This make me very happy (for obvious reasons). I asked Ox do perform a little supplement experiment a few months ago. Here is the email he sent me yesterday concerning said experiment:
"Chris,
i just wnated to give you an update on our little experiment. If you remember, we were seeing what my body comp would do if i took Opti, P-w/o. I take Nitrean between breakfast and lunch, but added opti p-w/o. At the start of this i was 221@18% body fat, now i am 230 at about 13%. Pretty cool huh?
Ox"
Pretty friggin cool, eh? Oh, and yes, this is a no bullshit real deal.
No offence, but I find claims like these irrelevant if the lifter is not natural and won't post his drug cycle.
A natural lifter, sure. But if the lifter is on AAS, the chances are that changes in the drug cycle are responsible for the gain.
As long as using lifters in un-tested federations aren't making any claims that they are getting gains from legal supplements, I don't really care.
But once stuff like this get published, the bluff needs to be called.
I've always thought supplement companies like Muscletech were dishonest when they show guys like Kovacs, Jackson, and Cutler, claiming they got their muscle from Muscletech supplements, even claiming specific gains from certain products.
One of the things I've always thought was good about At Large, was that AL stayed away from bullshit claims.
Unless the athlete in question is on AL supplements and natural, claims should not be made that AL was part of the success.
To sponsor un-tested athletes can still be an option, always good to be associated with strong lifters I guess, but I don't think you should ever try to claim that their success is due to using AL supplements. Unless you publish their
whole supplement list.
That's my opinion.
