Want to be popular?
Be anti about everything
do everything opposite with what everyone is doing
tell everyone what works sucks and go against the grain of what works
steroids are illegal and scheduled? Fuck it just put yourself out there and risk legal trouble and youll make a name for yourself. Its freaking crazy that back in the day in the 90's Duchaine, Palumbo, Phillips, Sarcev, and yours truly Dante Trudel were very open and honest about steroids in print and what did it get us? We all got investigated or busted for being open mouthed about steroids. Made examples of. No doubt about that at all..(it was proven and said to me "He writes all about steroids in Hardcore Muscle magazine!" <-- that came straight from an arresting officers mouth later on..........nowadays i look on with a shocked glare at guys daring to inject stuff into themselves on youtube....listing out their cycles on youtube verbally, just rampant self incriminating.....its so puzzling to me after what ive been thru that the powers that be dont seem to go after people with a fervor like they used to. They used to follow Duchaine all over the place over here in Carlsbad.
Oh yea back to becoming popular..... everyone wants the secret to why pros are huge and why the guy reading this isnt so all these guys who got really famous figured it all out if you give them the "anti" to it all to the masses....it gives them the secret and puts them into a frenzy. All you have to do is say "they all use this and that and say things matter of factly"....even though how the hell would some guy who lives in a 5 mile radius if a certain state ever know what some pro bodybuilder (who he doesnt know from adam) does juicewise 3000 miles away from him....but that doesnt matter...be the anti guy and give everyone what they want ...THE SECRET...be the rebel!
Its hiliarious how many people buy into it and follow it all like sheep. I could come into this forum tommorow and say "guys im going to tell you all something, I really shouldnt say this but im going to let this out....all the pros have been using this compound from South America called "compound X"...and they have been doing it for years and im going to let people know about it...its really hard to come by but its what has made the great separation in the massiveness of pro bodybuilders from the local middle of the road bodybuilder"...and i could keep carrying that tune for months and it would spread like wildfire because "oh god finally the secret is out!".....and finally we know.....and it would be all bullshit. Its pure comedy of what is going on in the bbing industry of late.
Hard training and heavy training? Has proven itself out for decades hasnt it? Now the big battle cry is "you dont need to train hard anymore" LOL....and these guys are making names for themselves.
For decades bodybuilders have created themselves on larger than normal protein intakes - i mean the god damn proof is in the pudding isnt it? How do you differentiate yourself? Go the opposite way with it...."guys you can eat rice 5 times a day...thats all you need to do"...yes a carbohydrate...an energy source that does pretty much nothing else but be an energy source...thats now the secret.
So you no longer need to train hard or heavy, you no longer have to eat more protein than the layperson, everything is all about drugs (<--drugs sell) and training and eating dont matter much, along with 8 hour arm training, feeder sets with 10lb dumbells (no PMMA from dr casavantes to gain 6 inches on your arms and 4 inches on your shoulders in the last 8 years when you used to have 18 inch arms)....constant made up fights with other individuals and bashing and calling out people on youtube so people click on the videos....who is dating who, who is bashing who, who said shit about who and 20 to 40 year old men cant wait to find out the newest gossip.....its pretty much has become a big joke.
So i just gave you the path to becoming popular in bodybuilding.
1) be the anti guy to anything that works because bodybuilders always think its a mad conspiracy and they arent being told something
2) be controversial and bash people
3) anything that happens in bodybuilding at all (an argument, Suzie breaks up with Jimmy, a bust, a racist slur, ANYTHING...) go on youtube and make a video of "your take on {insert event}"
As a guy who always was geeked on the science/performance side of things, and absolutely LOVED to train hard...and looked at all this as a massive challenge and an athletic endeavor.....its gotten so freaking embarrassing of late its ridiculous