Michael Lockett - a top amateur bodybuilder from today's ranks. Flex Wheeler - a top professional bodybuilder of the 1990s. Phil Heath - an up and coming pro in the last two years who is setting bodybuilding stages on fire. They've all been granted the "myostatin freak" label by sport observers to explain their extraordinary muscularity and ability to respond to bodybuilding inputs (nutrition, supplements, training and more) - and the fact they were so good at bodybuilding, so early. But do they have it, or is it simply hype?

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Myostatin is a word commonly thrown around these days. It started with Flex Wheeler in the 1990s, and has continued to be used with today’s phenom bodybuilders such as Michael Lockett. Every time a bodybuilder comes out of nowhere and shows extreme muscularity while claiming to have barely trained or scrimped by on two meals a day to achieve his condition, fans begin the rumor mill that the person is myostatin-deficient. Myostatin is the gene that inhibits muscle growth. Being deficient in it would mean your body doesn’t “turn off” muscle growth. Usually, bodybuilders with this tag will milk it for all it’s worth. In a sport which is essentially a freak show, being labeled the biggest freak of them all is a very good thing. They’ll let the rumors continue and play innocent. However, usually they are revealed to be normal when they don’t improve much more, even when they begin eating correctly and using AAS. It appears their physiques which they claimed were “gifts from God” were fairly hormonized before they earned the spotlight. Usually these bodybuilders will have good careers, but it will become obvious that they never possessed any magic gene (or lack thereof). However, the hype they were able to generate will have helped them secure a nice supplement contract along the way.

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It’s long been considered that the gap between the biceps and the elbow joint could be measured to determine ones potential for success in competitive bodybuilding. The great champions always seemed to have full biceps heads, which flowed, neatly into the elbow joints. If they possess this attribute, it meant their muscle bellies flowed equally well in the other parts of the body. Their calves, quads, and pecs would tie in just as gracefully. These genetically blessed men were destined to win trophies. Those of us without these fine connections were doomed to a lifetime of training hard and just looking smaller.

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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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