Spot on from that I've heard at least. There are so many lies and myths that it's hard to distinguish fact from fiction.
I don't think this is the best route to go though as far as aesthetics are concerned. As far as being competitive, I wouldn't argue unfortunately. Current bodybuilders are train wrecks. I think they should scale back the drugs and stop putting the petal to the metal. Build up a foundation and reach the same accomplishments in a slightly longer amount of time. They'll be a lot healthier and look a lot better.
Just about any old fella can abuse hormonas and get huge, but not many look good. Use the same amount of drugs spread over a longer period of time. Please... this "sport" is virtually dead.
i agree that some pros are using ridiculous dosages, and in the past i've heard the same rumors and myths about 20grams of gear or more a week. however, i don't think making assumptions based off hearsay and rumors of their dosages, you could accurately extrapolate that pros are all using high dosages of test and then from that coming to the conclusion that test is necessary to reach pro level size.
pros are using every single drug imaginable, not because it works but on the offchance that they may be missing out on a 0.1 pound increase in lean body mass, so they throw the entire kitchen sink of pharmaceuticals at their body in the hopes that one of those drugs will work. there's no way to extrapolate a single steroid's efficacy from this and then use pros as an example for what works because there are too many variables, not to mention no one knows the exact dosages the pros are running since i'm sure there's great variance in their steroid usage and preference (case in point, there is someone here who will turn pro, or should turn pro and uses under 2 grams a week).
secondly, neither scientific studies nor real life experience support this idea that using massive testosterone dosages is the key to creating a pro sized person, in terms of dry contest ready muscle mass. as everyone in this thread has already eluded to in a round about way, test starts to get diminishing returns around 750mg and barely produces increases in actual muscle fiber density after that point
except when using GH and insulin - because it's actually the GH and insulin that is the key to getting pro-level size.
the type of steroid someone uses is entirely irrelevant for the purposes of protein accretion, once you hit a certain milligram a week dosage of hormones you will be saturating every growth pathway possible as well as stymieing catabolic effects in the body, so from the standpoint of anabolism it is entirely irrelevant if someone uses testosterone or not. it is the GH, and insulin that create pro sized physiques, to a lesser extent SEO but that's different subject. hell, gh15 has been saying it's all GH for months now, i don't know how much more it needs to get repeated because it's entirely true.
plus, there are some people who simply respond poorly to test and can't make good gains off of it. i believe someone who already posted in this thread, flintstones i think it was or maybe lyquid, said their gains on test weren't that great and they added a lot more muscle using deca instead.