Did you tell him you're a getbigger? We don't reduce the weight, we up the dose.
LOL, seriously I don't use. Today was delt and triceps. My delts are screaming. Tried to use really good form. Foolishly used decent weights. Having trouble raising my arm over my head right now.
I'm very anti bodybuilding drugs. It's all temporary muscles. The sad part is the drug addicts who use steroids, growth hormone, insulin, anti estrogens, LH hormones and speed think the praise they get for their body is due to their effort. They know deep down inside how they look without the assist. Suddenly their work ethic and knowledge is worthless.
Steroids also have a profound mental effect. While on you feel confident and aggressive. There is a feeling almost of joy and euphoria. When completely off many users get depressed, meek and nervous. They start craving to go back on cycle to feel "normal". It becomes a drug addict cycle of using then going off then craving again.
I've known so many users that keep a crumpled up picture of them self in their wallet to show people when the sad part is the person standing in front of you is out of shape. I train naturally. I look muscular and get that egotistical praise but could never compare to a user. That's alright. I know what looks amazing now won't look amazing in six months. One guy actually said he was off bodybuilding drug because he was in between contests. I asked him what he was on while he was "off" and he said straight testosterone, HCG Luteinizing hormone and anti estrogen/LH simulator as in Clomid. Just insanity. I think so many people involved in bodybuilding are warped and have low self esteem. So many have low confidence and low self esteem that they would risk health so they can be called a man by strangers for their drug physique.
On a different topic but maybe related. It takes extreme work ethic to achieve anything in this life. Yes, some are lucky they found a way to make money or are born with an athletic physique. The majority have to work. Yates was asked in light of his injuries if he would have done anything different. At the time he answered if he did he wouldn't be a multiple time Mr. Olympia. Maybe he feels differently now that he is retired.
I know a guy that played in the NFL in the 70's as a lineman for seven years for the Detroit Lions. He had both knees replaced. If I'm not mistaken multiple shoulder operations and a replacement. He had so many concussions that he has mental problems. In the 70's his best pay day year was 200K. He said if he was a line man now in the NFL he would be set for life with the millions he would be paid. He played pop warner football in grade school, high school, division I college and again 7 years in the NFL. He is monster sized. He looked at me at the beach and said you look in shape. He said look at me. I was a professional athlete and my body is so fucked up I have trouble doing push ups. It seems he is bitter. He never wants to talk about football. He works as an insurance car adjustment agent. He has a very modest pension from the NFL for his head injuries. I bet he won't watch the Superbowl this year. He has found peace finally getting married. He loves his dogs and writes fiction. I read one of his books and it sounds like it's a factual account of his life. On a another side note my wife grew up as a girl across the street from him. She said one day she saw him and his brother fighting. One was pounding the other with a cinder block. Why did I bring this up? Just that his passion to be the best lineman in the NFL led him to destruction. He lived a life many would envy and if he had to live his life again he said he would never have played football.