[quote]BWH wrote:
This is getting a bit ridiculous. I know Doug pretty well. I also know that between his last show (I believe 2009 or 2010 in which he apparently competed at 192, and this show, in which he competed at 196, he put on a grand total of 4 lbs LBM. That’s one pound per year.
So while I can’t speak to whether he “used” something prior to 2010 because I didn’t know him then, I am confident that he’s been natural for a long, long time. And there is no one who trains harder. Having seen pics of him as a kid, I also know that he is a genetic freak.
Combine genetic freak, incredibly disciplined diet (as in obsessively perfect 24-7), insane workout intensity (check out some of the vids on youtube if you don’t believe me), smart supplementation (check out Core Nutritionals) and something like a training age of 18 years and this is what you get.
And if you can’t tell the difference between pictures of Doug and pictures of Jay Cutler (who I believe is a similar height but competes at something like 240), I’m not sure what I can say to you.
So I get the questions, because people have to raise this every time a natty guy looks ridiculous, but some of these guys are able to put it all together. Brian Whitacre is another example of this, albeit a slightly smaller version. It takes incredible self-discipline, a ton of natural ability, and hard, hard, work.
But it gets a little rich when internet geniuses claim certainty about people who they’ve never met and know very little about. I’m not even sure what the point is, other than to troll…[/quote]
hi doug…
it doesnt matter how hard someone works, there is still a natural limit. he is way beyond that. i dont know how you can look at that first picture and still try to defend it.
