Confessions of a gear-bitch

[CosmicOsmo]

Some of these things just sound so strange...obviously imbellished for the sake of shock value.

For instance, he claims to go through four 2.4lbs tubs of protein powder a week, totalling 158lbs and $1,280 over 4 months.

First of all, if he's going through so much protein why is he buying it in tiny 2.4lbs tubs? Why not 5 or 10lbs tubs? That's like doing SOHP with 135, but loading up the bar with 9 5lbs plates on each side instead of one 45...why do things in the least efficient way possible, except to make the numbers look more impressive?

Secondly, going by the nutrition info on my trusty ON whey label, that 10lbs of protein powder a week he's supposedly downing would equate to over 500 grams of protein PER DAY just from protein powder! That's not including the six cans of tuna a day he supposedly eats, which would be an extra 195 grams of protein if he's getting standard size cans. That's like 700 grams just in tuna and protein powder...he'd probably be taking in 800 total if all his numbers were accurate.

He says he was aiming for 1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight, but his numbers come out closer to 4 grams of protein per pound...yeah, something doesn't add up here.

 

[Donut62]

Whatever man. You feel free to think they are okay and take the easy pussy way out or support others that do it. I'll continue to train like a man with nothing but some whey protein, a multi, and some food. To each his own i suppose.

No, I don't use steroids, and compete in a tested federation. You've been brainwashed like everyone else with government propaganda. The truth is always somewhere in the middle. Yes, steroids have side effects. Yes, steroids have dozens of benefits on athletic performance and even general health when used properly. I refuse to believe that there is some great daddy in Washington DC that can tell people what they should and shouldn't put into their bodies when properly informed about the consequences. I find it interesting that we have tolerance, and no barriers, for those who wish to go to a doctor and inject themselves with female sex hormones to grow tits and get a sex change, but if that same person wanted to get male sex hormones from the doctor he would laugh in his face. As for being the pussy way out, I've never seen a test molecule lift a weight. They allow you to train harder, not easier. Just look at the stupid schmuck in this article. Whole lot of good steroids did him training like a pussy.

 

[Raw Sinew]

You're the kind of person I'd like to have around if I ever decided to start a cult.

Bahaha!

 

[Justin_A]

superman ... lol

he looks like jason macdonald on the right

 

[flak]

I find it interesting that we have tolerance, and no barriers, for those who wish to go to a doctor and inject themselves with female sex hormones to grow tits and get a sex change, but if that same person wanted to get male sex hormones from the doctor he would laugh in his face.

"Doc, I feel like I'm a, a -- a big, strong guy trapped inside a small, weak guy's body!"

 

[Crono7]

When steroids were banned by congress

didnt the FDA, and some other health organizations object?

 

[Donut62]

When steroids were banned by congress

didnt the FDA, and some other health organizations object?

Yes, prior to 1991 they classified as prescription only drugs, meaning the FDA and doctors got to control their use. In 1991, they were classified as Schedule III drugs making them the equivalent of coke or heroin and very sharply curtailing their beneifical use in the medical field.

 

[Chaos Mitten**]

When steroids were banned by congress

didnt the FDA, and some other health organizations object?

The FDA, the DEA, the American Medical Association, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse all recommended against the changes made by the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 1990.

 

[Crono7]

The FDA, the DEA, the American Medical Association, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse all recommended against the changes made by the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 1990.

Gee i wonder why?

In moderation, arent the side effects minimal?

 

[Deleted member 130905]

Yes, prior to 1991 they classified as prescription only drugs, meaning the FDA and doctors got to control their use. In 1991, they were classified as Schedule III drugs making them the equivalent of coke or heroin and very sharply curtailing their beneifical use in the medical field.

Wasn't it when American sprinters at the Olympics got beat by foreign sprinters (I forget the country) and it was later found out that those foreign sprinters were on steroids, so steroids got banned here? That was on Real Sports if I remember correctly, any body recall seeing it or can verify this?

 

[Keith Wassung]

yes, in normal dosages the side effects are minimal, however in the performance arena, there is virtually no such thing as "normal dosages" I have never taken drugs, but I have been around a LOT of guys and gals that do and every single one of them was using-not just a little more than normal or reccommended, but many, many times that and that is one of the inherent problems is that none of the athletes will ever stay in the safe usage zone

 

[Chaos Mitten**]

Wasn't it when American sprinters at the Olympics got beat by foreign sprinters (I forget the country) and it was later found out that those foreign sprinters were on steroids, so steroids got banned here? That was on Real Sports if I remember correctly, any body recall seeing it or can verify this?

Many people cite Ben Johnson's failed drug test at the 1988 Olympics where he smashed the world record in the 100m dash as the catalyst that started the chain reaction which led to the Steroid Control Act.

 

[Deleted member 130905]

Many people cite Ben Johnson's failed drug test at the 1988 Olympics where he smashed the world record as the catalyst that started the chain reaction which led to the Steroid Control Act.

Yea I think that's what it was. As I was typing it I knew it sounded wrong.

 

[Donut62]

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Everyone go see this movie when it comes out in theaters or on DVD.

 

[enright3060]

I refuse to believe that there is some great daddy in Washington DC that can tell people what they should and shouldn't put into their bodies when properly informed about the consequences. I find it interesting that we have tolerance, and no barriers, for those who wish to go to a doctor and inject themselves with female sex hormones to grow tits and get a sex change, but if that same person wanted to get male sex hormones from the doctor he would laugh in his face. As for being the pussy way out, I've never seen a test molecule lift a weight. They allow you to train harder, not easier. Just look at the stupid schmuck in this article. Whole lot of good steroids did him training like a pussy.

I know what is best for Donut. It is lots and lots of crossfit. Go now....

 

[ghostwipe]

You feel free to think they are okay and take the easy pussy way out or support others that do it. I'll continue to train like a man

Dont be a tool.

 

[Ian Coe]

Sounds pretty over the top. How could he lose 13 pounds in one night? where the hell did the weight go, sweating and heat lose? Does not really look that great in the after picture regardless. Oh well even if its all bullshit at least it advocates against steriods.

it turned to muscle and even though the change from fat to muscle was near completion, the sum of the parts was greater then the whole

like atomic physics


duh

 

[Ian Coe]

Whatever man. You feel free to think they are okay and take the easy pussy way out or support others that do it. I'll continue to train like a man with nothing but some whey protein, a multi, and some food. To each his own i suppose.

I don't use steroids or anything that would effect my hormonal levels


But that statement of 'train like a man' makes me want to kick you in the cunt. I don't know why, it just does.

 

[Reza Nasri]

The story is an exaggerated joke. It will appeal to those morons who pedal fictionalities about bodybuilding.

Personally I have never touched anything stronger than creatine in my life and have done cardio daily. Ive made very good stregth gains and by my gym standards am considered very strong for my size.

Yet all around me i see people taking steroids and cheating, yet its funny how the writer doesnt mention in his memoirs the most obviousl side effect........acne scarring on the back.

and the stories of eating 20 cans of tuna is a sick joke.

 

[Sconse]

Yea im not all that impressed with his "record breaking" lifts and before and after photos. I'm a lean 180lbs and my lifts are alot better than his juiced lifts...

god, I'm something like 135lbs? 60kg and my lifts are better than his, chins with a 35 plate? come on man, you don't need juice for that, I was doing them with a 77lb plate, and getting ALL the possible side affects? Man he must have been REAAALY unlucky...