Fuck supplements. Fuck them right in their silly asses.
Imagine that your body is a car, whatever your glorious mind can conjure up (mine is Speed Racer’s Mach 5).
You know the body, wheels, breaks, engine, pedals, doors, windows, ignition, and anything else required for a car to actually run and not suck? In your body, this is represented by your diet and training.
Want to know the role that supplements play in this car? They’re solid gold pair of balls hanging from the license plate – nice to have but unnecessary, costly and ultimately pretty damn useless.
Supplements are meant to do just that – supplement a solid diet and training program. If you don’t have that base established, no supplement in the world can help you.
Returning to the car example, no matter how many pairs of solid gold balls you have, if you don’t have the actual car to attach them to, now you just look like a silly person carrying around a bunch of solid gold balls for no reason.
At the end of the day ALWAYS look at your diet and training. I’ve trained hundreds of clients and from my own experience with them and myself, 99.99999999% of supplements don’t do a thing but give you a false sense of confidence and progress, taking your money and making your bank account cry tears of agony.

Your bank on supplements
2) Caffeine (because with more energy you’ll train harder, but look at your sleep levels first).
3) A quality protein powder IF you need to boost your protein intake/for convenience, but whole foods trump all powder.
4) Sex. Lots of it. Preferably with someone you really love and care about.*
*don’t pay for this supplement – it defeats the purpose.
That’s it. No fat burners, sprays, wraps, herbal mixes, anything with some fancy name or really awesome charts and graphs on its packaging.
Now if you’re tempted to go spend your hard earned money on supplements that promote building muscle and losing fat at any point within the next 5-75 years, please just deposit that money into my bank account instead, because I will go buy a delicious steak, bite the shit out of it, and praise your name as I absorb its glorious flesh into my body.
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I feel so honored to be the inspiration for this post.
A good diet, solid training, and unsolicited sex win out every time. Awesome article Rog!
Edward, how? Rog spot on as always mate. I don’t think their was a need for profanity mate, but that’s just me. Your smarter than that.
Hey Rog,
I am on the same page with you here. I’ve been a trainer for 17 years and rarely will recommend a supplement. I believe people need to get the basics down first before ever considering trying to shortcut things with a supplement. Most of them are garbage and nothing more than a way for shady marketers to make money..
Keep up the good fight!
I agree that most people take way too many supplements. All I am taking right now is creatine and protein, and like you said, the protein is only to help me reach my protein intake for the day if I struggle to make it. But I MUCH prefer getting all my protein from food instead of a powder. I also don’t think caffeine is essential, but can be useful if you need that extra energy for an intense workout.