A Day in the Life of Erik Fankhouser

I like Erik Fankhouser and the image that he and his sponsors have created for him so I clicked away when a video was posted on Muscular Development showing all us wannabes a day in his less than glamorous life.  No California beaches or Cadillac Escalades for Erik, nope he's a blue collar kind of guy living with his family in hip and happening Wheeling, West Virginia.  The video has the now mandatory sequences of Erik mixing his supplements, packing his supplements and plugging his sponsors but I forgive the guy for having to play the game and pay the bills.  Erik doesn't have a trust fund and isn't a player so when you see him working his shift you like the guy.  When he talks about eating in his car because he's like a dog with a bone you like the guy.  When you see him at the park with his kid, again you like the guy.  Just a normal working guy, except he's got water buffalo calves.  

So I'm thinking he's a great role model for the youngins until the video claims he lives on 5 hours or so of sleep .  I call bullshit and bang you just blew the role model of the year award.  No way is anyone going to make gains with out a good night's sleep, every night. Sure sell the powders and pills and t-shirts and all the other stuff, ignore all the pharmacological assistance you're getting, no harm in all that BUT don't go and make it sound like the guy is some super human who can spend the same amount of time sleeping as he does working out -- in the video we see Erik do 3 cardio session, a workout and a posing session...maybe not 5 hours worth but close!  I know Animal Pak's thing is that it is for hardcore working guys but any kid out there who sees this video and then thinks that they can make progress on that kind of rest is being set up for failure.