Why did Alex Rodriguez look like shit despite all the roids?

[The True Adonis]

Did he not even lift? 

[DanielPaul]

Did he not even lift? 

good question, I have know idea

[ESFitness]

another clueless question regarding steroid use.

you think all you need to do is take 'roids' and you grow muscles?

fucking ignorant clown.

do you have any clue what 'roids' do? maybe you should talk less and read more.

[240 is Back]

nutrient timing.  He missed his 10 minute anabolic window following workouts.

[XFACTOR]

Did he not even lift?  

Are you serious? Very stupid question dude. A quarter of a billion dollars is why he didn't  walk around looking like jay cutler

[el numero uno]

Are you serious? Very stupid question dude. A quarter of a billion dollars is why he didn't  walk around looking like jay cutler

Who cares about money when you don't have overdeveloped quads? 

[The Scott]

More concerned about the circumference of his wallet than his arm?  That would be my guess.
 

[doison]

Focused on home runs instead of thigh sweep.  I've seen it a hundred times

[The True Adonis]

Are you serious? Very stupid question dude. A quarter of a billion dollars is why he didn't  walk around looking like jay cutler

Really?  With the little amount of muscle he had, he could have done it naturally with just 2-3 days a week in the gym. 

[XFACTOR]

Really?  With the little amount of muscle he had, he could have done it naturally with just 2-3 days a week in the gym. 

You do not understand sports so it's not fair for you to comment. There is more to it than making big muscles

[lilhawk1]

Really?  With the little amount of muscle he had, he could have done it naturally with just 2-3 days a week in the gym. 

Wow, you really think he trains for size?  Steroids increase power and strength obviously, which in turn improves things such as arm strength, bat speed, etc.  The things that are important in baseball.

[DanielPaul]

It's funny how 100,000 dollar's would make me far happier than 25,000,000 would make him.  He's a green eyed monster who has sculpted his own demise through greed.

[The True Adonis]

another clueless question regarding steroid use.

you think all you need to do is take 'roids' and you grow muscles?

fucking ignorant clown.

do you have any clue what 'roids' do? maybe you should talk less and read more.

Taking Steroids has been proven to be more effective than training in a lot of instances.  Here is one of many studies that showed steroids and no training yielded better results than training an no steroids.

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16649835
http://www.ergo-log.com/trainingnosteroids.html

[The True Adonis]

Wow, you really think he trains for size?  Steroids increase power and strength obviously, which in turn improves things such as arm strength, bat speed, etc.  The things that are important in baseball.

Could have easily done it naturally.

[The True Adonis]

You do not understand sports so it's not fair for you to comment. There is more to it than making big muscles

Who said anything about big muscles?  I said he could have achieved all of the results he had naturally.  Problem is, he is a lazy fuck.

[Earl1972]

he's not cut out for the sport of bodybuilding

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[The True Adonis]

another clueless question regarding steroid use.

you think all you need to do is take 'roids' and you grow muscles?

fucking ignorant clown.

do you have any clue what 'roids' do? maybe you should talk less and read more.

Here is another one you mountebank.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199607043350101

The Study

This 10 week study took a group of 43 men of normal body weight between the ages of 19 and 40 who all had some degree of weight training experience. These men were then split up into 4 different groups:

    Group 1 did NOT do any form of exercise, and did NOT receive any form of steroids or drugs. (Natural guys doing no weight training.)
    Group 2 did NOT do any form of exercise, but they received weekly injections of 600 mg of testosterone enanthate. (Drug users doing no weight training.)
    Group 3 DID exercise, but they did NOT receive any form of steroids or drugs. (Natural guys doing weight training.)
    Group 4 DID exercise, and they also received weekly injections of 600 mg of testosterone enanthate. (Drug users doing weight training.)

All of their diets (calorie intake, protein intake, nutrient intake, etc.) were standardized according to each person’s body weight, recorded, verified and adjusted when needed. The 2 groups who WERE weight training (groups 3 and 4) followed the same supervised workouts each week.

Meaning, with the exception of the fact that some groups were or were not weight training, and some were or were not using drugs… everything else (diet and training) was equal and even.
The Results

So… guess what happened?

    Group 1 (no exercise, natural) experienced no significant changes. No surprise there.
    Group 2 (no exercise, drug use) was able to build about 7 pounds of muscle. That’s not a typo. The group receiving testosterone injections and NOT working out at all gained 7 pounds of muscle.
   Group 3 (exercise, natural) was able to build about 4 pounds of muscle.
    Group 4 (exercise, drug use) was able to build about 13 pounds of muscle.

So What Does This Study Show Us?

Well, for starters, if you are natural and not doing any form of weight training, your muscle building results will suck. But we all knew that already.

Second, the muscle building effects of steroids are pretty F-ing significant. Despite using identical workout routines and diets, the guys who were also receiving testosterone injections gained over 3 TIMES as much muscle as the natural guys in the same period of time. The average difference was 13lbs gained to just 4lbs gained.

And third… here’s the most insane part of all. The group getting the testosterone injections and NOT doing any form of weight training whatsoever still gained significantly more muscle than the natural guys who WERE weight training. The difference was 7lbs gained to 4lbs gained.

Let me repeat that again just in case it didn’t sink in. Guys using drugs and doing NOTHING built more muscle than the natural guys who were weight training 3 times per week. How crazy is that?

I know my article about how much muscle you can gain mentions steroid/drug use as one of the main factors that influence a person’s rate and limit of muscle growth, but did you think the effects would be THIS significant? No? Well… surprise! They are.

[XFACTOR]

Who said anything about big muscles?  I said he could have achieved all of the results he had naturally.  Problem is, he is a lazy fuck.

Dude you do not even know how to quantify "results" in this instance because you have ever played a sport.

[TrueGrit]

He could have done a regional show but instead chased the bucks.

[XFACTOR]

Here is another one you mountebank.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199607043350101

The Study

This 10 week study took a group of 43 men of normal body weight between the ages of 19 and 40 who all had some degree of weight training experience. These men were then split up into 4 different groups:

    Group 1 did NOT do any form of exercise, and did NOT receive any form of steroids or drugs. (Natural guys doing no weight training.)
    Group 2 did NOT do any form of exercise, but they received weekly injections of 600 mg of testosterone enanthate. (Drug users doing no weight training.)
    Group 3 DID exercise, but they did NOT receive any form of steroids or drugs. (Natural guys doing weight training.)
    Group 4 DID exercise, and they also received weekly injections of 600 mg of testosterone enanthate. (Drug users doing weight training.)

All of their diets (calorie intake, protein intake, nutrient intake, etc.) were standardized according to each person’s body weight, recorded, verified and adjusted when needed. The 2 groups who WERE weight training (groups 3 and 4) followed the same supervised workouts each week.

Meaning, with the exception of the fact that some groups were or were not weight training, and some were or were not using drugs… everything else (diet and training) was equal and even.
The Results

So… guess what happened?

    Group 1 (no exercise, natural) experienced no significant changes. No surprise there.
    Group 2 (no exercise, drug use) was able to build about 7 pounds of muscle. That’s not a typo. The group receiving testosterone injections and NOT working out at all gained 7 pounds of muscle.
   Group 3 (exercise, natural) was able to build about 4 pounds of muscle.
    Group 4 (exercise, drug use) was able to build about 13 pounds of muscle.

So What Does This Study Show Us?

Well, for starters, if you are natural and not doing any form of weight training, your muscle building results will suck. But we all knew that already.

Second, the muscle building effects of steroids are pretty F-ing significant. Despite using identical workout routines and diets, the guys who were also receiving testosterone injections gained over 3 TIMES as much muscle as the natural guys in the same period of time. The average difference was 13lbs gained to just 4lbs gained.

And third… here’s the most insane part of all. The group getting the testosterone injections and NOT doing any form of weight training whatsoever still gained significantly more muscle than the natural guys who WERE weight training. The difference was 7lbs gained to 4lbs gained.

Let me repeat that again just in case it didn’t sink in. Guys using drugs and doing NOTHING built more muscle than the natural guys who were weight training 3 times per week. How crazy is that?

I know my article about how much muscle you can gain mentions steroid/drug use as one of the main factors that influence a person’s rate and limit of muscle growth, but did you think the effects would be THIS significant? No? Well… surprise! They are.

You are terrible to argue with in that you do not have real knowledge only google.

[NYSTATEOFMIND]

maybe he needs more  drugs because he really looks like shit..i meam really

[XFACTOR]

He could have done a regional show but instead chased the bucks.

Lol

[tom joad]

I don't understand why Arod chose to go to battle with a bat and Yankees pinstripes rather than going to battle armed only with a thong and fake tan?

[jude2]

Do all the tennis players who juice look like they train?

[galeniko]

Really?  With the little amount of muscle he had, he could have done it naturally with just 2-3 days a week in the gym. 

he used the stuff for faster recovery first and foremost.

and strenght, explosiveness.you get stronger on the gear, kinda like out of nowhere.

and it increases endurance, if cardio is done.

the fatleniko pic was on gear too,technicaly, it was 1 week after first shot