I love AJ Ouellette. Especially after the 2023 East Final when he spoke to the fans with great appreciation.
But whenever I see a physical transformation, I’m always suspicious that there’s some performance enhancing chemical involved. I know AJ lost weight and steroids generally put on weight. But when this article then mentions the advice he has been getting from Andrew Harris, my mind just went to a bad place with AJ.
What do you think? Is he on the juice?
I hope my instincts are wrong here.
I had the same thought. Hard not to think he’s on something. Those types of radical body transformations are extremely hard to achieve, even for pro athletes.
But that’s just my speculation.
The article states the process he took to achieve his results, and he gets very specific about his regiment.
I doubt that Ouellete would be that stupid to jeopardize his career by going on the juice. Eventually a random drug test would expose him.
Even more unlikely that Harris would recommend steroids to Ouellette. Harris knows full well how much trouble and shame he faced when he himself got caught.
Let’s give A.J. the benefit of the doubt unless it is proven otherwise.
Being in ketosis and daily fasting along with his level of training, I’m surprised he didnt lose more weight. His before pictures he clearly had 10 pounds or more above what a reasonably lean athlete would carry. Not saying he hasn’t used drugs just saying he didn’t need them to achieve what the article is about.
I’m suspicions of any running back who has played with Harris. And now that he is also coaching, he can spread his knowledge.
Doesnt everybody love a good ol’ fashion zero evidence based witch hunt?
I’ll dust off my pitchfork
That’s why we have the internet
If he did roids he would gain muscle weight, not lose weight. Not sure how anyone could assume he was doing them.
Ya…he probably hurts puppies and kittens too. Toss him out of the CFL.
“everyone cheats”
the classic response to the cheating Harris.
Nobody’s witch-hunting anybody. We’re just talking, speculating. I am not trying to throw Ouellette under the bus, but his sudden, radical transformation inevitably makes me wonder. It’s not an unreasonable subject for speculation.
For Ouellette’s sake, I hope his transformation is clean.
It’s the league’s job to worry about things like this. Not self-appointed PED “experts”. Get a grip on reality.
That’s a pretty bold statement.
There are plenty who are sharp and make solid decisions.
Not really. They are paid for their bodies, not their minds. It’s not an insult. They have trained their whole lives to focus on sports. That focus hasn’t left a lot of time for critical thinking.
While yes they train for a given sport, some manage to do both.
My guess is that all the Cdn O-linemen are on PEDs, if the CFL cracked down and tested them, teams wouldn’t meet the ratio.
These guys have to bulk up to stay above 300 pounds
It’s only radical because the article called it that. In reality, it’s basic nutrition and training. He was overweight. When you’re overweight and make a distinct change it’s easy to drop quite a few pounds that quickly, especially when you’re still in your thirties.
Don’t eat carbs, fast, keep your protein up and train like an athlete and this is the result. Really nothing radical about it. Sudden and effective, if he can maintain the discipline and stay off the donuts and pizza.
That is completely inaccurate and very judgemental. Training your body is very good for the mind. Sounds like a comment an acedemic who can’t squat their own body weight would make.
I haven’t posted here for several months…for a reason! Just popped onto the site…and nothing has changed. Herein, we often read about ratios, and wanting to see the best players, etc. Then, when a guy makes an effort to make himself the best that he can be, what happens? The long knives come out. The vindictive, back-stabbing, slanderous, unfounded accusation come out, as so many are looking for a bus to throw AJ under…just because he isn’t on your team. Sad…why speculate? Why tarnish someone’s reputation without a scintilla of proof? Why automatically go to the dark side? I wonder if any of the backstabbers have ever been wrongfully accused, and have had to defend themselves, perhaps with little success. Why not celebrate somone’s achievements first, instead of looking for ways to discredit them? Time to look in the mirror, and do some serious introspection! DISGUSTED!!!
maybe cause the feeling is everyone cheats.
(which isn’t the case, but shows the level of apathy among some fans)