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Building your best body does not require stimulants
It’s a valid question, but since I’ve been exposed to the professional bodybuilding world, it also isn’t because people who take steroids are much bigger and more refined.
It’s Possible To Build “A BODY” Without Steroids
Yes, it’s 100% possible to build respectable muscle – naturally.
No, you won’t get as big or shredded as someone who takes steroids or other enhancers, but you’ll still look and feel great.
Genetics DO help but never allow that factor to limit your fitness potential. Barriers are meant to be broken.
Even though I’m quite slim, I’ve been able to build muscle through consistency and nutrition.
Genetics help, but they’re also not everything. Without working out, I would just be lean.
Why I Don’t Juice
I don’t have anything against steroids. However, I have seen many different sides of those who take them.
I’ve seen people drop like flies (i.e., die) because they were mixing their stack with other enhancers (some of them didn’t even know what they were mixing their steroids with because many other bodybuilding supplements are not regulated), I’ve seen people thrive on them, and I’ve seen people collapse on stage.
Con1 Disaster
If you have never heard of RedCon1, they are a successful supplement company and a big name in the fitness industry.
However, several RedCon athletes randomly died.
It was later found that the business owners were illegally selling anabolic steroids and other products advertised as “dietary supplements.”
So not only were professional bodybuilders taking their regular stack of steroids, but they were taking additional steroids from the RedCon1 supplements without awareness.
It’s not a regulated industry, meaning you must be vigilant about what you’re putting in your body.
Always ask yourself, “Do I really need this?”
Secondly, question how your body feels after taking supplements.
Thirdly, be extra wary of mixing supplements.
Reckless Steroid Usage
It baffles me when people who take steroids don’t get their blood work and physicals done or drink copious amounts of alcohol since steroids heavily impact the liver.
I get my blood work and physical done annually, but I still have no desire to ingest steroids.
So to answer the question, Why do I not juice?
I’m more interested in testing my body to its limits naturally.
Tribute: Notable Bodybuilders That Passed Away
2017: Robbie Ryder, 20, Dallas McCarver, 26, Rich Piana, 46, Sifiso Lungelo Thabethe, 23, Michael Bekoev, 54, Sean Harris
2018: Scott Wilson, 67
2019: Ben Harnett, Franco Columbu, 78, Ed Corney, David Dearth, 56, Daryl Stafford, 58, Mariola Sabanovic-Suarez, 43, Stacey Bentley, Paul Love, 86, Zhanna Rotar, 39, Jusup Wilkosz, 71, Pit Trenz, 53, Daniel Alexander
2020: Tiffany-Victoria Enriquez, Scott Milne, 45, Eddie McDonough, Novoa Mendez, 49, Joanna Thomas, Aleksandar Srdoc, Mirosław Daszkiewicz, Mikayla Kingman
2021: George Peterson, 37, Shaun Rhoden, 46, John Meadows, Andy Haman, 54, Luke Sandoe, 31, Odalis Santo Mena, 23
2022: Cedric McMillan, 45
Please add any other missed bodybuilders to the comment section.
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