Whenever the term "natural bodybuilding" is thought of, those who participate in such a hobby contemplate grueling weight training workout sessions and disciplined bodybuilding diet plans, but one additional element, supplementation, is promoted as a requirement for any individual to succeed in gaining muscle to his or her natural bodybuilding potential. Since steroids are avoided by many due to their serious health risks, bodybuilding supplements become the legal and "safe" drug alternative that bodybuilders are urged to pursue.
Because very few who dabble with bodybuilding supplements have performed their weight lifting workout plans without using such products, they are unable to determine the true impact of the bodybuilding supplements they consume, and therefore, mistakenly attribute any fat loss or muscle building to these products, even when making modifications to a weight lifting or diet plan that, in fact, is the foundation for any successful muscle building or fat loss pursuit. Instead of conducting legitimate testing to note muscle growth or fat loss with specific bodybuilding supplements using the exact same weight lifting and diet routine, many feel frustrated with their muscle gain or fat loss progress, and once they return from a break with newfound weight training enthusiasm, they not only seek a new weight training workout plan and diet, but also purchase several bodybuilding supplements to use simultaneously, and if they begin to gain muscle or lose fat, they do not credit the weight training workout or diet, nor do they consider the ease of building muscle following a layoff with nearly any marginally potent routine, but rather are convinced that the bodybuilding supplements are the catalyst behind any positive change, even when this progress is short lived.
This biased analysis leads weight lifters of all ages to believe that bodybuilding supplements are a required component for excellent results, and popular bodybuilding magazines, most of whom generate the vast majority of their advertising profits from bodybuilding supplement companies, also convince the readers that they must, without question, rely on bodybuilding supplements as the weapon of choice to maximizing muscle building, especially when champion professional bodybuilders are pictured holding the latest supplement gimmick (of course, the professional bodybuilder fails to mention that his muscle building results are due to steroid abuse as opposed to supplement use!). Nevertheless, the overwhelming message sent by the bodybuilding industry that these products are the natural key to success fuels many to accept this idea as truth, and the bodybuilding supplement industry profits as a result.
But what's the truth behind the bodybuilding supplement propaganda? We have been involved in weight training for well over a decade, and through our own experimentation, along with emails received from those who are frustrated with their own muscle gains, despite using bodybuilding supplements, and have therefore devised a standard of thinking that we hope all who read this article will decide is logical enough to consider adopting for their own muscle gain or fat loss pursuits. Most bodybuilding supplements do not lead to advertised results, and you will spend large amounts of money (or may already have) proving this to be factual, but even if you were to locate a bodybuilding supplement that allowed you to gain muscle or lose fat quicker than is possible through a correctly structured weight lifting workout and bodybuilding diet, you will then potentially harm long term health. The only possible way of knowing with certainty whether an artificially induced product will potentially pose a risk to health is with an extended (several decade) controlled study as to its impact, and since no such research will ever exist on any bodybuilding supplement, you should be weary of their safety since, as we know with smoking, legality does not ensure safety, and, over long term use, there are serious concerns that bodybuilding supplements can result in cancer, organ abnormalities (due to unnatural stress on the kidneys, liver, etc), endocrine damage, and premature death.
For the many bodybuilders who wish to enhance muscle gains and fat loss, yet value the term "natural" due to its connection with preservation of health and clear rejection of any potentially risky external aids towards such progress, bodybuilding supplements that claim to grow muscle mass or burn fat quicker than is possible through weight lifting and diet alone are clearly not an option. You can either take this warning, or waste thousands of dollars each year searching for the perfect steroid substitute that offers complete health preservation, when this, in fact, is an oxymoronic fantasy that has no realistic way of being fulfilled.
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