Bodybuilding shows in the 70s and 80s were different. It used to be guys would train together at the gym, diet for a few weeks, and then take the stage at a local show, cheered on by family and friends. Everyone was proud of you - you were strong, healthy, and a good role model as one who took care of yourself.

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Many things in life come down to the luck of the draw. We all know of a healthy person who exercised regularly and ate clean who keeled over from a heart attack at the age of 50. We also all probably have a relative who smoke and drank every day of his life who is still alive and kickin’ well into his eighties. While we can eat healthy, train hard, and look both ways before we cross the street, we are all at the mercy of the genetics with which we are born. Here are a few areas of bodybuilding success which are blessed or limited based upon our genetics.

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Many things in life come down to the luck of the draw. We all know of a healthy person who exercised regularly and ate clean who keeled over from a heart attack at the age of 50. We also all probably have a relative who smoke and drank every day of his life who is still alive and kickin’ well into his eighties. While we can eat healthy, train hard, and look both ways before we cross the street, we are all at the mercy of the genetics with which we are born. Here are a few areas of bodybuilding success which are blessed or limited based upon our genetics.

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Ronnie Coleman once famously remarked, “Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder – but don’t nobody want to lift no heavy weight”. Jay Cutler once admitted that during his first two years of bodybuilding, he added over 80 pounds to his frame. He claims the secret to his gains was drinking whey protein shakes once or twice per night, when none of his peers were doing the same. Top IFBB Professional Bodybuilder Phil Heath won his first state level bodybuilding show with less than a year of bodybuilding training in the gym. And, as most state or national level competitive bodybuilders will tell you, the gains they made after joining the ranks of the ‘anabolically assisted’ were far greater than anything they gained through hard work and discipline, and that they were able to cheat far more and make much greater gains when using steroids.

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When one talks of great backs in the history of bodybuilding, Lee Haney and Victor Martinez come to mind as two of the best. Both men were blessed with wonderful genetics and trained very hard, but they trained very intelligently as well. They both attested to the importance of using chin-ups, or wide-grip pull-ups, in their back routine. They knew this movement worked like none other, and the results that they saw were undeniable, and in the case of Lee Haney, still discussed decades later.

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Q: Thanks for your newsletter. I read it religiously and it has made all the difference in the world for me! However, I am a little surprised that you haven’t written about Myostatin inhibitors. There is a lot of hype right now about them and you haven’t said much about it. Can you tell me about these Myostatin products? Is it true that they can alter your genetics?

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