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Sergio Martinez's Various Training Methods

By Elie SeckbachJan 27th 2011 – 9:35AM

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Former southpaw WBC middleweight (160 pounds) king Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 knockouts) was named the FanHouse Fighter of the Year for 2010, this, following an April, HBO televised...

Lou Ferrigno: Michael Jackson Was Energetic and Happy in Training

By Michael David SmithJul 1st 2009 – 8:27AM

Lou Ferrigno was the second-best bodybuilder of the 1970s, a defensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, a World's Strongest Man competitor and, of course, the guy who played The Hulk on The Incredible Hulk. But now Ferrigno is getting attention for something else: He was Michael Jackson's...

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By Greg Voakes Apr 30th 2012 - 12:24PM

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  • 05/22/12 With Envoy's help, Hulk can hear puny humans Source: Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal - Minneapolis MN Lou Ferrigno , the actor who played the Hulk on the 1970s TV show "The Incredible Hulk," has begun using an implantable hearing aid from Minnesota's Envoy Medical Corp. Ferrigno, who's had hearing problems since he was young, said last weekend on the finale of Celebrity Apprentice (he was fired in April) that he received the Esteem medical implant, made by White Bear Lake-based Envoy.
  • 05/21/12 Lou Ferrigno, Best Known as The Incredible Hulk, Now... Source: PR Newswire NEW YORK , May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Profoundly hard of hearing since two years old, Lou Ferrigno revealed last night on The Celebrity Apprentice that he recently underwent a surgical procedure to restore his hearing, with the Esteem® Device, manufactured by Envoy Medical Corporation.  The device is a fully implantable prosthetic cochlea stimulator, designed to do just that.  It has no microphones or speakers.  It is invisible.  Except that Lou knows it was implanted, he has no sense of it being in his body.  But he can hear.  And according to Lou Ferrigno , it "is a miracle."  "Lou's dream has always been to hear like everyone else," said Carla, his wife of 32 years, who encouraged Lou to have the procedure.  Now, Lou says he has "natural hearing and can hear things he has never heard before or could have ever hoped to hear."  Birds chirping, rain on his roof, his alarm clock in the morning (scares the heck out of him, he says laughing) the tiniest sounds of his fingers moving together, the refrigerator's quiet motor, but most importantly, the ability to hear people in everyday conversation, even in a noisy environment, like a restaurant.  "Everything is so loud and so clear," says the actor, who is still trying to figure out certain, never before heard sounds.  Ferrigno said he "can't wait to get his second ear done," The device was implanted by Dr. Michael Murray of San Jose CA , who has performed hundreds of Esteem® procedures and is booked through September.  Lou Ferrigno 's surgery was performed in Houston, Texas at Envoy Medical's private ("decadent," according to Murray) surgical center.  The entire procedure costs approximately $37,000 for the device and the surgery, and according to Ferrigno, "is worth a lot more."
  • 05/19/12 Liverpool Sound City 2012: Day Two review round up Source: BBC Liverpool He's fronting super fine Brooklyn babes Bear In Heaven.
  • 05/17/12 CW Upfront: Trailers Deliver Abs, 'Beauty,' and... Source: Hollywood Media Corp. The CW Upfront is a different animal from the other network presentations.
  • 05/17/12 Assembling all the answers for 'Avengers' fans Source: The Times of Acadiana - Lafayette LA Classic lines such as "Hulk, smash!" need no explanation.

Background on Lou Ferrigno

Louis Jude "Lou" Ferrigno (born November 9, 1951)) is an American actor, fitness trainer/consultant, and retired professional bodybuilder.

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