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With everything that has happened over the past 10 years in the sports supplement industry, where do you see it 10 years from now?
Starting with the Ephera ban and throughout the ban on pro-hormones, the government's public crucifixion of you, the steroid witch hunts and now the possiblity of future (pending?) legislation, it seems like what a lot of us love and are passionate about has taken a helluva beating and is on the ropes. Do you think the industry can survive and possibly even thrive once again like it did in the eary - mid 2000's? I've always considered those to be the glory days of the sports supplement industry. You could walk into any supplement store and buy your favorite Ephedra based fat burner (when fat burners were still effective), the pro-hormone of your choice (1-AD was the sh.i.t) and an effective anti-e/ anti-a if you wanted. Companies were making money hand over fist because the products they were selling were effective. It seems like, anymore, when something effective is introduced to the market it isn't very long before it is yanked or an attempt to yank it is made (DMAA anyone?). I know hormonal based products are, for the most part, a thing of the past and the only way to get an ECA stack is to go to the pharmacy and build your own, but do you think the industry can rebound and be as great as it was in those days? And if so, what category or type of product do you think holds the most promise for the future of sports supplements?
With everything that has happened over the past 10 years in the sports supplement industry, where do you see it 10 years from now?
Starting with the Ephera ban and throughout the ban on pro-hormones, the government's public crucifixion of you, the steroid witch hunts and now the possiblity of future (pending?) legislation, it seems like what a lot of us love and are passionate about has taken a helluva beating and is on the ropes. Do you think the industry can survive and possibly even thrive once again like it did in the eary - mid 2000's? I've always considered those to be the glory days of the sports supplement industry. You could walk into any supplement store and buy your favorite Ephedra based fat burner (when fat burners were still effective), the pro-hormone of your choice (1-AD was the sh.i.t) and an effective anti-e/ anti-a if you wanted. Companies were making money hand over fist because the products they were selling were effective. It seems like, anymore, when something effective is introduced to the market it isn't very long before it is yanked or an attempt to yank it is made (DMAA anyone?). I know hormonal based products are, for the most part, a thing of the past and the only way to get an ECA stack is to go to the pharmacy and build your own, but do you think the industry can rebound and be as great as it was in those days? And if so, what category or type of product do you think holds the most promise for the future of sports supplements?