A rant about steroids.
These days, as several professional athletes have pointed out, anybody with a remarkable physique is always accused of taking steroids. Even athletes who have consistantly proven clean in drug tests are still labeled as steroid users; critics always believe that they have somehow "cheated" the test. A popular subject of ancient Grecian artwork is the muscular male body. In order to create these sculptures, artists must have had people to model for them. I don’t know a lot about the history of steroids, but I’m fairly certain that ancient Grecians did not know about steroids or intermuscular injections. In fact, they did not have multivitamins, protein shakes, creatine monohydrate, argenine supplements or test boosters, either. Yet if the men who modeled for these sculptures thousands of years ago were alive today, they would be constantly accused of "being on the juice". Thats just one more reason why I would never use steroids: Just to prove the critics wrong. You dont need steroids to look good.
December 11, 2007 at 12:17 am
unfortunately the sport world is full of drug takers from athletics to cycling [ the tour de france is virtually killing itself by its drug exposure ] even down to the world of horseracing [ the japanese horse in the arc tested positive for steroids - legal in japan illegal in europe ].what we lack is a uniformity in what is permissible and from my opinion; that should be that none are permissible. whereever big money or the chances of getting famous lurk - people will cheat to get there ; that unfortunately is human nature! did not aussie tv once say that joe bugner the boxer was so desperate to get on tv at anytime that he was the only person they knew who would willingly have his balls cut off for tv exposure. i agree with you and the only consolation we can take is we did it the natural way and didn’t shorten our lifes in the process. one last thing - don’t under estimate the greeks or romans they were advanced. more i think then most realize.
December 11, 2007 at 12:49 am
December 11, 2007 at 6:08 am
Well, the ancient men you speak of weren’t HUGE like some of the guys today being accused of taking steroids. They were of smaller frame, athletic, and very very lean. This was mostly because of their diet and their exercise routine. They didn’t lift a lot of heavy weights (another reason some guys today get so huge), but they did a lot of field work and sports, mostly running.
They didn’t need multivitamins because their diet had everything in it they needed. Another difference, though, between us and them is that we consume a lot more protein than they did. Their diet was heavily based on carbohydrates.
Now, about the roids. A lot of guys take every kind of supplement they can that’s legal to get huge and lean, and call it natural. In the bodybuilding world, they can get away with that claim. But if we travel back through time, the ancients would laugh at us and tell us we’re on drugs. So it’s all about your perspective.
If you really want to athletic-looking through a natural approach, then look at your diet, forget the supps, and start running.