Hello and welcome back to Behind the Mic with David Cotter.
On episode 24 of Behind the Mic, my guest is Dave Hartrey. Dave is a 25-year-old online fitness coach from Waterford, Ireland.
This is an action and information-packed episode.
We talk about Daves's past, from his younger years and how he always felt slightly different due to his being mixed race, to dealing with his mother's cancer diagnosis during his leaving cert.
Fast forward some years he is making a name for himself in fitness, managing one of the biggest gyms in Ireland, starting his own business, training with his body-building idols and mentors, and venturing into a world that was so new so fast.
Being a serious bodybuilder comes with requirements, to be the best you have to do what the best do and more. This included taking steroids. Dave begins using steroids to aid his budding career as a bodybuilder, but things go downhill, badly, and fast.
After a period of being lost mentally and physically, Dave decided to share his experience not to encourage or discourage but to educate and inform people about his negative experience using steroids. His story has traveled so far that he even came up in conversation on a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience.
Disclaimer- Neither of us is a doctor and we are not in a position to give medical advice, we speak about this topic from a place of curiosity. Our conversation or discussion should not be used to help you decide whether or not to use these substances. Talk to a professional on this topic.
I hope you enjoy this episode and it certainly won't be the last time you hear Dave on Behind The Mic. We both felt afterward we could have talked for hours.
Without further ado, here we go….
