Larry Pacifico did the same thing with his kid.
Not much different than the parent who blows his kid's arm out having him pitch too much in Little League or the parent who exposes his kid to body and brain injury letting him play football.
How about the stage mother who pushes her kid into show business and exposure to that sick and perverted life (Lindsey Lohan's parents)?
Parents live through their kids. It's not good.
I agree with you. Lots of former football players discourage their children from playing due to recent CTE information. Some baseball parents were absolutely nuts when mine played. Yelling, screaming, etc. One dad actually
wanted his kid to wreck his arm in order to get him Tommy John surgery before high school, figuring his kid's "new" arm would put him ahead of the others. Nuts...... Not worth it. I wonder how their relationship is these days.....
Had to Google Larry, as I don't follow powerlifting.
I know Labrada Nutrition advertises here and all, and who knows.....maybe their stuff is good and is beneficial to users. Like many others here, I bowed out of buying supplements after learning the truth early on.
I just wouldn't push my child into a "business" that produced so many dead or crippled coworkers (or fellow pageant entrants).