Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy

Look, I’m the Fat Guy. I’m always looking for the quick fix. You won’t find me lifting weights for hours a day. Believe it or not my strength training routine is trying get off my couch after watching TV at night. To say that I’m not tempted by steroids would be a lie. I wouldn’t be using professional wrestler amounts of steroids, just enough to quickly firm up here and bulk up there. I have no intention of enhancing my athletic performance I just want to lose some weight and look better faster. Is it not possible to use steroids in moderation? I’m not a big fan of needles so I’ll probably never follow through with this, but if they had steroids in a pill form….

Here is an article from WebMD that explains the “dangers” of steroids. It sounds like the usual “drugs are bad for you” kind of information….a lot of scare tactics and “Reefer Madness”-like fear mongering. You know, you could get HIV from sharing steroid needles, they’re illegal without a prescription and you could die from overdosing. In my opinion, there are too many athletes using steroids and benefitting from steroids for them to be as dangerous as the media is portraying them. Where are the ex-steroid users saying how bad they are? Is there anyone who is pro-steroids except Jose Canseco?

Here’s the article…

The anabolic steroids abused by athletes are synthetic versions of testosterone, a male hormone. Both men and women naturally produce testosterone. But like all hormones — which regulate the body’s most basic functions — throwing one’s testosterone out of balance can have wide-ranging consequences.”There are a lot of side effects of steroids,” Kenneth Mautner tells WebMD. “They are not good for you. It is like Russian roulette. Five people may take them and have no long-term problem. The sixth may end up dead.”