like out of nowhere . Then it trickled down to younger people , the hockey kids that I was training , the dryland athletes , the nutrition classes at the high school and hockey academy . Even the summer camps for speed , agility , and quickness . All these not even 18-year-old kids were talking about taking some kind of performance enhancing substance !. No , I ’ m not saying they were taking them . They were talking about taking them . They knew a guy , saw a guy on Facebook this or that or the other , who was and so …
So fast-forward to today , and there are teenagers all over the Internet on more gear than pro bodybuilders were taking back in the day . There ’ s young guys who have pro calibre physiques that are under 25 , pulling out of the nationals again , because they are sick , their body ’ s falling apart . If one is good , 10 is better mentality taking things that are not in their programs , that their coaches are not advising them on , that their coaches don ’ t even know about . In some cases dying . In the last five years this has gone from a small recognizable number of few to a very high number , many . In a community that doesn ’ t have a ridiculously high number of people . If you were to say , compare to NCAA and NFL and , WHL and NHL .
So clearly , I don ’ t see success in this , while there may be temporary rewards like a win or even a card . We see today the youngest person to ever turn pro .
They keep getting younger , but are they and will they be successful competitive pros ? What risk have they put their health at down the road . What kind of longevity does this create , none . So I ask each of you out there reading this , if we were just to keep things more simple . Would we not see a greater level of success ?
You may be asking yourself , well what do you consider succeeding ?, and I guess that ’ s different for many people . But maybe one thing that we can all agree on , is that succeeding overall , means achieving your goals while staying alive , and having your health . So to do what it takes to be the best , to place higher to get a hard work for and deserved win . Do it intelligently , The caveat is , take you time . Do we want just one of those wins , or do we want to have a series of those wins , and do we want those wins to go on for years and for us to look back when we are older , healthy , strong , and feel fulfilled with all of the work that we put in . Reflecting proud and living by example on all of the things that we chose to do when we were young , to get there .
Keep it simple , remove the influence that has been set into the psyches of many of us out there . Disconnect from the over complicated , from the exposure to these images , and the INFORMATION being confused with knowledge on social media . Coupled with easy access and availability of the things , that can have