Dangerous Shortcuts? What A Few Good Heros Taught Me About Bodybuilding (Marc David)

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:47:04 GMT

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Beginning-Bodybuilding e-Newsletter
What Every Beginner Should Know But Probably Doesn't
April 27, 2006

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Beginning Bodybuilding Q & A
with Marc David

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Posted on a Bodybuilding Message Board:

Hi everyone I'm 15 and was wondering what I can take for my
muscle to grow? I have heard of muscle boosters or
something like that so I was just wondering if there was
anything like that that I could take in order for my muscle
to get huge.

I might be thinking of steroids. <Smile>

Answer:

Stop! What the HECK are you thinking? Why are we always
looking for the short cut to the biggest gains while still
being able to watch T.V.? I guess the word "hard work"
isn't something you really need to do if you know some
handy-dandy SECRETS to building muscle.

Clarence Darrow, a famous trial lawyer, once said:

"As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and
if no man (or woman) objected and no man (or woman)
rebelled, those wrongs would last forever."

Listen closely! The term 'lifestyle' means ON-GOING and
NEVER ending. A shortcut has no place in bodybuilding and
certainly no place in getting into the best shape of your
life.

So what?

I can already hear the voices now like waves crashing
against a rocky wall "why should I care?" Or the other one
"what's in it for me?"

A Blueprint for your Success:

* The more you know, the more educated you become from a
cast of reliable sources and PASS that information on to
your friends...

* The better off this industry will become...

* The FASTER you can AVOID mistakes...

* The FASTER you can make better LONG TERM progress!

FACT: According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse
for Teens(NIDA):

"As part of a 2002 NIDA-funded study, teens were asked if
they ever tried steroids--even once. Only 2.5% of 8th
graders ever tried steroids; only 3.5% of 10th graders; and
4% of 12th graders."

Add to this an article I read in the May 2004 issue of Flex
magazine by Tom Prince. He profiled his career in a very
thought provoking article called "When the Posing Stops."

Tom Prince went on to explain his steroid use, his mad as a
hatter like rush to the top, and eventually the pain he
endures and his eventual kidney failure to reach a peak.
The descriptions of his crumbling shoulder socket and the
pain he must be in made me as sick as a dog.

At the time of the article, Tom Prince was 34 years old!
He said:

"I will probably die younger than normal, 65 or something
like that, but 65 is better than 35."

STOP and ask yourself this key question:

Are the youth of today any different then me 16 years ago
when I was looking at bodybuilding magazines and wanting to
be ripped and muscular? In my mind, I was willing to take
all kinds of supplements and do whatever training program I
could to look like those guys in the magazine ads. They
were my HEROS and inspiration.

Thankfully I didn't go down that path.

Just last week, my friend (Yes I really have spoken on the
phone with him several times) Tom Venuto sent out a issue
asking people to take a look at the natural bodybuilders
all over the Internet for inspiration.

Tom Venuto wrote:

"There ARE heroes and role models to look up to today, and
you will find them in the drug-free bodybuilding movement."

He's RIGHT. In fact I know an older gentleman, Scott
Hults, who's a big fan of natural bodybuilding and has done
wonders in this sport to educate himself and others around
him that taking shortcuts isn't the way to go and that
hard work can pay-off at any age. If I can be in as good
of shape as Scott when I'm older, I'd be lucky.

Think about it.

For those interested in making a bookmark folder of people
they can ASPIRE to be as they recycle the magazines, here's
two people I can't say enough good things about:

Tom Venuto: http://www.tomvenuto.com

Scott Hults: http://www.bodybuildingsenior.com

Toss this idea around, if you want to get better at
something, you should do everything in your power to make
the exercises HARDER, not easier.

Clearly you can see by now shortcuts simply don't come
without a price. If you are one of those people who wants
to make working out and building muscle or losing fat easy
as cutting thru a banana cream pie, you'll never reach the
goals you've set.

Richie Smith, a personal trainer with more horsepower in
the gym then a Bugatti Veron, said "When you are child,
your parents tell you to keep your hands off the stove--they
tell you not to put your hand into the flame, because if
you do, you'll get burned. If you're serious about
bodybuilding, you have to un-learn what you were taught as
a child. When I train people, basically I'm telling them to
put their hand right into the fire and keep it there. I
have them train into and beyond the pain zone. That's what
makes you grow."

Are you beginning to see how building muscle and changing
your body is work but it's fun? Building your body isn't
like FedEx ... it simply, positively DOESN'T happen
overnight. But one could also say ... it's human nature to
avoid hard work.

Tom Venuto wrote in his natural bodybuilding blog, "Most
people are on a constant search for the path of least
resistance. A drug, a supplement, a 'breakthrough
technique' a new machine, a shortcut in exercise
form--anything and everything they think will help them
reach their goals with less effort and in less time. This
is typical human nature. Unfortunately, this is also faulty
thinking and you will NEVER become a champion with this
type of attitude.

You can clearly see what I'm saying is certainly true...

If I could give you a training strategy that is GUARANTEED
to increase your muscle and burn more fat, would you be
interested?

Stop spending time searching for answers and learn the REAL
truth about natural bodybuilding and how to train right,
eat right and supplement right with proven step by step
methods in the Beginner's Guide to Fitness & Bodybuilding.
http://www.beginning-bodybuilding.com

Be Safe,

Marc David

P.S. Tom Prince's story is an interesting one which
reveals a little-discussed arena of professional
bodybuilding that will SHOCK and DISGUST you. Read about
it here:

http://tinyurl.com/oezz8

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