Written by PJ Braun
21 March 2022

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Limitless Bodybuilding, to be continued …

By Pj Braun

 

I will not make this a final column; that is depressing because I know in my heart that I will be back with so much more to say. So much advice to pass on to you and so much love inside me to keep you all going at whatever level it may be and guide you with the best intentions.

           

For those of you who are following along with blood work, this was going to be a multiple-part series and get further and further into detail because I feel it is such an important subject that affects everyone of all levels. However, because of things from my past I will have to discontinue writing for an unknown period of time. Now, you can choose to believe whatever you like that’s on the Internet because Lord knows there’s all sorts of information out there. I’m going to keep this positive and do a bit of a review as well as the wants to come in my life for the future.

 

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When the opportunity to write for MD was presented to me I was ecstatic! The name of my column came to me pretty fast. I already had the idea in my head and knew exactly what I wanted to write about and Mr. Blechman loved it. I was so happy and proud that he liked my idea but I even brought on a part-time editor to take all my verbal spillage, which was often well over my word limit and help me condense it into something I could be proud of. As it went along covering subjects that no one had covered before, I felt so proud to be a part of this great magazine and be reaching out to new readers and fans with the pride of knowing I was doing something good for the world.

           

Back in the early days of my company, the supplement industry was much like the Wild West – it was fun and intense and if you had the right marketing and a smart idea, you could make money pretty fast. However, it was extremely cutthroat and many companies started and failed in their first year whereas I continued to grow from a one-man operation to a 10-man team in my first two years. I wanted to put out strong products that I would use myself, not bullshit that was just fillers, garbage and minuscule amounts of working product. To me, putting out a product that I wouldn’t take myself was like selling my soul to the devil.

           

Ten years ago, prohormones were exploding and there was so much to learn about the strong muscle-building supplements. Many hardcore lifters showed an interest in these products because they were legal and easier to purchase and trusted them more than most of the illegal black-market steroids. Two years in business, and I had the best prohormone money could buy, and a pre-workout named Angel Dust that was gaining momentum as the best product since Jacked by USP Labs. In late December 2014, a new law was passed called the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014. This new law banned 25 substances and left a lot of companies out of business. I had to get rid of many of my products but still was able to keep Angel Dust and another strong prohormone. It was very important to me to follow the rules because the last thing I wanted to do was get in any trouble.

           

So let’s fast-forward to today and what’s going on. My company was raided back in 2017 and it has been a constant struggle since then. Again, I will reiterate that I have always stood by the quality of my products and I never imagined I would be in a position that I find myself in, which brings me to the point of this article. Because of the mistakes I made as a young man based around just not doing enough research, rushing to be first to market and be better than every other company. My very lengthy indictment came to a fast halt with some unexpected plea deals that lead to mine. I can sit and say the lesson here is to be very careful with whom you associate with in life, but many of us have to learn through trial and error. By the time you read this article I will have been in front of the judge and given my sentencing, and because of that I will not have access to what is necessary for an unknown amount of time to do any writing for MD. I would like to add that Steve Blechman is such an awesome guy that he told me if I was allowed to write from prison he would love to keep my article going, and I told him that was so special to me and I wanted to turn it into a journal-like column.

 

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A lot is still unknown about the time as well as the details of my sentence, but like I said, it will all be public by the time you read this. I accept whatever punishment I receive and I plan on using this experience as another level of the growth I have gone through to be the best man I can be, and I’m very confident that I will be back better and stronger, and wiser than ever before.

           

My company will be run by my father and my business partner, Jared Wheat, who have been not just awesome partners but true best friends loyal as fuck, and you can’t ask for a better mentor in this supplement business than Jared wheat. As of 2017 when Jared got involved, all of our manufacturing has gone through his business and 100 percent of our products are not only strong and outstanding as far as results but also completely legal. Blackstone Labs will continue to thrive with four new products coming out this year and a very strong team of about 20 employees who have been with me through thick and thin and share the same passion as I do.

           

And in closing, I want to thank everyone at MD because literally everyone I came in contact with was an absolute pleasure to work with. You will still see our ads in the magazines; you just won’t see my column for a while but as I said, Blackstone Labs isn’t going anywhere. I’m going to be back better than ever and I plan on writing for you all sooner than later. To all the people who enjoy this column, thank you for your time and I hope you processed as much of it as you could and utilized it to help in any way possible. Although this is very hard for me to write, I remain strong and proud and will be back so this is not goodbye – it’s just see you later or to be continued, but I will close it out with my favorite signature quote: “This is Pj Braun, President of Blackstone Labs, and I love you all, peace out, bye!”

 

 

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