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James Hollingshead Explains Why He’s Against It
If you’re a bodybuilder using PEDs, chances are you have either used insulin along with AAS, or you’re thinking about trying it. After all, that’s how the guys today got so huge, right? To get some perspective on whether insulin is something most bodybuilders should or shouldn’t be using, I spoke with Redcon1 athlete James Hollingshead, winner of the 2020 IFBB Europa Pro and British Grand Prix, a rising star known for his dense, round musculature. Here’s what he had to say on the subject.
This all started with a video you put out on your own YouTube channel recently. What was the scenario?
I don’t need to remind any of you how Covid turned the entire world upside down this year. Our industry was business as usual until the Arnold Classic weekend in early March, when all hell broke loose. Just a week later, the Arnold Classic Australia was cancelled, which would be the first of many events to be either postponed by months or not held at all. Jake Wood had just bought the Olympia from AMI and reinstated the Ms. Olympia. Promoter Dan Solomon had brought the Olympia back to the Las Vegas strip at Planet Hollywood. Hopes were high, but uncertainty was rampant. Soon the most prestigious event in our sport was moved from its traditional September date to December. The doubters were out in force all over social media. “There’s no way they are having the Olympia this year,” was a common refrain. But Wood, Solomon, and the rest of the crew were determined that the show would go on, and they forged ahead. At the eleventh hour, restrictions in the state of Nevada regar