So I've gotten back into my old mindset of wanting to grow my muscles as fast as possible. I've invested a good chunk of my first paycheck on some new supplements, including multivitamins, testosterone enhancers, estrogen suppressors, and these pseudo-steroid-like pills that are going illegal in a few months. So far they are working very well, I feel I've grown a bit already despite having lost weight.
On the gut side of things, I've dropped about 8 pounds now, but I'm no where near trim. I know that I'm never going to be the low-body-fat gym rat I used to be again, and I'm glad for that. I want to have a big, intimidating powerbuilder-look (such as this morphed fellow). I've started a new exercise routine just for that, especially after reading this article on bodybuilding.com. The guy sure knows how to appeal to guys like me with writing like this:
"SO, what is my advice? If you want to get huge and add muscle - so much that people think you're hardcore juicing - GET FAT! It's all going to come off in the on-season anyhow, so who cares? The time for being lean is then, and this is now - winter. This is the time when people wear baggy clothing and plenty of sweaters. Besides, its not like anyone is going to remark about how fat you are - they will be too scared to comment because of your size. Yes - OH YES - you will instill fear in the hearts of men everywhere!"He suggests to essentially eat like a gainer. Eat a ton, and not just tuna and sweet potatoes and all that, but fattening, complex-carb, sugary junk food too. That's advice I think all gainers could follow.
what is the steriode suppliment you are using?/ should i take diet pills?
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fat guy wants to be built
Hi! My name is Steven (leosteve819 on AIM), I have been in the gaining community for about 4 years. Im currently about 228 lbs. I read your blog updates regularly. I am a fan! You really provide inspiration for me. I'm on a slightly different track than you right now, I am trying to gain weight. 260 is my goal for right now but I eventually dream of 300. After reading your update today I had this idea. What would happen if you took testosterone enhancers and estrogen suppressors but did NOT work out or eat healthy? Would I gain more weight easily. Would it do anything? How would I change as a person...would I become more masculine? Let me know what you think, or if you have any better suggestions.
ReplyDeleteBulking up your muscles is going to be good, but bear in mine it'll be harder to put on fat afterwards - unless you eat like an entire herd of pigs! I think you should be working on expanding your stomach's capacity though, as well as building muscle.
ReplyDeleteYou look a bit less big but more solid / defined. A good look for you. I think your strategy is working. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteGain fat. It will help you gain muscle because of the energy and your muscles need that energy to grow. Please gain. If you don't and realise you want to gain it will be a lot harder to gain it back.
ReplyDeletecan I just say you look soo hot no matter what weight you are, and to me the glasses are a plus ;).
ReplyDeleteI support you, whatever decision you choose, for the choice is indeed yours.
ReplyDelete"Follow your bliss, and the universe will open doors for you, where before there were only walls"
YIKES! Dude, do NOT go the route of hormone-altering supplements. Steroids, HGH, "Pseudo-steroids", anything like that will be detrimental to your health in the years to come.
ReplyDeleteIf it doesn't turn your testicles into cancerous tumors, it will enlarge your heart: the hardest working and most often healed/repaired muscle in the human body, making it more likely to become enlarged.
Even if you say "I'll just get big enough and quit in a couple years", and you start atrophying all over your body from the drop, your heart WILL NEVER ATROPHY because it's always working.
Oh, and what can an enlarged heart do? IT. CAN. KILL. YOU.
There are a myriad of problems associated with an enlarged heart. Look up "Concentric Ventricular Hypertrophy" just for a glimpse into what can happen.
Just to reiterate, stop taking those "pseudo-steroids" now. Throw away what you've already opened and return what you haven't.
I'm a personal trainer and have gotten alot of information from dieticians, nutritionists, and physicians and can say this comfortably: You shouldn't take anything special to build muscle, nothing more than protein supplements (and even then, take them sparingly! like maybe 1 scoop in milk after you get done pumping iron. High protein can do severe kidney damage over time.)
Unless a physician PRESCRIBES you something because you are injured or something is off-balance biologically, stay away from it. Physicians stake their reputations and livelihood and years of education on their advice. (And I'm not talking physicians endorsing a diet pill or something because all they're doing is being paid to say the product can do what it says (which is often times true) but not mention the costs later!)
These "supplement" companies that are able to slither around the FDA and, because they don't have to answer to the FDA, you have nothing to console you when you find out the horrible truth because it's a "buyer beware" thing with these companies, especially if you didn't see a physician first because most of these companies are required by law to say you "should" ask a physician, but they know you probably won't.
But to save you a long winded read if you just scrolled all the way down to the end of the page:
DO NOT TAKE HORMONAL SUPPLEMENTS WITHOUT PHYSICIAN CLEARANCE!
Nothing worth having is easy, nothing easy comes cheap, and you will not always escape the consequences if you cheat to get something.
Dude, i used to respect your thoughtful updates, but you lost me on this one. I can't add anything to what Dru said, but it's all bad news. Anything like that is just dangerous to your health, and if you look at the other responses you've already got, you'll find you're encouraging some confused people to do something potentially harmful to them. Why do you want to change your body so much?? You look great right now. Just be comfortable in your own skin dude.
ReplyDeleteYou should keep taking pictures with your glasses on. You you better with them. keep up the good work. Also I just want to know what does your family and friends think about your gain? Do you have any gainer friends?
ReplyDeleteWow some of you guys are fucking retarded, those pills aren't even steroids or anything close to steroids, the whole "pseudo steroids" thing was just a light hearted joke. People who are actually harmed by steroid abuse take LARGE doses of ACTUAL steroids, not small doses of some pill sold on bodybuilding.com. Lets get real here, do you honestly think a big name site like bodybuilding.com is going to sell something that will KILL you? You're a goddamn moron without a shred of common sense in your head.
ReplyDeleteTry to use reason next time instead of posting some hugeass rant you read out of a DARE booklet.
BTW I like the new look, the big scary powerlifter look is pretty much what I'm going for also.
The one calling himself "m00" exemplifies a number of problems in our culture including but not limited to childishness, narcisism, and a lack of ability to distinguish the meaning of a term's colloqial meaning and its more precise meaning. "Pseudo" in everyday speach means fake and therefore usually worthless. The more precise meaning of the prefix, while often the same, can be significantly different. Pears and strawberries scientifically speaking are not fruit, but rather pseudocarp because the part we eat doesn't develop from a plant's ovaries and instead adjacent tissue. This fact does not change the flavor or nutritional value of pears and strawberries, nor should anyone not studying botany care. The point being that pseudosteroids can have deletrius consequences. Our society's complacency with self-destruction irritates me. We smoke, we drink, we do drugs, and take steroids knowing that we are killing ourselves, then take solace in our fleeting joy obtained by the juvenile behavior, and the knowledge that we are taking only a few years off our lives or just killing a couple of the finite brain cells from which all that we are stems. Then there is a matter of m00's language all of which I'll let slide but retarded. People who are mentally retarded do exist, and while many may not understand his use of the word, their families and loved ones can face daily hardships. Finally m00 had the question 'Would bodybuilding.com sell something that will kill you?' sure they would, companies do what it takes to make profit and remain competitive, its something I like to call 'capitalism.' The insight of others can be very useful for aiding decision making, still choices can only be made by ones self and not by those of us who think we know what we are talking about like m00 or myself. What I suggest is to do research, speak with your doctor, and don't take anything unless you know for a fact it won't harm you or that the harm is in the longterm worthwhile. (I know I said not to take commentors too seriously, but Dru I would say is an exception)
ReplyDeleteI'm just so sick and tired of people who whine about all supplements somehow being harmful, but have no real life examples to back it up.
ReplyDeleteHell there are very few examples of deaths from actual steroids, and there have been no conclusive studies showing the effects of steroids on healthy adult males, the evidence just isn't there!
Here's an example of what I'm talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0LEj8IPHGU
People like dru will whine all day about how too much protein will hurt your kidneys and how creatine is bad these pills are bad and how they kill you and on and on and on. The truth is many people have been using supplements like these for years with no ill effects. Do you have an examples of a healthy male suddenly having sever complications from consuming too much protein? Tons of people have liver problems from years of alcohol abuse, where are all of the kidney problems from those who have consumed large amount of protein for years?
Go on about how great doctors are all day, but the truth is that most doctors know very little about sports nutrition because typically that isn't something they are trained to know much about.
Whatever though, it's your loss if nothing will enter your mouth unless it's approved by your doctor, have fun being small.
Rowd: BTW, you should also try l-glutamine(or just glutamine). Apparently, it helps with release of the growth hormone your body makes naturally, and replenishes an amino acid that often gets used up during workouts. I'm definitely ordering some myself once I can get my hands on a debit card :P
ReplyDeleteNo evidence? You're fucking kidding me right?
ReplyDeleteHere's a couple little credentials I didn't mention about myself:
I am a Personal Trainer and Group Fitness instructor certified by:
National Strength and Conditioning Association
American Council of Exercise
and
the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America
I am also COLLEGE EDUCATED and have a minor in Community Health, which means
I HAVE FUCKING STUDIED THIS STUFF:
I AM EDUCATED BY PEOPLE WITH DEGREES AND SOMETIMES FUCKING DOCTORATES IN THESE FIELDS AND HAVE STUDIED FROM BOOKS WRITTEN BY MEDICAL DOCTORS.
And YES, a website WOULD sell this crap because websites usually don't have to answer to anyone. Especially bodybuilding websites, most of them, even though they have good info on some exercises (but that's not exactly rocket science), alot of the "health" crap is just that: crap! It's gym-rat nonsense knowledge that has spread from one stupid mouth to another. Of course these websites and these supplement sites are able to cover their ass, though by asking you to talk to a physician (which 9 out of 10 people won't, I know, I've seen it, I've actually had to TAKE a client to see her doctor about an exercise program to see if he'd approve) or will say "These statements not evaluated by the FDA, this product is not intended to cure or diagnose a disease" or something.
And even though these aren't "real" steroids, they can still be harmful and could still do the same thing. Since they don't have to answer to the FDA, there are:
NO Double-blind studies to prove these are entirely safe to consume
NO list of possible side effects
and
NO culpability if something goes wrong because it was YOUR job to check with your physician before taking this.
Have you looked at the company info page on that site? hell, I'll link you to it!
http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/axis/axis2.html
What on that makes you think they're trustworthy? They say nothing about credentials: only about how their environment is so pleasant and healthy and inspiring and how dishonest and cheap their competition is.
Much like there are ways to gain fat in a healthy way, there are ways to gain muscle in a healthy way. Taking supplements is the easy way out and can be harmful. It's better to be safe than sorry.
"Go on about how great doctors are all day, but the truth is that most doctors know very little about sports nutrition because typically that isn't something they are trained to know much about."
ReplyDeleteJust had to highlight this nugget of gold. Someone who has studied and now works on human bodies knows nothing about them? HMMMMMMM
As a professional in the fitness industry, I can say with full authority that you are totally wrong.
Nice strawman buddy, why don't you actually go back and read my post this time.
ReplyDeleteDoctors treat and prevent disease, they give you advise to aid you in this. Because of this they will be overly cautious when it comes to training, saying stuff like "squats hurt the knees" and "too much protein hurts the kidneys" because they're totally focused on preventing injury and disease. In the context of training however these commonly held beliefs by doctors don't really hold much weight.
Think about this for a second, doctors need to know a lot about how to treat and prevent disease, and they can only learn so much in the time they have. It makes sense that many doctors don't know a whole lot about sports training and nutrition when that isn't their specialty.
Okay, I'll agree that alot of physicians are too concerned with getting sued to dispense too many "shoulds" rather than "should nots" in sports training stuff. I've talked to a few that do, one of them was a guest lecturer in one of my classes.
ReplyDeleteBut it's not all BS. It has been shown that excessive protein can lead to kidney failure and has been shown that steroids and muscle growth agents can enlarge the ventricles of the heart which can be fatal.
Also, there are specialized physicians and surgeons who have studied sports medicine related stuff. Like my orthopedic surgeon for example. I got quite a bit of advice from him on how to strengthen up the muscles around my left patella to stop it from inverting and ruining the way I walk.
And the squats being bad thing could have been taken out of context: they CAN be terrible for your knees if done improperly or if you already have bad knees.
Still, I'd rather take a doctor's word over an athletic trainer (being a personal trainer myself and qualified enough to train athletes even though I prefer to work more with the general population) because there is a disproportionately large number of former career athletes out there that have either died or have moderate-to-severe medical issues that really limit day-to-day life after the age of 40 because they took shortcuts and pushed themselves far too hard in their golden years.
Just out of curiosity, the exercise regimen listed in the BBing.com article... is that your normal workout routine? I'm looking to change things up a bit...
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