Martin Fitzwater‘s climb up the Men’s Open ladder has turned him into one of the division’s most talked-about names. In a recent YouTube video on Nov. 16, 2025, he broke down the performance-enhancing drugs he used throughout his latest bodybuilding season.
After debuting in fourth place at the 2024 Mr. Olympia, Fitzwater was on everyone’s radar. While he missed his peak and took third place at the 2025 Pittsburgh Pro, he corrected those mistakes in his next outing. When he made his way back to Vegas for the Olympia, “The Martian” proved his first performance wasn’t a fluke and secured fifth place.
After the event, Fitzwater immediately set his sights on an Olympia qualification. As the defending champ, he took out Samson Dauda at the Prague Pro. He presented his hardest and most conditioned physique to date. Having bested a former Mr. Olympia champion, Fitzwater is making plans for another huge year in the sport.
Martin Fitzwater Discusses the Peptides and Steroids That Helped Him Win the 2025 Prague Pro
In the video, Fitzwater opened up about the PEDs he stuck with throughout the season. He admitted that peptides BPC 157 and TB 500 were crucial, laying the foundation for him to train intensely without worrying about his compromised shoulder.
“I will say something too that’s been a huge factor over the last year in this shoulder, at least. I’ve been doing injectable TB and BPC, and it’s made a huge difference.
This shoulder was absolutely trashed from college track. I SLAP tore the labrum doing a snatch, and it went completely behind me, about fucking body slammed me to the ground. It tore this shoulder to shit. I’ve always had issues. That’s part of why I have that front lat spread mobility issue is because of the shoulder.”
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He explained that they helped his mobility, allowing him to get in position for important lifts throughout prep.
“The BPC and stuff has made a drastic difference, and that’s what’s helped with my mobility, being able to get into positions without pain, because I’ve been able to do that now with the BPC and the TB.”
Though he’s found some success with Winstrol, he avoided it this year because it wreaked havoc on his digestive system.
“Early on, in some preps, I had some experience with that. If I would take it above 25 milligrams of Winstrol, I was instantly having issues like that [digestion].
Even to the point where I would poop, you could almost smell the Winstrol/chemical smell because my body, I’m going to be honest, if anything ever comes back on my blood work, it’s my liver. That’s it,” he said. “That’s kind of a reason we abused the glutamine, if you will.”
He used Parabolan instead of Trenbolone, which he credited for having ‘minimal side effects.’
“I actually used Parabolan this prep instead of Tren. So I did that and mas,” he shared. “I think it’s honestly the best I’ve ever felt on a Tren molecule. It was just minimal side effects, but also I always feel a little bit on edge with Tren or a little bit of anxiety, and I felt like that was kind of eliminated with the Tren hex or Parabolan.”
“I kept that in, did mas P, as well, and we kept Anavar and Winstrol in and Proviron.”
Fitzwater warned about the unpredictable nature of supplementation, highlighting that it’s a ‘give and take.’
“It’s definitely a give and take. There’s definitely no rhyme or reason for why sometimes being all the way hardcore works and why sometimes being hardcore, your body fights you tooth and nail but you just, I mean it truly is that every day you wake up and your body tells you what you’re going to do, you just gotta match its attitude.”
Fitzwater isn’t the only elite bodybuilder to break down steroid use. Rich Gaspari, the very first Arnold Classic winner (1989), also gave his opinion on PEDs. Unlike in his era, he cautioned that many steroids today are fake and created in underground labs.
Fitzwater believes this PED approach guided him to gold at the 2025 Prague Pro. However, he doesn’t underestimate the importance of regular blood checks to ensure his health.
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