He looks good in that 2nd pic but in 2008 he was only 27 and was already small and looking like shit. I did take 25-35 mostly off just snowboarding and surfing but I looked my best in my late 30s he was dead by 32. I am 46 now and getting back to my best level.
He seems like a guy who got massive in his early 20s on way too much gear but was already burned out and small by his late 20s similar to other guy recently who was just injecting all kind of garbage into an already dead physique what was his name he won the costa something? He also gave himself soem kind of liver or kidney faiure
He definitely peaked really early and then it seemed like his body just deteriorated pretty rapidly in his mid to late 20s. I would say he probably looked his best around 22-23 years old. He actually looked great for a period of time. I don’t know why he felt he needed to all of a sudden start injecting all this synthol. It destroyed his arms pretty quickly, yet he seemed to be in total denial about it and kept using more. Unfortunately, I think he was dealing with a lot of mental health issues, and they were likely never addressed or dealt with by him or they were addressed too late. You could tell there were some serious issues just by how defensive he was about any criticism he received online. Even though he wasn’t the most likable guy, it was pretty sad for me to watch his downfall and health issues in real time online. Bostin Loyd reminded me of Derek in a lot of ways. Loyd seemed more mentally stable and less defensive, but he seemed to have the same kind of body dysmorphia as DA, and you just kind of knew he would eventually die young. I know some people on here like to give you a hard time, and it may not mean much coming from a total stranger, but you seem to be in a way better place mentally than these guys, so I think people comparing you to someone like DA is pretty laughable.
