and had me doing a lot more cardio and eating a lot more. Had Chris not helped me I would have gone to Flavio. Both Chris an Flavio convinced me to up my cardio. They both wanted me doing an hour a day at 12 weeks, then 2 hours a day every day from 10 weeks out. They both advocated more. More cardio, more food (nearly 4k calories a day) and more gear. Actually, Flavio never talked to me about gear, but Chris got me up to 2.5 k mgs of gear a week, which I, at the time, thought was insane. They both knew how to use diuretics properly (there was a formula...it was safe, when guys died it was because they were using way, way more than they should,). Chris gave me the formula that all the So cal pros (Flex Wheeler, etc.). It started 11 days out and was based upon gradually titrating compounds. Chris said the Germans started 30 days out and considered US BB's as pussies.
In any event, Flavio was always very nice and approachable.