Hey, what's going on Nation? So for those of you who've been following me for a while. You know that
I don't
really make videos like this I tend to stick to the tips and videos that are gonna help you guys with your gym and your
Fitness Lifestyle, I just think that trying to capitalize other people's misfortune is a really bad idea
It's very Low-class
But I mean it has been such a sad month in the bodybuilding world and being a part of this world
I just I wanted to take some time to reflect on this and talk to you guys about
some of the things that I think are happening that need to be changed and
The recent deaths of Rich piana and Dallas macabre and even a buddy of mine
Really kind of sent a message home for me that the fitness industry is just really starting to go down this doc
Path that there's no turning back from and what I mean by that is it's like you know every
every single day
You know people seem to want more and more and more and every year that goes by
We go to bodybuilding shows like the Arnold classic or the Olympia. It's just like
Every dude is stepping on stage and by time they step off
They're just expected to get bigger and bigger and bigger every single year
And it's it's almost like the the chains are off
You know people are doing whatever they can to reach that goal, and that's a very dangerous thought you know
Fitness is supposed to be about
living a long healthy life
You know looking good on the outside and on the inside and unfortunately
You know if you start going down this path of competing and getting in the spotlight
And you want to be like a huge bodybuilder competing you know in shows like the Arnold classic or Mr.
Olympia or maybe just want to be the biggest most massive dude out there?
It comes at a cost you know and that cost is you kind of risk your health?
I mean you can be the best trainer in the world and you can train
Thousands of people and if they decide they want to do some drugs to get bigger
There is no safe way it is a risk you cannot foresee the future of what's gonna happen
You know whether it's a month a year five years 20 years
You just don't know how these things are going to affect you and you also don't know you know a hundred percent
what your genetic makeup is and what you're susceptible to and
So obviously you guys have heard the news rich piana had recently passed away
I
Actually didn't get a chance to meet rich piana my wife and I met him we were in
Will go into body power in the uk my buddy
Reggie Connor Murphy my wife and I are all in the same plane
And when we got off to get her a bit our luggage rich piana happened to be there
And I will say we all met him and talked to him for a little bit
And he seemed like a really nice guy you know the fact that he teaches things that that's different than me
Doesn't mean I can't like him as a person. He seemed like a really chill dude
And it was really sad to hear that he had gone into a coma and then obviously recently passed away
As of this week, but it's like you know
What would have happen like the complications that he had obviously we're not Gonna know a hundred percent
You know what really happened until the the coroner's report comes out if they do decide to release that information
But you gotta ask yourself question you know rich piana built his entire business off of being you know the 5%
Crew and all that hype around the 5% crew
And you didn't have to be 5% natural to obviously like him and use his supplements
But that was kind of what he built his empire on so think about this guys if you're studying
Social Media now and You go down this Road
And you start to look a certain way because you have some help because you're taking certain things and you start to build this image
You know of yourself that people like you're getting all kinds of attention. You're getting sponsorships, you're building a business
You know think about?
What its Gonna take to now maintain that rich piana is the face of the 5% so he needs to stay?
5% to keep that going you know if he stops being 5%. Maybe he got smaller
Maybe he started to lose some muscle, mass. Maybe certain things started to affect him
You know people would probably leave comments and be like
oh
You're not as big as you used to or maybe you know it would be kind of an internal struggle with him being like I
need to look a certain way to
To represent my business properly so I can keep making money so I can have the lifestyle
I want to live like it's it's a lot more than just physical appearance it starts to affect
Your entire life you know everything around you and even for people that aren't building a business you know or aren't in the spotlight
or aren't
You know competing in shows and this is where my friend comes into play?
I have a friend who recently passed away a couple weeks ago
He had been struggling with cancer for a long time, and I've known him since I was about 15 years old
And I don't want to say his name and respect for his family
So I'm just gonna say my friend
So my friend you know he had used drugs in the past to build the kind of physique that he liked just because he liked
It I think he did compete a few times in 100% sure
But still like he just liked to look a certain way, which is fine. It's your life
It's your body
but he ended up getting liver cancer and for those of you who have seen
videos where I've talked about the effects of using drugs if you have any sort of genetic issue in your body such as
Cells that can be cancerous or if you have issues with your heart or anything and if you take drugs
What happens is all of that gets increased tenfold you know and so he had a really aggressive
Can't blot liver cancer that like took him completely out and he went to the hospital into radiation and he was actually
Recovering he was recovering from it and when he got out of the hospital
He was good for a while
But it's like, but then what happened is he started
Going back on the drugs again cuz he wanted to look a certain way
And I feel like as soon as he did that he kind of sealed his fate
Unfortunately, and we will never know whether he would have completely recovered and lived much longer
Happier life or if it would have come back
You know just because it's already in a system and sometimes it does come back
But you know taking the drugs definitely made his chances of it coming back a whole lot, bigger
but and then that's kind of playing into what I said before like there was a certain look that he liked to be and if
He wanted to get back there
he had to do certain things and so you start to get into this cycle of
You will never look the way you did unless you do the things that you were doing
And I feel like that's one of the biggest issues with the industry day is that we expect so much from people
We expect you know athletes to be ripped all the time to be getting bigger all the time
You know to be lifting more weight every time they post a video like it's like people expect the impossible
There's only one way to make the impossible happen you know even myself
I posted some videos like a week ago, or two weeks ago. I was leaning out for a photo
Shoot in Miami
And so I had dropped like eight or nine pounds because I was doing a lot more running
And I was trying to get as cut up as possible for the shoe
You know and as soon as the video comes out and people see me
They're like you don't look as big your chest as small your traps was like your biceps are smaller
And it's like they don't know or care that I'm cutting for a shoot but like those comments
I mean they they sting you know nobody wants to hear in this industry especially for men that you look smaller
You know even if it's not coming from a bad place
It's a mental thing. It's like it's it's a it's a trigger. Word. You know you look small
you don't look as good as you used to and then you know and it just you just have to go down this cycle of
Wanting to Impress all these people that are following you and so
This whole last couple weeks, especially with Dallas passing away as well. You know
Dallas the situation he collapsed on stage last year. You know that should have been
A wake-up call like hey, you know you collapsed on stage
We having some issues with your hat like
Let's rethink what's happening and then obviously the report came out for Dallas that he had choked on food
But I I think I was trying to find the exact information. It's not totally out there yet at the time
I'm making this video right now
But it was basically that he had some sort of like episode while he was eating and they don't know exactly what caused that episode
But you know Dallas was still getting ready to compete on stage
So he was more than likely still doing the things that he was doing when he collapsed on stage last year
so the question now becomes is would the episode that unfortunately caused his death still would have happened if he
Had taken last year as a wake-up call, and maybe made some food have some lifestyle changes
So we will never know and unfortunately
It's very very sad whether you like these people or not there are people who?
You care about them and know the dallas he had a girlfriend
Who's probably in just absolute misery right now and our hearts go out to her?
Obviously rich same thing his girlfriend is like destroyed and she's falling apart and she needs all the help and support
She can get you got mothers that are losing sons brothers that are losing brothers
you know sisters and losing brothers families that are losing loved ones and
the Fitness industry I feel nitze really start to reflect on itself and
Reflect on the direction that it's going down. I mean even arnold Schwarzenegger himself has said that the fitness industry
Especially the competing side is going down a road that
Doesn't really have the look that it should you know the fitness industry needs to start needs to stop rewarding?
Excess, you know needs to stop saying. Yes
Bigger stronger bigger stronger bigger stronger because what happens is months like this where we have people who unfortunately?
Pay the Ultimate price and are no longer with us
So what is my message to you guys out of all this one message to you?
Is that you need to sit down and think long and hard about?
What you want to do what you want to get out of fitness because as soon as you decide to go down this path
Your fate is sealed you will need to stay on that path
and if you're gaining
and if you think that gaining a hundred thousand Instagram followers is worth me possibly shortening your lifespan or
Affecting your ability to have kids or any of these other issues that could come about
You know that's a real decision that you might not be thinking about right now you might be watching this video and you could be
16 17 18 years old and you know you're just young and you think you're invincible
These are real things that you need to think about because it's going to greatly affect you and the people around you you know
Unfortunately for these these three people who passed away in the last couple weeks
and these are only the three people that I know about think about all the people that you don't know about that are having the
same issues
And that are suffering it is a it is a real thing it just happens to be that two really big names passed away within
The same week pretty much. You know so chances are that if you decide to start today?
You're jumping into a roller-coaster ride that you can't control you're just gonna have to hold on and wish for the best
and if you follow Rich or Dallas on Social Media
I mean their friends and family their loved ones their suffering right now if they've impacted your lives in any way
Helped you reach your goals got you started in Fitness
Whatever your story might be go to those pages and leave those comments because I'm telling you
Every little comment helps and it will really help the friends and family of these two guys cope with their loss
Because I'm sure that they're all suffering right now, and I just want to say one more thing as your online trainer
You know it is my job to make sure that when you guys decide to get started in Fitness
That fitness helps you live a longer healthier life
And I just want to make sure that if you guys are watching this video you do take the time to evaluate
You know what fitness means to you and make sure you're making the right?
decisions to ensure that you do live long and look great while you're doing all the things that you love so
Lots of love out to these guys
I hope the the friends and family definitely are able to to cope with this and
You know mourn their loss and be at Peace. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch this video
I'll see you guys later