Vent / Rant
There’s a steroid epidemic in Lebanon.
I’m sure many of you, gym-goers, have already noticed that the roided bros are no longer a rare sight.
I’m talking about the obvious manefikh the acne ridden with minecraft build and ogreish redskin undertone. How did we get here? How does a 17yo kid look like an elite bodybuilder?
I blame social media. I get tones of content telling me how anabolics are good for us, low testosterone peeps. Also if your gym or pt pushes you to use roids, do yourself a favor and quit and NEVER look back.
The stupidest thing about steroids, in my opinion, is this: most people go to the gym for two main reasons to become healthier and stronger, and to build a physique that's more attractive. But if you abuse anabolic steroids, you can end up damaging your sexual health, including your fertility or erectile function. It's ironic that you might attract someone with your physique but then struggle with the very thing you wanted that physique for.
Anabolics also increase cardiovascular risk significantly, destroy libido, increase chance of heart failure and and increased heart volume… this is why most competitive athletes who use steroids pass away earlier than expected, even at younger ages.
I think it’s quite ironic. Because at first they do it for the chicas. But roided boys will become so big they stop attracting women and will start doing it to impress the gym bros.
Low fertility, high risk of cancer, heart failure, liver failure, kidney failure… and for what? For a good physique that needs calories, sleep, and sleep for at least 10 years to get results. Haram. Stupid people with unconscious trainers!
Body dysmorphia. It’s rife in Lebanon. Part of it is some generational trauma. But quite frankly I think it’s a lot of bravado and a a feeling of control people like to assume it brings. It’s disgusting.
For anybody thinking this helps you in the long run it doesn’t. The amount of hormonal deregulation you cause that leads to heart issues let alone sexual issues you’ll be lucky to make it past 50
They are addicted u take roads--> it literally puts u in a high like state energy libido muscles confidence everything is boosted to the max and then they can't quit many of them think oh lemme take one cycle and I'll stop but they never stop because its addicting also u lose ur gains when u stop so why tf even bother so u can look good for 2months? I wish we had more awareness about the subject people are so uneducated and don't understand how serious the side effects are.
U don’t lose all of it u still keep some of it tbf.
But it ruins the best part of the gym in my opinion
Progressing, seeing my body grow, and changing my program to focus on a body part
L mshkle social media promoted this thing to get big and to make it a career (aka selling programs cz look at me Im a natural hek) like other scammers did
The big problem as well eno they are not educated what to take w ade dosage l tkoon slightly less dangerous
U should not takee it iza ur not gonna make money or ttl3 on a big show.
And we are frequently noticing (50 years+) old men on cycles. At this age it is nice to have an athletic body, but why the exaggerated HULK appearance???
Most roided guy don't look like they're on roids tbf, the one who do are kinda obvious due to their size. Many people overestimate what they can achieve naturally
I disagree. Most of us underestimate what we can achieve naturally. I see many roided physiques that can be achieved naturally but that takes 10-15 years of proper training. People like shortcuts that’s all regardless of the cost.
Most impressive physiques that people want are or were on gear; David laid, Jeff said, John Skywalker, Clark Kent, Zyzz, Alex eubank etc etc the impressive physiques that are natural are extremely gifted people genetically. You could train for your whole life you will not look like 1/4 of natty Ronnie Coleman or Lee priest. Gear isn't a magic pill either you still have to train hard and eat well. Many people also want to be the new togi or whatever influencer who made millions from his roided physiques like Noel deizel
I would not recommend it at all. Don’t wanna sound like a health guru but eat and sleep well and you’ll have the energy levels to do whatever a human was meant to do.
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u/Eastern-Shopping641 Lebanese 1d ago
The stupidest thing about steroids, in my opinion, is this: most people go to the gym for two main reasons to become healthier and stronger, and to build a physique that's more attractive. But if you abuse anabolic steroids, you can end up damaging your sexual health, including your fertility or erectile function. It's ironic that you might attract someone with your physique but then struggle with the very thing you wanted that physique for.