Steroids in Bodybuilding and Strongmen
The most well known use for steroids are anabolic steroid's ability to get crazy muscle mass with almost no fat. Bodybuilding has come a long way from when it started, and I think it's wandering on the wrong path. While steroids were always necessary to be Mr Olympia, it seems that modern day bodybuilding cares less about an appealing physique and more about how huge competitors can get.
What bothers me is people who are obviously juiced up yet claim not to be because it's illegal. I understand protecting yourself, but some famous names in the bodybuilding scene will preach about being natural when they're a text book example of an unnatural physique. Yes, I'm talking about Mike O'Hearn. You're not fooling anybody man! This guy is literally bigger than Arnold Schwarzenegger who was known to be on steroids. Bodybuilding is one of those sports where unless you're using steroids, you will never win anything at the big stages.
Strongmen is similar to bodybuilding because the athletes use steroids to get to crazy levels. However strongmen competitions are about actually lifting weight, not how good you look when you're spray tanned, dehydrated and in a speedo. Below is a picture of strongman Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson squatting a TREE. If that doesn't yell out steroids I don't know what does. Needless to say, strongmen take their name very literally. The competition seems to be dominated by Icelandic men. Do I think it's wrong that top athletes are using steroids in these two sports? Of course not. Steroids isn't magically gonna make anyone this strong. There is still insane levels of training and dedication. People act as if they could take steroids and perform like this. What these men are doing is still crazy, whether it was drug-assisted or not.
I definitely agree with the fact that steroids cannot and will never make anyone magically strong enough to, for example squat a tree. Much training is required for these types of performances and I do also believe that genetics plays a role in it. But one thing I cannot stand is when these men claim to be natural while being all juiced up on steroids. So if you do chose to compete with steroids, just admit it and join a league of other competitors that are equally as juiced as you.
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DeleteYea anybody that lifts weights can you tell the same thing. Knowing that this man was on steroids when he squatted a tree doesn't make it unimpressive, that's still about 1000 pounds. I really like your last sentence, it's so frustrating to see men with obviously not natural physiques claiming to be something they're not! If you're going to juice you should own up to it.
DeleteI agree with you Chris. There's no way these guy are not on steriods because it takes years to get results and there is no way the would way that long. I don't get how they could get that big, just think about it is crazy. I once watch someone push a truck, a plane that weights a ton and train. There's no way they are not using steriods to enchance their performance. And bodybuilding and wieght lifting is not as big as other sports so they might to anything to get known!
ReplyDeleteI always was suspicious about theses massive body builders. I always had a thought in the back of my mind that it is impossible to achieve these massive feats that these men do in the form of these incredibly heavy lifts. Did you know that the man you mentioned in your blog is now a actor on Game Of Thrones!
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