It had been building for years, the chemical freaks looking shittier and shittier, Classic and men's physique taking off, and the quality of gear in general just getting shittier and shittier. 99% of anabolic steroids now are from those Chinese raw powders and the shipping of this shit and international screening will eventually hurt or kill this route. For those old enough to remember, there used to be a black market in the 80's and 90's, legit pharma gear out the back door of pharmacies. Then the 90s steroid control act and it went to Europe shit and that weird "vet gear" thing out of Mexico with QV and Denkall. But still decent gear. That busted and now just shit Chnese raws, and every 22 year old "bro" brewing tren in his bathtub and selling some goofy vial from "Jacked Pharmecuticals" or whatever his little mind came up with as a legit pharma name.
Enough women's physique competitors have been ruined by Chinese shit labeled as Anavar being Dbol. Dexter is the GOAT, we had fun with the freak thing for a couple decades but no one gives a shit if Kai's coming back at 50, or if Ramy could strain his kidneys enough to get a top win.
Even Gold's is owned by Google next door and Google physique geeks want to work out.
The bloated, acne filled beasts are on their way out like dinosaurs. It's was fun. But it's over Johnny, it's over.
It's moving to TRT, and plenty of sports conscious docs are even bodybuilders themselves and will add some Oxandrolone, crank up to 200mg+ test a week and add some GH and if you can't have a mens physique or even classic on that, you really aren't a bodybuilder anyway.