Bodybuilder with genius IQ moves to LA, aims to beat rival using science over steroids. Faces gym culture, juicers. Targeted by sports nutrition company. Pursues "Mr. West Coast" title to validate ideas.
The story of a bodybuilder who longs to be respected for his mind. Mike Zorillo, a small town Ohio champion bodybuilder with a genius IQ, journeys to the Mecca of bodybuilding, Los Angeles, determined to beat his nemesis, Jake Steel, with natural science instead of steroids. Far from home, he's confronted by a gym culture of freaks, juicers and Hollywood wannabes. As he pursues his dream, he's also persecuted by the world's largest sports nutrition company, an entity that's hell-bent on destroying him. Against all odds, the honest and driven bodybuilder resolves to win the prestigious "Mr. West Coast" competition as a way to prove himself and his ideas to the world.—Jodi Baum, Samuel Turcotte, Mark O'Bryan