No doubt steroids are bad, even worse is the lifestyle of a competitive bodybuilder, which usually entails continuously pushing the envelope with drug dosages, trying anything new, huge fluctuations in body weight, large use of fat burners which increase heart rate dramatically, diuretic use along side nsaids usage.
No doubt if you use large amounts of drugs they will cause harm, however to be absolutely honest 99% of bodybuilders i have personally met in real life do not give a SHIT about their health, I have yet to meet a real health conscious bodybuilder, only on THIS board do i read about them. Here are few run down facts :-
1. I do not know many bodybuilders who do cardio all year round, every single day of the year perform a cardiovascular activity for over 40mins.
2. Actually eat a heart healthy diet, forcing tons of protein and eating brown rice is NOT healthy, its CLEAN. healthy is making sure that you eat a diet with a huge amounts of fibre, anti-oxidants and full of healthy fats to improve cardiac function alongside keep cholesterol in check and keeping blood sugar stable and controlled. And staying on this diet year round. I see facebook and have mates that eat dirty continously , the only time they diet is for contest and guess what, like i said earlier going on a protein only diet with "clean" carbs, is not healthy, its not heart healthy.
3. Using pre workouts and fat burners most of the year which jack your heart rate up, if you using anabolic which makes muscle tissue grow when under stress. What do you think will happen when your heart is pumping out at a higher rate continuously. I know PLENTY of guys who fucking use clen and eph to get them in the "MOOD" to train.
4. eradicate orals from the regimen completely bar say 4 weeks out from a contest. Orals destroy HDL levels and it can take weeks to recover and usually by the time you have recovered you are back on again.
5. Take long cruises with actual correct doses i.e 100-150mg test per week max. Again most of all the bodybuilders i personally know think 500-750mg for 6 weeks is a good clean out. I actually spoke to a PRO , who is WELL KNOWN for his health approach and he said he uses 1g test year round, is that healthy?
6. Detox regularly, to remove toxins from the body.
7. Monitor blood work, blood pressure routinely to the point where they are at slightly high or normal levels on blood markers DURING a cycle? Not for the last 2 weeks of a cruise.
8. Take a pro-active approach to cardiac-vascular and blood clot health with supplementation, such as ubiquanol, reversatol, serrapeptease, nattokinase etc.... and the list goes on, these things cost more than the actual AAS at times.
9. dont party or use rec drugs, most the lads i know are out flaunting their shit in clubs getting rec highs and drinking, that seems to be the norm until contest time.
The UK, especially were i reside has a huge bodybuilding community, literally EVERYONE uses, even "natty" guys. I have yet to have a single conversation with anyone who even does 2-3 of the above. Most of the guys i know breath heavy and are winded easily, hate cardio, eat semi clean and cruise well over the recommended max. So i am not surprised if they encounter heart issues, i think bending over and doing up your shoe laces and then being out of breath and sweating should be an indicator no?
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