Jorge Betencourt ,
The post that you put on Get big bashing Steve Blecheman and calling him kid was very foolish buissness decision on your part.I read your post ,and it seems your mad at Steve because he payed no attention to you when you were at a booth, and he didnt want to have a photo shoot with you after nationals.Jorge I own 2 sports nutrition companies, I am a national level athlete who competes at 258lbs, and I am a certified judge in 4 organizations so I have judged a couple hundred shows.My point is I know the industry inside and out, from a buissness perspective, and from an athletes persepctive.You accused Steve Blechman of ignoring you when you were at your booth , which might upset most people.Did you ever think that Steve might have been very busy and had alot on his mind and just didnt see you.I know there are times when I have alot of people talking to me and wanting my immediate attention and people have walked me by me or tapped me on the shoulder and I didnt even notice them.Does that make me a jerk or an asshole?No I just had my mind some where else.I deal with over 400 accounts nation wide, plus I endorse 12 athletes, and I custom formulate for 6 well known pro athletes so I have alot going on.Now Steve has the hottest selling magazine in the world, and he deals with alot of pro athletes, and deals with probably several hundred vendors aswel as companies.So with this being said, you accused him ignoring you, when he simply was just busy, and didnt happen to see you.I could have been an honest mistake.Now about the photo shoot.Jorge you have a symetrical physique, and your a lean guy, but to be honest with you , your physique is decent nothing that jumps of off magazine pages.As a matter of fact I endorse 2 national level athletes who just recnetly beat you, and I wouldnt even think they belong in MD.Jorge you didnt place in nationals, and just because you advertise in MD doesnt mean you belong in MD.Jorge MD is a hardcore magazine,and to be honest with you when I look at your physique there is nothing hardcore about it.You body is great for maybe Mens Excersise, small colums in M&F and small articles in Ironman, but never MD.I get up to 290lbs off season and compete at 258lbs, and I still think I am not freaky enough for MD.Jorge you body is symertical ,and you get lean, but your not much bigger then most guys who model in Mens Fintess magazine.Now if you moved up to the lightheavyweight class and came in around 195 lbs shredded on stage you might stand a better chance of getting into MD.There is nothing impressive about a man who has been training for 22 years, and gets on stage at 175lbs, even if your only 5'4" .I may endorse shorter middleweight atlhetes, but I dont use them on the front of my brochure, or use them in adds.Why ? because nobody that buys supplements wants to be 175lbs shredded, they want to be 250lbs, or atleast 220lbs shredded .Your build is great marketing to the average guy who wants to look lean and athletic, but MD is a hardcore magazine.Jorge your physique and your look is far from hardcore.Jorge I have met you on occassion and your a nice guy and I wish the best for you and your buissness.I just think what you posted on Getbig was very stupid and uncalled for.You called Steve Blechman stupid, and Kid, which in my opinion shows a sign of insecurity, and stupidiity.From what I see Steve owned Twinlab, and owns MD, and you were a trainer, and just started a small nutrition company.I know you wanted to stand your ground and show you wont take crap from Steve or MD.The problem here is your a newer company, thats not very large in size, and you attacked somebody who has the best magazine, and is a big time player in this industry.That my friend was not a smart move.What you did is make yourself look like a loud mouth and if I didnt know you I woudnt take you or your product line seriously.I would think who is this joker atacking Steve Blechman on get big board, why isnt he keeping this buissnes between them.Also if I liked MD and I do I would be mad at you and I wouldnt buy any of your products.The bttom line is Jorge, what you did was not only wrong, but very stupid.What you need to do is put your ego down and post an apology to Steve and hope this all blows over.Jorge this industry we are in is a $30 billion a year industry,but yet its a small tight nitched community aswell.This means word gets around fast if a company is dishonest, the owner did something unethical in his past, or there products suck.All you have to do is look at the Ryan Titus incident, within 2 days everybody who ever lifted a weight knew what happened.Jorge the choice is yours, but if you were smart, you would do the righyt thing make your apology public, and move on.Or hope and pray that that stupid post doesnt come back to haunt you, which inturn could hurt your buissnes in the long run.Like it or not MD is the best bodybuilding magazine ever created, and is the new force in bodybuilding, so they are not going anywhere soon.Jorge do the right thing
God Bless John