This first article is a translation of an article by Alan Aragon and aims to shed a little light on the techniques adopted by some companies unbridled business. In this case we refer to Biotest, which produces supplements advertised mainly through site-mirror T-nation (now Tmuscle) and assigns the role of voice to authors (by now very few saw the clear purpose of the site Articles and spread it) self-proclaimed elite part of the preparations. T-nation is an example of a good project gone bad due to greed, if years ago you could read articles enlightening and communicate with employees of the caliber of Ian King, Charles Poliquin and Paul Check through the forum today just a few moment to realize how the noble ideal of a free transmission of knowledge has been devoured by the business integration. If before the revolution it was possible to discuss civilly the texts of the authors and the choices of the site, now who is pulling against censored posts were closed and all the indifference of almost all users, who idolize the few active members of the staff (who obviously have their own benefit and their party, more or less) and they prefer big words plucked out of thin air to the evidence of scientific studies.
How to write an article earlier in the presentation of the Blog, it was founded as a container of articles and translations that the only interest to do a little light in a darkness that makes it almost impossible to our already difficult path to a physical muscular obtained without shortcuts.
Special thanks to Alan Aragon and Lyle McDonald
Original title: "Marketing Supplement on Steroids "
Author: Alan Aragon
Link: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/supplement-marketing-on-steroids-by-alan-aragon.html
Published in the original language on Body Recomposition.com 2009
© 2008 Lyle McDonald. All rights reserved.
Translated by: Luigi Zumpano (LeFaticheDiSisifo) with the consent of A. Aragon
Supplement Marketing on Steroids
by Alan Aragon
bold statements VS realistic expectations.
has recently been brought to my attention by an avalanche of e-mail an article on T-nation. These emails expressing all but the most common feeling was disbelief. "I, Bodybuilder" is the prelude to the launch of a new supplement called Anaconda, and is proposed as a conversation between the staff-writer Nate Green and the owner of Biotest, Tim Patterson.
For most of the forum members of T-nation waiting for the release of "I, Bodybuilder" and Anaconda seems to have the same capacity as the second coming of the Savior. To quote the video present in the opening page of the article, the product / protocol was "the result of a secret project" with which the consumer may have the experience to "build muscle mass at the maximum speed allowed by a human being."
This exaggerated propaganda is part of a business course, but there is no doubt that many young people who will hold on blindly believe in it. These are the statements in the video and the third page of the article:
Christian Thibaudeau earned 12.25KG in 6 weeks and increased the load of the seated overhead presses up to 170kg for 5 reps in clusters.
Sebastien Cossette 9KG earned in 8 week and has increased his squat of 45kg front.
In contrast with previous reports, that's personally collected data about realistic gains in muscle mass depending on the degree to which it belongs. These data were collected over 15 years working with athletes in particular natural:
| Level Training | Definition | Monthly Gain (% of total weight) |
| Beginner | Less than 2 years of training consisting | 1.0-1.5% (0.7-1 kg / month) |
| Intermediate 2-4 years of consistent training | 0.5-1.0% (0.4 -0.7 kg / month) | |
| Advanced | More than 4 years of training consisting | 0.25-0.5% (0.2-0.4 kg / month) |
* Women Can Expect to Achieve the lower end These ranges of at best.
personal note: The problem of realistic gain of muscle mass has been discussed in detail in the article: What's My Genetic Muscular Potential .
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As you can see, the expectation of T-nation are far greater than those experienced by my clients and real students. Doing some simple calculations we can say that the staff at T-nation state a gain of about 1.6kg per week (6.3KG per month), or 4 times earnings higher than those experienced by beginners and 15 times higher than those that could realistically achieve an advanced.
Let's take a step back to look General. It 's rare for an athlete from the full skeletal development between 20 and 30 earn more than 25kg of muscle throughout your career. Imagine a graduate of becoming an athlete of 84kg 107KG between 25 and 30 years. This is a terrific result. How much?
To give a clearer idea, here is a list of 12 Mr.Olympia:
| Name | in Victoria .. . | Height Weight Race | |
| Dexter Jackson | 2008 | 5'6 .5 " | 104 kg. |
| Jay Cutler | 2006,2007,2009 | 5′9″ | 116kg. |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1998-2005 | 5′10″ | 123 kg. |
| Dorian Yates | 1992-1997 | 5′10″ | 116 kg. |
| Lee Haney | 1984-1991 | 5′11″ | 107 kg. |
| Samir Bannout | 1983 | 5′8″ | 95 kg. |
| Chris Dickerson | 1982 | 5′6″ | 86 kg. |
| Franco Colombu | 1976, 1981 | 5'4 " | 84 kg. |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | 1970-1975, 1980 | 6'1 " | 105 kg. |
| Frank Zane | 1977-1979 | 5'9 " | 84 kg. |
| Sergio Oliva | 1967-1969 | 5'8 " | 102 kg. |
| Larry Scott | 1965-1966 | 5'7 " | 93 kg. |
* These heights and weights are averages from Various sources online.
For anyone who does not agree that our example of 107KG (% fat with a number) is not impressive, consider that only 3 of 12 Mr.Olympia weighed more, and it is assumed that All winners were certainly natural. If we consider that these 12 people had undoubtedly an extraordinary genetic which added the use of anabolic substances, we can better understand what the real expectations for a natural genetic engineering in the media.
Returning then to the statements of the staff of T-nation, that is comical claim that in 2 months or less you can gain a mass muscle that would normally take 2-3 years of work! If perhaps a small number of people from genetics and unusual (not only) can aspire to these results, most of the gain would still KG KG resumed after a long period of ipocalorica.Tale diet re-gain weight usually concomitant with the honeymoon with creatine and / or other substances (anabolic steroids). However, one of the statements in the article is that Kevin Norbert has lost 6kg of fat while increasing lean body mass 11KG of its own weight. We're talking about a total gain 17kg in 8 weeks? At the end of the article
tones are lowered, and the same Tim Patterson says
"Anaconda + Using" I, Bodybuilder "we expect the athlete 9KG average gain muscle, and perhaps more, during the first 15 weeks of the program. We define this as an average athlete a man accustomed to training in the form of 80KG hard, dedicated work hard, who wants to build muscle mass as quickly as possible. "
Research shakes his head.
is that 6.3KG/mese promised to become top of this article 2.4, which is still double the as noted in Patterson says that while beginners will gain from a intermedio.Bene ... But what does the research? ?
compare these expectations with the results obtained from athletes supported by anabolic substances, through a study of Hartgens and Kuiper [1] :
Although many strength athletes bring back about 10-15KG gains resulting from the use of anabolic substances, such alterations have not been documented in studies well conducted. Most of the studies shows that body weight may increase by 2-5kg in a short period (\u0026lt;10 weeks) of usage of anabolic substances. higher gain was measured by Casner and colleagues after 6 weeks of administration of stanozolol (7kg in 6 weeks), while in another case was registered an increase of 12.7KG in 2 years of recruitment.
gain greater known in the literature is therefore of 7kg in 6 weeks, about 1.1kg per week, or half kg per week less than is claimed by the staff of T-nation, and about half a kg more than stated at the end of article.
However there is no need to use the term higher than the results obtained from doped athletes. As seen, the norm for a doped athlete is a gain of 2-5kg in 10 weeks and 2 years in 12.7KG.
E 'must be underlined that these results were obtained through the use of anabolic substances Taking into account that the staff at T-nation considers realistic gain of 2.4kg per month for natural, this gain is still 38 % faster than observed in athletes supported by anabolic substances. Keep in mind that the more creatine supplementation for 12 weeks has been shown to lead to average earnings of 2KG in natural athlete [2] .
So if we think the association of creatine + anabolic substances would have a gain of 1.7kg per month, while the gains from T-nation protocol would still be 30% faster.
Another study of subjects supported by anabolic substances, duration of this time year, was led by Alén and Häkkinen [3] who examined data from a an elite bodybuilder. During the year, the lean mass of the subject went from 83 to 90kg (+7 KG). The intake of Anabolic was interrupted for 4 weeks during the total period of 12 months. So if a bodybuilder elite class supported by anabolic substances 7KG earned in 12 months, how is it that a natural bodybuilder in the middle and not beginner get the same results but less than 4 months?? Only the staff of the Biotest know this secret ...
return to Earth.
Let's get real ... if we wanted to go in 5 years by a common weight of 83kg to that of a deity olimpiaca 107KG we should gain about 5kg of the year ... A principality can earn twice that 5KG in its first year of training? The answer is yes.
However, moving towards a more advanced level, the gains slow down to about half, and fell progressively as you get closer to their potential. With respect to their potential, perhaps the most comprehensive study was conducted on subjects from natural Casey Butt. You can learn more by checking on its website The WeighTrainer - Your Maximum Muscular bodyweight and Measurements.
Finally, here is an excerpt from the article that could be addressed in some way to respond to my article (...) An objective comparison between milk chocolate and Surge: ( LeFaticheDiSisifo : This article will be translated to short)
Nate Green: Nick gained 9kg of new muscle and increased his bench press of 25kg, one thing is addictive.
Tim Patterson: Having experienced similar results from week to week, it is impossible to be satisfied with anything else. These guys have become fanatics - we are completely set - and simply refuse to train in another way.
Nate Green: I can not give you wrong, there is none at this point.
Tim Patterson: Oh, I'm sure there will be two dozen internet trolls moron filled with pus that can not wait to prove that they had no benefit from surges of insulin and HTH (hypertrophy of the fibers fast-twitch. nd LeFaticheDiSisifo ) and everything you need is just 'chocolate milk and a banana'.
... Talking is easy scientifically unsupported, on the other hand statements blatant marketing can be expensive, they are $ 80 for a jar of Anaconda. The name is appropriate, because the product sounds like a good way to choke your wallet.
studies cited:
1.Hartgens F, Kuipers H. Effects of Androgenic-anabolic steroids in athletes. Sports Med 2004; 34 (8) :513-54.
2.Persky AM, Brazeau GA. Clinical pharmacology of the dietary supplement creatine monohydrate. Pharmacol Rev. 2001 Jun; 53 (2) :161-76.
3.Alén M, Häkkinen K. Physical health and fitness of an elite bodybuilder During a year of self-administration of testosterone and anabolic steroids: a case study. Int J Sports Med 1985 Feb; 6 (1) :24-9.
by Alan Aragon
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