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here's the video where they mention the study.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEAgoVrYV84 (sorry but GWM won't allow me to post full links for some reason)
I also remember hearing about it before but only now it started to sink in.
Yup, saw this study, it’s completely true. Anyone doubting it has no idea how the human body works. Muscle growth is 100% hormone dependent, and anyone taking steroids is basically just adding muscle for free. Which is fine, no judgement, but it has nothing to do with work ethic or diet, though in addition to those things it works wonders.
Not only that, but one of the biggest benefits of PED use is recovery.
Your true gym gains come not from the actual workouts by themselves, but rather your recovery after said workouts. If you train beyond your capacity to recover, you’ll actually regress and potentially risk injury.
Take for instance elite-level crossfitters. They train for HOURS and multiple times per day. Even if you are way above average in fitness and have been training for years, if you tried replicating their regimes while staying natural, you’re going to get wrecked. That is why they can train that frequently and with that amount of volume without losing strength or getting injured.
here's another website talking about the same study
www aworkoutroutine com/steroids-vs-natural/
Not only that, but one of the biggest benefits of PED use is recovery.
Your true gym gains come not from the actual workouts by themselves, but rather your recovery after said workouts. If you train beyond your capacity to recover, you’ll actually regress and potentially risk injury.
Take for instance elite-level crossfitters. They train for HOURS and multiple times per day. Even if you are way above average in fitness and have been training for years, if you tried replicating their regimes while staying natural, you’re going to get wrecked. That is why they can train that frequently and with that amount of volume without losing strength or getting injured.
During my “prime” of CrossFit I was doing 2 hours on weekdays and like 4-5 on Saturday’s. That was really pushing the limits. I got about 8-10 months of that output (which had taken me 2 years to build up to) before my age and body caught up with me (at the time late 20s, and I wasn’t really doing very much recovery, prehab, or mobility) and basically ended up injured for a year. For sure if I was using gear I could’ve sustained that for a while lol
I recently became aware of a study about steroids.
basically it indicated that a person taking steroids and doing 0 exercise grew like twice the amount of muscle compared to a person doing exercise regularly but not taking steroids.
a person taking steroids and doing exercise gained like 3 or 4 times more muscle than a person just working out with no steroids.
that's crazy...