Rachinma: It's true, figure competitors and bodybuilders usually use supplements. I did a bodybuilding contest recently and I popped a crapload of 'em during contest prep: Hot Rox (diet pills, really), DHEA 7-Keto (closest thing you can find to steroid-like substance without it being banned by most natural bodybuilding organizations), CLA, creatine, glutamine, l-carnitine, and nitric oxide products before workouts because I ended up BADLY needing that extra energy.
All the supplements made me feel a bit strange, but contest preparation in general had the same effect. The human body is resiliant and adaptable -- I feel like I screwed up so much of my body chemistry, but I know that after a month of healthy living, I will be back to normal.
Despite what I did, I don't personally advocate excessive supplement usage unless you have a very steep goal (like getting shredded down to 9.5% body fat like I did for the stage). If you just want to lose weight and maintain good health, I think all the crap in diet pills does more harm than good!
I am not surprised by Jillian Michaels' move, though -- as echoed by so many previous posts, she is obviously an advocate for extreme weight loss, so why not hawk a pill promoting the same? I don't have any less respect for her doing it; she is a very successful trainer with boundless opportunities. I would LOVE to be her. I look up to her as an entrepreneurial inspiration, even if I do not agree with everything she says/does. She's a good business woman... I'll give her that.
Now, Gary, go spank her!
Last edited by NightengaleShane; 08-17-2009 at 03:02 PM.
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