Wham! Bam! No thank you SPAM!


It’s sad to see how something like the Internet gets abused by the lowest common denominator: namely the whole sex industry thing. It’s amazing the amount of spam one receives via email promising a larger member, better orgasms, etc. Then there are the charlatans offering quick financial gain. I recently received a spam email from a fellow claiming to be in Togo who was administering a multi-million dollar estate and needed a middle man, paying you something like 2.5 million USD – do some people actually believe in this kind of stuff? I suppose it’s no different than the weight loss industry where folks fork out several dollars for what is more or less a few cups of coffee in a capsule. I guess these are all bastions of the Enterprise Culture: sex sells, get rich fast and if you have a problem then pop a pill as opposed to make the necessary changes. At least tobacco companies post on their products an admission that using their product, on average, will kill you over time. What about all these non-regulated (often nothing more than a few impotent herbs and majority fillers) “health” products?

The whole health and fitness industry is a to edged sword. On the one hand, if it gets people active, doing yoga, lifting weights, running, biking and dressing stylishly, then bully for it. The dark underbelly lies in the “lies” – of supplements that really are a waste of money and perhaps bad for you, of unrealistic gains promised by the routines in all of the popular fitness mags. Ian Harrison, former Olympian Body Building contestant and British Champion and friend of mine told me that often in mags like Flex they would have “Ian’s Arm Routine”. Truth is they would print an arm workout garnished by Ian’s photo, and that was the extent of it all.

As a former professional and International Rugby League player, I encourage you to definitely pick a fitness lifestyle. That being said, keep your expectations real – genetics are 90% of the folks that you see in the fitness magazines. Take supplements, but not so many that you rattle when you walk. I’d recommend a good multi, Omega 3-6-9 complex and ensure that you are getting lots of branch chain amino acids from your protein (I recommend a good whey protein drink – PVL makes some good ones). I’d recommend Yoga regardless of what your main thing is, and don’t forget to get lots of sleep for recovery.

Now let’s use this WWW thing for worthwhile revolution, shall we…?!