Author Topic: Modern bodybuilders-willing experimental lab rats or courageous pioneers?  (Read 820 times)

The ChemistV2

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Having followed bodybuilding for over 20 years and watching what it has evolved into, I'm starting to view it as the ultimate chemical science project . Amazing that people, not really knowing or caring what the long term effects of combining massive doses of Growth Hormone, Steroids, Insulin, thyroid drugs,etc, are willing to use themselves as experimental test subjects. If some of the jaws and foreheads continue to grow, they will truly resemble Cro-Magnon men. (Being a film maker, it would be cool to do a sci-fi movie of a guy who transforms into a GH/steroid mutant! Maybe use Kovacs as the lead.)  Taking some d-bol and Primo in Arnold's day was understandable, but today's guys are venturing into uncharted territories. Should they be admired for their courage to risk everything for a title, or are they to be pitied for their stupidity. At least with ball players and pro athletes, they're making millions of dollars. Only a handful of bodybuilders make any real money. What do you think?

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You have to realise that it is not something  they neccessary want to do, if a bodybuilder today took the drug amounts of yesteryear (70's and 80's) he wouldn't stand a chance to compete at the highest level.

Andreas Munzer is a good example, he knew the risks involved with his courageous and dangerous lifestyle but he ended up dead. IMO he's not just a bodybuilder who took a step too far but also a symbol of what it took sometimes to succeed.

The ChemistV2

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You have to realise that it is not something  they neccessary want to do, if a bodybuilder today took the drug amounts of yesteryear (70's and 80's) he wouldn't stand a chance to compete at the highest level.

Andreas Munzer is a good example, he knew the risks involved with his courageous and dangerous lifestyle but he ended up dead. IMO he's not just a bodybuilder who took a step too far but also a symbol of what it took sometimes to succeed.
I'm still waiting for Vince Goodrum to achieve the "Munzer Like" conditioning he promised a while back, and if he dies in the process I will honor him like a fallen Spartan.

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To be fair, people in the 60's and 70's didn't know the long-term effects...
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to risk so much for so little.  only a few are called.
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