oh you're natural? (eye roll)...what??

Here's a shout out to all of the NATURAL athletes out there! Much love and respect for putting in the hard work, sacrifice and dedication to a clean lifestyle! Jason did a demo for Optimum today at a Vitamin Shoppe here in Houston and when an NPC competitor heard he was natural, she rolled her eyes like, "whatever". It is almost amusing to me that some people can't believe that you can achieve incredible results WITHOUT STEROIDS. It is the naturals who look great all year round and don't get soft in the off-season. So why hate? Because you DON'T do it naturally? It's times like that that it makes me want even more for REAL athletes to get out there and prove what NATURAL is all about. I believe that one day, we will and I hope you all share the same passion to propel natural athletes to the center stage sooner than later.

Keep up the great work and as always, keep it REAL!!

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Permalink Reply by Kai on September 13, 2009 at 6:46pm

that's awesome Nick! Keep it up and be sure to let us know how your contest goes!!

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Permalink Reply by Kai on February 14, 2010 at 8:51am

Check out our website www.realworldtour.com

there is also some helpful info right here.

http://www.therealspot.org/forum/topics/competition-time-even-those

http://www.therealspot.org/notes/Tips_for_newbies_to_competition

You'll learn about our categories, divisions etc. We have a camp coming up here in Houston on the 27th that you might want to check out. We also have an event here in May www.lonestarweekend.com

Let us know if you have any other questions :)

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Permalink Reply by Kai on February 16, 2010 at 10:21am

For sure!!

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Permalink Reply by Andre M Bland on September 14, 2009 at 11:19pm

That's awesome! And I agree with you Kai! Nick, keep up the great work and let us know how you do!

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Permalink Reply by Eaglewood Sculpts on September 15, 2009 at 5:47am

We are there with you Nick!!!! if not in body in the REAL Spirit!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Darrell Michnowicz on September 16, 2009 at 2:39pm

Thanks for the post Kai. Being in great shape at a young age definitely is rare these days. I cant tell you how many people accuse me of taking steroids or pro hormones. I see past their insults and almost take what they say as a compliment. At the end of the day I go to sleep healthier and a little stronger than I did the day before, ALL THANKS to NATURAL weight lifting and exercise :]

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Permalink Reply by Clay Williams on September 18, 2009 at 6:56am

Just joined a local gym here yesterday. I have equipment in my house so I can get my workouts done at home, but the gym owner is a member of my church and we have been working a lot together on some drama things. At any rate, I told him about the REAL SPOT and he was interested. He and his wife used to compete and have the awards to show it. He is still in fantastic shape. We were discussing "Natural " athletes and he told me that he has known a lot over the years that claim to be natural but are in fact taking something--be it oral or poking themselves. I stressed that this organization is REAL only. He was telling me about an organization that makes the competitors take polygraph tests and not just blood or urine tests to determine if they are clean or not. I guess they require a minimum of 7 years clean to accept you. Thought or comments on this? Jason and Kai--what are your guidelines and testing procedures going to be??

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Permalink Reply by Jason C Powell on September 18, 2009 at 8:20am

We have two primary ways of testing..urinalysis and physique screening. The urinalysis forst checks for the TE Ratio...if that is higher than 6:1, positive. The screening is done by the REAL board at each event along with the judges...we have been around a LONg time and know what o look for in a not-so-clean physique..we identify these folks and run a little more advanced test oin them.

Polygraphs are no good...jsut being onest. These folks are dehydrated, depleted, nervous and more...there is NO way to get a solid test in a 15 minute period (as that and those orgs do). Simply not possible. So why waste the money on something the competitor can challenge and we cannot uphold the results?

I am highly trained and versed in these tests...I know it's a touchy subject for some...but I am about being REAL ;)

I hope that helps some!

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Permalink Reply by Clay Williams on September 18, 2009 at 8:32am

Much appreciated Jason ---Im sure that there are questions about this that people wanted to know!

thanks

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Permalink Reply by oscar fajardo on September 21, 2009 at 1:10pm

Many people think body builders use steroids to achieve their success because "body building promotes steroid use".Body building is a promoter of fitness not steroids!The only thing that promotes steroids is the media in my opinion. If papers continue to put this on the front pages, then people are going to believe it and actually use it! It makes me sick having a small frame (LOL), I still get asked if I'm "juicin'".