Feels like….BULLSHIT! Biotest’s newest product…

First of all, I have no axe to grind with Biotest. I stopped writing for them when I left to design products for Protein Factory. They were going to run another article I’d written at the time that I left, but I gave it to MesoRx for free instead of taking the money from Biotest. I have nothing against them….but I think I need to weigh in on their new product, not only because I’ve been asked to,  but because I think it’s important to understand certain things about what’s really going on over there – plus, for $125/bottle, I think you should consider certain things before spending your hard earned cash. I’d like to draw an analogy to their past business practices, and some other pertinent information, specifically regarding their previous topical prohormones. Especially since they themselves have already alluded to the same thing…the ad copy for their new product begins:

Something Wicked This Way Comes . . . Again
by Tim Patterson

First there was Androsol.
Then there was Nandrosol.
     And now, there’s 11-T . . .

Let’s go back a few years: This article and this article were written by Nelson Montana.

 

If you click on those links,you’ll see that the credit for the article goes to “Garrison Kane” and not Nelson – yet, if you have Nelson’s book, The Bodybuilding Truth, you’ll see that it’s reprinted near the end. This is because when T-Nation was first founded, they wanted to trick their marks members into believing they were a much  bigger company with a big staff of writers. They really had about three guys writing under several different names from week to week, to create the illusion of a big writing staff and that they were a major player – when they weren’t. Thus, T-Nation was engaged in the business of tricking their members from day one.

Also, you’ll note that in the T-Nation article I linked to above, the following statement is made:

“The infamous statement “I feel like I’m on Deca!” was penned by EAS mogul Bill Phillips in an effort to describe the effects of HMB. It’s become somewhat of a “catch phrase” to describe all claims concerning ineffective supplements. If it were possible to pinpoint a moment when Muscle Media 2000 went from being the forerunner of bodybuilding’s future to a shameless scam, far worse than the Weiders or the Hoffmans ever concocted, it would be when Phillips allowed that statement to go to print. “

 

So basically, we have T-Nation slamming Bill Phillips for saying “feels like Deca” to describe a supplement. Fast forward a few years, and T-Nation/Biotest comes out with their first transdermal product. And what do they say about it? Here’s what they said (and Bill Roberts taking credit for it):

“Feels like Sustanon”was a strong statement to make for Androsol. It was my idea to describe it that way, and I stand behind it.”

But then Bill tells us:

“Tim Patterson personally thought it felt more like trenbolone acetate, but in my book I really thought itwould have been more accurate to say “Feels like Dianabol,”

Feels like bullshit to me. Why was T-Nation critical of Bill Phillips saying “Feels like Deca” when they make similar claims of their own nutritional products? Better yet, how can Bill Roberts even be writing for T-Nation and designing supplements for them when he has (in the past) said:

4/20/99
Bill Roberts wrote on MFW (misc.fitness.weights):  ”Fuck TC and his outfit of lying clowns!”

3/25/99
Bill Roberts: The outfit is
just so blatantly dedicated to “advertorials”
for their own products, it is truly disgusting”.

3/28/99
Bill Roberts:     If TC has a degree in microbiology, it is to the
undying shame of the degree-granting
institution.  This may have been a cereal company — it seems a distinct possibility.  Wonder how many box-tops
he needed?”

3/20/99
Bill Roberts:  ”Testosterone.net is not dedicated to
providing steroid information.  It is
dedicated to hawking its own line of supplements. (Just in case you had
not noticed the patently-obvious)”.

3/24/99
Bill Roberts:  ”I certainly don’t regret my decision
to inform them that I would never write for them, at any rate of pay.
Ever!”.

Now, you as a consumer have a decision to make about whether to make a purchase of a Bill Roberts designed topical supplement from Biotest or not, at a rate of $125/bottle. Granted, I’ve said very little about the actual supplement here, and mostly focused on the business and ethical practices of the company itself. But shouldn’t that factor in too? 

I wonder what their newest product feels like? Deca? Tren? Dbol? Sustanon? Or just more bullshit.

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