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Tim Ferriss had this amazing comment once in one of his books that if you want to know what the future of human health is in 5 years, look to what bodybuilders

by davidu 6y ago

Tim Ferriss had this amazing comment once in one of his books that if you want to know what the future of human health is in 5 years, look to what bodybuilders are doing today, and if you want to look at the future of human health 10-15 years out, look to what race horse breeders are doing. Something to that effect. ;-)

0134340 6y ago
Really? I don't think either are known for their long lives.
- Scoundreller 6y ago
  It’s a grim looking future...
- nscalf 6y ago
  The idea isn’t that they have long lives, it’s that they’re pushing the edge of possibilities for the human body and things are discovered there.
hyko 6y ago
The future of human health is shooting people in the head to cure a broken leg?
- davidu 6y ago
  lol, no, that's the future of democracy.
dennyabraham 6y ago
I'm curious what his examples of horse breeding and bodybuilding technologies were that have made it into mainline human health. I know early HRT used mare estrogen, but that seems less a technology than a means of manufacture.
ideals 6y ago
From someone who participates in this I would disagree. Bodybuilding at the highest level isn't really pushing any new boundaries. It's pretty well known 'how much' you can take (Dallas McCarver being a good example of that), and the compounds being taken aren't cutting edge or novel. It's Novolog, Chinese HGH (because holy fuck is HGH expensive), several grams of Test and a rotating cycle of various compounds depending on which part of prep you're at, (ie wet compounds when you're putting on weight and dry compounds when you're cutting and in show prep to summarize roughly). There isn't really anything going on that isn't covered by the r/steroids wiki. Perhaps Olympic level athletes are a better target, because bodybuilders aren't using any novel compounds, they buy what Chinese markets have available for purchase to synthesize.
- davidu 6y ago
  I have no idea if it's true, it was just one of those comments that you don't forget reading.

by davidu 6y ago

0134340 6y ago

Really? I don't think either are known for their long lives.

Scoundreller 6y ago
It’s a grim looking future...
nscalf 6y ago
The idea isn’t that they have long lives, it’s that they’re pushing the edge of possibilities for the human body and things are discovered there.

hyko 6y ago

The future of human health is shooting people in the head to cure a broken leg?

davidu 6y ago
lol, no, that's the future of democracy.

dennyabraham 6y ago

I'm curious what his examples of horse breeding and bodybuilding technologies were that have made it into mainline human health. I know early HRT used mare estrogen, but that seems less a technology than a means of manufacture.

ideals 6y ago

From someone who participates in this I would disagree. Bodybuilding at the highest level isn't really pushing any new boundaries. It's pretty well known 'how much' you can take (Dallas McCarver being a good example of that), and the compounds being taken aren't cutting edge or novel. It's Novolog, Chinese HGH (because holy fuck is HGH expensive), several grams of Test and a rotating cycle of various compounds depending on which part of prep you're at, (ie wet compounds when you're putting on weight and dry compounds when you're cutting and in show prep to summarize roughly). There isn't really anything going on that isn't covered by the r/steroids wiki. Perhaps Olympic level athletes are a better target, because bodybuilders aren't using any novel compounds, they buy what Chinese markets have available for purchase to synthesize.

davidu 6y ago
I have no idea if it's true, it was just one of those comments that you don't forget reading.