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People have to lie about steroid etc (gear) use because it's illegal. It's dumb to admit to doing something illegal, especially if you're a celebrity and it'd b
by beeboop 11y ago
People have to lie about steroid etc (gear) use because it's illegal. It's dumb to admit to doing something illegal, especially if you're a celebrity and it'd be front page news. The world's best and biggest body builders publicly say all the time they don't use gear - it's just an accepted aspect of the community that you lie but everyone knows you're lying. No one who's ever read the smallest bit about body building actually believes they aren't using many substances. I am sure they are unhappy about having to lie, but they are asked constantly, even in TV appearances by people who should know better, whether they are using steroids etc. They have no choice.
You can also get a fairly decent gauge of what is possible without the use of steroids etc when you've been in the community long enough. Part of this is just through anecdotal experience of people you know to be truthful and part of it can be see in the "natural" body building competitions. They still have cheaters and people have used in the past, which skews what's possible to the slightly too-big side, so take the average of "slightly below average" professional natural body builders and you're looking at what's possible without steroids for the vast majority of people.
However, if Dwayne doesn't use gear he's a very gifted and dedicated bodybuilder. I would say his body is absolutely attainable without gear, but it's a ton of hard work and good genetics. He's big, but he's not huge, and he doesn't have any of the characteristic signs or muscle imbalances of a long term steroid etc user.
- thenomad 11y agoYep, that all makes sense - good explanation, thanks! I mostly commented because HN (and other online forums) have a tendency to assume that the only possible explanation is the most cynical one. That's not always (or even often) true, and it tends to lead people to believe they can't do anything extraordinary, because "obviously anyone who does has hidden cheating advantages I can't match". So I thought it's worth at least considering the possibility that he might be telling the truth :) Thanks again for the detailed explanation - I learned quite a lot from that.