Steroid Stars
ByLucas Blake
A long time ago, in the country far, far
away, a young boy decided he wanted to change
his stars for good. He decided that bodybuilding
would be his ticket to the top and starts
pumping iron. He quickly became successful,
but that was partially due to the fact that
bodybuilding was the least popular sport in
his country at the time. He continued to win
other prizes all over Europe, but realized
that he could only succeed completely if he
went to U.S. and win it there.
Upon arriving to U.S. our hero was
surprised to learn that his American Competitors
were leaner and more graceful. On his
first American Mr. Universe he came in
second and was completely disappointed.
His thoughts at the moment were: "I'm
away from home... In America, and I'm a
loser" a day later he decided: "I’m going
to pay them back; I’m going to show them
who is really the best!". He succeeded
and became a 7 time Mr. Olympia, a successful
actor, and now holds an important political
function.
The question here is how one can improve
so much over a short period of time. Most
bodybuilders know that after working out
for a long time one hits a wall where
he can’t improve any more - naturally
that is. At this point bodybuilders have
only two options; to remain as they are
or to gain more using steroids. As our
man was working really hard (5-7 times
per week, was on a constant diet...) for
8 years we can assume he has already hit
the wall at that point.
It is obvious that his first American
Mr. Universe competition has influenced
him much. As can be observed from his
statement he was strongly psychologically
affected. Furthermore one can discern,
by observing his pictures of that era
that he suddenly became bulkier. From
this we can conclude that he probably
did start using Steroids at that point.
To discern weather he was taking Deca
or some kind of Testosterone mix is not
really important for this article but
it is obvious that they were readily available
at that time.
The main problem at this point is not
the sole fact that our hero was using
steroids; the problem is that he would
not give a clear statement weather he
used them or not. When asked by a reporter
if he ever used Steroids in his competition
years he would answer: "We did a lot of
experimenting at that time". What kind
of answer is that? As Steroids weren’t
illegal at the time when he supposedly
used them he couldn’t be prosecuted even
if he admitted that. But instead of proving
that he is a bodybuilder, doing something
for bodybuilding, he deiced to rather
be a politician and behave as one - be
completely indecisive about any issue
that concerns him.
Today steroids have an extremely bad
reputation. They are equaled to hard drugs
and when ordinary people hear that word
they immediately think of "criminal!"
or "drug addict". The fact that Steroids
in general are basically products of human
body and completely different than drugs
is not really important, nor it is known.
In such times a person who owns a part
of his success to Steroids and has the
power to help improve the overall image
should do so. I don’t expect the man to
say anything like "Kids, use Steroids,
they’re god for you....". But he sure as
hell could help de-criminalize their use
and possession in small amounts.
About The Author
Lucas Blake is a junior manager of a site
http://www.eurobolic.com/.
