The sad thing is, Nick is already maxed out; there's not much more he can do.
Said it before. The “freshness” (no homo) of his physique has come and gone. Much like Branch, what was once a full and tight (again, no homo) body is now deteriorating, mass be damned.
Each severe cut for a contest is going to rot his look just that much more.
The drugs, and his response to them, HAS happened, in full.
Now his suffering body is fighting only to survive.