Women, Men and steroids.

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Sorry , I mean *that Australian pair.

I thought I maybe recognised the woman, but I was thinking of somebody else.

Sorry for being a bit stroppy.... I think that comes from hearing so many of Alex's soliloquys about how annoying he finds it that people assume he's doing steroids.

He can literally be going to the gym one day and have random plebs come up and slag him off saying that he's not a real bodybuilder because he's not as bulky as guys on steroids..... then the next day have different people trying to claim that there's no way he can be that large with a natural vegan diet/lifestyle.

Most (if not all) of the natural vegan guys who I've mentioned campaign for more strict testing in natural bodybuilding contests, to try and catch out more of the 'fake' people.

Basically my post was in reference to the Jersey Shore brahs of the world. You know, those people. Basically the more someone nerds out about this sorta thing, the less likely they are to be juicing.

And I don't really follow bodybuilding much at all. I mostly just lift for athletic improvement.

I gotta go, I'll look for the study later, but I think in Germany, they did a study/test. They found that like .05% of athletes in competition tested positive for steroids. And it was like 2% or something of actual athletes out of comp tested positive for steroids. Then something like 10% of regular gym goers at normal gyms tested positive for steroids.

Brahs I suspect is bros or 'brothers', basically good male friends.

Ohhhhh..... I think I might know what you mean.....
Are we talking about the sort of blokes who you might see on "Guy Code" ?

I'm not from the US of A.

what the hell is guy code? On second thoughts don't answer that.

Oh wait ... were you saying that because of Guy Code being an American show ?

I'm not from America, but I caught a few episodes of Guy Code on international freeview about a week ago and thought it was totally bizarre and absolutely hilarious.

Are there really people like that in real life

Steroids are bad for just about everyone.

However all people have different bodies that have their own mechanisms and what may be unnatainable to you, whithout steroids, may just mean putting some extra effort for someone that is luckier.

This however excludes some of the stuff that is way overdone.


For example:
I was at a wedding a month ago.
My parents kept bugging me to approach someone so in order to upset them I started chatting with a female that had weight issues that affected her health(she said so just after we started talking)

Anyhow she asked me who my family was and so on so I started pointing out my sisters and my mum/ dad.
She changed the subject.
Shortly afterwards however she asked me what sports did my sister do since both of them are seen as fit by doctors...
I pointed out that they barely worked out and they do paddle (lazy people´s tennis) once a month, if they are feeling active that month.
Then I proceeded to point out I broke my hip over a year ago and have left extensive sports, limit myself to walking from one place to another, and I still have the same weight as I had at the gym(less muscle but that is another story)-

She had a hard time believing me and my sisters were just born with bodies that didnt require as much attention as hers to maintain a healthy weight

I think lady woof missed the post that talked how for some guys they can get big without extra help, but that most won't get there without it? So it kinda negates any ammount of celebs she pulls out of some forum

Just to put things into perspective:



This guy was on 500 mg/week of testosterone for 12 weeks and did a half-assed workout routine with no diet awareness whatsoever, and he probably lost his gains after the cycle ended. I'm much bigger than that and have never touched steroids (allthough my testosterone levels are naturally high).

Schwarzenegger did 500 mg/week of testosterone for six weeks when preparing for contests--supplemented with Winstrol, T3 and Deca, plus a slightly lower dosage for various movies in the 1980's (he was natural for Terminator II).

Anabolic steroids are not magic pills that will instantly give you muscle. They'll push your limits and make a good body a better body and are essential for pretty much any olympic sport as well as bodybuilding and powerlifting, but there's far more to the bodybuilder physique than just steroids.

While "common" steroids that regular people can afford aren't dangerous if you keep the cycles short and go off-cycle, the effect wears off eventually and you'll need them just to keep the gains you've made. Doubling the steroid dosage won't double your results.

Edit: Greg Valentino's arms are mainly synthol. He just gets paid to deny it by those who produce the nasty stuff.