![]() ![]() As all that mattered was that I be the best I could be today and kept on going.Īnd that`s what I did. When I was finally onstage and winning contests it made no difference in how I trained and how I approached my diet. 11 years of often wondering if I ever had a chance of making it. ![]() How long did it take to look like this? 34 years-start to finish.įrom my humble origins at 6 ft, 125lbs, it would be 11 long years of truly soul scorching training and dedication to my diet before I would be able to step onto a natural bodybuilding stage and be definitively competitive. #nosupplements #nosupps #nosupplementbodybuilding #naturalbodybuilding #naturalbodybuildingvideo #naturalbodybuilder So be careful with supplements, thanks as always for watching and as always, Excelsior!!! #naturallyintense As people will do whatever it takes to sell their product, regardless of the consequences to your health. As such I don`t recommend bodybuilding supplements to natural bodybuilders as you are often dealing with the type of contamination we see in the illegal drug industry. In recent years I`ve personally known several natural competitors who tested positive for banned substances and I can vouch that they didn`t use anything outside of regular store bought and legal supplements.īear in mind that here in the US, there`s no regulation on supplement content and the only reason Hot Stuff got pulled was because of a whistleblower. ![]() Now thankfully it wasn`t a steroid, and don`t think for one moment that this was an isolated incident. It would be almost 25 years later that I learned that it was initially spiked with clenbuterol, an asthma medication approved ONLY for horses not fit for human use or animals in food production.Ī substance on the very banned substance list, but used widely in bodybuilding as a fat burner. We felt nothing at all, and wondered if it was all just a placebo? And we couldn`t understand why.Ī few months later it was back and we were first in line as it had worked so well the first time. Then all of a sudden, it was nowhere to be found, completely off the market. I was 16 years old and my training partner and I saved up our hard earned cash to buy the supplement called Hot Stuff, which was supposed to be a "metabolic optimizer"Įveryone was raving about how great it was, so we bought it and immediately noticed a difference in our workouts and maybe even a hint more in the way of gains. The Dark Side of Bodybuilding Supplements: My Bad Experience ![]()
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