Oprah: Armstrong admitted doping

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Now that would be crazy! I wonder how that would effect the ageing process. I understand what youre saying about the probability of greatly losing your gains, but the immediate strength and aestetic results of taking roids sounds great! If it was legal i would def consider it.

I was always against steroid use. But I had been lifting weights since I was in grade school. I had some result but very little. Most my results were in strength (for my size) and in body tone but very little muscle mass. But this was also in part from neglecting my back and legs.

At some point in the military I became open to steroid use. Kind of like an overweight person that has struggled for years with trying to lose weight. You notice all the products on the market for that and even surgeries legal to make cosmetic changes to the overweight person. But I was of a thin frame and had the opposite problem. I was what one terms a “hard gainer.”

Supposedly, those with more middle sized frames have the best of both worlds. They don’t need to worry about getting “fat” when they eat and they can can decent muscle mass at a decent rate when lifting weights and on the right diet.

I view steroids kind of like technology and technological upgrade in the workforce. Technological upgrades are supposed to improve worker productivity. This is one significant factor in the gap between the developed and developing nations of the world in worker productivity and consequently Gross National Income and per capita income.

One can work hard or one can work more efficiently. It’s one reason I have a cellular phone and I’m not adverse to using email. Though, there are probably many impoverished Brazilians living in the Amazon that have neither. They don’t complete high school or go to college either.

So, steroids is Harvard University and Napalm.

I know little to nothing about the power-lifting world. But quick lurking on some muscle forums led me to read more than once about the “Westside Method” vs some Russian method called Sheiko I think. Anyways… I go the impression Westside Barbell in Ohio is supposed to be probably the top power-lifting gym in the United States.

And guess what I found looking at their website? The guy interviewed on Bigger, Stronger, Faster. More interesting was reading his bio.

westside-barbell.com/

Nothing more American than the Green Bay Packers.

As a result of Louie’s experience and knowledge, he has published more than 300 training articles. He is also the inventor of the Reverse Hyper® machine, patented in 1993; the plyo swing and the reverse leg curl machine. He has authored 3 books and copyrights on 16 tapes. He has been a strength consultant for the Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, and numerous college football teams. He is also a strength consultant for many athletes from around the world.

Here he is talking about box squats.
youtube.com/watch?v=e9HloHClt2Q

 

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You post that as if it were a bad thing.

No, but it just goes to show that life comes with advantages and disadvantages.

I never saw anything particularly fair in people being born with certain genetic advantages or disadvantages.

I’m not one that promotes a lot of drug use–or prescription drug use as a life. Although, my mother has constantly for years tried to get me to get on anti-depressants (as in stay on them for life as a means to cope with the world). I was on them briefly as compliance to court order.

But if there were a medication that was reasonably safe and could almost guarantee it would shot my IQ and mathematics ability through the roof, then I would take it. Like being ectomorph I’ve always had a major problem with math. It was so bad as a child I had a phobia of even telling time LOL!

My youngest brother is very capable at math. Had he wanted to he could have probably used his God given ability to build a successful career in corporate business or in the science departments of U.S. universities. When he dropped out of high school I was disappointed as I always thought (literally) he was going to go to work in science and discover some cure for some disease.

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