Steroid

 

A lot if people look around a gym or even as they walk around town, and see giants and think..."how did they get so big?" Their next thought moves quite rapidly to "steroids!"

Most definitely the big Mr Olympias at the moment have used or continue to use steroids for growth and other barbaric practices to maintain a beastly body. But there are also those who have worked hard and eaten right and trained hard to get a great, drug free body. 

 

So how can you spot the fakers (don’t get me wrong a lot of hard work goes into the training even with steroids, but even more goes into getting a naturally big and muscular physique)? Well, short of asking them, or getting them to show the shrinkage in their balls, there are some obvious signs. One obvious one is odd proportioning, what I mean by this is that the person might have one muscle area bigger than the other. If a person trains excessively on that one muscle they love so much, the steroids use will increase the hypertrophy dramatically in that area. This can lead to giant biceps but smaller shoulders, or massive lats but small chest. It looks odd. Another sign is the acne. Extra testosterone causes puberty woes all over again, mix this with, excessive sweat from training and BAM acne, backne, I’ve even seen a chap with backneckne. Prolonged use can cause early male pattern balding, so most opt for the shaved head look. Another sign is in the chest, some people get Bitch tits, this is where the nipples turn down and breast tissue development occurs, it looks pretty messed up. Other signs for those close to the person will also include ADHD like edginess, always needing to be doing something. Rage spurts and energy spurts, and odd behaviour in their demeanour.

 

I’m pretty sure that I had a fellow gym goer raise concern quite discreetly that I might be on the roids. Big lol, wouldn’t take it unless it was doctor prescribed to recover from an injury or major medical issue. Besides a few pre-workouts and supplements I remain and will remain all natural baby! Reaching for the genetic potential.

 

What if you think, I need a helping hand to get the physique that you dream of?

 

Well I would put it to you that you might want to consider all of the effects that this drug can have on your body BEFORE you decide to break free of your genetics. Here is a rather comprehensive list if what using and abusing the drug can do;

For men.... 
- infertility 
- breast development 
- shrinking of the testicles 
- male-pattern baldness 
- Enlarged prostate

For women.... 
- enlargement of the clitoris 
- excessive growth of body hair 
- male-pattern baldness 
- masculinization 
- breast reduction in females

Musculoskeletal system..... 
- short stature (if taken by adolescents) 
- tendon rupture 
- aching joints 
- swelling of feet and ankles

Cardiovascular system.... 
- high blood pressure 
- heart attacks 
- enlargement of the heart's left ventricle

Liver... 
- cancer 
- peliosis hepatis 
- tumors

Skin..... 
- severe acne and cysts 
- oily scalp 
- jaundice (skin and the white part of the eyes become yellow and in severe cases, brown.) Click on the first link of my ''know your sources?'' for more details. 
- fluid retention

Infection (if unaware of exactly where the product was produced and/or sharing needles).... 
- HIV/AIDS 
- hepatitis

Psychiatric effects.... 
- rage, aggression 
- mania 
- delusions 
- post-use depression

Other effects... 
- nosebleeds 
- incresed sex drive 
- reduced libido

So my advice?

Eat right for your goals, train right for your goals and benefit from reaching your goals. Don’t set a goal to look like the next Mr Olympia unless you are prepared to start killing yourself from the inside out.