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Because I'm an asshole; I came up with another rather interesting discussion I was having in my own head regarding the topic of growth
The modern age of bodybuilding has brought one thing to the forefront; information. Go back a few decades, and the "secret" to getting really big was only known by a few circles or individuals who were competing or trying to get to the highest level of bodybuilding. If you lived in Montana and read Flex Magazine as your source of info; you probably didn't know much about AAS, training o), GH, Insulin...etc
Nowadays however, with the internet we have so much free flowing information (shit info, but lots of Good Info as well) that has allowed guys to skip that gap or learning curve, and progress at a rate much faster than we've seen before.
Cody Montgomery, Justin Compton, Dallas (RIP), Nick Trigili...tons of guys who grew a LOT faster than many champions of the past, but who also retired or are done with bodybuilding a LOT sooner than one would expect.
Do you think the health, and mental (burnout state) complications we see now in guys are in part due to guys growing at such a rapid rate? The 90s did bring a sort of ironclad mindset into the last decade of the 1900s; where guys had to fight tooth and nail for that pro card vs today.
5-7 years vs 10-12 (with a slower, and moderate drug and training approach)?
Anybody that has grown rapidly can tell you the toll the poundages took on the tendons and ligaments, fast growth also came with a bigger cocktail of drugs in many of these guys, more health issues and faster retirement.
Do you think if guys were a bit more patient, they could use less, and be in it for longer? Some ain't making it regardless, but many want to make it too fast IMO
The modern age of bodybuilding has brought one thing to the forefront; information. Go back a few decades, and the "secret" to getting really big was only known by a few circles or individuals who were competing or trying to get to the highest level of bodybuilding. If you lived in Montana and read Flex Magazine as your source of info; you probably didn't know much about AAS, training o), GH, Insulin...etc
Nowadays however, with the internet we have so much free flowing information (shit info, but lots of Good Info as well) that has allowed guys to skip that gap or learning curve, and progress at a rate much faster than we've seen before.
Cody Montgomery, Justin Compton, Dallas (RIP), Nick Trigili...tons of guys who grew a LOT faster than many champions of the past, but who also retired or are done with bodybuilding a LOT sooner than one would expect.
Do you think the health, and mental (burnout state) complications we see now in guys are in part due to guys growing at such a rapid rate? The 90s did bring a sort of ironclad mindset into the last decade of the 1900s; where guys had to fight tooth and nail for that pro card vs today.
5-7 years vs 10-12 (with a slower, and moderate drug and training approach)?
Anybody that has grown rapidly can tell you the toll the poundages took on the tendons and ligaments, fast growth also came with a bigger cocktail of drugs in many of these guys, more health issues and faster retirement.
Do you think if guys were a bit more patient, they could use less, and be in it for longer? Some ain't making it regardless, but many want to make it too fast IMO