I recently ordered Anabolic Solution for Bodybuilders. I seem to have hit a plateau in my training and was looking for some guidance on your other supplements and manipulating my macro nutrients to achieve my goals. To make a long story short, I have been in a rut. I read the testimonial on your web site that made me suddenly realize that I should reduce my fat intake in an attempt to lose those last bits of body fat (i.e.. get from 9% down to 7%). I am already seeing results. So, I ordered your book for more information.

Just a quick question. There seems to be quite a bit of talk these days about myostatin inhibitors. Were you involved with the development of either Biotest's Myostat or Pinnacle's MyoZap? Do you believe these supplements are safe and worthwhile? Michael.

Hi Michael, you should get the info you need from the Anabolic Solution for Bodybuilders. By following the recommendations about the various phases you should be able to easily drop down to your 7% goal.

The myostatin products are total hoaxes and a waste of money. The only thing it has going for them is the advertising, which are smooth con jobs. The latest scams seem to be in taking something that has some scientific credibility and then unashamedly using it to produce and promote a product that has absolutely nothing going for it, unless in the case of the so called myostatin inhibitors you count the binding of myostatin by algae in a chromatography column. I could use dozens of ingredients that would do the same or better, including milk, motor oil, you name it.

And then there are the fantastic claims that are completely unsubstantiated and downright lies. For example, there is one ad that claims a pro bodybuilder went from 195 pounds and 35% body fat to 224 pounds and 5 ½% body fat in 16 short weeks. And that it was all due to their myostatin inhibitor. If you do the math you can see just how ridiculous their claims are. At 35% body fat at 195 pounds is 126.25 pounds of fat free mass while 5.5% body fat at 224 pounds is 211.68 pounds of fat free mass. That's a gain of 85.43 pounds of lean muscle in 16 weeks. I can even believe that it's possible because this guys been there before but I can guarantee you that the myostatin inhibitor had absolutely nothing to do with it. Rather you might suspect that the high doses of anabolic steroids, GH, IGF-I, insulin, clenbuterol, thyroid, and a host of other drugs and chemicals, along with an intense training program and targeted diet, may have had something to do with the rapid muscle mass gain. That plus the body memory that allows such gains to materialize in such a short time. I've seen this kind of bull countless times in the past 30+ years and it wore thin a long time ago.

And then there's the financial end. The myostatin products costs about $2 to make. Figure out how much profit is in it for these companies that buy low, sell high, promise everything but deliver nothing. It seems that this type of products and marketing are what most of the major supplement companies are looking for. So what if it doesn't work, it's perceived value that makes them buy and by the time they figure out it's all bull, we'll make a bundle and then push something else. This kind of mentality is rampant in the supplement industry. Another example, and there are countless, is a new liquid product introduced for the rest of us - the ones that can't build muscle easily. First of the product is completely useless, second it costs about $1.50 to manufacture with the retail price being about 50 times higher. And third, the advertisement is full of lies and is grossly misleading. For example, to add to the mystique of these product the manufacturers will often use more exotic sounding names rather than the common ones, just so the buyer thinks he's getting something really special.

So CLA (or conjugated linoleic acid) becomes "a proprietary blend of: Positional and Geometric Isomers of Octadecadienoate." In many cases the exotic sounding ingredients are only a front with the actual working ingredients being something else, in many cases heavy doses of caffeine.

You'll have to excuse the rant but it's extremely frustrating to try and
sell products that are research driven and that work, at a modes markup (my retail price is between 3 to 5 times what it costs for me to manufacture the products) with all the scam artists in the business destroying people credibility in nutritional supplements and their faith in nutritional supplement companies.

The bottom line is that the myostatin inhibitors are all about marketing and not about any results, as can be seen by the lack of any gains in real world people that I know who have used these products. By buying these product all you'll be bulking up is their wallets.

On the positive side, I have several new products in the works that are truly research driven and will give people true results and value.

Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale is one of the most influential voices on diet, performance and athletic training in the world. His innovative work in finding safe nutritional alternatives to anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs has won him praise from athletes, trainers and fitness experts around the globe. Dr. Di Pasquale was a world-class athlete for over 15 years, winning the World Championships in powerlifting in 1976 and world games in 1981.

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