The sport evolves. Every top IFBB pro uses or has used a coach. You don't need a coach to get drugs.
I would say most top guys are at least partly sponsored with steroids. They have dealers begging them to give them roids. Perhaps for bragging rights or to funnel more customers to them via referral. Most of the time pharma growth you have to pay for. Steroids are so cheap so they often get them for free.
The gurus aren't making bank via selling roids to the relatively few pros they have. Yes I'm sure many are in the drug dealing business somehow, but the money comes via high volume sales to gym rats, probably mostly online customers, via middle man, in that case.
Anyone with more insight?
The pros today look like shit. Maybe they should reevaluate having a coach or not.
I watched a video on Leo Longevity yesterday. He had Tony Huge, Bostin and coach Bleu Taylor. Leo was fawning over the guys' conditioning but Bostin thought most were out of shape. Bleu said at most 10% were in proper condition. His explanation? They either used "fake coaches" who don't know what they do and more likely, the guys are lazy and not "willing to suffer." Bleu said Hany is the best coach in history as he is consistent with his guys. Said Hunter had about 6-7 lbs of fat and 3lbs of water to lose. Bostin and Bleu thought Hadi was the clear winner, as did I and many here on getbig.
Bleu said, and I agree with him, that had Keone been in shape it would have been him and Lunsfors fighting for first place. But the guy was plain fat, probably due to laziness. The guy is incredible from a muscular and structural standpoint.
Bleu also said he doesn't use diuretics for 99% of his guys. The trick is being "fat free." The guys are not holding water, they still have fat to lose.
BTW, Clarida is doing the OPEN this weekend.
Keone:
