Mark Ottobre placed last in his first bodybuilding competition 20 years ago. That loss drove him to master nutrition and training so completely that he and his team have since trained over 300 competitors who won on stage. He treats failure as a turning point, not an ending.
My first bodybuilding competition, best thing ever happened to me is I came last and it absolutely crushed me. And it was that day 20 years ago that I vowed that I would become an expert. I would pay whatever price. I would be a dedicated learner to understanding body transformation and all things nutrition, all things training, all things strength. Because I never wanted that to happen to me again. I also never wanted to happen to anyone in my care again. And I can say 20 years later, we've trained over 300 competitors who've won on the bodybuilding stage. Just reflecting like in your own personal journey in life, often there's things that happen to us that we reflect as really tragic and bad. Often they're the best things.
