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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Pet shop boys on October 16, 2025, 05:22:20 AM
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This is actually a great important question
Sadly, CBum couldn't answer the danm question .... he said he got injured, he fasted for 80 days etc etc bunch of BS nothing to do with HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE .
Like Bob Paris once said; that's rented muscles, you stop the sauce it all goes away ....
Anyways some 20 years ago I made a similar post here ...
I'll say 3 months or even less than that will deflate an Olympian winning physique
Take Arnold, he won his 6th Olympia on November 8th 1975 (looks like he quit steroids right there)
by first week of February 76 ' there's pictures of him skinny, long haired ... he was in actor mode, and his agent landed him some acting gigs for commercials, so he did some adds to reach mainstream audiences for burgers. cigarettes, soda etc they all wanted him to show his muscular body; however that was rapidly gone, he only flexed his bicep like 17 inches at the time! just 3 months after winning the O at the age of 28!
But that was 50 years ago ...
So, How Quickly Does An Olympia Physique Fall Apart?
WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Reminds me of Arnold in 1980. His body no longer was responding to steroids.
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Mr.kevin Levrone competed at the 2003 Olympia ..
the following year he was a tiny tit wandering at a golf Course following Hollywood producers up and down and looking just a bellow average gym rat ...
He had no problem deflating so fast because he was certain he was going to make it both as an actor and rock star
So 70 days?
WoooSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Well look at VanMulger. He had an amazing fitness/classic physique - and see what happened when off the juice, careless lifestyle, etc. Decline can happen very fast.
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I think that these are from 1976. All of his muscles disappeared super quickly!
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Arnold had just incredible sensitivity to steroids.
Without the drugs he looks like an ordinary Joe who works out a few times a week while spending most gym time looking at his phone.
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Obviously it depends. Saw a friend the other day and was shocked to find out he had come off all gear for 6 months as he looked normal for him still. He was looking to get on TRT and he had blood work he showed me at several points since he got off, test was like 100 if 300 is the lowest normal. But often if everything is stopped and lifting too and they totally let go mentally they might lose 30lbs "overnight" and look untrained within weeks. Get a bit sick or start hard partying or starve and things deteriorate faster.
Put a deflated bb back on the sauce and you can literally see him inflate by the hour. See him after 1-2 weeks and he's a different person.
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if you drop all gear , eat 2500k cals a day and dont lift you will be back to where you started in 6 months or less.
If you went back to the gym started gear you would be back to your drugged up self in 3 months regardless of diet
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Reminds me of Arnold in 1980. His body no longer was responding to steroids.
Everything reminds you of Arnold.
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Reminds me of Arnold in 1980. His body no longer was responding to steroids.
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trt was not the norm either like now,,you weither quit and suffered the loss and moved on or you cycle forever...
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i can;t google for shit but i saw pics of victor martinez shortly after release from detention years ago, and it was night and day. i think he was in around 6 months fwiw
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i can;t google for shit but i saw pics of victor martinez shortly after release from detention years ago, and it was night and day. i think he was in around 6 months fwiw
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He caught teh aids in jail.
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He looks like an Ethiopian - Mind his head didn't shrink in size like the rest of him.
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Several weeks off exogenous here, balls are big, dick plenty stiff if needed but practising retention. Muscle mass reducing but have not attempted to force feed to maintain or stay on top of weekly heavy compound lifts. Taking Tongat Ali, will stay off till December or Janurary or who knows. Feeling a bit skinny at this point but loose shoulders for boxing.
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Several weeks off exogenous here, balls are big, dick plenty stiff if needed but practising retention. Muscle mass reducing but have not attempted to force feed to maintain or stay on top of weekly heavy compound lifts. Taking Tongat Ali, will stay off till December or Janurary or who knows. Feeling a bit skinny at this point but loose shoulders for boxing.
You're still a big unit Ro. :)
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Only the guys who did not build a natural.foundation first lose all their size when they come off. It is true that your gains on gear are temporary however.
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Only the guys who did not build a natural.foundation first lose all their size when they come off. It is true that your gains on gear are temporary however.
All gains are temporary if you stop lifting.
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Only the guys who did not build a natural.foundation first lose all their size when they come off. It is true that your gains on gear are temporary however.
hahaha natural foundation my arse, no such thing
You stop using your muscles and they shrink
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I think that these are from 1976. All of his muscles disappeared super quickly!
Was he even training in these pics though? I've seen similar photos in the past and it just looks like he stopped all bodybuilding activities cold turkey...well, maybe except for anus o-ring stretching.
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I think that these are from 1976. All of his muscles disappeared super quickly!
thats exactly what happens when you stop the drugs
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All gains are temporary if you stop lifting.
Life is but Temporary a mere Blink in time.
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when people decide to stop drugs they go one of two ways
They either get fat as fuck to try and convince people they are still big
They decide that they need to downsize as quickly as possible by taking up running or hiking and try and convince themselves and everyone else that they are not shinking because they stopped the gear
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Or they don't give a flying fuck and live with less egocentric motivations.
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Or they don't give a flying fuck and live with less egocentric motivations.
yes, there is that
Im along that path myself at the moment
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when people decide to stop drugs they go one of two ways
They either get fat as fuck to try and convince people they are still big
They decide that they need to downsize as quickly as possible by taking up running or hiking and try and convince themselves and everyone else that they are not shinking because they stopped the gear
I lost 60lbs of ripped mass really quick when I gave it all up. Didn't take up running or hiking to cope, I just accepted having gone from a superhero to an aids patient physique overnight. That's the reality. I also didn't bother to narrate the process with excuses about my balls and "semen retention", lack of heavy lifting or "force feeding", nor about the "benefits" such as improved athleticism in "manly" activity such as "boxing", implying I am somehow still somehow "winning". It's better to face defeat with dignity and look it straight in the eye.
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What the fuck are you on about? Accept defeat? A thread was made about the subject, not that I am an Olympian and I just wished to share my story, if success and defeat are only equated with one's muscle mass ratio then you really are a shallow person. Sorry to hear about you're aids patient physique and asshole personality.
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Getbig often gets personal.
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yes, there is that
Im along that path myself at the moment
You are on a "path of enlightenment".
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You are on a "path of enlightenment".
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Im getting lighter muscle wise...
Another 4 months and it will be like I never lifted at all...
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Im getting lighter muscle wise...
Another 4 months and it will be like I never lifted at all...
Did you quit altogether?
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Did you quit altogether?
Been ill for a few weeks, just stopped TRT and some BP meds I was taking, not been to the gym more than 3 times in last two months.
It just doesnt interest me any more, I feel OK looking like a normal person
Maybe Im depressed again, who knows...
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They melt down hard when you cut through the bullshit.
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They melt down hard when you cut through the bullshit.
You couldn't cut your way out of a paper bag and the only thing you buff is you're boyfriends cock.
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Been ill for a few weeks, just stopped TRT and some BP meds I was taking, not been to the gym more than 3 times in last two months.
It just doesnt interest me any more, I feel OK looking like a normal person
Maybe Im depressed again, who knows...
Don't you miss it, though? The feel of the weight in your hands, the way the rubber-coated weights smell and sound, the sensation of getting a strong biceps or shoulder pump? Even the sci-fi-inspired look of those weird nautilus machines?
There are some guys who are genetically cursed and really can't gain muscle (even on the juice, lol,) but I still see them in the gym all the time, and I think I understand: It's just fun. It doesn't need to be something that seems "rewarding" to outside observers.
I think I'm gonna keep doing it for life, purely for personal enjoyment, even when I get too old to "look good," objectively speaking.
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Don't you miss it, though? The feel of the weight in your hands, the way the rubber-coated weights smell and sound, the sensation of getting a strong biceps or shoulder pump? Even the sci-fi-inspired look of those weird nautilus machines?
There are some guys who are genetically cursed and really can't gain muscle (even on the juice, lol,) but I still see them in the gym all the time, and I think I understand: It's just fun. It doesn't need to be something that seems "rewarding" to outside observers.
I think I'm gonna keep doing it for life, purely for personal enjoyment, even when I get too old to "look good," objectively speaking.
I do it for enjoyment as well.
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Been ill for a few weeks, just stopped TRT and some BP meds I was taking, not been to the gym more than 3 times in last two months.
It just doesnt interest me any more, I feel OK looking like a normal person
Maybe Im depressed again, who knows...
Right, this is how I feel. I think there is value in doing some mild exercise though so you dont get all flabby. I definitely don't "enjoy" it though.
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Don't you miss it, though? The feel of the weight in your hands, the way the rubber-coated weights smell and sound, the sensation of getting a strong biceps or shoulder pump? Even the sci-fi-inspired look of those weird nautilus machines?
There are some guys who are genetically cursed and really can't gain muscle (even on the juice, lol,) but I still see them in the gym all the time, and I think I understand: It's just fun. It doesn't need to be something that seems "rewarding" to outside observers.
I think I'm gonna keep doing it for life, purely for personal enjoyment, even when I get too old to "look good," objectively speaking.
I have never enjoyed training, I did it because I looked good when doing it.
I started weights to help with rugby and saw how my body responded pretty quickly so went with it.
Looking back I enjoyed rugby way more than weights and maybe should have stuck with it, I was a pretty good centre/winger.
Maybe I could have been a decent sprinter as well, I was always the fastest at the rugby teams I played for or against.
As i have gotten older I wanted to be in shape and defy age.
Every year your body goes worse especially past 60, these guys still competing telling themselves they are making improvements and still thinking they look as good as they did when they were 30 are deluded..
I was one of them, when I got stage ready in 2013 I thought I looked as good as my last show in 96, boy did the photos wake me up.
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I have never enjoyed training, I did it because I looked good when doing it.
I started weights to help with rugby and saw how my body responded pretty quickly so went with it.
Looking back I enjoyed rugby way more than weights and maybe should have stuck with it, I was a pretty good centre/winger.
Maybe I could have been a decent sprinter as well, I was always the fastest at the rugby teams I played for or against.
As i have gotten older I wanted to be in shape and defy age.
Every year your body goes worse especially past 60, these guys still competing telling themselves they are making improvements and still thinking they look as good as they did when they were 30 are deluded..
I was one of them, when I got stage ready in 2013 I thought I looked as good as my last show in 96, boy did the photos wake me up.
You still looked great last show photos you posted.
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You still looked great last show photos you posted.
2023 was a far cry from 2022
I dont think dieting for 15 months helped but father time had the most impact
Nerve damage resulted in me losing a third of my calf size
Last show I was a shadow of my former self, I dont know why I did it to be honest, I didnt even tan up as I normally do, I couldnt be fucking arsed.
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Every chemical physique deflates. They gain a lot more than naturals, so they lose a lot more. But does the slim down of 30 or more lbs happen after weeks, months of years: how long does the gear keep working after you stopped taking pills or injections?
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Every chemical physique deflates. They gain a lot more than naturals, so they lose a lot more. But does the slim down of 30 or more lbs happen after weeks, months of years: how long does the gear keep working after you stopped taking pills or injections?
you can lose tone and hardness after about two weeks if not less
I dont tend to lose a lot of weight more a change of body composition
I will stay at around 198lb and that was my normal contest weight but I look nothing like my contest condition and size
I dont lose that much weight because I have never abused the drugs, hardly any GH , never used insulin, normal contest stack hardly ever over a gram in total
Off season 500mgs test tops
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If you’re not giving a shit and depressed just pound all the sauce you can find and enter the Charlotte Cup or whatever show it is Hankins is doing.
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Don't you miss it, though? The feel of the weight in your hands, the way the rubber-coated weights smell and sound, the sensation of getting a strong biceps or shoulder pump? Even the sci-fi-inspired look of those weird nautilus machines?
There are some guys who are genetically cursed and really can't gain muscle (even on the juice, lol,) but I still see them in the gym all the time, and I think I understand: It's just fun. It doesn't need to be something that seems "rewarding" to outside observers.
I think I'm gonna keep doing it for life, purely for personal enjoyment, even when I get too old to "look good," objectively speaking.
:'(
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Looking back I enjoyed rugby way more than weights and maybe should have stuck with it, I was a pretty good centre/winger.
If rugby is like American Football with the CTE and joint issues, then it's probably better you didn't.
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I think that these are from 1976. All of his muscles disappeared super quickly!
He had a great frame - Arnuld was literally made for ze doping.
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If rugby is like American Football with the CTE and joint issues, then it's probably better you didn't.
CTE is absolutely bullshit junk science. Millions of American kids have been playing football for at least 50 years, if it was as prevalent as claimed there be millions of zombies and deaths. It’s like professional heavyweight boxers. Very very few ever make it to the level where this is really a worry. Meanwhile they use these phony studies to pussify and womanize society.
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CTE is absolutely bullshit junk science. Millions of American kids have been playing football for at least 50 years, if it was as prevalent as claimed there be millions of zombies and deaths. It’s like professional heavyweight boxers. Very very few ever make it to the level where this is really a worry. Meanwhile they use these phony studies to pussify and womanize society.
At the local boxing club there are many who already have speech impairments its not bullshit.
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Even naturals lose muscle mass fast, if I don’t train for a month I lose muscle fast. It does however come back rather quickly but it’s getting more and more annoying to me what it takes to preserve the strength and mass I had just a decade ago. At this point I think I’d be happier just trying to stay fit.
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At the local boxing club there are many who already have speech impairments its not bullshit.
are you sure its not an English accent? ;D
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Don't you miss it, though? The feel of the weight in your hands, the way the rubber-coated weights smell and sound, the sensation of getting a strong biceps or shoulder pump? Even the sci-fi-inspired look of those weird nautilus machines?
There are some guys who are genetically cursed and really can't gain muscle (even on the juice, lol,) but I still see them in the gym all the time, and I think I understand: It's just fun. It doesn't need to be something that seems "rewarding" to outside observers.
I think I'm gonna keep doing it for life, purely for personal enjoyment, even when I get too old to "look good," objectively speaking.
Going to the gym is still like Christmas Eve for me, especially since I can still get a pump and strength is ok. Since I've been sick a lot the past few years and had periods where I couldn't lift I have extra appreciation for actually being able to use my body. It's one thing not wanting to train but another wanting to train and not being able to. I can't train everything optimally due to injuries sometimes but like yesterday I went in and just did forearms and it was great LOL. I've always been sad I didn't have competitive bodybuilding genes since that would have been my thing. I have lots of psych issues and it's amazing what a good workout does to my mental state. Weird thing to notice maybe, but even my handwriting changes, my speech gets more relaxed and more fluent LOL.
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At the local boxing club there are many who already have speech impairments its not bullshit.
Fair enough, I was talking out of my ass about boxing, but the math doesn't work for American football which is where it's mostly being pushed for pussification in the US to get the youths not to participate in contact sports.