dad, do you take steroids?

[Mayday]

hes about to turn 17 this month.. hes in the gym for football.. but knows all about these online bodybuilding douche bags on tik toc.

if you are a jacked Dad taking loads of gear and your 17yr old asks it’s because he is already talking/reading about steroids and looks at you vs online information. If you lie, he will know so give him some respect.

I would get him to ask you the questions because a) you will get an idea of his own knowledge level and where he gets his info/influence from, plus how into the idea he and his friends are and b) it prevents you over informing and possibly being a negative influence yourself.

[Zillotch]

i dont think he personally would ever use them

hes in the gym for football..

he's probably already on.. don't b surprised.

[SOMEPARTS]

hes about to turn 17 this month.. hes in the gym for football.. but knows all about these online bodybuilding douche bags on tik toc.

Haha, you think you'd have believed that horse shit when you were 17? He asked because he already knew.

Hell, my small town high school football team and powerlifters were on cycle in the late 80s. He's probably looking for sources.

[Walter Sobchak]

its obvious im not natural but ive never admitted it anyone who wasnt on or has been themselves.. worked for lou ferrigno right lmao? as far as my family goes, its a non issue.. ive been jacked for 20 some years.. ieve always been big to them...they all know i hit the gym, how i eat, been to arnolds, and just general health talk. even if the few times the subject the came up over the years nobody had ever asked straight up until now lol.. as for others i dont care what they think if im on or not.

Are you a professional athlete or competitive bodybuilder or something?

Reading your post, it seems to imply that you have been on drugs for 20 years for no other reason than to appear jacked? If you’re going to discuss potential health issues from steroids with him you may come across as hypocritical.

[Marvin Martian]

Just keep lying your ass of...It's an integral part of being a steroid addict...

You are a sad little old man aren’t you? Why do you care? Jealousy is a something only women should feel

[Coach is Back!]

My son(s)for all intents and purposes grew up in the gym. The questions didn’t start coming up until my youngest was about 10 in 2007 when i competed. I was honest with him but didn’t go into any great detail but it was never a pressing issue him. After that he knew. When he was 16 we got deeper into because he was playing football. He always been a strong, athletic and well built kid but I discouraged it because he was just too young and because of his mother’s side of having a predisposition to cancer.

My youngest is 26, my oldest (36) who is my step son who I’ve helped raise since he was 6, is basically my son. They both train. My youngest has never used (to the best of my knowledge) and my oldest has done a few cycles but nothing really to speak of. They both come to me for advice before when it comes to it.

[The Scott]

Just keep lying your ass of...It's an integral part of being a steroid addict...

Old Gold's was about the steroids, albeit within reason and for primarily for contests and then people thought that "physique athlete's" (Bill Pearl's term) should have multiple professional and amateur contests throughout the calendar year all over the world.   So people stayed on the juice longer and longer.  And now it is a 4H farm animal debacle.

Go read my words on this subject elsewhere in this thread.   I think they make sense rather than make me out as senseless.    If you are going to be rude my friend, choose your opponents wisely.   The man you heckle is for all intents and purposes as good a man as any here, including yourself.   And a good father.  We have no reason to think or believe otherwise.  Save your ire for those deserving of it. 

To paraphrase someone far smarter than I, "Let he who is without a win, cast the first lie".   That would be a bhanky thing to do, now wouldn't it?

[Van_Bilderass]

As you've Run away from the Bodybuiding is a joke Thread
I'll post my same answer to you again.

I'm now in to my 60's & use testosterone - what is it with folk
like you who are so pent up angry about steroids & there usage.

He often says go get off for 6 months or years and see how good you really are. This is such a stupid argument. Why would someone in his 60s who is feeling good get off? To prove a point? And what would it prove? That steroids help a lot? So what, we all hope they contribute a lot, the more the better.

Then he cautions even someone who is 70 or 75 thst their use will kill them prematurely. What a joke this guy is.

And then his claim that all black market steroids are just watered down test, based on nothing at all. Or that they are sold out of the trunk of a car. You have no clue about the business if you don't know 99.9% of the sales are made through the internet. Absolutely no clue.

[Bevo]

I’m lucky I don’t get asked that question, one look at my swimmers physique, there’s nothing steroids about it

[ElPolloSalmonello]

don't lie to your kids.

it's fine not to answer stuff if they are still young - and to tell them that this is stuff they can ask about when they are older.

[Hulkotron]

"Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?"

"No, but I served in a company of heroes."

I often feel similarly about posting on getbig.

[Marvin Martian]

I’m lucky I don’t get asked that question, one look at my swimmers physique, there’s nothing steroids about it

Makes sense that you’d frequent a place called GetBig?

[BayGBM]

Haha, you think you'd have believed that horse shit when you were 17? He asked because he already knew.

Hell, my small town high school football team and powerlifters were on cycle in the late 80s. He's probably looking for sources.

x2.  Parents can be clueless.  No wonder their kids mock them so.

There was a scene in Bigger Faster Stronger where Smelly tells the kids he was natural and to avoid drugs and steroids… in the next scene he admits he was lying to the kids.

[IroNat]

"Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?"

"No, but I served in a company of heroes."

I often feel similarly about posting on getbig.

That's beautiful, man.

[tatoo]

update:

after a talk with the kid, im 100% percent certain that hes not interested in anabolics in any way right now.. as for me, i came clean.. i explained to him(somewhat) about my use.. stayed pretty vague tho... didnt seem like he cared at all lol.. told him i didnt mean to bullshit him and i just never want him to use them...he told me i had nothing to worry about. i gave him a hug and that was that... 5 minutes later he says to me..." dont they shrink your dick?". i cracked up and told him, well youre standing here arent ya? it still big enough to get the job done kid... good laugh hahahaha.

[BayGBM]

update:

after a talk with the kid, im 100% percent certain that hes not interested in anabolics in any way right now.. as for me, i came clean.. i explained to him(somewhat) about my use.. stayed pretty vague tho... didnt seem like he cared at all lol.. told him i didnt mean to bullshit him and i just never want him to use them...he told me i had nothing to worry about. i gave him a hug and that was that... 5 minutes later he says to me..." dont they shrink your dick?". i cracked up and told him, well youre standing here arent ya? it still big enough to get the job done kid... good laugh hahahaha.

Congratulations.  You now have zero credibility with your son and you remain hopelessly naïve.  If your son is in the gym for football and he is asking about steroids… do I even have to finish that sentence?  I suppose this falls into the category of delusional parents… like the mom defending her son as a “a good boy” even though he just shot up the school and murdered dozens of innocents.

[Dave D]

Congratulations.  You now have zero credibility with your son and you remain hopelessly naïve.  If your son is in the gym for football and he is asking about steroids… do I even have to finish that sentence?  I suppose this falls into the category of delusional parents… like the mom defending her son as a “a good boy” even though he just shot up the school and murdered dozens of innocents.

 

Great comparison. Can you share the advice you offered to your children when they asked you a similar question?

[BEEFCAKE]

show this picture to your kid and say "this is the kind of beast steroids will turn you into, be careful!"

[Never1AShow]

My son is 16 and he knows I spent a great deal of time drumming into him the importance of being truthful growing up so when he asked I was honest about it

Dr Drew, an addiction specialist, says not to be honest in this one issue, parental drug use. It gives the kids license to use drugs.

[Dave D]

Dr Drew, an addiction specialist, says not to be honest in this one issue, parental drug use. It gives the kids license to use drugs.

All of Getbig just gave the opposite advice!

We assumed the steroid use is not an addiction though.

[Never1AShow]

don't lie to your kids.

it's fine not to answer stuff if they are still young - and to tell them that this is stuff they can ask about when they are older.

I think this is the way to go don’t lie, but just don’t really answer the question and put off

[_bruce_]

Soon your son will do nothing but upright rows - good boy.

[mops]

Great comparison. Can you share the advice you offered to your children when they asked you a similar question?

this ^^^

Freak

18 is an arbitrary number and common in the West, but in some countries young women are most desirable from 15-25.

Even in BB publications we have seen references to (male) barely legal teen freaks as if to titillate the appetite of those who find especially young male bodies attractive. 

[Rambone]

[Hulkotron]

All of Getbig just gave the opposite advice!

We assumed the steroid use is not an addiction though.

I think this is the key issue right here.