Okay, it's time to rattle some cages.
I welcome any other contributions to this list but let me say right off I have not included Joe Weider or Bill Phillips even though many may feel they deserve the (dis) honor. Without Joe, bodybuilding wouldn't be what it is. And without Bill, we wouldn't be as far along with the knowledge of anabolics. So as much you may hate them, you got to give the devils their due.
Here goes: (in no particular order)
Victor Conte: A guy who stumbled onto the fact that Navy seals who underwent grueling physical training experienced lower T levels. They were also zinc depleted. That led to a leap of logic wider than the Grand Canyon. He concluded that low T is a result of low zinc and more zinc would raise T. He then went about selling zinc for 10 times the going rate under the title ZMA. Today, he's a millionaire.
Lyle McDonald: A UCLA student who used his major in chemistry combined with the writings of Dr ATkins and Dr DePasqulae and wrote his own book using the same principles. He never used his own diet, which is the best thing you can say about it considering Lyles physical codition. The "keto" diet (much like the original ATkins) is a quick fix best suited for contest preperation but does not provide lasting results and is ultimately very unhealthy.
Rick Vanantino: Need I say more?
BIG CAT: This guy is such a nobody he almost doesn't deserve mention. But he's gotten some attention lately as the new "drug guru" Once you ralize he's an 18 year old kid who lives at home and has never used steroids, it puts everything into a new perspective.
TC Luoma: Took the Bill Phillips concept and ran with it. Acts like a tough street guy when in fact he's a weenie middle aged man who lives in an elitist neigborhood. Sells the most bogus supplements on the market today and unless he's a functional retard, he knows they're bogus. Also, a millionaire -- many times over.
1fast400: This "friend of the people" is the biggest scammer around. He uses his status as consumer advocate to manipulate studies that work in his favor and endorse products with which he will profit. He has vitually no knowledge of bodybuilding. He's a business man. And a crooked one.
Oops...gotta go. I'll finish this later.
I welcome any other contributions to this list but let me say right off I have not included Joe Weider or Bill Phillips even though many may feel they deserve the (dis) honor. Without Joe, bodybuilding wouldn't be what it is. And without Bill, we wouldn't be as far along with the knowledge of anabolics. So as much you may hate them, you got to give the devils their due.
Here goes: (in no particular order)
Victor Conte: A guy who stumbled onto the fact that Navy seals who underwent grueling physical training experienced lower T levels. They were also zinc depleted. That led to a leap of logic wider than the Grand Canyon. He concluded that low T is a result of low zinc and more zinc would raise T. He then went about selling zinc for 10 times the going rate under the title ZMA. Today, he's a millionaire.
Lyle McDonald: A UCLA student who used his major in chemistry combined with the writings of Dr ATkins and Dr DePasqulae and wrote his own book using the same principles. He never used his own diet, which is the best thing you can say about it considering Lyles physical codition. The "keto" diet (much like the original ATkins) is a quick fix best suited for contest preperation but does not provide lasting results and is ultimately very unhealthy.
Rick Vanantino: Need I say more?
BIG CAT: This guy is such a nobody he almost doesn't deserve mention. But he's gotten some attention lately as the new "drug guru" Once you ralize he's an 18 year old kid who lives at home and has never used steroids, it puts everything into a new perspective.
TC Luoma: Took the Bill Phillips concept and ran with it. Acts like a tough street guy when in fact he's a weenie middle aged man who lives in an elitist neigborhood. Sells the most bogus supplements on the market today and unless he's a functional retard, he knows they're bogus. Also, a millionaire -- many times over.
1fast400: This "friend of the people" is the biggest scammer around. He uses his status as consumer advocate to manipulate studies that work in his favor and endorse products with which he will profit. He has vitually no knowledge of bodybuilding. He's a business man. And a crooked one.
Oops...gotta go. I'll finish this later.