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Probably an unpopular opinion around here but I think he's right to try to convince potential gear users to not use. Obviously I'm here because I love jacked women, even a lot of the ones who go far enough that they can pass for men... But I feel guilty for being into it because I know it's incredibly unhealthy. Impossible to know the numbers, but I'd bet that a lot of young people are convinced by influencers like Kolton, doucette, etc to not go down that unhealthy road
I think his content is fine. He can go after low-hanging fruit a bit, which is what most of the talking-head channels do, but in the few videos I've seen, I've agreed far more than disagreed. I don't think the average user here will appreciate his "don't do steroids" stance, but from a health and longevity standpoint, he is correct on it. So, overall, I think his content is fine. I don't go out of my way to consume it, but I'll watch a video or two when it comes across the recommended page.
I watched a few of his videos and for the most part they're fun to watch because he sometimes goes into the biochemistry behind the process. But he tends to focus on more extreme cases where virilization is clearly evident. I remember he had one video about a Brazilian fbb that suffered from male-pattern baldness, she had a visible bald patch on the back of her head.
Of course, as others have pointed out, his advice about not taking PEDs sort of undermines the theme of this website as many of the girls on here wouldn't be nearly as muscular without them. There are plenty of cases of women who looked incredibly jacked when they were on gear only to look completely ordinary when they went off it.
Also, a lot of women know how to hide the virilizing effects pretty well. I recall one video of a woman named Tabitha Something (btw if someone knows who I'm talking about, please link her video in your reply), and in that video she talks about how she has to shave her arms and upper lip. But if you, or at least someone who is unfamiliar with bodybuilding or how anabolic steroids work, were to look at her you would never guess she was doing that. Some FBBs also purposely speak in a higher pitch because their real voice is much deeper.
I think its ironic a man with a neck/forehead tattoo is lecturing young people about the long term consequences of short term decisions 🤔
It's an important topic to talk about most of his videos are about men overdosering on steroids sometimes women too. but i mostly hate the comment section when he talks about women .being full of sexists who over analyse it and make everything political and want to go back to the stone age . even if the video was more reasonable. and some videos are about things that seem less important than others.
I think he is similar to Goob in that on the surface he is putting out "informative" content, but in reality he comes off as someone who goes for the lowest hanging fruit of sensationalist content to get clicks, and I also get the impression that while he features both men and women who are on PEDs, he takes a clearly different approach when talking about the women as compared to the men, and that also reflects on the comments section as well.
To start, whenever he talks about women who use PEDs, he constantly emphasizes "if you are a woman you should NOT be taking X compounds" or whatever. As a bodybuilder himself who also used PEDs, he is most likely knowledgeable enough to realize that some women HAVE to take the compounds that he advocates against in order to achieve their goals in terms of size, definition and to find success in the categories that they compete in. It's true that some compounds are riskier than others, and that they can be even harsher if you take them and you're a woman and that you should take an honest and hard look if you are considering taking those compounds, but to say flat out "if you are a woman, don't take these" comes across as dismissive towards the women who use those to achieve the goals that they WANT to achieve. And I acknowledge this is speculation from my part, but I also think that an absolute statement like that stems from those bigger and more muscular women not fitting his ideal image of what a fit woman should look like (he constantly emphasizes things like "femininity", and not their goals or motivations), or maybe even what he finds attractive.
While I am sure one of his defenders will respond by saying "he calls out the truth about PED use!" Yes, he does, and I'm not saying that he doesn't, but it feels like that is more of a front when in reality he is just another engagement bait YouTuber. Another example is when he does what I call "contentsquatting" in that he takes content from another creator and uses it as his own when there is little extra to add. Hannah Hussein has been putting out excellent and brutally honest videos about the impact of PED use in her career without the sensationalism and clickbait common in influencers. There really needed nothing to be added to those videos, but Kolton decided to take one of her videos as fodder for a new video and used a clickbait caption like "her coach lied and turned her into a science experiment!" Same where he made a video about how Kristina Parks uses her massive physique as an OF/Fetish creator, and the tone felt very mocking towards her, and to an extent, the dudes (and women) who are into that kind of look. The comments section in particular were flat out awful, and it's clear that Kolton's videos attract a certain audience when he features women that I am sure he is well-aware of.
And of course, there is the irony of him condemning PED use (and when you think about it, virilized women) while promoting HRT and peptide products that can be delivered (it goes without saying that if you are considering HRT, talk to an actual doctor and exercise caution if you want to look at services advertised by some random influencer.)
To sum up, while he makes videos about both men and women, the content he produces that feature women look like they are made with a different audience in mind, and that audience is comprised of dudes who dislike muscular women at best, and at worst, like saying downright rude shit about them. Unfortunately, that can be a large audience.
I think he is similar to Goob in that on the surface he is putting out "informative" content, but in reality he comes off as someone who goes for the lowest hanging fruit of sensationalist content to get clicks, and I also get the impression that while he features both men and women who are on PEDs, he takes a clearly different approach when talking about the women as compared to the men, and that also reflects on the comments section as well.
To start, whenever he talks about women who use PEDs, he constantly emphasizes "if you are a woman you should NOT be taking X compounds" or whatever. As a bodybuilder himself who also used PEDs, he is most likely knowledgeable enough to realize that some women HAVE to take the compounds that he advocates against in order to achieve their goals in terms of size, definition and to find success in the categories that they compete in. It's true that some compounds are riskier than others, and that they can be even harsher if you take them and you're a woman and that you should take an honest and hard look if you are considering taking those compounds, but to say flat out "if you are a woman, don't take these" comes across as dismissive towards the women who use those to achieve the goals that they WANT to achieve. And I acknowledge this is speculation from my part, but I also think that an absolute statement like that stems from those bigger and more muscular women not fitting his ideal image of what a fit woman should look like (he constantly emphasizes things like "femininity", and not their goals or motivations), or maybe even what he finds attractive.
While I am sure one of his defenders will respond by saying "he calls out the truth about PED use!" Yes, he does, and I'm not saying that he doesn't, but it feels like that is more of a front when in reality he is just another engagement bait YouTuber. Another example is when he does what I call "contentsquatting" in that he takes content from another creator and uses it as his own when there is little extra to add. Hannah Hussein has been putting out excellent and brutally honest videos about the impact of PED use in her career without the sensationalism and clickbait common in influencers. There really needed nothing to be added to those videos, but Kolton decided to take one of her videos as fodder for a new video and used a clickbait caption like "her coach lied and turned her into a science experiment!" Same where he made a video about how Kristina Parks uses her massive physique as an OF/Fetish creator, and the tone felt very mocking towards her, and to an extent, the dudes (and women) who are into that kind of look. The comments section in particular were flat out awful, and it's clear that Kolton's videos attract a certain audience when he features women that I am sure he is well-aware of.
And of course, there is the irony of him condemning PED use (and when you think about it, virilized women) while promoting HRT and peptide products that can be delivered (it goes without saying that if you are considering HRT, talk to an actual doctor and exercise caution if you want to look at services advertised by some random influencer.)
To sum up, while he makes videos about both men and women, the content he produces that feature women look like they are made with a different audience in mind, and that audience is comprised of dudes who dislike muscular women at best, and at worst, like saying downright rude shit about them. Unfortunately, that can be a large audience.
Couldn't read all that, but like that guy above said, sounds like a bunch of (boring) incel content.
What do you guys think about Coach Kolton's FBB-related videos?