Recently,
one of the readers of IronGangsta.com has left a comment in which he
complained about how the popular powerlifter Jim Wendler charges USD
20 for his forum. We decided to investigate the issue and see what is
really going on. It turns out that Mr. Wendler truly has a paid forum
with monthly subscription.
Obviously,
it's not illegal to have a message board with paid membership. The
problem here is the double standard displayed by Mr. Wendler who has
written the following: “Don’t fall for the crap that people are
peddling on message boards, in magazines or on TV.” {source}.
So, he is
not a big fan of message boards but having a paid one yourself seems
to be perfectly fine?
On top of
everything Mr. Wendler, who is the poster boy for “I don't give a
fuck” mentality, has written numerous articles on T-Nations which
is a site selling ineffective supplements to young and not so young
people eager to look like the models they see, in the almost
pornographic pictures on that web-site. In one of his articles Mr.
Wendler has even taken the liberty to present his “stack of
supplements”. IronGangsta took a screen shot of that particular
piece of supposedly useful information. {source}
As you can
see from the image above Mr. Wendler has basically become a T-Nation
supporter and by now most of you probably know IronGangsta's position
on that company – run away, they just want your money.
It seems
that Mr.Wendler, however, finds that the products of the company are
“worth their weight in gold”. Interestingly enough in an old
brief interview on YouTube.com Mr. Wendler has stated that according
to him the secrets to getting big are: “Dbol (anabolic steroid) and
Milk”. You can see the video here:
So, what is
the secret to big muscles, Mr. Wendler - “Dbol and milk” or “Indigo 3G and
Plazma”?
To those of
you who are unaware, every powerlifter who competes at a high level
has used or is using some kind of anabolic steroids. Supplements have
never been a crucial part in the preparation process. They are just a
nice addition that is meant to allow the fitness industry to exist on
the back of ignorant individuals.
Most of the
supplements companies out there have no respect for the little guy.
Their way of justifying their actions is as follows:
“If the
individuals buying our products are foolish enough to believe that
all they need to look like a fitness model are protein powder and
creatine they deserve to be scammed.”
This is an
extremely lame statement and is no different than a professional
fighter saying:
“Anybody
who is small and weak and does not know how to fight should not
complain that he is taking a beating.”
Being
ignorant on a specific subject does not make you a bad person but it
could turn you into a victim. If a medical professional is selling
placebo drugs to a sick patient most would consider that doctor
immoral and even evil. So, why is it fine to use the same scheme when
it comes to training? After all, as Will Smith has said: “Everybody
is ignorant, only on different subjects.”
Mr. Jim
Wendler and the gentlemen from T-Nation are welcome to continue with
their symbiosis based on hypocrisy. We know it will never end and we
don't expect it to. Maybe the next time there will be a report
revealing the existence of new miraculous gas based supplement which
makes you bigger and leaner by just inhaling it? We have now idea.
What we do know, however, is that IronGangsta will be here to read
between the lines for those who can't.