Comments on: All because they thought they were on ‘roids

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 04:51:24 +0000

This is a throwback to the good old days when they could do cool experiments and not mind who got hurt.

Steroids help you heal. Telling a guy he’s on steroids is like telling a guy you put a bandage on his cut. When you lie, you endanger him. Maybe he can’t throw a ball anymore the rest of his life because of you, maybe it’s his knees.

I’m not enough of a Meathead-American to care, but if the guys running this study get thumped, that’s why.

By: David Whitewolf

David Whitewolf — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 06:34:53 +0000

My all-too-limited (I suppose) understanding of what’s alleged is not that it’s akin to a steroid in mechanism, but rather in the (easily identifiable by lay gym bros) effects of faster muscle repair (thus recovery) that one might believe is the “natural” result of greater blood flow to affected tissues; and, most importantly for the astonished discussions, a tremendously increased and long-lasting “pump” — the effect Arnold, in “Pumping Iron,” facetiously called “better than sex.”

I can attest that lifting in the morning, and then walking around pumped up *all day long* feeling like your engorged muscles are encased in too-tight sausage skins is… not unpleasant at all. Beyond that, I may be imagining things.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 15:42:56 +0000

It looks like ED drugs are known to help some people counter the effects of altitude, but I'm not sure how a vasodilator would be anabolic.

By: Wang Wei Lin

Wang Wei Lin — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 03:34:55 +0000

Isegoria recently had another article on placebos. Noting the effectiveness of the placebo effect the conclusion was placebos are a worthwhile palliative medicine. Now evidently a worthwhile weight training supplement.

By: David Whitewolf

David Whitewolf — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 00:14:57 +0000

I recently started lifting again after a 30+-year hiatus. Never have used steroids, but I’ve been stunned with my gains, recovery time, and lack of injury. Sessions feel like they did in high school, which is just bizarre at my age. At first I thought it was diet-related, but now I’m wondering if it’s got more to do with… Cialis. I avoid bodybuilding forums because much of the advice on there reminds me of the goofier conspiracy theorists, but it’s sure easy to find posts claiming Slide-and-fil and Ta-Da!-La-fill (private joke) are “the new steroids…”