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Check out this interview... kinda scary if you ask me!
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Ercole
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It's the truth.
From my experience here in Venice, the "mecca" of bodybuilding (and the world capitol of all this madness) every word of that interview is true. The drugs, the illness, the prostitution.
I kind of respect a guy like Bruce Patterson who openly sells nude pix of himself online ... not that it's anything to be proud of, but at least he does it honestly and isn't a hypocrite like so many others.
The sport of bodybuilding is self-destructing in the pursuit of freaky mass and cuts at any price. You can't hope to place in a pro contest -- even some amateur ones these days -- without seriously risking your health or even your life.
The Greeks had it right a few thousand years ago: moderation in all things. When you look back at the top bbers of the 1970s and 1980s, sure they did plenty of gear, but not all the other stuff which is killing today's pros.
They looked so much more aesthetic and so much healthier, too. I've never seen a single photo of Dorian Yates, for example, where he didn't look sick, like someone dying of some weird disease. This kind of doping is obviously dangerous and destructive to your health. You can see it in the pictures.
Going back to a more pleasing, aesthetic physique ideal -- like Lebrada, Paris, Ray, etc. -- would be the best thing that could happen to our sport, but I don't see how it's gonna happen. The longer you've been going down the wrong road, the harder it is to turn around and go back. And we've been going down this "more drugs, more mass, more illness, mo' death" road for a long time.
The Lebrada/Paris look is actually much HARDER to acheive than the mass monster look of today. Maybe that's why so many in the sport resist it. You have to really train and eat and take care of your health right to look like that. Not to mention needing great genetics. Bigger isn't harder, in this case, it's actually easier, but a lot more destructive.
Me, I juice like all the rest of yous, but in moderation. I want to be around a few years down the line to enjoy my gains. No one's gonna be impressed by your 30" biceps if you're laid up in intensive care.
From my experience here in Venice, the "mecca" of bodybuilding (and the world capitol of all this madness) every word of that interview is true. The drugs, the illness, the prostitution.
I kind of respect a guy like Bruce Patterson who openly sells nude pix of himself online ... not that it's anything to be proud of, but at least he does it honestly and isn't a hypocrite like so many others.
The sport of bodybuilding is self-destructing in the pursuit of freaky mass and cuts at any price. You can't hope to place in a pro contest -- even some amateur ones these days -- without seriously risking your health or even your life.
The Greeks had it right a few thousand years ago: moderation in all things. When you look back at the top bbers of the 1970s and 1980s, sure they did plenty of gear, but not all the other stuff which is killing today's pros.
They looked so much more aesthetic and so much healthier, too. I've never seen a single photo of Dorian Yates, for example, where he didn't look sick, like someone dying of some weird disease. This kind of doping is obviously dangerous and destructive to your health. You can see it in the pictures.
Going back to a more pleasing, aesthetic physique ideal -- like Lebrada, Paris, Ray, etc. -- would be the best thing that could happen to our sport, but I don't see how it's gonna happen. The longer you've been going down the wrong road, the harder it is to turn around and go back. And we've been going down this "more drugs, more mass, more illness, mo' death" road for a long time.
The Lebrada/Paris look is actually much HARDER to acheive than the mass monster look of today. Maybe that's why so many in the sport resist it. You have to really train and eat and take care of your health right to look like that. Not to mention needing great genetics. Bigger isn't harder, in this case, it's actually easier, but a lot more destructive.
Me, I juice like all the rest of yous, but in moderation. I want to be around a few years down the line to enjoy my gains. No one's gonna be impressed by your 30" biceps if you're laid up in intensive care.
J2COOL2000
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crazy shit guys make me think twice
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